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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1h

It’s really hard to pick who I want to win the “fall-the-farthest” award. It’s a crowded field and I hope the competition is long and fierce.

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1h

What does a Marxist look like?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 13h

lol. Indiana (the state) will never not be fellating MAGA. It’s terminal and irreversible; they cannot be saved and don’t want to be.

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 14h

Pretty sure that’s what Kafka said as he went to bed the night before Metamorphosis, darth, but unfortunately it didn’t work out for him

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 19h

Did this soybean farmer care more about other people’s pronouns than about trade?

Yes?

Congratulations sir, you’re getting what you voted for.

nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 20h

Well, to be fair, Republicans don’t really have “programs” because they don’t fundamentally believe in government initiatives for the public good

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 21h

Every fiber of my being loathes every fiber of his being

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed that the content moderation bit is the main story here, but also: are her allegations true? Has doxxing happened? With what consequences? Because I sure haven’t heard of many (any?) actual doxxing-of-ICE stories.

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

“People don’t like me and that should be illegal”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

The sooner it wholly goes belly-up, the better

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Well, women aren’t people, so why would children be?

The only “people” are cis white men.

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

The meritocracy in action. What a loathsome embarrassment.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

This only “makes sense” (?) or is funny to people who don’t understand classical music naming practices —including, evidently, the author. A better version would be funny to those who know AND those who don’t. I expect *that* level from McSweeney’s.

Lots of “swing & a miss” from you guys lately.

nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Yes please! But also a hashtag-like system (or if the algorithm is smart enough it could auto-detect?) to let me not see topic-specific posts of users I follow, like “your political content is great but I’m totally uninterested in sportsball & you post about it so often I’m considering unfollowing”

nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, this is real? I assumed it was a WH mock-up. 🤦‍♀️

nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

lol, La Prairie is *spot on*

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Let us translate Mike Johnson's comments about Obamacare for you www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...

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nbrockmann.bsky.social @nbrockmann.bsky.social · 1d

Sondheim, “A Little Night Music.” It is for people our age!

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