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Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 21m

Republican state senator makes overtly antisemitic remarks. Yet no thundering condemnation from JD Bowman and Donald Drumpf. Why?

Because antisemitism is cudgel used only against students or faculty who complain about Israeli policies, not conservatives who hate Jews.

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Vermont governor calls for Orleans County senator’s resignation over leaked ‘racist, bigoted and antisemitic’ group chat - VTDigger

Political leaders on both sides of the aisle have moved to denounce Sen. Sam Douglass’ remarks and call for his resignation.

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 9m

Even cowgills get the blues.

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 12m

If the only consequence of length is that you might lose matt c, well. Well.

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Just this guy @lyledallas.bsky.social · 37m

And we're just seeing this one series of chats. Guys like this are all over the GOP now. And these young ones are the future of the party.

It's going to get a lot worse around here before it starts to get better.

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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 7h

One thing that’s probably getting overlooked here is: these folks are serious about this stuff.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 16h

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

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 10h

This one's still my favorite, though. I watched this at the beginning and end of the show, and all the cartoon characters were in there, including the Kellogg's corn flakes rooster.

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 11h

Al Hartley weeper!

Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 11h

"I battled 20 KAOS agents in a destroyer!"
"I find that hard to believe."
"Would you believe ten KAOS agents in a speedboat?"
"No."
"Three in a dinghy?"
"No."
"How about... a KAOS trainee in water wings?"

-- Get Smart

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 13h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

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JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 12h

I just want you all to know that when we told you that they wanted to destroy everything and you thought Black women were exaggerating? This was the "ironic" racism you said we were overreacting to 10 years ago. Racism has never had generational limits

Politico @politico.com · 18h

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👇

‘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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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 14h

Yippi-io-kiyay!

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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 1d

Surprise, surprise

elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

The Israelis inform the families of Palestinian prisoners at the last moment that their loved ones won't be released but instead exiled www.instagram.com/p/DPwIHM3At4Q/

megaphonenews on Instagram: "هكذا تتلاعب سلطات الاحتلال نفسياً بعوائل الأسرى الفلسطينيّين، فتخبرهم باللحظة الأخيرة أنّ أبناءهم سيكونون من المُبعَدين إلى خارج #ف…"

هكذا تتلاعب سلطات الاحتلال نفسياً بعوائل الأسرى الفلسطينيّين، فتخبرهم باللحظة الأخيرة أنّ أبناءهم سيكونون من المُبعَدين إلى خارج #فلسطين، بعد تبليغهم في المرّة الأولى أنّهم سيعودون إلى منازلهم في #الضفّة_الغربية. هذا هو الحال مع الأسير محمد عمران وهو من بلدة الخليل في جنوب الضفّة، وعائلته التي صُعقَت بالخبر فيما كانت تنتظره في رام الله. يُذكَر أنّ عمران محكوم بـ13 مؤبّد، أمضى منها 25 عامًا في السجن.-This is how the occupation authorities psychologically manipulate the families of Palestinian prisoners: they inform the families at the last moment that their sons will be exiled outside #Palestine after initially telling them that the prisoners would return home to the #WestBank. This was the case for Muhammad Imran, a prisoner from al-Khalil (Hebron) in the southern West Bank. His family was shocked by the news while waiting for him in Ramallah. Imran has been sentenced to 13 life terms and has served 25 years in prison.

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 14h

I used to be surprised at how much better plays were in production than when I was reading one at home to prepare for a tryout.

Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 14h

OT: Favorite moment in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is when the cast of Romeo & Juliet is carousing with wenches at a tavern, and one wench asks the actor who plays the Nurse what the show is about.

"Well," he says, "There's this Nurse..."

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 16h

He will sleep till noon, but before it's dark...

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 17h

alt-text: Archie's "Big Ethel" character lopes, disgruntled, through a park. "I REJECT the self that God created!" she says. "I reject God's authority! I'll take it out on ALL authority!!!" Her deranged-looking footsteps take her close to an innocent KEEP OFF THE GRASS SIGN.

Art/story: Al Hartley.

🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · Jan 3

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

Pondering the equivalent Loki rules. I think Rule One would be "never use a contraction if you can help it when Loki is speaking. He's an eternal deity. He's got time to say the whole word. Also he's fancy and pretentious."

LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 1d

Wile E Coyote's rules were both spoken and very specific.

The Rules:

1. The Road-Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going “beep-beep!”

2. No outside force can harm the Coyote—only his own ineptitude or the failure of Acme products.

3. The Coyote could stop anytime—if he were not a fanatic. (Repeat: “A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim.” –George Santayana)

4. No dialogue ever, except “beep-beep!”

5. The Road-Runner must stay on the road—otherwise, logically, he would not be called Road-Runner.

6. All action must be confined to the natural environment of the two characters—the southwest American desert.

7. All materials, tools, weapons, or mechanical conveniences must be obtained from the Acme Corporation.

8. Whenever possible, make gravity the Coyote’s greatest enemy.

9. The Coyote is always more humiliated than harmed by his failures.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 21h

most people on the left simply dont actually know or understand what is on fox. i would implore you on this issue to defer to those of us who understand it, probably more than we understand our own families

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 21h

Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado started revamping its vaccine policies in the spring

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dismantling of federal vaccine policy continues, some Democratic-led states have struck out on their own.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 20h

They’re giving away their game plan. There will be instigators among us.
Be alert.

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 19h

It'll always be amusing to me (probably) that in the ST:DS9 episode where Sisko goes into "The Trouble With Tribbles," he takes the place of a Yeoman at the end, and as he leaves the bridge, Kirk checks his ass and gives it a look of approval.

Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 19h

Forget the bird. Follow the river!

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 19h

Why isn't he making license plates?

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 21h

and government workers aren’t getting paid while congress is.

so, basically, we taxpayers are funding vacations for GOP congresspeople while also dealing with the downstream effects of a shutdown.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

5/ But here's the even darker kicker.

The House Republicans aren't even in town. Speaker Johnson told them to stay away from DC. They haven't been here in nearly a month. Refusing to show up for work. An unprecedented, unplanned 4 week recess.

And why?

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