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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3h

Daughter: “Mother, can a woman get pregnant from anal sex?”
Mother: “Why of course dear. Where do you think Republicans come from?”

Mother and daughter discuss Republican assholes.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17h

Second article of impeachment of Richard Nixon:

“He has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

www.wsj.com

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Valorie Bridges Fant * Author of * Go Back to Your Country * @vrfant1.bsky.social · 17h

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 9h

lol, now they're saying the Nazi flag is an "optical illusion"

Swastika” Flag In Office of Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH) May Be An “optical illusion” and “easy to miss”

The weird story about an aide to Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH) having a flag in his Capitol Hill office with a swastika on it, has just gotten weirder.

Multiple sources tell Fox – including those investigating the issue – the flag in question is an American flag – but with a swastika embedded into the ink or weaving. And here’s the strange part: the swastika is not obvious to the naked eye. But is more visible when captured on video or by a still photo.

One source described this as an “optical illusion.” Another said the swastika was “easy to miss.”

Fox has learned that dozens of Congressional offices received these American flags from an undetermined group who brought them around Capitol Hill early in the year. One office tells Fox that the swastika on their flag was clear, so they tossed it out. But the flag in the office of Taylor was not visible until captured on camera.

It is not known what group brought the flags around. That is under investigation. The US Capitol Police are also conducting an inquiry. Fox is told that that the group brought the flags to multiple offices. At issues is if the group knew the swastika was embedded into the flag. It is also unclear if this was an effort to covertly deliver American flags to lawmakers with swastikas on them. Or, if this was an effort to deliberately embarrass offices by bringing them an American flag – which featured a swastika which wasn’t obvious to the naked eye.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 19h

ARE TRUMP'S "KINETIC STRIKES" on Venezuelan Sardine Fishermen a test to see if he can get away with "Kinetic Strikes" on Americans here?

Trump labeled the boats DTOs. He labeled "Antifa" DTOs. Some coincidence!

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 9h

AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
Bernie Sanders
200000
Number of Donations
150000
100000
50000
Elizabeth Warren
60000
40000
20000
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25
50
Donor Age
75

Hakeem Jeffries
40000
30000
20000
10000
Nancy Pelosi
100000
Number of
Donations
75000
50000
25000
Suzan DelBene
2000
1500
1000
500
25
50
75
Donor Age

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

Imagine if KJP or Psaki had said this about the Republican base: not just that half of them were “deplorables” but that the GOP’s “main constituency is made up of domestic terrorists, white supremacists, and violent criminals”? The media, not just Fox, would be in meltdown. GOP would be screaming!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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melissainkc.bsky.social @melissainkc.bsky.social · 3h

While the GOP uses antisemitism to deport college kids.

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lianelsie.bsky.social @lianelsie.bsky.social · 5h

She is 28, not a “kid”. Make her famous.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

OMG! Clearly, a message from radical anarchists who want violence because they hate America!!!

(Republicans are shameless liars addicted to fictional talking points.)

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

We went from taking out terrorists to terrorizing hotel staff. What a downgrade.

Are we great yet?

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h

Ireland is taking its cue from Australia by banning Candace Owens for eternity. “We haven’t had snakes here in thousands of years - why invite one in.”

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Melissa Good Trouble 2.0 🇺🇦🌻🤍 @meltart.bsky.social · 9h

Is “custody death” the same as murder? Thought so.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 15h

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 6h

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.

youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...

AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN

YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office

youtu.be

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

We interrupt your doomscrolling to bring you something that feels like a rarity these days: Good news about the environment.

On @revealnews.org latest “More To The Story,” @billmckibben.bsky.social explains why harnessing the sun is our best chance to rein in the effects of climate change.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4h

I’m watching Gaslight (for maybe the 20th time) - when even an abusive, sociopathic gaslighter was at least debonair and cultured.

Ingrid Bergman’s performance is stunning btw. And Angela Lansbury (17 years old) as the insolent housemaid….. just superb.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5h

“At a moment when U.S. forces are building up across the Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela are at a boiling point, the departure of our top military commander in the region sends an alarming signal of instability within the chain of command...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5h

“You can’t shoot ‘em in the head (with pepper balls),” the judge said. “You can’t deploy tear gas. You can’t use flash-bang grenades. You can’t drive a car through a crowd.”

www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/u...

Federal judge demands answers from Trump admin on following order to avoid violent encounters with Chicago protesters | CNN

A judge in Illinois said she has “serious concerns” over whether federal law enforcement agents are following her order to avoid violent encounters with protesters and journalists in Chicago.

www.cnn.com

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Allen Tien, MD, MHS mdlogix.com 94,698 田一彦 @allentien.bsky.social · Sep 14

#Empathy #EmotionLogic
#PersonalNetworks #TransitiveTrust
#SharedFacts #HumanReasoning
#CollectiveBehavior #CommunityProsperity

James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · Sep 13

I’m tired of being pitted against my neighbor.

I’m tired of being told to hate my neighbor.

People across the political spectrum are hungry for a new kind of politics.

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D∀RK VADƎR @reservoir-god.bsky.social · 5h

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GodlessPrimate @godlessprimate.bsky.social · 5h

This would be real pro life. Republicans aren't pro life, they're pro authoritarianism.

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 13h

Powerfully symbolic ice statue spelling Democracy was placed in front of the Capitol in DC.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Murphy: "If we want to win the argument nationally on the economy, then we've got to break our addiction to incremental economic change. And we've got to talk about big, bold ideas that reorder power in this country."

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