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Dennis Perkins

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Freelance writer. LateNighter, AV Club, Ultimate Classic Rock, Paste, Primetimer, Portland Press Herald, EW, etc. See my stuff at https://authory.com/DennisPerkins Currently preparing for the coming Thunderdome. Join me, won't you?

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · Nov 12

From your resident old white guy.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2h

Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 3h

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest #strike of the year starts on Tuesday, featuring 45k #healthcareworkers. This means tens of thousands across Oregon, California, Washington and Hawaii, in particular. Picket lines at 6 KP locations in Portland area, and will lead the labor march on Oct 18th.
truthout.org/articles/23-...

23 Unions Plan to Strike Together If Kaiser Fails to Address Workplace Crises

Overworked and understaffed, over 45,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente are poised to strike.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

The President using the military as his personal police force to intimidate American citizens is deeply un-American. This is the behavior of an autocrat. Full stop.

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 14h

You are nice. Also, blame G/O Media and Jim Spanfeller for destroying something beautiful. (The AV Club is back under great new management, of course.)

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 14h

#ICEAreNazis and will be treated as such. Forever.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17h

If someone ever makes a documentary about Benny Johnson, I hope they call it "Dumb and Duma." www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Well-known right-wing influencers duped to work for covert Russian operation, U.S. prosecutors say

The accusations mark the third straight presidential election in which U.S. authorities have unveiled politically charged details about the Kremlin's attempted interference in U.S. politics.

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 14h

My review: latenighter.com/features/on-...

On Its 50th Birthday, a So-So Saturday Night Live At Least Gifts Us Amy Poehler - LateNighter

And Your Host… Amy Poehler was chiseled into the sketch comedy pantheon before she ever stepped onto Saturday Night Live‘s stages. After co-founding the Upright Citizens Brigade, Second City alum Poeh...

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 14h

Again not to be all I told you so about my @latenightercom.bsky.social #SNL review, but when a fascist sycophant monster thinks your "satire" is cool, you're doing it as wrong as it can be.

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/12/t...

AG Pam Bondi embraces SNL spoof of her and DHS Sec. Kristi Noem: 'Loving Amy Poehler!'

The "Saturday Night Live" skit spoofed Pam Bondi's stonewalling, Kristi Noem's history of killing a dog, and President Donald Trump's preferred hair color.

www.cnbc.com

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Yayger @yayger.bsky.social · 17h

Don't look away, America. This is your country now.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

WTF 🤬
Goons brutally pushed a peaceful protester to the ground and dragged them across the floor.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 18h

John Oliver sounded the alarm this week on how secret donations to presidential libraries provide cover for bribery. We couldn’t agree more.

It’s time to close the library loophole — and you can help.

Read this story and much more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.

John Oliver rips presidential library loophole

Plus: There shouldn’t be secret law. Pam Bondi didn’t get the memo

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 15h

#ICEAreNazis. Treat them as such. Forever.

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Tero Kuittinen @teroterotero.bsky.social · 19h

There is no amount of open corruption that will wake up Americans. That family has realized this crucial truth. They broke Senate, media and Supreme Court. Nobody dares to stand up. We live in a Republic of fear and cowardice.

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 15h

It's all the rape isn't it?

Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 15h

Nah. #ICEAreNazis. Every single one.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.

And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.

Cashing in on cruelty.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18h

you're god damned right

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 22h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 17h

Blocked for white worthlessness. Signed, old white guy.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 18h

This is such an embarrassing way to defend an article. “Here’s our new piece. Being mad at it makes it correct! IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT, YOU ARE THE COPS.”

Okay, lady, we get it. You like Bari Weiss. That’s legal in America. Nobody is arresting you.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 20h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 17h

Even in #Shitler's first term, the world was laughing at him.

Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 17h

Playing this card makes you a serious traitor to actual women journalists.

Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 17h

Fun fact: Donald Trump is a serial rapist, often of underage girls.