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TashenuBOOOOOOste @tashenubaste.bsky.social · 1m

(Hell doesn't exist but what I AM gonna say is I would not want to be him in the active dying phase because the shit he's going to hallucinate is going to be tortuous and I'll save my woo-woo about his life review and karmic debt for another time and stick with his meatsuit consequences.)

TashenuBOOOOOOste @tashenubaste.bsky.social · 5m

Not to be That Guy on main, but...is that all? I thought it'd be more.

(It's still too much, don't even bother coming at me, I'm just surprised it's only $100K in 8 months.)

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 15m

Just in: “Secret Service has spent nearly $100k at Trump properties”

Rebecca Jacobs for @citizensforethics.org

Secret Service has spent nearly $100k at Trump properties - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

The Secret Service spent nearly $100,000 in taxpayer money at Trump properties in the first months of his second term.

www.citizensforethics.org

TashenuBOOOOOOste @tashenubaste.bsky.social · 7m

He right, though.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 14m

Trump says a lot of weird and concerning stuff that people just kind of shrug at but right now I’m stuck on how he keeps insisting he’s going to hell

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waxmonkey @waxmonkey.bsky.social · 16m

the guy they all want to win was approached and funded by a political group and had no experience or apparently interest in government

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Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social · 18m

TIL that "sitting governor of a state getting into an open primary is astroturfing, actually"

Competitive primaries that are organic and don't rely on the party establishment coming in with a big sack of money begging someone very old to save them from someone with actual political beliefs.

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 16m

I am once again flabbergasted at how little political hobbyists on this site actually understand politics that they seem to think that a political party has no vested interested in getting strong candidates to run for open seats and that something underhanded is going on of they try to do that

Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social · 18m

TIL that "sitting governor of a state getting into an open primary is astroturfing, actually"

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Really Dark Knight @dahanksterf15.bsky.social · 4h

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Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 5h

the same people who warned you about john fetterman are warning you about that dude in Maine. if you want to get duped into another fetterman, by all means continue attacking Janet Mills.

if you'd like a reliable vote for democracy, democratic values, and Mainers, go with a proven track record.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 4h

People knew how to write headlines, once upon a time.

Tell children today that, they won't believe you.

Newspaper website headline: "Blind bisexual goose named Thomas who spent six years in a love triangle with two swans and helped raise 68 babies dies at the ripe old age of 40."

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TashenuBOOOOOOste @tashenubaste.bsky.social · 3h

I think of Maine as the Montana of the East Coast and in that regard this all tracks.

Patrick Meyers @pmeyers7.bsky.social · 4h

It seems especially pretty odd in the Maine case given that 1) in my experience, Mainers generally do what they want and don't listen to folks From Away and 2) it's not like Mills is being imposed upon them - she's a popular 2 term governor. I understand the age concerns, but the voters do too?

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 4h

This bizarre feeling amongst takes merchants where the DNC/DSCC/DCCC etc. are these darkly powerful organizations who can manipulate voters away from the right(tm) position and also simultaneously completely incompetent is so fucking weird. Make up your mind!

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TashenuBOOOOOOste @tashenubaste.bsky.social · 3h

I think I just sprained my eyes.

TashenuBOOOOOOste @tashenubaste.bsky.social · 3h

Eric looks...super unwell.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 6h

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 4h

A gorgeous fall day here in the burning hellscape of Portland.

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TashenuBOOOOOOste @tashenubaste.bsky.social · 5h

"He can't win a primary but he can DEFINITELY beat a long-time incumbent who most general election voters view as a moderate" is some terminally online bananas thinking.

If he can win against one old lady, he can win against two, and he should prove that.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 8h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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TashenuBOOOOOOste @tashenubaste.bsky.social · 6h

I never buy brand-new tech or or download new updates until way after other people have done so, because invariably there's a bunch of shit wrong with it and I want to hear what that is and let it be addressed before I jump in.

That's why you want a primary.

Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 7h

Ppl on this site are gonna be big mad about this, but I cant imagine anything that would boost Graham Platners campaign more than beating a well liked incumbent governor in a primary and I dunno why theyd not want to have him get a big early victory like that.

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 7h

Maine democratic primary just got even more crowded www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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TashenuBOOOOOOste @tashenubaste.bsky.social · 6h

Boy do I have some bad news for you about politics, society, and life in general.

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 7h

Ppl on this site are gonna be big mad about this, but I cant imagine anything that would boost Graham Platners campaign more than beating a well liked incumbent governor in a primary and I dunno why theyd not want to have him get a big early victory like that.

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 7h

Maine democratic primary just got even more crowded www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to Run for Senate, Aiming at Senator Susan Collins

www.nytimes.com

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 16h

You know it's a really shitty deal when even freakin Newsmax refuses to sign it.

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TashenuBOOOOOOste @tashenubaste.bsky.social · 16h

He was a shitty freeholder, too.

His treatment/betrayal of public employees as governor I will never be able to forgive.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 17h

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 19h

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Esau @gesau.bsky.social · 22h

I think personal “weakness” is the wrong framework. Biden couldnt do it because there was an election months away and bibi wanted trump to win because it guaranteed an unfettered hand and continued support, which was less certain under a second biden term.

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d.ly @dly.bsky.social · 16h

Blake Smell. Mookie BUtts. Alex Balls.

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SisBoomBlah @andrewthemild.bsky.social · 18h

Just your typical 400 foot grand slam turned into an inning-ending double play. Unbelievable

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