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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 1h

Remember, brown 13-year-olds are hardened menaces to society, but 30-something Republican Hitler afficionados in positions of power are just li’l guys.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1h

It's "far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party."

From a judge's TRO blocking Trump's mass firings under cover of the shutdown

It is also far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a
government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party. But this is precisely what President Trump has announced he is doing, by taking to social media on the second day of the
shutdown to post: “I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe
the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity.”

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cagygibbon.bsky.social @cagygibbon.bsky.social · 1h

At this point if a studio casts Jared Leto I just assume it’s some sort of tax scam where they need a loss

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 10h

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

'Tron' Might Really Be Doomed After 'Tron: Ares'

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

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Sam @very-simple.com · 1h

I know the Dems are terrible at messaging but I feel like some hay could be made about Trump hosting lavish dinners for billionaires in the middle of a government shutdown when “essential” federal workers are being forced to work without pay.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 4h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

on.wsj.com

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𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚗 @mccauley.bsky.social · 6h

man against the backdrop of everything heavy and bad South Side Chicagoan pope is so funny in a lighthearted wholesome sitcom way

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 8h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 4h

I read the piece. You shouldn't. He dismisses the "No Kings" protests as liberals in blue cities. He invokes Rosa Parks, as if rural white people in the 60s loved everything that the movement then was doing. "We need a movement but not this one" is a core centrist tact these days.

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 4h

Is this a joke. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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cagygibbon.bsky.social @cagygibbon.bsky.social · 8h

Hey, someone should note that Charlie Kirk was the de facto leader of Americas hound republicans and he’s on record saying many of the exact same things. This is who pro sports teams held a moment of silence for

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 9h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 8h

Republicans know democrats aren’t committing any crimes so they just make things up that can’t be easily proven one way or the other and portray those things as if they’re illegal

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 8h

Directors Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman built much of the documentary from footage that incarcerated men secretly recorded with contraband cell phones. As a result, the film offers an unfiltered view inside a system where overcrowding, untreated addiction and violence are routine.

How Filmmakers Uncovered ‘Embarrassment of Horrors’ In Alabama Prisons

The directors of ‘The Alabama Solution’ discuss their piercing new documentary and what they hope people will take away from the film.

www.themarshallproject.org

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 9h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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cagygibbon.bsky.social @cagygibbon.bsky.social · 9h

My wife is from a holler in West Virginia and has an entire quiver full of Appalachian explanations. She “got some wind stuck in her ear” the other day and it’s the cutest one yet. Most are terrifying and I’m from Appalachia

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21h

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

DoD sources tell Zeteo that staff there 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.

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

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 23h

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The Twilight Zone @thenightgallery.bsky.social · 2d

October 13, 1961: Twilight Zone's "A Game of Pool" airs. An obsessive pool player gets his wish: to play the long-dead legend Fats Brown. The stakes? Life or death.

Written by George Clayton Johnson. Stars Jack Klugman (in the second of four TZs) and Jonathan Winters.

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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 1d

Any Red Hat family or friends?

Ask them to justify this.

Enough is enough.

#RadioFreeAmerica

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ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

newrepublic.com

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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cagygibbon.bsky.social @cagygibbon.bsky.social · 1d

Couldn’t have said it any fucking better

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

deeply sick of all the goddamn nazis

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cagygibbon.bsky.social @cagygibbon.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the biggest scandal in United States history following genocide and slavery. As for a single president it’s the most massive scandal in our history and it’s not even close. A sitting president is using a willing military to murder foreign nationals for fun while a willing press covers for him

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 1d

This could seriously be one of the 2 or 3 biggest Presidential scandals in US history

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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cagygibbon.bsky.social @cagygibbon.bsky.social · 1d

Rich people are shit liars

Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 1d

The thing that gets me about actors responding like this whenever they’re asking about JKR is that they always say “we need to learn to agree to disagree ^_^” as if trans people are the ones leading the campaign, when we’re just trying to live our lives while JKR posts about trans hate 24/7

cagygibbon.bsky.social @cagygibbon.bsky.social · 1d

Millions of American Jews vote for a party dedicated to their destruction and I’ve never seen one rational explanation for why.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 1d

I just thought “I call Dad and tell him about this thing.”

Now sobbing.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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