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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 2m

The Nuremberg trials would beg to differ with your take

Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 9m

Omg I said I’m nervous twice in that comment jfc I need to reread before hitting post

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 9m

I know that walker’s thread is discussing the insanity of the gov possibly joining the race, which is insane.

But this does make me wonder why Platner has gone so viral when he’s not the only progressive running.

Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 3h

I should also note there are other 6 other candidates in the race, like former congressional aide Jordan Wood, who is in his 30s.

None have gone viral the way Platner has. But Wood, also a progressive, recently announced he’d raised $3 million.

Mills doesn’t need to join this race.

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 11m

I do see a ton of support for him, but that’s what makes me nervous. All the msnbc liberals are hopping on board, that’s part of what makes me nervous. Glad DSA is discussing him

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 32m

My dearest Gertrude,

I fear I shall not make it home. This war has ravaged our supplies and broken our will.

We arrived with weapons, purpose, and a directive. Yet at every turn, we are mocked. Belittled.

I have never experienced an insult so great in a war zone

Send my best to the children

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 15m

That’s honestly the BIGGEST vibe I’m getting but I wasn’t sure if I was being disingenuous

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 16m

Hi, former Texan here, and former Texan teacher. Those fuckers sat at powered bases during the 2021 winter storm. they are not my colleagues.

They’re not being used. They’re not the fucking victims here

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 8h

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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bob barker 🍸 @insortediaboli.bsky.social · 32m

“Remember, these are not Nazi SS, these are every day teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their Fatherland with their spare time”

Do you even hear yourself

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 8h

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 23m

What's so incredible, as someone who feels like some days I spent more time planning than executing, is that even tho the Republican Party is executing an incredibly intricate plan written by the Heritage Foundation, there's no plan on the president pedophile coverup. They're just fucking scared.

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 32m

so theres a possibility the attorney general has seen evidence the president raped children and now the entire republican party is helping to cover it up?

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 19m

Sorry still losing my mind that a man running as a progressive bid for ME senator told a room of people to be quiet and listen to the MAGA woman spewing racism.

HER TEAM WON. SHE GOT WHAT SHE WANTED. TELL HER TO SHUT UP.

Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 54m

The entire room of people, IN THAT RED STATE, yelled at that woman for saying something that was both untrue, and racist as fuck.

And Platner admonished THEM.

HE ADMONISHED THE PEOPLE CALLING OUT THE LIES AND RACISM.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 20m

This amuses me so much .

Because it’s taking the assignment absolutely seriously while mocking ICE

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 44m

Calling it now:

If Graham Platner gets elected, he’s going to go the way of Warnock and Ossoff.

Guaranteed.

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 38m

gm spider babes ♥️ this morning’s song is:

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 41m

Watch this space:

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 44m

Calling it now:

If Graham Platner gets elected, he’s going to go the way of Warnock and Ossoff.

Guaranteed.

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 45m

LITERALLY. One of my normie guy friends was like “but his military record will help get him elected”

Why? To who? If that’s what gets him elected, what kind of voters is he pandering to?

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 51m

I know a lot of people like him, and I know he’s said good things on Palestine.

But I don’t trust that fucker any farther than I could throw him.

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 52m

He is running the Obama playbook, and progressives are falling for it hook line and sinker because he’s doing it in a “reddish” state.

i have now seen him work over time to humanize Trump supporters, MULTIPLE TIMES. He does this more than he tries to humanize immigrants!

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 54m

The entire room of people, IN THAT RED STATE, yelled at that woman for saying something that was both untrue, and racist as fuck.

And Platner admonished THEM.

HE ADMONISHED THE PEOPLE CALLING OUT THE LIES AND RACISM.

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 55m

Gen z white boy lib politician influencers need to be stopped.

Just watched one applaud Platner for being sympathetic to a woman during his townhall that yelled out “stop giving free benefits to illegals.”

Because “that’s how you win red states. Shame isn’t ok.”

BITCH.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1h

"... in Massachusetts, challenges to books are most common at school libraries, where parents tend to complain about books that address LGBT issues and race."

@librarianjason.bsky.social

#MAPoli #WorcPoli #BannedBooksWeek

www.worcestermag.com/story/entert...

'A library should have something for everyone': Library sets events for Banned Books Week

In honor of "Band Books Week," the Worcester Public Library will celebrate “the freedom to read” all afternoon on Oct. 11.

www.worcestermag.com

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 3h

JFC I only just realized how thin she is. A stiff breeze could take her off that roof

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 7h

The same day that Frum submitted his pitch to the Atlantic to profile the Israeli ambassador, Frum also was forced to publicly apologize to the New York Times and Reuters for falsely accusing a Palestinian photographer of faking a series of photographs of bereaved Palestinians in Gaza.

7/30/2014

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 3h

He’s like “yall gonna listen to the word of god or not?”

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bob barker 🍸 @insortediaboli.bsky.social · 3h

Leo is the hard man to Francis’ soft use of power. Just completely willing to rein in the US church in full view of the rest of the church

Reuters @reuters.com · 3h

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown reut.rs/4mQvdTF

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue.

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