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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · Nov 28

I was foolishly invited to a swanky business awards dinner Tuesday night where I mingled with the Great and the Good and found myself chatting with a proud Trump voter. Look at me, all patient and understanding of the other side! Here’s a little thread of my adventure in reasoning 👇🏼

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 22h

Frogs are a signal of a healthy ecosystem

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Lunch/Counter/Punch @theultrasecret.bsky.social · 1d

The liberal elite delusion that police are broadly on the side of truth and justice has put us all in existential danger.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 1d

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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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 8h

We saw you from across the bar and we really dig your vibe

Matt Smith, Arthur Darvill and Karen Gillen arm in arm on the set of DOCTOR WHO in 2012

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 8h

Shapiro ordered the meal and now the bill is here and he’s patting his pockets.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: DeSantis was mid-speech when a protester erupted with accusations about Epstein.

The tension was electric — the room froze. The Epstein scandal isn’t over. It’s a political bomb that keeps finding new targets.

RELEASE THE FILES!

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 9h

This is a great example, but there's a funny running theme that Vance, who after all has only been a senator and then VP for less than three years, excepts to be treated with POTUS-level traditions and respect, as if anyone in American history has ever cared about "respecting the office" of VP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11h

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Dak @dak.myatproto.social · 2d

🎶Whoa, Black Betty🎶

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Daniele G. @daniele-gaither.bsky.social · 13h

I got rid of my Atlantic subscription the first time they wrote a hit piece on Kamala. Watching Sally Jenkins pumping up Caitlyn Flanagan pumping up Bari Weiss reassures me my instincts were right.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11h

Everyone is twelve theory proven right again.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 15h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 9h

coming to terms with the fact that the "Tank Man" photo of our time is going to be a shaky TikTok of an out-of-shape ICE goon shooting a furry in the face

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 13h

Up at the in-laws’ farm.
What a bunch of turkeys 😃

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Andy Fraser @andyfraser.bsky.social · 13h

“I’m old and I have to die sooner than you but goddamn I’m going to do everything possible to destroy your future so when I’m gone you have a miserable existence” is very boomer.

Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 1d

It's going to take generations to recover from RFK Jr.

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"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

Also, using “thought police” to describe the *critics* of someone who literally launched her career by trying to police the thoughts of her pro-Palestinian professors at Columbia is AMAZING

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 14h

I know it's basically just bait so whatever but if you use "thought police" unironically you should be forced to sit in a corner without your phone for a full hour

Sally Jenkins post with a link to whatever awful Atlantic piece about Bari Weiss reading "Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of
@theatlantic.com
is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. "

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 14h

they are staging an “all-american halftime show” to counter bad bunny’s… what? his un-americanness? uh. guys. BAD BUNNY IS AN AMERICAN. PUERTO RICANS ARE US CITIZENS, YOU IGNORANT, INCURIOUS, JACKASSES.

Mike Royce @mikeroyce.bsky.social · 14h

every sentence in this story, except when Bad Bunny is quoted, is insane
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Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA plans rival Super Bowl halftime show

Turning Point USA plans to stage an “All American Halftime Show” during the Super Bowl, positioning the event as a patriotic counterpoint to Bad Bunny’s headlining performance at Levi’s...

www.sfchronicle.com

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 14h

Disney has tried so hard to make Tron into a viable franchise, but they did zilch with The Rocketeer. For shame.

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The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 14h

Imagining accusing the people who DON’T use this garbage of laziness. Fucking amazing.

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 15h

How it started: How it’s going:

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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 18h

Hard to believe the people who told me “have fun being poor” would make such bad risk management decisions.

warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 18h

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 14h

Took me a second but I remembered she’s the one who got piled on last month for insisting “Charlie Kirk argued with civility.” I guess this is her thing 😬

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 1d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.