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Pete Johnson

@scrappypete.bsky.social

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A fugitive from advertising, I am co-founder of the creative advisory firm LOVE+RESPECT (www.loveandrespect.world). I am a late-in-life tv writer, screenwriter and volunteer interior firefighter in upstate NY. https://blcklst.com/profile/petej-johnson

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 2h

This is weirdly heartening. He comes off as scared and desperate.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Mike Johnson on CNBC: "I think it has a lot to do with the 'Hate America Rally' that's gonna be on the Mall on Saturday. You're gonna have all the antifa and BLM and pro-Hamas people, all the Marxists will be on the Mall."

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Pete Johnson @scrappypete.bsky.social · 2h

Are you married?
-I was married once, but I’m not married anymore. Women don’t like the vehicle.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 5h

Good morning to everyone, but especially women who don’t like the vehicle

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

I was married but I’m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Pete Johnson @scrappypete.bsky.social · 9h

Always a chuckle.

Pete Johnson @scrappypete.bsky.social · 18h

Director was Marc Klasfeld

Pete Johnson @scrappypete.bsky.social · 18h

So great

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𝕲𝖆𝖊𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖔 @gmf1369.bsky.social · 19h

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by AlienAntFarmVEVO

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20h

AOC: When one party wants the votes of another party. You negotiate, you come to a compromise and you pass a bill. That is schoolhouse rock. And that is how things should be

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Emily Crockett @emilycrockett.bsky.social · 1d

"Hitler Youth will be Hitler Youth!"

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

why is the vice president still vlogging

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 1d

I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19h

The fact that No Kings vexes people like Talia Jane is not an important reason to go. But it is nice, and you may have it, as a treat.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 21h

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 23h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Pete Johnson @scrappypete.bsky.social · 1d

What in the actual fuck?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mamdani: "Andrew Cuomo is gonna say a lot of things tomorrow night on the debate stage. And frankly, I wish it was more like Nascar so New Yorkers could see the billionaires that were sponsoring him right on his suit jacket. He watches Fox News as well. So I'll just speak to him directly ... "

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d

I don’t agree with Bondi and Blanche on much, but I definitely agree with their “mutual disdain for the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, whom they view as a lightweight more interested in social media than doing his job.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

Part Enabler, Part Buffer: The Bind of the Justice Dept.’s No. 2

www.nytimes.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

Oh hey, check this out. They talk the same way in their private chats as they do on Twitter 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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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 2d

I now cry every time I watch this or hear it.

Also, remember, this is now under the Tom Holland rule and must be reposted every time you see it.

Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 2d

Remember this: Try.

youtu.be/wQd4JdFP0d0?...

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ʜᴀᴄᴋᴀʀʏ ʙɪɴx @chaclo.blacksky.app · 2d

Hey Death, I need you to lock in, bro.

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Mike Royce @mikeroyce.bsky.social · 2d

this is great so here’s a gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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