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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 18m

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Country star Zach Bryan clarifies 'misconstrued' ICE song that prompted MAGA outrage and White House response

With the song, which seems to criticize recent immigration raids, Bryan, a U.S. Navy veteran, has garnered backlash from conservative creators — and even the White House.

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 2h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

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Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1h

Ubisoft: "Okay, so in this game you fight the Klan"
Marketers: "You can't sell that in America"
Ubisoft: "Why?"
Marketers: "Umm [gestures broadly]. The Klan fucking won?"
Ubisoft: "Merde."
Marketers: "Yeah, we've asked for the Statue back but they're being dicks about that too."

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 2h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 1h

He saw footage of Stranger Things and Stephen Miller told him it’s real and happening in Portland right now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump on Portland: "It's like the movies you see for the kids, I guess not only the kids, adults also, where you have these bombed out cities and these bombed out people. It's like, worse than that."

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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 1h

Dude was on run from May to October and he only got as far as Atlanta?! Why he ain’t go to Mexico?!

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Derrick Groves, last of 10 inmates who escaped NOLA jail, captured in Atlanta

Derrick Groves, last of ten inmates who escaped NOLA jail, found in Atlanta after five month search

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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 1h

Jake tapper is a republican.

When he was on a podcast talking about how his son wants to be a cop and the podcasters joked asking how his son felt about minorities. Jake got his panties in a bunch saying his son isn’t racist and this is why Dems lose. Mask off.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · May 15

Jake Tapper's New Book on Biden Reveals How Corporate Media is Failing America

While the Trump Administration is galloping towards fascism and arguing to end birthright citizenship, corporate media remain complicit cowards by focusing on Joe Biden's age.

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Fool's Gold 👻 @seanyboi29.bsky.social · May 17

this is a hell of a three-skeet

posts from @solomonmissouri saying

Meanwhile Trump has committed at least another 15-20 felonies in securities crimes alone

The suggestion being made here is that Biden greatest sin is that he got too old

And trump’s greatest sin?

I’m not sure… cause he won’t stop sinning

Maybe the insurrection
Interference in election
Personal gain from the office
Kidnapping
Whatever RFK jr is

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 1h

Barrymore put her best foot forward quite literally on Tuesday.

Drew Barrymore Takes A Big Whiff — Of Her Own Feet — On Live TV

Barrymore put her best foot forward quite literally on Tuesday.

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GenXJamerican🇯🇲🇺🇸 @genxjamerican.blacksky.app · Aug 12

“It’s wagons in Belgium!”

Context:

Belgian shot putter goes viral running hurdles to save team from disqualification

YouTube video by CTV News

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Brian @sirfahrenheit.bsky.social · Aug 11

“She’s stacked up like overdue books.”

“She’s thicker than coastal humidity.”

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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 1h

The American oligarchy at work

www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

Trump Wants to Overhaul Drug Sales. A Company Tied to His Son Stands to Benefit.

The family members of President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are poised to benefit from efforts to remake the pharmaceutical industry.

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 4h

“How would we exist if we can’t steal???”

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 4h

This is a shopping cart or if you wanna get fancy it’s a “bascart”

Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 8h

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Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 9h

So the years and years of alleged child grooming and predatory behavior wasn’t the thing to launch republicans into action…it was a Charlie Kirk mod in the game

www.cbsnews.com/news/kentuck...

Kentucky attorney general sues Roblox alleging a "playground for predators"

Violent games, including a simulation of the graphic shooting of activist Charlie Kirk, are seen by young children on the social gaming platform, the lawsuit alleges.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 18h

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 16h

Sounds like they need to deliver a fantastic gift to Trump and make a donation to his presidential library.

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McCormick spice company has a $140 million tariff problem

McCormick & Company, a spice giant based in Hunt Valley, said in an earnings call Tuesday that it anticipates $140 million in annual costs associated with President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 1d

Thankfully, senator Adam Schiff takes time to document all the serious questions Pam Bondi refuses to answer - and even then, Bondi continues her attempts to interrupt him with childish catcalls she probably learned from FOX's Greg Gutfeld
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

fox news cant help making dems look more badass than they could ever be

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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 1d

Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b----,” before pulling over and shooting the woman five times, the woman’s attorney said in federal court Monday.

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 1d

Kamala Harris Gets Real About the Current Political Moment: “These Motherf***ers Are Crazy”

The former VP had a mic-drop moment when stopping by the A Day of Unreasonable Conversation summit in Los Angeles on Monday.

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Kamala Harris Gets Real About the Current Political Moment: “These Motherf***ers Are Crazy”

The former VP had a mic-drop moment when stopping by the A Day of Unreasonable Conversation summit in Los Angeles on Monday.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 1d

No.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/s...

A Campaign to ‘Bring Back Bullying’

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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...

Recruiters Use A.I. to Scan Résumés. Applicants Are Trying to Trick It.

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