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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

Janet Mills going to the Senate at 79 would make her the oldest elected freshman senator in history — but just as old as or younger than 1 in 9 senators serving in this congress. www.pbump.net/o/a-79-year-...

A 79 year-old freshman senator would be … unusual

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has announced her intention to run for Senate against the state's well-known — ahem — incumbent, Susan Collins. When the next Senate term begins in January 2027, Collins wil...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13h

Yeah, saw this at my kids’ and carefully steered them away.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13h

Agreed! bsky.app/profile/pbum...

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

Here's me talking about media (and The Post) on teevee last night (and re-airing at 11).

MAGA media: Bari Weiss takes over at CBS News

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Phillip Forsyth @pforsyth.bsky.social · 15h

Mr Bump has you covered.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

I made a little tool to answer the trickiest question in American politics. pbump.net/who/

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 16h

Guessing retirees.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17h

In response to my piece about Columbus Day, people were curious what the map would look like including a broader definition of Native American. So here it is! Piece has been written through, too. www.pbump.net/o/resolving-...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17h

The Communist Manifesto, as everyone knows, was originally written in cuneiform.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

"If they're going to be sending us stupid policies, Communist policies, which has proven for thousands of years doesn't work..."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 18h

A quick look at how unusual Mills' election to the Senate would be. www.pbump.net/o/a-79-year-...

A 79 year-old freshman senator would be … unusual

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has announced her intention to run for Senate against the state's well-known — ahem — incumbent, Susan Collins. When the next Senate term begins in January 2027, Collins wil...

www.pbump.net

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19h

So this time the boat *wasn't even moving*.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

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.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22h

Sharing an excellent Q&A from Obama-era former ICE director John Sandweg about the ways in which operations today are totally unprecedented for the agency and the ways in which some times are unchanged — and how in his view, the admin is leaning into the aggression. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

‘Those Rules Are Gone’: How ICE Is Rethinking its Raids

ICE used to arrest the “worst first.” Under the new Trump administration, the agency is following a different playbook, says a former ICE chief.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 22h

The understood solution for the decline of print revenue, particularly for a paper with limited geographic footprint, was to build a national digital audience. The issue is less that the print number dropped than that the paper upended its national audience on a looooongshot bet.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...