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Religion Dispatches @religiondispatches.org · 3h

Joel Swanson on VPOTUS' casual, horrifying antisemitism

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JD Vance Trivializes Jewish History by Referring to ICE Criticism as 'Blood Libel' — But Reveals What this Admin Thinks of Jews

Last week, in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Vice President JD Vance accused critics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of committing “blood libel” against ICE agents. As Va...

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1h

Ian Carroll, who is being platformed by Rep. Ro Khanna, is not precisely a Holocaust denier, he’s a Holocaust denier denier. Which is to say, he denies that Holocaust denial exists as a real force on the ideological extremes, and claims it was invented by Israel to discredit anti-Zionists.

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 21h

I don't take a dime from any PAC or lobbyist, including AIPAC.

I am proud to be one of the handful of Democrats standing up against Big Money.

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 2h

innnnnnnteresting. I've held off on god mode, but i've leaned pretty hard on the token that drops boss health by 10 and ups your damage by the same

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 2h

I'm not there yet, but I can already guess based on his whole ~ deal ~ what happens if or when you beat him

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 2h

made it to (didn't even beat!) Cronos last night, and then had to explain to my wife why i'd whooped with joy from the sofa

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 3h

win or

mpls photo bot @mplsphotobot.bsky.social · 3h

Benjamin F. Loos (1928)
Source: Hennepin County Library

Loos, an advertising man, is a republican candidate for the fifth congressional district.

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 3h

huge st. paul w www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

St. Paul solved more crimes, had drastically fewer homicides in 2025

A remarkable shift is under way in St. Paul. The city is on track for a 70 percent drop in homicides by the end of 2025. And they’re solving more than 70 percent of crimes.

www.mprnews.org

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Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 3h

For Slate, I spent two days in New York's bizarre, dystopian immigration courts, getting a first hand look at the processes of Donald Trump's brutal new immigration system, and trying to focus on the human experience of being caught in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...

It’s the Place for Immigrants Who Do Things “the Right Way.” ICE Has Turned It Into Hell.

Immigrants come to court-mandated appointments in search of citizenship. They find masked, armed agents instead.

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 3h

Cat Popper is a gotdanged national treasure

www.youtube.com/shorts/WgYLw...

60 Second Rock and Roll Story - Willie Nelson Flirtin’

YouTube video by Catherine Popper

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 3h

There's always next year! (fwiw, they're both pretty short, easy reads!)

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 4h

Have you read any of Jean Ray's stuff? Malpurtius, or City of Unspeakable Fear? I think itd fit into your classic gothic october reading thing pretty well!

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 4h

Hi. If you don't think see this as an overt, stochastic call for someone to do something horrible to the people protesting next week, idk what to tell ya, man.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 4h

Technically the iggy pants were more of a silver lamé sort of thing, too, but i appreciate the effort!

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 4h

I spy some iggy pants

Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4h

new Rob Zombie song rips btw

and new album's called The Great Satan

so no notes there, obviously

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0mf...

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 21h

I said "doc, whaddya mean I got autism?" Doc says "well, you were circumcised, we're ya?" I go "yeah, so what?" He says "well there you go! Circumcisions lead to autism." I said "doc, I know people say that I think with my pecker, but this is ridiculous!"

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Pool Hall James @poolhalljames.bsky.social · 4h

seems like a weird thing to say this way even within the context of Fortnite tbh

social media comment under a Fortnite post that says “I WILL BE BUYING THE JENNA ORTEGA SKIN DAY ONE”

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 4h

folks you don't need to care about a swedish award *that* much, it's really okay

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 5h

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 16h

There’s a whole holiday with a rabbit and eggs about it and everything

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 17h

In total fairness, coming back noticeably different after some time away is one of Jesus’s main things.

Page Six @pagesix.com · 1d

Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion of the Christ’ sequel to star new Jesus, cast

Gibson's long-gestating sequel will start shooting in Rome, but with a completely new cast, an insider told Page Six.

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 17h

“I tell my wife ‘I got autism’ she says ‘yeah and you’re ugly too!’ No respect I tell ya no respect.”

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 20h

Imagining the historical equivalent to this, like some gestapo goon testifying against their commander at a nuremberg trial like "ja, unt then herr kriminaldirektor screamed out: 'Ach, mien schvantzentügger!!!'"

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 21h

An agent testified in federal court in Chicago today that Bovino needed an MRI and is on two weeks bedrest for "a groin injury" he sustained during last week's protest

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 20h

oh, dude, afternoon naps - medical or otherwise - are always cool. Don't worry about that, believe me.

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 20h

I don't think you could make "Blazing Saddles" now (primarily because it was already made once in 1974) but IF YOU DID I think this would be a pretty good bit.

Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 20h

okay, but wait: were you listening because you were celebrating the news, or just a moment of kismet?

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