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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 4h

The most childish adults on earth

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 4h

Just thinking how even more insanely insufferable Bari Weiss is going to be when Mamdani wins.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

Oh, you don't like my ideas BlueSky? Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. Go ahead and repost this piece. I dare you.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5h

“I’m a cop. I am not supposed to feel dread. He’s a brown person. HE’S supposed to feel dread!”

Bari nods sympathetically.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 4h

The Frog is the best thing to happen to American politics all year, but the fact that politics has devolved into Posting is ultimately a bad thing.

www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h

Videos from Chicago over the past month captured protests, raids, arrests on city streets and residents’ confrontational responses to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. The New York Times reviewed more than 100 videos. Together, they show how the crackdown has escalated week by week.

How Trump’s Chicago Immigration Crackdown Escalated, in 10 Videos

Week by week, the federal campaign to ramp up immigration enforcement in the Chicago area has created fear and inflamed tensions.

nyti.ms

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 4h

It's striking that even in the defenses of Bari Weiss's broader thing no one ever says that she or her website does good work. Even the people that admire the success she's had selling lite reactionary shit to rich old guys top out at "people do seem to like it." You could defend Jake Paul that way.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 17h

He's so crazy

The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 18h

Just browsing conservatives being wrong more. Peter Theil is terrified of Greta Thunberg he literally thinks she's the antichrist. These tech billionaires are not well. Also they're wrong about everything.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 20h

Every once in a while I remember Trump changed vice presidents because he sent a violent mob to take care of his previous one and that’s not a thing anyone even talks about.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20h

Some Americans think making America weaker, poorer, more chaotic, less reliable, with fewer friends, worse relationships with democracies, and damaging international institutions America set up and benefited from is good.

Not sarcasm. I think they’re very wrong, but they’re getting what they want.

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 20h

On NYT Home Page there's a Douthat column w/the headline "Trump's Foreign Policy is Succeeding. He Should Apply It's Lessons at Home." On what planet? Betraying our allies. Blowing up the global trading system. Embracing autocrats. Pulling back support for Ukraine. Helping to support Gaza slaughter.

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 19h

The weirdest thing ever about conservatives is how they've been consistently wrong about literally everything since the very beginning of time. Everything. Completely and totally wrong about everything all the time.

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, what was happening in Germany in the 1930s? I forget.

James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
For those who actually respect history, the origin story of Antifa is well documented. Antifa is an organization that emerged with the “German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion” movement in the 1930’s.
German Communists smeared anyone to their right as "fascists,” a common ploy used by the ignorant hysterical activists of the Democrat Party today. Like today’s leftist loonies, the German Antifa of the Weimar years even labeled the leftwing SDP as "social fascists." Today’s Antifa are a paramilitary mob used by the usual suspects to foment fake “mass protests” and burn down cities. The same puppet masters of the Democrat activist judges ruining America today also fund these “useful idiots” of Antifa to impede the mandate given to the current President in his landslide last election victory.

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 19h

Tell that to Idris Elba tho

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 19h

He's a moron

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

"Within his own party and social circle, sympathy for fascism was not unusual." www.liberalcurrents.com/a-popular-fr...

A Popular Front of Memory

As the right begins to revise their view of Hitler, we must revive the example Churchill set in that era.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 1d

I went into Sportsman's Warehouse today to get some ammo (holy shit 45 Long Colt is sooooo expensive) and to order another pistol and I was surrounded by dickbag white conservative men I wish there was a lib gun store.

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 1d

Just dogshit humans zero redeeming qualities whatsoever. Just like their avatar here.

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 1d

Lmfao I fucking hate conservatives.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 1d

The soundtrack is good that's it.

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 1d

Damn I'd let these two stuff my animals ngl

L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

L.A.'s taxidermists are honoring the wildlife we share our city with—parking lots, high-rises, and all. “It’ll last longer than any of us,” Paloma Strong, the 26-year-old owner of Strong Taxidermy, says.

The full story: lataco.com/la-taxidermy...

By Julianne Le
Photos by Erwin Recinos

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 1d

Kermode and Mayo said it's awful.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 4d

it should be a tell about what's happening in the media now that most mainstream commentators seem openly frustrated that polling does not blame democrats for the shutdown

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