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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

Warranted or not, the perception is that this is the Scold Website. If you actually want anyone to be here, you're gonna have to get a little cooler about people understandably having to navigate the declining number of social spaces

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

I get this a lot, and I'll venture a slightly less damning explanation. Lot of people think someone who gets shot could avoid it. "I would have simply explained to Officer Negligent Discharge that I was cool," etc. When they see a cop shoot a toy breed dog, they understand he's just a sociopath.

Bedigger @bedigger.bsky.social · 1d

Because Americans care more about shooting dogs than shooting innocent poor people or minorities.

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PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 1d

That one is my case and it's still the one that pisses me off the most.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who’s witnessed the bloodlust on display from normie Facebook Americans around reports of someone being mean to a dog will viscerally understand this

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 1d

This is genuinely one of those things EVERYONE agrees on. My last dog shooting case was in rural MO and the town was OUTRAGED. Imagine 65 year olds at the town meeting talking about how they don't need police if that's what they're gonna do.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.

The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, I thought his name sounded familiar and thought, "Huh, isn't this old news by now?" Nope.

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marjtroyer.bsky.social @marjtroyer.bsky.social · 3d

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 3d

"If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole; If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole" type vibes.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3d

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 5d

Well that's absolutely disgusting.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 6d

“Baby in her placenta” is pretty bad for a HHS secretary but it’s arguably worse for a guy with six kids. It’s impossible to not learn this stuff as a dad if you’re even remotely paying attention just once.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 7d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 7d

I know pulling this quote is borderline hackwork at this point but Jesus fucking CHRIST

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 6d

That moment is etched into my memory 😂

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 7d

If you believe, as I frequently do, that the right frequently projects about its own actions and aspirations, then the sale of the much-vilified Dominion Voting Systems to Trump allies should be a bit alarming.

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 7d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 7d

You're 100% right, I don't know why I thought it only went up to 84

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 8d

Fallout Boy did a version a few years back that picked up around 1984 where Billy Joel's version ended

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 8d

No, spot-on as usual 😂

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 8d

Dude 😂😭

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 8d

I remember these 😭

Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 10d

a man in a suit and tie is smiling and looking at the camera .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling and looking at the camera .

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Eric Crinnian @crinnian.bsky.social · 10d

"Dear diary: I fear the day will never come when the judge shall appear. However when it does finally come to pass, I shall not be present, for my phone is at 4%."

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