Clay Ranck
@clayranck.bsky.social
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I still think about Ivanka asking her dad not to date girls younger than her when she was 17.
February 19, 2026 at 7:13 AM
I still think about Ivanka asking her dad not to date girls younger than her when she was 17.
Mikaela Shiffrin’s skiing is just absolutely beautiful. Unbelievable technique.
February 19, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Mikaela Shiffrin’s skiing is just absolutely beautiful. Unbelievable technique.
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Imagine hopping in your Delorean and seeing this post
totally forgot the bulwark folks are in town, if any of the @thebulwark.com people want to go on ice patrol tomorrow, let me know. @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social I know you have the heart of an antifascist warrior
February 19, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Imagine hopping in your Delorean and seeing this post
Jon Cryer just reposted this and I’m feeling pretty cool right now.
February 19, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Jon Cryer just reposted this and I’m feeling pretty cool right now.
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The thing with Prison Abolition is we already had a world without prisons, and, generally, one of two things happened when someone committed a crime: You were sent to the gallows, or banished. If you came back after being banished? You were sent to the gallows.
February 19, 2026 at 1:23 AM
The thing with Prison Abolition is we already had a world without prisons, and, generally, one of two things happened when someone committed a crime: You were sent to the gallows, or banished. If you came back after being banished? You were sent to the gallows.
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The fact that it could be real 😭😭😭
February 19, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The fact that it could be real 😭😭😭
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Full Metal Muppet
Tinker Tailor Soldier Muppet
It’s a muppet muppet muppet muppet world.
February 19, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Full Metal Muppet
Tinker Tailor Soldier Muppet
It’s a muppet muppet muppet muppet world.
A Muppet is Born
February 19, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Tinker Tailor Soldier Muppet
Anti-trans activists like Helen Lewis have to tell lies in order to make it seem like the left is responsible for making trans rights a political issue. The NC bathroom bill passed in March of 2016, not May. The Obama administration was responding to that.
February 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Anti-trans activists like Helen Lewis have to tell lies in order to make it seem like the left is responsible for making trans rights a political issue. The NC bathroom bill passed in March of 2016, not May. The Obama administration was responding to that.
They detained a Good Samaritan named Jesus?
That scene took place on Dec.2 but it is highly recommended to watch and alert our communities about the dirty tricks used by ICE to trap their victims
Jesus is a neighbor who assisted two undercover female ICE goons who faked a car trouble. He was then swarmed by several ICE goons and detained.
Jesus is a neighbor who assisted two undercover female ICE goons who faked a car trouble. He was then swarmed by several ICE goons and detained.
February 18, 2026 at 7:25 PM
They detained a Good Samaritan named Jesus?
Big strong men with tears in their eyes were coming up to Kash and Dan and saying “Sir, sir…” 😂
Kash Patel to Bongino: "What happened when we went to towns across America? I know it happened to you. People came up to us, moms and pops from every town, and said, 'Thank you to you and this Trump administration for keeping our kids safe and keeping murderers off the streets.'"
February 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Big strong men with tears in their eyes were coming up to Kash and Dan and saying “Sir, sir…” 😂
Yglesias doesn’t actually have a coherent theory of politics. “The groups” are just the people he personally disagrees with.
How is AIPAC not a group by Yglesias own definition?
It seems like the Malinowski case is actually a perfect example of a single issue group demanding total fealty to their incredibly unpopular position and then tanking you for not adopting it.
It seems like the Malinowski case is actually a perfect example of a single issue group demanding total fealty to their incredibly unpopular position and then tanking you for not adopting it.
February 18, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Yglesias doesn’t actually have a coherent theory of politics. “The groups” are just the people he personally disagrees with.
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Often known as the Fishball Revolution. But it really was about more than fishballs...
February 18, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Often known as the Fishball Revolution. But it really was about more than fishballs...
I don’t disagree that it’s going to mess up “everything’s computer” but the gaming aspect will have a big effect on the attention economy side of it, which will only make it worse for the companies that have been driving all of this.
I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
February 18, 2026 at 8:10 AM
I don’t disagree that it’s going to mess up “everything’s computer” but the gaming aspect will have a big effect on the attention economy side of it, which will only make it worse for the companies that have been driving all of this.
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What on earth are we doing here?
🧊✈️ Wrapped & Hooded ⛓️😲
In Seattle, ICE goons escort a shackled & hooded man on to this GlobalX jet for transport south to Texas 👀
In Seattle, ICE goons escort a shackled & hooded man on to this GlobalX jet for transport south to Texas 👀
February 18, 2026 at 6:23 AM
What on earth are we doing here?
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I love this so much
February 18, 2026 at 6:53 AM
I love this so much
Seeing little Mikaela Shiffrin skiing her wedge brings back memories. My dad did Ski Patrol when he was in college, so I’ve been skiing since I was really young.
February 18, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Seeing little Mikaela Shiffrin skiing her wedge brings back memories. My dad did Ski Patrol when he was in college, so I’ve been skiing since I was really young.
Warum nicht beides?
Not sure if he is signaling to Nazis or he’s this stupid.
Mike Rounds says Republicans just want to make you show your document with a yellow star in order to vote
February 18, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Warum nicht beides?
So the US is refitting new 747s, but also refitting the plane Trump got from Qatar, and now we’re repainting the existing planes also? So much money being wasted to please an addled old man.
The Kennedy-era paint colors on the exterior of aircraft in the U.S. Air Force presidential and VIP fleet are being replaced with a new design in President Trump's preferred palette.
U.S. Air Force VIP fleet being repainted in Trump's preferred palette, sources say
The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.
cbsn.ws
February 18, 2026 at 5:02 AM
So the US is refitting new 747s, but also refitting the plane Trump got from Qatar, and now we’re repainting the existing planes also? So much money being wasted to please an addled old man.
The Pixies’ “Where is my Mind” has been stuck in my head for the last week because of the piano version from that commercial that’s been playing during the Olympics.
February 17, 2026 at 10:14 PM
The Pixies’ “Where is my Mind” has been stuck in my head for the last week because of the piano version from that commercial that’s been playing during the Olympics.
Angry JVL is the best JVL.
You should read this as though I'm shouting the entire time. www.thebulwark.com/p/george-w-b...
George W. Bush Can Suck It
He didn’t throw shade at Trump; he whitewashed authoritarianism.
www.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Angry JVL is the best JVL.
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“I am somebody” shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does.
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽
February 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
“I am somebody” shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does.
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽
Corey Lewandowski:
February 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Corey Lewandowski:
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She and her husband secured their no-bid government contract bag and so it’s time to move on.
Breaking Politico:
Tricia McLaughlin, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's spokesperson and a known spreader of disinformation, is expected to inform colleagues Tuesday that she's leaving DHS.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Tricia McLaughlin, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's spokesperson and a known spreader of disinformation, is expected to inform colleagues Tuesday that she's leaving DHS.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin to leave Trump administration
The move comes as public opinion has turned on the administration’s hardline immigration policies.
www.politico.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
She and her husband secured their no-bid government contract bag and so it’s time to move on.