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Julie McGalliard

@mcjulie.bsky.social

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I write about Cajun werewolves https://www.gothhouse.org/tales-of-the-rougarou/

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Julie McGalliard @mcjulie.bsky.social · Apr 14

“We’re not helpless… it’s you guys that are helpless”
That hits HARD

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · Apr 13

Reporter: And a sense of helplessness because there's nothing you can do about it.

Marche: Oh, we're not helpless. There's lots we can do. It's you guys that are helpless. You have a political system that can't respond to reality.

THIS WAS SUCH AN AMERICAN COMMENT BY THE REPORTER HOLY GOD.

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James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social · 1d

The Peacemaker Finale is LIVE now!

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 15h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 23h

If you're still wondering how the hell we got to a staggering $30 billion price tag to build light rail to both West Seattle and Ballard, I've got you covered.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/10/h...

How Ballard and West Seattle Light Rail Became a $30 Billion Undertaking » The Urbanist

# Since voters approved West Seattle and Ballard Link in 2016, the two projects have been caught in a perfect storm of factors that led to the eye-popping cost estimates that we have today. While the ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Fed Governor Christopher Waller: "Job growth has probably been negative the last few months. it doesn't look like it's doing much better. I don't hear anybody with big hiring plans."

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2h

“I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil,” Miller’s cousin wrote in a July Facebook post that resurfaced over the weekend. “This is not by accident, but by design. Your design, Stephen.”
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Stephen Miller’s Own Cousin Calls Him the “Face of Evil”

Alisa Kasmer says Stephen Miller has betrayed all of their family values.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3h

People should not go to jail because of one guy’s skill issue

Ithe man said he felt robbed of his "manhood" after finding out that Watkin, who he connected with on Snapchat, was transgender with male genitalia. In a police interview played in court, the victim sard: "All the way throughout she made out she was fully a girl." He said the pair had been drinking and chatting, before deciding to go into the bedroom "which is when everything happened"

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 4h

Still can’t get over the fact that Thiel’s description of an antichrist is so thoroughly opposite of the Bible’s that it unironically makes him a compelling candidate for being one.

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 5h

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

Page One in Boston.

@bostonglobe.com

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2h

Thanks to Republicans in Congress, some Americans will have to pay more than $22,000 every year to keep their health insurance coverage.

$22,000.

That could be a matter of keeping health care coverage or just giving up—and for some people, life and death.

Thanks to Republicans, some Americans will pay $22,000/year to keep their health insurance.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 3h

This alone should get him impeached and subsequently prosecuted and it’s barely even a story

Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 3h

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2h

www.dailytarheel.com/article/e9c7...

UNC ends Black Student Movement's 52-year 'co-ownership' of Upendo Lounge

BSM President Adam Sherif said administrators cited new federal guidelines that instruct all federally funded entities to ensure they are not engaging in "discriminatory practices, including those lab...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2h

MYTH: The President “brandished” an assault rifle.

FACT: Semi-automatic rifles like the Colt AR-15 are not assault rifles; they do not have burst or fully automatic firing capabilities.

GOP Talking Points for President Trump’s Fifth Avenue Massacre

Press reports have given currency to flat-out falsehoods about the Executive Action. MYTH: The President “brandished” an assault rifle. FACT: Semi...

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15h

Department of Justice lawyers, from Main Justice to AUSAs in the districts, have ALWAYS enjoyed a sort of aura of truth and justice and trust. That was arguably always unjustifiable but Trump DoJ has absolutely pissed it away with compulsive lying.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 19h

There goes another Trump admin talking point.

Claim: Abrego told an immigration judge that he fears persecution in Costa Rica.

Judge Xinis reads the immigration judge's ruling, which doesn't say that.

"That's very troubling to me," Xinis tells Ensign.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

Breaking the law so he can endanger the nation, Russ Vought arches an eyebrow as he strokes a white Persian cat on his lap.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Justin Decloux @declouxj.bsky.social · 2h

Here is the schedule for today's 24-Hour Horror Movie Mind Melter happening at secretcinematheque.com.

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 4h

Stella Sacco
@antlervel.vet
It's really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it's clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it's all "please don't forget you have to feed your troops" and "if someone asks if you're going to attack them consider lying about it"
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13h

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18h

Murray Rothbard famously said that his conservatism would “repeal the 20th century”, but these guys seem to be gunning for the 19th.

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 19h

Counterpoint:

You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

Wilson: Now, one of the things I want to do is say: I’m really glad that slavery’s gone, and good riddance. And I want to say that the Southern slave owner, who read the books of Ephesians and Colossians and 1 Timothy and treated his slaves decently, remembering that he had a master in heaven who he studiously tried to obey — what Paul said slave owners were supposed to do — I would say he was not an orc, and he is part of the reason why slavery ended. In other words, I would say he’s a good guy.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 18h

Amid the shutdown, which IMO Dems are handling well, even the most moderate ones are keeping eyes on the illegal actions on the ground in Chicago and Portland, etc.