Barter Loch Monster
@barterloch.bsky.social
Turning upstanding citizens into degenerate bagpipers since 2016.
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How consumed by off-the-rails anti-science antivaxx conspiracy theories is the Alberta UCP?
Check out Resolutions #20 for UCP AGM. 👇
- Stop mRNA vaccines use in AB?
- provide vaccine detoxing (read: embrace pseudoscience)?
- educate about "vaccine injuries"?
Dark Age 2.0.
Check out Resolutions #20 for UCP AGM. 👇
- Stop mRNA vaccines use in AB?
- provide vaccine detoxing (read: embrace pseudoscience)?
- educate about "vaccine injuries"?
Dark Age 2.0.
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
How consumed by off-the-rails anti-science antivaxx conspiracy theories is the Alberta UCP?
Check out Resolutions #20 for UCP AGM. 👇
- Stop mRNA vaccines use in AB?
- provide vaccine detoxing (read: embrace pseudoscience)?
- educate about "vaccine injuries"?
Dark Age 2.0.
Check out Resolutions #20 for UCP AGM. 👇
- Stop mRNA vaccines use in AB?
- provide vaccine detoxing (read: embrace pseudoscience)?
- educate about "vaccine injuries"?
Dark Age 2.0.
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You all are so fucking pissed about this, aren't you? I can feel the pulsating incoherent rage of Bluesky through my phone.
Meanwhile, IRL, this is genuinely one of the most crushing political victories ever won in the space of an hour.
Meanwhile, IRL, this is genuinely one of the most crushing political victories ever won in the space of an hour.
Ok, pretty funny of Zohran’s people to put out the absolute model of the sort of statement that drives Bluesky absolutely *insane* to be studiously ignored On Here because of the source
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
You all are so fucking pissed about this, aren't you? I can feel the pulsating incoherent rage of Bluesky through my phone.
Meanwhile, IRL, this is genuinely one of the most crushing political victories ever won in the space of an hour.
Meanwhile, IRL, this is genuinely one of the most crushing political victories ever won in the space of an hour.
Corporate talking points have been distributed 🤣
there's a lot of people who said Liz Cheney endorsing Kamala Harris was disqualifying who are now extremely happy that Trump said he agreed with Zohran on a lot of things
lot of tension there
lot of tension there
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Corporate talking points have been distributed 🤣
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To recap: Trump said Zohran isn’t a jihadist and is going to do a good job, even as Zohran still maintained Trump is a fascist.
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
To recap: Trump said Zohran isn’t a jihadist and is going to do a good job, even as Zohran still maintained Trump is a fascist.
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Trump's political career was jumpstarted by fake african muslim socialist Barack Obama 1 just to watch it start to crumble under the eyes of real african muslim socialist the Barack Obama That Was Promised, Zohran Mamdani
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Trump's political career was jumpstarted by fake african muslim socialist Barack Obama 1 just to watch it start to crumble under the eyes of real african muslim socialist the Barack Obama That Was Promised, Zohran Mamdani
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I hope @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is proud of how he beclowned himself earlier on that socialism resolution.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I hope @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is proud of how he beclowned himself earlier on that socialism resolution.
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Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
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Zohran walking into the Oval Office, focusing on his key policy platforms, and coming away with an unqualified win over Trump really puts into relief how bad the Democratic leadership is that it has been repeatedly rendered totally impotent and made to look like bumbling cowards by the Donald.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Zohran walking into the Oval Office, focusing on his key policy platforms, and coming away with an unqualified win over Trump really puts into relief how bad the Democratic leadership is that it has been repeatedly rendered totally impotent and made to look like bumbling cowards by the Donald.
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one of these lessons is that nobody should be afraid to be socialist. which makes today's house vote really stupid.
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
one of these lessons is that nobody should be afraid to be socialist. which makes today's house vote really stupid.
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trump is a lot like the median american voter in that he has no coherent theory of politics really except racism so it's kind of unsurprising that he approaches mamdani in a completely non ideological way. there's a lot of lessons here.
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
trump is a lot like the median american voter in that he has no coherent theory of politics really except racism so it's kind of unsurprising that he approaches mamdani in a completely non ideological way. there's a lot of lessons here.
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zohran will post something like "keeping lines of communication open is important as seek to overthrow this fascist junta" and trump will quote tweet it like "sharp young man!"
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
zohran will post something like "keeping lines of communication open is important as seek to overthrow this fascist junta" and trump will quote tweet it like "sharp young man!"
DEMS IN DISARRAY
Trump: He said some things that were very interesting and very interesting as to housing construction and he wants to see houses go up and apartments created. People would be shocked. I want to see the same thing.
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
DEMS IN DISARRAY
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This keeps happening and most still genuflect to the orange
Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This keeps happening and most still genuflect to the orange
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Find me an establishment Dem that’ll defend Mamdani better than Trump
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Find me an establishment Dem that’ll defend Mamdani better than Trump
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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
@tedlieu.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
TFW even Trump is more positive about a socialist than you
TFW even Trump is more positive about a socialist than you
"The better he does, the happier I am," Donald Trump says about Zohran Mamdani as he congratulates him.
Trump speaking with a warm tone towards the new mayor of New York City.
Trump speaking with a warm tone towards the new mayor of New York City.
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@tedlieu.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
TFW even Trump is more positive about a socialist than you
TFW even Trump is more positive about a socialist than you
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Zohran cucked Trump in less than an hour, adjust what you think political strength looks like if you don’t think it looks like him
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Zohran cucked Trump in less than an hour, adjust what you think political strength looks like if you don’t think it looks like him
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New USPTO rules would make bogus patents much harder to challenge. The public deserves better.
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF sup...
www.eff.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
New USPTO rules would make bogus patents much harder to challenge. The public deserves better.
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Oh god this is a true Smiling Man moment. The Era of Smiles begins
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Oh god this is a true Smiling Man moment. The Era of Smiles begins
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This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
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1) this from @marisakabas.bsky.social is good as always
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
1) this from @marisakabas.bsky.social is good as always
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
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Given the recent Wapo opeds I've read I'm genuinely surprised they haven't said the MBS did the right thing by having Khashoggi killed.
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given the recent Wapo opeds I've read I'm genuinely surprised they haven't said the MBS did the right thing by having Khashoggi killed.
“I do not have a beef with Ed Zitron,” says reporter who most definitely has a beef with Ed Zitron.
If you find yourself ad-hominem-ing a guy who has better bibliographies than most national newspapers rather than engaging with the facts presented, ask your doctor if Legacy Media is right for you.
If you find yourself ad-hominem-ing a guy who has better bibliographies than most national newspapers rather than engaging with the facts presented, ask your doctor if Legacy Media is right for you.
you prefer the pr to the news. fascinating. I wonder if that will have any long-term repercussions
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
“I do not have a beef with Ed Zitron,” says reporter who most definitely has a beef with Ed Zitron.
If you find yourself ad-hominem-ing a guy who has better bibliographies than most national newspapers rather than engaging with the facts presented, ask your doctor if Legacy Media is right for you.
If you find yourself ad-hominem-ing a guy who has better bibliographies than most national newspapers rather than engaging with the facts presented, ask your doctor if Legacy Media is right for you.
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This is super bad for US citizens, especially on the left of the spectrum. Gives this authoritarian administration potentially the power to surveil & go after US citizens on spurious "funding of FTO" grounds. This whole antifa boogeyman is being fully weaponized. So dangerous.
My NSPM-7 coverage has for weeks been met with smug assurances that there's no law for domestic terrorism. Well, the Trump admin just designated Antifa groups as Foreign Terror Orgs - for which there is a law:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-slap...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-slap...
Trump Escalates War on Leftists With Antifa Foreign Terror Label
Move cites NSPM-7, saying four European Antifa groups espoused "anti-Christianity," "anti-capitalism," and "anti-Americanism"
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This is super bad for US citizens, especially on the left of the spectrum. Gives this authoritarian administration potentially the power to surveil & go after US citizens on spurious "funding of FTO" grounds. This whole antifa boogeyman is being fully weaponized. So dangerous.
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Helpful tracker!
UPDATE — With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus), there are now at least 12 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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