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Jason Karsh

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Writer. Photographer. Liberal. Obama alum. Petter of dogs. Partaker of libations. Medium: @jkarsh | Instagram: _jkarsh

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · Jun 8

As the Trump admin predictably rolls the National Guard into the streets and a Republican army of enablers roots for military violence against Americans, some words on why, and the way forward.

The Tyranny of Tiny Men

The way to fight back is not to give up on anyone. The way forward is to stand with each other, for each other.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 4m

So Nazis. They want to give refugee status to Nazis.

OK, maybe not JUST Nazis. Also certain other white people who hate non-white immigration. But Nazis can definitely come.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The proposals also advise Mr. Trump to prioritize Europeans who have been “targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.”

That appeared to be a reference to the European far-right political party Alternative for Germany, whose leaders have trivialized the Holocaust, revived Nazi slogans and denigrated foreigners. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany for trying to suppress the views of the group, which is known as the AfD.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 7m

This. The White Sox are terrible. Being a fan of them right now is its own special kind of torture. So to see the Pope sticking with Sox fans at our lowest, it’s awesome.

Micah @rincewind.run · 36m

more people in power should allow themselves to be authentic sports haters

do not try to pander to every team, there's nothing people hate more than inauthentic sports "fandom"

Karen Leick @kleick.bsky.social · 41m

I'm a Cubs fan and this doesn't bother me at all! (much more disturbed by Obama's "I like both teams!" thing. like, we know you're a sox fan. it's fine)

Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 9m

I don’t necessarily root for hyper-partisan morons to light money on fire, he could have done some good with that $1M. But I’d be lying if I said this news didn’t make me smile.

Politico @politico.com · 38m

Bill Ackman, billionaire hedge fund investor and Trump supporter, has donated $1 million to a super PAC opposing Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign.

Pro-Trump billionaire Bill Ackman gives $1M to anti-Mamdani effort

It’s the largest contribution to Defend NYC, a super PAC aimed at thwarting the Democratic nominee’s mayoral campaign.

www.politico.com

Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 12m

Let’s check in on one of the victims of Trump’s “closest friend,” the rapist and sex trafficker whose FBI file Republicans have shutdown the government to keep secret because it so implicates Donald Trump.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 35m

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy and powerful men, and how everyone knew what was going on

www.theguardian.com

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 34m

Pats the little woman on the head, ties her apron for her, wonders why she hasn't brought him his martini and smoking jacket yet, and reminds her to wear high heels when she bakes him cookies.

#EpsteinFiles

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 42m

FOX: Grijalva says you're afraid of her being the 218th signer to the Epstein petition, that if she was a Republican you would've sworn her in. What do you say?

MIKE JOHNSON: I say bless her heart. She's a representative-elect, she doesn't know how it works around here.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 27m

Wealth transfer. Open corruption. Take your pick.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1h

What the fuck are we doing?

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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 1h

Here are the grown “kids”. That one guy looks late 40’s. These are the Hitler lovers.

Vermont state senator Sam Douglass. Bland white guy with glasses and beard. Brown hair.

Man in poorly fitting dark suit with glasses and dark hair. Yes he’s white. William Hendrix who is the communications assistant to vile Kris Kobach, Kansas AG.

Bobby Walker, dark hair and dressed exactly like trump. Not a kid at all. He’s vice chair of New York State young republicans. I guess young means under 50.

Peter Giunta looks like he’s in his 40’s. I don’t know his age. Also dressed like trump in an ill-fitting suit. He has one of the worst combovers I’ve ever seen. Beard and mustache. He’s the chair of the NY state young republicans. He looks like the type of guy that looks through your windows at night.

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 55m

Vought going hard on his reverse-racism tour

"If white people don't have everything, then we have nothing"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Vought: "We're gonna keep those RIFs rolling throughout this shutdown ... think the Minority Business Development Agency that divvies up business grants on basis of race. Think Environment Justice at EPA ... "

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 55m

Important: this is exactly how propagandists operate.

Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 23h

NEW:

A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.

factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 55m

I’m not totally sure why you’d agree to debate someone who will argue entirely in bad faith. But it’s not like anyone will watch this so I guess Jeffries thinks he can get a viral clip of two out of this.

Politico @politico.com · 2h

Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will debate Wednesday on C-SPAN.

The yet-to-be-scheduled showdown will take place on “Ceasefire,” hosted by our Dasha Burns.

Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries will debate on C-SPAN

The yet-to-be-scheduled showdown will take place on "Ceasefire," hosted by POLITICO's Dasha Burns.

www.politico.com

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 56m

I live like a four minute walk from my son's school and work from home so consider this Squad Goals.

Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 5h

At a raid on the drop-off line at a local elementary school, hundreds of parents had ICE surrounded within three minutes. ICE gave up and fled.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 57m

I love, love, love that her second choice was (naturally) that Palace game. 😂 Go Eagles 🦅

NBC Sports Soccer @nbcsportsoccer.bsky.social · 1h

What's one iconic Premier League moment Rebecca Lowe will never forget?

(Hint: Liverpool fans, look away 🫣)

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

The federal government is just openly white supremacist, now.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1h

First of all, if you think it’s just kids in these chats I have a bridge to sell you. But more importantly, all this does is make me wonder how often Vance tells Hitler “jokes” in his own group chats.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1h

The U.S. passport has fallen out of the top 10 most powerful passports globally for the first time in 20 years.

The American passport is now in 12th spot, tied with Malaysia. A decade ago, the U.S. passport topped the index.

U.S. falls out of top 10 on list of the world’s most powerful passports

The U.S. is now in the 12th spot — it was first a decade ago. The index ranks how many destinations a passport holder can visit without needing a visa.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1h

The most fragile, insecure racists are in charge. And they gave all their friends guns and badges.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 5h

My neighbors have filled the Little Free Libraries with whistles so we can warn each other about ICE. Chicago is not afraid.

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 3h

Heres my prev post about the TX GOP chair making antisemitic, racist, and anti-muslim comments. Its not a few bad apples. This is the entire republican party and theres no one in the cable tv and oped universe demanding they moderate. I get 1488 columns about the left tho bsky.app/profile/real...

Jay from Quahog @fromquahog.com · 7h

THE NAZI PARTY of America in FULL VIEW.

*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 7h

Imagine the New York Times front page if some rando Dem in rural New Mexico said "I love Osama"

There are zero stories about Kansas Republicans exchanging racist and klan notes. Note that the Texas GOP chair also said similar stuff

The Republican Party are proud nazis. We ignore it at our peril

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:

- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders

Topics he thinks are not serious:

- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 12h

“I can’t believe you would even suggest something like this,” Jeff Bezos huffed as he turned and defiantly stepped into his giant space dong, ready to filing himself into low orbit for no apparent reason.

Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 13h

Underneath everything else, it’s all about the billionaires’ dicks.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 17h

OpenAI CEO announces they will soon allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content.

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 13h

Here is the Vice President defending adults who said they love Hitler, want to rape their enemies, put their political opponents in gas chambers, and that Black people are monkeys. Just to name a few.

Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13h

"republican staffers are all literal nazis" is less of a groupchat thing and more of a posting on main thing at this point

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 18h

*no kings except this guy

What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 14h

And I know people will say, ‘Where’s that energy for Rs’? IMO, it is very much there for them, but it also has to be there for those electeds who are failing to meet the moment. And Booker may just be wrong place/wrong time to get hit with this, but Ds need to hear their vulnerabilities. /end

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