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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 3h

The responsible party: A 20-something white male, son of a minister who was also a cop, from a conservative Christian Utah family who had steeped himself in online channer & gamergate nihilism & may be groyper adjacent. But sure, waste the FINCEN people's time.

David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 4h

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “Charlie’s death is like a domestic 9/11. Just as after 9/11, and Osama bin Laden, the ultimate culprit, was captured, we are operationalizing the Treasury, and we are going to track down who is responsible for this.”

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Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that his department is in...

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 3h

JD Vance (41) defending hate speech from 40 year olds by saying "kids will be kids" is some weapons-grade telling-on-yourself

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3h

Also a reminder these weren’t “Kids”! Some of these “Young Republicans,” which includes ages up to 40, were elected officials or government appointees.

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 3h

Now leading HuffPost:

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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 3h

Trump's Big Ugly Bill sold out American families to line the pockets of billionaires.

Now, ahead of the holiday season, inflation in the grocery aisle is picking up.

Corporations get rich. American families foot the bill.

This is Trump's economy.

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 3h

I'm loving Steppin' Razor and Doug and Coach all the more... but the podbros...

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 7h

Nonfiction I’m working on “107 Days”— it’s slow going because I’m ALREADY PISSED OFF.

Fiction I have a whole bunch of Sir Terry’s Discworld books waiting (Kindle sale FTW) and I’ve been reading a lot of Harry Turtledove— “Twice As Dead” is an absolute blast if you like urban fantasy noir…

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mimimoore1285.bsky.social @mimimoore1285.bsky.social · 9h

Ping Tung @demunderground:

"Young Republicans were the kind of kids who set cats on fire and pulled the wings off butterflies and bragged about it."

"Then they learned how to whine and blame their lefty teachers for their failures and find a doctor to discover bone spurs."

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 9h

You can come up with all the educated names and theories and book related catch phrases along with scales, graphs and psych windows you want, but the lowest common denominator is that this is racist, hateful and cruel bullshit across America. Full stop.

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 9h

Why do these people not understand that there’s *campaigning,* and then there’s *governing?*

They go head over heels for someones campaign persona but don’t understand that there’s a JOB TO BE DONE at the end and picking a great campaigner (AOC, Bernie) does not mean they’ll be *effective.*

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 9h

We don’t have to go to a country thousands of miles away to understand these people.

They are CONFEDERATES. They are the white people who believe the South was right; that the Civil Rights Acts were illegitimate; that there should be a rigid social hierarchy with THEM at its top.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 9h

In case you weren’t hip to it:

TURNING POINTS USA IS A RACIST HATE GROUP!

It always was.

There is literally no difference between praising Charlie Kirk and praising David Duke.

Same same.

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2strong2silence.bsky.social @2strong2silence.bsky.social · 10h

So JD Vance says this is no big deal? Okay, Charlie Kirk here it comes....

The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 10h

Republicans: We’re not Nazis.

Also Republicans: I love Hitler.

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Appallingly Racist GOP Group Chat With 251 Slurs Is Leaked

One Republican operative reportedly wrote, “I love Hitler,” and referred to Black Americans as “the watermelon people.”

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 10h

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 10h

Meanwhile we have dozens of straight white Christian men who can ONLY complain about the "uselessness" and "fecklessness" of the Black and Jewish and female led Dems.

White men. Y'all are the absolute fucking worst.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

SCOTUS has been focused on chipping away at civil rights laws and policies for 20 years.

Today, the justices will hear oral arguments in a case that could represent not just another chip, but a fatal blow to the load-bearing pillar of American multi-racial democracy: The 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Voting Rights Are on the Supreme Court’s Chopping Block

Tuesday's case pits fanciful claims of racial harmony against the reality of ongoing discrimination.

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 1d

Kinda like the word “populist“ is somewhat equivalent to “white supremacist.“

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 1d

It’s why I basically quit listening to white men.

Look— nearly 2/3 of them voted directly for the white supremacist Birther in Chief; and the rest are always complaining about the “uselessness” and “fecklessness” of the Black and Jewish and female led Democrats.

White men should simply be ignored.

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 1d

I’d pre-order it.

Bring the Agency right up into the 21st century… where they fail; Brexit occurs, and Boris Johnson becomes PM and the Agency has to go underground because that idiot might accidentally expose them…

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 1d

I’d pre-order this. “Upper Class Twits” and all. 😂

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 1d

If a post says “Black sky” or “Black people” only and you aren’t Black there’s zero reason to respond other than being purposely antagonistic. It’s not cute or funny. It’s disrespectful and tone deaf. Learn to respect boundaries and mind your business!!!

SWIIRL @thatonegirlkendra.blacksky.app · 1d

It is a public site, and I publicly said I only wanted Black opinions, and here you come with your lily white skin. Again, KNOWINGLY UNWANTED. You're not going to convince me I'm wrong here. I don't mind being a bitch.

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C. Ratched, MSN, RN @cratchedrn.bsky.social · 1d

Hey fellow People of the Paste … not sure which of y’all need to hear this. But here it is. Your daily reminder that not everything is for us. Mind your own damn business.

Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 1d

If a post says “Black sky” or “Black people” only and you aren’t Black there’s zero reason to respond other than being purposely antagonistic. It’s not cute or funny. It’s disrespectful and tone deaf. Learn to respect boundaries and mind your business!!!

SWIIRL @thatonegirlkendra.blacksky.app · 1d

It is a public site, and I publicly said I only wanted Black opinions, and here you come with your lily white skin. Again, KNOWINGLY UNWANTED. You're not going to convince me I'm wrong here. I don't mind being a bitch.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 1d

Vive le Duc et la Duchesse!

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Tristan Langford @tjl24.bsky.social · 1d

No it doesn’t say anything about non consecutive terms but it also doesn’t say anything about consecutive terms either because it doesn’t need to! “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice”
Couldn’t be any more clearer.

Tristan Langford @tjl24.bsky.social · 1d

The 22nd amendment is not vague and it’s not open to interpretation. It’s actually very goddamn clear.

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives will burn the Constitution they claim to revere because it let a Black man be elected President over them.

And here we are.

Tristan Langford @tjl24.bsky.social · 1d

The 22nd amendment is not vague and it’s not open to interpretation. It’s actually very goddamn clear.

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