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Ben @coxsportsohio.bsky.social · 27m

last night’s slow horses was exquisite

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

Not the least surprised by this. I’d hope it might finally wake up some mainstream libertarians to what Smith is really about. But it probably won’t.

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billypilgrim65.bsky.social @billypilgrim65.bsky.social · 9h

Aside from Murc’s Law the “congress did/stalled/deadlocked etc” formula has been one of the most damaging journalism formulations that has made GOP anti-governance possible.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 1d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Ben @coxsportsohio.bsky.social · 10h

they’re gonna shoot that frog

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10h

This is maybe the most insulting thing you could say about a human being lol

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 13h

had never before considered that the inflatable costumes offer pepper ball protection

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13h

In some ways this is the government now

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I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 12h

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12h

so, like, i know it’s trite and cliche to point out, but the NYT printed hundreds of stories about clinton’s email security and she wasn’t even president

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12h

isn’t truth social just a defederated mastadon instance?

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 12h

Underrated part of this story is that official USG business is done by Truth Social DM. It almost makes you miss the good old days of the PC small group Signal Chat.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 13h

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Ben @coxsportsohio.bsky.social · 15h

library guy's nephew is the special teams coach under belichick at unc

he might want to send out some resumes

ya seems like it

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Ben @coxsportsohio.bsky.social · 15h

thank you

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Charles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 16h

American pedant: “I’m not sure, of all historical examples, given our own history of homegrown, right-wing extremism, about comparisons to mid-20th century European fascism, particularly given…”

German guy: “He’s like Hitler”

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 16h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 16h

I'm sorry this is crazy

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 16h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 19h

Marco Rubio is going to hell.

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 19h

this has got to be the stupidest and most blatantly "unamerican" group of rulers this country has ever had. if you can't win against "goons in the streets, rotting food in the fields, orang is 90 dollars now" then i dont know what to say

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 19h

i wonder if a sufficient number of viable democrats have it in them to effectively counter a narrative of "i am tanking the economy, firing everyone i can, and sending soldiers to push you around if i dont like the way you think, and also lee greenwood is the only music allowed"

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 23h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 21h

lol

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 21h

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 · 1d

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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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22h

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23h

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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