Brendan Karet
@badtakes.bsky.social
ex-@MMFA researcher (https://www.mediamatters.org/author/brendan-karet), current gamer
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I love the gap between the official online groyper run info organs posting genAI pics of him as “warhammer fascist battle pope” while the actual guy looks like “ET sick in a creek”
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I love the gap between the official online groyper run info organs posting genAI pics of him as “warhammer fascist battle pope” while the actual guy looks like “ET sick in a creek”
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If you still haven't cancelled Spotify, this is where you start. Plex Pass lifetime is also on sale right now. Just saying.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
If you still haven't cancelled Spotify, this is where you start. Plex Pass lifetime is also on sale right now. Just saying.
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They're saying this about Afghan refugees. The victims of our actual military invasion
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
They're saying this about Afghan refugees. The victims of our actual military invasion
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Patrick Mahomes is like if Bugs Bunny played quarterback
November 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Patrick Mahomes is like if Bugs Bunny played quarterback
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i’m not sure how but this is real antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/10...
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
i’m not sure how but this is real antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/10...
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
this is a phenomenal bit and i smile every time it pops up
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
this is a phenomenal bit and i smile every time it pops up
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House votes on dumbass resolution condemning socialism, meanwhile the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib rolls the truculent child brain president like a pair of socks
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
House votes on dumbass resolution condemning socialism, meanwhile the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib rolls the truculent child brain president like a pair of socks
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
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NEW: We've been looking at suspicious activity on Rumble. Our latest looks at networks of accounts impersonating the platform's top content creators and trying to lure their audiences into suspicious Telegram chatrooms.
The most-impersonated figure? Dan Bongino.
openmeasures.io/dan-bongino-...
The most-impersonated figure? Dan Bongino.
openmeasures.io/dan-bongino-...
Impersonation Scams Target Audiences of Rumble Creators - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NEW: We've been looking at suspicious activity on Rumble. Our latest looks at networks of accounts impersonating the platform's top content creators and trying to lure their audiences into suspicious Telegram chatrooms.
The most-impersonated figure? Dan Bongino.
openmeasures.io/dan-bongino-...
The most-impersonated figure? Dan Bongino.
openmeasures.io/dan-bongino-...
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"The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika … as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month. Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika … as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month. Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Someday political commentators will all realize that Trump's "lack of basic decency" isn't a liability, but a major reason why so many Americans love him
“.. The United States is now a nation run by public servants who behave no better than internet trolls ..
“.. Trump’s sexist comments are an attack on women’s dignity — and by making them, he strips the presidency of its dignity too.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
“.. Trump’s sexist comments are an attack on women’s dignity — and by making them, he strips the presidency of its dignity too.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Someday political commentators will all realize that Trump's "lack of basic decency" isn't a liability, but a major reason why so many Americans love him
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So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
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A big indicator of this fascist moment, for me, was exposing Hanania’s past as pseudonymous white supremacist blogger, him issuing a non-apology apology then writing gutter racist shit under real name, & nevertheless enjoying mainstream success
reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A big indicator of this fascist moment, for me, was exposing Hanania’s past as pseudonymous white supremacist blogger, him issuing a non-apology apology then writing gutter racist shit under real name, & nevertheless enjoying mainstream success
reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
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This is real btw www.popjustice.com/briefing/tha...
That's Livvy alright • Popjustice
They say you should never judge a book by its cover and the same, sometimes, goes for songs. Well, meet Livvy. Livvy is proof that in some circumstances,
www.popjustice.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is real btw www.popjustice.com/briefing/tha...
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Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
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Everyday I wake up and the most evil, vain, and banal losers in the world history of mankind are dabbing on us while their slavish and puerile collaborators print their confessions about dabbing on us in the newspaper in stories that are titled “I Am Dabbing On You, You Stupid Fuck Poor Peons”
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Everyday I wake up and the most evil, vain, and banal losers in the world history of mankind are dabbing on us while their slavish and puerile collaborators print their confessions about dabbing on us in the newspaper in stories that are titled “I Am Dabbing On You, You Stupid Fuck Poor Peons”
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What's weird is that there isn't, say, 15 years of evidence online of that lady being completely and utterly insane, either.
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What's weird is that there isn't, say, 15 years of evidence online of that lady being completely and utterly insane, either.
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Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
![From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Kathy Ruemmler
9/19/2014 11:54:57 AM
jeffrey E. ljeevacation@gmail.com]
Re:
Importance: High
Doesn't look like you are prioritizing your schedule very effeetively.....how are you going to manage all of that? this is unga week so the boss will be in town too....l'Il be here all week -- you may get sick of me....just sat down on the train so can't talk freely.
On Sep 19, 2014 7:48 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
"girls?", careful i will renew an old habit, . this week, thiel, summers, bill burns, gordon brown, jagland, ( council of curope and nobel chairman). mongolia pres, hardeep puree (india), boris ( gates). jabor (qatar ). sultan (dubai, ), kosslyn (harvard), leon black, woody. you are a welcome guest at any... also if you think there are interesting people in town, everyone here for climate summit, clinton security council, holy shit im on
for next 30 minutes
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler -
> wrote:
Most girls do not have to worry about this crap.
On Sep 19, 20147:09 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
understood. it comes down to high risk / reward / low risk / reward. professional, cmotional. and financial
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler
Agreed, but I need to be prepared to say yes before I talk to him.
wrote:
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 19,2014, at 1:21 AM, "jeffrey E." <jcevacation@gmail.com>wrote:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreidpc4aexgxfahdqvqgbocphszflpkdsfpldci2zeo7aqsjkzkbub4@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Thiel, Summers, and Leon Black walk into a bar and the bartender says, "why are you here. the middle school is down the street"
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Thiel, Summers, and Leon Black walk into a bar and the bartender says, "why are you here. the middle school is down the street"
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Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft
As with my Anthropic exclusive from a few weeks ago, though this feels like a natural premium piece, I decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked or f...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
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Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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COMPLETE REDDITOR VICTORY
1000 YEAR FUNKO POP REICH
1000 YEAR FUNKO POP REICH
Hegseth: To the men and women of this department who work on acquisition, you are not our enemies in this effort, but you are our allies. You are Obi-Wan Kenobi, you are our only hope.
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
COMPLETE REDDITOR VICTORY
1000 YEAR FUNKO POP REICH
1000 YEAR FUNKO POP REICH
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“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...