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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 13h

Boys will be boys, kids will be kids… Even when they’re adults? It’s amazing how much they use these Get Out of Jail Free cards. And his advice to his kids is don’t get caught? This entire statement is abhorrent.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19h

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid," JD Vance. We checked.

By scanning public records and media reports, Mother Jones determined the ages of eight of the 11 participants in the abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday: They appear to range from 24 to 35.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

“Kids”

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 1d

The current and future Republican Party leadership, when they think no one is watching.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

Last I checked the GOP controls all branches of our government.

Tweet from MeidasTouch: “Wow that’s crazy. Who’s running the federal government?”
Below, Acyn’s tweet quotes Rep. Mike Johnson: “If you look at polling, people’s faith in the federal government is at an all-time low. Why? Because they don’t see that it’s being done well.”
A C-SPAN screenshot shows Johnson speaking with another man standing beside him.

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 4d

Are nylon frogs eligible for the Nobel Peace Prize? #portlandfrog #2026Nobel

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 5d

You are anti-fascist, or you are pro-fascist. There is no neutral.

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 5d

What could possibly go wrong?

Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 7d

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 5d

Soooo Trump got “the jab.” Do you think perhaps they’ve been lying to you or you still good?

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 6d

Prepare for the imminent invasion of Norway and/or Venezuela 🙄

#NobelPeacePrize

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8d

“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”

Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 9d

Good question from CNN. Maybe Jake Tapper could look into the memory issues more here.

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 9d

Trump Suddenly ‘Forgets’ Who Ghislaine Maxwell Is

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 9d

It’s coming

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 13d

Release the jobs report. And while you’re at it, release the Epstein files.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14d

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.

Let that sink in

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 14d

What no one is saying is that that grotesque display was not just directed at the generals, but to a generation of young MAGAs and their parents watching at home. They want people who love this message to enlist and join the forces, and they want to discourage the others.

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 16d

Ow! Ow!!! Aaaahhhh….. I have a neck cramp from all the cringing I just did.

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 20d

It’s insane to think that the #GeneralSquidGames could be anything from war plans to loyalty pledges to a mass shirtless pushup session and none of it would surprise me.

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 21d

What if everyone just had integrity. Wouldn’t *that* be nice?

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 21d

Imagine, a country where former presidents can be prosecuted and held to the same legal standards as citizens.

Sarkozy gets 5 years in prison in Gadhafi case

The former French president was accused of accepting illicit campaign donations from the Libyan dictator.

www.politico.eu

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 26d

Wish I had #Disney+ so I could cancel it.

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Mudflats @mudflats.bsky.social · 29d

They’re all starting to sound alike.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d

SWALWELL: You're the director of the FBI. This is the largest sex trafficking case the FBI has ever been a part of. And your testimony today is you haven't reviewed all the Epstein files?

PATEL: I've been busy providing the safest country this country has seen in modern US history in historic speed

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29d

This is a fair point.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Sep 15

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Sep 15

Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who says otherwise will be fired

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Sep 14

Cartoon by @macltoons.bsky.social.

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