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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 8h

i see the VP's full on backing of the hitlerite group chat as showing the GOP understands that their power in large part flows from their unified front. meanwhile the democrats continue to attack their left and progressive members. not a surprise the GOP keeps running circles around them

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 5h

Incredible reason to eat cheese

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 9h

Hell yeah

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 9h

Sorry, sorry, I’m learning. I’ll try to be better.

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 10h

It’s honestly ridiculous that this still doesn’t exist

Alex Goldman @agoldman.bsky.social · 10h

Bluesky I command thee to maketh group chats.

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 11h

i refuse to accept both as a factual matter and a political point that republican staffers were historically any less openly racist in private conversations. strom thurmond was some of their boss! pat buchanan was on msnbc! thinking their underlings were LESS comfortable talking like that is naive!

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 11h

🤨🤨🤨

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 11h

I mean….

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 11h

One 24-hr period

'I love Hitler': Leaked messages expose Young Republicans' racist chat₽
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor's office.

Border Patrol posts reel featuring Michael Jackson lyrics with antisemitic slur
Avery Lotz

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 11h

The flag looks like the least Nazi thing about that guy

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 15h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 11h

Man, Rocketeer is one of the very first movies I remember being excited about as a kid.

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 11h

Is that legal???

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 12h

THESE ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS

Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 12h

a man stands behind a podium with the words pledge across america on the back

ALT: a man stands behind a podium with the words pledge across america on the back

media.tenor.com

Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 12h

Teletubby purgatory

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah dude that shit is so nuts

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 12h

I really feel like I need to get a cool custom domain if I’m going to be posting here

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 12h

Been working my way through Charles Mingus’ live albums and this one goes so hard. Basically a full live rendition of his Changes II album and then Gerry Mulligan sits in for Goodbye Pork Pie Hat and Take rhe ‘A’ Train. Just so good.

Apple Music screenshot of the album artwork for Charles Mingus Live at Montreux 1975

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Jordan @slclunk.com · 12h

It’s weird that as Republicans have supposedly gotten more racist, their policy goals have generally remained the same.

Wonder why that might be

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 12h

I try not to lose my shit at people saying Republicans are more racist now because they've increased in antisemitism specifically while ignoring my anti-poc examples from the past, do people have any idea just how much that view is rooted in white supremacist ideology lol.

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journeyman folklorist @aniceburrito.bsky.social · 12h

Before it is bulldozed I hope to see the ballroom used to hold The Tribunals

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

on.wsj.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 13h

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

www.theguardian.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 13h

important note from libcrusher:

Reactivating temporarily to send a warning.
Since I got doxxed, it appears the same doxxing ring has targeted several other users. I learned that they were banned this week, only for Elon to, apparently, personally unban them. I feel obliged to warn everyone about my experience.

It wasn't just my personal information that got published. Someone, somewhere, got my passwords too. For my banking accounts, brokerage accounts, venmo, etc.
Most of which had different and unique passwords. All these attempts started the day i got doxxed, and have sporadically continued since.

If you know anyone who's been doxxed by this group, you need to have them change all their passwords on every website immediately. Ensure 2FA and any other security measures are in place everywhere.
And, wherever possible, document and report it. Frankly, if you're a lefty of any note, do it now too

If anyone was also a victim of this or knows someone who was, there are ways to reach me. I wish I could go into more details right now. But until that time comes, protect yourself.

I will be deactivating in 20 minutes.
Hopefully, that's enough time for the warning to get out.

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 12h

I decided to start spending more time on here and I can’t tell if there’s just a steeper learning curve for dialing in your feed or if I’ve just been blocking people who displease me on Twitter for so much longer.

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Doug @dougg.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah, that’s a fair point

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