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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 11m

More broadly, the idea of “knowledge that makes you morally good” is ridiculous and, if anything, would just have us asking why we need continuing study in the humanities when we have that

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 3h

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 1h

Chief Petty Officer O’Brien put on administrative leave after old pictures of him in spoonface come out

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terra firma, terra eterna 🚱🌉 @kavi.bsky.social · 1h

Friend mentioned making a bajorian earring for Halloween and my first visceral thought was "that sounds like cultural appropriation" before I remembered that the bajoran religion does not exist

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 1d

Then take the Chunnel

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 1d

The Brit tires of his rainy tea-obsessed country and seeks the rainy, coffee-obsessed parts of ours

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pecker head @pecker-head.bsky.social · 24d

inquisitive dove #birds

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 1d

Broke: left v right

Joke: state capacity versus libertarian

Woke: busybody v normal people

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks AI

"Mi corazon" significa mi corazon in espanol

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 1d

TASHA: And what I want now is gentleness. And joy. And love. From you, Data. You are fully functional, aren't you?

DATA: That’s an interesting question! Let’s break down what it means to be “fully functional” and see if I am.

TASHA: Sex, Data

DATA: I’m sorry, I’m afraid I can’t help you with that

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 1d

Cutting off the hog people of Babylon from their treats and their healthcare simultaneously… bravo JDPON Don

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 2d

Colombia’s President Petro Claims Colombians Killed in Boat Struck by U.S.

Colombia's President Petro Claims Colombians Killed in Boat Struck by U.S.

The Nobel Peace Prize is being awarded at a time when the U.S. bombed four boats off the coast of Venezuela, killing 21 people. Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that the U.S. killed Colombians in one of the boats it bombed in the Caribbean for allegedly carrying drugs.

www.democracynow.org

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 2d

That guy who joked about killing Republicans in text messages to a Republican is gonna be AG lol

Blurry TV Headlines @blurrytvheadlines.numbergoup.com · 2d

FEDERAL LAYOFFS WILL BE IN THE THOUSANDS: WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 2d

Similar story about one of Kim Il-Sung’s guys taking his name after he was killed in a Japanese ambush

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

This is ten times worse than anything Ilhan Omar has ever done or said, and yet she’s constantly accused of antisemitism. Wonder what the difference is

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 2d

What if I have no relationship to Mexico and barely know Spanish but am willing to bring over useless trade secrets?

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 2d

ro khanna coming out as a hardcore antisemite is a horrifying sign of the times but somehow completely unsurprising for him

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 2d

I don't take a dime from any PAC or lobbyist, including AIPAC.

I am proud to be one of the handful of Democrats standing up against Big Money.

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 2d

This is the man Ro Khanna is platforming discussing Pizzagate on Joe Rogan in March of this year.

Post of Ian Carroll, the guy in the video, discussing Pizzagate in 2025

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d

Ian Carroll, whom Democratic representative Ro Khanna is featuring in this video, claims Israel invented Holocaust denial to discredit its critics, that the US is controlled by a "Zionist mafia," and that Jews did 9/11.

Really bad that Democrats are platforming overt antisemites like this!

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 2d

I don't take a dime from any PAC or lobbyist, including AIPAC.

I am proud to be one of the handful of Democrats standing up against Big Money.

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 2d

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 2d

LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 2d

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 2d

El conseguió que lo merecia

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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 2d

You can trust me with the death note #GiveRegimeCPATheDeathNote

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 2d

Reagan would have bombed them if they had

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 2d

There was that story that McMorrow was soliciting AIPAC support but I’m kind of skeptical because
1. They were already behind Stevens
2. That’s a poisoned chalice right there

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 2d

McMorrow is capable of being bullied into the right thing and Stevens is too stupid and egotistical to think she isn’t doing the right thing no matter what she does.

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