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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2h

Humpty Dumpty was pushed.

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Tony Serrata 🇺🇦 @serrata.org · 3h

He used to keep his cool better. This is clearly flustering him 😂

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Mike Johnson does a gigantic eye roll in response to Fox News pressing him on the Epstein coverup

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3h

ABC News swallowed it hook, line, and sinker. Pure stenography.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

I don't think I've seen a network TV news report more transparently full of shit since maybe 2003, right before we invaded Iraq

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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 10h

There is a very plausible theory that it was being exposed to lead as children that led to the peak serial killer era of the '70s-'80s.

I can't help but think about which kind of podcasts & influencers have made a career of peddling protein powder & supplements to men, & which kind of men listen.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 16h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 11h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4h

“The chairman and vice chairman of the Kansas Young Republicans took part in encrypted chats with political peers that were laced with violent, racist and antisemitic rhetoric and blended with references to white supremacy and suppression of the Jeffrey Epstein files.“

Kansas Young Republicans shut down after Politico report on racist, violent encrypted chat • Kansas Reflector

Politico reports the chairman and vice chairman of Kansas Young Republicans participated in racist, antisemitic encrypted chats with GOP political peers.

kansasreflector.com

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 8h

So, China is buying soy beans from Argentina instead of America but we are giving Argentina billions of dollars? Also, Argentinians have free healthcare but Americans do not and our government is now shut down because it doesn’t have enough money to give Americans even a discount on healthcare?

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 6h

So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?

Politico @politico.com · 15h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4h

It was a huge business along the Colombian border. It looks like they’re phasing out many of the subsidized stations.

Inside the Evaporating Black Market for Gasoline in Zulia, Venezuela

Zulia's gasoline black market has disappeared as government policies and supply increases take effect. But will it soon return?

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 5h

Feds have got until midnight tonight to take down the fence in front of the Broadview ICE facility, per a recent ruling from district judge LaShonda Hunt.

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 6h

Not sure what’s up but this flatbed with what appears like more fence materials has pulled up outside Broadview.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4h

It’s a shame MSNBC hosts don’t have the courage to say these things to his face.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

"I think the Democratic base feels like there is a disconnect. We hear you, when you did your 25-hour speech, I was like go Cory, I love this, that is amazing.

And then there's a photo shoot with you with Benjamin Netanyahu, and I was just like, what in the actual fuck? It was heartbreaking."

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okeefe34.bsky.social @okeefe34.bsky.social · 4h

HUH? Why doesn't his WIFE MONITOR BOTH OF THEM? Instead it's BROS?

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Jun 8

Mike Johnson and his son literally monitor each other’s porn consumption as “accountability buddies” but he doesn’t care if leader of his party is in the Epstein child sex trafficking files.🙈

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 6h

You can say amazing things if you know that the follow-up question will be "wow."

(Smith didn't plant anything at Mar-a-Lago because he was hired months after it was searched.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4h

To be clear, her signature would be the 218th one on the discharge petition for the Epstein files. That’s the tipping point that would force a full vote on the House floor on release of the files. Republicans would then be forced to either support the victims or stand with Trump and the pedophiles.

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 7h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4h

It’s a perfect storm of stupidity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson’s son just got an alert about daddy.🫣

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Jun 8

Mike Johnson and his son literally monitor each other’s porn consumption as “accountability buddies” but he doesn’t care if leader of his party is in the Epstein child sex trafficking files.🙈

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson’s son is his “accountability buddy” and I bet he got an alert after this.🫣

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 8h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 11h

Why aren’t the Republicans working?

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 5h

My aging brain cannot process John Boy as Twain.

a man in a plaid shirt is talking to a woman

ALT: a man in a plaid shirt is talking to a woman

media.tenor.com

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 5h

Somehow Pete Hegseth managed to preserve the worst aspects of the Cultural Revolution — the endless meetings to discuss the most recent party directives.

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 6h

new tonight for @zeteo.com, from @premthakker.bsky.social and me:

Trump’s Pentagon ordered staff and military personnel to watch or read in full Pete Hegseth’s speech to the generals last month. In the days since, senior officials have kept bothering staff, asking them…

zeteo.com/p/pentagon-h...

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 6h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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CNN @cnn.com · 6h

Los Angeles County officials voted to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids. https://cnn.it/47gvZns

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 6h

For the record, the Japanese invented the flying Pinto. It was called the Zero.🔥🔥🔥

a group of japanese fighter jets are flying in the sky .

Alt: A group of highly flammable japanese Zero fighter are flying in the sky.

media.tenor.com

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 6h

So many bad ideas in one invention:
“Henry Smolinski (1933–1973) was killed during a test flight of the AVE Mizar, a flying car based on the Ford Pinto and the sole product of the company he founded.”

Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 6h

This is quite a list of sad happenings, but you also get the sense that some of these (mostly) dudes went in exactly the way they would have wanted to: testing something everybody said wouldn’t work.

Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 1d

If you need a go-to Wikipedia page this is a great one

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 6h

“Francis Edgar Stanley (1849–1918) was killed while driving a Stanley Steamer automobile. He drove his car into a woodpile while attempting to avoid farm wagons travelling side by side on the road.”

I wonder if this is related to the Stanley Steamer carpet cleaning ads on TV?

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