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Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 2h

Instead of writing yet another essay about morality from deep within his mind palace, what if David Brooks simply posed this Q to the portion of the American electorate that voted for Trump and likes what Republicans are doing?

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Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 3h

Totally agree

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 3h

This AM someone left a 2012 issue of the New Yorker on the subway. My phone was nearly dead and so I decided to read the mag. By god, it was so much more relaxing and pleasurable—not just b/c it was from The Before Times. The physical and intellectual exp. of takin in printed words was just *better*

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3h

The previous Sunday, a 7-11 manager flagged down soldiers to report that a man who tried to pay $2 for $4.50 worth of pizza. He also threw pizza at the manager, then his friend stole two slices of pizza.

Soldiers pursued and detained both accused pizza thieves.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 4h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3h

On September 28, soldiers from West Virginia patrolling D.C.'s Navy Yard area observed a man masturbating in public.

The soldiers "advised [him] to stop."

Police officers arrested him a little while later after they said they saw him peeing in front of a restaurant.

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Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 3h

Some real OG scammer stuff from Dr. Phil

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👻Wereman 🐺🎃 @spookarties.bsky.social · Dec 1

Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 5h

The boring and obvious take that anti-woke positions have the effect (and in many cases the intent) of making it acceptable in polite circles to be a degenerate racist was and remains correct.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5h

Cory Mills, boy I dunno

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/14/j...

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 7h

For every other president of my lifetime: an immediately impeachable abuse of power

For the current Republican Party: a Tuesday

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 7h

Gotta be at least two future GOP senators and one chief justice in this group chat 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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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 13h

Happy pub day to me!

Also pictured, bottom to top: Webster's Third (1961); battered Webster's New World (1974; my first dictionary); Webster's Collegiate, Fifth Edition (inscribed by my immigrant father in 1949)

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Irenic Bro @irenicbro.bsky.social · 12h

"We're saving God from Colin Kaepernik" is a pretty good distillation of Republican thought

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 11h

The Republican position on any policy involving pain is: good and just if they or their friends are inflicting it; bad and outrageous if they or their friends are suffering it. Just that simple!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 12h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 1d

It is tacky for really famous people to be in TV commercials for products. Their gambling debts/boat repairs are not my problem, those roles should belong to actors like the Time To Make The Donuts guy and the actress who said "who are you calling a cootie queen you lint licker" in that Orbit ad.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

This was once the kind of shit we cited to differentiate ourselves from authoritarian countries. It’s just who we are now.

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

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

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Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 1d

This is worth your time

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 1d

If you need a go-to Wikipedia page this is a great one

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of inventors killed by their own invention - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans have become what they once pretended to despise

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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 1d

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1673

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Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 1d

Same magical passive phrasing is often used when a cop shoots someone

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Andrew Beaujon @abeaujon.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning. Here's today's roundup.

Trump Lays Off Thousands, Blames Shutdown; Ed Martin Spitter Won’t Go to Prison; Jimmy Kimmel Sponsors Georgetown Player - Washingtonian

Good morning. Rain early, then cloudy with a high around 61 and more rain likely after 4 PM. Rainy and gusty overnight, with a low near 55. The Washington Commanders will host the Chicago Bears tonigh...

www.washingtonian.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

one thing perhaps worth emphasizing is that under federal law an escaped enslaved person was a criminal. an "illegal," you might say.

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