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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 55m

Cancel culture.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 8h

UnAmerican. Period.
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State Department revokes visas from 6 foreigners over vile Charlie Kirk comments

The State Department said foreigners who wish harm on Americans aren’t welcome in country.

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1h

a basic social norm that many felt ill. A common excuse I see for why pro-democracy journalists & podcast hosts rarely TRULY probe Dem politicos for their fecklessness is that they want them to come back on their shows. But I think fear of breaking "social niceties" plays an even bigger role. [3/3]

JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1h

I remember 20 yrs. ago reading in @nytimes.com about a lesser-known Stanley Milgram experiment (notorious for his electric shock & prison studies) in which students asked strangers sitting on NYC subways if they could have their seats. But the students felt so embarrassed to be violating such [2/3]

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1h

Major, MAJOR props to @mizzwelch.bsky.social on @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social for being willing to shatter elite Dem social etiquette by aggressively confronting @corybooker.com TO HIS FACE. I think people often underestimate how hard it is to break these social taboos. [1/3]
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 11h

This is the most amazing pushback ever.

She is 100% right and it is totally nuts to suggest that the Republicans never argue with each other.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1h

heres one reason why democrats dont want to invest in media, but the host here is absolutely right cc @senategabe.bsky.social www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...

‘Such Bullsh*t!’ Furious Podcaster Scorches Stunned Cory Booker for Appeasing Trump

Booker found himself stunned into silence as he faced an unusually blunt accusation that some of his past votes were a “capitulation” to Trump.

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 2h

@ericlisann.bsky.social: Holy crap! A Dem Sen got asked the kind of brutal, uncomfortable questions people like me have been craving for YRS! (& he got strong pushback for his lame answers.) Watching these clips was SO cathartic for me. Bravo, @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social!!
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3h

Remember how under Biden the press said this was the biggest issue ever but how now under Trump it’s barely mentioned? Yeah.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

A grocery store clerk in Chicago says shoppers see prices “and say, ‘What the f—? .. It happens all the time.”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21h

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 19h

In terms of cold-blooded murders, the Trump administration has already leapt past Jeffrey Dahmer (17) into Ted Bundy territory (30+).
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 2d

Congress better hurry up and settle the shutdown before everyone figures out they’re nonessential personnel.

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

The grammar in that post is WAY too good to be Trump’s (proper use of quote marks, commas, capitalization, etc.) Must have been an aide or something?

JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

Is that post real? If so, somebody else clearly wrote it. The sentence structure & grammar are WAY too good. It also feels too subdued. Maybe Trump dictated what he wanted posted to an aide & they took the liberty to polish it up?

JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

normal person, not a lawyer! Say, "Garland was a disaster. He was FAR too slow & timid." Or, if you're one of the few Dem politicos who can sound authentic while swearing (like @betoorourke.bsky.social or @jasmineforus.bsky.social), be even more blunt: "Garland was a f**king catastrophe!" 5/ END

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social offered only the meekest of criticism of Garland: "It SEEMS TO ME that [Garland] COULD have POTENTIALLY moved earlier & been more aggressive" (caps mine). Why do Dems ALWAYS insert these namby-pamby caveats when they talk? Talk like a friggin' 4/
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Hakeem Jeffries: Kristi Noem Should Be Worried | The Bulwark Podcast

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

a judge/institutionalist" is NOT enough. Not even close.) Even worse, I see ZERO indication that Dem politicos are getting the message. 2 recent embarrassing examples on @thebulwark.com podcast:
1. On 5/27/25, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social outright refused to criticize Garland AT ALL
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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

accountability should Dems ever retake the executive branch (@joshtpm.bsky.social, @gregsargent.bsky.social, @timmiller.bsky.social, etc.), but IMO they're still FAR too reticent to lay the blame squarely on Garland. (No, saying "he moved too slow" or "he was too much of 2/
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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

As I said 3 wks ago, most prominent Dem & Never-Trump commentators simply refuse to acknowledge (much less repudiate/condemn) Garland's pivotal role in the death of our democracy (IMO, up there w/ McConnell & Roberts). Yes, a few have started to bang the drum for criminal 1/
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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 23d

What's amazing to me is that, per usual, there's been almost NO focus on the role of Garland's DOJ. Whether it be this, Hunter Biden, @ejeancarroll.bsky.social, John Durham, Jan. 6, etc., it's as if commentators think DOJ leadership transferred directly from Barr to Bondi.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 1d

Rachel Maddow runs through the incriminating chain of events that implicates Egypt's president for life Sisi - who Trump thanked today for his support in 2016 - in then funneling Trump $10 million. Maddow called out AG Barr for closing that investigation. But AG Garland did not re-open it.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a direct link to video of the moment of the interview I'm referencing.
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Congressman Adam Schiff with Patt Morrison | America at a Crossroads

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 2d

Reminds me of when @adamschiff.com casually mentioned in an interview in spring 2022 that there was simply no "appetite" among Hse Dems to even consider using Sec. 3 of the 14th Amend. to expel their insurrectionist colleagues. I was enraged & despondent, but nobody else seemed to notice or care. 1/

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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