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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 5h

¿Por qué no los dos?

Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 6h

There is a small % of white South Africans who are genuinely anti-racist, a significant % who are absolute gutter racists and a mushy middle who think themselves pretty liberal but when they say what they really think, big oof.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11h

Didn't you shake down Columbia and NYU and for kids protesting and revoke their visas and deport them

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 12h

Busiest one is to organize a weekly disc golf outing

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 12h

Keep feeling like a total loser for not constantly being bombarded by texts

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 13h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 14h

The Border Patrol should only be allowed to operate at borders

Desert Flower @crystal159.bsky.social · 14h

A high-speed chase involving Border Patrol agents led to the pursued person’s arrest Tuesday afternoon in a residential street on Chicago ’s South Side, authorities said, and footage from the scene shows protesters gathering before agents deployed a tear gas to disperse them. While federal agents...

High-speed Border Patrol chase ends in arrest, tear gas used on protesters on Chicago’s South Side

Authorities say a high-speed chase involving Border Patrol agents has led to the pursued driver's arrest.

apnews.com

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 14h

Troll

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 14h

Lead levels in children by year. As anybody can see, these have decreased sharply starting in the late 70s

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 14h

Also millennials will now have to stop making fun of gen xers for being the lead generation.. sad times

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 14h

And like, where are most people actually getting their news at this point? Tom Llamas?

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 14h

You feel insane having this conversation offline because 1) it's so fuckin obvious if you pay any attention 2) 90% of people you see irl pay it no attention whatsoever

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 15h

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 15h

Does he have anything to do with this museum?

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 15h

Alright a decent start at least

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 15h

Has anybody asked this of Pritzker? Genuinely can't recall if I've seen him comment on anything ME related. Seems like he would be able to at least not hem and haw.

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 18h

If you try to explain to even slightly offline people that basically all Republicans under 30 are, at best, barely closeted Nazis, you sound like a crazy person.

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 19h

Very much in the same vein as "pedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory"

Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

"republican staffers are all literal nazis" is less of a groupchat thing and more of a posting on main thing at this point

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 1d

It's the AI ethics researcher---> Intimacy coordinator pipeline

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson — man of deep faith, we are told — wants pastors to be shot in the head with pepper balls.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I think this is basically right, though even from the beginning he was really worried about the paper losing money. Which like, yeah, you knew that before you bought it, and what is $50m to you, Jeff? Thrashing around with leadership, the "3rd newsroom", buyouts, it's just flailing now.

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 1d

If they were genuinely trying to tank it they wouldn't have delivered a freebie to our house yesterday with a note begging us to resubscribe. Sorry buddy, you done killed it.

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Rob Paderofsky @paderofsky.bsky.social · 1d

They delivered us a free paper yesterday (in a NYT bag lol) with a note begging us to resubscribe. Not a great sign!

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 9d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 11d

It was clear from the beginning that ICE staffing up was going to be a full employment program for racists, barroom bullies and wife beaters

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