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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 6h

Chris Buskirk founded the Thiel-backed Rockbridge Network w/ JD Vance in 2019. In 2021, he published this essay titled: “Rewarding Enemies, Punishing Friends *** The post-Trump nationalist-populist movement must learn who its real friends are.” It begins by quoting former Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt 1/

Rewarding Enemies, Punishing Friends › American Greatness

“The specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced,” wrote Carl Schmitt, “is that between friend and enemy.” It seems self-evident enough that one ought to…

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demotivational speaker. 💕 @heysita.bsky.social · 4h

Damn, even the cat voting?

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 4h

This dog was spotted wearing shoes. This is not a drill. He hopes you like them. 13/10

the shoe-wearing pup is laying down with his front paws extended toward the camera. his shoed back feed look comical next to his body. he’s smiling with a big goofy grin.

a person’s tattooed arm extends to scritch the chin of the shoe-wearing pup. one of his little sneakers is visible beneath his haystack of whiskers.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

One last time: Every time I post it he goes up five more points.

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Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com · 4h

Reaching every voter across our city. Polls close at 8pm. Call five of your friends and make sure they vote!

You can find your polling place: pollfinder.sos.mn.gov

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ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 4h

Hey @schumer.senate.gov u POS, y didn't u support the Democratic Party candidate? Because u are islamophobic? Like the cushy corporate 💰? Hate young voters?
See what happens when u suck at messaging? Now we all think u're a geriatric, islamophobe who takes corporate 💰 to fuck over the working class

whoops, excuse me. oh man, my bad. @whoopsexcuseme.bsky.social · 6h

this shit right here is wrecker shit, as much as wrecker shit as any online leftist has done, if not more so. no wonder so many people are repulsed by anyone (rightly) saying 'vote blue no matter who', the most powerful elected Dem in the nation won't do it! it undermines the whole coalition! jfc

ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 4h

Short answer, because Democrats of all colors and leanings SUCK SOOOOO MUCH AT MESSAGING.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 5h

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ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 13h

a man in a suit and tie is speaking into a microphone and says this is good news people

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is speaking into a microphone and says this is good news people

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ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome! That'll open up apartment units and lower rents! He's not even mayor and already delivering in promises!

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct

New York Post headline:

Nearly a million New
Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor
- possibly igniting largest exododus in history: poll

ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

SNAP accounts for 12% of grocery store sales. Losing 6% sales means one of a few possibilities. 1. They raise prices to account for the losses. 2. They layoff employees to account for losses. 3. They close stores to make up for losses.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump admin is saying it will now only pay half of SNAP benefits. Civic tech orgs that focus on safety net access are calling for full funding:
@beeckcenter.bsky.social @civilladetroit.bsky.social
@codeforamerica.org @publicpolicylab.bsky.social
beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/statement-on...

Statement from Civic Tech Nonprofits on SNAP Benefits Disruption - Beeck Center

beeckcenter.georgetown.edu

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ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

We told you when CBP took over the violence would get worse. These are the true brown shirts.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.

Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.

She was later released with NO CHARGE.

A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.

You decide…

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ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

Prove it. What's Asimov's Third Law of Robotics?

ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

Weird leap of logic here. And what's with the random capitalization? Are you a bot?

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13d

Does the Speaker of the House know what's going on in the country?

It's not clear that he does, as Mike Johnson's communication strategy seems to rely heavily on being unaware.

When faced with questions he should be able to answer, he has a reliable response: "I don't know."

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ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

Also a reminder it was an open primary with ELEVEN fucking options to choose from, and New Yorkers chose @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social . What a completely disingenuous, backhanded comment in your parentheses. THIS is why Democratic voters are discouraged with the party.

ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

I'm frustrated that the party does everything in their power to keep young, enthusiastic candidates from being a part of the party. If you don't want my generation as politicians in your party then why should I want to be a part of that same party?

ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

What lawsuit? What standing? What grounds?

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ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

You are correct. Completely fine for the US to deploy it against its own citizens but it is illegal to use against military targets.

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Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com · 1d

Imagine having a Mayor who knows how to work with the City Council, the Hennepin County Commissioners, and the Legislature.

Omar Fateh will be a collaborative and compassionate Mayor who builds an affordable city, that's accountable to us.

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ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

As a reminder, tear gas is illegal in BOTH the Geneva Protocol AND Geneva Convention against use in war as a chemical agent. Just thought you should be reminded it's too bad for war where napalm is still legal, but tear gas is totes okay to use against your civilian population.

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ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

Do it pussy. You're all talk. File the lawsuit or stfu.

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ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

I want to add, Amazon which is often given sweetheart deals on tax abatements, free land, public funds, and more to build their distribution centers in states/counties is double dipping by getting all of those things above AND forcing higher UNDER employment in those areas than union warehouse jobs.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

A 2020 study found that Amazon—which shares owner Jeff Bezos with The Washington Post—is one of the largest employers of people on SNAP.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

As SNAP funds froze, mayors and governors have pledged to supplement the missing federal assistance, while federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration should use contingency funds to keep food aid running despite the government shutdown.

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ossiansfolly.bsky.social @ossiansfolly.bsky.social · 1d

Polling shows the Democratic party favorability is in the shitter, so...not looking good for me being wrong.

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