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Alex Firer @alexfirer.bsky.social · 9m

@dril: and another thing: im not mad. please don't put in the newspaper that i got mad.

Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 9m

On the other side, picking up a book by somebody, loving it, and realizing that they have 20 other books published is probably the best feeling ever.

Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 10m

Anakin padme four frame meme. Frame 1: Anakin: We'll play together soon. Frame 2: Padme smiling: By play you mean Polo right? Frame 3, Anakin just giving a deadeye look. No text. Frame 4 Padme(concerned): Polo right?

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 14m

Shaun King head of CBS news might raise a few comments.

You just had a post where you claimed it was "hysterical" to object to her, and now you are saying it's anti feminism to criticize Bari Weiss. Please continue digging.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 1h

You think for ONE SEC that a man in her position who was named head of CBS News would be the subject of so much to-do? Come on.

Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 1h

The whole "you should be proud of Bari Weiss because she's a WOMAN entrepreneur" argument reminds me of this comic:

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 19m

This is pretty impressive though.

Metrics of Sally Jenkins' horrible post.

1 repost 157 quotes, 3 likes 6 saves and 349 comments.

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 43m

Somebody made nearly 200 million by betting against the market 30 minutes before he ranted Friday. What are the odds somebody bought the dip at close Friday too, and will make close to the same on this?

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 45m

Proposal: Every billionaire master of the universe, and fortune 500 CEO should be required by law to employ a jester who makes fun of them. If they want to be treated like kings, let's do the whole thing. Risk of an overthrow of the throne, court jesters, the whole works.

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 53m

Random question: With ICE in face masks, driving vans with no plates, when they hit and run vehicles and people and drive off, how is insurance handling this? Do people file reports and are police actually following up.

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 57m

JD Vance if he was old enough in 1995: Is it illegal to rent a U-haul truck and buy fertilizer in Oklahoma? Lots of farm country there. So is it now a crime?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

Vance is having an incredible morning on the Sunday shows doing "oh so now it's illegal to [mundane thing]?"

A real quote when Vance is asked about whether Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he got in a fast food bag: "Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services?"

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 1h

Your favorite memory from Back to School night sir?

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 1h

Using the word hysteria with roots in misogyny to dismiss grounded criticism of Bari Weiss as irrational is just chef's kiss.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 1h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 1h

Camel. No!! No!

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 1h

While would like to let Trump have dictatorial powers and usur Article 1 powers (fed and interest rates exempted) it doesn't mean we won't flip flop if a dem gets in and wants to do something for the poor. We are very clear here.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 2h

When you don't reed the instructions.

Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 2h

Moved to the mountains in NC and learned about depression food out here. Cornbread dunked in milk, greasy beans, pinto beans, collards was basically eaten about every meal for dinner. A little salt pork added in if you could afford it.

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 2h

When was the last time you heard a conservative Republican take responsibility for anything other than a sex scandal, and typically not that either. It's a core pillar that nothing is ever their fault.

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 2h

88 years old, oldest member of congress, basically absentee for a whole month while her district gets invaded by troops from the old confederacy, and won't be talked out of not seeking another term. The gerontocracy problem just won't go away.

apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump's intervention in Washington prompts calls for its 18-term House delegate to step down

Eleanor Holmes Norton has been an outspoken advocate for the District of Columbia during her 18 terms as the city's delegate in Congress.

apnews.com

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 3h

Jon Voigt's hopes just raised for a quick moment.

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 3h

The Bartiromo endorsement has to be very valuable in his next primary.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Maria Bartiromo tries to reassure Fetterman: "You know, senator, what you just said, it's really shamefully on your colleagues. You feeling isolated -- that is absolutely outrageous. You are a breath of fresh air. I know our viewers are grateful."

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 3h

If you just do what I want and don't make me angry, I won't be forced to hit you.

But as a governing philosophy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

BARTIROMO: What are the plans for military pay?

VANCE: We're doing some pretty non-conventional things to ensure our troops are able to get paid. But wouldn't it be great if the Democrats just opened up the government so that we did not have to make these very difficult decisions?

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 4h

Not rejecting it because Ellison is promoting right wing authoritarianism.

The offer was too low.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 4h

Warner Bros Discovery has rebuffed Paramount Skydance’s initial takeover approach for being too low, according to people familiar with the matter

Warner Bros. Is Said to Rebuff Paramount Takeover Approach

Warner Bros Discovery Inc. has rebuffed Paramount Skydance Corp.’s initial takeover approach for being too low, according to people familiar with the matter.

bloom.bg

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 4h

Thinking and hyping that a politician can do no wrong is a sure way of demoralizing people. Knowing that Mamdani will do something very boneheaded is the way to look at him too. I take great joy in the good things he and Pritzger do but..

They are all politicians. Treat them as such.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4h

Extremely funny that people think this is now a Pritzker hate account when all we've been doing is documenting the same police violence we've been documenting well before this ICE surge

Sorry for disrupting your worldview. Welcome to what cops are!!!

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 5h

So where can I tune in to Jake Tapper's breaking news coverage of Trump accusing his hand appointed FBI director of plotting with the "Biden administration" two weeks before Biden took office.

I have been reliably told that signs of mental decline in a President is as important as email security...

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 5h

Yup. Same. I wouldn't nuance it into not bringing down inflation. He promised to get retribution, be cruel to immigrants and he is delivering there.

Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 5h

I decided to make twitter more usable by blocking the loud, obnoxious blue checks in every thread of a user I was following made. Kept it up for a good solid week, until I got bored of blocking the first 5-15 posts of every thread. It was like trying to stop a missile with a fly swatter.

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