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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 13h

love that we had a whole national reckoning over the media's coverage of Biden's advanced age and none of the scolds who High Horsed us can be bothered to spend even a minute reflecting on the fact that Trump has basically become Mr. Burns in the "Spruce Moose" episode of THE SIMPSONS

CNN @cnn.com · 14h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 13h

(this was baseball related by the way, I realize that in 2025 it could mean literally anything)

Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 13h

ah crap

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 17h

If Chicago wanted to make those Texas soldiers feel at home, they'd wait for a blizzard, then turn off all the power and go to Cancun for the weekend.

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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 14h

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Ok Blue Jays Song - Music Video

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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 14h

if you have last-minute Yankee Elimination Day shopping to do I'd think about heading to the grocery now

Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 16h

this guy should be writing long screeds after getting fired from pushing a hot dog cart around the French Quarter

BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 17h

I’m not body shaming but I’m also honest this Texas boy is gonna roll through Portillo’s once and switch allegiances

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

"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 · 22h

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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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 21h

Feels like the Nobel Prize committee could break him once and for all (coughcoughGretaThunberg)

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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 21h

You can only tell it's not a real Globe front page because it doesn't have a headline to a half-assed Shaughnessy column about how the Red Sox are frauds

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21h

Remember when the Boston Globe ran this supposedly over-the-top front page to attack the idea of Trump ever being president, and now this is just the news every day? We've fallen so, so far because of this man

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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 22h

Some scholars say puppies are friendly

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 1d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 1d

It's a movie about UFC. You can gussy up a fancy deluxe Taco Bell all you want, it's still gonna be a Taco Bell

IGN @ign.com · 1d

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has issued a statement after The Smashing Machine became the Hollywood star's worst box office opening ever.

'You Can't Control Box Office Results' — Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Responds to The Smashing Machine's Disappointing Launch

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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 1d

it might just be padding because sticking a wooden stake there is the only way he can be defeated

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

I know the Republican line of “Democrats want to give free health care to undocumented immigrants” is bullshit and a rhetorical trap, but I kinda wish someone was out there going, “yeah, that sounds awesome. Let’s do that.”

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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 2d

oh good i see we're still going to do the 'funny' halloween name thing

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2d

Fix your hearts or die

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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 2d

LOLYankees

Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 2d

"I can work with this guy" - Chuck Schumer

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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 2d

they're called "cities" and the people who don't live there HATE them

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

This one of many reasons that 21st century liberalism should reorient itself around *places*, namely creating places that are actually pleasant to live in, with generous public spaces that bring people's physical bodies into proximity.

The Anti-Social Century

Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.

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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 3d

Never saw Die Hard - never got around to it and I feel like if I watched it now I'd have to declare an opinion in the Christmas debate

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Need a Wiesenthal Center but for immigration crime hunters

Thanatos @thanatosredux.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t care when but every single person who worked for ICE during this administration or a federal agency and broke the law needs to be taken to task after Trump is gone

And I’m not talking about letting them off. Prosecuting and prison

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys

Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 4d

Absolutely heinous.

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Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 3d

I asked a Christian baker to write Charlie Kirk on a gay wedding cake and we've been staring at each other for 39 straight hours now

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