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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 6h

Did you hear about this delightful conversation?

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On Friday, Elon Musk appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and falsely claimed that the government shutdown was a dispute over blue states diverting billions of dollars in fraudulent federal pa...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

🔥 Bing bong. perfect post just now

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 14h

This would help him succeed in making rent more affordable.

Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 15h

OMG! Thanks for introducing me to the reason why I can’t stand cologne, perfume, or laundry detergent!!!

I thought I was alone in sensitivity to smells. There are times I can’t even walk around my neighborhood because people are using so much smelly detergent!

The rest of list mostly applies too!

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 22h

Or simply ask the same question a day later… “ mr. speaker now that you’ve had a day to catch up…”

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 2d

Among the many amazing things about Adams pleading his case here is that he openly supports and now is asking for help from… people who cancelled funding for cancer research.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 2d

Healthcare but only for my friends

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 2d

But you do have to... hand it to him? for the very clever "pooper lind" 😵‍💫

Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 3d

And a “dead ball” last night?!? Never heard of that one.

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 3d

Quietest home run ever! I guess I don’t blame them if they didn’t sell any tix in the US.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 3d

Look, I don't care how much you all love sports, you can't be posting like that as long as Donald has the nukes without at least mentioning you're talking about baseball.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 3d

it might be over

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 3d

Highly recommend this after you watch!

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Kathryn Bigelow on the nuclear nightmare "A House of Dynamite"

YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

Not even a year in, and here are the brownshirts.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3d

“Under the plan, bounty hunters may receive “monetary bonuses” depending on how successfully they track down their targets — and how many immigrants they then report to ICE.”

Or ICE could just fund the Klan directly.

ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants

Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.

theintercept.com

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 3d

Also, what are the actual policies or proposals that are supposedly too far left? The caricatures from Fox News might be too far left, but their actual proposals?

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 4d

WTF is a dead ball?!? Never heard of that!

Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 4d

Was also made into an excellent mini-series recently!

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 4d

Just had a young boy come to the door dressed as @alyankovic.bsky.social! What a career that kids still know Weird Al in 2025! 40 years ago I was a teen listening to Eat It!

a man is walking down a hallway with the words just eat it on the bottom

ALT: a man is walking down a hallway with the words just eat it on the bottom

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 4d

Do not tread, Eric!

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 5d

Just occurred to me that MTG is also following this playbook! Is she establishing her independence from the party for 2028??

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 5d

We’re supposed to believe JC Penney is still a thing? This has to be AI or something.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5d

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 5d

FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 5d

I worry they don’t think they have to worry about elections anymore… They certainly aren’t acting like they’re trying to win votes.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 5d

When we were deployed, some Afghans risked their lives to help us. Now Trump wants to send them out to be killed by the Taliban.

It’s a disgrace, a betrayal, and a decision that endangers future US troops.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5d

Exclusive: The U.S. government asked a judge to deport a man to Afghanistan, where he expects the Taliban to kill him. Legal experts say the case could have consequences for Afghans the U.S. rescued and promised to support.

Trump administration makes misleading case in high-stakes asylum hearing

Homeland Security asked a judge to deport a man to Afghanistan, where he expects the Taliban to kill him. The case could affect thousands of asylum seekers.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 6d

Given the algorithms and broken up media universe, I’m now often surprised when people who really seem to try to pay attention don’t know important things.

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 6d

“We have always been at war with Eastasia”

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 6d

US defense chief Pete Hegseth says 4 killed in new strike on alleged Pacific drug boat.

Hegseth's announcement on X comes a day after US strikes killed over a dozen people on four boats in the Pacific, and brings the total death toll from Trump's anti-drug campaign to at least 62

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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 7d

The perfect job does not ex…

L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 7d

Natasha has the munchies … and a mission to review small businesses that are pillars within their local communities.

The full story: lataco.com/natasha-has-...

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