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Kvetcher-in-residence. Waldorf Or Statler? ¿Por qué no los dos?
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sarmcdonnell.bsky.social
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January 25, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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A reminder: Truth and Reconciliation commissions are slow, but they work. We’ll need them.

We’ll also need Nuremberg-style trials.
January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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timesofamerica.bsky.social
Millions Of Americans With Public Humiliation Kink Praise Trump Davos Speech
January 21, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
When Dems are in power, we got stories and entire narratives framed through the lens of right-wing people’s imagined wrongs.

When the Trump admin acts, we get stories and entire narratives framed through the lens of right-wing people’s imagined wrongs.
January 20, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
Pew Research Institute (2023):

• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants

• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants

• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.

And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."

It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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samuelxl5.bsky.social
#StarTrek MEME BREAK
January 18, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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jacobtlevy.bsky.social
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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missingthept.bsky.social
Breaking: Minnesota and Denmark enter into a mutual defense pact.
January 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
i know this isn't exactly mindblowing but i'm fucking mad that it's easier to become an ice agent than to get a us visa slate.com/news-and-pol...
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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esqueer.net
Utah commissioned it's department of health to do a systematic review of gender affirming care for trans youth. In a 1000 page plus report found it was beneficial and the evidence was substantial. The lawmakers rejected it anyways.

www.deseret.com/politics/202...
Utah debate over transgender treatments for minors divides policymakers, experts over state 'systematic review'
Do No Harm alleges Utah Department of Health and Human Services "systematic review" misleads on transgender outcomes.
www.deseret.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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thetattooedprof.bsky.social
goddamnit, your email found me.
January 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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atrupar.com
America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
In a telephone interview this morning with The Atlantic, President Donald J. Trump issued a threat against Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodríguez, saying that, “if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” adding that he would not stand for Rodríguez’s “defiant rejection” of military intervention by the United States. Additionally, during the interview, President Trump reaffirmed that Venezuela may not be the last country subject to American intervention, or even that it would remain isolated to Latin America, clearly stating, “We do need Greenland, absolutely,” while describing the island which is a part of Denmark, a close-ally and member of NATO, as “surrounded by Russian and Chinese ships.”
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
herko.bsky.social
Hey, but at least the Content is good!
January 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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January 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
herko.bsky.social
So how long until “Venezuela is now Free, therefore all asylum/visas/refugee status for Venezuelan citizens is immediately revoked. Get the hell out of the US.”?

15 min? 4 hrs? 24 hrs? 48 hrs?
January 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
herko.bsky.social
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Poland (TM)!
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
herko.bsky.social
Regime change in the Americas? It’s good to see that some US traditions continue unabated!

After all, what, 10% of them turn out kinda-sorta maybe alright long term!

/s for the dense
January 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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meidastouch.com
NEW: The Jack Smith deposition transcript is a devastating, point-by-point rebuttal to claims that the Trump prosecutions were “political,” as Smith details evidence of Trump’s crimes "beyond a reasonable doubt."
Jack Smith Deposition Released Outlining Evidence of Trump's Alleged Crimes 'Beyond a Reasonable Doubt'
The Special Counsel makes clear there was sufficient evidence to pursue the charges
meidasnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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mcsweeneys.net
Our 2nd most-read piece of 2025 is by the forever funny @mikedrucker.bsky.social, and we have no idea what he was getting at here, but it seemed to have struck a nerve with many, many readers.
Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...
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December 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.

I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video A photograph of the seminary gym in knives out. It has the same window.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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theonion.com
Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/
Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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December 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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sirfahrenheit.bsky.social
This is just one example, but this story is the perfect example of why mediocre white guys are against DEI and this is the “American Dream” they’re trying to preserve. This is the “western culture” they want to protect, and anti-discrimination laws and policies destroy that.
Tennenbaum soon became Epstein's supervisor. "He was proving to be quite talented," Tennenbaum told us. But in late 1976, he received a disconcerting phone call from the head of Bear Stearns's personnel department. Employees had belatedly gotten around to checking Epstein's résumé, which stated that he had received degrees from two California universities. "Are you sitting down?" the H.R. official asked Tennenbaum. "Neither school has heard of him." Tennenbaum was in a delicate spot. He asked Greenberg what to do. The response, Tennenbaum told us, was that he should treat Epstein as if he were a normal employee — an instruction that made clear that, thanks to his relationships, Epstein was in fact not a normal employee. He summoned Epstein to his office. "You lied about your education, " he said. "Yes, I know," Epstein calmly replied. He had never graduated from college. Tennenbaum recalls being disarmed by the admission. Decades later, he would regard it as an example of Epstein's ability to manipulate his marks — in this case, him. "Why did you do it?" Tennenbaum stammered. Without an impressive degree or two, Epstein said, "I knew nobody would give me a chance." This resonated with Tennenbaum. He had benefited from his own share of second chances over the years. And so he agreed to give Epstein one as well.
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Opinion | Trump’s crude remarks about Rob Reiner are unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner.
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM