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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 46m

Ok grandpa, let's get you back to bed

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "They interviewed women, these beautiful women in Chicago, Black women with a MAGA hat, a red hat. They said, 'We don't care who he brings in here but this place is really dangerous! We just want crime to stop.'"

J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 2h

a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is standing in front of a crowd .

Alt: A gif of Orson Welles playing Charles Foster Kane in the film Citizen Kane, wearing a tuxedo and bow tie and aggressively clapping his hands with a determined look on his face

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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 2h

A close up of a fictional opera program from the film Citizen Kane, which reads:
Chicago Municipal Opera House
Presents
Susan Alexander
In
SALAMMBO
GALA OPENING

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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 2h

The fact that MTG is on CNN at this very moment going full heel against them on healthcare is nothing but hilarious

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "It's about keeping Congress operating so we can get to healthcare. We always were going to. They're lying to you. Okay? The healthcare issues were always gonna be something discussed, deliberated, contemplated, and debated in October and November."

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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 3h

And so the final result:

The Upperclass Twit of the Year - Gervaise Brook-Hampster.

Runner up - Vivian Smith-Smythe-Smith

Third - Nigel Incubator-Jones

Well there'll certainly be some car door slamming in the streets of Kensington tonight.

J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 14h

Relatable 😞

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15h

bro what 😭

A quote from a Business of Fashion interview with Yohji Yamamoto: "I am a fashion designer, so if I am thinking about a new collection, I need to imagine the models. But when I see [Donald Trump's] face, I lose all my imagination."

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Jared Wade @jaredwade.bsky.social · 1d

Guns N' Roses, while playing a show last night in Bogotá, Colombia, borrowed this flag sign out of the crowd. Axl held it up for everyone then later ran around stage wearing it around his neck while singing. Said the whole band would sign it then make sure the fan got it back.

Meia tigela @brunodoamaral.bsky.social · 1d

No show do Guns N' Roses de ontem em Bogotá, o Axl recebeu essa bandeira da plateia durante a música Civil War.

Cantor Axl Rose, homem branco de meia idade com cabelo louro, segura uma bandeira da palestina com o logotipo do Guns N' Roses e escrito "I don't need your civil war".

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

Every other outlet reporting that House Republicans are in open revolt while the Senate Republicans feel boxed in, but yeah, the Free Press has its finger right on the meme pulse of things.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17h

This is the kind of free-thinking, hard-hitting journalism they're going to be getting at CBS soon.

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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 17h

Watching the TNT postgame show, and I'm confused.... Who won the game: Brewers or Cubs? 🤣 Pretty sure I heard "Go Cubs Go" after the last out

J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 17h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Aimee Mann sitting at a diner table next to a man with long hair in the film The Big Lebowski

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 18h

i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 18h

William Contreras is the worst pitch framer I have ever seen, worse than his brother

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The Onion @theonion.com · 20h

MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Awarded To Inventor Of Eatin’ Shirt https://theonion.com/macarthur-genius-grant-awarded-to-inventor-of-eatin-shirt/

MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Awarded To Inventor Of Eatin’ Shirt
‘It’s A Big Ol’ Shirt I Put On Before Supper So My Good Shirts Don’t Get Dirty,’ Says Recipient

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 21h

The President of the United States is living in an alternate reality and it's long past time for media outlets to start talking about it.

We're beyond "Trump said without evidence." Trump is governing a world that only exists in his warped mind.

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Cannonball Adderall @leupp.bsky.social · 21h

Note that during Trump’s fash fest with loser bloggers today, FOX News is showing b-roll of Portland protests from more than SIX YEARS AGO.
These people fucking hate us and want nothing more than to use deadly state force against us. Justifying that force is the project.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21h

He's so cognitively garbled that I can't guess what he means at the end, when he says freedom of speech "is always something I felt strongly about, but it never passed the courts."

At this point, it's important for Democratic politicians to raise questions about his brain function every single day.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 22h

I've gotten confirmation of this - Argentina vs. Puerto Rico is being relocated OUT of Chicago due to ongoing upheaval caused by ICE, National Guard.

Albiceleste will stay in Leo Messi's backyard (metaphorically) for both of this month's matches

Tim Hotze @thotze.bsky.social · 1d

Mailbox: Event promoters say that the friendly between Argentina and Puerto Rico for Oct 13 has been moved to Ft. Lauderdale for 10/14

No notice on socials or website from promoters or AFA.

Tickets remain on sale at pretty astronomical prices on Ticketmaster's website

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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 21h

Again, if this was your grandpa, you'd be putting him in a home.

All the MAGA grifters are gonna ride his twilight years for as long and as hard as they possibly can, his own children included

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 21h

Always keeping it trill

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 23h

This is amazing.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump regime's war on Christianity continues, as regime troops attacks Americans across the United States and rounds up majority Christian immigrants, they've also targeted religious leaders.

Here the Trump regime ICE forces shot a pastor in the head in the latest attack on civilians.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 1d

Trans rights are civil rights. If you aren't willing to die on the hill of trans rights, then you aren't willing to die on the hill of Black rights. Of Jewish rights. Of disabled rights. Of gay rights. Of anyone's rights. Human rights.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 1d

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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eric, fr🎃m 🎃nline @ericisgood.bsky.social · 1d

like how hard is it for the corporate media to just flatly state that this is an absolute lie, because it is an absolute lie. there is nothing resembling terrorism here other than what ice is doing.

"What we have going on right now is literally domestic terrorism in Chicago," Todd Blanche, the No. 2 Justice Department official, said on Fox News.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1d

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

The fact that they can't get a random sampling of citizens from any city to indict people for interfering with ICE seems more informative than any political poll, tbh

Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 1d

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

Donald Trump has heard all his most loyal voters' complaints about how health care sucks in their states, it costs too much and it's a pain in the ass to access, and he has a message for them: fuck you and die bsky.app/profile/murr...

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

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