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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 23m

I don’t know, man. It seems it would be easier to just say “I condemn those chats in the strongest possible terms” than this shit.

A screenshot of a JD Vance Tweet, who I remind you is somehow the Vice President of the United States saying “This is far worse than anything said in a college group chat, and the guy who said it could become the AG of Virginia. I refuse to join the pearl clutching when powerful people call for political violence.” And posts a screenshot of a tweet exchange between two people saying
“Blue: You weren't simply asking questions and you know it
Grey: I genuinely was
I wasn't attacking you, I was trying to understand your logic
“Blue: You weren't trying to understand
You were talking about hopping jennifer Gilbert's children would die
Grey: Yes, l've told you this before. Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy”

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 34m

Jesus Christ these people are a bunch of weird losers. Imagine justs saying “great, I love hitler.” Like what were you going for man? That’s just a weird thing to say.

I would twist the titty off a person who just casually said “great, I love Mao.” Because that’s off putting shit man.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 10h

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

The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1h

Tubthumping (because you passed out in the shower)

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 2h

Cheater tart with orange bitter and chocolate dollop.

The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 12h

*beleaguered sigh* ... Pobody's Nerfect...

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 13h

might fuck around and make a Poulet Roti aux pomme de terre tonight. Which is the fanciest sounding simple dish I've ever made.

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 14h

They think of themselves as smart, because like an academic they are disagreeable, but they lack the rigor and intellectual instincts of an actual academic so often, they're just tedious.

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 14h

To them, the idea of believing in something because the evidence says so gets in the way of their self mythologizing as an intellectual rebel. Because of this, their thoughts often come off as half-baked, based more on speculation then any notion of our shared reality.

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 14h

The thing about this encounter that will haunt me to my grave is: I have no fucking idea what would have occurred if Julie was dead. I do not know how that would have answered my question. That is because contrarians do not have a theory of truth.

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 14h

""You want to know how I do that? Look up what happened to the woman who broke the Epstein story." Referring to Julie K. Brown. By his tone I think he though Julie was dead. When I showed him that she is very much alive and on Twitter. He smiled, thanked me and shook my hand.

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 14h

The final conversation I had with this friend, I stopped the conversation and I asked "How can you tell truth from not truth." I recognize interrogating a persons Ontological framework is not a simple question, I was not expecting a coherent answer, but what I was not expecting was:

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 14h

I have a different take-away. Weiss is a midwit, yes. But her problem is that she is a contrarian. I have known a Bari Weiss. My best friend for years was like Bari Weiss. She is what happens when you value being contrarian over the truth. When your self image is the image below:

A man standing against a large crowd saying "Yes, You're all wrong."

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 15h

To answer her question: yes we would rather her being insane but honest on the other side, then insane and dishonest on ours.

The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

Precisely how does one “abuse” a constitutionally guaranteed right?

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

Image text:

Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

If she bothered watching the episode, he actually directs that joke partially at himself. She’s making the joke he already du made.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

Was waiting to see how Olivia Reingold (who Oliver's piece destroyed almost as much as Bari Weiss) would respond, and you can see the tweet below which also shows she either did not watch his piece, or just didn't understand it, since he actually addresses this point directly.

Olivia Reingold quote tweeting Variety.

The Variety tweet is about John Oliver's piece on Bari Weiss leading CBS News, saying:

John Oliver slams Bari Weiss' takeover of CBS News:

"I wouldn’t want anyone who led a pure opinion outlet, not even one that I happened to agree with, to suddenly be running CBS News. But it is especially alarming to have someone doing it who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading."

Reingold then quotes it saying:

Why does this sound like John Oliver commenting on……John Oliver

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

I’m just gonna have to start posting my recipes on here.

The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, I hear you. But I have two questions. First: what the fuck are you talking about? And second, and I really need an answer to this one: what in the FUCK are you talking about?

The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

So how much dark money did you take to come up with this banger revelation?

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

The differences in those two words is part of the engine of manufactured consent that I try to warn my friends about. The words they use based on the position you take is important. Hostages become “detainees” when trying to rehabilitate Israel. Prostests become “riot” for defending the state.

Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 1d

Notice the difference?

Also Israel has killed dozens of Palestinians since this “ceasefire” began. Including a beloved journalist named Saleh Aljafarawi who was only 28 years old.

He spent this genocide chronicling life in Gaza. And they murdered him while claiming peace.

B B C NEWS
Palestinians celebrate return of detainees freed by Israel
Today's Podcast
News Today
All 20 living hostages in Gaza freed by Hamas as peace plan holds

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

People whose entire worldview is based on provably untrue things have a tendency to manufacture a reality where their alarmist views are vindicated.

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

They’re manufacturing consent for violence against protestors.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

If that were the case then “board member” and “landlord” would be the groups affected rather than journalists and office workers.

Futurism @futurism.com · 1d

So that's where we're at.

Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren't Even "Real Work" to Start With

Worried that AI will destroy work? Well, Sam Altman asks if you've considered what a farmer from half a century ago thinks of your job, first.

trib.al

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

If he does keel over I hope to god it’s during one of those cabinet meetings. Like they spend 30 minutes sucking his dick from the backside then turn to him and say “Mr. President?” And he just falls over and his been dead for a half an hour.

The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my god, he’s gonna die soon… like he got bad news in his last check up…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my god, he’s gonna die soon… like he got bad news in his last check up…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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The Terrier, Now with Spooky @jackshawhan.bsky.social · 1d

M I supposed to drop to the floor frothing at the sight of a Turkish style mosque and some camels? What race science bullshit is going on here?

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