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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8d

1) I once again take this opportunity to remind you: to keep its basic functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

2) is...is it happening?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Southern Violet is Not UNhappy @southernviolet.blackskycomra.de · 7d

Time for this again! To the tune of If You're Happy and You Know It.

rahaeli @rahaeli -06 Jul If he'l drive you to the criming, he's a Fed If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed If you can't get there without him And you don't know much about him If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed
rahaeli @rahaeli-06 Jul If his friend has got the weapons, he's a Fed If his friend has got the weapons, he's a Fed If you're running off your mouth And his buddy lives down south If his friend has got the weapons, he's a Fed
rahaeli @rahaeli -06 Jul If he's got a stupid haircut, he's a Fed If he's got a stupid haircut, he's a Fed If his haircut's tight and high And goes with a suit and tie If he's got a stupid haircut, he's a Fed
rahaeli @rahaeli-06 Jul If he says you don't need OPSEC, he's a Fed if he says you don't need OPSEC, he's a Fed If he wants you to repeat it Where the chat room won't delete it If he says you don't need OPSEC, he's a Fed

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 26d

I think the most repulsive thing Mediaite did here was use an image of when Kimmel was emotional over the LA fires that claimed homes and lives, which Trump mocked.

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 27d

Jimmy Kimmel’s Return: A Rare Opportunity for Grace, Empathy and Healing

As Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC, his words may shape more than ratings — he has a rare chance to lower the temperature in America’s fractured discourse. The post Jimmy Kimmel’s Return: A Rare Opportunity for Grace, Empathy and Healing first appeared on Mediaite.

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 9d

YOU - “So I should just... just... get a hat and FUCK it, right?!” (Point at your head, where the hat should be.) “Engage in sexual intercourse with a hat right here in front of you, because you told me so? On the SEA ICE?!”

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The Reel Jon 🦌🎬🍉 @thereeljon.vtubers.social · 7d

There's a reason generative AI became so readily adopted by fascists: neither the companies who created it nor the fascists who use it care about art beyond the end product. Tech oligarchs just want easy profit, fascists just want easily generated propaganda. Everything else is meaningless.

Futurism @futurism.com · 7d

"Lmfao, that was beautiful and before you ask I voted for this!"

Trump Supporters Are Using OpenAI's Sora to Generate AI Videos of Soldiers Assaulting Protesters

It's a fascinating look into the effort to drum up consent for an unprecedented crackdown on American cities.

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 11d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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🎃TheSpookyHyperon🎃 @theawesomehyperon.bsky.social · 40m

Based.

No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 11d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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hilda. @ goo goo baby WAR @fatewalker.bsky.social · 7d

to be a fly on the wall in walter reed, listening to a bunch of doctors in a conference call with all the seriousness of a declaration of war, trying to find out how to explain to trump he’s dying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7d

When authoritarians tell you they like authoritarianism, over and over and over and over and over again, believe them

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump on Egypt: "They have very little crime. Because they don't play games. That's why. Like we do in the United States with governors that have no idea what they're doing."

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🕸godhatesyeeeest🕷 @godhatesyeast.bsky.social · 10d

c’mon cholesterol

the roadmap to freedom

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Bethy the Vampire Slayer @strisi.bsky.social · 7d

The Nazi Party is so concerned about DEI producing incapable people that they are busily getting rid of capable and trained people in order to primarily only employing incapable people as a baseline to show us how to do it.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 6d

MAGA TV host delivers ominous on-air threat: 'We don’t wanna condone violence — wink-wink'

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MAGA TV host delivers ominous on-air threat: 'We don’t wanna condone violence — wink-wink'

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6d

Turns out most people don't really like being invaded

lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 7d

soooo my Chicagoans, has anyone else's neighborhood facebook group gone from desperately apolitical (regarding federal politics) to at least 40% about ICE/DHS activity and organizing against it? like it's hard to overstate this shift

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The R2 Dude @ther2view.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations on the promotion, Annikin!

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 16d

I'd hope there is a working group in the ACLU or AFL-CIO about quietly laying the groundwork to do a make-or-break Amerimaidan mobilization, but basically no one in politics does any long term planning so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 16d

no kings is a decent blueprint that probably is important baseline for if things get really off the rail

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 16d

i think in the US the equivalent civil society mobilization is much closer to the BLM marches than a traditional general strike

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16d

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 5d

SPOILER ALERT: Trump gets a sexual thrill every time he kills people. But he only ever kills them from behind his desk, when they can't fight back.

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 6d

The drama of the President’s never ending hurt fee-fees, is a central pillar of Trump II. Clinical narcissism as public policy. He is unsatisfiable, so we’re all locked into this enormous waste of attention and time until we wake up and end this nation damaging farce.

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🎃TheSpookyHyperon🎃 @theawesomehyperon.bsky.social · 1h

Please please just shut the fuck up

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump on tariffs: "We're allowed to do whatever we want. We just had presidents that didn't want to do it for whatever reason. Of the eight wars, tariffs are directly responsible for me ending 6 of them. 5 or 6."

🎃TheSpookyHyperon🎃 @theawesomehyperon.bsky.social · 1h

Well we know where this is going.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump says lawyers challenging his power to impose tariffs are "aligned with foreign nations" and adds that he plans to go to the Supreme Court to watch the arguments of the tariffs case

🎃TheSpookyHyperon🎃 @theawesomehyperon.bsky.social · 1h

Xbox need to get their act together because I do not want to have to switch over to PlayStation.

But yeah they have made a lot of bone headed decisions this generation and Phil needs to step down sooner rather than later.

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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 21h

Not exactly worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

"The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier"
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Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia

US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

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BicycleTherapy @bicycletherapy.bsky.social · 5h

Maybe we should try their playbook. We get Adelita to lie and promise not to vote for the EF release. Once in office, we have her change her mind!

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The TrumpRussiaGuide 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumprussiaties.bsky.social · 2h

Trump * is a fascist dictator, to his core.

He is also incredibly ignorant and very stupid, straight up, all bad ingredients to allow to mix with the powers of the Office and a dissident, out-of-control Supreme Court.

It’s a tough mix to beat but I say GAME ON! Life, Liberty & the POH r at stake.

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