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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 6h

Haaaaa nooo

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 8h

It's worse than bluegrass even

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 15h

Ooof gotta feeling things could get really ugly in the next 7 days

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Major clashes in southeast Chicago this pm.

DHS agents who crashed a car had eggs thrown at them. According to ABC7, they then fired pepper balls at local residents. It’s now a scene of flying rocks & tear gas.

Chicago was never a war zone. But Trump’s militia is turning it into one.

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Chance Phillips @chancephillips.bsky.social · 16h

A genuinely good piece of reportage in Politico today sheds some light on young Republicans’ love of racial epithets and other slurs. I definitely recommend reading it, but as I’ve explained before, I doubt this will lead to any sort of a reckoning for Republicans.

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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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 15h

Lol ok

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 16h

TRUMP: IF A SOCIALIST OR A COMMUNIST WINS IN ARGENTINA WE WILL THINK AGAIN ABOUT INVESTING

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 16h

I knew these guys were all Nazis in 2016 I mean it was so obvious even back then.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16h

It’s been fun being attacked for years for saying bigotry motivates these people more than low taxes and small government

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 16h

Pea protein is my protein it's a little more expensive but so much better

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 16h

Dude if these guys are never held accountable then wtf is the point anymore

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16h

Trump boasts about another deadly military strike on a boat in the Caribbean that he claims was full of "narcoterrorists."

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16h

Many focusing on the hubristic blasphemy of “we’re saving God”—and fair enough—but also, Kaepernick?

All he did was exercise his 1A right to expression in a calm, quiet, unobtrusive way. And he last played Jan. 1, 2017!

How lacking in real problems that this was ever a grievance, let alone still.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 16h

“At least one person in the Telegram chat works in the Trump administration: Michael Bartels, who, according to his LinkedIn account, serves as a senior adviser in the office of general counsel within the U.S. Small Business Administration.”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 16h

These people are not going to magically become normal if they lose an election

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple 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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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 16h

I wonder what just basic Normie Republican Voters think about this

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 16h

Young Republicans joke about rape and gas chambers, use slurs, and talk about how much they love Hitler.

This isn't an exaggeration. These are the current and future leaders of the Republican Party, all who have 10x the funding of Dem youth orgs.

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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Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social · 16h

the thing is this could be a story every single day if we wanted it to be and had the media ready.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 16h

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h

Democrats need to accept that Trump will indict his political enemies. But if Democrats respond by later indicting the DOJ officials who illegally carried out Trump's indictments, that will be end of our Republic.

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 16h

Like I've been yelling for years about how the conservative movement is just completely and totally an absolutely radicalized to this shit. Top to bottom it's Nazis Nazis Nazis.

The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 16h

Dennis Green theory of politics holds with the GOP

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17h

Anyone familiar with the political culture of the Trumpian GOP will not be surprised by this reporting on today's Young Republicans, but all decent human beings will be appalled by it.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 17h

I don't want to read this article but what *is* his triumph exactly? Israel Gaza? Is Time suggesting that Trump did anything but be in the White House at this point in time? Maybe made some phone calls that made no sense?

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18h

Just saw the photo and now find the post even funnier

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 17h

The party of constant grievance is still so upset about that just so pathetic

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 17h

How the fucking hell does one put lead into protein powder

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 17h

What the

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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