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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 1h

My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 14h

Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...

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Noah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 5h

Demagogic president seizes money to pay standing army, arrogating to himself legislative power, while his cronies keep Congress out of session is honestly more or less exactly how the Founders thought this would end

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 11h

America has no kings. That’s kind of the whole point.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

JD Vance said today on the TPUSA podcast that these guys were “just a bunch of kids in a chat room.” bsky.app/profile/blue...

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 13h

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h

JUST IN: A federal judge in San Francisco has HALTED Trump’s plan to lay off thousands of federal workers during his shutdown, calling it “unlawful” and “politically motivated.” Judge Illston said Trump acted as if “the laws don’t apply to them anymore.”

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3h

The fact that No Kings vexes people like Talia Jane is not an important reason to go. But it is nice, and you may have it, as a treat.

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NonnyLynda @nonnylynda.bsky.social · 40m

a man in a white shirt says air high five in front of a halloween banner

ALT: a man in a white shirt says air high five in front of a halloween banner

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7h

Statement released by the Pentagon Press Association.

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hoefjes.bsky.social @hoefjes.bsky.social · 3h

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 4h

www.rawstory.com/trump-jan-6-...

'Don't fall for it': Ex-GOP lawmaker exposes a 'cheap magic trick' targeting Trump enemies

Adam Kinzinger exposed the "cheap magic trick" right-wing media figures are pulling to hype up an alleged conspiracy against President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies.Scandal-plagued reporter John So...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

Mockler: I have spent all my formative years watching the President talk about the opposition party like they should not exist. His claim to fame in politics was saying that Obama was not born in America.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 9h

"Pablo" is picking oranges in Woodlake, CA. He shares, "We fill around 5 bins in a 6 hour work day. The work is very hard on the bodies as they have to go up and down a 16 foot ladder while carrying a sack of oranges that weighs 60lbs-80 lbs." #WeFeedYou

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 3h

Colorado is scrambling to process 900+ unemployment claims from federal workers during the government shutdown and the food pantry at Buckley Space Force Base has seen demand double

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NonnyLynda @nonnylynda.bsky.social · 1h

Politico is a right wing RAG since it was bought out by a right wing German nazi sympathizer

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Langdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 8h

Taylor suggested it was the result of "foul play," like some nefarious Dem operator snuck into his office, pinned the flag on his bulletin board, and nobody noticed. That strains credulity on multiple levels, but Politico quoted Taylor uncritically.

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ACME Sales Rep. @acmesalesrep.bsky.social · 8h

Displayed. Not “found.” Openly and proudly displayed. There is a huge difference between them.

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Steve in Chicago @spsnomad.bsky.social · 8h

The crowd that’s always trying to prosecute 14 year olds as adults would like you to know that any Republican younger than Chuck Grassley is entitled to a pass for youthful indiscretions.

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Warning Eagle @warningeagle.bsky.social · 9h

It appears it want an act of vandalism.

I love how Politico found out about it:

"POLITICO obtained an image taken during a virtual meeting that shows the flag pinned to what appears to be a cubicle wall behind Angelo Elia, one of Taylor’s staffers"

Is Angelo Elia a "young Republican?"

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🦇 Ian Miles BOO! 🦇 @emrsin.bsky.social · 8h

The passive voice used here is not helpful.

Try "An American flag altered to include a swastika was prominently displayed in Rep. Dan Taylor's office"

See?

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 9h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8h

Subject of Investigation: Are some Congressional Republicans Nazis
Means of Investigation: look at them
Conclusion of Investigation: yeop

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9h

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 9h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 3h

Man I definitely have to wonder if Usha ever sees JD out there defending the Hitler Youth by saying they’re just kids goofing around and thinks hm, this could end kinda bad for me and the kids or if she’s just like slay queen your eyeliner looks great today.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1h

Un-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody

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Colin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (cms48X) @cms48.bsky.social · 17h

Is brainwashing irreversible?
Absolutely appalled at the number of Scots, of my era, who buy the Daily Mail. A retiring editor said that their success resulted from giving people something or someone to hate and boy is that obvious when you talk to their readership.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

Boyle: Mike Johnson and House Republicans have decided to do their own version of quiet quitting — they canceled session three weeks ago, they canceled session two weeks ago, and they’ve now canceled it last week and this week.

There is clearly no strategy there other than pure, sheer laziness

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