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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 1h

It's at least more honest than the outlets saying the administration has "changed direction."

No, folks, he always intended to do this, and specifically do it during a shutdown so the regulatory bodies couldn't do anything about it.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 1h

The registration date is in March and the primary is ranked choice. We're so far from being forced into a false dichotomy it's not even funny.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 2h

Turns out that in order to effectively lampoon Trek, you need to know, love, and understand Trek.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 2h

Like I can't overstate how much my brain's reaction to this photo was just "WOULD."

Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 3h

He fed the leopards so many times, surely he's earned a pass.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 3h

Offshore drilling is cool but offshore wind power is no bueno because he's still mad about it being near his golf course.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 4h

And it's not even a fun looking nipple!

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 5h

I had mistakenly believed Diglett and Dugtrio were tater dudes and this would have led to many unfortunate misunderstandings.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 5h

There are both Pokemon fish and potato Pokemon...

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 6h

Though if Violent J is a reliable source, miracles are absolutely everywhere.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 6h

They also put up a higher fence so you can't see it now.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 6h

The East Wing was built to cover an underground bunker.

So this is getting interesting.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 8h

I don't think you should make another milkshake. The duck's starting to look sick.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 8h

Like m'dude, if this is oppo research, the oppo research is coming from inside your house.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 11h

Like Politico should really have some shame here for centering this guy's DARVO while burying the lede on the fact that what he's saying is transparently a lie.

“It was not until I started hearing from reporters and DC insiders that I realized this tattoo resembled a Nazi symbol,” Platner said in a statement to POLITICO on Tuesday. “I absolutely would not have gone through life having this on my chest if I knew that — and to insinuate that I did is disgusting. I am already planning to get this removed.”

Platner reiterated that he got the tattoo while out drinking with fellow Marines in Croatia, choosing the skull and crossbones off a wall at the tattoo parlor. He said the similarity to Nazi iconography never came up, including when he underwent physical exams mandated by the U.S. Army, which prohibits tattoos of identified hate symbols.

“In the nearly 20 years since, this hasn’t come up,” Platner said. “I enlisted in the Army which involved a full physical that examines tattoos for hate symbols. I also passed a full background check to receive a security clearance to join the Ambassador to Afghanistan’s security detail.”

Platner’s statement that he would get the tattoo removed came after questions were raised, including from a former top campaign staffer, about how he could have been unaware of the tattoo’s connotations.

“Maybe he didn’t know it when he got it, but he got it years ago and he should have had it covered up because he knows damn well what it means,” Platner’s former political director, Genevieve McDonald, wrote on Facebook.

McDonald, a former Democratic state lawmaker, resigned from the campaign last week after revelations about Platner’s numerous controversial posts on Reddit.

Jewish Insider also reported on Tuesday that an acquaintance of Platner recalled him referring to the tattoo as “my Totenkopf,” though POLITICO has not independently verified the reporting.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 11h

"Appears similar" here actually means "A line-perfect Totenkopf, a symbol used by the SS division that ran the concentration camps, which Platner has referred to as a Totenkopf when asked about it, and also he's a military history buff so he absolutely knows what that means."