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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 16h

Let’s layoff most of the federal workforce

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Fed Governor Christopher Waller: "Job growth has probably been negative the last few months. it doesn't look like it's doing much better. I don't hear anybody with big hiring plans."

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

Woah

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 1d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 1d

two new york giants players are standing next to each other during a game

ALT: two new york giants players are standing next to each other during a game

media.tenor.com

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 1d

Giants (laudatory)

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 1d

Houston

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 1d

They’re doing the meme

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about all the memes a year ago about how Taylor Swift was going to convince Kamala to send Gen Z to die in the Spratlys

Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 1d

Boots on the ground is a recipe for WW3

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 1d

One summer during college my friend and I were driving to the Cape. We left Connecticut as Yankees-Red Sox started. We stopped in Rhode Island to drop her dad off at their place in Weekapaug and still made it to Chatham before the game ended. Regular 9 innings.

Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 1d

Postseason Games Lasting 3½ Hours Or More:
2017 - 19
2018 - 23
2019 - 21
2020 - 27
2021 - 20
2022 - 17
2023 - 3
2024 - 5
2025 - 0 so far

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 1d

Is Dork serious?

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 1d

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 1d

I need to know who this Antifa Eva Braun is because my bet is she either 1) doesn’t exist or 2) is some poor Portlandian they just yolked off the street. My bet is the former.

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 2d

Brian Cashman is wasting someone who is truly one of the greatest Yankees to wear the uniform

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 2d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Sickening.

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 2d

Unified Ireland mentioned @adam35.bsky.social

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 2d

Niche reference that more people should be aware of

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely diabolical that after last week this is the photo they snag of the Texas National Guard

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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 3d

I am once again asking why law enforcement needs to wear multicam at all, nevermind in an urban setting

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.