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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1m

“Who are you?!”

“Ask me who I was.”

“Who were you then?”

"A pal! A wonderful thing! Something of an enigma, you might say."

Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 5m

If we really put our heads together and keep the evening of December 24 clear, I am convinced we can Christmas Carol this man.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10m

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6m

That's a joke lineup mocking them

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7m

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 10m

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10m

Very fair, there are many great observers of American politics abroad.

This guy was not one of them.

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 1d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Cassie 🎃 kween, expert opinion giver, supergenius @kweencassie.bsky.social · 19m

A lot of folks are learning lessons this week lol

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20m

Pay attention to meeeee!

No, not like thaaaaat

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20m

I have no idea

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20m

Pay attention to meeeee!

No, not like thaaaaat

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21m

Never seen someone dig in on a mistake so hard rather than just admit they didn’t read the article but he seems like an especially dumb guy.

Dudes with cars as their avatar. Always a red flag

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23m

Christ, what an asshole

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25m

Yeah, man, that happened. Cornell and Princeton dismissed the charges.

But thanks for confirming you have nothing substantial to add here but insults.

You’re very good at this

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28m

It’s right there in the opening paragraph — they’re freaking out because he’s a Democratic Socialist. I never even discuss his race.

Read it again (or for the first time). Ask a child to help you sound out the big words.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30m

You’re doing great here.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30m

It’s fun when people don’t read the piece, get mad about what they think the piece was about, double down when they’re corrected, and just keep on digging.

Even more fun when they’re not American and you get whatever this is:

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 34m

Hey, thanks for commenting on American politics despite not knowing fuckall about it

A lot of people would have held back, but not you

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 35m

You spouted off about a short article you didn’t even read.

Saying NYC elites are freaking out about a Democratic Socialist mayor in the same way southern elites freaked out about a black mayor does not mean I’m calling the NYC elites racist.

Jesus Christ, learn how to fucking read.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 37m

Point to the place in there where he says “domestic violence is not a crime”

Go ahead, I’ll wait

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 38m

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 39m

The freakout in NYC isn’t about Mamdani’s race, but his critics’ perception of his politics (and to some extent his religion).

As the seemingly endless NYC mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the howls of the Democratic establishment in the city are only getting louder.
They've really convinced themselves that the election of a (gasp) Democratic Socialist will mean the absolute destruction of the city. Cops will quit! Billionaires will flee! Dogs and cats, living together!
I've been trying to place where l've heard this same rhetoric before, and it finally hit me this weekend - this is exactly what southern whites said when the first wave of African American
mayors took power.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 38m

“But NYC had black mayors before!”

Right. Maybe you should read the piece

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 39m

The freakout in NYC isn’t about Mamdani’s race, but his critics’ perception of his politics (and to some extent his religion).

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 43m

Yeah that’s a good objection you’ve raised to a point I didn’t make

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

Hey remind me, is shrimp kosher?

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

Also lying:
- your own eyes
- every bit of video evidence
- the fabric of reality itself

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1h

“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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