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J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 55m

Vance thinks their 1% win in a black swan race means we relitigated the taboo against Nazism and the only thing preventing this error from obliterating the Republican Party is the cowardice and incompetence of elected democrats

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 3h

“Let us do monarchy or starve” compelling and relatable stuff sir bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 5h

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 6h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 4h

I kinda think the fact it’s not a real person they can disregard the wishes and desires of will be a turn-off on some level

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J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 4h

This is fucking madness and the “well if he can’t beat Mills he can’t beat Collins” stuff is doing the work for them

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 The DSCC — led by Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Kelly, Adam Schiff, and Lisa Blunt Rochester — has formed a joint fundraising committee with Janet Mills.

Mills, running against Graham Platner in the Maine Democratic Senate primary, would become the oldest freshman (79) ever elected, to a 6-year term.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 6h

I’m Amanda Marcotte and I’m here today in my capacity as the arbiter of who has moral decency. And guess who it is? It’s my powerful friends

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 6h

They have 100% always been this way, though notably the transition from helicopter rides and referencing crushing minorities abroad humorlessly transitioned to nazi shit, but like that's basically a new layer of paint instead of a new perspective.

Amanda Marcotte
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For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.
That's why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed -because Young Republicans weren't radical enough.

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J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 4h

From one billion Americans to anti-birthright citizenship. Straight up nihilism

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J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 4h

Advising you to keep saying this shit etc

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 17h

Trump really said I like people who don’t get shot in front of Charlie Kirk’s widow lmfao

J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 1d

Von Papen wasn’t wrong at Marburg but we don’t have to hand it to him

J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 1d

lol

The linked article with an ad for a poll: “is woke indoctrination an increasing danger in our schools?”

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J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 1d

Cool how Lee Atwater gave this whole thing away 30 years ago and still dems are furrowing their brows going hmm how do we fight against this

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J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck you

J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 1d

You’re welcome God

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

Showing up to No Kings with a sign reading “monarchy is an affront to human dignity but, when incorporated into a liberal democratic system, may nevertheless be a useful safety valve for nationalist and/or authoritarian impulses” and then getting clobbered by a Buttigieg-supporting grandmother

Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 1d

Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 1d

When I first read it the de jure entrenchment of state media and a parallel judiciary seemed more daunting than what we face here but the more I think about it I am honestly not sure that’s true

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J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure if you saw this, about Polish liberals’ confrontation of this very dilemma. Not encouraging! muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Project MUSE - Democracy After Illiberalism: A Warning from Poland

muse.jhu.edu

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J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 1d

If that’s the Lions last night they go back and call the delay of game

J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 1d

Never been less sure in my life that the US won’t get attacked in the next 12-24 months

Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 1d

Some military leaders are turning to AI chatbots for help with decision-making, seeing this tech as a way to get the advantage.

Even top generals are looking to AI chatbots for answers

Some military leaders are turning to AI chatbots for help with decision-making, seeing this tech as a way to get the advantage.

www.businessinsider.com

J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 1d

95% of published poetry is just lineated prose

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 1d

Four strike walk lmao

J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 1d

Strike three gtfo

J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 2d

She’s shockingly inarticulate. Mixed metaphors, stilted delivery, impenetrable jargon next to basic subject-verb errors. She needs to practice more

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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J.B. Philouza @thegreatphilouza.bsky.social · 2d

This man is in charge of my health, feels great

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