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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 8m

Go get that peace prize bag, dawg

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump says he's now "looking at land" strikes on Venezuela

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 1h

ha! and amen.

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2h

youtu.be/aHnFIaLp_ys?...

SUGAR - If I Can't Change Your Mind

YouTube video by shaxan

youtu.be

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2h

Sugar, “Copper Blue”

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 5h

I hope this kid gets pinned by a girl, but only after she toys with him for a while.

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 5h

more homoerotica

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 8h

Ben Gvir is a war criminal

Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social · 8h

Ben Gvir personally oversaw the torture of Greta Thunberg, as reported by Aftonbladet.

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 10h

We need a non-partisan Congressional Jester who mocks people in power when they say objectively batshit things.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 10h

whichever economist pieces together the circle jerk theory of the modern stock market is gonna win the nobel prize. it's going up and up because a handful of rich people want it to go up and up. efficient market theory, my ass.

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 11h

Wrote a thing in defense of shame. It’s a lot dumber than these pieces and has more swearing, but I think we’re aligned: gheorghe77.blogspot.com/2025/10/in-d...

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 11h

Are you telling me I have to dye my hair? Fine, whatever dude.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Rep. Pat Harrigan: "This No Kings rally -- that's the blue hair, anthropomorphic experiment that's gonna happen up here in Washington DC."

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 23h

My word

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 23h

HajiHaji!

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 23h

We need a timeline cleanse. Post a photo of the sun.

Nags Head, NC - looking inland from the shoreline.

Sunset reflecting off low ribbons of clouds. Colors are golden-hued, sliver of blue sky visible above the outline of a roof and wispy beach grasses.

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 23h

If we can get both Flo and Haji in form at the right time, that’s a real boost

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t ask me for any more fucking money, @dscc.bsky.social

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

The Dem establishment appears to be putting its thumb hard on the scales against Graham Platner:

The DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) has formed a joint fundraising committee with the campaign of Janet Mills.

It’s called “Maine Senate Victory 2026”:

docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
HOME / CAMPAIGN FINANCE DATA / COMMITTEE DETAILS / HTML VIEWER
FEC FORM 1
STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
FILING FEC-1919061
1. Maine Senate Victory 2026
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Email: compliance@dscc.org;anderson@dscc.org
2. Date: 10/14/2025
3. FEC Committee ID #: C00923177
This committee collects contributions, pays fundraising expenses and disburses net proceeds for two or more political
committees/organizations, at least one of which is an authorized committee of a federal candidate.
Committees Participating in Joint Fundraiser
Joint Fund Participant(s)
1. Mills for Maine,
Committee Id: C00923144
Committee Type: Senate
2. DSCC,
Committee Id: C00042366
Committee Type: Unauthorized
Affiliated Committees/Organizations
NONE
Custodian of Records:
Connor Reilly
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Title: Custodian of Records
Treasurer:
Evan Clary
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone # (202) 224-2447
Designated Agent(s):
Tristan Anderson
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Title: Assistant Treasurer
Banks or Depositories
Amalgamated Bank
1825 K St NW
Washington, DC 20006
Signed: Evan Clary
Date Signed: 10/14/2025
(End FEC FORM 1)

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 1d

The Venn Diagram of Young Republican leaders and incels is a circle.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 1d

correction, "used to" pay taxes

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 1d

or like, "why are you such a whiny bitch?"

sure, they'd lose their job, but they'd never pay for another meal in certain dc and nyc circles.

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

I really just once a reporter would reply “oh are you gonna cry about it”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 1d

If this is true, then Trump dithered for nine months. How many (more) deaths are on his tally?

🌸Juls🌸⚖️ @jmeyer24.bsky.social · 1d

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2d

This is my most deeply-held political opinion

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d

My belief is that Kamala would have won last year if they’d let Tim Walz keep calling Vance and Trump “weird.” But the professional Dem consultant class closed off the one attack that actually resonated with voters.

Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 2d

Endlessly attacking Trump as depraved and support for him as a form of moral failure actually made people stop supporting him. Shame and disgust are very powerful weapons.

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2d

mike johnson is such a pathetic little man. i don't mean his physical size (i'm a small - would never demean somone for being the same as me). i mean his character - he's a tiny nothing of a man.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

baby yanks!

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

I have the toenail age of a 42 year-old. Tortoise.

Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

reut.rs

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

Amen

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

Full disclosure: that’s my kid. I couldn’t be prouder.

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