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Joe Mertens @jmertens.bsky.social · Dec 15

😬⬅️ That face you make as a massive @mikeflanaganfilm.com fan when you go to mass with your folks and the organist starts cranking out “Nearer My God to Thee” as communion starts…

a man in a red robe says we 're gonna do great things netflix

ALT: a man in a red robe says we 're gonna do great things netflix

media.tenor.com

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 10h

There is no left-wing violence in Chicago or Portland. It simply is not happening.

It's so not happening, in fact, that Republicans in Oregon took footage from two South American countries to create a hoax photo about Portland.

They have no actual violent footage to put forward.

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

www.theguardian.com

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Joe Mertens @jmertens.bsky.social · 5h

We are all @scottseiss.bsky.social

✧𓂃𓈒*｡ﾟ Ne ｡ﾟ*𓂃𓈒 ✧ @artofne.bsky.social · 17h

Joe Mertens @jmertens.bsky.social · 5h

My kind of town, Chicago is

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 6h

Michigan Avenue right now.

Joe Mertens @jmertens.bsky.social · 5h

Damnit, Amazon!

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Grant @gdubbstl.bsky.social · 7h

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hot dogs are charcuterie sandwiches @riothobbit.bsky.social · 10h

if you're worried your art is going to piss off the klan you are morally obligated to produce that art

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 11h

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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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 10h

"We took the freedom of speech away." - Donald Trump, 10/8/25

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 12h

Well, here we are.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · 14h

Still waiting…

#gottruth
#epsteinfiles

Got Epstein files? Parody of old got milk ads

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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IGN @ign.com · 1d

The sequel to Heat, Michael Mann's 1995 crime thriller starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Val Kilmer, is one step closer thanks to a seemingly imminent deal at Amazon MGM.

Heat 2 Movie Gets One Step Closer With Amazon MGM Deal

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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 1d

New set is out now Friends

MAGA Mega Mad over Bad Bunny Bowl

YouTube video by Josh Johnson

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 1d

More are united around a simple message: RFK Jr should not be HHS Sec. His decisions undermine our public health capacity and put lives and health at risk.

As 6 former Surgeon Generals argue:

"He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans."

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Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

wapo.st

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 1d

Make Politics Boring Again.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1d

“When this goes to court — and undoubtedly it will in some form — DOJ will be stuck defending the premise that DOD has to invade Portland because right wingers with close ties to the President traveled across the country to stoke unrest.”

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

"Do something, bitch!"* Kristi Noem Dressed Russia's Useful Idiot Up to Cosplay CBP

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/07/d...

"Do something, bitch!"* Kristi Noem Dressed Russia's Useful Idiot Up to Cosplay CBP - emptywheel

DHS is increasingly using overt propaganda to justify its invasions of Democratic states. It's horrible in real time--and possibly designed to feed Trump false claims about the states--but it could ba...

www.emptywheel.net

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries: "Johnson has to actually answer that Q as to why Republicans have refused to seat Rep.-elect Grijalva. Why?... when it comes to enacting tax breaks for Republican donors, they race to do it...she will be the 218th signature on a petition to force a vote on the release of the Epstein files"

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

If this was a no, it would be really easy to say no.

Bondi’s ad hominem attack on Whitehouse is WAY more of an answer than she realizes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Keep Trans Kids Safe @shannonisblue.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, I have to weigh in on the new Taylor Swift album.

My take is release the Epstein files.

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Joe Mertens @jmertens.bsky.social · 1d

Release the Epstein Files

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

COLLINS: Pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell -- is that something you're open to doing?

TRUMP: Who are we talking about?

C: Ghislaine Maxwell

T: I haven't heard the name is so long. I can say this -- I'd have to take a look at it ... I will speak to the DOJ

C: She's convicted of child sex trafficking

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

@timmiller.bsky.social has a message for Stephen Miller

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 2d

My buddy Zelda has very strong opinions on this stuff. A reminder that her dad left explicit instructions that he did NOT want corporations to be able to do this to him and that means us too. The bare minimum here is to respect the wishes of those who said NO.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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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. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 3d

Governor Whitmer was almost kidnapped by armed thugs. Governor Shapiro‘s house was set on fire. Nancy Pelosi‘s husband was violently attacked by someone looking for her. Melissa Hortman was assassinated in her home with her husband and dog…and now this. The left is the victim, not the perpetrator.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Joe Mertens @jmertens.bsky.social · 3d

I love how understated the evil is in The Wailing… I think the budget got blown in uneven ways in Exhuma, but I’d still kill for a sequel with the same foursome tackling another case.

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 3d

If our world made sense, headlines would constantly be noting that the current President of the United States is either a liar, a lunatic, or a combo of both.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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