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ArgellaStone but Spooky @argellastone.bsky.social · 11h

Did you think the monkey's paw was a joke.

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ArgellaStone but Spooky @argellastone.bsky.social · 12h

a cartoon hand reaching out towards a purple object

ALT: a cartoon hand reaching out towards a purple object

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Erdogan Gwan Delilah @socialconcarne.bsky.social · 15h

that tweet train of "Vaxxed?" is gonna hit like crack

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 13h

You could not convince me in a million years that this had anything whatsoever to do with the shutdown. RFK wanted these guys gone because he worships death.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 21h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 3d

Prediction:

Katie Porter is banking on “name recognition” but she isn’t going to be elected governor of California. 1/2

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 18h

this man's name is written in the book of life

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 21h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 1d

I would be more annoyed with people giving Trump credit over Biden on Gaza on main if we didn't already do this in January its just everyone fucking forgot

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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 1d

HELL YEAH JEFFRIES!

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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ArgellaStone but Spooky @argellastone.bsky.social · 19h

Thank you Thune for making it clear what priority number one should be for us when we win back the majority.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d

Holy crap.

Not to mention…Bernie is 7 years older than Mills and has already filed to run for another 6-year term in 2030.

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 1d

I saw this 15 mins ago and I am still laughing

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 21h

i wonder how much the existence of Zohran Mamdani is keeping a bunch of the worst idiots in the world from glomming on to JB Pritzker as their parasocial fave, clearing his path to just being nobly pissed off in the correct directions without his name getting associated with exhausting blowhards

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 21h

the only thing that matters - and this is extremely obvious - is displaying Dominance over the Democratic Party, showing Boring Mom and/or My Bitch Wife who's the boss around here

you don't have to actually win against the Republicans because, well, i'll let you fill in this part given the premise

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 22h

"the Schumerification of it all" fuck ALL the way off, turn around, dance a little jig, and then fuck off some more

so many of you don't even have any idea what the fuck you sound like

or, worse, you DO know

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 21h

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 21h

current elements got big mad that Roy Cooper and Sherrod Brown were running, but they also couldn't find anyone real to run against them so their tantrums burned out

in Maine they had not only agism but also sexism working for them and they just picked "some guy" to rally behind

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ArgellaStone but Spooky @argellastone.bsky.social · 21h

Reading more of What Happened over my lunch break, hitting the part where Clinton references author J.D. Vance about how a culture of grievance, victimhood, and scapegoating has taken root in Appalachia.

Had to pause and stare at the ceiling for a moment.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 21h

Basically, the situation is that smart Americans rigged the entire world to prevent dumb Americans from tasting the fruits of their own incompetence, but didn’t count on the masses voting to eat the turd apple.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 22h

The collaborator class seems serenely confident that the Trumpenreich will last a thousand years while the House GOP is in complete meltdown. Look, I’m not *promising* comedy gold by any means, but the possibility is there.

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 23h

Not exaggerating when I say that SB 79, a bill making it easier to build housing near mass transit, is the most consequential piece of legislation that the Democratic Party has passed all year. Saying no to the worst people in our coalition proves we're serious about the future.

Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 1d

WE DID IT!!!

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 23h

if john fucking fetterman had lost the PA primary all of his stans online would have done literally everything within their power to make sure that a Republican won that Senate seat and we all know it and we should all stop pretending we don't know it, it's embarrassing.

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 1d

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 23h

it seems likely to me that the main thing the Speaker of the House is doing in the middle of a government shut down is not trying to figure out how to reopen the gov but instead trying to pressure Republicans to take their name off the Epstein discharge petition so Grijalva can't force a vote

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ArgellaStone but Spooky @argellastone.bsky.social · 23h

It breaks the mythos around him. The idea of him as this all-caring and all-empathetic politician, when the reality is he's always had extremely little empathy for anyone who doesn't fit his extremely narrow worldview.

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ArgellaStone but Spooky @argellastone.bsky.social · 23h

Because if we ever acknowledged it, or him joining white nationalist Steve King on Fox News to denounce immigration, or calling black voters uninformed for not voting for him, or telling Alan Gross who was starved and tortured in Cuban detention that he didn't see what was so wrong with Cuba.. well.

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