Skeptical Beans
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Good coffee is a joy, but any coffee in a storm will do.
Yearning for intellectual herd immunity, will settle for compulsory civics and science.
Gen J
Opinions often my own, and occasionally correct.
Yearning for intellectual herd immunity, will settle for compulsory civics and science.
Gen J
Opinions often my own, and occasionally correct.
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I don't mean to brag, but I got quoted by @georgetakei.bsky.social.
It was a screenshot... And on Threads...
BUT IT STILL COUNTS!
brag brag brag brag brag
It was a screenshot... And on Threads...
BUT IT STILL COUNTS!
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September 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I don't mean to brag, but I got quoted by @georgetakei.bsky.social.
It was a screenshot... And on Threads...
BUT IT STILL COUNTS!
brag brag brag brag brag
It was a screenshot... And on Threads...
BUT IT STILL COUNTS!
brag brag brag brag brag
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday sued six states — California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania — over their refusal to hand over sensitive voter registration data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six States, Escalating Campaign to Seize Private Voter Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday sued six states — California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania — over their refusal to hand over sensitive voter registration data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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September 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Oh no. Wait. Don’t go. www.koco.com/article/ryan...
Ryan Walters to resign as Oklahoma state superintendent for private sector job
State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced Wednesday that he will resign from office and take a job in the private sector.
www.koco.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Oh no. Wait. Don’t go. www.koco.com/article/ryan...
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Now where have I heard this before? Oh yeah...
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Now where have I heard this before? Oh yeah...
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
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Just to be clear: Brian Kilmeade *did not* endorse euthanizing homeless people. He advocated MURDERING over 700,000 of them.
And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.
And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.
September 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Just to be clear: Brian Kilmeade *did not* endorse euthanizing homeless people. He advocated MURDERING over 700,000 of them.
And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.
And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.
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I really like Van Hollen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
Van Hollen Criticizes Democratic Leaders for Delay in Endorsing Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I really like Van Hollen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
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As always, responsible, mature adults should be looking to reputable news sources, waiting for the facts, and ignoring the loony conspiracy theorists.
September 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
As always, responsible, mature adults should be looking to reputable news sources, waiting for the facts, and ignoring the loony conspiracy theorists.
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“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
@nbcnews.com
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September 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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We’re about to find out whether the corporate media knows that groypers are right-wing.
September 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We’re about to find out whether the corporate media knows that groypers are right-wing.
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Trump "might think he’s winning the War on Laughter—but much like George W. Bush, he’s going to discover that his mission is far from accomplished. He can cancel all the comedians he wants, but he will never make us stop laughing at him:"
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Trump Will Lose His War on Laughter
Comedy is his kryptonite.
open.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Trump "might think he’s winning the War on Laughter—but much like George W. Bush, he’s going to discover that his mission is far from accomplished. He can cancel all the comedians he wants, but he will never make us stop laughing at him:"
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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CBS is reportedly considering having Bari Weiss in an advisory position to a new head of CBS News.
Sincerely, wtf?
www.yahoo.com/news/former-...
Sincerely, wtf?
www.yahoo.com/news/former-...
Former boss Rhodes in talks to run CBS News if Paramount-Skydance deal closes, Puck News said
Rhodes, who was president at CBS from 2011 to 2019 and previously spent a decade with Fox News, has emerged as a likely successor at CBS News, where he may be advised by Bari Weiss, co-founder of onli...
www.yahoo.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
CBS is reportedly considering having Bari Weiss in an advisory position to a new head of CBS News.
Sincerely, wtf?
www.yahoo.com/news/former-...
Sincerely, wtf?
www.yahoo.com/news/former-...
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EXCLUSIVE: Fired DOJ prosecutor Maurene Comey sends message to former colleagues, warning that ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant.’
Maurene Comey warns her former colleagues: ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant’
“If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain. Do not let that happen,” she wrote.
www.politico.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Fired DOJ prosecutor Maurene Comey sends message to former colleagues, warning that ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant.’
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The bottom line, according to one person close to Stephen Colbert, is that "The Late Show" is a "casualty of the merger." Here's what that means: www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/m...
Inside CBS’ ‘agonizing decision’ to cancel Colbert’s top-rated late-night show | CNN Business
While “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert was on his usual mid-summer vacation earlier this month, CBS executives weighed the pros and cons of canceling the unique but unfortunately unprofitable show...
www.cnn.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The bottom line, according to one person close to Stephen Colbert, is that "The Late Show" is a "casualty of the merger." Here's what that means: www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/m...
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The Coldplay Kiss-Cam Incident Proves What I Have Said For Decades: Rock Music Undermines Morals. Tomorrow in the NYT by Ross Douthat
July 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Coldplay Kiss-Cam Incident Proves What I Have Said For Decades: Rock Music Undermines Morals. Tomorrow in the NYT by Ross Douthat
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“They don’t want anyone to see how they treat people. They want to be doing this”—their deportations—”with no witnesses.”
ICE agents are harassing the courthouse volunteers who assist besieged immigrants
"They want to be doing this with no witnesses."
www.motherjones.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“They don’t want anyone to see how they treat people. They want to be doing this”—their deportations—”with no witnesses.”
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Well this sure as hell isn’t incriminating! Nothing to see here.
July 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Well this sure as hell isn’t incriminating! Nothing to see here.
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What CBS' disgraceful termination of Stephen Colbert illustrates is how quickly a Republic can fall when the media chooses cowardice instead of courage.
July 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What CBS' disgraceful termination of Stephen Colbert illustrates is how quickly a Republic can fall when the media chooses cowardice instead of courage.
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Every time a reporter mentions the Epstein list, Donold gets pissed.
It’s a helpful reminder that Donold is on the Epstein list.
It’s a helpful reminder that Donold is on the Epstein list.
July 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Every time a reporter mentions the Epstein list, Donold gets pissed.
It’s a helpful reminder that Donold is on the Epstein list.
It’s a helpful reminder that Donold is on the Epstein list.
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Tomi Lahren just posted on the other place that the federal government should “let California go” and that California should get “not one dime.” Where does she think the federal government gets most of its dimes?
July 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Tomi Lahren just posted on the other place that the federal government should “let California go” and that California should get “not one dime.” Where does she think the federal government gets most of its dimes?