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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 2h

There’s a superstitious aspect to the idea of thinking in comparative terms somehow negates the aspirational.

InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 2h

Hey I wonder if things are significantly worse if people feel free enough to display a swastika in public. Also I’m gonna pretend I can’t tell the difference between someone pointing out this obvious thing and saying “the bush administration was good”

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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah that’s a distinction that actually leads to an immeasurably significant difference in material consequences lol. You weren’t seeing “US college student kidnapped off street by masked unidentified guys in van for writing op-ed criticizing Israel”. How do people not get that?

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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 3h

Adorable lil doggy weighing in

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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 4h

I mention this a lot because it sounds unbelievable now but I distinctly remember hearing Ashcroft do Islamophobia PSA on the radio.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 6h

Let me strongly emphasize that you should not give someone money for committing a gross breach of professional ethics. You also shouldn't hire them for a prestigious new job but our industry is garbage, alas!

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 6h

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, @status.news has learned www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 8h

“many prominent young republicans are actual Nazis” is a self-censoring fact at this point

normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 11h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

a real water is wet scenario here

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Sick Hunt, Dracones @scalehelix.net · 15h

performance of obedience to the regime is more valuable to Jeff Bezos’ business interests than a profitable newspaper is and he’s laughing his ass off that people haven’t figured that out yet

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve probably regressed in ways tbh lol

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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 9h

There were a lot of candidates running too.

InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 9h

Again he was literally the only 2020 candidate who said (when they were all asked about it in a debate) that he wouldn’t try and get the Iran Deal back.

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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 9h

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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 9h

Hard to tell if people pretend to be dumb about what was clearly obvious just for anti Dem clout or if they have genuinely made themselves dumber in terms of their own media literacy over time by indulging that tendency.

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☕️ Jeremy Diamond @dmnd.me · 9h

Quite easily. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Zohran Mamdani's political rise runs parallel to an increase in Islamophobia. How can Americans reconcile those two facts?

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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 9h

Hard to tell if people pretend to be dumb about what was clearly obvious just for anti Dem clout or if they have genuinely made themselves dumber in terms of their own media literacy over time by indulging that tendency.

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The Wicker Dan (1973) @danlehner.bsky.social · 9h

for whatever else you think about Pelosi, she literally meant directly the opposite of this when she said that

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 10h

everyone needs to internalize that this is just how all republicans are and when nancy pelosi said "the country needs a strong republican party" she meant that more people like this should be powerful. they are all like this! they all think just like this and like trump and they love it and it's fun

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

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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tmbhmltn.bsky.social @tmbhmltn.bsky.social · 10h

It’s really cool that people are still pretending she meant she was going to appoint a groyper to be Secretary of State and not like Chuck Hagel to run the VA or something

Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 10h

"If I’m president I would appoint a Republican to my cabinet." - Kamala Harris in September 2025

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

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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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 12h

Wondering if either Judah Friedlander or Dave Anthony do their stand up acts today with Covid masks on.

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Sick Hunt, Dracones @scalehelix.net · 15h

not wanting Mills to win the primary because she's too old is a perfectly valid reason to want her not to win, the fact you're going straight to smearing her character suggests you don't think the age argument will work

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17h

It's really simple

Voters want an opposition party that will fight for them, and democracy, like there's no tomorrow

Dem elites want a members-only social club where polite, dues-paying members who they like to see at cocktail parties get rewarded with plum roles www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Chuck Schumer gets his preferred candidate, Janet Mills, in crowded Maine Senate race

Schumer had been aggressively recruiting Mills to challenge Republican Susan Collins.

www.politico.com

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 13h

I think this is what frustrates me the most about mask discourse: There's an acceptable middle ground of "wear one when you're sick" that both sides have decided is unacceptable despite being a reasonable position. I did it going to Walgreens yesterday, it's really not a big deal.

ceej @ceej.online · 16h

we were absolutely militant about masking. I love masks as a tool to prevent spreading illness and will happily put one on when I’m under the weather and need to be in public. the idea that we should all mask forever or until covid is “solved” (it’s endemic) is unserious. the vaccines are a miracle

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The Mall Krampus @themallkrampus.bsky.social · 13h

Lol. Lmao.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Mr. Chimpanzy @cyanescens.bsky.social · 15h

Every state with a Democratic trifecta has strengthened protections for trans people. Even centrist Dems who might be less than 100% individually don’t campaign on anti-trans policies or try to pass them once elected. Elect more Democrats & you’ll get better protections, simple as.

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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 15h

So that just seems like a clear cut case of “DSA politician became an asset to the party” imo. Like it’s a weaker party without her in it clearly.

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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 15h

Agreed. It’s vital and necessary.

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InternetTheo @internettheo.bsky.social · 15h

I’ve rolled my eyes at things AOC says and some of the extreme online praise when she started but she pragmatically adapted and it really seems like she genuinely really connects with “2016 still with her” people and in direct moral terms and best represents their feelings about what’s happening.

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