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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 5h

No surprising if you remember that the OG neocons (like Irving Kristol) had been anti-communist Trotskyists. This is merely neocons returning to the broad left.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9h

"The Sanders/Mamdani style of democratic socialism is, whatever its merits, at least compatible with America’s tradition of liberal democracy. The Trump style of national socialism is not."

Donald Trump Is a Commie

Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

www.thebulwark.com

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 1d

A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a GIF.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 1d

They were originally the O’Reillys, but that was too ethnic a name.

(yes he really put that to paper)

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 2d

PA (esp. Eastern PA) with its prominent German history/sizable German-speaking population has those too.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 3d

Obama-effect. Mamdani is likable and a natural and is not trying to be something he isn’t.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 3d

Her dolphin teeth look like a cushion zipper to him.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 3d

lmao it was that one fascist who was schtupping his mother-in-law.

archive.thinkprogress.org/white-suprem...

Leading white supremacist arrested following affair with mother-in-law

Battery charges and the likelihood of a lengthy prison sentence now await Matthew Heimbach.

archive.thinkprogress.org

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 3d

They found him by following the cigarette smoke

Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 3d

I’m old enough to remember the NYC medical examiner and city services having to commandeer fucking refrigerated trucks from fast food restaurants and grocery stores to store bodies.

Like something out of a fucking horror movie.

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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 4d

(it's a very short thread 👇🏽)

azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 4d

I couldn't finish that Cosmopolitan piece going around, with the "I dated men that wanted to kill me" bit, because I couldn't get past the whole "I, white woman, sincerely want to understand why (straight cis) white men..."

We need more white women sincerely trying to understand EVERYONE ELSE.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 4d

Got a yuge pack of ‘em from Costco. The blue 3M joints.

Very satisfying.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 4d

None more “dad” looking.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 4d

Isn’t this the “You survived four years of Trump, you’ll survive another four years of Trump so vote against Harris because Palestine” guy?

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 4d

Got called once but never made it to the selection phase.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d

The "it's class not race" crowd 🤝 white supremacists

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 4d

Kids menu-ass president

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 5d

You guys will eat infinite shit for a white guy who provides you with platitudes it’s a sad sight

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 5d

20000 won’t be enough

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 5d

The aspect of modern American life is how little consequence there has been (or how asymmetrical the consequences have been) for straight out lying.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 5d

She comes from a wealthy Indian family and is more a product of the conservative legal pipeline (clerked for Kavanaugh and Roberts) than even Vance. If they weren’t married she would probably be a right-wing judicial/executive appointee or candidate.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 5d

I would have if I still lived in VA.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 6d

Also, HE RELEASED THE VIDEO HIMSELF!

*That* was his attempt to get in front of the tattoo issue. His only strategy was to self-wound with oppo and then whine about how unfair everything is.

Dumb, pointless, and ineffective.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 6d

He is functionally my uncle. My uncle Henry and Aunt Donna are not related at all to my dad, but they grew up in the same neighborhood as my dad’s older brother’s wife and have been friends since they were teens (almost 70yrs at this point). Donna was present at my birth.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 6d

Creole/Japanese-Brazilian here and I have tons of relations (some by blood, some not) that I refer to as uncle/auntie/cousin/primo/oji/oba/etc.

Also coming from a big Catholic family my mom’s oldest sibling is 20 yrs older than my mom. 1 of my 1st cousins is only 2 yrs younger than my mom.

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Sir Purp @sirpurp.bsky.social · 6d

“If you’re explaining , you’re losing”

One of the oldest and most simple principles of US politics. Oysterboy simply has too many issues they’re attempting to explain away.

“Those reddit posts don’t matter because…”
“The Blackwater gig doesn’t matter because…”
“The nazi tattoo doesn’t matter b…”

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 7d

We read Graham Platner’s whole Reddit archive. The vilification of the Maine candidate for Senate doesn’t square with what he actually wrote in his posts.

You’re Being Lied to About Graham Platner

We read Graham Platner’s whole Reddit archive. The vilification of the Maine candidate for Senate doesn’t square with what he actually wrote in his posts.

jacobin.com

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