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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 15h

One 24-hr period

'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.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor's office.

Border Patrol posts reel featuring Michael Jackson lyrics with antisemitic slur
Avery Lotz

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significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 8h

sure, make it a double shot of poison

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Leon “Lee” Grayhare @grayharetherabbit.bsky.social · 14h

The conservative movement experienced the Civil Rights Movement as a humiliating existential defeat that must be rolled back and never allowed to happen again.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h

The Voting Rights Act has done more than perhaps any other statute to build a multiracial democracy

which is precisely why the Supreme Court’s conservative justices have spent decades casting the law as constitutionally unsound

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 15h

my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are

-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

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significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 8h

gimme a donut, extra poison on the side

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 15h

4 months apart

Official ICE government account
June 6, 2025:
"To call us 'Nazis' - to compare us to one of the worst groups in history - is disgusting and just outright wrong.
"What the men and women of ICE are doing in Massachusetts and all over this country is making communities safer."
—ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

Mutual blackmail material has always been the backbone of elite solidarity. Aristocrats don't send their kids to boarding schools because the teachers are better; they send them to learn the group dynamic of being above the law. Whether you participate or only witness it, keep your mouth shut.

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 1d

the chat logs leaked clearly show members are aware they’re posting compromising messages, they’re even talking about how cooked they be if it leaked

bc the social function of extremist rhetoric is that in-group members bond and attain status by transgressing with one another as witnesses

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot believe people were losing their jobs for being mildly critical of Charlie Kirk and the president of the united states just went on tv and said "skill issue loser, RIP but I'm different"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 1d

she looks very happy there

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significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 1d

then they deported chaplain for being a commie

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 13

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

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problem goose @mammothfactory.bsky.social · 1d

Israel literally can’t stop starving Palestinians

Israel imposes new Gaza aid restrictions as truce comes under strain

Israeli forces kill several Palestinians in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes under growing strain.

www.aljazeera.com

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Ken Parille @kenparille.bsky.social · 1d

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significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 2d

I can't believe a time traveller would steal my idea and use it before I came up with it

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significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 2d

that's why I like it when my son's at my place, it gives me someone else to cook for and I'll actually make something decent

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significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 2d

100% of my best music recommendations have come from either gay guys, goth girls, or @crungeoneer.bsky.social

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significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 2d

WAIT WAIT WAIT I just had an idea... chef Boyardeez nuts

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Pete Pann @isgd2bhi.bsky.social · 15d

people will criticize your dreams.

"you can't marry the moon."

"being sad is not a real job."

"stop summoning the devil."

ignore them. be real. be yourself.

start a cult.

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significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think I've really seriously cooked for myself since COVID lockdown

significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 2d

we served well over a thousand people at work this weekend and now on my day off I can't bring myself to stand over a stove and make my own food even tho it's cheaper, healthier, and tastier than buying premade food 😩

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significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 2d

me

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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😱Squeallium😱 @squillium.bsky.social · 2d

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 2d

we served well over a thousand people at work this weekend and now on my day off I can't bring myself to stand over a stove and make my own food even tho it's cheaper, healthier, and tastier than buying premade food 😩

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significantly othered @spaghettithief.bsky.social · 2d

in a shameless scavenger, my coworkers will give me leftovers before throwing them out to stop me from picking through the bus tub, and even I won't eat taco bell

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