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Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 1h

"Hi, as the Republican candidate..."

*furiously tries to cover swastika armband*

"...for governor..."

*copy of Mein Kampf falls out of my pant leg*

"...of, uh, the great state of..."

*realize I forgot to shave my toothbrush mustache*

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1h

Never mind. Seems it's real.

Sure this will get a lot of play in the mainstream press. Not.

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1h

I can believe this is possible (check my timeline to see that I have little doubt there's Nazi sympathies in the Republican Party) but is there proof this picture hasn't been Photoshopped?

I personally wouldn't want to share something like that & then find out it wasn't real.

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 5h

Lol, that's snark if I've ever seen it.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 5h

Remember the thousands of "guy in a diner" stories about "economic anxiety" as the main force behind MAGA-ism?

Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 21h

This is disgusting. And I can GUARANTEE you that lots of dumps are going to come out about lots of Republican electeds who are way too close to the people in these texts. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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.

www.politico.com

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 23h

Young Republicans, when they let their hair down: love for Hitler, jokes about gas chambers, racism, and antisemitism.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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.

www.politico.com

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 23h

How do you feel about the DSCC putting their thumb on the scale for Mills?

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 23h

Ok, fair enough. But what about the DSCC putting their thumb on the scale for Mills? Isd that ok?

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

Never give through the DSCC. Give through progressive electoral organizations or directly to candidates you trust. The DSCC is an enemy to a fighting Democratic Party.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

DSCC has entered the chat:

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

The Dem establishment appears to be putting its thumb hard on the scales against Graham Platner:

The DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) has formed a joint fundraising committee with the campaign of Janet Mills.

It’s called “Maine Senate Victory 2026”:

docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

Blowback comes to the Trump administration.

Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

Yep.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

My belief is that Kamala would have won last year if they’d let Tim Walz keep calling Vance and Trump “weird.” But the professional Dem consultant class closed off the one attack that actually resonated with voters.

Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 1d

Endlessly attacking Trump as depraved and support for him as a form of moral failure actually made people stop supporting him. Shame and disgust are very powerful weapons.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Someday this could be you or someone you love

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

I like that or “No Dictators” but No Kings definitely scans better.

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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 1d

there have literally been hundreds of thousands of professional baseball games in the MLB era and yet surprising things happen all the time where you say "huh I've never seen that before"

truly a beautiful game

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1d

These are the same kind of weasels who would’ve called George Washington & America’s revolutionaries “terrorists.” They spend their days sucking up to King Trump & demonizing peaceful protest just as some in America sought to appease King George III.

Looking forward to No Kings Day.

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 2d

It's obviously this stomping cover of Long Tall Sally by The Beatles.

youtu.be/w-iA9-D_Mbw?...

Long Tall Sally (Remastered 2009)

YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely brutal.

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 2d

There's a technical law enforcement term for this kind of masked storm trooper: Sick Fascist Fuck.
I mean, threatened to shoot the ambulance driver? WTF?

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 2d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

This pitiful monarchist loser knows Americans hate kings, and that is good.

Find a #NoKings protest near you and GO on 10/18, friends. It'll be inspiring and fun and it will help.

(And no, you don't have to RSVP if you don't want to - just show up!)

www.nokings.org

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 2d

Man, Soros is so deep in hock to me for about 50 years of protesting that I doubt he'as a billionaire anymore.

All those checks getting "lost in the mail." Smdh

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 2d

If only I was getting paid. But I do it for love.

No love for Sean Duffy, though.

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 2d

Hey Trump and the rest of you lying fuckers who work for him: We found some anti-Christian discrimination for you to remedy!

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

After an appeal was made through Illinois States Troopers at the site, federal officials declined to allow the clergy to enter the facility to share the Eucharist with the alleged undocumented migrants held inside. Eucharistic procession turned back by feds at Broadview ICE detention facility

Eucharistic procession turned back by feds at Broadview ICE detention facility

Jesuits and other Catholic and Christian clergy were turned back by ICE when they tried to bring the Eucharist to detained immigrants in Broadview, Ill.

www.americamagazine.org

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 7d

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 2d

All right. This is an opportunity. Prior #NoKings protests were huge but did not get the media coverage they deserved.

Now R’s are anticipating NoKings will hurt them. So they are proactively lying in the media about 10/18.

We shd use this: D leaders should be in the media talking about #NoKings.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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