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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 2h

"Book sales" on the infamous Beck blackboard? Did I miss those huge antifa bestsellers? Or did Glenn mean "bake sales"? Because, yeah, antifa has a ton of those.

A photo of two antifa terrorists fundraising by selling banana bread and cookies with an ANTIFA BAKE SAKE sign behind them

a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 2h

According to Axios, this is what "terrified" PA Dems are yelling regarding the prospect of ousting Fetterman (not)

a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 4h

Kyle's right, as usual, but in these trying times let's all take comfort in the fact that Balloon Boy's real name is Falcon Heene and HOW FUCKING COOL IS THAT?

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 16h

COMMENTARY: Sixteen years after the Balloon Boy hoax, I'm nostalgic for those simpler lies and real consequences for the liars

a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 4h

"Book sales"? Did I miss those huge antifa bestsellers? Or did Beck mean "bake sales"? Because, yeah, antifa has a ton of those.

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 4h

"Book sales"? Did I miss those huge antifa bestsellers? Or did Beck mean "bake sales"? Because, yeah, antifa has a ton of those.

a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 4h

this makes me want to beat someone to death with a bong

Todayin Bari Weiss' The Free Press: "MAGA and Marijuana Might Become Best Buds"

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 4h

Correction: Republican Fed Governor. Stop letting them off the hook. They're *all* MAGA. I'm begging everyone to stop letting them get away with the notion that there are sensible Republicans out there. There aren't.

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 4h

Punch Puller would have been a much better name. Or Regurgitate. Missed opportunities.

a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 5h

NEVER FROGET

Greasy MAGA Republican, aka “A Republican,”holding a Pepe the Frog sign saying “Green Lives Matter”

a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 5h

I’ve lived through more terrible decades than I’m comfortable admitting, but 2025 has been the longest and worst by far.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 14h

doing journalism

me emailing Tori Amos to ask if she invented the pumpkin spice latte

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 11h

Same.

r/AskReddit

If Kamala Harris won instead of Donald Trump, how do you think the last 9 months would have unfolded differently for the United States?

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 12h

fucking metaverse nazi chat world we live in, right? still look the same through the worm hole

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18h

There was only one "mass movement" that David Brooks ever respected:

Pictures of the "Brooks Brothers riot," in which Republican staffers tried to disrupt election canvassers in Miami-Dade County, Florida, on November 22, 2000. Yes, this was a prelude to January 6, 2021; the Republican Party was always headed this way.

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 12h

Untold millions are wasted on dreadful political consulting and @aoc.bsky.social just tosses this keeper out:

“That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

Ready to be minted. 👆

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 16h

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 13h

To get to the other side?

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 18h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

“In an interview with Andrew Kolvet on ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’ on Tuesday, Bessent likened his agency’s efforts to the Treasury Department’s work targeting terrorism-financing networks after the 9/11 attacks.”

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 19h

Fact check:

"Not all good. There is no god. Now I will fuck off into the sun."

Plane Carrying Pete Hegseth Makes Emergency Landing

"All good. Thank God. Continue mission!" Hegseth tweeted.

a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 19h

they would have torn down the fucking world if Biden did this

one problem: he never would have

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 21h

if you isolate just video of kash patel you can hear the tiniest whisper: "stand tall. you're a big boy. look around. everyone can see it. you're the biggest proudest boy. a very very big and tall boy."

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 21h

if you isolate just video of kash patel you can hear the tiniest whisper: "stand tall. you're a big boy. look around. everyone can see it. you're the biggest proudest boy. a very very big and tall boy."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Q: There are Republicans and Democrats concerned that they are not getting information about who is on those ships

TRUMP: Well, but they are given information that they are loaded up with drugs, and that's the thing that matters