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Joy of Arc

@amethystjoy.bsky.social

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She/her, Queer Political science/American Studies. Views expressed are my own, etc.

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Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 55m

No one is doing it like this

Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 5h

If I was in politics, I simply wouldn't give my opponent a "make things cheaper on day 1" button.

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Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 10h

The Republicans I knew in college were Romney voters. They were from high income households and had conservative views on tax law, but were generally normal dudes beyond that. Definitely not /pol/ brainrotted groypers.

Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 1d

Seems bad that the modal <35 GOP staffer is basically a nazi /pol/ poster.

Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 1d

Me when I'm addicted to losing

Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 5d

Just in time for the supreme Court case. I'm sure they'll love watching their portfolios in free fall.

Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 5d

This young gun is a rising star in the world of theology

Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 12d

Probably no deeper significance to this, right?

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Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 14d

*sighing* The only thing that can stop a bad AI slop farm from psyoping the boomers is a good AI slop farm psyoping the boomers

Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 14d

Their line in the sand is, unsurprisingly, their investment portfolios.

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Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 14d

Every day is the 4th of shit now

Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 18d

The fact that it only took 15 years for people to completely forget 00s web forum culture as a concept is baffling to me. If it was Gen z doing it, I would understand, but it's all elder millennials!

Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 19d

Maine is not sending their best people.

Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 19d

As a practical measure, can he do that? Are CDLs federalized in a way normal licenses are not?

Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 19d

Alexa, what were Bush's approval ratings in 2002?

Alexa, what were Bush's approval ratings in 2008?

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Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 19d

They couldn't even take down a late night tv host, I just don't think they'll successfully blow up the entire liberal non profit appartus.

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Joy of Arc @amethystjoy.bsky.social · 20d

Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right really draws a straight line from the historical lunatic fringe to the current political ecosystem.