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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 4h

Same.

r/AskReddit

If Kamala Harris won instead of Donald Trump, how do you think the last 9 months would have unfolded differently for the United States?

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 4h

fucking metaverse nazi chat world we live in, right? still look the same through the worm hole

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 10h

There was only one "mass movement" that David Brooks ever respected:

Pictures of the "Brooks Brothers riot," in which Republican staffers tried to disrupt election canvassers in Miami-Dade County, Florida, on November 22, 2000. Yes, this was a prelude to January 6, 2021; the Republican Party was always headed this way.

a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 5h

Untold millions are wasted on dreadful political consulting and @aoc.bsky.social just tosses this keeper out:

“That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

Ready to be minted. 👆

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 9h

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 6h

To get to the other side?

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 10h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

“In an interview with Andrew Kolvet on ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’ on Tuesday, Bessent likened his agency’s efforts to the Treasury Department’s work targeting terrorism-financing networks after the 9/11 attacks.”

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 11h

Fact check:

"Not all good. There is no god. Now I will fuck off into the sun."

Plane Carrying Pete Hegseth Makes Emergency Landing

"All good. Thank God. Continue mission!" Hegseth tweeted.

a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 12h

they would have torn down the fucking world if Biden did this

one problem: he never would have

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 13h

if you isolate just video of kash patel you can hear the tiniest whisper: "stand tall. you're a big boy. look around. everyone can see it. you're the biggest proudest boy. a very very big and tall boy."

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 14h

if you isolate just video of kash patel you can hear the tiniest whisper: "stand tall. you're a big boy. look around. everyone can see it. you're the biggest proudest boy. a very very big and tall boy."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: There are Republicans and Democrats concerned that they are not getting information about who is on those ships

TRUMP: Well, but they are given information that they are loaded up with drugs, and that's the thing that matters

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15h

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

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 16h

What the fuck are we doing?

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 14h

Quite a day.

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 1d

Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

musk is a profoundly stupid and uninteresting nazi toddler

Elon Musk on Xitter responding to two photos of him with his head tilted: "I guess I must tilt my head like that a lot 😂"

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 2d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 2d

i reckon you have to be a pretty special chef to get past the surname Gruel.

#thegrueltyisthepoint

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 2d

Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

In the next post Trump will complain that President Jimmy Carter hasn't praised him yet

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Trump doesn’t like the photo lol

Trump: Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time. They "disappeared" my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one.
Really weird! I never liked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?
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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

Doesn't this useless asshole have other things to worry about, like planes flying into each other, or someone getting murdered or raped or whatever retuning on the subway with a loaf of bread?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 3d

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 2d

Also: “limit the number of drop boxes in a municipality to one” kind of screws people living in a city. (Yeah, I know Maine doesn’t have any big cities. But one drop box for 68,000 people is very different from one drop box for 5 people.

Ridley @rid-ley.bsky.social · 2d

Maine has a ballot question that basically aims to disenfranchise disabled people who can't vote in person. Like, wtf is this supposed to do?

Screenshot from Ballotpedia of Maine ballot question 1. The text reads: Maine Question 1, the Require Voter Photo ID and Change Absentee Ballot and Drop Box Rules Initiative, is on the ballot in Maine as an indirect initiated state statute on November 4, 2025.

A "yes" vote supports changing election law to:

require voters to present a photo ID for in-person voting, with an exception for those with religious exemptions;
require voters to present a proof of photo ID for absentee voting, with an exception for those with religious exemptions;
require the secretary of state to provide free photo ID cards to voters without a driver's license upon request;
prohibit requesting an absentee ballot through a family member;
limit the number of election drop boxes in a municipality to one;
mandate a bipartisan team of election officials to collect ballots from drop boxes; and
eliminate the option to request an absentee ballot automatically for each election without a separate request, among other changes.

A "no" vote opposes changing election law.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 4d

this is fucking obscene

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d

Another one

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 4d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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