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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 6h

This is my most deeply-held political opinion

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 6h

My belief is that Kamala would have won last year if they’d let Tim Walz keep calling Vance and Trump “weird.” But the professional Dem consultant class closed off the one attack that actually resonated with voters.

Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 6h

Endlessly attacking Trump as depraved and support for him as a form of moral failure actually made people stop supporting him. Shame and disgust are very powerful weapons.

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 16h

mike johnson is such a pathetic little man. i don't mean his physical size (i'm a small - would never demean somone for being the same as me). i mean his character - he's a tiny nothing of a man.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 1d

baby yanks!

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2d

I have the toenail age of a 42 year-old. Tortoise.

Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2d

Amen

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2d

Full disclosure: that’s my kid. I couldn’t be prouder.

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2d

@hollyanderson.bsky.social may I interest you in a heavy metal windmilling cheerleader?

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cubuffsfootball on Instagram: "70 YARDS TO THE HOUSE! 😮‍💨🖥️: ESPNView all 119 comments"

70 YARDS TO THE HOUSE! 😮‍💨🖥️: ESPN

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2d

Mash up bands: The The Doors

Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 2d

Mash up bands:

Guns 'N Oates

Robyn D @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 2d

Mash up bands

Pink Purple

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2d

Trin in her goals era

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2d

If CHI/MIL was an NBA game, Scott Foster would definitely be on the whistle. There’s a clear outcome the suits desire in this one.

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2d

art of the deal

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 2d

CNN reports that Israel has refused to release two abducted Palestinian doctors, renowned pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al Hams, deliberately excluding them from the ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement.

A digital poster features two Palestinian doctors, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams, against a blurred background of destruction and smoke. Text at the top reads in bold yellow letters: “They are not coming home.” Below, in white and yellow text, it says: “Israel denies release of abducted Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams in deal.” Both men appear serious—Dr. Abu Safiya in a white medical coat, and Dr. Al-Hams in dark clothing with a stethoscope around his neck.

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 2d

Volunteering at a youth soccer tournament this weekend. I’m on a field with two u9 games (kids are 8 and 9 years old). Parents have set up video equipment on both fields. For 8 and 9 year-olds. Lord have mercy.

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

One can only hope

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

Deserved, that goal

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

Max Arfsten has great feet. We need to work on his hair.

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

i read this to the tune of "she's gone country" by alan jackson. i'm so sorry.

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

More of this Balogun, please

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

Isn’t this shit embarrassing to you, GOP? Like, your king is objectively a moron and yet you worship him uncritically. How sad for you. And for us.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

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."

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

i promise to use my newfound authority for good

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

For posterity’s sake: bacon, egg, and cheese on a toasted everything bagel with a couple dashes of Tabasco and a cup of black coffee. The Tabasco/coffee combination is goddamn alchemy.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 3d

That's it I'm shutting the whole thing down.

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Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 3d

Everything bagel, pull out the inside middle soft parts and discard, then toast the remaining bagel, pineapple cream cheese on each bagel half and then shake some chili powder or Tajin over the cream cheese. What can I get elected to with that

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

equally logical phrase: "tangerine dinosaur overtly stump"

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t hate America, Mike. I just hate what you’ve done to it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 4d

DUDE! TRIGGER WARNING!

Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 4d

That was the first postseason series in history to end on a walkoff error.

What a crushing way for any team to end a season.

Bill Buckner might come to mind, but that was only Game 6.

Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 4d

MOVE OVER MERKLE’S BONER!

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Batogato @batogato.bsky.social · 4d

Roki Sasaki is pretty obviously an elf. Is that legal?