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Pat Maxwell

@maxwellz.bsky.social

1.6K followers 1.5K following 4.5K posts

Agender, they/them/he/him are all fine. Leftist. Not a huge poster, former video game reviewer and news writer. Pro Wrestling nerd.

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Pat Maxwell @maxwellz.bsky.social · Nov 12

The (AEW) Revolution will be televised (On March 3rd from Greensboro Coliseum)

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Kristi @booksandbodyslams.bsky.social · 10h

And how could I forget the MVP of this list

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DragonFC @dragonfc1.bsky.social · 4h

Kenny's almost 12 month reign from Dec 2020 to Nov 2021 likely consisted of 4 PPVs to build for title matches.

Compare this to 2025 where over the same length reign the champion would be involved in the build for 10 PPV matches.

#aew

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Pat Maxwell @maxwellz.bsky.social · 3h

I mean he isn't cause he straight up said he was wearing a MAGA hat on his burner and then retweeted that burner from his main account when he didn't have access to his main account.

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Adam @adamnyeary44.bsky.social · 11h

I think Cody’s political views are much less of a secret than Dustin’s were

Lucifer Pearl @bklynbrwlr.bsky.social · 11h

I shouldn’t be shocked but I’m shocked.

And now I’m looking at Cody sideways too. I don’t trust none of em!

Adam @adamnyeary44.bsky.social · 1d

I’m stunned absolutely stunned by the possibility that Dustin Rhodes, son of Dusty Rhodes and brother of Cody Rhodes, political views might be terrible.

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 5h

Kind of amazing that the photo Politico used of one of these folks -- the one who made a joke about gas chambers -- is from an event that Politico sponsored last summer.

Peter Giunta participates in a CNN-POLITICO Grill discussion at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 16, 2024. | Rod Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 8h

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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Pat Maxwell @maxwellz.bsky.social · 3h

Really love finding a moderation email from the day after Kirk died with no attached post, so I couldn't know what tripped BlueSky moderation lol

Pat Maxwell @maxwellz.bsky.social · 4h

You called it

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 4h

Holy shit he literally did it NO FUCKING WAY LMAO

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump opens the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "This is the first time we've been at the new and improved Rose Garden. And people are loving it. They are loving it like they have not loved a lot of things."

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Amy Nemmity @amy.wrestlejoy.com · 4h

I'm gonna share this for no nefarious reason whatsoever.

(sometimes AEW shows up randomly in the replies, and I wanna see it happen there 😈😂)

katherine ✨ @netkitten.net · 5h

me when aew starts paying attention to bsky

a simpsons chalkboard gag showing bart in a classroom writing "i will not thirstpost over kyle fletcher" over and over.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 4h

i would simply run on the principle that these guys and their ideas are all bad, instead of the principle that i could win some of these guys over by having some of their ideas

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 4h

everyone needs to internalize that this is just how all republicans are and when nancy pelosi said "the country needs a strong republican party" she meant that more people like this should be powerful. they are all like this! they all think just like this and like trump and they love it and it's fun

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4h

There's a certain level of brain rot among the trans folks still on Twitter. No matter how much you say you're immune to it, the nonstop transphobia permeating every level of that site will have you turn reactionary as a coping mechanism. Many such cases.

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Pat Maxwell @maxwellz.bsky.social · 4h

A lot of these freaks don't even understand their own original base isn't a bunch of Republicans. Dr. Phil had the Oprah audience of liberal women as his base, they aren't following him on a Republicans pivot, if you can't get someone to buy/bot views for you the venture is gonna collapse.

Pat Maxwell @maxwellz.bsky.social · 4h

It's crazy just how often if you can not get a conservative billionaire to back, you grifting to the right just collapses because there's not a real grassroots base for it. Everything has to be astroturfed.

Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 5h

Look for the helpers

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Amy Nemmity @amy.wrestlejoy.com · 8h

Just a heads up from people coming over here from toxic Twitter.

You don't need to hedge your enjoyment of AEW by saying "people may call me an AEW mark but..."

No one does that here.

It's okay to like and enjoy things. ❤️

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 4h

Trump and Israel really got the democratic party to fold in 2024, so what did we learn? next time don't back the genocidal state running troll farms and rape networks for your political opponent or go on TV repeatdly stating how much you stand with them. Hopefully this is an established lesson now.

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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 4h

they don't make right wing freaks like this anymore, that pie would've put andy ngo into the ICU

gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 4h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Josh @joshlions.bsky.social · 4h

Just a refresher incase people forgot but FUCK WWE!!!!

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 4h

Matt Taibbi *crickets*

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 10h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 20h

A famous Dril tweet that reads “issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ISIL. you do not, under any circumstances, “gotta hand it to them”

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Pat Maxwell @maxwellz.bsky.social · 9h

That season finale was great! I cried a couple of times.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 22h

Dave Meltzer reporting Triple H has lost the WWE locker room (re Seth Rollins' injury) should be a much, much bigger story: "But after being told his other injury was legit, many are not fully believing anything... the lack of trust right now is pretty high."

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onion person @junlper.beer · 21h

if you already didn’t have enough reasons to cancel spotify:

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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