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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 6m

Great to hear li’l Rhody’s State AG interviewed by @janecoaston.bsky.social on What A Day this morning, and to hear Chris Murphy wanting to make sure the President follows budgeting laws after a shutdown ends.

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 2h

sailors were charged with mutiny, rioting, and assault; convictions followed but drew criticism for leniency, prompting Navy-wide investigations into racial disparities that fueled further unrest and reforms.

#KeepItWoke
#DedicatedToTam✡️🕊

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USS Kitty Hawk riot - Wikiwand

The USS Kitty Hawk riot was a racial conflict between white and Black crewmen aboard the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk on the night of 12–13 Oc...

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Perfectarc @perfectarc.bsky.social · 1d

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 1h

Not all heroes wear capes.

UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 2h

❤️ A Ukrainian bride’s father walked her down the aisle a month after his release from 3-year-long Russian captivity.

Source: irina_gordiychuk_ on Instagram

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 1h

Happy Indigenous People’s Day.

We still celebrate that here. People tell us we’re not supposed to, but we do.

Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 6h

Obligatory post in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. Have a blessed one (unless you're a racist, then you can go to hell).

Bad Place characters in two panels
Top panel: Fun fact: Columbus is in the bad place
Bottom panel: because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 1h

Hot.

Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 2h

Schwinn’s Futuristic Aero-Space Concept Bicycle Design
ca. 1960s

Illustration of a futuristic-looking bicycle, with aerodynamic windshield and a lot of straight lines.

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 1h

Deep down, Trump wants the Epstein files released.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 17h

President Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One that he doesn’t think he’s going to get into heaven.

“I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven.”

(I isolated Trump’s voice)

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Neon Chinchilla @neonchinchilla.bsky.social · 12h

Donald- So I just admit that I was wrong and I get to go into heaven?

Jesus- Yes my child. I paid the price for your sins when I died on the cross

Donald- But I have to admit I was wrong?

Jesus- Yes my child.

Donald- I like messiahs who weren't crucified.

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 1h

Republican Jesus - 100% gory wound free. GOP Jesus managed to cut a deal with Pilate.

Neon Chinchilla @neonchinchilla.bsky.social · 12h

Donald- So I just admit that I was wrong and I get to go into heaven?

Jesus- Yes my child. I paid the price for your sins when I died on the cross

Donald- But I have to admit I was wrong?

Jesus- Yes my child.

Donald- I like messiahs who weren't crucified.

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Rev David Casey OPA @dpcasey74.bsky.social · 11h

Fun fact: Christianity WAS in fact sneered at as a ‘religion of slaves and women’ by the Romans back in the day.

When I mentioned this in my early church history class folks minds were 🤯

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 12h

there's genuinely quite a lot of 'christianity is a religion for losers' stuff on the new right and well yes! that is the point! it was a faith of slaves and women, as the romans sneered.

Neon Chinchilla @neonchinchilla.bsky.social · 12h

Donald- So I just admit that I was wrong and I get to go into heaven?

Jesus- Yes my child. I paid the price for your sins when I died on the cross

Donald- But I have to admit I was wrong?

Jesus- Yes my child.

Donald- I like messiahs who weren't crucified.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

and this is in turn tied to what they think america is supposed to be: a rigidly hierarchical and patriarchal society dominated by a religious and business elite

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Vita Breva🇻🇦🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦🇦🇲🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇵🇦 @vitabreva.bsky.social · 20h

There’s no sense of the Gospel slowly unfolding in history, no sense that God is on the side of the poor and oppressed and ever halting step towards justice is His hand, non sense that we’re pilgrims in this world, no sense that the better off you are the more morally compromised you are.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

“Fiction.”

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/p...

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 1h

Time is a flat circle.

The number of characters from the Nixon admin who showed up in every other GOP admin since, and mentored the lawless weirdos at the top of Trump’s admin is surprising.

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 1h

Great to know I’m subsidizing Argentinian health care without any of my representatives having voted to authorize it.

Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 2h

Paying for healthcare might be a problem for people here, but folks will be happy to know that Argentina's right-wing nutjob president says he has an unlimited supply of dollars from Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (The government pays for healthcare in Argentina.)

Argentina’s Economy Chief Says US Willing to Keep Buying Pesos

President Javier Milei’s finance chief said the US Treasury’s backstop of Argentina’s peso is unflinching as the libertarian leader prepares to travel to Washington ahead of a crucial midterm vote.

www.bloomberg.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 2h

Your daily reminder that Trump is really bad at business.

The man bankrupted casinos.

And his final act is destroying the US’ position as the lynchpin of the global economy.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

(Reuters) - U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 2h

Sweet gig Loser Mike Johnson, the worst Speaker in American history, is giving his cronies.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

Today, House Republicans will take their 70th day off with pay in the last 82 days.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 2h

Trump calling for Netanyahu to be pardoned as a consequence/unofficial sweetener of ending the Gaza War makes total sense when you realise that Netanyahu crafts national policy based on personal interest.

So Trump's call for a pardon for Netanyahu should be considered a form of corruption itself.

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 2h

Every statement is a confession

What has Trump taken for himself at the expense of the American people?

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 2h

Trump calls on the Israeli President to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Cigars and champagne - who the hell cares about it?"

Netanyahu is currently on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, including allegedly accepting 700,000 shekels (approx. $210,000) worth of luxury goods in bribes.

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Sebastián Píriz @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social · 14h

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Democrats @democrats.org · 19h

Earlier this year, two Republicans were sworn in less than 24 hours after their elections.

It’s been 20 days since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her race and Speaker Johnson’s still dragging his feet.

It’s time to swear her in.

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Brandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.social · 5d

Nixon experiencing Turtlemania.

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McMuffin of that Ilk @mcmuffinofthatilk.bsky.social · 23h

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 20h

Jesus.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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