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Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 4h

Today's Republican Party, letting their fashy flag fly. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 7h

The Hawaii Supreme Court has assailed SCOTUS in recent rulings.

"The Roberts Court casually dismisses the lessons of American and world history, the warnings of prominent early Americans, and the judiciary’s storied legal minds," the court wrote.

Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS

The justices ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaii residents—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.

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Jen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jengallso.bsky.social · 8h

Israel really represents the absolute worst of humanity & the international community supports them. That's why the #GAZAHOLOCAUST is the worst atrocity to date

Israel kill at least 9 Palestinians trying to return to their homes in Gaza City & Khan Younis in the 1st major violation
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‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 8h

Just FYI, here are my personal beliefs on the use of large scale violence.

1. Violence tends to be self-replicating, and so should be avoided as much as possible.

All violence has the potential to entrench itself.

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Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 22h

I mean, I've lived in Seattle for 25 years. This whole "winning" thing is new to me. #ACLS

Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 22h

Well that was impressive. #ALCS

Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 22h

Well that was impressive. #ALCS

Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 2d

I'm willing to say, "Maybe she won't be as bad as everyone says. Maybe she might even be good for an ailing old-media network." But if we're talking about betting? I'm betting against her, and raising the ante.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 2d

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

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Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 2d

Don't lose sight of Margie "Jewish Space Lasers" Greene's actual politics. That probably has something to do with criticizing Israel, and not any change in her.

USA TODAY Opinion @usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d

"For once in my life, I can say this: Somebody is lying, and it’s not Marjorie Taylor Greene," writes columnist @rexhuppke.bsky.social. bit.ly/46ZHuPQ

A photo of Marjorie Taylor Greene. Text added to the image reads: "Opinion by Rex Huppke: I can’t believe it either, but Marjorie Taylor Greene is starting to make sense."

Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 2d

Don't do this, folks.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 2d

This is such an astoundingly bad idea that I kinda think it’s a false flag or an op of some sort

Merits aside, it is insanely easy to be caught if you do this and the punishment for doing this is much more severe than you’d guess.

(@faineg.bsky.social often writes on stuff like this)

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

any cop who walks because mamdani gets elected is almost certainly a cop who fears accountability and should never have been hired in the first place

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 2d

Alden Capital bought us.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 2d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 3d

For the international #ALCS I propose raising the stakes a bit. If the Blue Jays win, they get to take Seattle. If the Mariners win, we get to join Canada.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 3d

This is the way the game ends
This is the way the game ends
This is the way the game ends
Not with a bunt but a single.

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Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 3d

Don't promise us a good time!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

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 ... "

Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 3d

That Mariners game was INSANE!

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Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, this is going to end well, for sure.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

BREAKING: The U.S. says it's sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor Gaza ceasefire deal.

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and private sector players, U.S. officials say.

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Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 5d

Like jobs numbers, they need to run CPI figures up the chain for pre-emptive de-woking before they are released.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

“.. It isn’t clear when the Consumer Price Index report, originally scheduled for Oct. 15, will ultimately be released. But it will almost certainly be in time for the Federal Reserve’s next meeting ..”

@bencasselman.bsky.social
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Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 5d

Well, guess we see how the Republican plan for 2026 and beyond is shaping up.

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 5d

Oh www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

CNN headline: Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting
Systems, says he'll push for paper ballots

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Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 5d

The whole thread really. Russell Vought is the architect of the downfall of American democracy. Trump is his weapon.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 5d

Vought is at war with large swaths of the population, with the very idea of a society defined by democratic pluralism.

If you have correctly identified that this guy is now in a really powerful position, that people like him are in control of the government, how is that not the main story?

Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 6d

Essential reading from @radiofreetom.bsky.social. This is where we are now. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 7d

“How can anyone in Congress — Democrats or Republicans — make a budget “deal” with this administration if we now know the President is going to ignore implementing any part of the “deal” he wants?”

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 7d

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

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Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 7d

Dept. of Elections-for-me-not-for-thee

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 7d

This isn't to say there will or won't be an election next year. This is saying that, *if* we have an election next year, it will be because lawmakers, *specifically Democrats*, stand up to Trump and *ensure* we have one.
A free and fair election only happens *in spite of* Trump, not because of him.

Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 7d

The only possible interpretation is that he hopes the government workers never come back. Without staff, there isn't anyone who can tell him "no," because all the people that matter surround him in the White House.

Once again, what makes Democrats think there will be an election in 2026?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

Breaking news: Furloughed federal workers are not entitled to automatic back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration argues, adding that a law Trump signed guaranteeing back pay to furloughed workers in 2019 does no such thing.

Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻) @chriswinters.bsky.social · 7d

The only possible interpretation is that he hopes the government workers never come back. Without staff, there isn't anyone who can tell him "no," because all the people that matter surround him in the White House.

Once again, what makes Democrats think there will be an election in 2026?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

Breaking news: Furloughed federal workers are not entitled to automatic back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration argues, adding that a law Trump signed guaranteeing back pay to furloughed workers in 2019 does no such thing.

Federal workers not entitled to back pay after shutdown, budget office says

Federal workers may not be entitled to backpay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up ten...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

wrote this line yesterday:

"If President Trump were, in other words, trying to instigate some kind of national divorce, it is hard to imagine what he would be doing differently than this."

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 8d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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