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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 2d

Almost certainly not the weirdest, but still my favorite: pulling a fresh sponge out of his jacket pocket to make a point about needing God in government or something.

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately those journalists (that is to say, commentators) can see themselves in Charlie Kirk but not as a judge or a former speaker of a state house. I mean, who are they to draw the lines, after all?

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 3d

All the journalists who rushed to lionize Kirk and decry political violence are gonna get right on this, right?

Right?

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 2d

New PPP report just dropped! Looking forward to digging in later because we cannot wait to start thinking about the future.

People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 2d

1/2 📢PPP’s new report “No Kings: the Urgent Need for Court Reform” shows that court reform would strengthen democracy & help right-size the role of the courts by handing power back to our elected representatives. @jennyhunter.bsky.social

👉READ MORE: tinyurl.com/PPPNoKings

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 6d

He apparently wasn't even Catholic...

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 7d

Made even funnier when it's just like, the current pope is actually an American, guys.

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 7d

I can't wait for the next episode of Pope Fights where Blue has to do some weird nonsense about the current pope and Charlie Kirk, who is the weird one true pope selected by hyper conservative American Catholics.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

“Charlie Kirk was pretty much the real pope.”

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 8d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 9d

Every picture of Stephen Miller makes him look like "we have Lex Luthor at home."

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 10d

Petition to require every Superbowl halftime show to include the guest yelling "A MINOR!"

Elizabeth @thejawnoftime.bsky.social · 10d

Bad Bunny should call Drake a pedophile too

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 10d

Alternative approaches to hewing to precedent include because I like the current president, because I dislike the current president, because I am a very specific kind of anti-pluralistic Catholic, LIBERTY but only for me, and there are six of us and we don't have to explain anything.

Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 10d

Why use precedent when you can solve everything with history and tradition*?

*Best practiced when you are not a historian, nor do you have any training in examining or researching history.

Clarence Thomas says precedent might not determine cases on upcoming supreme court docket

The court is expected to weigh in on same-sex marriage next session, which it legalized in 2015

www.theguardian.com

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 10d

Everything about his life screamed, well, sadness, but also ~MUSICAL~ and I just deeply wish he got to experience big, splashy musical numbers about himself.

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 10d

Me listening to the Maintenance Phase episodes on Richard Simmons: There should be a musical about him, he'd love it.

Me getting to the end of the Richard Simmons episodes: He was working on a musical about himself before he died and I wish he got the chance to finish because he deserved it.

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 10d

The fact that Eric Adams pulling a sponge out of his breast pocket to tell us to wring out the saturated sponge of despair while making an argument that there shouldn't be a separation between church and state is by far not the weirdest thing he has done continues to astound me daily.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 10d

In honor of Eric Adams dropping out, I'm now resharing my all-time favorite bit of Eric Adams content

for years, this thing was like my video from The Ring, where I had to get other people to watch it in order for me to stay alive

enjoy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2W...

Sen. Eric Adams: Combating Gun Violence

YouTube video by New York Daily News

www.youtube.com

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 10d

Like, Iunno, why praise the guy that clearly is a lackey of the president your entire party base opposes with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns.

Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 10d

There is pretty much no reason to offer praise for Eric Adams as a sitting Dem politician. I do not understand the calculus here. Adams is hilariously corrupt, has a competitively tiny base of support, and is not particularly liked by anyone. This is a silly statement that only engenders irritation.

Bradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 10d

Hakeem Jeffries' statement on Eric Adams.

How can the Democratic Party credibly claim it opposes Donald Trump when its party's leadership honors his allies?

"Eric Adams has served courageously and authentically for decades as a Member of the N.Y.P.D., the New York State Senate, in Brooklyn Borough Hall and as our 110th Mayor. During his time in office, violent crime is down, the building of affordable housing units is up and New York City has recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.
As is the case in any major City, there are challenges that remain, particularly as it relates to lowering the high cost of living. Yet, it is clear that meaningful progress has been made in several important areas during the term of Mayor Adams. Thank you for your service to our City.
Over the next few days, my entire focus will be on addressing the Republican healthcare crisis and funding the government. I will publicly weigh in with respect to the remaining candidates in the Mayor's race well before the start of early voting."

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 10d

Did the Haters win, or did Hell Gate win with this post?

Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 10d

The Haters won. But the Table of Success is forever. tableofsuccess.hellgatenyc.com

Home - Table of Success

Eric Adams has said that “all my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success.” The haters are no longer waiters—on Wednesday, September 25, amidst widening investigations into his...

tableofsuccess.hellgatenyc.com

Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 10d

Every time I put my kid in a sleep sack, because they put it on arms first while standing up at this point, they just look like they're wearing a captain's haori from Bleach.

Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 11d

Deans could do this. They may be scared of the blowback (specifically loss of federal funding), but it is very obvious that, despite what ACB says, SCOTUS is absolutely shredding the Constitution. This is an extreme moment requiring extreme, concerted, meaningful action.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12d

I’d be amazing, at this point, to see the deans of the top 15 law schools say that they will actively discourage their students from applying for SCOTUS clerkships and will provide no assistance for doing so.

SCOTUS is affirmatively subverting the Constitution, and they will not help it do so.

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No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 12d

I think this is a bigger deal than the Comey stuff. Like this is beyond characters in the Trump cinematic universe—this is a local pillar of his community being targeted for, what, exactly? It cannot be tolerated.

slouching towards flavortown @the-casey.bsky.social · 12d

ICE has arrested the Des Moines Public Schools superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts according to an email sent to parents.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12d

What the fuck?

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents

The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was detained Friday morning, accor...

www.iowapublicradio.org

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 12d

Gunpla

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 13d

Does anyone have any good home remedies for treating the aching void inside the dark hearts of men

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 14d

Criticizing the enlightened centrist isn’t kicking them out of the so-called tent, it is presenting them with an opportunity to stop eroding the integrity of the tent by tirelessly trying to find commonality with people who want to burn the tent down.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12d

As Netanyahu addresses the United Nations in New York City this morning, the world recoils in horror at the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

This morning, Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations — an institution which has concluded his government is committing a genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. He arrived in New York after a flight that added hours to its path to circumvent the airspace of countries which might enforce the International Criminal Court's warrant for his arrest. During the course of his speech, another Palestinian child will undoubtedly be killed by the Israeli military in Gaza, as they have been every single hour for nearly two years.

Eric Adams will greet Netanyahu as a friend. Andrew Cuomo proudly served on his legal defense team. Both have jockeyed for the approval of Donald Trump, who has sent billions of our taxpayer dollars to support these war crimes.

A Mayor cannot end these atrocities. But they can speak for the values of this city: a commitment to human rights for all people, including Palestinians, and a yearning for peace and justice. Even if those values are anathema to those in power now, they will endure.

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John Carpenter’s ‘Halloran’ @profhalloran.bsky.social · 13d

There is no way that any Democrat can support a funding bill under these circumstances.

Allowing the President to continue to illegally and unconstitutionally run roughshod over our domestic and foreign policy simply cannot be allowed.

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