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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 20h

Absolutely 💯 agree with Jasmine Crockett........

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Charente @charente.bsky.social · 10h

Breakfast being delivered to the residents of Mar-a-Lago.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 14h

Got buried in the news this weekend, but President Jesus said the F word on CNN at like 2pm in the afternoon. The next day he posted a poop-filled scat video, but tell Me more about the dignity of the office of the presidency.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare.

And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

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Mariah 🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋 @mariahbrown.bsky.social · 14h

🖕 REPUBLICANS!!

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Dave (DABS) @plutobro.bsky.social · 16h

Show us the Epstein Files Scalise! What are you guys hiding? 😲🤷

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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 1d

I choked up reading this

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 17h

🚨Children’s Hospital Chaplain released after being detained in Cincinnati’s Butler County Jail for 73 days. He shares powerful words with us. 1/2

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Philip_Kofler 🦈 🛴 🔨 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @philipkofler.bsky.social · 15h

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19h

Now that Trump has illegally bombed a seventh boat in the Caribbean, please note this: Rep Adam Smith, ranking Dem on Armed Services, tells me that *at no point* have officials given lawmakers even the most basic information about these extrajudicial murders:

newrepublic.com/article/2019...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

"At every step along the way, I rationalized, compartmentalized, and found excuses to stay tethered to the party, even as I grew to believe it was undermining the foundations of our constitutional republic. ...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party

Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

www.thebulwark.com

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Joy🦸 @sugataai.com · 1d

A Quick-Start Guide to achieving the Nobel Peace Prize - The Executive Summary #presidential #playbook
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Joy🦸 @sugataai.com · 1d

The president who allegedly uses masked ICE agents for domestic violence/intimidation and then aggressively claims that he deserves Nobel Peace Prize.
A very fine example of political irony.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 13d

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Kristi Murdock @prairillon.bsky.social · 1d

I believe the phrase you are looking for is "too F***ing stupid to even breathe." How the he** did we get stuck with these milquetoast morons right at this critical moment in history? Mamdami is compelling, charismatic, smart... <sigh>

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Paper Ammunition @paperammunition.com · 1d

Skateboarding has always been at its core, rebellious & street inspired. Merging antiestablishment sentiment with art, a plight for individualism & freedom of expression. I just saw this ad for StrangeLove Skateboards. This kind of stuff makes me proud to be part of the skate community. 🛹

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Skateboard ad in magazine reads:

March 27, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order signed by President Donald J. Trump entitled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" that took aim at the Smithsonian Institution. The following is an excerpt:

"Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation's history, replacing objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth. This revisionist movement seeks to undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States by casting its founding principles and historical milestones in a negative light. Under this historical revision, our Nation's unparalleled legacy of advancing liberty, individual rights, and human happiness is reconstructed as inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed. Rather than fostering unity and a deeper understanding of our shared past, the widespread effort to rewrite history deepens societal divides and fosters a sense of national shame, disregarding the progress America has made and the ideals that continue to inspire millions around the globe."
What does any of this have to do with skateboarding?
Nothing in SSBSTS terms, but everything in a graphic sense if you read between the white-washed lines of doublespeak.

This fall, we'll be releasing a deck inspired by vintage salt and pepper shakers along with the accompanying zine Skateboard Americana, looking back on the history of social commentary and political satire in skateboarding.

It has a picture of a cartoon African American boy holding a sign that reads:

We will
never forget.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: Everyone makes it about Trump and Epstein, but it’s about this whole ring of men. That’s what makes me upset, because we know they were there. We saw them. We know there were royalty, princes, very powerful people in academia and tech, and we saw them at parties.