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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · Jul 11

The only measure of the economy that really matters is how many people are willing to take jobs filling and running the concentration camps

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 9h

WAR IS PEACE ain’t got nothing on “Stabilizing Argentina is America First”

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 16h

so fkin dumb

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 18h

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 17h

maybe it's more that Musk loves Disney the way Hitler did

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 17h

he was plenty for me to write it off, and I say that as a diagnosed superfan of the first two movies (yes, both.)

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 18h

in case you needed another reason to ignore Tron: Ares, they had a Tesla Optimus tie-in at the premiere

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 18h

now I understand why they pushed ads for this into every Tesla, the official car of cheering for Skynet

Slate @slate.com · 18h

The new Tron is like if a Terminator movie wanted you to cheer for Skynet. slate.trib.al/XZ9iQq4

One of Our Oldest Sci-Fi Franchises Is Back. The New Movie Is Woefully Out of Step With Our Moment.

Every generation gets the Tron movie it deserves. That’s bad news for the new one.

slate.trib.al

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 18h

ok, some of the content produced there is pretty wild too

vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 18h

still fascinated by the content produced by but not at the Riyadh comedy festival. hadn't heard of Distefano before but he sounds nice

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 21h

What do YOU care about?

-privacy violations
-working conditions
-environmental pollution
-regulatory evasion
-funding fascism
-vaporware scams
-unsolicited push ads
-union busting
-bad diner food

whatever it is, Tesla is doing something that should make you never want to own one!

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 22h

We went from "reduce spending by $2 trillion" to "spending increased by $400 billion."

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 1d

Portland PD threatens ICE with arrest! More. Of. This. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 21h

But wait, there's more! Accept the plane now and you'll get a foreign air force base FOR FREE!

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 22h

Hegseth: I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 23h

the ironing is delicious

vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 23h

honestly relieved the Nobel didn't go to Trump. Norwegians are about the only people still buying Teslas, so I figured he had a shot

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

Most transparent admin ever

vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

unhinged like a xenomorph about to chomp Paul Reiser. 10/10

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

was it on time, at least?

vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

this is really the only way that shit stops. If HRW and others continued to accept that money they'd be sanitizing these comedians the same way the comedians did for the regime

vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

nah, you can keep that blood money

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 1d

whew

variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

"This misrepresentation allowed JAMES to obtain favorable loan terms not available for investment properties… for total ill-gotten gains of approximately $18,933 over the life of the loan"

Misrepresenting a rental as a residence isn't great, but that amount is laughably small to crow so much about

General Allegation number 8 from the document cloud PDF

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, it's not dust, it's nearly dry concrete. The kingdom displays a "Wall of Fame" of these hand prints to show a record of the celebrities that have helped to reform their image.

defector.com/grim-visions...

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

I went ahead and did the starting work for someone who wants to chase this angle. Most right-wing influencers who participated in the "Antifa" roundtable at the White House yesterday have easily provable ties to TPUSA (8 of 12). The other four need a closer look I don't have time for right now.

right-wing influencers standing for a photo together at the white house

(Left to Right)

Jack Posobiec - TPUSA employee
Seamus Bruner - Government Accountability Institute (GAI)
James Klug - TPUSA Ambassador
Jonathan Cho - TPUSA employee
Nick Sortor - Influencer
Julio Rosas - Former TPUSA, Blaze Media
Nick Shirley - Influencer
Andy Ngo - Human Events Media Group*
Brandi Kruse - Influencer
Savannah Hernandez - TPUSA employee
Katie Daviscourt - Former TPUSA, Human Events Media Group*
Cam Higby - TPUSA employee

(Human Events Media Group is closely tied to TPUSA. https://humanevents.com/about-human-events )

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

all the downsides of the glass roof with none of the benefits. outstanding work, tesla

InsideEVs @insideevs.com · 1d

We have so many questions

insideevs.com/news/775062/...

The Tesla Model Y Standard's Fabric Roof Makes No Sense

Tesla made a new headliner that covers up the glass roof in the Model Y Standard, so it’s still there, but you can’t see through it.

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