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Papa G @papageirr.bsky.social · 36m

If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.

Papa G @papageirr.bsky.social · 37m

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 23h

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Papa G @papageirr.bsky.social · 2h

Imagine that...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 4h

amazed at how it's caught on. it's like a reverse Miranda Right

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 1d

Need to get these brave frogs a sound system to play The Frog Chorus on-

youtu.be/6PMiP90ntZ8?...

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Rœ @rocam54.bsky.social · 9h

Fuck em #fascist

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Susan Brown @susanhypoluxo.bsky.social · 1d

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Papa G @papageirr.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when MTG was a very vocal opponent of the ACA?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social · 1d

I recently gave a TEDx talk at Lone Star College entitled “The Bible Doesn’t Say So.” You can check it out at the link below & if you do: Thank you for coming to my TEDx talk.

youtu.be/VidaQPd3C6Q?...

The Bible Doesn't Say So | Dan McClellan | TEDxLone Star College

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Papa G @papageirr.bsky.social · 1d

Forgot Alt Text:

My grandfather in Italy after driving the fascists out, WW2.

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Papa G @papageirr.bsky.social · 1d

Antifa is my heritage.

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Papa G @papageirr.bsky.social · 1d

@bennet.senate.gov

Do you really expect to be elected Governor by taking AIPAC money as well as not standing up for Colorados transgender community?

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Papa G @papageirr.bsky.social · 1d

Klobuchar MN
Rosen NV
Hassan NH
Shaheen NH
Heinrich NM
Luján NM
Gillibrand NY
Schumer NY
Fetterman PA
Reed RI
Whitehouse RI
Kaine VA
Warner VA

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Papa G @papageirr.bsky.social · 1d

Dems willing to push Trans under the bus...

Alsobrooks MD
Bennet CO
Hickenlooper CO
Blumenthal CT
Rochester DE
Coons DE
Gallego AZ
Kelly AZ
Ossoff GA
Warnock GA
Hirono HI
Peters MI
Slotkin MI

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

The Senate has just passed the military NDAA containing 2 anti-trans provisions: a surgery ban using federal funds (dependents too), and a sports ban on military academy spaces.

This will be the STARTING point for negotiations with the House, which has even worse provisions.

Only 20 Dems opposed.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 1d

*In 2024 Harris ran a moderate campaign:
She boasted about gun ownership, pandered to cryptocurrency, promised to secure the border and deploy more police, campaigned with Liz Cheney.
Not as conservative as Clinton, but it was a triangulate-y campaign. It did not work*

prospect.org/politics/cen...

Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris

Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.

prospect.org

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Papa G @papageirr.bsky.social · 1d

My personal favorites:

Bob Dillon
Warren Zevon
John Prine
John Hiatt
Paul Simon

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 5d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

Papa G @papageirr.bsky.social · 2d

ANY politician who does anything like this should immediately resign.

Cardinal and Pine @cardinalandpine.bsky.social · 2d

#Breaking in North Carolina:

North Carolina Democratic leaders have called on state Rep. Cecil Brockman to “resign immediately,” after news broke on Thursday that he’d been arrested and charged with raping a 15-year-old.

cardinalpine.com/2025/10/09/n...

NC Rep. Cecil Brockman charged with raping a 15-year-old; fellow Democrats demand he resign

Brockman, a Guilford County Democrat, was also accused in court documents of trying to contact the juvenile victim after the alleged rape. Democrats called the accusations “unconscionable and incompat...

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Papa G @papageirr.bsky.social · 2d

Remember when they thought Jade Helm was an invasion by Obama?

Texas Governor Deploys State Guard To Stave Off Obama Takeover

Texas' GOP governor is sending the Texas State Guard to monitor a military training exercise after right-wing militia alleged it's just a cover for the president's plan to put Texas under martial law.

www.npr.org

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

As a reminder, when Jack Posobiec was in the US Navy, they assessed his full capabilities and concluded that he was best suited to collecting samples for urinalysis

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Tracy @tracylacy84.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of people seem sort of confused by this but it makes perfect sense when you know that Jack is an open neonazi.

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 3d

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 3d

Oh.

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