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Chris Blackton @chrisblackton.me · 2h

Asylum! Drink!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: Why did you authorize the CIA to go into Venezuela?

TRUMP: They have emptied their prisons into the US. Prisoners from mental institutions, insane asylums ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "We're getting rid of problems that we didn't like but that were negotiated in but we didn't like. We're terminating those programs. And they're gonna be terminated on a permanent basis."

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Chris Blackton @chrisblackton.me · 2h

Schumer: Did someone say negotiate?

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 4h

Ditto to all this — was amazed how easy it was to transfer playlists and Tidal is a better service in every way

Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 5h

Friendly reminder that Tidal ($10.99) is now cheaper than Spotify ($11.99), delivers better audio quality, pays its artists 2x as much, and generally doesn't allow AI slop.

You can move your entire music library over in a matter of minutes.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 4h

Ah, yes, the double standard.

Kids do edgy things like saying "I love Hitler." Just ignore it.

Oh, also, my admin is getting people fired and pulling their visas for saying mean things about Charlie Kirk.

Someone should ask Vance why its only the shitheads who support him who get to be "edgy"

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 4h

So if they said "from the river to the sea" in a group chat, they could keep their visas and continue to attend college in the U.S.?

Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 5h

the "kids" were mostly 30+ years old and said they love hitler

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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 5h

If 50% of arrests in Beaverton or Lake Oswego were Portland residents driving to the suburbs to do crimes, those suburbs might get upset.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 8h

these people have the self-reflection of a vampire

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Maria Bustillos @handle.invalid · 8h

wat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Chris Blackton @chrisblackton.me · 21h

I was bummed when it was cancelled but we probably wouldn't have gotten The West Wing if it lasted

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 21h

in all the discussion (and sometimes tokenizing) of Portland protests being a creative spectacle that neutralizes law enforcement, don’t overlook:

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 1d

Members of the Unpresidented Brass Band were bull rushed & brutalized in the middle of playing "Ghostbusters." One was sent to the hospital and another tackled, arrested, and taken across state lines where she is still being detained.

Read more about Sunday's protest in Portland here:

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 23h

If you can’t attend a protest, there are many other ways to resist:

• Get connected to the resistance: fiftyfifty.one

• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise

• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com

• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us

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Chris Blackton @chrisblackton.me · 21h

I'm not arguing that with you

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 22h

[after every 400-foot gapper to the wall] why didn’t they turn two?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Tim Walz: "The biggest myth is that this guy understands business. He's an absolute abject failure at business ... the irony is calling Democrats socialists when I am begging for free markets here to allow capitalism to work. Donald Trump is the one with government interference."

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Elizabeth Harper @cadaverformosus.bsky.social · 22h

every time i hear someone honking excitedly i log on to see if it happened

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22h

FROGS OVER FASCISTS!

🐸 > 🧊

m.youtube.com/watch?v=bw5z...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

m.youtube.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings

YouTube video by tennesseejed93

www.youtube.com

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 1d

These are murders, pure and simple. There is no other way to conceive of them morally or legally. It's no different than if he had 27 people brought into a room, handed a machine gun to a subordinate, and ordered that they be shot down in front of him.

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Chris Blackton @chrisblackton.me · 1d

These two posts are less than 51 hours apart...

@realDonald Trump

Don't worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment. He doesn't want Depression for his country, and neither do I. The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!! President DJT

10/12/25, 12:43 PM

@realDonaldTrump

I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don't need to purchase it from China.

10/14/25, 3:37 PM

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Chris Blackton @chrisblackton.me · 1d

Ouch

YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 1d

NEW Economist/YouGov
Net approval for Trump's handling of the economy at this stage of...
• Trump's current term -15 (low -22; start +12)
• Trump's first term -1
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A line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Net approval of Donald Trump's handling of the economy in his first term and second term."

The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling these specific issues? [Jobs and the economy / the economy] (% of U.S. adult citizens who strongly or somewhat approve minus the % who strongly or somewhat disapprove)."

The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "not sure" are not shown. During Donald Trump's first term through February 25, 2020, respondents were asked about "the economy." For the remainder of Trump's first term and for his second term, respondents were asked about "jobs and the economy.""

Chris Blackton @chrisblackton.me · 1d

Can't even upload Ai robot porn anymore because of anti-woke

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

This is a good point

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

Taking a swipe at the white gamer bros who support the Republican party is an interesting choice.

But, while we're here, Medicaid is intened for people who CAN'T AFFORD PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE. What you do, or don't do, SHOULDN'T MATTER when it comes to getting health care.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson says Medicaid is "intended for vulnerable populations, the elderly, disabled, and young pregnant women, and not young able-bodied men without dependents who are playing video games."

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Chris Blackton @chrisblackton.me · 1d

Recipes and Porn...

If you insist on spending money on these things (despite the fact that it's free all over the Internet) then there are lots of ethical options. Nobody is forcing you to give your money to bad people.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

Yep. But they make most of their money iirc off affiliate links

A cooking subscription $40 a year/ $5 a month, has a petty hard paywall and is billed separately from a general nyt subscription. Idk if this has changed but even non- cooking employees had to pay for cooking if they wanted it

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