Luke
@yankeeluke.bsky.social
Semi-Ironic Left-Tridemist || Proudly Unprincipled
I hate that the bald eagle is the US’s national animal. It should be the turkey, the raccoon, or the bobcat.
August 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I hate that the bald eagle is the US’s national animal. It should be the turkey, the raccoon, or the bobcat.
My scruples! My scruples!
August 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
My scruples! My scruples!
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The Civil War never ended.
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Civil War never ended.
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There’s no longer any pretense this has anything to do with crime (there are cities or parts of cities in SC and Ohio that have higher crime rates than DC — send the troops there!). This is about establishing a precedent for Trump seizing control of the nation’s capital when he wants to.
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
There’s no longer any pretense this has anything to do with crime (there are cities or parts of cities in SC and Ohio that have higher crime rates than DC — send the troops there!). This is about establishing a precedent for Trump seizing control of the nation’s capital when he wants to.
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The White House is mobilizing red state military forces to occupy a Democratic stronghold and let me tell you: No one has ever pretended something isn't happening harder than Democratic leaders are pretending this isn't happening right now.
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The White House is mobilizing red state military forces to occupy a Democratic stronghold and let me tell you: No one has ever pretended something isn't happening harder than Democratic leaders are pretending this isn't happening right now.
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164 years later, South Carolina finally occupies Washington.
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
164 years later, South Carolina finally occupies Washington.
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Incredible artifact
August 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Incredible artifact
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She runs a large anti-ICE TikTok account—now agents caught on livestream targeting her in violent arrest.
Agents drag her out of Tesla & throw her on ground where she lay unresponsive—then rushed by ambulance to hospital.
She is well-known to ICE as community activist who films raids Los Angeles.
Agents drag her out of Tesla & throw her on ground where she lay unresponsive—then rushed by ambulance to hospital.
She is well-known to ICE as community activist who films raids Los Angeles.
August 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
She runs a large anti-ICE TikTok account—now agents caught on livestream targeting her in violent arrest.
Agents drag her out of Tesla & throw her on ground where she lay unresponsive—then rushed by ambulance to hospital.
She is well-known to ICE as community activist who films raids Los Angeles.
Agents drag her out of Tesla & throw her on ground where she lay unresponsive—then rushed by ambulance to hospital.
She is well-known to ICE as community activist who films raids Los Angeles.
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The next Democratic President needs to burn ICE to the ground and re-imagine immigration enforcement to be humane and apolitical.
ICE has repeatedly shown that it seems itself as a vehicle for MAGA’s policies, they need to be abolished. Saying this shouldn’t be controversial after all this.
ICE has repeatedly shown that it seems itself as a vehicle for MAGA’s policies, they need to be abolished. Saying this shouldn’t be controversial after all this.
August 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The next Democratic President needs to burn ICE to the ground and re-imagine immigration enforcement to be humane and apolitical.
ICE has repeatedly shown that it seems itself as a vehicle for MAGA’s policies, they need to be abolished. Saying this shouldn’t be controversial after all this.
ICE has repeatedly shown that it seems itself as a vehicle for MAGA’s policies, they need to be abolished. Saying this shouldn’t be controversial after all this.
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New York should look into cutting off electricity to 26 Federal Plaza and other federal buildings, AM Robert Carroll said today.
“It’s federal land, as they like to articulate very often” to any official who tries to visit. “So great. We don’t have a duty then to provide power.”
“It’s federal land, as they like to articulate very often” to any official who tries to visit. “So great. We don’t have a duty then to provide power.”
August 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
New York should look into cutting off electricity to 26 Federal Plaza and other federal buildings, AM Robert Carroll said today.
“It’s federal land, as they like to articulate very often” to any official who tries to visit. “So great. We don’t have a duty then to provide power.”
“It’s federal land, as they like to articulate very often” to any official who tries to visit. “So great. We don’t have a duty then to provide power.”
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Since @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is so concerned about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social housing maybe he should address his own property tax bill of just $213 a year thanks to a sweetheart deal he supported when he served in the state Assembly that will last through 2032. nypost.com/2022/01/23/r...
Exclusive | Rep. Hakeem Jeffries pays just $200 in property taxes thanks to sweetheart subsidy law
Public records show that Jeffries and his family reside in a condo unit in Prospect Heights, paying just $213 a year in property taxes.
nypost.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Since @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is so concerned about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social housing maybe he should address his own property tax bill of just $213 a year thanks to a sweetheart deal he supported when he served in the state Assembly that will last through 2032. nypost.com/2022/01/23/r...
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New — I wrote about the violent assault on a DC delivery worker this morning by masked federal agents, and how these agents have made the disturbing turn from quiet thugs to playing for the cameras.
Federal agent during violent DC arrest: “Liberals already ruined” this country
Trump's thugs are proving their skull-bashing loyalty in broad daylight.
www.thehandbasket.co
August 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
New — I wrote about the violent assault on a DC delivery worker this morning by masked federal agents, and how these agents have made the disturbing turn from quiet thugs to playing for the cameras.
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they want to hurt us and it is long past time to start making plans to hurt them back
"I think on some level, conservatives know perfectly well that liberal American cities are quite safe. That’s why they have to work themselves into such paroxysms of hysterical cowardice—to give themselves permission to inflict violence on the Americans they hate." prospect.org/justice/2025...
Why Republicans Are Terrified of Nonexistent Crime
They need an excuse to violently subjugate liberal cities.
prospect.org
August 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
they want to hurt us and it is long past time to start making plans to hurt them back
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"Liberals already ruined it" shows the plot here. These aren't impartial law enforcement officers protecting all citizens. They are partisan paramilitary militia, terrorizing domestic opponents.
While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
August 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Liberals already ruined it" shows the plot here. These aren't impartial law enforcement officers protecting all citizens. They are partisan paramilitary militia, terrorizing domestic opponents.
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From 2022: Hakeem Jeffries pays $200 in property taxes thanks to sweetheart subsidy law that he supported when he served in the state Assembly.
nypost.com/2022/01/23/r...
nypost.com/2022/01/23/r...
Exclusive | Rep. Hakeem Jeffries pays just $200 in property taxes thanks to sweetheart subsidy law
Public records show that Jeffries and his family reside in a condo unit in Prospect Heights, paying just $213 a year in property taxes.
nypost.com
August 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
From 2022: Hakeem Jeffries pays $200 in property taxes thanks to sweetheart subsidy law that he supported when he served in the state Assembly.
nypost.com/2022/01/23/r...
nypost.com/2022/01/23/r...
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While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
August 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
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This is incredibly implausible. My guess is that this is an intentional leak. This would be too comically incompetent even for these clowns.
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
n.pr
August 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is incredibly implausible. My guess is that this is an intentional leak. This would be too comically incompetent even for these clowns.
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militarily disarming what little remains of the democratic world in the face of the rise of fascism is actually another hippy viewpoint that seems leftist but is really quintessentially rightwing
August 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
militarily disarming what little remains of the democratic world in the face of the rise of fascism is actually another hippy viewpoint that seems leftist but is really quintessentially rightwing
My take on the Kat stuff is that when I said “I want more crazy, unqualified, kinda trashy people to run as progressive Democrats” I meant it. It just makes me root for her more. The more ludicrous scandals, the better. That’s my ideal Democrat. In an insane world you need to be insane to win.
August 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
My take on the Kat stuff is that when I said “I want more crazy, unqualified, kinda trashy people to run as progressive Democrats” I meant it. It just makes me root for her more. The more ludicrous scandals, the better. That’s my ideal Democrat. In an insane world you need to be insane to win.
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which words in the letter were the strongest
Asked about Trump's deployment of military and other federal authorities to DC, Hakeem Jeffries touts the "strong letter" issued by the DC Attorney General.
"I thought that was a strongly worded letter," Jeffries also said.
"I thought that was a strongly worded letter," Jeffries also said.
August 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
which words in the letter were the strongest
People have way too many precious principles on this site. “Oh no it’s wrong when our side does it too!”
No, no it’s not. It’s good when we do it and evil when they do it. “It” can mean literally anything. We are always right and they are always wrong, regardless of circumstances.
No, no it’s not. It’s good when we do it and evil when they do it. “It” can mean literally anything. We are always right and they are always wrong, regardless of circumstances.
August 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
People have way too many precious principles on this site. “Oh no it’s wrong when our side does it too!”
No, no it’s not. It’s good when we do it and evil when they do it. “It” can mean literally anything. We are always right and they are always wrong, regardless of circumstances.
No, no it’s not. It’s good when we do it and evil when they do it. “It” can mean literally anything. We are always right and they are always wrong, regardless of circumstances.
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all those bisexual Bushwick baristas unironically run one of the leanest meanest American electoral machines of the 21st century, when you consider their previous power versus their already-realized ambitions
August 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
all those bisexual Bushwick baristas unironically run one of the leanest meanest American electoral machines of the 21st century, when you consider their previous power versus their already-realized ambitions
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Remember the old anti-Bernie line that the "socialist" label would scare away conservatives?
August 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Remember the old anti-Bernie line that the "socialist" label would scare away conservatives?