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Glonzo Ball @groverhaustenbosch.bsky.social · 26m

"après moi le déluge" - king louis xiv and childfree "leftists" apparently

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♨ naïve dumbass @atticusgf.bsky.social · 7h

Trump vs. US was the final straw imo. You cannot read that ruling and continue believing they have legitimacy. It is not only against the plain text of the constitution, it is anathema to the national ethos. It is offensively, insultingly un-American and they ceded legitimacy by committing that sin.

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 11h

I think people seriously underestimate what it means to say that the Supreme Court is “illegitimate”, and what the consequences of saying it (and meaning it) are.

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Fourth Crown War FPV Drone Operator 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 5h

It's truly brilliant how the American state is run by what I can only describe as a small group of child rapists doing everything in their power to dodge even theoretical accountability.

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 12h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 9h

When the Yankees get eliminated

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 7h

The wild success of the upzoning near the Expo/Bundy station in west LA suggests that similar transit oriented upzonings will spur significant housing construction.

Hunter Owens @hunterowens.net · 16h

man, the Expo TNP upzoning around Expo Bundy is really resulting in huge results - was at the station yesterday and saw 4 buildings under construction, and now this

la.urbanize.city/post/eight-s...

Eight-story, 42-unit development planned at 2219 S. Wellsely Avenue

In a familiar tale, single-family homes located just south of Metro's Expo/Bundy Station in Sawtelle are set to give way to apartments, according to a recent application to the Los Angeles Department ...

la.urbanize.city

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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 1d

Using AI to keep watching videos of a dead person is frankly sinister. Just reveals a culture obsessed iwth never moving forward or looking ahead, just wallowing in increasingly degraded and unnatural rehashes of its own memories

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 1d

Zelda Williams urges fans to stop sending AI videos of her father, Robin Williams:

“Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t. If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen way worse, I’ll restrict and move on.”

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 14h

Oversight Democrats have one message for Speaker Johnson: Stop the Shutdown, Release the Files!

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 12h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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Glonzo Ball @groverhaustenbosch.bsky.social · 9h

after this is all done reporters from the mainstream press should be asked "how could you stand to be in the same room as the child porn producer and not want to go an hero" repeatedly imo

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 10h

Most of these fancasts of questions the white house press corps *should* ask have missed the memo that the only outlets that get to ask questions at these things are plants from Der Sturmer and The Blaze and shit

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Glonzo Ball @groverhaustenbosch.bsky.social · 10h

hell yeah

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Glonzo Ball @groverhaustenbosch.bsky.social · 11h

at least provincially, the NDP is the main not-conservative party in western canada, though 2011 was a product of ignatieff being very weak and jack layton being uniquely able to win the respect of quebec nationalists (majority of that NDP official opposition caucus was from quebec)

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Glonzo Ball @groverhaustenbosch.bsky.social · 11h

lol yeah like, i'm calling every day demanding he sign SB79, and after prop 50 passes in november, this will be me and a ton of others with gavin:

a boy is holding a toy that says disney pixar on it

ALT: a boy is holding a toy that says disney pixar on it

media.tenor.com

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12h

house republicans are getting extremely outplayed here, lmao

House Dems prep letter to Johnson urging vote on troop pay bill

Republicans are struggling with whether to move on a bill that would lessen the pain of the shutdown they think Democrats caused.

www.politico.com

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 11h

Good. Every single blue state needs to make it exceedingly clear that any college or university will immediately lose funding if they sign Trumps fascist, anti-education "compact"

Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 19h

Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 21h

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 11h

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 · 11h

isn’t truth social just a defederated mastadon instance?

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 11h

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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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 12h

They’re just getting started, which means this campaign probably extends into Halloween. Imagine, standing off against riot police: inflatable T-Rex, the cast of Mario Bros, ten thousand showgirls and their boyfriends.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 15h

sorta feel like the core central division in conservatism is "hierarchy is inevitable, so it must be made just and virtuous" and "hierarchy is inevitable, so all it does is just and virtuous"

Great Depression (nightcore remix) @bluespacecanary.bsky.social · 15h

It's tempting to treat "the American right is a death cult" as rhetorical hyperbole, but when you look at e.g. their enthusiasm for executing people who are *clearly* innocent, no actually these people really do just worship and revel in death and murder

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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.com · 12h

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 12h

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Glonzo Ball @groverhaustenbosch.bsky.social · 13h

she's like 50 on the dot and i'm not even sure if she was in the country yet in the early 90s. on the other hand she is a chinese immigrant who fears anyone who isn't white or chinese, which explains itself as to why she'd believe new york is "dangerous"

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 14h

when UNC scored on the first possession of the first game and Colin Cowherd immediately posted this, and then UNC lost by 34

Wasn’t really sure what to expect from Chapel Bill. But after that drive, I have him as second best college coach I’ve ever seen, just below Saban.

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Glonzo Ball @groverhaustenbosch.bsky.social · 14h

it's nuts coming from my dipshit reactionary centrist aunt who lives in the upper east side talking about how scary new york is because she actually lives there and denies reality of how safe it actually is with her own eyes

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 14h

this is the thing, a lot of people visit portland, and they’re not all hyper progressives, people can see this shit with their own eyes and know they’re being lied to, that wasn’t the case in 2020 when everyone was stuck at home

Beth Howard @june-6-bug.bsky.social · 15h

I suspect even some MAGAs are becoming sceptical. Some of my super conservative relatives were in Portland this weekend, and they actually went to Powell's, walked around and ate Thai food. I didn't hear a single complaint about the city that's supposedly overrun with pyromaniac antifa gangs.

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