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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 8h

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 12h

Nice city you have got there.. Would be a shame if something happened to it

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 12h

Hmm.. Fighters and bombers in another nation's airspace... Where have I seen that before?

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 12h

Occam leaves no other conclusions

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Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 16h

J.D. Vance says it's OK to joke about gas chambers, rape, and "watermelon people", but if you quote Charlie Kirk you'll get your VISA revoked

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 16h

Before you ask: 'Scared shirtless' is a very famous German saying.

a cartoon character is sitting at a desk with a pen in his hand

ALT: a cartoon character is sitting at a desk with a pen in his hand

media.tenor.com

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 16h

They are scared shirtless.
Make it count America. Watching from over the pond.

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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 18h

Stop overreacting. It's just college chat. Locker room talk.

That these assholes are making policy for the entire USA shouldn't concern you. Don't you have enough to worry about with rent, food, and healthcare taking your whole paycheck?

Fuck you, JD.

www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-hit...

JD Vance Hits Out at ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Racist GOP Group Chat

The vice president defended the “college group chat” in a post made to X.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 17h

Sooo sweet.
But from my experience a kitten climbing you like that will leave you bleeding. Kitten claws are razor sharp.
I have no clue how the lady in that video stays so calm. Unless she wears 4 layers of clothes 😊

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 20h

Insider trading, bribes, anonymous donors.. The US is worse than other states we shun for that behaviour

www.heise.de/en/news/Trum...

Trump's Tariff Threats Cause Stock Market Rollercoaster Again

Stock and especially cryptocurrency prices plummeted on Friday night. Possible insiders profited with short selling.

www.heise.de

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 21h

(German here)
Directly translating the post comes to "not complaining" but that's not the meaning and vibe here. The vibe is that the poster is satisfied with the result.
The poster on the right is quite spot on with his opinion.

But still - being an asshole is protected speech last I checked

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 1d

😁

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Sad, but true. 💥

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 1d

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 1d

The hundreds of thousands of deaths his handling of the pandemic caused would like to have a word..

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "Make no mistake -- he is heaven-bound. I've seen the hand of God on him for a very long time ... I think there is a lot less people going to heaven-- meaning, they are going to heaven slower because he stopped the death and destruction around the world."

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 1d

www.heise.de/en/news/Cybe...

Cybertruck remains banned in Germany – also for the US military

The Federal Ministry of Transport has rejected a request from the US armed forces to authorise Tesla's Cybertruck in Germany. The reason is safety deficiencies.

www.heise.de

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 1d

And still forbidden to be used in Germany because it endangers pedestrians, bikers and others in traffic.

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Ben Carter @benjustgiggles.bsky.social · 1d

Mission accomplished 2.0

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "Together with my friend Speaker Ohana of the Israeli Knesset we're going to rally speakers and presidents of parliaments around the world so we will jointly nominate President Donald J Trump for next year's Nobel Prize. No one has ever deserved that prize more & that is an objective fact."