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once again gonna bring up that he lives, in dc, in the basement gimp room of a wealthy pervert who makes his wives watch porn to know how he wants them to service him

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 45m

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 35m

donnie trump: "fuck them troops"

brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 36m

it's curious which laws they end up feeling count. is there a dart board somewhere or is it "will this impact evangelical churches in some way"

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 39m

americans have to stand up for the profit margins of private equity or we just don't have a country anymore

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 41m

one might almost suspect there's a reason he's good at playing weaselly little shits

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 8h

what the fuck

brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 48m

it's just a seasonal clearance sale ffs

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 49m

well phew, and oof

Downtown Brandi Frown 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 10h

Her sister definitely texts like a parent who says CALL ME NOW about something not urgent.

www.wsmv.com/2025/10/08/i...

‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’: Dolly Parton’s sister says after asking for prayers

Dolly postponed her first Las Vegas residency in more than 30 years late last month, saying she was dealing with health challenges.

www.wsmv.com

brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 1h

a show hosted by megan mcardle

new adventures in things no one asked for, no one wants, and no one will watch

brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 1h

hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaahahahaahaahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1h

O'Neal is pushing "The Post into video podcasting, according to people familiar with the matter, aiming to launch a show hosted by Megan McArdle next month and a flagship program in January. The marquee show, I’m told, will be helmed by O’Neal himself."

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 14h

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 11h

ok. it's 2025 now

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 11h

was it orwell who wrote the defense of bombing civilian populations or was that vonnegut

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 11h

i keep coming back to this pic today

that's a mall's entire security team
the teens are gonna be smoking so many cigs

Ben Siemon @benjaminjs.bsky.social · 16h

Everything really is bigger in Texas.

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 11h

the number of times they have accidentally shot each other just posing with their big scary plastic toys is definitely not zero

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 11h

to say again, if cops are the people that the military rejected for service, ice are the people the cops rejected

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 12h

*or ableist or any other kind, of course

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 12h

i don't mean this in any way to dismiss the danger they pose, but this isn't a move that shows strength, it shows they're terrified

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12h

They love this move, I see.

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 12h

it's mr potatohead
and his bucket of farts
buckets of fucks for everyone

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 13h

What will the new Adam O'Neal–hosted WaPo opinions podcast sound like for the next few decades? Maybe a little something like this x.com/WashPostComm...

brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 12h

remind me to just do simple salt n pepper in evo roasted veggies more often, plz

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