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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 3d

When you ban books before you ban guns, you've admitted you're more afraid of children learning than you are of them dying.

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 6d

For legal reasons I should probably point out that there's absolutely no evidence at all that Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, has a secret gay dating profile. I'm just saying, if there were, I'd be yelling yaaass kween or whatever the en vogue saying of the day is.

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 6d

I mean, who am I to judge Mike Johnson for having a secret gay dating app? I'm sure he doesn't, fake news and all that, but whatever blows your hypothetical hair back, my guy. You go get that hot anonymous gay sex, Mike. Just cuz your the top of the House doesn't mean you can't Bottom elsewhere.

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 6d

It's such a non-story that the speaker of the house has a secret gay dating app. It's probably not even true, and even if Mike Johnson did have a secret gay dating app, I say God bless. The constitution gives us all the God given right to life, liberty, and all the gay dating our hearts desire.

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 8d

I'm so tired of winning

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 8d

What is this snowflake shit? You CAN use it, you're just too afraid to. Oh, you're afraid to lose your job? Wuss. Can't be that rich if you're relying on gainful employment.

These people should start practicing what they preach and put both N words on their trucks. But they won't. Cowards.

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 9d

Not to be overly negative, but I think we need to accept that hakuna matata was indeed just some passing phrase. Time is undefeated.

Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 9d

The US isn't the only country in the world leaning towards authoritarianism. But I'll be forever blown away we let it begin, nevermind get this bad, at the heels of an unapologetically stupid man. Zero redeeming qualities. A walking punchline brought us to the brink. Incredible.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 10d

White House Deputy Press Secretary seen here posting data showing how much more prevalent right wing domestic terrorism is than left wing domestic terrorism... while thinking she's showing the reverse.

Apparently she can only read headlines, but not the actual graph with the data.

Abigail Jackson saying: Democrats, calling your political opponents Nazis has consequences.

Study: Left-wing terrorism climbs to 30-year high

And posting a graph from Axios that shows WAY WAY WAY more right wing terrorism, and showing a very slight increase in left wing terrorism this year that would still have it lower than basically every other year of right wing terrorism.

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 10d

I see your reverse psychology, Pete. I see it.

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 10d

It's almost like this happened on live TV.

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 11d

For now

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15d

Donald Trump isn't just the stupidest American to become president; he's the stupidest American to become famous.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Trump's brain is now incoherently flitting from topic to topic as the UN sits listening him to complete silence

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 19d

Fox News just doing tons of free publicity for @katmabu.bsky.social

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19d

Ingraham: A Democrat congressional candidate was thrown to the ground by an ICE agent. Good work

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 19d

Oooooh no lol

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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 20d

Here’s what we can do to let ABC and Disney know we’re sick of them kowtowing to the fascist Trump Administration.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 20d

I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.

When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.

I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.

bmazing.bsky.social @bmazing.bsky.social · 20d

weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 21d

Well...ya.

Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 22d

The bar is so low now that I'm sort of impressed it was ever published at all.

Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 22d

We elevated a guy who's big grievance was little more than Obama is a black guy, and, pressed for further opinions, things got dumber.

He's not even aspirational, other than to show you too can be a racist, moron and an asshole and rise to power.

It's weird to idolize any politician. But damn.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 23d

Everybody gamely says “Vance hosted Kirk’s podcast” instead of “the regime officially turned the major channel into state-controlled media just as it began its violent crackdown on any opposition or dissident messages.”

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 23d

Nobody could have seen this coming.

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 23d

The "extreme left" here, Bernie/AOC and others are basically milquetoast centrists in the UK/EU.

Capitalism would be a lot easier to swallow if it wasn't a caricature of itself.

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Pete DeOlympio @pete-deolympio.bsky.social · 23d

I wouldn't read this as anticapitalism rising, though. Most people just want a less tilted playing field. We're told US is the most prosperous, exceptional country on earth but also healthcare and housing are too expensive to subsidize.

Canada and the aren't EU extreme. They're reasonable.

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 25d

Well said!

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