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Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah I don’t get that either. I guess they just figure they’ll get more Philly fans watching in late prime time than they’d get Chicago and Milwaukee fans watching for a 5pm start?

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 9h

Unless they’re declaring him an anti-pope and installing their own guy in Avignon, they’re not “rejecting” him, they’re just bitching and moaning and forgetting who’s in charge of the church they’ve weirdly and ignorantly attempted to infiltrate. bsky.app/profile/wash...

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14h

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 10h

Lol

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 10h

We have never witnessed so thoroughly corncob themselves than Drake has corncobbed himself over the past year or two with this. bsky.app/profile/uebe...

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 10h

I do not know. He left Minnesota just as the Senators became the Twins, so probably not them. He's lived almost all of his adult life in either New York or Los Angeles, however, so I wouldn't be shocked if if was the Yankees or Dodgers.

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 11h

Guy is a big baseball fan, spends his all of his free time welding shit in his barn, and is mostly uninterested in discussing anything but obscure musicians from before the war.

That, my friends, is straight nerd stuff. He's amazing and wonderful, but Bob Dylan is really nerd-coded.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 11h

Everyone's dunked on the notion of Johnny Cash not being cool, but we are sleeping on the claim that Bob Dylan IS cool.

I LOVE Bob, don't get me wrong. And he definitely has had his cool moments. But he is fundamentally a weirdo (complimentary) in about 500 different ways. bsky.app/profile/bend...

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 12h

wtaf are you talking about

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 11h

From the Turning Point USA alternative halftime show website.

I don't know about you, but "Anything English" is my favorite musical genre.

Love that we're supposed to, out of respect or tolerance or whatever, pretend that these people aren't gutter racists of the lowest order.

Survey question: "what music genres would you like to see featured? Select all that apply " "anything in English" is the first choice.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 12h

The divide within the Republican Party is between those who think they're establishing a thousand-year reich and those who think they'll have to work with a Democratic president at some point in their career.

Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 13h

Oklahoma’s Republican governor criticizes guard deployment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

His comments, in an interview with The New York Times, marked the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and other Democratic elected officials have been strongly critical of the move and have implored Republican governors to join the opposition.

Mr. Stitt on Thursday said, “We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,” adding, “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

Free newsletter today, folks. Check it out now before tonight's games get underway: www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...

Cup of Coffee: October 9, 2025

The Blue Jays advance while the Tigers, Cubs, and Phils live to fight another day, a new name for Comerica Park, the Rays' demands, ICE to Columbus, livin' the dream, and more on "Wish You Were Here"

www.cupofcoffeenews.com

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

Target sells it for like $67 last I saw.

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 13h

No half-measures, then. Make it count.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 13h

Some DOJ lawyer will now be tasked with telling an appeals court that it's clear error to rule that federal agents cannot shoot members of the clergy in the head for exercising their right to protest. Wonder what it's like to be in that position. bsky.app/profile/jack...

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 14h

NEW: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Chicago-area fed agents from several violent actions they’ve taken against journalists, activists and “religious practitioners” protesting ICE — including Rev. Black, a plaintiff in the case. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

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