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Josh Rodefer @rodefer.bsky.social · 1h

domestic violence by republican men against women isn't really important to today's MAGA GOP. Now if he were a pedophile trafficking children, well....yeah, not that either.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

They are who you thought they are, racist shitposters: 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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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 1d

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

👇👇

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3d

Massive insider trading. Thirty minutes before Trump’s China tariff announcement, a crypto “whale” opened a $100M+ short on Bitcoin.

4:30 PM: Whale opens $100M+ BTC short
4:50 PM: Trump announces 100% tariffs on China
5:20 PM: $19.3 B in liquidations hit the market
The whale’s profit: $192 million

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

PRITZKER: "I genuinely think there is something wrong with him. I wish that his family would intervene, because I do think he needs mental health help."

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 6d

You. Do. Not. Try. To. Prove. Your. Hypothesis.

That is completely backwards.

The proper way to do science is to form a hypothesis, and then do everything you can to try and tear that hypothesis apart.

Any other way is scientifically unsound at the least, and malpractice or outright lies at worst

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7d

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Josh Rodefer @rodefer.bsky.social · 7d

Portland is burning… down the house with a costumed dance party of protesters #SheerHorror

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Josh Rodefer @rodefer.bsky.social · 7d

🤦‍♂️ tackling the hard issues to support higher education

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

The original version of the book said that Epstein was involved in introducing Melania to her beloved husband.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 7d

Oooops

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 7d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 8d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Kerry O’Malley Cerra: author 🤟🏼 @kerryomalleycerra.bsky.social · 8d

For those who can’t afford Taylor Swift’s new album, be sure to check your local library. My county library has The Life of a Showgirl up on the Hoopla app, and it’s free for me to stream with my library card. Libraries for the win! #taylorswift

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8d

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 8d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 8d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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Sera Markoff @profsera.bsky.social · 9d

My mom posted this picture of a scale from her primary care clinic, which I absolutely love, being an astrophysicist. But also the messaging is great!

Photo of a scale in a doctor's office and on the wall above it is a sign that reads "PLEASE REMEMBER: This scale can only give you a numerical reflection of your relationshp with gravity. That is it. It cannot measure (each word in a different colour): beauty, talent, purpose, possibility, strength, love or character."

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Xeynon @xeynon.bsky.social · 10d

Democrats should be running ads attacking Stephen Miller and Russell Vought as unelected bureaucrats ruining America. They're villains right out of central casting with the charisma of reptiles, and in addition being called a puppet would piss Trump off.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 10d

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMhAKvYY/

She should lose her license.

This MAGA dentist was caught bragging about inflicting pain on patients who are uncomfortable with her MAGA hat

TikTok video by NowThis Impact

www.tiktok.com

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 13d

Everytime I listen to Stephen Miller I think of this one angry nerdy bitter kid I went to high school with who used to have just one line in his AIM profile, the Radiohead lyric:

“When I am king, you will be first against the wall”

nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 13d

The year is 2003.

17-year-old Stephen Miller is sitting in the back of a school bus talking about torture, as in “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity."

Miller looks directly into the camera and describes the torturing Iraqis in gruesome detail, as his peers laugh uncomfortably.

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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 13d

“Someone who says ‘I’m against abortion but says I am in favor of the death penalty’ is not really pro-life,” & “I’m against abortion, but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,’ I don’t know if that’s pro-life.” — Pope Leo XIV

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Pope intervenes in US abortion debate by raising what it really means to be pro-life

Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church

abcnews.go.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 13d

"too"

image of Regina George from the scene where she says "so you agree?"

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