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Jason McMaster @mcmaster.bsky.social · 7h

The HR McMaster years with Trump were a struggle, but I'll take that any day over this

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 8h

Izunyan, a fashionable cat-like fairy who enjoys changing clothes and eating mandarin oranges, is the mascot for Izumiya Shopping Center in Osaka.

A white cat-like mascot with orange, green, and blue patches and a red love heart on its chest is standing in a park.

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🇺🇲📎Gigi Alexander 🇺🇦 Democracy Defender! 🌊 ❤️America.🌈 @gigialexander123.bsky.social · 8h

Just a reminder -
4 months ago today, Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered by a supporter of Child-Rapist Trump. They had kids, too.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 8h

JD Vance to his 7 year old: Shut the hell up about Pikachu.

His kid: Sorry for talking while you were on the phone with the president.

Vance: Oh I don't care about that. Just talk about cooler things than Pokémon next time, like praising Hitler or something racist. You know, kids stuff.

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 23h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Jason McMaster @mcmaster.bsky.social · 21h

I really just wanted an excuse to write "high-octane perverts"

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 23h

"i wasn't allowed to talk about replacement theory or any mainline immigration stance"

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1d

Oh they mad

Aidan @aidanxitter
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A friend of mine got blackmailed into leaking these chats. A total fucking coward and a useless piece of shit
One of the people in here, he attended his wedding with me and still sold him over to the devil
All over some useless YR beef
And then the GOP condemned them
Fuck these people
The GOP treated to fire my friend and vice chairman from his AG job because of tiktoks I posted about immigration
I wasn't allowed to talk about "replacement theory" or any mainline immigration stans They asked me to resign over Trump's gr card diploma mill comments

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Jason McMaster @mcmaster.bsky.social · 23h

zestfully dead

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Jason McMaster @mcmaster.bsky.social · 23h

With all the sexting with AI, etc, there has to be some really freaky shit being developed by some high-octane perverts out there.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 23h

Nature is crazy.

If you cut a worm in half,
it will regenerate into two
new worms. One will forgive
you, and the other will
seek revenge.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 1d

Read this. Especially the final paragraph to understand what Mike Johnson, Trump, Bondi and damned near every elected Republican are afraid of. Who they refuse to stand up for, and who they bow down to. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Jason McMaster @mcmaster.bsky.social · 23h

Donny Benét- School's Out (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Donny Benét

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TVs Alex Ptak @tvsalexptak.bsky.social · 1d

Economists fear the United States may be approaching a bruh moment

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Jason McMaster @mcmaster.bsky.social · 1d

wait, you're telling me young republicans are racist? WHAT?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 1d

SCOOP: The Oldest House Converted Into Spirit Halloween After Trump Admin Defunds Bureau of Control, Objects of Power Transported to Mara Lago

A photo of The Oldest House with a spirit Halloween banner hanging above the entrance

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

every pronouncement from this regime now is exactly in the tone and context of general buck turgidson indignantly saying "perhaps it might be better mr. president if you were more concerned with the american people than with your image in the history books!!"