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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 3h

seems notable they're not with the standard "i haven't seen it" defense they use for anything Trump says or posts

Instead they're saying, "actually i've seen the Hitler jokes and the photos and none of them are a big deal"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Q: Are you worried about extremist pro-Hitler sentiment among young Republicans?

JOHNSON: No. I don't know who any of these people are. I've never heard of them. Somebody posted a photo of me standing next to these guys wearing tuxedos. It was at the inauguration, people were coming up for selfies

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 4h

I understand the justifiable criticism here, but Thune doing a 1:1 with MSNBC and not blindly slobbering Trump is actually more than people are giving it credit for.

This is the sort of "cracks appearing in the party"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

THUNE: Fund the government the old fashioned way -- I don't think you need rescissions

VITALI: Have you said to the WH, maybe don't do another rescissions package? Feels like it's poisoned the well

THUNE: It's in everybody's best interest, including the WH, to do a normal appropriations process

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 1d

i'm sorry did they really give charlie kirk's resolution the white supremacist number?

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

During debate on a resolution to honor the late Charlie Kirk, Wisconsin Senate President Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk) calls Sen. Chris Larson (D-Milwaukee) out of order and shuts off his mic.

monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 1d

this is the truest thing the onion has ever posted bsky.app/profile/mont...

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 2d

the two poles of horseshoe theory are this guy and the right-winger who buys cigs in bulk on the indian reservation to avoid paying taxes

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 6d

it's good adhd focus music, but i'll never put it on unless i'm on deadline for something

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 6d

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 6d

so many layers to this story, but the most interesting to me is that it's sourced to FIVE (5) *current* administration officials... for whatever reason, the knives are out for this guy

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 6d

i have a lot of questions about the chain of events here, though one of the less important ones is “why the fuck are these people all staying at ritz-carltons”

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 6d

i just unmuted this for the first time after seeing it in my feed all day and i feel like i just stuck my hand in the torment box from dune

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 6d

so many layers to this story, but the most interesting to me is that it's sourced to FIVE (5) *current* administration officials... for whatever reason, the knives are out for this guy

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 6d

i have a lot of questions about the chain of events here, though one of the less important ones is “why the fuck are these people all staying at ritz-carltons”

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 6d

maybe there's some sort of portrait of dorian gray situation happening in there?

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 7d

when Woke 2 starts, we're bringing the Streetcar back and we're sending it all the way to Georgetown this time

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 10d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 15d

future consultant for the oil/pharma/AI industry

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 16d

No, i don't want to "text you back." I want to find just the right Smashing Pumpkins lyric to put up as an away message so I don't have to talk to anyone

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 17d

the fake 2002 nostalgia video inspired me to listen to interpol this afternoon so who can really say if ai is good or bad

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 28d

can't believe jd would insult our intelligence agencies like this

monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · Sep 15

[jd vance throwing his voice:]

Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · Sep 15

how disrespectful. let’s get this guy fired from his job.

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · Sep 15

Henry Ford's fascist political descendants will never forgive his antifascist biological descendants for how they used their inheritance

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · Sep 11

part of it is they're so, so off-putting if you don't share their bigotries going in, and the assumption that the audience shares their bigotries is fundamental to so much of their content

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · Sep 11

there are dozens of us!

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · Sep 9

giving these vibes

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · Sep 9

watching anakin be a whiny brat for two movies and still get padme is why incels are like that now

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · Sep 4

why do these podcasters keep asking such specific questions about sucking my dick?

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · Sep 4

this is going to be aaron rogers' big reveal, isn't it

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