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Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 1m

Wait so which one am I?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 49m

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2h

“I think Vance’s “New Right” will carry the argument. The motivation is obvious: As long as you never criticize anyone on the right for smaller scandals, you don’t have to do the same when the consequences are much greater and involve someone like Trump himself.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/racist-you...

Racist Young Republican Chat Leaves GOP Stumbling to Respond

Split over whether to discipline the offenders or just ignore the whole affair.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jordan @slclunk.com · 3h

Media is awesome because it can show an organization trying to get rid a guy who is underwater with state Democrats by 50 points, undermines any Democratic policy, and is just completely off-putting to anyone who has to spend five minutes around him; and they phrase it as “seeding discord”

Axios @axios.com · 6h

SCOOP: Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are maneuvering to run against Sen. John Fetterman in a 2028 primary, threatening to tear the party apart in the biggest battleground state in the nation.

Scoop: Dems plot Fetterman ouster

www.axios.com

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 7h

clicked this to check it was not, in fact, The Onion. It's not.

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 7h

Neo-Confederacy planning moves.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 8

the maga constitution doesn’t allow any institution, public or private, to explicitly work to ameliorate racial inequality but allows the government to racially profile

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Sep 8

BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.

Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26085894-25a169-order/

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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 22h

The Right Jumps to Defend Young Republicans’ Racist Texts

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Right Jumps to Defend Young Republicans' Racist Texts

J.D. Vance and other prominent conservative influencers downplayed racist messages sent by members of various Young Republicans chapters.

www.rollingstone.com

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Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 22h

Good reporting here from @nbcnews.com

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Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 1d

“ANTIFA and Cartels now after us we have choice but to put soldiers on every street corner and have people only able to come out of their homes at designated times. You’ll be allocated your grocery and gas trip through your local City General. This is about making America safe.” ~ Future Trump Post

Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 1d

“ANTIFA and Cartels now after us we have choice but to put soldiers on every street corner and have people only able to come out of their homes at designated times. You’ll be allocated your grocery and gas trip through your local City General. This is about making America safe.” ~ Future Trump Post

Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 1d

The irony of these images and these guys feeling like they’re the master race.

Right.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re a republican in this tent…you’re complicit.

I’d rather get yelled at by some online leftist for not caring enough about a particular topic than be any part of this level of hatred.

It’s what the GOP is to their core.

Also, this is Kirk’s legacy. Just saying.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 1d

For all Hegseth’s “macho” talk if he was really about that life he’d put his money where his mouth is.

Have him challenge a woman in the ranks and if he loses he shuts the fuck up forever.

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Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 1d

For all Hegseth’s “macho” talk if he was really about that life he’d put his money where his mouth is.

Have him challenge a woman in the ranks and if he loses he shuts the fuck up forever.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 1d

It’s honestly like 2nd Christmas when you get a sandwich so good you can’t finish it but know you get to eat it again later.

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Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 1d

Again…Trump and Bibi are complicit.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

The whites are literally arguing it's literally *unconstitutional* if they're not OVERREPRESNTED in Congress.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2d

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 2d

Again, she’s not worth applauding in anyway.

What’s worth highlighting here is how quickly and easily she pivoted without much overthinking.

Calling out Israel before @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, talking about affordability, and immigration.

Highlights DEM overthinking.

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 2d

In other news, Marjorie Taylor Greene is now emasculating "weak" Republican men in the House www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Emasculates 'Weak' Republican Men In House Takedown

"We will make them look bad," the representative said.

www.huffpost.com

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 2d

Proud Boys expert @andybcampbell.bsky.social, who offered me many insights for this piece, described this as a notable shift that shows how they are emboldened in the new Trump era.

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 2d

After saying he stepped down from the Proud Boys in 2018, Gavin McInnes is now embracing the "godfather" title within the group. Both he and Enrique Tarrio talked to me about their national structure and plans for the organization. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

In the New Trump Era, the Proud Boys Are ‘Not Apologizing Anymore’

To hear him tell it, Gavin McInnes’ recent return to the site...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 2d

Oh…

Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 2d

Also…

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2d

Even if Trump did deserve it, this really isn't the job of the Speaker of the House. Pathetic.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Just now— @SpeakerJohnson announces he will lead a global pressure campaign to get the narcissist-in-chief a Nobel Prize next year

(Also revealing he doesn’t understand what “objective facts” are)

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Was it the Chad? @adisruptivekid.bsky.social · 2d

Noted

a man in a black shirt and tie is writing on a notebook .

ALT: a man in a black shirt and tie is writing on a notebook .

media.tenor.com

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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