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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 5d

For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, that prize is for guys who bomb weddings in Yemen.

Simon @simon-blone.bsky.social · 8h

No you don’t get a peace prize for getting a deal done when all the leverage for one side is gone, while you’re bombing fishing boats in the Caribbean Sea

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 7h

Already seeing BlueAnon comparisons to Gleen Greenwald lol

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 7h

"mildly placating"

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 8h

100% chance these folks will defend Biden's vote to invade Iraq.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10h

the funniest responses by far to this are people who treat Exum as a radical leftist by

Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social · 11h

This week has confirmed my suspicion that Biden’s Middle East policies will look worse, and will be even more embarrassing for Democrats, with the passage of time.

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Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social · 11h

This week has confirmed my suspicion that Biden’s Middle East policies will look worse, and will be even more embarrassing for Democrats, with the passage of time.

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 8h

Think about this every time somebody mentions Hellraiser

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 10h

Do the libs realize we had troops rotating in Israel already? That six dozen got injured in the Gaza pier PR stunt?

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 11h

For context, several thousand US military personnel have rotated through Israel during this genocide. Whether THAAD battery personnel or working on the JLOTS (the "pier") or helping build out Israeli Air Force bases, our boys have been involved in the day to day operation of the genocide machine

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

“The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza…”

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and privat...

apnews.com

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 12h

Future Democrat should pull funding to any counties and towns that refuse to remove Confederate statues.

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 14h

Reminded me that we need to get HuntClancy over here, who is far more clever with his jabs at SF nerds.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h

“I don’t think, in health policy history, we’ve [ever] seen as big a projected increase in health insurance premiums.”

As the federal government enters the ninth day of its shutdown, soaring health care costs, the crux of the shutdown fight, are looking increasingly likely.

Brace for the largest-ever spike in health insurance premiums

The GOP's backdoor plan to gut Obamacare: Kill the tax credits.

www.motherjones.com

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 15h

Obviously didn't get the memo that Democrats would never do something that cool.

Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 18h

So a Safe Space

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 18h

Lotta folks who want to somehow fight fascism in the streets but also engage with them in good faith to keep rural hospitals funded another 18 months.

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 19h

Saw Dunsworth live twice and I almost felt bad for the other actors because he was in a completely different tier.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 19h

Interesting niche of people (and it is a niche, even on here) who very clearly desperately hope the ceasefire plan to end the war fails not because it's bad on the merits (it is) but because it would undermine their "hope Dearborn is happy" schtick if it succeeded

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 19h

Know very little about Hasan but all the people who hate him on here are the same ones who chased away Osita Nwanevu, so I imagine he's saying something right.

Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 19h

Kinda sucks the only way to watch them is old VHS rips. The copyright issues to stream would probably be insurmountable.

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 20h

Repo Man addressed this 40 years ago.

Scare-ic Hirsch @ehirsch.bsky.social · 20h

To expand on this, I’ve come to the belief that it’s impossible to spend any time driving without taking moderate-to-severe psychic damage from the accumulation of interactions with other drivers that make clear how selfish everyone has become. I *never* feel better after driving.

Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 1d

Watching antisocial driver behavior in the school drop-off line makes it really clear that the pandemic destroyed whatever few shreds remained of the social compact, just pathological selfishness on display every day

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 20h

lol lmao

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 20h

Everybody who did WFH should have had to retake written and practical licensing tests.

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