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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 3h

I asked Border Patrol why they used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics, highlighted this morning by @paleofuture.bsky.social. You're not gonna believe this but they did not answer my questions: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Border Patrol won’t say why it used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics

The video was live on Facebook and Instagram for two months.

www.motherjones.com

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 17h

“When we made love on top of the pile of rat carcasses Bobby kept in his man cave, I felt an intense connection. Also the bones of decomposed rats stabbling my hips”

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

they like Trump and want to help him

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

About a week ago, the New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast portrayed Russell Vought as a devout Christian, a true “small government” conservative who loves the free market, and a man with a great work ethic. A remarkable combination of credulousness and deliberate whitewashing.

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 2d

First they came for the Jews and I said nothing because some online dork told me that i was not adequately centering the Jewish experience and I should just wait until I am invited into the space

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 3d

“It is a badge of honor to eat the ass of this person who lives solely to curry favor with the weirdos in power and to scream about college kids”.

Ok. Maybe grow up

Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 8d

It was a Jim Davis spinoff from Garfield. They used to sell Lasagna and you had to order your drink Nermal Size, Odie Size, or Garfield Size. Sandwiches came later, after Jon’s friend Lyman left the strip. So I think we know what meats Ving Rhames is talking about

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11d

Your freshman year roommate before every 8:30AM Econ class

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 11d

If that’s not what you meant then that’s what you wrote. Be smorter lol lmao 42 laugh cry emojis

Fucking Subliterate. Think, then type

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11d

You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.

“[t]he freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.”

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 11d

Not being an enthusiast of the autocomplete plagiarism machine is antihuman I am very smart

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 15d

Um, anyone who read project 2025?

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 15d

This. This administration is even worse than any of us thought possible. Who had destroy NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, scientific research all at the same time on their bingo card?

Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 16d

My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration.

It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17d

To the Daily Beast staffer who put “79” into this headline, know this:

We salute you.

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 16d

Sorry to break it to you, but quite a lot of people aren't interested in naps. Have zero interest in them. I'm one of them

The issue I think you have, is that as a nap fan, you find it hard to accept that naps are irrelevant and unimportant to many.

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 17d

Cym Newton

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 17d

Gonna live out my dream of playing or football by running over Jalen Hurts

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 17d

Send me $1,000 and I will tell you what to name your child and it will be some normal shit that will keep them from getting bullied. Send me $2,000 and I'll add a bunch of Ys into their name for no reason. Send me $5,000 and I guess OK your kid is Fartryn now

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 18d

"No CTE for this guy," I said, sitting on top of my giant pile of money

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 21d

Seth Rogan has said similar things too. Basically that if you want to be funny, you need to change with the times, not complain that a joke you made 20 years ago didn't age well

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 21d

Just a reminder that these "pivotal votes" that the Democrats got in these recent special elections aren't pickups. They are pivotal seats that have been vacant for months because the Democrats who previously held them ran for office notwithstanding age and cancer diagnoses, then died in office.

HuffPost @huffpost.com · 21d

Adelita Grijalva's win means that Democrats now have another pivotal vote.

Democrats Gain Another Key House Seat, Narrowing Republicans' Majority Even More

Adelita Grijalva's win means that Democrats now have another pivotal vote.

www.huffpost.com

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 21d

What's the meta for dinner?

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Joe Tilleli @sorrywrongjoe.bsky.social · 22d

Easily the best cokelike

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Dr. Doug @raptorbreath.bsky.social · 22d

BREAKING: Florida cop treated for autism after exposure to tylenol during traffic stop

a female officer laying on her back on the ground, eyes open, lit with flashlights

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 23d

These are the people who associated with the man you called a friend.

Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 24d

Again. It will learn to read before it addresses me again

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Mike MacLennan @mmaclennan.bsky.social · 26d

A useless little fuck needs to learn to read and calm itself before it talks to its betters again. Try again tomorrow when you are less addled, little one

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