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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 11h

THE DNC AND ITS OFFICERS DO NOT ENDORSE IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS —PERIOD!

THE DNC IS NOT FOR— OR— AGAINST YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE. WE SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES CHOSEN BY VOTERS.

WE FOCUS ONLY ON BEATING REPUBLICANS SO GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR US.

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 12h

Genuinely, thank you for answering!

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 14h

This has always been fundamentally hte weakness of Democrats, AND ALSO the most basic reason I am a Democrat.

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 14h

I swear, this is a completely sincere question: what specifically is the "David Duke slur"?

I'd like to know so that I recognize it when I see it (likely it's a slur I'm already familiar with, but.... )

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 14h

This is not what Nancy Pelosi meant, and is in fact EXACTLY THE FUCKING OPPOSITE of what she meant.

When Pelosi said that, she meant "strong" in the sense of actually being resistant to exactly this shit so that when they inevitably sometimes win they aren't literally electing Hitler.

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 16h

everyone needs to internalize that this is just how all republicans are and when nancy pelosi said "the country needs a strong republican party" she meant that more people like this should be powerful. they are all like this! they all think just like this and like trump and they love it and it's fun

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 16h

Sickening. Revolting. Vile. This makes you want to throw up.

This is the kind of garbage that the worst kind of people say when they think nobody is watching.

And where are Republican leaders from Trump on down condemning these comments swiftly and unequivocally!?

I’m waiting to hear it.

A headline from POLITICO reads: "‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat"

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 15h

If I actually believed this I'd be embarrassed to support the man "Ol' Joe" destroyed.

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 15h

And every single one of those games saw players inevitably writing enough lewd shit to probably crash Literotica's servers.

And that's not even counting the adult-only games that are MEANT for collaborative erotica.

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 15h

"What is MUSHing" you ask? It's text-based roleplay, with games created and set up and coded and run by random people who just do this shit as hobbyists. The games themselves range from things like World of Darkness to Star Wars to D&D to <name popular-at-the-time-media>.

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 16h

A lot of people may not even know what the fuck I'm talking about, but:

The demise of MUSHing may literally be the fucking end of us all.

The Verge @theverge.com · 19h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 16h

Insofar as Hamas is the government of Gaza and Hamas committed 10/7, 10/7 and all the atrocities committed thereon are in fact state policy, you ludicrous clownfucking shoe.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Like it’s absolutely surreal for me, listening to these bozos construct elaborate fantasies where people personally mocked them for feeling squeezed. This did not happen. No one did this. No one ever said that aggregate national economic data proved that every single person was doing great.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Literally no one said this. Somehow your entire band of overly online weirdos have hallucinated this idea that if anyone pointed out the economy as a whole was thriving from 2021-2024, they were personally attacking anyone who did not do better during that span. It’s infuriating

Ciggy Smoke Bringer @ciggysmokebringer.bsky.social · 1d

There entire thrust was 'you must be a liar or a loser if you are worse off or treading water harder' and it's like, nooooo, I was already that close to poverty line supporting 2 people on 57k, and there's probably enough people like me that blowing smoke and sunshine about how good it was wrong.

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 18h

On behalf of Arizona, I am demanding Speaker Johnson seat Congresswoman Grijlva without delay. We are keeping every option open to us, including litigation, to make sure that Adelita is able to begin her work as Arizona's newest member of Congress.

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 18h

It fucking ASTOUNDS me that people will post this shit on linkedin.

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 20h

My god I didn't even think of the free trade aspect here, because the coffee part was stupid enough on its own.

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 20h

That nap's waitin', champ.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21h

is it ever going to be news that the richest man in the world openly promotes full-bore, swastika-flying, pro-genocide neo-Nazis

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 21h

Jesus Christ, "neoliberal" has fully lost all connection to what the word actually fucking means when it's now used to mean "someone who hates coffee."

Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 21h

This is the ultimate joyless “optimization” of life neoliberals keep falling into. Coffee tastes good and I enjoy it, simple as

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 21h

Your mother has asked me to tell you it's time to nap, little buddy.

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 21h

For example, this bullshit:

bsky.app/profile/nair...

Nairn McNuel 🛰️🇵🇸🇲🇳🏴‍☠️ @nairnmcnuel.bsky.social · 22h

Nazis always view a call for them to stop murdering as "hostile".

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 21h

The fact that she blocked replies makes it plain that she knows how full of shit she is, here.

No one called people antisemites for calling for a ceasefire.

It was the performative pretend care for a ceasefire as a reason to block Jews from classes and vandalize Jewish-owned property.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 22h

"It's okay when our guy does it!"

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 23h

The problem here is that most of the people using the "you can't win every election" talking point are the very same people who don't vote, tell others not to vote, and then act surprised when not voting means the side they putatively support loses.

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 1d

This is true, but in this case it's more "If he can't beat the DSCC who isn't doing anything.... "

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