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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 7m

how is it possible the dems keep losing to this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Jacquie @jmteo.bsky.social · 24m

A government entirely focused on stroking the ego of a 79 year old man lol

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31m

MARCO RUBIO: This is probably one of the most important days for world peace in 50 years. That's not an exaggeration

TRUMP: Only 50?

RUBIO: Maybe 100

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 11m

"I mean, does Tom Homan even exist? Do any of us?"

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 12m

"Well when you get right down to it George, what even is money, really."

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Vance: I’m sure that in the course of his life he has been paid more than $50,000 for services. The question is did he do something illegal.

Stephanopoulos: I’m asking if Homan accepted the $50,000

Vance: Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services? Low income women can’t get food

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 17h

i mean he's not wrong

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 17h

Uh oh

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

This might be the Portlandest thing ever.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

You'd think they would, because those are issues that individual men can actually address! They're learnable skills they can work on!

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

I never took them up on it, mostly because it just seemed really disrespectful of their faith for me to go and pretend.

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

It's weird that the media's identified problem of male loneliness is always women or feminism. I never see mainstream, centrists writers talk about the problem of, I dunno, too many men not being interesting, or not being willing to listen.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

there's a whole lot going on here

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

I honestly wonder to what degree this happens anyway? When I was a young man, the people who encouraged me to go to church waved off me not believing as a reason to not go, saying "oh, a lot of people who regularly go don't; you should go."

Momster for Gliberty 🧟 @fakegreekgrill.bsky.social · 2d

Mainline protestantism as a way of organizing for goodness has been increasingly appealing to me, but I have no idea how the churches would feel about having basically fake congregants, lol.

Ciggy Smoke Bringer @ciggysmokebringer.bsky.social · 2d

Dad's wife is an Episcopal Priest and it's been a trip seeing the greying of the congregations in different places and there being a kind of 'oh shit, what do we do then' thing about it with trying to be more family oriented, but also renting out the church for community services like treatment

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

shame on modern feminism for forcing all these guys to pay for porn but not jack off I thought this was america

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

there's a whole lot going on here

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

The Daily is also a great window into the mind of a NYT political beat reporter.

They'll talk about, say, how Trump said he would sent the military into blue cities, and then admit how surprised they were when he did because it was against the law and norms so they assumed he'd never, and, well...

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his hands in the air

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his hands in the air

media.tenor.com

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

On the recommendation of friends, I have started listening to the NYT's The Daily, and frankly I'm of two minds.

OT1H, it's pretty informative w/ great storytelling.

OTOH, there's a *lot* of "the President says that all of Portland is in flames, but Democrats claim that it isn't."

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! But even more than that, remember how apoplectic it made them to see a print ad with a young man in glasses and pajamas? I think this hits that exact same button for them.

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

I also suspect they just instinctively anger the other side in a way even screaming Antifas hurling Moltovs would not achieve.

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 3d

Blown away by how good an idea the costumes are. More shareable and fun than pics of a regular protest, and it’s immediately clear that the protestors are non-violent.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 3d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 3d

these calls have been a much needed ray of hope for me

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

But think of how long its effects are going to last.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

It really is. And I was so sure it was going to be garbage!

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

I remember when they first announced they were doing the show, and my first thought was "how could they have allowed themselves to jump the shark this badly." But it's the best live action thing DC has done since Dark Night imho.

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

I can't believe I ended up watching and falling in love Peacemaker.

a man in a robot costume is dancing with another man

ALT: a man in a robot costume is dancing with another man

media.tenor.com

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