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brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 6h

This asshole should be sweating his ass off in some tent next to a Texas highway, trying to sell morons a $50 bottle of the worst tasting mix of tap water and vinegar they’ve ever had based on the promise it’ll help “prevent urges”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

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."

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brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 8h

So is someone going to sue @cnn.com for editing that steven miller interview?

Let’s get a class action suit going. Should be at least $16M per person based on established legal precedent right?

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 2d

A good way to tell if a statement is a lie or not is to ask:

“Did it come out of Mike Johnson’s mouth?”

If so - it’s almost definitely a lie

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

These people were enslaved as laborers for a call center soliciting church donations in case you’re wondering the exact level of where we went wrong as a human species

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d

amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Raid of church leader’s Florida mansion reveals 57 forced laborers, feds say

The victims, called “armor bearers” by the church, are threatened with damnation if they fail to meet their quotas, federal officials say.

amp.miamiherald.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Abughazaleh: I think Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague. And if the response from ICE to people exercising their first amendment right is to drive vehicles through them, they should not be an agency in the US.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 5d

It’s funny because it’s true

Jay D@@jay.bsky.team
You could try a poster's strike. I hear that works

crystal @cim.bsky.social
your user base consists entirely of people who are willing to migrate from social media websites that turn on them

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brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a real article. I don’t care to read it since it’s the free press. People have dunking on it for a couple day

www.thefp.com/p/my-favorit...

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human

Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable tweets, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI, writes Tyler Cowen.

www.thefp.com

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brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 4d

No, fuck this stuff. My point was that article lede sure seems to be hinting at some real crook shit

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5d

When you recall that political reporters ran interference for Trump over his "opposition" to Project 2025, remember that even AT THAT TIME there was a hidden camera interview with Vought where he said that was bullshit and he didn't mean it. www.mediamatters.org/russ-vought/...

In undercover interview, Project 2025 architect gets candid on the initiative’s radical goals and connections to Trump

In an undercover interview with reporters from the British non-profit organization Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 architect and MAGA ally Russ Vought admitted to the project's strong ties ...

www.mediamatters.org

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brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 5d

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn't need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That's because she's Al.

*NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY ABOUT THIS GORGEOUS INNOVATION.* WRITES TYLER COWEN.

By Tyler Cowen

Screenshot from ‘I Think You Should Leave’ Coffin Flop

“We're allowed to show 'em nude because they ain't got no soul.”

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brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 6d

When everyone on the call had the invite show up on their calendar, but nobody knows why

Halloween name @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 7d

"i just use it to generate ideas"

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 7d

This needs to be the message of the entire Democratic Party.

Once again, AOC is the real leader of the party.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 7d

This moment is a test. Donald Trump wants us to blink first and hand him over power.

We have too much to save to give in. Protecting the American people is too important a task for us to give up before anything even starts.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 8d

AIPAC messes in Dem primaries and also bankrolled 109 GOP election-deniers. No self-respecting Dem candidate should meet with them let alone take their money. If you want a Dem Party that fights back, get AIPAC out of our primaries - and support candidates brave enough to take them on.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8d

It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.

Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.

But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.

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brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 14d

Screenshots from The Office:

Dwight: When two gay men have sex, how do they know whose penis will open up to accept the other person's penis?

Toby: Wow.

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brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 14d

This honestly seems like a more overt and dangerous attack on free speech than the Kimmel thing. If for no other reason than it’s unlikely to receive a fraction of the attention or pushback

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14d

A statue of Trump and Epstein was removed from the National Mall by U.S. Park Police, despite a permit allowing it to remain until Sept. 28

Trump-Epstein 'friendship' statue removed from National Mall one day after it appeared

A statue of Trump and Epstein was removed from the National Mall by U.S. Park Police, despite a permit allowing it to remain until Sept. 28.

www.wusa9.com

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 14d

Three people in ICE custody killed is an atrocity, yes. But if we agree on that - and not everyone does as this administration is clearly fine with who in fact was killed - then what is this? We literally disappeared people. People with families, friends, lawyers. No one knows where tf they are.

pdconner52.bsky.social @pdconner52.bsky.social · 14d

Odd to me this country has disappeared 1,800 people that were held in Alligator Alcatraz. Ice can’t/won’t say where they are and elected officials are not screaming from the rooftops. News media disinterested.

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brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 14d

Also what’s wrong with his fucking eyes? He looks like a goddamn flounder

brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 14d

Remember when the right pretended to care the Dr Jill Biden “wasn’t a real medical doctor”?

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14d

Always remember you can catch a lot of awesome and local bands in your area that aren't owned by labels yet and often will charge very little for a live show and could use your support more

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 14d

Ticketmaster boss Michael Rapino says concert tickets are 'underpriced'

"In sports, I joke it’s like a badge of honor to spend 70 grand for a Knicks courtside seat. They beat me up if we charge $800 for Beyoncé"

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brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 14d

Somewhere, right now, Steven miller is licking his own eyeball to keep it moist

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15d

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 15d

Remember when the trump campaign got in a literal fight with staff at ANC, just because they were told not to take pictures?

Reuters @reuters.com · 15d

French President Emmanuel Macron called President Donald Trump after being stopped at a New York street blocked off for his US counterpart's motorcade during the UN General Assembly reut.rs/42acMSC

brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 15d

He wants it so bad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Trump to the UN: "Everyone says I should get the Nobel Peace Prize."

brewmonster.bsky.social @brewmonster.bsky.social · 15d

The Tylenol thing is like when Reddit guesses the twist ending of a show and the writers have to scramble and come up with something else at the last minute and try to pretend the 6 seasons of foreshadowing going nowhere was the plan all along