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asehpe @asehpe.bsky.social · 3d

Remember, kids: never kiss the orange ass.

sanneru.bsky.social @sanneru.bsky.social · 3d

You never kissed the orange ass! #StevenColbert serenaded by Bette Midler!
I love it💙

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

Must watch!

Bette Midler 🫶

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

JD Vance: "Because we have such a big problem with left-wing political violence, we have to train the investigatory and law enforcement powers of the govt to focus on that particular problem ... we really have to retrain the entire govt to focus on this left-wing violence problem. We are doing it."

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 3d

Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin
MAGA can't comprehend that the No Kings protests are organic and peaceful.
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seejanebird
MAGA is asking who's funding NoKings2 protests. I am. I bought my own t-shirt and made my own poster. It's me.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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asehpe @asehpe.bsky.social · 3d

Losing.

asehpe @asehpe.bsky.social · 3d

Losing.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 3d

What the fuck are we doing?

asehpe @asehpe.bsky.social · 3d

Wasn't he the inventor of Compound V in the Homelander parallel universe?

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3d

Vought: “Hasta la vista, healthcare."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "They call him Terminator but he's actually a very nice person -- Russell Vought. But Russell Vought is really terminating tremendous numbers of Democrat projects."

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Sharon Carbine @sharoncarbine.bsky.social · 3d

Fascist felon Donald Trump, druggie RFK Jr & MAGA Republicans in Congress
are enacting, & executing, policies intended to KILL Americans.

Fascist cabal even shutdown federal gov intending to:

- Deny healthcare to America's most vulnerable citizens &
- Further enrich themselves & wealthy backers.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 3d

No kidding.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

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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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 4d

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 4d

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 4d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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asehpe @asehpe.bsky.social · 5d

And that's what the fat right, à la Trump and Miller, wants them to do. They're helping
Miller's plans, and Project 2025.

They should stop.

cdk@CRM-114/AE-35 @cdavidkz.bsky.social · 5d

Sure, I'll bite...

The term "antifa" is increasingly being owned/embraced by decidedly non-radical (center-left) people who choose to take its nominal "anti-fascist" meaning at face value, often leveraging a WW2 historical perspective...

By way of example:

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nmerhar.bsky.social @nmerhar.bsky.social · 5d

Protest organizers are also recommending that you don't lean into antifa.

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PencilSketchy @brainspore.bsky.social · 5d

This is good. I actually subscribed to the Atlantic specifically because they DID publish that story about Hegseth accidentally including them in that Signal chat. If they abided by this new Pentagon directive they wouldn't be worthy of being called "journalists."

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 5d

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 6d

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 6d

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 5d

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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The Onion @theonion.com · 7d

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat

ARLINGTON, VA—Saying the Pentagon had acted swiftly on an insider tip about the vessel having a “big adventure” planned, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Tuesday that the U.S. military had car...

theonion.com

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 5d

Congressional Dems and the Biden admin should have put more effort into passing post-Trump reforms. We need more aggressive reform than what was on offer then, but it could really have helped

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 6d

The Treasury Secretary declares himself to be pro-monarchy, and promises to punish the entire country if the people exercise their First Amendment rights.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 5d

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

AJ West • 1h
Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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asehpe @asehpe.bsky.social · 5d

I feel your pain, but you're setting aside human dignity here. If you don't like those with disdain for our causes, better not give it to others.

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