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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 6h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 9h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 13h

This is basically magical thinking. It is the thought process of a small, frightened child who just wants mommy to make the pain stop and is getting angry that she can't.
The issue is that this is a grown adult, not a small child, and also when the Democrats do things it's never good enough.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 14h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Jerry Brennan @jerrybrennan.bsky.social · 9h

When I go to Portillo's--or any sandwich place--I want to eat it there, when it's hot. My wife's content to get pickup and take it home. This is why I am sitting outside Portillo's waiting on a pickup order. (For the record I wanted an Italian beef, but I got a salad, so it won't die in transit.)

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 9h

I feel like these guys never got to the part of literally any color revolution or scifi movie or famous Super Bowl commercial where the regime's symbolic omnipresence just creates endless potential sparks of revolution.

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hadn’t realized we reached the Fascist Leader Talking In An Endless Loop At Sites Of Mass Transit stage of the dystopia.

Good to know.

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Jerry Brennan @jerrybrennan.bsky.social · 11h

THIS. I was astonished when I read the Mueller Report and realized the Russians had been pushing Bernie, too. Like many, I fell for it. But I feel like far too few on the anti-Trump side are willing to admit that; the default attitude is too often "I'm smarter than them."

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2d

The “Bush being informed about 9/11” meme has been defeated.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 13h

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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S.E.E. Danesti @seedanesti.com · 14h

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

We already knew that.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Jerry Brennan @jerrybrennan.bsky.social · 15h

And they have an issue with taxes even though Jesus said, "Render unto Caesar!"

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 16h

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 16h

Them Epstein Files got Little Mikey shook

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 16h

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 19h

They’re scared so they want to scare us.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 19h

The camera doesn’t lie.

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Jerry Brennan @jerrybrennan.bsky.social · 19h

This is probably my favorite desperate-artist-who-actually-has-The-Juice story.

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 19h

Also Kris Kristofferson was so desperate to impress Johnny Cash that he flew an actual helicopter to Cash's front lawn to show him the demo tape for Sunday Morning Coming Down

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 21h

Johnny Cash released his cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" in 2002, shortly before he died - it was an enormous hit, it's hilarious that some guy writing for the Wall Street Journal is just now realizing he was cool