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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 7h

This is a hugely important point/insight, and needs to be considered alongside the post-1954/1964 explicitly anti–Civil Rights GOP: the older explicitly anti-Liberal wing of the GOP that nurtured its oppositional hatred over the ascendancy of Dem *and GOP* Liberalism 1932-1960.

MKE Homer @homermke.bsky.social · 7h

Reading Frum's piece, I'm most struck by the fact that Republicans have taken their ACA stance on virtually every major issue since. They've abandoned governing and have become a permanent opposition party, even while in power.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 9h

He’s bivalve-partisan

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Maudi63 @maudi63.bsky.social · 12h

A Willow Biden sighting…😻

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 12h

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 15h

Macedonia America Goulash Again

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

If you crossed Judge Dredd with The Three Stooges, you'd get ICE under Trump 2.0

Sam Stein: A Bunch of Violent Keystone Cops

ICE and other armed federal agents are doing their best to incite violence in blue cities so they can help Trump realize his unfulfilled dream from 2020 to impose a military crackdown.

www.thebulwark.com

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 13h

popcornshrimpnado

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 13h

You're thinking of Antifatic for the People

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 13h

Oh man I can not wait for this

Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 13h

Cooking up a little something for you next week, chat:

(clockwise) Kevin Tighe in Emergency!, Road House, Matewan and Another 48 Hrs.

Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 13h

"Just enough to know he's *hungry*"--his line reading in EIGHT MEN OUT is so good

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 13h

They're 100% gonna have a rapping Charlie Kirk hologram

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 14h

Also he should show it on his right hand

Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 14h

Trump's receipt for leasing Ivanka to Epstein was in there

Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 15h

Macedonia America Goulash Again

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 15h

In this country, you gotta make the proof first. Then when you get the proof, you get the supplements. Then when you get the supplements, then you get the women.

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 15h

"Dick Starfish" is a character in the new Pynchon novel

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 16h

Bringing my solar-powered MRI machine to the next protest

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 19h

in which a cop fails to understand the concept of “magnets” during a deeply stupid mistargeted raid, and loses his loaded rifle to the uncaring maw of a MRI

www.dailynews.com/2024/09/28/l...

LAPD officer lost rifle to MRI device during bungled raid, lawsuit alleges

Van Nuys medical imaging company alleges its constitutional rights were violated by officers who mistargeted the business for an illegal pot operation.

www.dailynews.com

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These Shells Are Made for Walking 🪷🇺🇦🟦 @stayscathed.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re like me you see not so much the rage when she yells “get out of my fucking shot”, but the rage when she’s been told she’s wrong.

Watch her try to swallow that without burning herself. She can’t.

Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 1d

Girl, you have a refrigerator in your background and you’re screaming at a staffer to “get out of your fvcking shot” 😬

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/08/katie-porter-tears-into-staffer-new-video-00598942

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 17h

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 17h

Boy did this post blow up

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 18h

In college I used Pam Bondi's wedding ring as a guitar pick when I played lead for Gutted! By Clowns and Imbecciles

Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 18h

@davidkurtz.bsky.social: "The absurdism is an inextricable part of the corruption, retribution, and destruction. As historically significant as the ruination of the Justice Department is ... it's important to remember it's been gutted by clowns and imbeciles." talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Bondi’s Wedding Ring Made Trump Bleed … And Other DOJ Absurdities

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 1d

BRB writing my hip-hop musical about patriotic jury nullification, HAMILTON SANDWICHES

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 19h

Reboot of the opening scene of Godard’s Weekend

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

Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 19h

Also has huge Trump Tweeting at 3 am Energy

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 19h

was reading a book about Jonestown and it’s amazing how consistent Horny Nerd culture has been over time

Confined to his jungle dystopia, Jones's only line of communication to the outside world was his ham radio. He conversed deep into the night with his lieutenants in San Francisco and Georgetown, issuing directives, keeping tabs on the opposi-tion, ranting about conspiracies, and managing the farm. Carried over public airwaves, these conversations were anything but private.
Dozens of amateur radio operators in the United States eavesdropped on Temple transmissions for various reasons, not the least of which was the fact that most of Jones's top aides were women and most hammies—as they were called — were men. The Temple's female operators had
"real sexy voices," one man later told the F Bl.

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 19h

Also has huge Trump Tweeting at 3 am Energy

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