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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h

$40 billion for Argentina now. America First!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1h

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

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h

Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 4h

American Claremont dicks: Pope Leo, a saintly man hovering betwixt the canon law and mankind, knows the true temperance that is his namesake and will refrain from disruptive social issues

Actual Pope Leo: I picked Leo because I love Catholic Social issues, I am a Catholic Social Issues Pope

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 4h

Its also funny that anglo sources keep trying to say he's apolitical when everything down to his name choice by his admission is absolutely political

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 4h

"Pope Leo, a man who has spent the bulk of his career in Peru, will surely reject Latin American ideas about Catholicism" is the funniest Anglo cope

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 18h

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 6h

"how the hell is this legal?" is the question I stopped asking a while ago.

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents cosplaying as soldiers are assaulting and detaining veterans who served in actual combat

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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 1d

Putin's Prized Tanks Go Up In Smoke After Disastrous Assault Near Pokrovsk

Tank warfare is back—but Russia’s newest armor ran into Ukrainian mines, drones

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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 3h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1h

Buying a new car has 'never been more expensive' — thanks to Trump: CNN analyst

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Buying a new car has 'never been more expensive' — thanks to Trump: CNN analyst

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

It’s fantastic news that all remaining hostages have been returned.

I’m not ready to spike the football and declare victory on peace yet, though. These things can - and often do - go completely sideways.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sure the people who were *pissed* that Hunter Biden sold paintings are equally furious about Barron Trump reportedly being tapped for the TikTok board.

Right?

…right?

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone wonders why we call them wannabe authoritarians, here you go.

They’re now shitting on the Bill of Rights.

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

“Policy says reporters cannot obtain or solicit any information the Defense Department does not explicitly authorize. Any media who does not sign by 5 p.m. Tuesday has 24 hours to turn in their media credentials and clear out.”

Absolute fucking abomination.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21h

When people show you who they are, believe them.

And of course JD Vance refused to condemn this.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 9h

"Other people can't grow and change" feels good for you, people who believe they are perfect.

But it really makes it hard to persuade people! After all, you are arguing that it's not possible.

But I changed. Disbelieve me. But that hurts the cause.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 9h

So when I say that when I was a young Republican, I didn't realize it was inherently racist, okay, disbelieve me. Pretend I used the n-word or whatever. I didn't, but whatever you need to feel superior.

But remember: when your rule is "born perfect or GTFO," you are limiting your coalition.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 9h

I know people are eager to claim they were born perfect and never had to learn and change, unlike losers like me.

So congrats! You were born knowing conservatives are inherently racist. Eat your cookie rewards.

But remember: Telling people they aren't allowed to grow and change hurts us.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 10h

So while your "more cynical than thou" posture buffers your self-esteem, it also makes you incorrect. Which should embarrass you.

This is a change. A bad one. And it's okay to say that. Important, even.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 10h

As I note in this episode, I'm a woman so I'm used to people reflexively dismissing me as "stupid" or "ignorant." So not surprised that happened here.

But I was a young Republican in high school. I would have *never* said shit like this. Ever.

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Why Marjorie Taylor Greene makes Republicans miserable

YouTube video by Salon

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