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Emily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social · 6h

If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 1h

The men designing, building and installing this glass staircase in a shopping mall: “I cannot think of a single reason why nobody else does this”

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Patric Bates @patricbates.bsky.social · 2h

100 days of Halloween - 100 spooky watercolors #16 “Vampire Train” #art #watercolor #painting #illustration

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 4h

the entire trumpist message distills down to "who you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Reverend Chapman @wadatahmydamie.bsky.social · 5h

Are there any pictures of Argentinian President Javier Milei where he looks like he’s safe to leave around children unattended?

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 6h

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Reverend Chapman @wadatahmydamie.bsky.social · 6h

If you want the Starbucks drip coffee or espresso experience at home, it’s easy!

1: Take any old coffee beans you find in a dumpster
2: Roast them in your oven at 400 degrees for two hours
3: make coffee the way you normally do
4: Boil it for 15 minutes

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Reverend Chapman @wadatahmydamie.bsky.social · 6h

I’m bummed that “queef” already has a definition, because the word matches up perfectly with everything about Mike Johnson

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 6h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 21h

it's getting rapidly memory-holed that in 2012 kennedy claimed to a divorce judge that the brainworm affected his brain function and therefore future earning potential
www.politico.com/news/2024/05...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 22h

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so tired

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "You hear those sirens going off? That's good. A good sound. That means they either got the bad guy or they're gonna stop the bad guy. You didn't hear that sound bc nobody wanted to do anything. Listen to the beauty of that sound. That's the real deal sirens, not politically correct sirens"

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 1d

Diogenes, but looking for an honest Republican who will acknowledge that the president's brains are running out his ears

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 1d

With the AI Google summaries, people aren't just cherry-picking the failures. The only time it is 100% is when there is an extremely easy and well-known answer to your inquiry. If it's anything you'd actually need to dig to find, it will hallucinate a fake answer basically every time.

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Patric Bates @patricbates.bsky.social · 1d

100 days of Halloween - 100 spooky watercolors #17 “Trick-or-Treat” #art #watercolor #painting #illustration

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Reverend Chapman @wadatahmydamie.bsky.social · 1d

Supreme Court: Alex Jones is still an idiot, but is no longer useful.

He’ll be turning on the administration soon

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 1d

man, "honk if you're a specific kind of horny" is such a 2025 ass bumper sticker

Rear end of a vehicle with a sticker that reads "HONK IF YOU LIKE MILFS TOO"

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 2d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 3d

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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Unsure how many times I have to repeat it, but health care shouldn’t be for-profit.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 3d

Drug Rehabs Lure In Patients for Insurance Money—Then Leave Them on the Street

Operators promise high-end treatment, help addicts sign up for insurance then pile on charges for little in return, say former patients and insurers.

www.wsj.com

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Reverend Chapman @wadatahmydamie.bsky.social · 2d

It’s the bump that comes from having one of your followers shoot a right-wing podcaster

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s wake-up call is about TPUSA Blexit tour of HBCUs

Subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com and get a wake-up call in your inbox!

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Patric Bates @patricbates.bsky.social · 2d

100 days of Halloween - 100 spooky watercolors #18 “Skeleton Horse” #art #watercolor #painting #illustration

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Fox Propaganda is desperately spinning the "No Kings" events in fearful anticipation of their success.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

www.independent.co.uk

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