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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 9h

Go by city/fans you like better which makes it very easy.

Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 9h

Good god this is so spot on.

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 1d

Can we stop pretending he is posting this himself instead of a team of late 20s edgelord incels?

Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 1d

The difference is that NYT’s business model has, since those protests, been based entirely on monetizing attention on right wing outrage. That’s why everyone else’s outrage isn’t on the front page.

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 3d

Good thing one of them is funded by Harlan Crow

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 4d

That smarmy lying little shitweasel

Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 4d

So THAT’s what was on the Taylor Swift necklace!

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 4d

It’s not crazy if you consider the fact that they are pedophiles.

Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 4d

And zero innate creativity.

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 4d

“Hold my beer.” - SCOTUS Shadow Docket

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 4d

Anything at all to avoid talking to women.

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 4d

Unlike the democratic leadership, I don’t include “changing the minds of MAGA voters” in my political calculus. I think it’s a fool’s errand.

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 4d

170 prosecutions under 18 USC 242 in 2029 would be a great campaign talking point.

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 5d

Poll this only at the highest level of abstraction (“are you concerned about how government affects your everyday life?”) Then take the “yes” answers to only that abstract poll, reverse engineer specific reasons back to something that doesn’t blame corporate America for democratic backsliding

Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 5d

Best. Ed. Note. Ever.

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 5d

A country whose economy was built entirely on slavery and exploitation accidentally elected a black man president, so capital decided to spend the next two decades burning it to the ground.

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 5d

He is probably the single most successful post-Reconstruction white supremacist.

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 5d

Brooks op-eds involve zero research and rely exclusively on his Boomer VibeCheck machine, which is calibrated to about 1988 in a parallel universe where white supremacy never existed.

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 5d

Did it expand his authority, NYT? Really? Is it fucking magic? Or is it a handwritten hall pass?

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 5d

I’m sure Hakeem Jeffries will make this stand in his debate with Mike Johnson on CNBC

Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 5d

Narrator: they had not even read that.

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 5d

I wonder if they can solve the mystery of who in this office with a nameplate is responsible for the swastika posted carefully in cubicle of guy also with a name on it that he appeared in front of on zoom. Quick, Shag, Scoob: to the Mystery Machine.

Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 5d

Police investigating swastika in office with name on the door in cubicle of person who appeared with it on zoom. Quick, Shag, Scoob, Velma, Daphne: to the Mystery Machine!

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 5d

Oh don’t worry, Hakeem Jeffries is going to save democracy by debating Mike Johnson on C-SPAN

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Da Fino @ibombatomically.bsky.social · 5d

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social you are such a goddamn embarrassment