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Black Guy Does Sociology @blackmanbeyond.bsky.social · 38m

I love threads like this that are just white guys reassuring each other that everyone else is overreacting

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1h

there’s a subset of people who, if you point out something bad happening now, will basically reply “it was always like this and anyone who disagrees is just privileged.” it parades as savvy but nine times out of ten it’s just an ahistorical oversimplification.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h

"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 44m

Openly is the only change. So much of this conversation is disingenuous because these "The young white conservatives say horrible bigoted things" scandals happen annually and every time the claim is that it is different. They made afterschool specials about young white supremacists in the 90's

Micah @rincewind.run · 1h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 1h

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 47m

The "anti-woke" backlash was always about white collar labor competition from nonwhites, not hr bullshit. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Black Guy Does Sociology @blackmanbeyond.bsky.social · 1h

Lmao he clearly didn't know a few weeks ago

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Black Guy Does Sociology @blackmanbeyond.bsky.social · 2h

So Cam Newton was right?

Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 2h

“I’ve made a mistake.”

Tua speaks about his comments 👇👇👇

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 6h

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Black Guy Does Sociology @blackmanbeyond.bsky.social · 5h

I can't imagine being on here with my real name and face really trying to gain clout and stil having like 46 followers. That is so sad, it's 2025

Black Guy Does Sociology @blackmanbeyond.bsky.social · 5h

Was going to find a clever way to call you a weirdo but I see you are earnestly just on here being a loser and now I'm sad :(

Jeff Thomas @buildbackwetter.bsky.social · 9h

A categorically new version of pornography centered on narrative while avoiding exploitation of sex workers and millions of liberal millennials inexplicably pretending like they're not going to use it

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 22h

“many prominent young republicans are actual Nazis” is a self-censoring fact at this point

normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a real water is wet scenario here

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Black Guy Does Sociology @blackmanbeyond.bsky.social · 18h

BUT I was told on here that the military is VERY DIVERSE

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

Black Guy Does Sociology @blackmanbeyond.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/1f33LR_6dKk?...

Bomani Jones reacts to the shocking death of D’Angelo

YouTube video by The Right Time with Bomani Jones

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 1d

Something something bipartisan solutions something something heal the country something something radical liberals

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Black Guy Does Sociology @blackmanbeyond.bsky.social · 1d

I love how this post, while attemptijg to dunk on the right, is rooted in ignoring that Black people exist. This is the current discourse in a nutshell

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine caring about Kaepernick in the year of our lord 2025

Irenic Bro @irenicbro.bsky.social · 1d

"We're saving God from Colin Kaepernik" is a pretty good distillation of Republican thought

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

It's almost as if, hear me out now, MAGA billionaires like Jeff Bezos (WaPo) and Elon Musk (Twitter) purchased key properties in our public square not as business investments, but so that they could turn them into vectors of right wing propaganda.

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Irenic Bro @irenicbro.bsky.social · 1d

"We're saving God from Colin Kaepernik" is a pretty good distillation of Republican thought

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Black Guy Does Sociology @blackmanbeyond.bsky.social · 1d

Grading hell, cold running through the house, rain in California. Time to bite down

Black Guy Does Sociology @blackmanbeyond.bsky.social · 1d

Well yes, because they were all White and successfully painted the oppossition as a bunch of Black and brown extremists. Many "good" academics contributed to this project

Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 1d

As I have long said, the “free and open debate” folks were given extraordinary latitude to define the terms of what “academic freedom” meant and the continual presumption of good faith long after all evidence said the opposite.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

Free speech is when Republicans can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/noup...

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 1d

In other words, segregate your universities if you want funding.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 2d

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a source

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a person familiar with the matter.

bloom.bg

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Black Guy Does Sociology @blackmanbeyond.bsky.social · 2d

The statistical estimated will shock you

pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 2d

so one of the things I’ve started to realize with having a notable following On Here is exactly how much of a reading comprehension problem we have in this country

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

I used to think people just didn’t understand what Columbus did but now I think some are really attached to him (as opposed to other worthy italians to celebrate) because their whole thing is not only getting away with doing horrible things but forcing everyone to praise them for being horrible

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