Joé McKen
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mmasnick.bsky.social
I honestly think Johnson was trying to make a joke here, but he's too stupid to realize that the joke reveals that all the claims of threats and violence are bullshit.
oregonian.com
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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radleybalko.bsky.social
More of this, please.
urocklive1.bsky.social
Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/
Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report
Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...
www.rawstory.com
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radleybalko.bsky.social
It must have been traumatic for Speaker Mike to see naughty bits without having to circumvent his porn filter first.
oregonian.com
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
Unconstitutional, damaging to our democracy and--last time I checked--murder is a crime. Let's not gussy it up and call it acts of war. This is murder.
jayapal.house.gov
This is the FIFTH time Trump has carried out an illegal bombing in the Caribbean.

Using the military to execute alleged criminals with no due process or input from Congress is brazenly unconstitutional and damaging to our democracy.

apnews.com/article/trum...
US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says
President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.
apnews.com
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kenwhite.bsky.social
And they‘re all such overt creepy losers. Subormals.
originalsp.in
Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach Sam Douglass, Vermont state senator
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electproject.bsky.social
It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave
atrupar.com
Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."
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50501movement.bsky.social
The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.
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democrats.org
Trump cut a program that gave free black lung screenings to coal miners.
factpostnews.bsky.social
Coal miner's wife on Trump's deregulation of black lung protections:

“They’re mining a lot more now, the coal trucks are running, but there’s no benefits for the coal miners coming in... The coal miners have supplied this country with electricity, and now they’re just cast aside to die”
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gluonspring.bsky.social
The idea that someone could hire 100 thousand people, to say nothing of a million, to engage in protest is the sort of thing only a child could believe. 100? Sure. 1000? Possible. 100,000? You are a mental child.
atrupar.com
Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."
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normative.bsky.social
Possibly the funniest thing in here is Jones’ lawyers describing The Onion as his “ideological nemesis.”
joemcken.net
They’re so fucking terrified of a public they can’t control or force into submission.

Be indomitable.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social
I had to listen to the audio to confirm it, but yes, as troops are being deployed to American cities, as masked goons are disappearing citizens from our streets, as ICE agents are shooting pepper balls at priests ... Mike Johnson thinks nude bicyclists are "the most threatening thing I've seen yet."
oregonian.com
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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dustinhuberty.bsky.social
Bottom right is so anti-woke even his lenses stopped transitioning.
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views
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matineemode.bsky.social
Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.
joemcken.net
A true icon has left us.

If you don’t know who Drew Struzan was: He’s the guy who made your favorite movie posters.

Yes, that one. Yeah, that one too. All of those, actually.
DuckDuckGo search results for movie posters by Drew Struzan, showing over a dozen iconic theatrical artworks for ‘Star Wars’, ‘Waterworld’, ‘Man of Steel’, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Hellboy’, ‘Back to the Future’, ‘Blade Runner’, ‘Hook’, ‘Indiana Jones’ and more
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
I’m pretty sure they don’t even let you *run* for Congress as a Republican unless you’ve got at least one (1) restraining order from a former girlfriend half your age.
premthakker.bsky.social
Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”
Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills
A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.
www.orlandosentinel.com
joemcken.net
About time. And indeed, it’s not about whether any convictions will stick in the long term (at least for now) – it’s about putting up a fight and making the fascist thugs sweat for it.
joemcken.net
Someone alert Matt Taibbi IMMEDIATELY
noupside.bsky.social
I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?
Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.
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junlper.beer
these people know how extreme they are
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
Breaking: Text messages of Young Republican groups across the country have just been leaked.

They talk about putting Democrats in “gas chambers,” attacking “Jews,” calling Black people “watermelon people,” calling to “rape” their enemies, and bringing back slavery.
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navmecheng.bsky.social
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.
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radleybalko.bsky.social
This was once the kind of shit we cited to differentiate ourselves from authoritarian countries. It’s just who we are now.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.
royalpratt.bsky.social
NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
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marisakabas.bsky.social
This is the response I received from ICE when I inquired about the 13-year-old they abducted from Everett, Mass. on Friday:
Good afternoon, Marisa.
Please see the below from DHS on the 13-year-old alien.
Please feel free to direct any questions to them.
Respectfully,
James


Tricia McLaughlin
@TriciaOhio • 6h
S...
Here are the facts: he posed a public safety threat with an extensive rap sheet including violent assault with a dangerous weapon, battery, breaking and entering, destruction of property.
He was in possession of a firearm and 5-7 inch knife when arrested.
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.