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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5h

the inflatable costume thing is an extremely smart tactic

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5h

my father (a retired white engineer who has been in oklahoma for 40 years) is my weathervane for what normal people who just watch the news periodically think, and he was like “so, they want to call the guard out on a bunch of kids wearing frog suits? is that true?”, the admin is losing the PR war

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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thegregbucking.bsky.social @thegregbucking.bsky.social · 1h

Also: Eric Trump stole money from a children’s cancer charity.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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thegregbucking.bsky.social @thegregbucking.bsky.social · 2h

This is a good start

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 10h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, I'd prefer if he wasn't in charge of the nukes when he says things like this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

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 Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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thegregbucking.bsky.social @thegregbucking.bsky.social · 3h

Truth after truth after truth

Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 3h

"To be a Republican in 2025 represents a clear public confession that you either don't know the difference between good and evil and you're so morally empty that you can't be bothered to begin to try, or that you do know the difference, and you prefer evil." Great essay from @juliusgoat.bsky.social

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

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thegregbucking.bsky.social @thegregbucking.bsky.social · 5h

“Guest appearance from Measles”? Is this some bro country band I haven’t heard about, or are they accepting the consequences of RFK The Lesser?

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 8h

Every JD Vance interview:

REPORTER: The president literally declared war on Democrats to military leaders. Do you agree?

JD VANCE: Umm haha what I DISAGREE with is Chuck Schumer telling the American people they have to give their cars over to immigrants. But you wont report it!

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thegregbucking.bsky.social @thegregbucking.bsky.social · 6h

Don’t threaten me with a good time

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 14h

"...Alito delivered the opinion..."

badly-drawn boo! 👻 @soapachu.bsky.social · 16h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"I've added some notes"

Squiddy (eldritch horror beyond comprehension) @dr-squiddy.bsky.social · 16h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Mini cheddars and yoghurt.

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 4d

There’s no B actor too small for revival in season 2 of the greatest sh*tshow on earth

kathykustra.bsky.social @kathykustra.bsky.social · 4d

Of course they did

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

www.nytimes.com

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thegregbucking.bsky.social @thegregbucking.bsky.social · 14h

You do excellent reporting and I do appreciate that. But you also were relentless in providing excuses for his slow dragging the investigations and dressing it up as savvy analysis. It wasn’t and he wasn’t up to the moment.

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thegregbucking.bsky.social @thegregbucking.bsky.social · 14h

Tell me what I should be saying, oh brilliant strategist who spent the entire Biden administration simping for Merrick Garland’s “strategy”

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thegregbucking.bsky.social @thegregbucking.bsky.social · 14h

Of course you can. You say that of course there should be law enforcement responding to a violent insurrection AND point out that this lunatic was the one in charge who refused to send much needed reinforcements

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thegregbucking.bsky.social @thegregbucking.bsky.social · 14h

If you think the answer to this “question” is yes, you need to take a look in the mirror and gaze upon the emptiness of your soul

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thegregbucking.bsky.social @thegregbucking.bsky.social · 15h

We can do both

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 2d

People are confusing their own tedious self-importance with effectiveness.

The animal costumes are a genius move. It should be adopted by every protest.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 2d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 16h

What's important here is that it's the ICE raids that are capturing their attention.

This is why the reliance on focus groups and polls and the inevitable claim that voters only care about "kitchen table" issues misses the mark.

paulwaldman.substack.com/p/why-trump-...

Why Trump Lost the Podcast Bros

It's cool to support the Rebellion. It's not cool to support the Empire.

paulwaldman.substack.com

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 22h

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 1d

The case against Comey is beyond weak. The case against James is worse. It is based on a lie, and they know they're lying because exculpatory evidence that contradicts the indictment had already been presented to a grand jury in another jurisdiction. Everyone involved with this needs to be disbarred

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thegregbucking.bsky.social @thegregbucking.bsky.social · 2d

Yes they would. If they put up roadblocks and checked everyone for guns like they did in DC, the gun humpers would throw a fit.

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 4d

More history from this Nazi adulated by the Trump team. These are explicit, proud Nazis who scream and cry and call every referee they can find when you quote their Nazism back to them.

Multiple tweets from Nazi Jack Posobiec in 2016 making "jokes" involving the Nazi code "1488."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Trump will just have to keep murdering fishermen until you stupid jerks give him the peace prize

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

papers like the New York Times actively help right wing propagandists by introducing false claims as something that's open to debate and interpretation, instead of clearly framing them up front as lies pushed by unreliable operators

Turning Point USA is a right wing propaganda op aimed at kids

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