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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 5h

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17h

"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 17h

there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly

and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17h

two big things happened imo: Trump winning in 2016 apparently proved they could utterly wallow in all their worst instincts and still win, and Elon buying Twitter and turning it into a) the default conservative comms platform b) an openly Nazi sewer

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Milk @donesparce.bsky.social · 8h

like this PEG is doing nothing???? can we at least get it elevated???? hellow????

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Milk @donesparce.bsky.social · 9h

also got my annual review which just boiled down to 'learns fast and adapts quickly to new and novel tasks'

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Milk @donesparce.bsky.social · 9h

boss is seriously talking to me about an extreme step up promotion and i've not been where i am even 3 years yet i feel like that's too fast for a promotion that skips several like lower pay grade promotions.

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 10h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

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

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 16h

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 16h

what even happened on the other site this time

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "They have committed massive political crime. I hope they're looking at Schifty Schiff. I hope they're looking at all these people. And I'm allowed to find out. I'm in theory the chief law enforcement officer."

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 17h

I follow a Norwegian lighthouse keeper named Paal Bjørndal whose whole bit is sharing profound things that are inaudible due to high winds. I love the internet.

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 19h

Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20h

“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”

AI is changing how we quantify pain

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.

www.technologyreview.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11h

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

started / going

DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 11h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

"Halligan is finding out that prosecuting a case is harder than it looks — particularly when that case has already been rejected by seasoned prosecutors as unwinnable. Add in that it will be tried on the fastest federal docket in the US, and you’ve got the makings of a total humiliation in court."

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

www.publicnotice.co

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 12h

the government needs to stay shut down until the authoritarianism is meaningfully constrained or Republicans break the filibuster

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "We're just at the start. We're going to go into other cities that we're not talking about purposely. We're getting ready to go in."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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The Haunting of RandBall's Stu @randballsstu.bsky.social · 14h

Of all the things that didn't happen below, Eric Trump having four friends is the one that didn't happen the most.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Eric Trump: "Now every single time a boat goes out of Venezuela it's getting blown up into a million pieces. That's exactly what's happening every single day. I personally have 4 friends who have lost children to fentanyl."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mamdani: "Andrew Cuomo is gonna say a lot of things tomorrow night on the debate stage. And frankly, I wish it was more like Nascar so New Yorkers could see the billionaires that were sponsoring him right on his suit jacket. He watches Fox News as well. So I'll just speak to him directly ... "

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

bizarre things are happening with Trump's hair today

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 13h

Fascism sparks joy for him

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: I never thought we'd go into every city and make them safe. Now it's like a passion for me and it's a passion for the people behind me.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah keep the shutdown going forever. Not paying for this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "We're just at the start. We're going to go into other cities that we're not talking about purposely. We're getting ready to go in."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18h

I hate to think what boys and young men are learning from watching such behavior and how it makes girls and young women. Parents need to teach that this is not acceptable.

Tweet by Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) saying: “This is gross,” quote-tweeting Aaron Rupar. The embedded Rupar tweet reads: “Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, ‘I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling.’” Below is a photo of Donald Trump seated, speaking at a table with flags behind him, and captioned “Thank you, darling. I don’t know.”

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