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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20m

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 2h

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Annoyed O’Brien @annoyedobrien.bsky.social · Sep 5

FUCK ICE

Indiana Jones, taking a short break from stealing Indigenous peoples’ artifacts, is punching nazis in the face, as he should.

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 1h

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

AJ West • 1h
Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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פינחס יוסף מונד @pymundgenealogy.com · 39m

See, here's a perfect example of the Actually Antisemitic AIPAC reference

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Indietarian @indietarian.bsky.social · 3h

WHAT DO U SAY when a foreign country's media goons conflate a religion with an avaricious land-stealing gov't that has been un-housing actual semites since '48?

U say, damn great branding! Esp when yer from East Europe...

adweek.it/47i8n2G

How did AIPAC buy our pols..?

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BlackBiJewess @blackbijewess.bsky.social · 2h

No one is perfect
No one is perfect enough for the leftists

From this attitude
You can see how we got here

Implying that Dems fucked up & Dems better suck leftists nut *just* right-

Or they'll fuck the country over again

They REALLY don't get it

Concerned Chicagoan @c25kg.bsky.social · 3h

We better put up a damn excellent candidate next time 🤬

BlackBiJewess @blackbijewess.bsky.social · 3h

MASK OFF MOMENT

Trump 3rd term
After midterms
They will be seeking to destroy the 22 amendment

If you voted for anyone except Kamala Harris?

You own this

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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 39m

Huh, sure seems like these fucks think they're beholden to exactly nobody and can do whatever they want. Seems like the sort of thing that'll get out of hand and not at all the way they imagine it will.

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 53m

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2h

a foundational belief of the modern right is that there is no such thing as organic disagreement with their policies, it’s all directed from the top down

they just can’t conceive that ordinary people find them horrifying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 1h

I have exactly zero thoughts on it, if I'm honest. I don't listen to a lot of music in general and even if I did, hers is not really aimed at me and I'm fine with that.

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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 1h

Good news, everybody! Gail's awake.

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Barney Marsh @mattresd.bsky.social · 1h

Whenever you see someone trying to normalize Greene, remember...do not congratulate

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1h

Establishment American Jewish organizations like the ADL and AJC spent weeks denouncing Rep. Ilhan Omar for her "All about the benjamins" tweet about AIPAC.

Neither the ADL nor AJC have said anything about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene responding to AIPAC with, "I'll never take 30 shekels."

Tweet from Marjorie Taylor Greene: “No bar codes on me.
I’ll never take 30 shekels.
I’m America only!🇺🇸
And Christ is King!”

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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 1h

"Sorry, I've only got Shasta."

Lupine Silvertail @lupinesilvertail.bsky.social · 1h

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 1h

What Trump said just a little while ago about sending Tomahawks to Ukraine. Nothing has changed, he hasn’t agreed to send them and seems very reluctant to do so.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4h

One of Trump’s few consistent positions is pro-corruption.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 4h

Trump calls on the Israeli President to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Cigars and champagne - who the hell cares about it?"

Netanyahu is currently on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, including allegedly accepting 700,000 shekels (approx. $210,000) worth of luxury goods in bribes.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 1h

Lol, well done. You've successfully isolated the problem of our age: posting snarkily online instead of effecting real reform.

Some chump snarkily posting about how posting sarcastic office gifs doesn't make a material difference and is very annoying.

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 5h

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 1h

"It's just so rude of Antifa to go ahead with a protest against the idea of having a King of America even though we've made it very clear that it makes us sad."

Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 2h

Its funny how readily theyre giving away that theyre worried about Saturdays protest. The smart move would be to just ignore it but they cant help but telegraph their flopsweat about it.

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 2h

Anyone who declares these people are masters of political strategy or w/e needs to, again, stick their head in a toilet and flush.

Brain genius plans here of "we get the protest to go away by talking about it, yelling about it, and freaking out about it on live national television."

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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 1h

a man with glasses and a red shirt says it 's moist in white letters

Alt: a man with glasses and a red shirt says it 's moist in white letters

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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 1h

Fascinating how no reporter can ever be bothered to ask the obvious followup "How can it be that you're so incompetent that you don't know what the leader of your party is saying?"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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

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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 1h

two men in military uniforms are sitting at a table and talking .

Alt: two men in military uniforms are sitting at a table and talking .

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8h

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 1h

I mean... "Being old" for the most part.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 12h

prior to nixon there was an informal rule among media to not mention presidential infirmities. what we are seeing now is pre-nixon coverage norms, albeit only one for one man. biden did not receive such courtesies for far less egregious signs of trouble

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3h

i do think it's important to note that liberal boomer pilates grandmas have *already* been showing up in pretty huge numbers to protests for a long time (and do a lot of other non-glamorous organizing)-they're way down there on the list of demographics who need extra encouragement to get out there

WhatSaraSaid @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 13h

protests against this government should include white Boomer grandmothers who meet for pilates class, get a pitcher of mimosas & walk together to the public space

we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 2h

We managed 250 years with no kings, and yet, we had both a government and paychecks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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