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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10h

We checked—and no one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid."

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

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 1h

Do tell me about these childless parents.

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mindi @flawdbizkit.bsky.social · 13h

do your yard a solid this season and don't rake the leaves, mother nature thanks you

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Mt Pleasant 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 @jekllnnhide.bsky.social · 2h

guess who's in on the whole sketchy, unannounced, no trace after, phone surveillance?

If you guessed this a$$hole, you win a prize!
breachmedia.ca/stephen-harp...

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chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 1h

To use a metaphor Americans understand, Twitler called out China then brought a dull knife to a gun fight.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

CEMBALEST: “.. China may have more leverage than the White House appreciates.

“.. few industries in China rely heavily on exports to the US as a share of revenues.”

(via JPMorgan) 🇨🇳

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 16h

America is now the world’s longest-running episode of “Jackass: Oval Office Edition.”

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chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 2h

Resistance heroes.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 2h

What are the odds his replacement will be a white guy?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 2h

El Tío Sam is about to do again what he does repeatedly: perform military subjugation of a sovereign Latin American country.

If the region had better more stable governments, they might deter this sort of recurring abuse with an effective common defence agreement.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

U.S. B-52s and Helicopters Fly Near Venezuela in Show of Threats

www.nytimes.com

chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 9h

The American administration lies actively to create propaganda. Possibly not exactly news, but AFP proved it.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 9h

Christian fascism is rising in America.

"Christians stormed the Capitol. Christians have applauded dark prophecies that compare Donald Trump to Jehu, a murderous Old Testament king who had the severed heads of the previous king’s sons brought to him in baskets."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...

Opinion | Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous

www.nytimes.com

chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 9h

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chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 11h

Why he is now insisting they must be returned intact. It gives him the excuse he wants to resume the genocide.

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Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · 11h

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chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 11h

"For last 80 years, the United States has reserved for itself the role of the world’s conscience, meting out punishment with little consultation and less accountability. The Trump administration’s stance is different. [It] does not claim to have a conscience."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...

Opinion | The U.S. Denounces Her. Multinationals Threaten Her. She Likes Her Odds.

www.nytimes.com

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chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 12h

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Justin Chandler (he/him) @justinchandler.work · 12h

A group of local advocates and representatives gathered in #HamOnt Tuesday to speak against having police in schools and in favour of more funding for public education. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Community leaders and advocates in Hamilton ask province to fund education rather than policing in schools | CBC News

A group of local advocates and representatives gathered in Hamilton Tuesday to speak against having police in schools and in favour of greater funding for public education. The Ontario government is poised...

www.cbc.ca

chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 12h

Worth noting that by 'young' they don't mean teenagers.

These were fully adult activists in their late 20s. The same generational cohort as the robotic White Power House spokesperson, Karoline Levitt.

The Real Zanetta @therealzanetta.bsky.social · 1d

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Not at all surprised
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHERE YOU.
Come for the RACISM,and STAY FOR THE PEDOPHILIA.
#SheShed

‘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

chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 12h

Cruelty is a key value to the Right.

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chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 12h

🤣 And not the constitutional kind that works very well thank you in Canada, Holland, Denmark, New Zealand, Japan... you know, sane places.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Cartoon by wolvertoon.com.

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chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 12h

America's white-skinned fascists go full Monty on racism.

Don Cochrane 🇨🇦 @doncochraneyow.bsky.social · 12h

This has Stephen Miller’s claw prints all over it.

“The proposals also advise Mr. Trump to prioritize Europeans who have been “targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.””

“Persecuted” white Europeans…

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 12h

Adult white American fascists.

Fascist adult American whites.

White adult fascist Americans.

American white fascist adults.

No matter you spin it.

It's full-bore racist homicidal fascism thriving among white Americans.

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 13h

Canadian Tire to bring back the Hudson’s Bay blanket

Retailer will direct all profits from sale of blankets to Downie-Wenjack Foundation, continuing Hudson’s Bay initiative

www.theglobeandmail.com

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chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 12h

Unprovoked attacks on a sovereign nation.

Very Putin.

Very Monroe Doctrine.

Very America.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

chriswoodwriter.bsky.social @chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 22h

Trump: “If he loses, we are not going to be generous with Argentina.”

"In Argentina, those comments were taken by many as a clear attempt by Mr. Trump to put his thumb on a sovereign country’s electoral process."

D'uh. And he will try it wherever he can.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...

Trump Offered a Helping Hand to Argentina. It Backfired.

www.nytimes.com

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