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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve heard of a false flag but this is ridiculous! folks,,

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4d

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.

allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 5d

you would be disgusted by how ready I am

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

The Japanese parent company of 7-Eleven is betting billions of dollars that it can expand its business in the U.S. by making its convenience stores more like the food meccas they are in Japan. nyti.ms/3KTwGve

A photo shows a 7-Eleven store with the headline: Is America Ready for Japanese-Style 7-Elevens?

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 5d

which means the era of appreciating The Last Wave might also finally be upon us

allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 6d

I for one am shocked that the Hitler Youth wing of the American Hitler Party loves Hitler

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 10d

↖️ that’s right

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 10d

talking about any award ceremony is irredeemable nerd shit, unless of course it’s the Oscars in which case everyone should be exclusively firing off their hottest takes for a week straight

allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 10d

‘let’s all spend 3 days talking about the Hasselblad Award and who wants one’
^ what you dorks sound like

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 12d

I will max out day 1

Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 12d

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 13d

🙄

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 14d

how is this guy so fuckin dumb lmao

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 16d

What do people think about giving working class Americans a $2000 tariff relief check for the unfair tax that has driven their grocery and housing prices up?

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, is proposing $2,000 payments to Americans making under $100,000

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 16d

there is an inherent evil to photography

silhouette of a building with one ominous, tombstone-shaped window glowing orange

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · Sep 20

Every time I watch ALIEN I am transfixed thinking to myself "there's no way they've left themselves enough room to get the third horizontal line in that E without it looking like a squashed-in mess!" but no, every single time there it is, and it's beautiful. Most tense part of the movie tbh.

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 18d

👆 genocide defender

allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 19d

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 21d

Perfect time, finally, to eminent domain every last Trump property in New York City and turn them all into affordable housing.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Self proclaimed New York City Communist, Zohran Mamdani, who is running for Mayor, will prove to be one of the best things to ever happen to our great Republican Party. He is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City. Remember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises. He won’t be getting any of it, so what’s the point of voting for him? This ideology has failed, always, for thousands of years. It will fail again, and that’s guaranteed! President DJT

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onion person @junlper.beer · 28d

genuinely crying at this one

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · 29d

call me if somebody nukes it

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · Sep 19

Conservatives keep posting about how the Kirk murder has radicalized them like never before and we have no idea what’s coming and so far that’s mostly meant harassing Starbucks baristas, their number one activity for at least the last 10 years

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · Sep 19

honestly going to get so much schadenfreude when they yank him off the air for no reason too

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · Sep 18

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · Sep 19

this dumbass forgot about Ghost Amendments

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Sep 19

"And for all the concern about the First Amendment ... what about all the amendments that Charlie Kirk lost? Because Charlie Kirk has no amendments right now."

- Kayleigh McEnany

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · Sep 18

an awe-inspiring wave of 65 year old recruits

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · Sep 18

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Pentagon leaders are considering a recruiting campaign centered around Charlie Kirk. Possible slogans discussed include "Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors" and there's talk of using TPUSA chapters as recruitment centers. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

www.nbcnews.com

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · Sep 18

Democrats can stop narrating and start acting

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allelujah! don’t hit send! ascend! @topshelved.bsky.social · Sep 17

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