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@donachaidh.bsky.social

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Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · Nov 5

You are angry and anxious because
you never agreed to live in a burning
home while the people who should
care pretend the fire doesn't exist.

Distress
is a valid emotional response
to injustice.

-Nikita Gill

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1h

tl;dr this is, as I've been screaming into the wind about for a week now, not just illegal as shit but fundamentally means the Constitution as written is no longer in effect

That said if you want an even deeper dive on the subject than I've done, this is a very good thread

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

started / going

DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 4m

God why do our fascists have to be so LAME

Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 10m

This man has the juice

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 1h

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 18m

"Comments on Instagram included people who clearly understood the message of the video as antisemitic. One commenter replied, 'based song choice,' which was liked by the Border Patrol account."

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 3h

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs

The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.

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Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 20m

Should we? No. Should they?

🤷🏻‍♂️

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 1h

Define "operational"

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4h

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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Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 1h

It's a coin toss whether this is morons bragging or people trying to throw sand in the gears

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 2h

I don't think it counts as "covert" after you blab about it to the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 1h

The cost of holding down ACA premiums for a year is less than this…

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 4h

please god let this happen because it would be so fucking funny

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Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 4h

i want to go to there

Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 4h

519.

Sign at the entry of The Japanese Sword Museum. Truly, a place to study the blade.

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Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 4h

Cathy can't be gone soon or far enough

Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 4h

I'm sorry but Natasha Cloud just said in an interview she was kept off offseason marketing because she didn't ✌️fit✌️ where the league "wants to be"

Natasha Cloud.

One of the coolest players in the W.

Doesn't "fit."

Fuck. Outta. Here.

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Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 4h

Hang on, my tiny violin is around here somewhere

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 4h

I bet he's got a faaaaaaabulous hairdresser

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

What could be worse than screaming at a Capitol police officer?

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the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 5h

mike johnson talks a lot of shit for a guy who looks like that

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Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 5h

What *does* Mike Johnson know the details of?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14h

"republican staffers are all literal nazis" is less of a groupchat thing and more of a posting on main thing at this point

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 7h

College football has sold its soul and it sucks

Bill Connelly @espnbillc.bsky.social · 8h

We might lose Notre Dame-USC soon for embarrassingly silly reasons. What better time to look back at train rides, Heisman winners, The Comeback, green jerseys, Joe Montana, 1 vs. 2 and, of course, the Bush Push?

10 games that define Notre Dame-USC: www.espn.com/college-foot...

From train rides to Reggie Bush: The best games in the USC-Notre Dame rivalry

After more than a century, this rivalry is in danger. It would be a shame because it has had some great games.

www.espn.com

Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 7h

I think we know why

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 8h

“The flailing Trump Media is part of the Russell 3000 index. These states want to know why”

@morrisatlarge.bsky.social for @fastcompany.com

The flailing Trump Media is part of the Russell 3000 index. These states want to know why

Its poor performance raises questions about its inclusion.

www.fastcompany.com

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Vaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 1d

Something that I don’t think most non-terminally online liberals are aware of is the degree to which young Republicans are basically unrecoverably feral men, a generation of Oskar Dirlewangers who all speak like Instagram influencers and Twitch streamers

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 1d

this reminds me of the almost exact same racist content that was in the TPUSA at Virginia Tech chats

www.collegiatetimes.com/news/student...

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