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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 1d

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chopperdog @flopperdog.bsky.social · 22h

HERETIC

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national election—and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 1d

There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 2d

People act like all the men are gone. The men are attending protests. The men are putting together scooters for their kids. The men are getting a set of turntables for the first time. The men are buying Nikes. The men are getting super into noir. They're not Nazis and they're fine. Keep your freaks.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

The “oh well he was in the military, of course he’s racist” type arguments are getting on my nerves, condescending bullshit from people who have no idea how big and diverse the military is

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

the through line of "got an accidental nazi tattoo while drunk" to "regularly takes shirt off at the bar" to "starts a senate campaign with no experience and no plan to address any of this" to "gets a terrible coverup overnight" is "total lack of judgment and impulse control"

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chopperdog @flopperdog.bsky.social · 1d

this has been a fun week and I just want to say before I mute the word Platner: there are a lot people with no nazi affiliation at all, please vote for one of them

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1d

I would personally love to ignore all of this. Collins sucks. Mills is too old. Platner says all the right stuff and he seems young and energetic and

HE HAS A GIANT NAZI TATTOO WHAT ARE YOU TALING ABOUT

Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 1d

“Let him among you who is without a Nazi tattoo cast the first stone.” -The Bible

Only perfect candidates off the harvard law conveyor belt pls, highly disciplined, all boxes checked, well liked and humble, absolutely no spiritual connection to having a physical body except for severe IBS, volunteered at a soup kitchen in high school, signs email "cheers," etc.

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chopperdog @flopperdog.bsky.social · 1d

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

Crow T. Robot (a gold robot who is wearing a red rubber nose in this photo) and Tom Servo (a squate red and white robot, with a snow globe head on this occasion) on the Satellite of Love, which is decorated for Christmas with red tinsel around the big G. They have a bunch of catalogs open in front of them.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t understand why anyone’s debating this — a Nazi tattoo is a non starter, full stop.

This is a race for a U.S. Senate seat. The bar for candidates to clear doesn’t have to be insanely high, but it should at least be off the ground

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

Are there just no men willing to run for public office in 2025 without nazi tattoos? because why else are we still talking about platner as a viable senate candidate??

next!!!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

So we’re now paying federal taxes so Donald Trump can withdraw them from the Treasury like it’s his own personal bank account? Really?

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chopperdog @flopperdog.bsky.social · 2d

Moonlighting

don't even care that much for the song itself, it's just indelibly etched into my brain

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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 2d

He did the crimes, Senate and SCOTUS Republicans let him get away with them, he got reelected, Senate Republicans let him appoint his personal lawyers to run DOJ, and now he’s ordering his personal lawyers who run DOJ to give him $230 million of your money.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 3d

When this is over, no matter the effort and no matter the cost, we tear down Trump's ballroom and restore the White House to the way it was.

And then we take a wrecking ball to Mar-a-Lago.

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chopperdog @flopperdog.bsky.social · 2d

here's one of my favorites

a tiny brown tabby kitten, about five weeks old, standing and staring straight at the camera with the widest eyes you can imagine. (this was a kitten we fostered, part of a litter of 5 along with their mom)

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caramida (he/they) @caramida.bsky.social · Jul 29

Tip o’ the hat to jolmy

The image shows a text post from tumblr user "theconcealedweapon":

If you really care about preventing government tyranny your #1 priority must be making sure criminals have rights.

And that’s not a joke or an exaggeration.

If criminals don’t have rights, then all the government has to do is to find Some excuse to label people as criminals, and those people will no longer have rights.
It’s what literally every tyrannical government in all of history has done.

If you believe that people who break the law should forfeit their rights, you’re literally as pro-tyranny as a person can get.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3d

billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society

also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 3d

The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 3d

Someone went there:

"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"

via @futurism.com

futurism.com/future-socie...

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bunnicula @eboldy.bsky.social · 3d

someone else mentioned payment plans, but most hospitals also have social services, where depending on certain factors, a big chunk of the bill can be written off entirely.

if you ever end up in the hospital, ALWAYS ask to talk to social services.

Danielle @daniellejean.bsky.social · 3d

A month ago, my 27 year old spent 2 days in the hospital with viral meningitis and it is $12,000. She had let her insurance lapse a few months before. So now she will be paying that along with her student loans.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

Here’s the other big problem: Treasury Secretary Bessent is sitting on a massive Epstein file containing thousands more bank documents that would help us continue to follow the money through his sex trafficking ring.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

"Yes, yes, it *is* sad that you lost the family farm, but have you heard about the big beautiful ballroom that President Trump is building at the White House? It's going cost a quarter of a billion dollars! Yes, billion, with a b. ... What? ... No, you can't come see it. What a stupid question."

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 3d

they HAD to demolish the white house, on account of all the diarrhea

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

Like, not everyone will come out that first time, but a Lot will. And then you do another one. You get people used to the idea of being loud and visible (already happening), and then to being peacefully disruptive. You'd give them a permission and buy-in structure.

If the organizers are serious.

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

It's funny, the no kings protests could be the best chace to normalize the idea of nationwide strikes in the US, if the organizers are serious. They do maybe 2 more on weekends to really lock them into people's practice, then say, "hey, let's show them we really mean business & do it on a Wednesday"

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