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Jen Larkin

@petticoatdespot.bsky.social

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Social justice magetank. Goth, neurodivergent, and allergic. Cisgender out of spite, trans rights supporter. WoW player and board gamer.

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 4d

Whenever you hear a Trumper say that antifa are terrorists, ask them if they support fascism. Even if they do, they will say no because fascism is bad.

And when they say no, tell them that they are members of antifa and you will be reporting them to the FBI for terrorism.

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 2h

WARNING: This horrific video by a war correspondent reporting from the front lines of war ravaged Portland is not for the squeamish. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 53m

Bram Stoker had a fetish for stenographers.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 9h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 54m

Bram Stoker had a fetish for stenographers.

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 58m

My mother was a university English instructor and routinely advises people that This Is the Way, as an expert on the subject.

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 1h

Well, the *author* might want to create such a book for their own use but it should never be published.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1h

Really American

In a stunning moment, Leader Jeffries says he hasn't yet met with Speaker Johnson because "Trump has not given him permission to meet... until Donald Trump gives them permission to meet, they're going to continue to hide."

No lies detected.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1h

Mike Johnson really doesn’t want you to go to the largest peaceful protest in American history: NoKings.org

NO KINGS
For the love of America

OCTOBER 18
www.NoKings.org

Picture of Statue of Liberty with American flag in the background

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 1h

This has been tried. They said they couldn't tell if the reporter was lying, insulted the reporter's integrity, then changed the subject again.

At this point, having access is meaningless.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3h

When Mike Johnson or another national leader repeatedly claims they haven’t seen relevant things in the news, an appropriate reporter reaction would be “Holy cow, how do you not know?!? How can you do your job without knowing what’s happening? What are you doing to fix your ‘not knowing’ problem?”

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5h

I don't understand why U.S. reporters so regularly seem to let politicians get away with 'I haven't seen that' about stuff a) they obviously know and b) is directly relevant to their job. Did they sign some kind of agreement never to ask a follow-up question?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 12h

I have tried and failed to get my mother to care that Taylor Swift's single has a rhyming couplet that ends with "of" then has a pause and the name "Ophelia."

My mother the former college English instructor and current poet is apparently going to have to hear the song in order to care.

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 12h

Besides, if Latino people protested, ICE would run out and arrest them as suspected undocumented immigrants even if they have a US passport on them. That's assuming that ICE didn't simply run them over.

It is our job as white people to be the front line. We owe people that.

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 12h

There's something else important here:

This is a white supremacist movement. They do not care if non-white protesters show up. White protesters won't be dismissed by white people who side with ICE; non-white people would be dismissed.

White bodies must run interference. It will convince *some*.

Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 19h

The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.

It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 13h

Again?

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 13h

I note that your analysis doesn't take hatred for Elon Musk into account. Teslas were bought by liberals. Musk has alienated liberals in favor of literal Nazis. While he is now popular in conservative circles, conservatives deny climate change and buy gas puzzler to spite liberals.

So who's buying?

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 13h

I wonder if that spokesperson realizes what that song is about.

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 13h

I mean, FFS. Last night we found out that ICE kidnapped a 13 year old boy with a pending asylum case (thus, documented) and did not attempt to notify his parents. They finally found him like 5 days later.

Was he a pedophile or was he kidnapped by pedophiles?

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 13h

The administration says: "'Pink Pony Club' is good," she said, referring to Roan’s 2023 breakout hit. "Pedophiles are bad. That’s who we’re getting off of our streets. Get a grip."

That's not who ICE is getting off the streets! They'd have to arrest Trump and numerous right wing religious leaders!

Pop Star's Middle Finger To ICE Gets Shady Response From The White House

Chappell Roan sent a big F-you to the agency that's been shaking the Los Angeles area during a sold-out Friday show.

www.huffpost.com

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 13h

McMahon says that it makes more sense for this group to fall under DHS, which wouldn't require layoffs to change.

RFK Jr. says that he can fix ADHD, depression, and other illnesses with work farms.

Trump signed an executive order that allows him to forceably detain disabled people.

Eugenics.

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 14h

Well, obviously, this policy is out the window!

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 14h

Ahh thanks for the correction!

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, female Ghostbusters "ruined their childhoods," like that's a thing. Crybabies.

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Shari in AZ🌵 @mutsy67.bsky.social · 23h

Portland's Spirit Animal is a....

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 1d

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 2d

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 17h

Oh please, liar.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."