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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 6h

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2h

some colleagues have suggested to me that shame is irrelevant because the people on the "other side" don't know or care what "we" (on whatever "this side") think of them. I have...not gotten that impression

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 3h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 33m

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

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Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 1h

Aside from losing many Democratic seats, Black representation in Congress will probably drop from around 14% of seats (nationally representative) to maybe 7 or 8% (not representative)?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 3h

“THE ONLY WAR THAT MATTERS IS THE WAR AGAINST THE IMAGINATION

ALL OTHER WARS ARE SUBSUMED IN IT” —Diane di Prima

👇 Good thread on protests, MAGA, what they want and how to avoid giving it to them.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

turns out it's all narrative warfare

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 3h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 1d

Disastrous storm surge struck western AK Sunday. All 6 NWS upper air sites in the area have chronic issues (see alt-text). In addition to no releases from 2 sites, 2 sites are releasing only 1x per day instead of 2x. 2 have intermittent issues, 1 of these (Nome) had no releases 10/9 or 10/10 (1/2)

Map of National Weather Service upper air sites in Alaska. Red circles indicate sites not currently releasing balloons, orange circles sites on releasing routinely once per day instead of twice, and purple sites with intermittent issues with releases.

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 1h

Not just Venezuela. Colombia, too. And not just extra-judicial, but indiscriminate: "the Pentagon was unable to determine the individual identities of each person on the boats before they struck them."

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1h

Also it’s going to be, like, moms

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2h

i have to be honest, gang, i have some questions about this republican strategy of telling everyone to tune in and pay attention to what’s likely to be one of the largest days of political protest in american history directed at the republican party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1h

it's striking to see genocidal and white supremacist speech cast in this story as a "loosening of political norms" and not the corrosion or destruction of anything

‘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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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 3h

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 2h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2h

Unreal stuff from the guy who is unflinchingly loyal to the Insurrectionist-in-Chief - you know, the President who pardoned the January 6 insurrectionists and wants to mandate “Ashli Babbitt: Blood Martyr” as a new national mythos.

I know we're not surprised - but let us not forget to be shocked.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:

- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders

Topics he thinks are not serious:

- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 3h

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 3h

If you make jokes about gas chambers, you are an antisemite. If you downplay jokes about gas chambers by other people, you are also an antisemite.

There is nothing funny about this at all, nothing normal about it at all. No amount of identifying as a Christian can excuse it. This is pure evil.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 4h

and i'll do you one better ... men become uncomfortable when their partners make more than they do because they believe that their partners will financially and emotionally manipulate them ....

as they .... manipulate their partners.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 3h

I know the gaslighting and hypocrisy are entirely intentional, but it's worth pointing out that these guys think that

A) marches with families and people in inflatable costumes are hateful and anti-American

and also

B) people who stormed the Capitol were just having a fun day out

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 3h

alternatively, trump's at 41% approval — that's pretty "sour" right?

Dan Hopkins @dhopkins1776.bsky.social · 3h

In his interview w @jonfavs.bsky.social, @ezraklein.bsky.social asks, "why haven't the tariffs soured the public on Trump?"

An answer from my book on ACA opinions: the contemporary US economy is so diverse & complex that even sizable policy changes don't move opinions consistently.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 3h

This is all a blatant violation of Article I of the Constitution.

Trump’s troop pay move is a ‘temporary fix,’ Johnson says

A Pentagon funding shift covered Wednesday's active-duty paychecks. But another threat looms if the shutdown continues to Oct. 31.

www.politico.com

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 3h

Remind me, do taxpayers pay the president’s salary or does the president pay ours? Do we work for the president or does he work for us?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3h

A foundational truth of this republic is it has no king.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 3h

Related: this is the also the entire anti-DEI movement in academia.

Republicans can't see how understanding disparate results in science isn't also just intended to be "weaponized in advance of the left"

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 4h

They are of course wrong. Understanding how race works in something like, voting, doesn't mean you *must* discriminate against one group or another. But Gorsuch and Brett can't see it that way. Because when *they* "use" race, it's always to discriminate.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3h

Not to worry. I’m sure the President’s Antisemitism task force will be looking into this pronto. s/

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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