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nikitagill.bsky.social
I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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gospel-sod.bsky.social
one of the weirdest things about the current moment is how the national media have to pretend like they don't know what this is about. official government social media accounts are posting about racially cleansing America and they have to pretend like it's not clear who the bad guy is.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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jamellebouie.net
over the course of 1871, congress held seven months of hearings on ku klux klan and other white vigilante violence in the south, they took detailed testimony from hundreds of black men and women attesting to klan terror. (1/?)
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now?

Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests

FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?

Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
January 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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ndrew.bsky.social
its funny watching dem politicians switch up their messaging between this app and child porn apps because all youre doing when you soften your language is piss off your voters in an attempt to appeal to a bunch of pedophiles who will never vote for you anyway
January 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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melissagiragrant.com
When a news outlet writes of January 6, “The political parties refuse to agree to a shared history of the event”—as the AP did here—but not that Trump’s supporters are lying about an event we all watched happen live, how is that not going along with Trump’s lies
Fifth anniversary of Jan. 6 brings fresh division to the Capitol
On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, there is no official event to memorialize what happened that day.
apnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:53 AM
thomaswilhelm.bsky.social
Are the “journalists” at The Economist genuinely dumb enough to think Trump has evolved into being a corrupt politician? That’s his default and there’s no reason to pretend otherwise
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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aridrennen.bsky.social
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
thomaswilhelm.bsky.social
Fucking idiot. The house isn’t going to pass your tariff legislation. Do you think we’re stupid?
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
thomaswilhelm.bsky.social
Wow Tim. You can’t debate , you can’t win an election and you’re spineless. What a combo
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
thomaswilhelm.bsky.social
“Train their fire on the people responsible?” You’re referring to congressional republicans which are the exact people you’re trusting to allow a vote on ACA subsidies. How can anyone be this foolish?
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
thomaswilhelm.bsky.social
Your deal is simply not going to get it done. Anyone can see that. You must be a liar or incompetent to believe a bald face lie from congressional republicans. You’re bragging about failing to pass ACA subsidies for 6 years on the day you cave on fighting to pass ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
thomaswilhelm.bsky.social
You aren’t fighting. You literally just gave up. No one believes you.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
thomaswilhelm.bsky.social
You are so unbelievably out of touch. People are going to be crushed by insurance costs but don’t worry, you’ll try next time. Are you actually stupid enough to believe republicans in both the senate and the house are going to hold a vote? How are you this dumb and in the US senate. Pathetic.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
thomaswilhelm.bsky.social
Voters gave y’all a big with last week and y’all shit your pants the next. Pathetic. This is the same situation as the last CR and it’ll be the same thing the next time there’s a CR to vote on. You can’t actually believe anyone trust anything you’re saying in this long worthless thread. Fuck off
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
thomaswilhelm.bsky.social
Y’all don’t fight. You hang us out to dry. “Vote for us, we’ll fight next time” - the message is exhausted. How many chances do you need? At this point I don’t even care if Dems take back either house. You’re too worthless to bother with. Fuck on off to hell
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
The people can buy their own……. policy? From who, Don?
Trump: NO MORE MONEY, HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, TO THE DEMOCRAT SUPPORTED INSURANCE COMPANIES FOR REALLY BAD OBAMACARE. THE MONEY MUST NOW GO DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE, TAKING THE "FAT CAT" INSURANCE COMPANIES OUT OF THE CORRUPT SYSTEM OF HEALTHCARE. THE PEOPLE CAN BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER POLICY, FOR MUCH LESS MONEY, SAVING, FOR THEMSELVES, AN ABSOLUTE FORTUNE!!! PRESIDENT DJT 837 ReTruths 2.59k Likes 11/8/25, 2:33 PM
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID

Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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nhannahjones.bsky.social
The Pentagon has failed seven audits in a row and the DoD has confirmed nearly $11 billion in fraud in just 7 years. But the concern is the poorest Americans abusing the average $342 monthly alotment. foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-...
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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denali.bsky.social
This is what happens when people who hate the government run the government. There is a tremendous incentive for them to do a bad job and hurt people so that people believe the public sector is incapable of providing a basic standard of living for everyone.
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
An embarrassingly obvious point, but...

This. Is. Illegal.

If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.

In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
Trump says he’s increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s Reagan ad | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-...
www.cnn.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
In a wealthy neighborhood in Chicago, immigration agents hopped the fence of a US citizen’s home and tried to pull a construction worker out a 2nd-story window. Homeowner came home to blood all over his house. www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...
'Jarring, frightening attack': Chicago homeowner describes immigration raid at his home
MSNBC exclusively obtained security footage of federal agents targeting construction workers at a home in the wealthy Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. Leo Feler, who owns the property, joined The Wee...
www.msnbc.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
OAKLAND: a Trump ICE goon shoots a PASTOR — Rev. Jorge Bautista — directly in the face with a pepper round

We are over the cliff, folks 🇺🇸
October 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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kendrawrites.com
It's because white people can always see the humanity in each other and not in the POC Kirk targeted and actively harmed.
gravelinfluencer.bsky.social Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · Sep 18
Yesterday Fresh Air did an interview with Robert Draper, who has covered Charlie Kirk. And this section on Draper's relationship with Kirk said a lot to me about modern access journalism, and the soft coverage we've seen in the wake of Kirk's death.
GROSS: After you profiled Kirk, and I think that was published back in February, you stayed in touch with him. And I think you were texting each other the day before he was killed. DRAPER: That's correct. I'll tell you also, Terry, that the story, as you say, was published in February of this year. But I would say for a full year prior to that, Kirk and I had been getting to know each other, and he would often reach out to me. And I thought this was an interesting aspect to Kirk, that he would reach out to me just to run things by me. Not asking so much for my opinion - because, as a journalist, I couldn't give it - but just as a reality check, he'd say, I'm hearing from the right that this particular viewpoint is prevalent from the left. Am I just living in a bubble, or is that true? GROSS: How would you respond to that? DRAPER: Well, sometimes I would say, you know, I think what you're hearing you're hearing from the right-wing media ecosystem, and it's not supported by reality as I understand it. And he would take that and be grateful for it. There was also a time I reached out to him, I remember, to say, I'd like to talk to you off the record about the religious context in which so many people in the MAGA community are viewing Donald Trump. Can you explain to me how they see him as this sort of flawed vessel, like King David or something? And he was very fluent in describing that to me. And so we had that kind of back-and-forth well predating the publication of the story, and continued to since then. I had dinner with him in D.C. once, I think, a couple of months before he was killed, and I remember he brought security with him. They sat at the bar. And he seemed very casual about it, which is not to say that he was utterly unconcerned. But it was essentially the cost of doing business, that that was just the world that we were in. I was texting with him the day before the assassination because I wanted to come to Arizona and have dinner with him and his wife to catch up on various things. But also, there's a major magazine project that I'm beginning. And I wanted Kirk's thoughts about it, but not on the phone and not in writing. It just required a face-to-face. And he wrote back saying, absolutely. We would love to have you over for dinner. Just pick a date in September. And I think I sent, a few hours later, the text, how about September 23? And obviously, I never heard back.
October 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
Yesterday Fresh Air did an interview with Robert Draper, who has covered Charlie Kirk. And this section on Draper's relationship with Kirk said a lot to me about modern access journalism, and the soft coverage we've seen in the wake of Kirk's death.
GROSS: After you profiled Kirk, and I think that was published back in February, you stayed in touch with him. And I think you were texting each other the day before he was killed. DRAPER: That's correct. I'll tell you also, Terry, that the story, as you say, was published in February of this year. But I would say for a full year prior to that, Kirk and I had been getting to know each other, and he would often reach out to me. And I thought this was an interesting aspect to Kirk, that he would reach out to me just to run things by me. Not asking so much for my opinion - because, as a journalist, I couldn't give it - but just as a reality check, he'd say, I'm hearing from the right that this particular viewpoint is prevalent from the left. Am I just living in a bubble, or is that true? GROSS: How would you respond to that? DRAPER: Well, sometimes I would say, you know, I think what you're hearing you're hearing from the right-wing media ecosystem, and it's not supported by reality as I understand it. And he would take that and be grateful for it. There was also a time I reached out to him, I remember, to say, I'd like to talk to you off the record about the religious context in which so many people in the MAGA community are viewing Donald Trump. Can you explain to me how they see him as this sort of flawed vessel, like King David or something? And he was very fluent in describing that to me. And so we had that kind of back-and-forth well predating the publication of the story, and continued to since then. I had dinner with him in D.C. once, I think, a couple of months before he was killed, and I remember he brought security with him. They sat at the bar. And he seemed very casual about it, which is not to say that he was utterly unconcerned. But it was essentially the cost of doing business, that that was just the world that we were in. I was texting with him the day before the assassination because I wanted to come to Arizona and have dinner with him and his wife to catch up on various things. But also, there's a major magazine project that I'm beginning. And I wanted Kirk's thoughts about it, but not on the phone and not in writing. It just required a face-to-face. And he wrote back saying, absolutely. We would love to have you over for dinner. Just pick a date in September. And I think I sent, a few hours later, the text, how about September 23? And obviously, I never heard back.
September 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM