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Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 4h

there's no reason for Democrats to vote for any budget of any kind if Republicans will allow the President to re-write it on a whim

either we have a Constitution or we don't

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: The White House is reprogramming billions in congressionally approved spending during the shutdown, aiming to pay troops, ICE agents and others who work on programs that fulfill the president's political agenda. Some of the money comes from Trump's tax cuts. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

How Trump Played ‘Budgetary Twister’ to Pay Some Workers During the Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 5h

I wasted all day trying to get this mod load order to work and was rewarded for my hubris with exploding spiders in the starting area for no discernible reason.

exploding spiders in the starting area for no discernible reason.

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Syz @syzygial.bsky.social · 5h

"It's disgusting to insinuate that I knew the meaning of what I reportedly referred to as 'my Totenkopf.' Clearly, I was just spontaneously deciding to speak German."

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 5h

Democratic leaders, repeat after me:

"This is a crime, and everyone who does this will go to prison."

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 8h

With all that’s happened, with all that will continue to happen, this seems like it should be small, but it is making me as sad and furious as the worst.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

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Nattfödd @durrgon.bsky.social · 8h

I remember hearing the same for Runestones, and Ancient Roman/Greek marble statues being painted. always loved the thought of that, but this is really cool as well.

Also a good chance for me to show off the cool art I got from @basilkuna.bsky.social yet again. :P

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 9h

there is a new scandal as bad or worse than what got trump impeached the first time about every 48 hours

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Syz @syzygial.bsky.social · 8h

Society if Twilight BDSM authors became influential in politics and Fallout: Equestria rationalists made shitty movies:

A utopian sci-fi society nestled in some advanced and improbable space structure.

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 9h

you go back in time. it's 2005. the highest-yield things you can tell your past self to do are:

1) buy bitcoin
2) become active on ff dot net

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Ram Lightly @ramlightly.bsky.social · 12h

The Crow and the Fox

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Themefinland @themefinland.bsky.social · 11h

Xeno portrait - Halloween bust commission for Jackxano, one of their characters as a xenomorph!

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 13h

i think that it is reasonable to come to an adverse inference about a guy with a nazi tattoo

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Syz @syzygial.bsky.social · 13h

Nazis are Nazis, and most people aren't Nazis.

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Syz @syzygial.bsky.social · 13h

In my experience, people who say shit like "everybody had a Nazi phase" are usually using a definition of "Nazi" inclusive of "while in middle school, laughed at an r/TumblrInAction post that made it to r/all" and it is just a supremely unhelpful way of speaking.

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 14h

“we all had a nazi phase, right?” my brother in christ: no

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Erdogan Gwan Delilah @socialconcarne.bsky.social · 22h

And listen, what else exists about Platner that we don't know about yet? We would have never guessed his Reddit or the tattoo before, but now here we are. What else don't we know?

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Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 15h

If people affiliated with the campaign have to fall back on stuff like this in October in the year prior to the election, you're toast, pack it in.

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 14h

He has the tattoo *now*, Juliet. Today. Every time he goes down to the store he's doing it with that little symbol of hate tucked up comfy and close against his bosom. I guess that's totally fine to you compared to someone being 77.

Juliet 🏳️‍⚧ 🏴 @julietskeets.bsky.social · 14h

He's not a Nazi. He's addressed this stuff from his past. Why are you worried about what a combat vet did 12 years ago while you have fascists in power and a weak & completely donor owned Democratic Party opposition running a corporate friendly fossil in a vulnerable seat?

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Wyatt Sinclair @wyattswickedgoods.com · 16h

Bluesky still never beating the allegations.

Someone quote tweeting my calming post about enjoying rain on my roof by assuming they know my life and that I've never experienced a roof leak.

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Syz @syzygial.bsky.social · 14h

"I care if a candidate for the United States Senate has a Totenkopf tattoo."

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Trevor Risk @sunshinesucks.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings includes DraftKings

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 1d

Just insane thing for a NYT editor to say publicly:

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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 19h

slurpslurpslurpslurp

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 17h

I very much mean it when I say that people who went ALL IN on Platner based solely on “is young” and “has beard” need to feel some accountability for it.

Erdogan Gwan Delilah @socialconcarne.bsky.social · 23h

chat it doesn't look good

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DOKI DOKI CRT PANIC @crtpixel.bsky.social · 1d

GODZILLA: MONSTER OF MONSTERS!
COMPILE 1989
NES

Godzilla skanking across the mountains. Pick it up pick it up pick it up

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