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Rudely Van Gelder

@rudelyvangelder.bsky.social

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Entertainment Coordinator for Antifa, LLC Columbus, Ohio / USA / C-53 “The product is thoroughly pizzled.” - Philip K. Dick "Ain't no such things as halfway crooks." - Mobb Deep “Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.” - Ani DiFranco

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 18m

Speaking of... has Bessent divested from his soybean farmland in North Dakota yet? Or is he gonna wait until he cuts himself a bailout check?

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 23m

I’ve been using Sharpies almost every day for over 50 years. If only I’d know they held that much power.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 30m

> ...extremely low-IQ... <

Filed under: "Tell me you sucked ass in every class in every school without telling me you sucked ass in every class in every school."

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 44m

> Tesla only sold 5,385 Cybertrucks in the third quarter <

And even *that* remains a bafflingly large number.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 49m

Trump treating the invasion of a sovereign country like a goddamn episode of Name That Tune.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 1h

What petty little cunts Trump and Vance are.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1h

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 1h

Well *there’s* a surprising “Turning Point”.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 1h

“A great economy..."

One where Trump and his pals win and everyone else loses.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 1h

“...Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking..."

Everyone realizes there’s a point somewhere down the current timeline where that statement could include anyone Trump defines as “Antifa” selling weed, right?

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 1h

> That's funny because she is the epitome of a DEI hire >

There’s a clip of Weiss herself basically admitting that very thing in John Oliver's piece last Sunday.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 1h

The base demographic of TPUSA.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 1h

The term "usage-maxxing” awakened inner hostilities I haven’t felt since first seeing a CueCat.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 2h

> A lawyer representing Jones in the case didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment. <

Probably sitting at home waiting for Trump to appoint them to a high-level DoJ position.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 2h

And yet here we are. Again.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 2h

> You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. <

That was in Aug. / Sept. of *2016* and he wasn’t the only player to do it. Budweiser? One Instagram ad.

The only “problem” is that Gummo’s Daddy’s party is made up almost entirely of racist snowflakes and Russian bots.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 2h

Same place they dig up their lawyers and judicial nominees.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 2h

>...despite the fact that ICE tracking apps and ICE tracking accounts are getting people killed.<

Uh... the only people who’ve been killed are migrants (14, I think?), and almost all “injuries" to ICE “agents" are due to their own aggressive behavior and clear lack proper training.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

Here's what prosecutors--PROSECUTORS!!!--said last week about why they had not given Sydney Reid video to her alleged assault of an FBI agent.

She's seeking to get her case thrown out before it goes to trial this week.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

There can be little doubt that the government failed in its duties, first by failing to collect
contemporaneous statements and other information from the officers from the incident and then
by neglecting to supervise the collection of that information, by relying on the officers’ conclusion
as to what is relevant and not relevant. Still, the government persists in trying to blame the defense.
Even at the hearing, the government deflected blame: “The ambiguity, I think, that arises here is
that we are trying to construct a very mundane incident three months after it happened involving,
I guess for lack of a better word, middle-aged people who just aren't great with technology, just
like everyone else in this courtroom.” Tr. at 10/10/25 at 14

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 2d

It’s been one month without being able to add any new quotes to this list which is, unlike the person who said them, a good thing for humanity

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 11h

“... like a floating crown..."

Does he mean... the letter “M”?

Fucking hell.

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Indivisible Central Ohio @indivcentraloh.bsky.social · 15h

#NoKings is 💯 % a go for Saturday. We’re hearing that people are getting spam emails that look like they’re from trusted people saying it’s canceled. MAGA is scared 😳 and trying to stop us. Don’t let them keep you from exercising your right to free speech. 🇺🇸

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 16h

Keep riding Trump’s ass...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw5z...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

www.youtube.com

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