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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 8h

Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”

Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam. He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” - And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD. The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate. It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 8h

I mean at my university we don't do it because shared governance doesn't functionally exist. A fish will fly to the moon before faculty here successfully get any administrator to do anything they don't want to do.

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 8h

Somehow the alt text of "Michael Dukakis in a tank" ended up in the actual post as "Mic." LOL I have NO idea how that happened. Anyway, for formality's sake, here it is with alt text: cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...

Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 8h

Mic

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 8h

OMG I’d vote for this SO HARD

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 11h

Here’s video of the incident

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 10h

I think all of us who saw Trump for what he was early on are having a lot of cognitive dissonance and just general <<feelings>> as other people finally, belatedly, make that realization, with widely varying levels of self awareness for what they've said and done for the past 10 years.

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 10h

Obligatory

Pete Rose sliding into third base like Superman in the 1976 World Series.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 18h

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13h

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 10h

Very cool and awesome that even though I pay for not one but two subscription services that are supposed to provide me with access to @mlb.com I still can't watch the AL playoffs.

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 10h

I dunno man if I were president & I was elected on the strength voters identifying as Christian & my party had spent two generations holding itself out as the party of Christians I might instruct my secret police to not ostentatiously & violently repress a Christian faith leader.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 11h

There’s a very big account posting stuff where the subtext “10/7 was justified” is VERY strongly implied and I didn’t say anything because don’t want his 100K+ followers dogpiling me but whooooooo boy more people on this site are antisemitic pieces of shit than I had accounted for.

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 1d

As the people who insist otherwise try to burn the country, it's important to affirm that immigrants, from everywhere, are awesome, and America is better the more immigrants we have. You have to be just empty and vapid and unimaginably small to reject that.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 17h

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Tom Clark @tomsclark.bsky.social · 14h

FWIW, it would be a felony for anyone to spend single dollar on WIC that wasn't appropriated by Congress. I know that Trump believes he is the government personified, and the other branches may agree, but you'd be going out on a limb to carry this out if you were a bureaucrat.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 15h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 14h

Same logic John Marshal used in writing Marbury v Madison.

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 14h

This might turn out to be a fiendishly clever move because Democrats may be loath to challenge this on Article 1 grounds for fear of defunding WIC. If that happens the precedent is set and Article 1 is eroded even further.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 15h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h

Just go ahead and delete article 1 entirely while you’re at it.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 15h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 15h

<taps sign> The idea that you can win a Democratic primary - where all the voters are Democrats - by pretending to be a Republican is, in fact, very stupid.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 16h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 15h

Mad Libs from hell.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 19h

this is the real legacy of Charlie Kirk

Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 19h

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 19h

Best ever use of this meme.

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 19h

Turning Point USA you say?

Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 19h

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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