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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12h

This is the most important politics story in a long time. Twitter has radicalized the young GOP into overt Nazism and white supremacy and the news has spent years pretending not to see.

It’s a gleefully racist and antisemitic party now. Stop pretending otherwise www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 3d

Well done is the essential modifier that’s not listed on the menu 🫡

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 3d

I know they’re open 24 hours but it just seems wrong to go to a Waffle House between the hours of 10am and 10pm IMO. Late night or early morning are the appropriate times.

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 3d

I’m a smothered, covered, and peppered boi

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t tempt me with a good time

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 5d

If you like the National, folklore was written mostly with a member of that band

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 5d

1989, Lover, and Folklore are the ones I enjoy most

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 5d

It's nuts that in less than a year an already extreme right-wing party moved so much further to the extremes that now one of the most insane, extremist members of said party appears reasonable and rational. We are truly living in a cursed timeline.

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 5d

Prob gonna get even fewer viewers than the Puppy Bowl

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 6d

Ambulance. Saw. Iron. Umbrella. Where my Baltimorons at?

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 6d

He’s always just been the useful idiot for these fascist ghouls. They knew he could win elections for them and be easily used to enact their horrible, unpopular agenda.

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 6d

Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and if this actual proceeds and a lasting cease fire is reached, Trump will have accomplished something very very good.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

Netanyahu says, "With God's help we will bring them all home," after Trump announces the first phase of an Israel-Hamas deal.

Israel, Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

bit.ly

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 6d

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 6d

Idk sounds pretty woke to me

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 6d

But according to noted music critic, Speaker Mike Johnson, Bad Bunny is “not someone who appeals to a broader audience”

These clowns should not be taken seriously and the media needs to start pointing out their nonsense instead of enabling and amplifying it.

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 6d

I was curious and just looked up the monthly listeners of Bad Bunny and Lee Greenwood on Spotify to see just how absurd and bad Faith this suggestion is…

Bad Bunny has ~80 million.
Lee Greenwood has less than 500 thousand.

These losers are just mad that they’re no longer the target demographic.

Zachary Krueger @zkffb.bsky.social · 6d

The inability to think of anyone other than Lee Greenwood as an alternative to Bad Bunny in the Super Bowl is peak robot brain. Imagine thinking he has appeal in any capacity. 99% of MAGA couldn’t tell you a Lee Greenwood song that’s not God Bless the USA.

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 7d

Can’t wait for the bluegrass rendition of Monster Mash

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 7d

"Democratic strongholds" in this militaristic context makes it sound like we're terrorists or insurrections or warlords. I cannot express how angry I am at American journalism for enabling this moment.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7d

Hundreds of National Guard troops were expected soon in Chicago. The deployment is the latest in a series of military incursions in U.S. cities, particularly in Democratic strongholds. President Trump said he would consider invoking emergency powers to “get around” legal obstacles. Follow updates.

National Guard Troops Expected Soon in Chicago as Trump Considers Invoking Emergency Powers: Live Updates

The mobilization includes some 200 Guard troops from Texas. President Trump said he would consider invoking emergency powers to “get around” legal obstacles.

nyti.ms

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 7d

The Rush announcement yesterday got me pivoted away from that album real quick

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 9d

They’re down almost 30 points and about half of the ravens starters are injured, including Lamar. Not exactly a great situation to run the ball.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 11d

This was posted by the President of the United States—a job once held by Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and FDR.

Meantime, has the price of groceries or housing gone down for your family? How’s your kid’s job search going in the Trump economy?

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 11d

This is the right approach for an Uncle

a cartoon character is wearing a blue hoodie with the word bob on it

ALT: a cartoon character is wearing a blue hoodie with the word bob on it

media.tenor.com

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 11d

Then listen to 1989, Lover, and Folklore.

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SAGL @whitecollarw00k.bsky.social · 11d

lol. Lmao even.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com