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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 11h

Here's a neat trick they teach in authoritarianism school: If you purge the people who measure the effects of your policies (BLS, MMWR), you can just claim everything's great, and nobody can prove how much damage you're doing.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Sarah Walsh @bigdamnherossir.bsky.social · 12h

Thing Bad
@Merman_Melville

Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day

3:03 PM • Jan 24, 2019

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Obie @obienator.bsky.social · 12h

a screenshot of Half Life 2, showing Dr Breen looming over travelers on a large projected image,

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GoryGregorMendel @gregorthemendel.bsky.social · 12h

Presented without comment.

Houston: Missing teen with autism reportedly in ICE custody

The family of a Houston teen who went missing tells FOX 26 that he had been in ICE custody for days.

www.fox26houston.com

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 12h

once again it is my firm belief that all but the most deranged (and maybe the most bro-y) people peddling in this stuff are fully vaccinated and regularly get their boosters

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Manny Suazo @smokyburnout.bsky.social · 13h

topical

a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

ALT: a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

media.tenor.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12h

Keep talking big guy. Dems, don't bail him out.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 14h

I feel like these guys never got to the part of literally any color revolution or scifi movie or famous Super Bowl commercial where the regime's symbolic omnipresence just creates endless potential sparks of revolution.

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hadn’t realized we reached the Fascist Leader Talking In An Endless Loop At Sites Of Mass Transit stage of the dystopia.

Good to know.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 18h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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rexvrex @rexvrex.bsky.social · 12h

Too real Raffi

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 13h

Undergrad: "Man, 10 page essay. what am I going to write in here"

Lawyer: "What do you mean just 13,000 words?"

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 12h

if someone in your family started talking like this you would take away their car keys

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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rexvrex @rexvrex.bsky.social · 16h

i will eat anything between 1-4, 5 goes in the trash

Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 18h

3 or 4 for me.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 16h

Since it is Friday, I am once again reminding you that I am running for CA Assembly District 72, and that my solemn pledge not to use any campaign funds to eat excessive amounts of tortellinis remains in effect.

These are personal tortellinis.

secure.actblue.com/donate/kluwe

A plastic bowl filled with discount tortellinis and marinara sauce

www.kluweoc.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 16h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 16h

If you’re not already listening to Khalid, it’s time to start!!!

As one Redditor put it, his new album “has main pop boy written all over it, I fear.”

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/10/e...

Everybody Say ‘Thank You, Khalid!’ for Reviving the Male Pop Star

The seven-time Grammy Award nominee just dropped a new album that proves he’s ready to be your least problematic favorite.

thebarbedwire.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 16h

Axios being forced to report on this story in this way means the Dems need to keep doing what they're doing now which is nothing because an angry Trump is gonna keep doing worse and worse things and ain't no one gonna be able to defend him anymore outside of the WH so let him cook.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 17h

chat I'm not sure they're thinking things through

www.axios.com/2025/10/10/s...

Congress erupts at Trump's shutdown mass firings: "This is a disaster"

Democrats are warning that Trump officials who carry out the layoffs could be prosecuted.

www.axios.com

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Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 17h

This was 53 years ago.
No bench clearing, no ejections.
They just kept playing.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 17h

It’s true: the cities are lawless and scary, if you live here sell your property as fast as possible, particularly if you have a 2 family row house from the 1920s with those nice bay windows.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 17h

Lmfao what an absolutely incredible chart.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 17h

This shit is crazy because they're just straight up on video hitting a car that was blocked in the street. The extent as to which DHS now just brazenly puts out lies is utterly obscene.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 18h

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 17h

Andy Ngo and his milkshake

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rexvrex @rexvrex.bsky.social · 17h

This is where I'm at and I will accept nothing less from anyone who wants my vote or campaign donations

I demand to see GOP hearts eaten in the marketplace for all to witness

muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 20h

As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.

Justice for All - Truthdig

To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.

www.truthdig.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 18h

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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CJ 🏳️‍🌈🤘 @nemoblue.bsky.social · 18h

Had to gift this article because it's just so batshit insane that it NEEDS to be shared. If your dad or your brother started talking like this, you'd begin the process of secretly trying to get them help—even if it's the kind of 'help' they try to refuse. Just *batshit* lunacy on display here.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

wapo.st

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