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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 12m

The fact that the SARs are Global suggests some sort of World Government, however loose?

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 16m

Jamming together as many cliches as possible?

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 29m

And us Zoomers will simply nod and say "yeah that's just Mayor Pete for ya" and the kids will scream "when was he even a Mayor?"

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 30m

This but with the added fun that people will be frothing at the mouth about Iowa and the kids will be like "I thought he was Secretary of State/UN Ambassador/EPA Director/Defense/Special Advisor to the President/etc why would he even go to Iowa"

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 36m

Buttigieg will bounce around Democratic Administrations till the end of time and our kids will ask "what was up with that" and we shall say "oh that was Mayor Pete" as if that explains anything at all.

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · Jul 17

"I’m not being pessimistic, just realistic” <- A Pessimist.

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 45m

Well I suppose that is what an optimist would say.

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Anonymous Spooky Bureaucrat 💀 @charlesdeguava.bsky.social · 9h

Federal level the picture is more mixed, but to me a repeal of Section 2 almost guarantees Democrats never come close to flipping a state legislature in the South. Even if NC, GA, and (maybe) TX remain competitive statewide, they’re never gaining in the legislatures there or elsewhere

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 10h

The only question to me is if the ruling is written in such a way that this happens in 2026, 2028, or after the 2030 Census. The "solid South" is back, just with the color swapped.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10h

damn

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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

this is objectively true. the march on washington, for instance, was about 250k. this isn't a criticism of the movement. this is a LESSON TO LEARN about why focus and clarity can matter more than raw numbers.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_o...

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1h

Ya know what else had a Big Dumper? A certain band’s tour bus

Dave Matthews is seated in Seattle for the Blue Jays and Mariners game

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 2h

Important Poll on My Tumblr

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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Anne Boonchuy totally listens to Huntr/x. Mr. X would have totally played it for her in All In, instead of Blackpink. What song would she use as Hype Music?

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 2h

Very good pack if only because I am in it.

The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 2h

Well if there is a Twitter exodus, I do recommend the newbies check out my alternate history starter pack. go.bsky.app/CqUujDq

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 2h

The Good News is that I think an administration willing to press the fullest extent of the charges is one willing to pack the Court(s). The Bad News is I'm not sure we'll get anyone willing to do either.

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 2h

Don't they like radicalism? When did "rad-" become a bad thing????

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 10h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah definitely.

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Random Mummy @randommuser.bsky.social · 10h

With everything going on in the world, it makes me irrationally happy that the pope likes baseball

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 10h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 9h

Division rivals also got kicked to the curb.

Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 17h

I have spent years telling leftists to get over the cringeness of various politicians and slogans and just get with the program. So I must accept that I cannot in turn criticize it when actual Revolutionaries use an anime reference as a symbol.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 2d

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 2d

But I am just a plain simple menswear guy

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 23h

I do agree actually with requiring masking in hospitals because that is where the sick people are but that's an entirely different sell.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

there are a couple of ways to think about this, one is that no one should be running for their first senate race at this age, and the other is that if platner can’t beat her, he definitely can’t beat collins. i think he can. everybody needs to stop crying and start fighting.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

Janet Mills going to the Senate at 79 would make her the oldest elected freshman senator in history — but just as old as or younger than 1 in 9 senators serving in this congress. www.pbump.net/o/a-79-year-...

A 79 year-old freshman senator would be … unusual

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has announced her intention to run for Senate against the state's well-known — ahem — incumbent, Susan Collins. When the next Senate term begins in January 2027, Collins wil...

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 1d

o no

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