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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 13h

…their own paternalistic multiculturalism. A major mainland political party taking up statehood on their platform (and winning Congress and/or the presidency) could do a lot to change the calculus on the island

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 13h

Whatever the will of the Puerto Rican people may be, at this point the powers that could grant them independence or statehood (Congress) seem to favor doing nothing. Trump’s racism and ignorance could convince Dems to champion statehood as a slap in the face to MAGA and an affirmation of…

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 13h

It does! It also seems like the majority of voters there seem to favor either PR statehood or the status quo! Dare I say mainland Democrats aren’t going to take up an issue with only 12% approval on the island!

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 13h

Ok that’s great but I’m not talking about the opinions of the people of Puerto Rico I’m talking about the opinions of Democrats

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 13h

I mean in the sense that by denying the American-ness of Puerto Ricans they’re gonna drive the Democrats to become the biggest PR statehood boosters possible, buddy

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 18h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah this has been a thing for at least 20 years

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 19h

Chess?

Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 19h

I think there is a difference between “is a fan of Disney movies” and “goes to Disney World multiple times a decade”

Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 19h

They’re gonna single-handedly force Puerto Rican statehood within five years

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 1d

Finally the algorithm is serving REAL hip hop

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James G @orth.ca · 1d

Vladdy: "DAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE!"

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 1d

What watching your son jerk off does to a mf

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 5d

DAAAA YANKEES LOSE

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations, you played yourself

Charlie Kirk memorial at the Yankees jumbotron

Trump shaking hands with the Yankee players in their locker room

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · Jul 22

Go Jays, go!
Good luck with your big bats!

Cathy and Kathy the kids in the hall YouTube 3

YouTube video by mega mike

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 2d

Coach Prime is in the discussion

Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 2d

We need to ban all media with working-class British accents lest impressionable Americans start deploying them at social events

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 3d

You got it! Here's my crack at a translation

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 3d

For a second I thought this was implying that Kramer had an Utena poster

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 3d

the wave of weaponized nostalgia for 90s-style multiculturalism and political correctness is gonna hit different

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 3d

That and there was a lot of post-Graceland, post-Mandela “Africa has been fixed!” goodwill

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 3d

She’s pretty definitively come out as a lib in the last year, even Travis Kelce is on the “positive masculinity as sexless goofball” angle, I guess “Wood” was so bad it made people look for kayfabe

Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 3d

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Magma Suit @magmasuit.bsky.social · 3d

He really was fat solely for the love of the game

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