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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 21h

“i have always been a shitty person i was just more careful not to leave evidence behind”

-the vice president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 1d

They are really scared of this rally. Not scared of it being violent; scared that it will expose them for the monsters they are.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Scalise refers to No Kings as the "Hate America Rally"

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1d

BRING YOUR KIDS to #NoKings on Saturday. This will be my 11-year-old’s third protest of the year.

Kids can’t vote and lack $$ to donate.

But they can stand and march and shout and sing. And they’ll remember — after we’re gone — how we taught them what we value. 🇺🇸🚫👑

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

A foundational truth of this republic is it has no king.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Judy B🎃tt @judybott.bsky.social · 1d

Art

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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 1d

tbh there's a real difference between a young republican and a Young Republican. if the former doesn't recoil from interaction with the latter, though, it's immaterial.

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Judy B🎃tt @judybott.bsky.social · 1d

The Dude abides

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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.bsky.social · 1d

Quite the party summary.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 1d

Did someone use one of those Men in Black flashy sticks to wipe all memory of January 6 from Mike Johnson's brain?

Or does he think we've all forgotten?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1d

never forget

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 14 Oct 1977 anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was "pied" by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist. She then began praying and burst into tears. Following a boycott, she lost her job as brand ambassador for Florida orange juice. More LGBT+ history here: workingclasshistory.com/tag/lgbtq/

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 2d

Trump’s lapdogs in North Carolina are now trying to rig their maps and save the Republican Party from being wiped out in the midterms.

It’s time we fight fire with fire. California needs to vote YES on Prop 50 — and every blue state needs to do what it can to balance the scales.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2d

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 2d

When ICE says they’re enforcing the law "with compassion," this is the group photo.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings is going to be the world's largest Halloween parade, and I can't wait.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

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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Judy B🎃tt @judybott.bsky.social · 2d

Harness that feeling for the fight

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Major airports are refusing to air Kristi Noem’s propaganda video blaming Democrats for the shutdown, and there’s a reason: it violates the Hatch Act

You can’t use taxpayer resources for partisan attacks. Period.

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Judy B🎃tt @judybott.bsky.social · 2d

They grow up so fast

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 2d

The President of the United States doesn’t have time to get our government reopened because he’s busy social media whining about a magazine cover showing his neck wattle.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

Good discussion with @gregsargent.bsky.social on No Kings and the right to protest: "They’re trying to turn it into something really evil. But that’s because they’re scared of it, and they know it turns public opinion... I think they should be worried, because nothing they’re doing is popular."

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.

On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 2d

The NY state apple harvest season is in full gear. Workers are out in the apple orchards on a daily basis climbing up and down ladders to fill these huge 900 lb bins so we can enjoy this sweet fruit. #WeFeedYou

A bin partly filled with apples and two more bins empty and one more at the end partially filled

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

This is exactly right: it's real violence, but a performance at the same time

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Martin J. B. Burns @burns1mjb.bsky.social · 2d

(Point well made.)

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