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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15h

More of this, please.

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 15h

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 16h

At their core, what the political shitposters of social media really hate about ppl that go to a march like No Kings is it lays bare the fact that every single normie out there has more guts than they do and more determination to do something more than just poast about it online.

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 16h

Yes, in fact. I'm going on October 18. Are *you* actually going to throw bricks at ICE?

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 7h

Red dragon lol

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 8h

Here I am doing a push-up. Do you see?

Here my hair looks great. DO YOU SEE?

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CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 12h

This is not what Nancy Pelosi meant, and is in fact EXACTLY THE FUCKING OPPOSITE of what she meant.

When Pelosi said that, she meant "strong" in the sense of actually being resistant to exactly this shit so that when they inevitably sometimes win they aren't literally electing Hitler.

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 13h

everyone needs to internalize that this is just how all republicans are and when nancy pelosi said "the country needs a strong republican party" she meant that more people like this should be powerful. they are all like this! they all think just like this and like trump and they love it and it's fun

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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The Wicker Dan (1973) @danlehner.bsky.social · 12h

for whatever else you think about Pelosi, she literally meant directly the opposite of this when she said that

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 13h

everyone needs to internalize that this is just how all republicans are and when nancy pelosi said "the country needs a strong republican party" she meant that more people like this should be powerful. they are all like this! they all think just like this and like trump and they love it and it's fun

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 8h

You are making up a Nancy Pelosi to get mad at.

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 13h

everyone needs to internalize that this is just how all republicans are and when nancy pelosi said "the country needs a strong republican party" she meant that more people like this should be powerful. they are all like this! they all think just like this and like trump and they love it and it's fun

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 16h

I think this is what frustrates me the most about mask discourse: There's an acceptable middle ground of "wear one when you're sick" that both sides have decided is unacceptable despite being a reasonable position. I did it going to Walgreens yesterday, it's really not a big deal.

ceej @ceej.online · 19h

we were absolutely militant about masking. I love masks as a tool to prevent spreading illness and will happily put one on when I’m under the weather and need to be in public. the idea that we should all mask forever or until covid is “solved” (it’s endemic) is unserious. the vaccines are a miracle

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 16h

They want to pretend that Portland is burning and that they're fighting some kind of organized leftist militia. Don't give them imagery that could make normies think they're correct. Show them shooting pepper balls at a Presbyterian minister or a woman who looks like she could be a town librarian.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 14h

yeah man, i am saying specifically that optics which jibe with the values of the population whose opinion is being targeted are useful

Ricci Sergienko, Esq. @riccisergienko.bsky.social · 17h

there is plenty of propaganda made with black bloc tactics and direct action. I don’t get your point? Or are you conflating liberal optics to be the only form of effective propaganda?

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 16h

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 23h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 15h

Smart.

There's no reason to associate your good, normal cause with a group-uscule that everyone rightly detests.

nmerhar.bsky.social @nmerhar.bsky.social · 1d

Protest organizers are also recommending that you don't lean into antifa.

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 15h

In summary:

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 15h

and they shouldn't because it's historically anachronistic and because Americans have overwhelmingly negative associations with Antifa, the loose weird conglomeration of far-left dorks, as opposed to anti-fascism, which they largely support.

cdk@CRM-114/AE-35 @cdavidkz.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, I'll bite...

The term "antifa" is increasingly being owned/embraced by decidedly non-radical (center-left) people who choose to take its nominal "anti-fascist" meaning at face value, often leveraging a WW2 historical perspective...

By way of example:

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

"increasingly being owned/embraced by decidedly non-radical (center-left) people"

This is what I said would be a bad idea. Now go yell at each other about it instead of me :)

cdk@CRM-114/AE-35 @cdavidkz.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, I'll bite...

The term "antifa" is increasingly being owned/embraced by decidedly non-radical (center-left) people who choose to take its nominal "anti-fascist" meaning at face value, often leveraging a WW2 historical perspective...

By way of example:

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 15h

These are Kirk's ideological progeny

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Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 15h

The Arizona Young Republicans chairman mentioned in this, Luke Mosiman, was one of the Turning Point affiliates demanding that Phoenix Suns sports writer be fired for not properly mourning Kirk to their liking

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15h

More than a dozen U.S. airports are refusing to display a video of Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary, blaming Democrats for the government shutdown and any travel disruptions that may result from it. Some said that the video was overly partisan.

Airports Refuse to Show Video of Kristi Noem Blaming Democrats for Shutdown

More than a dozen airports aren’t displaying the Homeland Security secretary’s roughly 30-second clip. Some said it violates policies against partisan political messaging.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 15h

If you’re a man in the room and a public official says this about your female colleague, you don’t continue as if nothing happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 15h

A rampant and open misogynist.

And his f---ing goons laughing the whole time.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 15h

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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WhatSaraSaid @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 2d

protests against this government should include white Boomer grandmothers who meet for pilates class, get a pitcher of mimosas & walk together to the public space

we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2d

This is correct, in part - as the grim, military historian in me feels the need to note - it is psychologically much harder to get soldiers to open fire on people they view as 'respectable.'

And I dread, with grim increasingly certainty, that we are headed to a point where that matters.

WhatSaraSaid @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 2d

protests against this government should include white Boomer grandmothers who meet for pilates class, get a pitcher of mimosas & walk together to the public space

we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning

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