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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 12h

I want to add that the members who saw these messages and didn't say anything to these idiots bear some level of responsibility

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 13h

Young Democrats: hey maybe don’t kidnap my international friends

Young Republicans:

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 15h

Is there a link to the full leak?

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 15h

I just want you all to know that when we told you that they wanted to destroy everything and you thought Black women were exaggerating? This was the "ironic" racism you said we were overreacting to 10 years ago. Racism has never had generational limits

Politico @politico.com · 21h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 16h

I hear about the male loneliness epidemic, read a bunch of these messages they send out, and stop feeling sorry for them

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 16h

Some men can literally not grasp that they are the problem

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

If David Ellison does get control of Warner Discovery, I think he'll cancel Last Week Tonight. People like Bari Weiss are incredibly thin skinned and would likely want criticism of her gone.

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 1d

The bleakest thing about this video is that all the things this guy loves about the UK are relatively cheap and easy to build. Alabama could have a better train system than England inside of 10 years if we decided that was a priority. We are a rich country that chooses to live like a poor one.

Kelly C @kacphl.bsky.social · 1d

Yup. This guy nailed it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Qv...

How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

www.youtube.com

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 2d

TIL that Bari Weiss was a DEI hire

Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you John Oliver. If Paramount buys HBO I'll cry www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 2d

Jimmy Kimmel's Aunt Chippy

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you John Oliver. If Paramount buys HBO I'll cry www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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CarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 2d

I didn’t see a lot of comment about it, but there was a massive anti-abortion rally in parliament square a few weeks ago (same time as the Police were arresting lots of Pal Action supporters).

Lots of expensive infrastructure. Clearly very well funded.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 2d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2d

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver this week is a complete takedown of Bari Weiss... and it's thorough and devastating.

And a bit of interesting timing, given that Weiss's new boss, David Ellison (who is talked about in the episode) is trying to buy HBO, where Oliver's show is...

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 2d

She's going to tweet about being cancelled in 3...2...

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

youtu.be

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 2d

We're working on a similar analysis re medical dramas...hoping to have it out within the next year

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 2d

I'm debating between an inflatable or onesie for No Kings

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 2d

"Gavin Newsom didn’t ask for Proposition 50, the disenfranchised people of Texas asked for Proposition 50... They don’t get a chance to vote directly on whether they should engage in Trump’s crimes. Californians do." Thank you @idothethinking.bsky.social shorturl.at/TmVQ2

Your Moral Duty to Vote in California

You don't deserve democracy if you can't do the bare minimum to defend it.

darrellowens.substack.com

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is hiring...

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 2d

What could make a community of white, affluent boomers so livid? In a shocking twist, the reason is exactly what you think it is. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

‘Not going to suck it up’: What turned this former hippie town into the angriest place in California?

The local rancor is focused on plans for a six-story, 243-unit apartment building near the town center. The School Street project is universally loathed. Almost everyone believes it to be out of place in a town where one-story and two-story buildings are the norm, and they worry about the impact on parking, traffic and fire safety.

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 2d

So many docs have misconceptions re weight and our training does not cover this topic adequately

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 2d

Our endocrine module had a lecturer who flat out suggested people stop eating if they wanted to lose weight. The size-include medicine interest group gained a significant interest in membership after that.

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 2d

Super relevant, everyone on #MedSky needs to read. Thank you Dr Reinhart

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 3d

New article out this month on how doctors become fascists.

50% of German physicians joined the Nazi Party––twice the proportion of any other profession. US doctors today are arguably the most conservative in the world, and we're heading along a similar path.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CAk9...

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 3d

New article out this month on how doctors become fascists.

50% of German physicians joined the Nazi Party––twice the proportion of any other profession. US doctors today are arguably the most conservative in the world, and we're heading along a similar path.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CAk9...

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