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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 1h

"you should bow down to the king who provides for you" is certainly one possible counter-message

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1h

Goldfish brain

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Tennessee Sewer Batman @tennsewerbatman.bsky.social · 1h

There’s a reason he’s not press secretary

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1h

A foundational truth of this republic is it has no king.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1h

the left is actually so weak in this country that they whittled their demands down to "let us talk about gaza once at the convention for 15 minutes" and the party still refused

Cai @annenotation.bsky.social · 23h

Leftists are just wreckers. They are a huge part of why we currently have no bench.

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thicc husband and father @lukeisamazing.bsky.social · 1h

if you did actually want people from Twitter to full migrate here, this is an extremely simple thing that would accomplish that but I guess it’s just too hard and they had to worry about placating Jesse Singal’s feelings instead

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

bluesky needs group chats so bad

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Jordan @slclunk.com · 47m

Well yeah, JD Vance isn’t going to denounce the loli hentai nazis in his own group chats

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 46m

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 42m

Among unelected Republican operatives, it’s probably a close race between Mike Davis and Leonard Leo over who has most shaped the federal judiciary from top to bottom

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 1h

“Banter”

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 39m

This administration’s policy of serial open murders on the high seas is starting to make some members of Congress mildly uncomfortable. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Members of Congress growing concerned over lack of information from administration about Venezuela strikes, sources say

Republicans and Democrats say the administration is failing to share basic information with Congress about the intelligence, rationale and goals of its war on drug trafficking.

www.nbcnews.com

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ChickenSedan 💦🥩 @chickensedan.bsky.social · 2h

I’m pretty sure it’s actually no budget that equals no paychecks

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2h

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

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 2h

Aren’t these protests where people are dressing like frogs the very opposite of anthropomorphic? Aren’t they zoomorphic?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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Matt @handsoffthesub.bsky.social · 1h

Incredible article summarizing why Overstreet is over and why we need new leadership on Atlanta’s city council!

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1h

Attack email escalates spats during council president debate

A Marci Collier Overstreet campaign consultant was accused of creating an attack site against Rohit Malhotra. Tensions rose in their debate.

atlpresscollective.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Matt @handsoffthesub.bsky.social · 1h

Coach out here posting some NSFW plays on main. 🥵

Coach Dan Casey @coachdancasey.bsky.social · 3d

Washington State running a 2-QB Boot

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3h

Looking forward to the congressional hearings in which Republicans demand that the president of an Ivy League school resign over this.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3h

A official Border patrol Instagram reel uses the controversial Michael Jackson song "They Don't Care About Us" with the lyrics:

Jew me, sue me...
Kick me, k*ke me

We have a nazi government.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 17h

These strikes are illegal for about 7 reasons:
1. Not self-defense
2. No (or any) Congressional authorization
3. No evidence of criminal wrongdoing
4. Occurred in int'l waters
5. No open state of hostilities
6. Criminal groups are not terrorists legally
7. No id on people killed or group targeted

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

Here is the students' @idsnews.bsky.social report out of Indiana University, where the student media director was fired today. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...