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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 27m

POTUS says he "authorized" for two reasons:

1) Venezuela emptying prisons and "insane asylums" into the US.

2) "Lot of drugs coming in from Venezuela."

Responses that seem factually challenged and at odds with reported contents of the authorization.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 57m

Q: Why did you authorize the CIA to go into Venezuela?

TRUMP: They have emptied their prisons into the US. Prisoners from mental institutions, insane asylums ...

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14m

oh please oh please I want to see the worst people in the world turn on each other so badly

👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 25m

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Dominic Michael Tripi &
@DMichaelTripi
X.com
NEW: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended, saying that the system does
"more harm than good."
10:27 AM • 10/15/25

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 40m

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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V. Murr @vmurr.bsky.social · 4h

This.

"Regardless of what you think about any individual person, food assistance should not be predicated on meeting your personal definition of deserving. People shouldn’t have to perform feats of social worth to get food; in our incredibly wealthy society, people should just get food."

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 4h

Oh, by the way, I wrote in @thenation.com about how Trump is condeming millions of Americans to hunger this Thanksigiving with his accelarated timeline of adding work requirements for SNAP benefits.
I also discussed how work requirements provably don't work, for the neoliberals in your life.

Trump Has Just Condemned More Americans to Hunger

The administration’s decision to fast-track a bunch of changes to food stamps—including new work requirements—is as stupid as it is cruel.

www.thenation.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 37m

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Keyah (banned era) @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 1h

I wonder how many people don't know that Alaska had a Typhoon because it affected Indigenous people at a disproportionate rate.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1h

Quite a day.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 57m

a swastika? in a republicans office? of the republican party who all explicitely endorse fascism? no way this could have been predicted

Politico @politico.com · 2h

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 1h

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 4h

You know, I think Jared Leto really deserves a role in the Harry Potter franchise

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 6h

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

'Tron' Might Really Be Doomed After 'Tron: Ares'

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

gizmodo.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2h

Genesis, a then-20-year-old, pregnant Amazon employee, says her manager wrote her up for sitting down and taking breaks.

Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.

A pregnant Amazon employee asked for a chair to sit on—and wound up homeless

"You're just a number to them."

www.motherjones.com

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1h

sort of thought this might be the case, but they keep putting miller out there to entertain trump, despite miller being a PR tire fire

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1h

tl;dr THIS MF JUST TALKIN

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1h

Gotta hand it to USA Today. They know how to do a Trump livestream.

"THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY USA TODAY"

www.youtube.com/live/0YgOdHx...

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 1h

this is effectively another instance of a lack of self-reflection. A white woman not being treated badly by racists is indicative of nothing, like almost literally nothing.

Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Sep 12

It's crazy how many people can't process that, yeah, racists can actually be nice, kind, friendly, generous toward you...IF YOU LOOK LIKE THEM!🤷‍♂️

The amount of people who can't seem to grasp that a white racist not mistreating you, another white person, well isn't an indication of fucking anything.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 1h

Other people CAN grow and change. I think we have a problem in our culture where we demand apologies for everything and accept them for nothing, but I myself have constantly improved over the years. But this is about a thing that JUST happened, so those people haven't changed and it's ok to say so

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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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 1h

how many Democrats in the last several years have gone on Fox News and created a kickass sharing clip that builds both their own profile and that of the party

this is the stuff where Democrats of a whole variety of ideological stripes need to learn from Zohran

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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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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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 1h

Increasingly we need candidates who'd be comfortable cutting a wrestling promo

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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Jo @jokar.bsky.social · 1h

Endless Screaming
@infinitescream.bsky.social
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH

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smells like guillotine spirit @sedot.bsky.social · 2h

the entire budget for USAID was 30 billion

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1h

The strength of libertarianism is you never run out of other people’s money

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1h

"we didn't do that back in the--"

Oh yes you absolutely did.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1h

As someone who remembers what happened in 2003 when the former law school PR board moved off the Princeton Review website (and even what happened when the PR staff wasn't around to delete posts), lemme just say that it is not a fucking surprise to me that young republicans talk like that.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 1h

i'm not going to chide or scold anyone for only now leaving twitter. your private, unspoken acknowledgment that i'm your intellectual and moral superior is all i need

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1h

this is a key point, the whole empire is built on sand and hype. even just knocking out his SpaceX contracts might topple it

☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 2h

When it comes to elon musk, you dont have to build an iron clad case. You charge him and his wealth evaporates. Now you are trying to convict Just Some Guy

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