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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 2h

Story of my life.

Matthew Lawrence @beefcakefactory.bsky.social · 2h

Trying to figure out what to wear to the straight people club??

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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 5h

And done none of them.

He's pretty much proven he's a blowhard with no actual substance.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 5h

Up to this point, Governor Pritzker has said all the right things. If they're not backed up with action — specifically, control of your own law enforcement organization — then they were wasted breath.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 5h

Illinois State Police issue a final warning to disperse from in front of the Broadview ICE facility, a full 20 minutes before the protest curfew time.

Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 5h

Is there a non-Wapo version because fuck Wapo?

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 6h

@warren.senate.gov.....still nothing, bud?

How fucking much worse does it have to get for you stop reporting the news and start making some?

Again, I'd ask @markey.senate.gov too, but I'd hate to wake him from his nap.

Do some fucking thing.

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 7h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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It's Me, Mike Olson @devlin1.bsky.social · 8h

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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 7h

I have a feeling most of these monsters would happily pay to do this. The paycheck is just icing.

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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 9h

Any time you walk into a cafe and immediately Paula Abdul's Cold-Hearted comes on, you picked the right fucking cafe.

Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 9h

And you're going to do....

Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 10h

Neither @reed.senate.gov nor @whitehouse.senate.gov are on our side. Neither are made for these times.

Reed never saw a defense bill he won't rubber stamp & Sheldon won't put down his whites-only beach club daiquiri down long enough to oppose anything Trump trots out.

Primary both of these pricks.

Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 10h

Senators Reed and Whitehouse support NDAA that targets transgender rights and allows Trump unlimited domestic troop deployment

"The NDAA vote provides insight into how far most congressional Democrats are willing to go in opposing Trump’s culture war fascism and use of troops on domestic soil..."

Senators Reed and Whitehouse support NDAA that targets transgender rights and allows Trump unlimited domestic troop deployment

"The NDAA vote provides insight into how far most congressional Democrats are willing to go in opposing Trump’s culture war fascism and use of troops on domestic soil..."

steveahlquist.substack.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 1d

Yup!

Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 1d

Yay!!! I'll be through tomorrow or Sunday to do my part. Haven't been able to spend much time down there in Artist Alley yet.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

My god - folks at the #NYCC donated another $375 to @thenyic.bsky.social today!!!

Y'all are incredible and my heart is pretty full.

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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 1d

I'll take the under.

He'll change his tune once he gets a refresher on how discovery works.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Ingrassia is now threatening to sue Politico:

“This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.”

October 10, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Re: Statement on behalf of my client Paul Ingrassia regarding last night's story, Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment, POLITICO (Oct. 9, 2025), https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/ingrassia-trump-harassment-dhs-
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POLITICO's hit piece about Mr. Ingrassia is calculated to cause maximum harm to his promising career — and torpedo his nomination for Special Counsel. This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.
To be 100% crystal clear, so that there is zero room for doubt: Mr. Ingrassia did not engage in any wrongdoing in connection with the matters reported. As POLITICO itself reported: "The woman, whom POLITICO is not naming, said in a statement that she 'never felt uncomfortable' about Ingrassia's behavior and said she had never made a complaint." This is one of the only accurate parts of POLITICO's otherwise fantastical and fictional partisan fairy tale.
Accordingly, one last time, I call upon POLITICO to publicly apologize and issue a full retraction of this disgraceful and partisan sludge.
/s/ Edward Andrew Paltzik
taylordykema.com

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🎃Nosferascoob🎃 @scoobydouchebag.bsky.social · 2d

We are the sons of the dragulas you couldn't slam in the back of

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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 1d

CBS deserves the coming exodus and inevitable hindsight that Bari Weiss is simply, singly a fucking moron and they just spent a fortune to make Twitter News.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

Hard to believe anyone still subscribes to the Washington Post.

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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 3d

These motherfucking Nazis need to see some accountability.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck, the Whatnot infection of comic cons is really taking the fun out of them.

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 3d

NYCC '25: Jim Lee's Retailer Day speech - "DC Comics will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork."

NYCC ’25: Jim Lee’s Retailer Day speech – “DC Comics will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork.”

Jim Lee delivered a fiery speech about the power of human art and DC's ongoing storytelling in the Retailer's Day keynote speech

www.comicsbeat.com

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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck Bill Burr and I guess he can now take Conan with him.

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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 3d

JB's way too busy telling everyone how much he's gonna protect them to actually...protect them.

Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 3d

Ok. I'll do it!

@govpritzker.illinois.gov, Google "Broadview ICE facility"

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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 3d

So dumb, but at least more people know that @whitehouse.senate.gov is a total sack of shit who belongs to a segregated beach club. He's not on your side.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 3d

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

trib.al

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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 3d

So......fuck Conan O'Brien?

Damn dude, you can call your friends stupid when they say stupid things. You don't have to cosign their stupidity.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3d

RETURN TO PLANET HULK #1 hits comic book stores TODAY - and I'm doing a signing at 5 pm at Midtown Comics Times Square in NYC! Come see, come see!

gregpak.com/2025-10-08-g...

2025-10-08 – Greg Pak signs RETURN TO PLANET HULK at Midtown Comics Times Square in NYC!

This is a big one, friends! The night before the New York Comicon, I’ll be signing RETURN TO PLANET HULK #1 at Midtown Comics Times Square in NYC! 5 pm, October 8 Midtown Comics Times Square …

gregpak.com

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