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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 13h

"A review of the manifesto 'revealed his significant animosity towards the Catholic church, members of the Jewish faith, members of SCOTUS and ICE/ICE facilities,' the affidavit said."

Anti-Supreme Court manifesto found on man with 200 explosives in capital

Louis Geri was arrested outside a church in Washington, D.C., ahead of a Mass to mark the start of the Supreme Court's new term.

www.newsweek.com

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 15h

pwnd. Next question.

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 1d

He’s a good boy.

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 1d

Look at how god damn cute my cat is sleeping on my leg.

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 1d

If I want to watch the Bears continually disappoint me as a way to disengage from *gestures* everything around me, I’m going to do it.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

Football is a waste of time unlike scolding people on a website

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 1d

Someone... anyone... please, for the love of god, teach her to tie a four-in-hand knot.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

I’m cool with whatever she wants to wear, but given this administration’s policies I gotta wonder what the WH thinks of Sheehan going on Fox News in a jacket, tie and button-down collared shirt

Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not the first time he’s made wildly inaccurate comments about this with his whole chest.

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Michael Senters the Sigillite, ABD. (Yang Wen-li stan) @mikesenters.bsky.social · Nov 11

Okay. Time for a thread about the Accelerationist propaganda mod for Hearts of Iron 4 and why it's bad that I don't see anyone in the field really talking about how video games and the networks around them are working to radicalize young men at an alarming rate. It urgently needs to be addressed /1

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes as a far-right researcher, I feel behind the curve for not growing up or spending time on the most cursed sites that influence today's movement, then other times I remember that I'm probably better person for it and have significantly less brain rot.

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 4d

"Sir, a second Nazi porn scandal has hit the lieutenant governor's race."

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

So what's with all these Southern Republicans and their complete obsession with Nazi-themed pornography? Here we have another one.

Republican Candidate in Virginia Caught in Tumblr Nazi Porn Scandal

John Reid has found himself in quite a scandal, as others call on him to resign from the race.

newrepublic.com

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 4d

“Bluesky isn’t fun” problem and “Bluesky is the only social media platform where you will actually see the news” problem are the same problem

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 5d

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 5d

Good ole victim blaming!

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 6d

In the war on drugs, team “drugs” remains undefeated.

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 7d

Charles Lindbergh would have loved this.

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 7d

DHS appears to suggest that it will deny citizenship to "globalists"

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
"Communist?"
DENIED.
"Terrorist?"
DENIED.
"Globalist?"
DENIED.

Above a meme of a bearded smiling guy, in this case wearing a USCIS hat

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 7d

Listening to Chappell Roan while writing an essay about school shooters is peak performance.

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Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com · 8d

We used AI-powered technology to analyze over a sample of 679k posts containing antisemitism on X & found that it thrives on the platform.

X should enforce its own rules and stop profiting from antisemitic hatred and lies.

Our research with @thejcpa.bsky.social in @jewishinsider.com ⤵️

Study: Antisemitism ‘thriving in plain sight’ on X

An analysis by the JCPA found that antisemitic influencers are flourishing on the platform, and using it to make money while promoting hate

jewishinsider.com

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 8d

Even AI studio ghibli can't save them.

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 9d

The GWOT made us all collectively dumber.

Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 9d

Fellas, is it “woke” to mitigate heat injuries?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 9d

Hegseth said basic training guidelines will be restored to be “scary, tough disciplined.”

Basic training in years past has been adjusted to accommodate extreme heat and harassment — but several recruits over the years have still perished.

Live updates: Hegseth pledges to fix ‘decades of decay’ in military; Trump to speak next

The gathering, at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, was ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and required some officers to fly thousands of miles.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 13d

So doing it for "teh lulz."

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 14d

Can't help but notice that the media breathlessly reporting on the messages that shooters write on their bullets seems to have been followed by a surge of shooters writing messages on bullets

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 14d

Sometimes I wonder how much easier life must be for the people terminally on "the other site" who live in such an insular world of just the worst, carelessly crafted misinformation imaginable. Like, what I would give to have the sort of lobotomy.

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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 14d

Ah, yes, the Center for Immigration Studies—a totally not right-wing, anti-immigrant think tank founded by white nationalist eugenicist John Tanton.

Julia Gelatt @juliagelatt.bsky.social · 15d

DHS has just claimed that 1.6 million unauthorized immigrant "self deported" this year. This number seems to come from a Center for Immigration Studies estimate that relies on the Current Population Survey. As @jedkolko.bsky.social writes, such a large decline doesn't line up with other data

That reported multi-million decline in US immigrants just doesn’t add up

The recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data showing that there were 2.2 million fewer immigrants in the US in July 2025 than in January is almost certainly wrong.

www.piie.com

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 14d

Their track record on identifying messages and slogans etched onto bullets is pretty poor, so this should be taken with an ocean full of salt.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

FBI official: "What I can share with you is that early evidence we're seen from rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages that are anti-ICE in nature. Again, this is just the most recently example of this type of attack."

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