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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 46m

TBF he had polio as a child

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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 58m

More like this, please (and sorry it came to this).

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Marine colonel quits after 24 years citing concern for future of US under Trump

Resignation, coinciding with Hegseth’s partisan speech, was over Trump flouting constitution, Doug Krugman writes

www.theguardian.com

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 2h

Isn’t that fantastic?

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 4h

Gravestone Recipes

www.eater.com/eater-at-hom...

A New Cookbook Compiles Recipes From Gravestones Around the World

From snickerdoodles to cheese dip, these recipe epitaphs — compiled in a new cookbook — will live forever

www.eater.com

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21h

Brian Krassenstein

Nancy Pelosi just told a reporter to shut up after telling blatant lie.👏👏👏😎💙

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 8h

Doctor Accused of Using a Gun to Force a Woman Into Sex www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/n...

Doctor Accused of Using a Gun to Force a Woman Into Sex

www.nytimes.com

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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 1d

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 16h

That’s hilarious

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 17h

Hideous

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 17h

I didn’t realize until I got home!

Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 17h

My doctor who did my colonoscopy sent me home with a page full of technicolor photos from the event, one of which is marked “anus” , think I’ll frame it.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 18h

Ha!!!

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 18h

It’s a miracle

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 1d

GOP Governor Phil Scott has called on Vermont State Senator Sam Douglass - one of the Young Republicans involved in the offensive group chat - to resign. He called the comments “disgusting and unacceptable.”

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 18h

Handsome group

Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 1d

JD Vance - it was a "college group chat."

Peter Giunta – Chief of Staff in NY Assembly

Joe Maligno – Staffer in New York state court system

William Hendrix – Vice Chair, Kansas Young Republicans

Bobby Walker – Vice Chair, NY State Young Republicans

Samuel Douglass – Vermont State Senator

Republicans embroiled in leaked chat controversy:
Top left – Samuel Douglass
Top right – William Hendrix
Bottom left – Peter Giunta
Bottom right – Bobby Walker

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Bill Lamb @zachvat.bsky.social · 20h

World's God-Emperor has spoken! 🤣

Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 21h

The Bozo Fascist turns everything he touches to shit - even the World Cup. He's trying to cancel matches set for Boston as a form of political retribution. He's an embarrassment on the world stage. It will take decades to recover from all the damage he has done. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons

www.theguardian.com

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 20h

No, Svetlana did not look like her online pictures, but Ralph had spent almost twenty grand to get her here, and he was determined to make the best of it.

A man in a brown coat an a hat has his hand under the face of a large bear and looks poised to kiss them.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 20h

No a simple “Ca va bien”

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 1d

Cleaning off my glasses and reading this again

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 20h

How crazy is that? I’m not even fluent

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 21h

🏀 ⚽️ 🏈

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.

@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 21h

All good!

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 21h

Apparently as I was coming out from anesthesia I was talking to the doctor in French…

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