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no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 6h

@kevinrothrock.me

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 7h

You know what could have helped save democracy?
Prosecuting the criminals from the Bush regime instead of uh, looking forward not backward.

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 17h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 8h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 7h

I am very long gold. Think that is smart?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 8h

Headline doesn't make clear the point: "The proclamation gives the county the power to assist residents they say have been impacted financially by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action." So it's treating ICE like a natural disaster. Only ongoing, and very unnatural

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 8h

LA County declares a state of emergency as a direct result of the federal government’s raids…

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 8h

now and I keep seeing more and more subtext in every sequence. It’s truly a masterpiece.
The key is when Kelson says ‘we are alike’. The infected are a kind of mirror of society.

no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 8h

@ezwrites.bsky.social Read your 28 years later review.
Many complained the Jimmys at the end were a discordant note. But I think their inclusion is genius. What better symbol to idolize evil, which is fundamentally what the Jimmys will turn out to be.
I’ve watched 28 years later about eight times

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no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 8h

@tutty352.bsky.social How are you handling the dig being done?
What are you doing next?
Do you miss the island?

no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 9h

I keep getting these. There are no tolls anywhere near here - maybe anywhere in Tennessee. It’s also not the “DMV”.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

An honor to receive the endorsement of
of nearly a dozen Black clergy leaders in Crown Heights today, including Bishop Orlando Findlayter.

I’m grateful for their support, and this powerful and humbling prayer.

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no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 9h

Are we going to start getting banned for harassing robogirlfriends?

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 9h

Man, it’s been sad to come back from Riyadh and two weeks of amazing comedy and community building to a country in shambles.

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no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 9h

Change the 9-volts in all your smoke detectors now before it gets colder and they all start beeping.

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no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 9h

You can hold in your mind two ideas; Bolton is being improperly harassed, and also he’s a major bellend who belongs in solitary at Sing Sing.

no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 10h

Interesting. Thank you for your service.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 14h

Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one

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no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 13h

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14h

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 13h

The must-read of must-reads for the year:
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

AI is a giant bubble from which nobody is making real money, except NVIDIA.

The Case Against Generative AI

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...

www.wheresyoured.at

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

SEN. BOOKER: “I don’t take corporate PAC money.”

@mizzwelch.bsky.social : “What about AIPAC money?🤔 — There was a photo shoot with you with Netanyahu, and I was like: what in the actual fuck? We want credible messengers.”

Full @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social ep: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc?...

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

Happy birthday to a wonderful son!

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15h

stylish, practical, brave, good: www.404media.co/the-surreal-...

The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog

Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.

www.404media.co

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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no_tag_error @richardkeppler.bsky.social · 16h

I tightened up all my stops. Got stopped this morning on $GS and pushed it up twice today on $WFC.
I basically am all in $GLD and cash, and some $WFC now.
I'm expecting a 1999-style rout at some point here.

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