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Henry
@henrythedog.bsky.social
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A small white dog interested in politics and some other dog things
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I think its the moral duty for LGBT people in countries where they have freedoms and free speech rights to criticize governments around the world that refuse or are taking away the rights of their Queer citizens
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I then observed friends on social media exalting Platner with phrases such as “Like you’ve never posted something you’ve regretted on the internet!” (No, actually, I have never published homophobic, racist, misogynistic ideas on the internet). Is there any valid excuse for spreading hateful ideas? Moreover, spreading them as a young veteran on a platform like Reddit, which is frequented for advice, inspiration and validation by millions of young men (and women) in America? I’m stumped to understand how anyone could successfully “explain” away the actual impact of such posts. When I said as much to my acquaintance, he responded with “All I hear right now is a hurt and scared woman.” Cue the rage of a Smith College graduate, a queer woman working in a man’s field and a survivor of sexual assault. I’m not hurt, and I’m sure as hell not scared. And neither is the rest of Maine, or America, who long for the sort of representation many of us have never experienced. The idea that my concerns are only coming from what is clearly perceived to be personal weakness (emotional injury, fear, womanhood) is not only insulting, but dangerous. The irony that someone protesting against invulnerable political figures in America could defend so ardently the vulnerabilities of another political candidate does not escape me. We must let our politicians be vulnerable to criticism. We must hold them accountable for their impact, past and present, so that they are accountable to us in the future.
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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where... have... I hear.... that before.....
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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hold on let me get the sign....
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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it's literally the symbol of the SS, here's Himmler one of the most famous Nazis with it on his hat. (one of the first images if you google him btw) and Platner with it on his tit.
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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its wild the way people feel comfortable saying the craziest antisemitic shit these days
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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terrible news
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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what a stupid fucking thing to say, some things are worse than other things
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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a PS on this, is a fun watching a Lawyer act like he doesn't know how things work to try to downplay and dismiss Mills' powerhouse moment standing up for trans rights, the lawyer says we don't need courts and idk Janet should have taken a swing at Trump instead of saying "see you in court"?
A lot of your objections to the Trump administration seem to be procedural, as embodied by your phrase “See you in court.” A lot of my objections to the Trump administration — and to the Republican Party’s agenda for my entire lifetime — are not just procedural. They are substantive. If the administration follows all the correct procedures, and the Supreme Court affirms, is that more important to you than the lives of my friends?
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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the questions to Mills were twice as long and I think explain a great deal about why the left can't give up on Platner
You’ve made strong statements in support of the state of Israel. You’ve condemned towns that voted to divest from Israel. Current polling shows that the vast majority of Democrats across the country are strongly opposed to the state of Israel. Polling suggests that a growing number of Republicans are opposed to the state of Israel. The vast majority of Mainers I have met say that Israel is a Nazi state, engaged in genocide, and they just simply won’t vote for anyone who supports that. Do you think that you can win a primary — or even a general — when you disagree with the majority of the electorate on a massively salient issue?
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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His Questions to Platner are fairly short and straightforward and good, if lacking in a key area
Mr. Platner: You’ve never run for office before. For your first office, you’ve chosen the U.S. Senate. Why haven’t you started with, like, state rep? Or city councilor like me? You’ve given your stance on a number of issues. But you’ve never held elected office before. So how do we voters know if you actually believe these things — and will actually stand up for them? Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed you to run for Senate. One of the last Bernie-endorsed Senate candidates was John Fetterman, who most of the left thinks of as a disappointment (at best). How do we know that you won’t be another Fetterman? You’ve talked about your reasons for joining the Marines during the Iraq War. And then reenlisting to go to Afghanistan. And then taking a contract with Blackwater. Bro, you literally worked for Echo Papa. If you can do that and say you’re an anti-war lefty, couldn’t you basically rationalize anything? Couldn’t a young person today give the exact same reasons for joining ICE? I mean, I think I’m kind of in a similar place as you. I’m a lefty. I’ve never gotten involved in government, but finally I decided to stop just listening to podcasts and actually get involved. So I spent a year going to City Council meetings, serving on committees, meeting with officials and community leaders, going out canvassing, volunteering places — putting just a lot of time into it! After an entire year of this, I’m just barely at the point where I think I can do good at City Council. You’re in about the same position as I am, but you’re running for Senate. Are you confident you can do a good job? And if so, my dude, why?
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Senate candidate Graham Platner with his shirt off showing off his SS Totenkopf tattoo
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving season, I made meme
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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always remember, the worst tweet thread in human history.
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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you can see Napoleon seated with the staff of finger.... I mean the Hand of Justice
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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"I have such posts to show you"
November 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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I don't think we need to nominate totally a unqualified person who had a Nazi tattoo and used to be a racist/rapey/homophobic reddit shitposter to have a chance to win any future elections ever again
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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"genocide apologist"
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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there it is (also it was a book about antisemitism)
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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oh she's been doing this shit for years, its great this one is a favorite where she posed behind Youngkin while he was wining about Democrats killing his budget dreams
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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which would be weird since AIPAC didn't give anyone any money in 2020 because they started donating to campaigns in 2022
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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I want to party with Hillary Clinton, when she goes out for drinks dancing is involved.
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM