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emigre80

@emigre80.bsky.social

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politics, prog rock, history. maybe even in that order. note: no photo, no posts, no description, no follow. I don't make the rules. oh wait, I do. Crypto is a Ponzi scheme. Instablock if you mention it.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · Nov 14

Wait, we're supposed to post pets AND bookshelves?

I LOVE THIS PLACE.

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 5m

It's not difficult to tell the truth, unless you're either a Republican or a NY Times reporter. Then it's impossible.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 3h

“If I can’t violate people’s civil liberties what’s the point of even being a cop?”

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.”

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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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 2h

she's appalling. "Many, many people are telling me how wrong I am so it obviously follows that I must be right."

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 2h

Sally Jenkins: Ratio me, please.

Bluesky: Happy to oblige! How extreme a ratio?

Sally Jenkins: As extreme as you like.

Bluesky: Consider it done.

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

wait....he's not a REAL frog? He's a guy in a costume?

I'm so disappointed.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

It's appalling how much propaganda masquerading as news has been foisted on the world in the past few decades.

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

we all need a strong foundation

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

oh, hey, if you're going to do racism, the least you can do is go all in on the serious font game.

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

the British trash press always manage to make their meaning crystal clear

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

that was so incredibly NOT coincidental

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 4h

she said she was grateful for the support he's given her.

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 4h

so....Homan's bribes are usually larger than $50,000? Good to know.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

STEPHANOPOULOS: Did Tom Homan give the $50,000 back?

VANCE: He did not take a bribe. It's a ridiculous smear

STEPHANOPOULOS: You didn't answer the question

VANCE: Did he accept $50,000? I'm sure that in the course of Homan's life, he's been paid more than $50k for services.

(So, no, he didn't)

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 4h

Totally reassuring that a Supreme Court justice only is aware of what her assistant or husband want her to know

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

BREAM: How do you deal with the noise, left and right, that you get?

AMY CONEY BARRETT: I tune it out. I only want to know what is said about me in the news on a need to know basis. If I absolutely need to know, then my assistant or my husband will tell me.

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 4h

me right now

a woman wearing a sweater with a house and clouds on it

ALT: a woman wearing a sweater with a house and clouds on it

media.tenor.com

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 6h

It makes me think of my mother. I watch it every Christmas and cry.

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 6h

exactly. Israel may perceive it as supporting them but of course he's only in it for himself.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 7h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 7h

Fluffing Fetterman. I may vomit.

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 7h

Trump has supported Israel at a time when most of the world is legitimately horrified by the carnage there. I guess Israelis are grateful for that.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10h

“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 7h

i think it’s noteworthy that a lot of centrist pundits have decided to just take it as a given that jd vance lies constantly and to treat this as almost part of his intellectual program so that only gauche rubes would bother to mention or care about it.

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 7h

I'm thinking of investing in a frog costume and I can't even take it off my taxes.

emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 7h

no, what he is saying is that Israelis like Trump. He doesn't believe that Israelis liking Trump is grounded in any kind of reality.