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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 39m

Sexual abuse of trans detainees by RW anti-trans ICE wardens…?

Hardly believable!

Left wing propaganda for the Gay Antifa Agenda!!!

Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 17h

What a silly “rule”!!

Look at the people who came out in Hong Kong and elsewhere…

Nor is “political science” a science.

Hurrumf!

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 20h

“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.”

If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 17h

I never understood why the Left let this stupid phrasing, “Antifa” — as a proper noun — take hold…

One is simply anti-fascist. A very, very general position that spans from the far Left to the monarchist (in Europe; see Umberto Eco) and Neocon (in the US) Right. And it is only a descriptive term.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

The sentiments we encounter in this group chat are not all that different from the kind of shit the more right-leaning Young Republicans in the Goldwater/Nixon era were saying. What's different is that there is no one left in the party willing to discipline these freaks. bsky.app/profile/carl...

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

Most of the young right wing extremists from the 1960s and 70s I'm familiar with started their journey in the Young Republicans, but soon discovered that they hankered for something edgier. They also became frustrated being in coalition with folks who were conservative, but not fascists.

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 1d

🎯

Somebody with sense.

Joel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 1d

Janet Mills has won four statewide elections in Maine. I feel like she’s underrated as an electoral force. I know she’s old but if I’m maximizing on Susan Collins losing and nothing else I don’t think we know the right answer.

Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 1d

Shades of William Casey and Iran Hostages…

Not surprising…

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 1d

Icymi:

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146

‘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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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 1d

Young Republicans.

Our future lies in our youth…

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Nick @sregorn.bsky.social · 2d

ink not even dry on the deal and the most predictable thing ever has happened

Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2d

Israel said it will halve the number of aid trucks entering Gaza to 300 after what it called a “violation” of the ceasefire deal following delays in the return of deceased hostages. No fuel or gas will enter except for essential humanitarian needs.-Reuters

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks. Hard to figure him…

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 2d

Churchill [via Nick Cohen]

on the “respectable Right”

Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 2d

TACO

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 2d

https://wapo.st/4q9AB7j

Will Gaza deal get him into heaven? Trump fears not.

The 79-year-old president, who has repeatedly pondered the afterlife in recent months, told reporters on Air Force One: “I think I’m not, maybe, heaven-bound.”

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 3d

Charlie who…?

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

Many Palestinians in Gaza felt there was little to celebrate on Monday. “It’s important that the bombing has stopped, but there’s nothing to be happy about,” said Saed Abu Aita, 44. “My two daughters were killed, my home was destroyed and my health has deteriorated.”

Gazans See Little to Celebrate Even Though the Bombs Have Stopped

The cease-fire in Gaza has taken hold. Hostages and prisoners have been exchanged. But amid the utter devastation of two years of war, a sense of gloom pervades.

nyti.ms

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Will Pollock 🏳️‍🌈🌻🐶🫘 ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 3d

UPDATE 16: let the Bari Weiss "era of errors" begin: CBS News is now laundering "research" and "reporters" from Bari's Free Press shithole and manages to misspell #Mamdani in the headline

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 3d

It’s not just a UKIP scandal, NathanGill, it’s a Brexit scandal — if I understand this correctly

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 3d

I've devoted my whole life to the study of eschatology -- my own work on the Book of Revelations proves without doubt that when the top marginal income tax rate reaches 66.6% we will know that the Battle of Armageddon has begun

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4d

Multi billionaire conducts months of historical and theological research into the Antichrist. Discovers, shockingly, that one thing the Antichrist would definitely do is tax billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, Al and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: "It's become quite difficult to hide one's money."

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 3d

Good reading for today:

Bartolomé de las Casas,
*Destruction of the Indies* (1542)

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 3d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 3d

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/us/politics/originalism-trump-supreme-court-unitary-executive.html?smid=url-share

Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump’s Power to Fire Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 3d

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/rcna236856

Texas AG Ken Paxton announces ‘undercover’ investigations into liberals

The GOP Senate candidate’s announcement of the probes targeting liberals is modeled after Donald Trump’s authoritarian attacks.

www.msnbc.com

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 3d

“Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors ***
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat [alleged] antisemitism” 1/7/25 … 1/ forward.com/news/686797/...

Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors

The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.

forward.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

WTF 🤬
Goons brutally pushed a peaceful protester to the ground and dragged them across the floor.

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Renée in L.A. @reneepatrice.bsky.social · 4d

Some of you thought we were being alarmist when we said that they were trying to kill us all - or at least a very large swath of us.

Do you believe us yet?

cdpositive @cdpositive.bsky.social · 4d

The 🤡 is running the zoo. Please note which departments that got notices & then got "oooops" notices. Would *you* want to work for this circus? It was hard enough to get good people. Now, it's going to be impossible.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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