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Kali, the Psycho Analyst & Part-time Alchemist @magickali.bsky.social · 1d

I will repost this forever.

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Rsquared @rsquared.bsky.social · 1h

This is the kind of rhetoric that sparks aioli wars

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

That clampdown on the Pentagon press corps has done wonders. 🤡

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 3h

Extremely magnanimous of johnson to do everything in his power to prevent the release of the totally exculpatory epstein files, all to prevent democrats from embarrassing themselves. Truly a leader for all americans

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Mike Johnson: "Suddenly now, they've somehow convinced themselves that the Epstein files will be damaging to President Trump and Republicans in some way that they've imagined, and so they feign outrage."

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Rsquared @rsquared.bsky.social · 2h

Peacock about to announce CONES OF DUNSHIRE limited series

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

I don't think you can find a better example of the unwillingness to update priors because of political bias. They said the rallies would be radical anti-American hatefests. It was the the opposite, and on a massive and undeniable scale. Nevertheless...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Tom Emmer calls Democrats "despicable" and says "your hate America rally is over"

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 3h

You have to be willing to walk away from these guys if they let you down, just as a matter of basic self respect. It's not a fandom. You're hiring them to do a job or not.

timothy faust @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 4h

I liked the Platner ads too but I think there's a difference between "guy who had some bad reddit posts a decade ago" and "ex-Blackwater merc who still has a Nazi tattoo." Sucks bigtime that he's the only one taking positions and talking policy I like, but them's the breaks!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

Look, folks, he's the *Speaker* of the House, not the Listener of the House or the Watcher of the House.

You can't expect him to be aware of major events that are unfolding right before him.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5h

i am even willing to cede that it's *possible* he was straight-up too dumb to realize that it was a hardcore Nazi tattoo until recently, but I also think that means you are therefore too dumb to be a senator

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5h

we're not talking about a generic skull and crossbones tattoo here - Graham Platner's tattoo appears to be a straight-up 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf.

not subtle!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_SS_...

graham platner totenkopf tattoo and actual SS emblem

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3h

Dems, I bet of you, STOP VOTING FOR TRUMP JUDGES JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 3h

By a vote of 66-32, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Harold D. Mooty III to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.

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Rsquared @rsquared.bsky.social · 3h

I'm not a particularly good person but I have never knowingly socialized with anyone with a Nazi or Nazi-adjacent tattoo, nor would I willingly do so. This is not a high bar to clear.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3h

being a goody two-shoe loser by not having a Nazi tattoo or living among people with Nazi tattoos

screenshot of a post from Lyle Jeremy Rubin (who is now on the 'weird Bouie Reply Guys' mute/blocklist) reading as follows:

This is a great example of what happens when the Democratic Party is defined by goody two-shoe losers who have lived their entire lives among fellow goody two-shoe losers.

Wait, Marines get drunk in foreign countries and get skull and bones tattoos!!!

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 5h

Got scolded for “falling for an oppo dump” but I’m not really that concerned if his “women are responsible for their own rapes” and “my Nazi tattoo can be explained” news cycle is from Mills’ leaks. These are genuinely really bad!

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

yeah it is not “liberal censoriousness” to think that you shouldn’t nominate the guy without the sense to not get a nazi tattoo and then not remove it

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 4h

"Is this person a dues-paying member of Atomwaffen Division?" and "Has this person demonstrated the judgment you'd like to see from someone who seeks immense power?" are different questions.

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Rsquared @rsquared.bsky.social · 4h

Tinkerbell interned at the Heritage Foundation

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 5h

Some questions which would have struck me as obvious to ask here:

"When did you realize it was a Nazi tattoo?"
"How did you feel when you realized it was a Nazi tattoo?"
"What are you going to do about the Nazi tattoo?"

Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 14h

youtu.be/uMnc4ddc7j4?...
I hate to give Pod Save clips of this, but they're the guy who has the footage of him blasted at a party, shirtless, totenkopf on his right pec.

Graham Platner On His Past Internet Comments, His Military Service and the Democratic Party

YouTube video by Pod Save America

youtu.be

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 5h

well guys, we found the one circumstance where the lack of a cover-up is the worse crime

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4h

Ok, let's say you accidentally got a nazi tat. Would you not break the speed limit driving to the shop to get it covered up the second you found out

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 4h

The dominance-masculinity theory of sexual value is one in which men gain status through sex *explicitly* by overcoming resistance.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 11h

the thing that struck me reading about this in various places (chiefly Ashley Mears' excellent book) is that many want the *illusion* of consent and equality - they want to believe that these 19-year-olds are genuinely excited about the prospect of sex with them, and that their skill won them over.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 4h

See the issue is that Trump ran on releasing on the Epstein files, and Bondi said she had them sitting on her desk ready to go, and then Elon Musk tweeted that Trump was in them and they were suddenly deemed a hoax and Ghislaine was moved to a spa prison, so you can understand the fresh intrigue

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Mike Johnson: "Suddenly now, they've somehow convinced themselves that the Epstein files will be damaging to President Trump and Republicans in some way that they've imagined, and so they feign outrage."

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Rsquared @rsquared.bsky.social · 4h

WINO FOREVER has entered the chat

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 4h

Just remembering that the DoJ assigned A THOUSAND FBI agents and other personnel to comb through the Epstein files to flag mentions of Trump and have refused to reveal what they found

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Mike Johnson: "Suddenly now, they've somehow convinced themselves that the Epstein files will be damaging to President Trump and Republicans in some way that they've imagined, and so they feign outrage."

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

All I am saying is try to live your life so you never have to make those nice young men on Pod Save America look visibly miserable trying to rehabilitate you

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

Who is this for? Who could possibly be persuaded that Bill Barr (spin doctor on the Mueller Report) and Alex Acosta (scandalized over his own involvement in the Epstein investigation) say Trump is clean?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Comer: "They are both Republicans and both former Trump cabinet secretaries. And guess what? Those interviews completely debunked the Democrats' smear against President Trump. Barr stated there was no evidence that President Trump was involved in Epstein's criminal activities. Acosta confirmed ... "

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

“Somehow”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Mike Johnson: "Suddenly now, they've somehow convinced themselves that the Epstein files will be damaging to President Trump and Republicans in some way that they've imagined, and so they feign outrage."

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