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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

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

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 3h

That’s weird. I wonder how that got there

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 6h

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs

The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.

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Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1h

Would love to see socialists focus this line of criticism on the fact that it's a bailout for *rich Argentinians and Americans* at the expense of the poor rather than making this about national self-interest

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Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 4h

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 4h

The eternal rule of social media is that regardless of the number of followers someone has, they can always retreat back into the “I’m just a widdle guy” defense when the flames get too high.

shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 7h

and she isn't even good at it.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 7h

we're going to be in death camps arguing about which conception of communism is the correct conception

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 8h

Blue MAGA is most definitely a wing of fascism.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 8h

Libs know this waffling between the left being strong enough to wreck them but small enough that they don't have to cater to the left makes them sound like fascists, right?

Cai @annenotation.bsky.social · 1d

Leftists are just wreckers. They are a huge part of why we currently have no bench.

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little lamb @puddleofbrain.bsky.social · 1d

Charlie Browns mom: Waaah wah wah wah waaah waaah waaah wah

Charlie Brown: oh, you mean pigpen

Charlie browns mom: Wah way. Waaaah wahwahwah wah wah waaah waaaah wahwhawah wah wah

Charlie Brown: yeah I get that. It’s pretty bad over there but I don’t think they hit him

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 8h

Amanda Marcotte feels like a relic from a bygone era at this point.

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 9h

They have 100% always been this way, though notably the transition from helicopter rides and referencing crushing minorities abroad humorlessly transitioned to nazi shit, but like that's basically a new layer of paint instead of a new perspective.

Amanda Marcotte
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For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.
That's why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed -because Young Republicans weren't radical enough.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 9h

Unfortunately, yeah.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 9h

Stephen Miller would definitely snitch, but I'm not sure I'm willing to give him any quarter anyway.

shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 9h

I do think the media is to blame for the linguistic collapse we're experiencing.

shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 9h

In a world with actual journalism, the rest of the interview would be spent asking him to define in his own words what "anthropomorphic" means.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 9h

What does he think anthropomorphic means?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Rep. Pat Harrigan: "This No Kings rally -- that's the blue hair, anthropomorphic experiment that's gonna happen up here in Washington DC."

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 9h

Thomas Pynchon is also in this camp.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 10h

Oh, you think this grimy, amoral social climber doesn't deserve a prestige journalism job that should go to someone who isn't dead inside instead? Guess what, you did a slut shaming. You did a sexism. You need to log off and Do The Work.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 10h

Everyone in my feed is shitting on Nuzzi. Meanwhile, the other person in the saga is now destroying the medical community and endangering public health.

But let’s slut shame Nuzzi.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 21h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 20h

Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 11h

New from me @thenation.com: the farce at Sharm El-Sheikh displays the delusion that led to October 7 and the genocide Israel pursued after it — that the U.S. regional coalition can pursue normalization over the heads of the Palestinians, who are supposed to accept permanent subjugation.

Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza

Palestinans are expected to accept the same deal that led to October 7: permanent subjugation under the guise of “prosperity.”

www.thenation.com

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 11h

The thing about this that drives me nuts is DHS has been posting blood and soil ai slop this entire time with little to no recourse. Are these GOP leaders just mad their party was exposed despite their own parties' very conscious effort to expose itself?

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12h

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 19h

the subreddits for luxury watches are some of the darkest places on earth

Rolex subreddit post:

My uncle has Alzheimer's and is often forgetful of his possessions. One of them is a Rolex Submariner. Would I be justified in taking and caring for it as my own instead of having it left neglected and forgotten in his jewelry box? Thanks.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 21h

oh good I was worried the utterly unearned Vanity Fair editor job was all she got for violating the most basic rules of journalism

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 21h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 21h

I’m glad she was able to fail up and all it took was sacrificing what little credibility she ever had.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 1d

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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