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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 1d

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 9h

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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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 11h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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tadaaa.bsky.social @tadaaa.bsky.social · 10h

"Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

STEPHANOPOULOS: Did Tom Homan give the $50,000 back?

VANCE: He did not take a bribe. It's a ridiculous smear

STEPHANOPOULOS: You didn't answer the question

VANCE: Did he accept $50,000? I'm sure that in the course of Homan's life, he's been paid more than $50k for services.

(So, no, he didn't)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Yes, if a male grifter like Chris Rufo or Ben Shapiro were named the head of CBS News, yes, the reaction would have been just as fierce.

No one is objecting because she's a woman. Jesus, get a grip.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 11h

You think for ONE SEC that a man in her position who was named head of CBS News would be the subject of so much to-do? Come on.

Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 11h

The whole "you should be proud of Bari Weiss because she's a WOMAN entrepreneur" argument reminds me of this comic:

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Micah @rincewind.run · 11h

if we'd treated their obvious baldfaced lies and deflections more like this over the past eight years maybe we wouldn't be in this situation

shocking how easy it is when you actually see it done

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

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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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12h

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

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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tadaaa.bsky.social @tadaaa.bsky.social · 11h

Please won't someone think of the basement dwellers

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tadaaa.bsky.social @tadaaa.bsky.social · 11h

I just can't get over how low energy it is watching these coz playing toddlers wandering about the place

Honestly they need a good talking too from their mum

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

Border Patrol is terrorizing Gage Park this morning (video from Facebook, 55th & California reportedly 9:40am). SWRR reports agents are highly active and were also seen at the Pulaski orange line again: instagram.com/p/DPtwEY7DhTy

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 21h

A huge part of current twitter is eating disorder content for racist guys

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tadaaa.bsky.social @tadaaa.bsky.social · 13h

Didn't one of the Czech / Slovakia states do it pretty quickly too

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 16h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 16h

This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th.

If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.

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HerRoyalBOO👻bies @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 15h

I am taking credit for the spiritual attacks.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Jordan Peterson, explained

ca.news.yahoo.com/jordan-peter...

She explained how her 62-year-old dad had been dealing with a “host of neurological issues this summer that we believe stem from CIRS, which is chronic inflammatory response syndrome, due to decades of mould exposure.”

Fuller added that he had been suffering from symptoms of neuropathy and weakness for the last few years and his condition worsened after Peterson cleaned out his late father’s basement earlier this year.

“We don’t have a better explanation for his neurological symptoms at the moment other than spiritual attacks,” she said.

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JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 15h

These 2 speeches, which, as Nick points out, on the same day, precede what Gill has pled guilty to by 4 years, are more damning for Farage as they also precede Brexit.

All European secret services would have been alarmed by this & would/should have been investigating.

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tadaaa.bsky.social @tadaaa.bsky.social · 15h

The final straw for me was a reply guy seriously suggesting Brendan Cox knew fvck all about RW terrorism

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tadaaa.bsky.social @tadaaa.bsky.social · 15h

Yes, I think this is a massive part of it

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 19h

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"

In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation

Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m

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Justice Everyman @justiceeveryman.bsky.social · 16h

@sturdyalex.bsky.social Christopher Hitchens once said to Sean Hannity “you give me the awful impression, I hate to have to say it, of someone who hasn’t read any of the arguments against your position ever.“

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tadaaa.bsky.social @tadaaa.bsky.social · 16h

As Truss discovered when she went on a local radio blitz

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tadaaa.bsky.social @tadaaa.bsky.social · 16h

Conservatism in general has been soft soaped by the media for so long - they don't even realise they are spouting incoherent nonsense

Https://bsky.app/profile/tadaaa.bsky.social/post/3m2yefwehbs2r

tadaaa.bsky.social @tadaaa.bsky.social · 18h

Good thread, I would add that they have received a large negative benefit from being continually soft soaped by the media

Which has prevented them from applying any analytical rigor to their incoherent nonsense

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20h

UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

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Scott Rames @srames.bsky.social · 22h

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tadaaa.bsky.social @tadaaa.bsky.social · 18h

Good thread, I would add that they have received a large negative benefit from being continually soft soaped by the media

Which has prevented them from applying any analytical rigor to their incoherent nonsense

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 19h

"For the first time the right are open and honest about what they're about, and it's best for us to face them as they are ... There are no good Tories. Only class conscious defenders of a decaying system."

What Happened to One Nation Conservatism?

The jamboree of delusion and extremism that was Conservative Party conference birthed a small, fleeting genre of political centrist-to-soft...

averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com

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