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

“Mister Speaker, do you know your own name? Can you state what country you are in? What is the current year?”

Brutus @thatbrutus.bsky.social · 22h

It's killing me that if you take out 'young' and 'adopted' it's basically a description of Trump which uhhhh the WaPo doesn't seem all that keen on criticizing

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22h

Very weird to see the president dismantling rule of law and free trade while picking winners and losers in the market, and have a public freakout over a mayoral candidate proposing free busses.

If it doesn't work, and spends a lot of money for little benefit, reverse the bus policy. Not a big deal.

Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 1d

Another abominable editorial from the Wash Post

Wash post on Mamdani: The young politician wa born into a life of wealth and privilege, and from tht perch he adopted a worldview centered around destroying the economic system that made his adopted country thrive.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: Hakeem Jeffries was asked this morning if you're the future of the democratic party. He said no.

ZOHRAN MAMDANI: Good to know.

CNN: Do you have a response?

MAMDANI: No. I'm focused on the next two days.

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Casey @cannibal.holiday · 1d

Next time he should say "Hakeem who?"

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Brutus @thatbrutus.bsky.social · 1d

I hope Mamdani scatters them to the winds

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Brutus @thatbrutus.bsky.social · 1d

Our grandchildren are going to be like "How the F did you people make fun of North Korean when stuff like this was happening"

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

She's just been arrested lol

Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 1d

I deleted the thread since it’s misleading now.

Israeli Chief JAG went missing after becoming target of public scrutiny and right wing attacks over her leak of investigation video of abuse of Hamas prisoners. She has since been found healthy following report of note left behind in her car.

Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 1d

She’s alive and well and has been contacted. A huge relief

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

what is happening anymore

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Brutus @thatbrutus.bsky.social · 1d

Legit WTF.

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Brutus @thatbrutus.bsky.social · 1d

Merely been arrested.

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 1d

A rather dramatic update: Ynet reports that Israeli police is now searching for former IDF AG, who has been declared missing.

Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 4d

Allow me to summarize:
1. 5 IDF soldiers caught sexually molesting a Palestinian prisoner.
2. IDF files charges.
3. IDF AG faces enormous pressure from government to drop charges. Mob storms base where it happened.
4. IDF AG leaks video documenting the molestation.
5. IDF AG pushed out (continued)

IDF's legal chief resigns over suspected involvement in Gaza detainee abuse video leak

In a Statement Friday Morning, Defense Minister Israel Katz Cited the 'Severity of the Suspicions' Against Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi in the Sde Teiman Affair, Saying She Won't Be Reinstated. Sh...

www.haaretz.com

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 3d

Related! Here's something I wrote about unreality this week www.readtpa.com/p/the-liars-...

The Liar's Dividend: Trump, AI, and the Death of Shared Reality

When everything could plausibly be fake, liars benefit — even when they're lying about footage from the National Archives.

www.readtpa.com

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 3d

So there were some AI-generated videos that purported to show Black women ranting about SNAP benefits, and... Fox News is reporting on this like these are real people. They're not! They're AI!

This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...

CULTURE TRENDS
SNAP beneficiaries threaten to ransack stores over government shutdown
One mother claims taxpayers must feed her children as
SNAP benefits face cuts
By Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi • Fox News
Published October 31, 2025 2:16pm EDT

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Brutus @thatbrutus.bsky.social · 3d

He who down votes your pet posts doesn't deserve to be here tbh

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Steve McPherson @steventurous.bsky.social · 3d

@danhaugen.bsky.social killed it with this Halloween costume.

A man holding up a window frame with a speech balloon saying “Yes … ha ha ha … YES” and a black shirt that says SICKOS.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.

Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.

By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America

Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4d

A really, really important point is that Republicans are unwilling to spend allocated reserves for SNAP because their plan is to gut the program, see HR1 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...

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Brutus @thatbrutus.bsky.social · 4d

1 Billion dollars each

Brutus @thatbrutus.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah I was gonna ask how the late game looked like, performance wise.

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Brutus @thatbrutus.bsky.social · 5d

With revanchist powers you need to show them that their actions have direct and immediate consequences, particularly if you're part of their old Empire.

A shoot down of a Russian fighter jet in 2015

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 6d

as a nerd myself I’m biased, but I do sort of think there’s an alternative masculinity here built on resolute strength in defense of the vulnerable, rather than being a guy who says gross things sometimes and has shot people. you can even still have the muscles

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5d

Federal conspiracy charges because an ICE goon had to drive a little slower.

What an absolute joke.

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Stentor Danielson @chefstentor.bsky.social · 5d

Don't make me tap the sign.

A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision

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Brutus @thatbrutus.bsky.social · 5d

The "We're here for you" at the bottom is really the icing on the cake

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