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Kevin @kevjg.bsky.social · 10m

if you were committed to the belief that this is a stable long-term strategy for the Israelis in Lebanon and Syria (and maybe also in Qatar), you might believe it could be a new Monroe Doctrine for us as well.

but the whole idea is insane.

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Kevin @kevjg.bsky.social · 12m

Vance and co. like to insist it’s not “regime change” because there’s no plan to shore up a successor government — the aim is to leave a vacuum that we periodically bomb into submission

Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social · 20m

“The new authority would allow the C.I.A. to carry out lethal operations in Venezuela…The agency would be able to take covert action against Mr. Maduro or his government either unilaterally or in conjunction with a larger military operation.”

Regime change is back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin @kevjg.bsky.social · 31m

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 42m

briefly interrupting my shame posting to tap one of the other signs: a society that would like to keep functioning must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 48m

SCOOP: Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com/2025/10/15/t...

Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1h

A reminder that Ben Gvir was set to be sanctioned by the United States government in February 2024 but was personally taken off the list by President Biden.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2h

Itamar Ben Gvir is a real monster www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2h

"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 · 3h

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!

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 20h

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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Lauren @larrygoose.bsky.social · 3h

2yo has started telling the baby “I’m so glad you came here :)” which you know. Some stuff is good in the world

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Kevin @kevjg.bsky.social · 3h

not only do people ignore this — there are centrist “strategists” who will insist it’s not true, even to the point of invoking Fake Polls

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 3h

It is insane to me that his approval is in the toilet, especially in the economy and the chattering classes just pretend it is not happening.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 3h

alternatively, trump's at 41% approval — that's pretty "sour" right?

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 4h

[billy Joel voice] Ezra Klein, Polycule, Bari's got a pretend school.

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 5h

jfc... now klein is platforming yud.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 4h

"no kings" is perhaps *the* foundational truth of this republic, I mean that's what they wrote first

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

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 @kevjg.bsky.social · 4h

probably goats in this case tbh

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Kevin @kevjg.bsky.social · 4h

The Lion does not concern himself with the opinions of sheep.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 5h

lol Claremont is mad at the pope

americanmind.org/salvo/christ...

Christianity and the West, Part III

Pope Leo XIV needs to shun humanitarian progressivism in favor of the moral and political realism of a decidedly Augustinian character.

americanmind.org

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Kevin @kevjg.bsky.social · 18h

Woke 2 is here.

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Squid @hootiehoo19.bsky.social · 19h

The Pillar published an interview with the priest from the eucharistic procession to the ICE facility and he called Barron, Dolan, and Paprocki all white nationalists lmfao

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ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 1d

"God is a somewhat powerful being who is nevertheless endangered by beer brand endorsements" is Evangelical "theology" summed up pretty well

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 20h

WAIT. This Andover data is incredible and uh I don't think it says what he think it says... First two are 2023, next two are 2024. I am absolutely screaming at the misinterpretation here.

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Kevin @kevjg.bsky.social · 20h

ok at least there’s a kind of political argument in there; most white Democrat senators think the slang is enough

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

You might think Ryan is exaggerating but I used to go to a regular dinner that gradually got taken over by young Republican staffers and I promise you he is not.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 1d

Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?

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Jose @jum.bsky.social · 1d

Woke springs eternal

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Kevin @kevjg.bsky.social · 1d

that counts as theology now

firstthings.com/voyages-to-t...

Voyages to the End of the World - First Things

Francis Bacon dreamed of abolishing disease, natural disasters, and chance itself. He also dreamed of abolishing God.

firstthings.com

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 3d

Nobody wants it as a story but I have multiple NYPD sources who voted for Mamdani, are eager for his win in November, and who say their colleagues quietly feel the same.

They like that he wants NYPD to focus on crime, not quality of life enforcement.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Cooter Jones @cooter.bsky.social · 6d

Now that all of Issue 1 is shipped, I’m logging off to finish Issue 2! It’s projected to be 2x the size of #1, so our goal is $600 to cover production. All who pitch in get original art from the book + an early digital copy!

Venmo: @BucephalusMissouri
Paypal: @cooterjones262

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my god

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 3d

Please nobody tell professional writer praising professional journalists Caitlin Flanagan what "out of whole cloth" means

Screenshot of text:

Not now but soon enough, there will be major stories about The Free Press being the creation of three female founders who constructed a hugely successful digital business out of whole cloth.

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