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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 49m

@phlairport.bsky.social is airing those DHS "blame Dems for the shutdown" ads. You can reach their manager here, w/ phone number: Division of Aviation, Terminal E
Philadelphia, PA 19153
215-937-6914
Manager: Rochelle Cameron @ryanroat.bsky.social @booman23.bsky.social @willbunch.bsky.social

Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 1h

Why do Republicans protect pedophiles?

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3h

He would rather shut down our government than have you see the truth. It's not complicated.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 12h

Janet Mills is now in the Maine Senate race.

I will NOT be supporting her in the primary

I am offended that a 77 years old thinks that’s a good idea.

I also have no patience for anyone who takes money from AIPAC.

It’s time for new blood.

Graham Platner is electrifying the people of Maine.

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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 5h

It reflects a crude and juvenile understanding of politics. When all you have is a hammer, everything is a nail.

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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 5h

I predict that Rep. Grijalva, having been treated like shit by Mike Johnson, will be a real pain in Mikey’s ass.

Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 6h

Let’s make it so big they shit diapers

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 19h

But he never answers why he doesn’t seat Grijalva, the vote that will force the release of the Epstein files. This man is a joke. He’s a real-life Nathan Thurm.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 20h

This is a nervous man.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 20h

Who the fuck is this guy?

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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 20h

Look at this schmuck here, talking out his fart locker. @booman23.bsky.social @upyernoz.bsky.social @timklateriser.bsky.social @felsroat.bsky.social @ryanroat.bsky.social @cabingirl2009.bsky.social

A Doll In Every Pot @tobellz.bsky.social · 1d

The problem isn't the geriatrics. It's the generation after the boomers that decided that getting into politics was for losers.

The choices are long-in-the-tooth veteran whose been on one-too-many tours, or complete neophyte who has no idea what he's doing.

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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 20h

GTFO with that shit. You don’t speak for me, or any of the other politically involved Xers.

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Coach Mark (for now) @coachmark25.bsky.social · 1d

So is that congresswoman from Arizona still waiting to be sworn in?

What the actual fuck is going on?!?

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Shaf-EEK 👻🎃 @shafiqi.bsky.social · 1d

This is a common thing for colored people that I’m always glad native people can learn for the first time.

In America, I am a Southeast Asian. In Bangladesh, I am an American. I don’t really fit in either. You make your way.

Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 1d

This line from Mamdani's father just really struck me. Great profile:

“I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 21h

Just awful.

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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 21h

Yeeesh. @timklateriser.bsky.social @booman23.bsky.social
The @washingtonpost.com is dying a very sad death. I feel bad for the actual reporters and the @postguild.bsky.social, but I'm pretty sure this is terminal. I hope y'all have someplace to land before the death rattle.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 22h

GRITTY! I have a tattoo of Gritty on my calf with the motto "No Gods, No Masters."

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

A record 29% — nearly a third! — of all new cars purchased in California during July, August, and September were zero-emission vehicles.

DC may be fine with selling out American innovation to China, but California will keep charging ahead toward cleaner air for our communities.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 22h

Mike Johnson, who calls himself a Christian, says it's OK for ICE to shoot Christian ministers in the face with pepper balls. Is that what Jesus would do?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 1d

Good thing Lisa Murkowski allowed Trump to defund FEMA. Good going!

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know who this woman is anymore. I don't know true north. I am without bearings. Nothing makes sense. Just let the cats fuck the dogs and be done with it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

All facts

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 2d

Just so you are hip to it:

The account that shorted the crypto market 30 minutes before TACO’s Friday tweet about new tariffs on China made more than 80 million dollars in one day.

But yeah… that’s not insider trading at all… because 🤷🏽‍♀️

I mean…I’m not sure that’s illegal because crypto is not

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