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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

C-SPAN caller from Missouri to Missouri Rep. Mark Alford: "I hope you, sir, as an elected official, will think of the people who are in nursing homes, their parents are in nursing homes, their Medicaid is going to be cut. What is going to happen to Missourians whose hospitals are gonna close?"

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 25m

Hours after announcing 'undercover operations' into leftist groups, Texas' attorney general Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

Learn more at the link in bio and at

thebarbedwire.com

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optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.social · 24m

He's a guest artist on the song, but gah, I love love love Cyndi Lauper's acoustic version of All Through the Night that brings in Shaggy.

I'm always duty-bound to bring that up.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVch...

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 1h

[to the tune of teenage mutant ninja turtles]

TUMBLR NAZI PORN SCANDAL

Undivided@bsky @mcbf.bsky.social · 1h

newrepublic.com/post/201304/...

Republican Candidate in Virginia Caught in Tumblr Nazi Porn Scandal

John Reid has found himself in quite a scandal, as others call on him to resign from the race.

newrepublic.com

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 2h

All-time social media graphic from ESPN

An image of a Giants player back flipping with the text

He’s genuinely an idiot.
GUNNER OLSZEWSKI
on Cam Skattebo

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 55m

Seems like a bad idea to fire air traffic controllers when there's already a shortage but what do I know

Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 6h

i dreamed the giants beat the eagles but that can't be real right?

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 44m

a what rally

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1h

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 46m

yep i married one of those

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Vlad Antifa Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 58m

This will lead to some incredibly interesting conversations in my extended in-laws family.

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 2h

I wrote about Latvia’s state-sanctioned endorsement of a modern pagan religion - and what that may mean for Europe’s religious future drfrancisyoung.com/2025/10/10/p...

Pagan dawn: Europe’s first pagan state religion in 638 years?

Members of the Dievturi religion at the Latvian Saeima, 9 October 2025 © Dievturi Sadraudze On Thursday the Latvian Saeima (parliament) passed a rather unusual law that, predictably, has escaped no…

drfrancisyoung.com

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 54m

subjugate and dominate baybeeee

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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 1h

Salem 🐕
Young female Mixed Breed
Adoptable from City of Columbia Animal Services (Columbia, SC)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/salem-78694123/sc/columbia/city-of-columbia-animal-services-sc183/

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

KILMEADE: Would you do a standalone military vote to get them paid during the shutdown?

MIKE JOHNSON: Well, the thing is, Brian, remember this -- three weeks ago today, we voted to pay the troops

(That's a no)

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 2h

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 59m

"Indeed, the sounds we’ll hear today will be the pitter-patter of GOP feet scurrying as fast as they can to cameras to curry favor with their neon god by complaining loudly that he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize they have to say he deserved."

www.thebulwark.com/p/insidious-...

The Insidious Effort To Rationalize Trump’s Lawfare

This is not a president justified in going after those who went after him. It’s a person making a mockery of our justice system.

www.thebulwark.com

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 59m

lol no women allowed in the state

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 1h

As always, what is the chatgpt prompt that produced this memo?

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1h

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 1h

Edmund Fitzgerald content: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/a...

In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald

www.nytimes.com

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 1h

[to the tune of teenage mutant ninja turtles]

TUMBLR NAZI PORN SCANDAL

Undivided@bsky @mcbf.bsky.social · 1h

newrepublic.com/post/201304/...

Republican Candidate in Virginia Caught in Tumblr Nazi Porn Scandal

John Reid has found himself in quite a scandal, as others call on him to resign from the race.

newrepublic.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

Trump will just have to keep murdering fishermen until you stupid jerks give him the peace prize

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 1h

fucking hypocritical asshats

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

this really is all just about resentment over obama being given the prize

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

BARTIROMO: On your point about the Nobel Peace Prize, do you think maybe the reason Trump won't get it is because you had to get the application in before Jan. 31, and that was only 11 days into his term?

SCALISE: Look, they can play technicalities. They gave it to Obama for just getting elected.

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 1h

highly highly sus

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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💥🐟🌮🇺🇦🇨🇦 @crunchyfishtaco.bsky.social · 1h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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