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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:

- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders

Topics he thinks are not serious:

- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Vought: "We're gonna keep those RIFs rolling throughout this shutdown ... think the Minority Business Development Agency that divvies up business grants on basis of race. Think Environment Justice at EPA ... "

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1h

Wowwwwww

nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 3h

If they’re old enough to be responsible for their vote, they’re old enough to be responsible for their words.

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 4h

Also please provide these “statistics”, I want to see them

nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 4h

Lies, lies, lies

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 6h

It’s really hard to pick who I want to win the “fall-the-farthest” award. It’s a crowded field and I hope the competition is long and fierce.

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 6h

What does a Marxist look like?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 19h

lol. Indiana (the state) will never not be fellating MAGA. It’s terminal and irreversible; they cannot be saved and don’t want to be.

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 20h

Pretty sure that’s what Kafka said as he went to bed the night before Metamorphosis, darth, but unfortunately it didn’t work out for him

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Did this soybean farmer care more about other people’s pronouns than about trade?

Yes?

Congratulations sir, you’re getting what you voted for.

nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Well, to be fair, Republicans don’t really have “programs” because they don’t fundamentally believe in government initiatives for the public good

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Every fiber of my being loathes every fiber of his being

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed that the content moderation bit is the main story here, but also: are her allegations true? Has doxxing happened? With what consequences? Because I sure haven’t heard of many (any?) actual doxxing-of-ICE stories.

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