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liberal, childless cat lady, carnivore, Episcopalian, historian, unpopular electric eel
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strangeopera.bsky.social
wtf
ebharrington.bsky.social Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d
POTUS tells a woman to shut up by snapping "Quiet, Piggy."

Strike up the band for another rousing chorus of our theme song:

🎵MAGA is a war of men against women
And Donald Trump is its Generalissimo🎵
People magazine headline about Donald Trump calling a female reporter "Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
strangeopera.bsky.social
well that's no more McDonalds for me.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "You should've suffered a little while through Kamala. The good news is she had no clue. I want to give an IQ test to Kamala and Biden. Who do you think wins?"
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
strangeopera.bsky.social
good thread and good replies.
oldenoughtosay.com madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com · Dec 31
In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
Screencap showing the jump from Oct 4 to 15
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
strangeopera.bsky.social
this guy is utterly ridiculous. and he has been for a very very long time.
radiofreetom.bsky.social Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d
1. If America were fascist right now, I would not be posting here. Neither would you.

Instead, I - and you - would be trying to build networks of people *offline* who can support and protect each other, in the dark, rather than yelling at the president and his stooges in our own names. /2
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
strangeopera.bsky.social
www.nola.com/news/pope-le...
Separated a century ago, two branches of Pope Leo's family reunite in New Orleans
Pope Leo's long-separated family reunites over dinner in New Orleans.
www.nola.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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jackjenkins.me
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."

Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
(RNS) — In video recorded on Friday (Nov. 4) outside the embattled U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, the Rev. Michael Woolf stands alongside fellow protesters, fiddling awkwardly with his backpack as faith leaders and other protesters chant slogans at a line of police officers. A moment later, one officer can be seen walking forward, grabbing Woolf by the wrist and yanking. Demonstrators attempted to hold on to Woolf, who was a clerical collar, but four officers wrenched him from the crowd and tossed him to the ground. After turning him onto his stomach, officers proceeded to arrest Woolf, and removed him to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Maywood, Illinois. “I’ve got bruises all over my body,” Woolf, an American Baptist minister who is pastor of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois, told Religion News Service. He was speaking in his first interview since being released Friday afternoon after about seven hours in custody. Woolf said when he asked the arresting officers to loosen the plastic handcuffs that were causing his hands to go numb, an officer replied: “Nobody wants to talk to you — shut the f–k up.” “It’s part of the dehumanizing nature of it, and it’s it gives me a lot of clarity around what’s happening here,” said Woolf, who has been active in protests against ICE. “It’s really a spiritual emergency.”
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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jackjenkins.me
Full story: religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
(RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
religionnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
strangeopera.bsky.social
new from me, for Caturday.
first-draft.com/2025/11/15/c...
Caturday: What’s The Rumpus?
Meow from Rey.
first-draft.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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By: cassandraisright on Thursday, November 13, 2025
A Conspiracy Of Dunces
I hate conspiracy theories. Yet here we are.
first-draft.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
strangeopera.bsky.social
still relevant
first-draft.com/2025/11/13/a...
A Conspiracy Of Dunces
I hate conspiracy theories. Yet here we are.
first-draft.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
strangeopera.bsky.social
to my FB friend: 2 eagles did not land in wet concrete to leave tracks. 1, eagles are wild animals and don't hang around people. 2, those aren't eagle tracks in the cement. 3, the cement would be harmful to the eagles and they would need immediate medical attention. now I know why you're a trumper.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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strangeopera.bsky.social
new from me:
first-draft.com/2025/11/13/a...
A Conspiracy Of Dunces
I hate conspiracy theories. Yet here we are.
first-draft.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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socrates17.bsky.social
"There are a lot of reasons to hate both of the President Grievance administrations but for me one of the top things is how these barely sentient boxes of hair have forced me into being a conspiracy theorist—because I simply do not believe in conspiracy theories. I don’t."
A Conspiracy Of Dunces
I hate conspiracy theories. Yet here we are.
first-draft.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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adrastosno.bsky.social
Your Thursday matinee with Cassandra.
A Conspiracy Of Dunces
I hate conspiracy theories. Yet here we are.
first-draft.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
strangeopera.bsky.social
new from me:
first-draft.com/2025/11/13/a...
A Conspiracy Of Dunces
I hate conspiracy theories. Yet here we are.
first-draft.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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ejfagan.com
Trump dips below 40% approval on @gelliottmorris.com's tracker for the first time.
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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meredithshiner.com
I’m going to think about watching this moment unfold in real time for a long time.

for all the horrors coming out of Chicago and its metro area, the principled courage of everyday people, in the face of such intimidation, never ceases to astonish. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...
Most of the hearing was routine. At one point, however, Straw's attorney, Christopher Parente, lodged a largely symbolic objection over his client having to turn in his passport, calling him a "boring suburban dad" and saying his whole reason for going to the protest in the first place included objecting to the government checking people's passports and papers. Parente said it wasn't fair for Straw "to sit here now and ask him to turn his passport over to the government for no reason other than they think they can," adding that "landscapers arrested by ICE cannot stand up to the government." "Mr. Straw can, and your Honor can, too," Parente said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri Mecklenburg said the passport was about bond conditions, not about what ICE is doing on the streets, and that defendants have turned in their passports "in every case I've had for 19 years." After McShain decided Straw did not have to turn in his passport, Mecklenburg said she'd drop the requirement for all defendants to ensure Straw was not receiving special treatment.
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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crobertcargill.bsky.social
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
Exactly what it says on the label: The Pope in 1982. He's wearing a black hat, dark RayBans, and looks like he's a member of the Blues Brothers.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
strangeopera.bsky.social
so Epstein gave Putin the dirt on trump, and Putin told trump he had it in Helsinki.
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
strangeopera.bsky.social
not the Epstein files.
one of the Epstein videos.
carmelacruz.bsky.social Carmela 🌍🌹😎🍷🌊🇺🇸🇺🇦 @carmelacruz.bsky.social · 6d
Could this be the moment that Trump found out Putin had the Epstein files too?
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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socrates17.bsky.social
I understand his point, and he's not wrong, but I'm still furious. Great The Good Place clip, btw. One of maybe 3 or 4 good US sitcoms from this century. Maybe only 2. There's The Good Place & Action & & & - I'm struggling here.
It’s The Trolley Problem
The Trolley Problem villain is the person who tied the people to the tracks in the first place.
first-draft.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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By: cassandraisright on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
It’s The Trolley Problem
The Trolley Problem villain is the person who tied the people to the tracks in the first place.
first-draft.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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strangeopera.bsky.social
new from me: "if your opponents are psychopaths willing to kill their own voters, out-psychopathing them is simply not an option."
It's The Trolley Problem
first-draft.com/2025/11/12/i...
It’s The Trolley Problem
The Trolley Problem villain is the person who tied the people to the tracks in the first place.
first-draft.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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adrastosno.bsky.social
The latest post from my First Draft colleague Cassandra.
It’s The Trolley Problem
The Trolley Problem villain is the person who tied the people to the tracks in the first place.
first-draft.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
strangeopera.bsky.social
new from me: "if your opponents are psychopaths willing to kill their own voters, out-psychopathing them is simply not an option."
It's The Trolley Problem
first-draft.com/2025/11/12/i...
It’s The Trolley Problem
The Trolley Problem villain is the person who tied the people to the tracks in the first place.
first-draft.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM