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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18h

it is ALWAYS worth pointing out who gets to be just a helpless little innocent precious baby boy at the age of 34, vs. who is framed by the cops as a big scary dangerous man whose candy bar might be a gun when he's barely in middle school, or described as a "13-year-old woman" by her predator

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 17h

1. None of the stupid things I did was a teen or young adult involved loving Hitler.

2. These weren't kids. They are adults with jobs inside the Republican Party.

If Republicans don't want to be called racists and fascists, then they should stop doing racist and fascist shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 18h

I read the piece. You shouldn't. He dismisses the "No Kings" protests as liberals in blue cities. He invokes Rosa Parks, as if rural white people in the 60s loved everything that the movement then was doing. "We need a movement but not this one" is a core centrist tact these days.

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 18h

Is this a joke. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 17h

Huh. What do all of those have in common?

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 19h

It's why we call them Nazis. Because they are Nazis.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 20h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 20h

The "don't call us Nazis" crowd sure has a lot of swastikas

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 20h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 19h

He wanted to enslave Black people too?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Brooke Rollins: "Charlie Kirk is in a way the modern day Thomas Jefferson."

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 22h

Susan is actually onboard with the Trump administration and these slight protests are to give her cover.

Her actions are clear. She's fine with it all.

Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 22h

It's easy to be hypocritical when you have no principles. Like Mike.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h

Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?

Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

People who are actually successful, popular and powerful don’t have to threaten.

It’s such performative strongman bullshit because they are weak and unpopular.

Losers.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 1d

Young Republicans group chat.

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

What a bunch of losers.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

Racism isn’t just created in a vacuum. This is learned behavior. These chuds learned it and found out it was acceptable to the people around them.

In other words: it’s not just them. It’s all of the GOP.

Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 1d

"The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening." 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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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 1d

"The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening." 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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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

Or maybe not.

Like, stop doing PR for other people. This is so dumb.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

I’m old enough to remember how Republicans freaked out when the Biden administration talked to Twitter.

Remember: hypocrisy is easy when you lack principles.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

Statement from AG Pam Bondi:

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 2d

Thanks for the recommendation! Off to the library.

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 2d

I didn’t like unsubscribing. I took no pleasure in it. But I had no choice.

But then, I also suspect Bezos is ok with destroying a newspaper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 2d

Cruelty is always the point. And yeah, defund the police.

Or remove their qualified immunity. Let them suffer the consequences for their inhumanity.

Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 2d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 3d

Sean isn't asking questions for real. He knows how unpopular this administration is. He just wants to sow doubt into the minds of FOX viewers.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 3d

The bullies seem nervous.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3d

The tell is when the "free speech" warrior's argument equates to "the people criticizing me are silencing me and should therefore be made to shut up."

It's a pretty obvious tell; makes you wonder about those who keep falling for it time after time after time. Or maybe not wonder so much.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 3d

They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”

After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”

And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 3d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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