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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 1h

it's definitely the case that like, actually-open nazi stuff carries less of a consequence than it did even 10 years ago, but that's also true of like, many types of actual crime (when committed by people in positions of power in the US)

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 1h

ok but the people we've been talking about weren't "100% open" either. like, they themselves were concerned with the consequences of it becoming open

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h

"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 7h

there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly

and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 5h

Yes! YES!!

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 6h

rip bisky

jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 9h

just to short-circuit the "but who among us is without sin" thing that she's doing here: not only was i witness to this, i was also a deeply insecure wussy nerd and as you can probably imagine not exactly perfect along these lines myself.

jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 10h

they definitely have always been this way. source: i am a white guy who was a teenager in the 90s

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 9h

i'm trying not to be too bad-faith here because i do think it's likely that she as a woman was privy to significantly less of the heinous stuff that guys feel free to say to each other BUT she is very clearly doing the "but who among us is without sin" thing downthread, which i always hate

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 10h

they definitely have always been this way. source: i am a white guy who was a teenager in the 90s

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

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👇

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 11h

what is this about

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 12h

huh why are quote posts disabled, a mystery

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 12h

calling bullshit on a viral thing on this website but not explicitly saying which one (i 100% mean it though, it's completely fake)

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 1d

god the zohran discourse has to be so so sweet.

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 2d

is "is your portfolio ready" one of theirs, because i've been trying to find that for ages

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 2d

best wide wale corduroy for sitting on couch 2025 reddit

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 2d

do they just not make big soft wide wale corduroy pants for dirtbags anymore. if i look this up online i am met with "For the Man Who is Looking to Spend Six Hundred Dollars"

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 2d

they're doing marvel movies about single guys now

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 2d

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 2d

seems like the sleeper awakens. y'all ever witness his stirrings

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 2d

yes, i'm doing "oh you're surprised??" because none of the people expressing surprise have any excuse to be

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 2d

this is just another one of those things that we all watched happen in extreme slow motion and somehow people are surprised by the outcome—an outcome that all of those same people explicitly predicted, because it's the easiest thing in the world to predict

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 2d

i gotta say this sucks but it sucks in the way everything has sucked for a long time. i'm not super concerned with someone somewhere outside of nyc reading the same piece every newspaper in the country has run for the last five years

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 2d

spoiler tag this

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 3d

so funny that serpent's path is one of them

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 4d

i'm sorry to hear this!

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jm @jaubertmoniker.net · 4d

lol

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