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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 17h

People who fondly endorse American slavery these days always seem quite reluctant to be enslaved.

Why is that? If slavery was a valid activity, why isn't it good enough for them?

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 18h

But you shouldn't be too surprised when they say stuff like this:

"You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today."

I don’t want to take any guidance at all from the secular society around us. And the reason I don’t is they killed 60 million babies. I don’t want to hear any more lectures from these people about slavery. You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today.

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 17h

"It looks like you're going some trouble. Would you like to file a report with the developers?"

Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 17h

I hate that song. "'cause the flash still stands for freedom/and they can't take that away".

Who is "they", Mr. Greenwood? Other Americans exercising their freedom of speech? There's no War on Flags, so why create a nefarious Other to defend against?

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 1d

I do not trust any kind of religious fundamentalist. What kind of insanity drives this?

Snowden St. @snowden.st · May 14

Yeah, this was in Dallas in the late 90s, but we had 4 armed men come in with real unloaded guns, and take a few of us aside. Said they were here to kill believers, and asked if we were believers. After we all said "Yes", they unmasked themselves as dads from church.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Two Former Trump Officials Warn About Trump and Miller's Plan For Absolute Power

With @oliviaoftroye.com and @milestaylor.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

That got dark quickly.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 1d

The real antifa was the friends we made along the way.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 2d

This picture of Bea Arthur and Angela Lansbury from 1989 seems to be unlocking certain feelings in some of my friends.

"Bea Arthur (left) at the 1989 Emmy Awards with close friend Angela Lansbury." Both look stunning.

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 4d

Hey @npr.org and WJCT - Thomas Jefferson didn't have a "controversial relationship with his slave Sally Hemmings". He abused, raped, and trafficked the teenage half-sister of his dead wife and then enslaved their children.

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 11d

"And that is why we must invade Sweden and seize from them the Nobel Peace Prize."

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 11d

Trump Tells Generals He Doesn’t Want Nobel Peace Prize — But It ‘Would Be a Big Insult’ if He Doesn’t Get It

www.mediaite.com

Trump Tells Generals He Doesn’t Want Nobel Peace Prize — But It ‘Would Be a Big Insult’ if He Doesn’t Get It

twp.ai

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 11d

This is a man who wants to kill Americans.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d

“The oath says enemies foreign and domestic… well, we also have domestic.”

Trump tells the generals he plans to use the military against Americans

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 14d

People like this should be trespassed from every store.

Maureen Jice @jane.meangirls.online · 15d

these Starbucks contras are such fucking demons. every Starbucks employee should be issued a sidearm.

(face reveal in part two is really funny)

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 14d

Damn, the editors removed it.

Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 14d

He and Ricky Schroeder have disappointed me so much that they're essentially dead to me.

John's even less talented brother, Rob, could never disappoint me because I expect nothing but garbage from him.

(i don't think Rob Schneider and John are related, but I wanted a trinity of "Sch" names).

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 15d

Any man who does this to a woman, has done it many, many times before. Guaranteed. Is sadistic personality disorder a requirement for ICE?

Sadism never exists in isolation. It's *always* accompanied by sociopathy-psychopathy (ASPD).

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 15d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 15d

I feel like some people watched "Wag the Dog" and thought, "I could do that."

I don't think I'll listen to John Schneider's song about Charlie Kirk, largely because I don't respect either man.

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 18d

There go the Republicans, further destroying traditional marriage.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18d

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate.

I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.

Never change your last name.

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Sean Thomason @seanthomason.bsky.social · 18d

The president flexed the full extent of his power to give a late night show’s staff a five day hiatus.

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 18d

So this is the guy who started a lot of our trouble :-/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ne...

John Nelson Darby - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 18d

Good news, everyone! Except Jimmy Kimmel if he was hoping to get out of work because of a rapture (unlikely) or Trump if he was hoping to not have to release the Epstein Files or the Holman Tape.

God @thegodpodcast.com · 18d

No Rapture Tomorrow.

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 18d

Good news, everyone! Jimmy's back on starting tomorrow night.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19d

Bob Iger has a real chance to be a hero here and say “Fuck you. Make me.” to the FCC by reinstating Kimmel.

I’ll sign back up for Disney+ if he does. Until then, keep canceling your subscriptions!

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 19d

John Oliver says Bob Iger should use "the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away. And that is, 'fuck you, make me.'" youtu.be/ohPToBog_-g?...

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 18d

I yearn for a world where Bill Kristol and I stop agreeing.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18d

So many coverups.

Release the Epstein files.

Release the Homan tapes.

Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.

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Shawn Laasch @laasch.bsky.social · 21d

Girl, what do you have to offer Canada?? You're white - stay here and fight to fix this bullshit our grandparents left us.

(checks production date)

I mean this bullshit you left us.

Useless white woman accused of murder in Perry Mason episode from 1968 wants to go to Canada despite lack of appreciable skills.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 21d

There goes the First Amendment.

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