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Jen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 4d

Latest comic on liberal pundits being cozy with extremist commentators who would have been considered beyond the pale just a few years ago

Pundit Bro Doom Loop

MAINSTREAM "LIBERAL" PUNDITS ACHIEVE PROFESSIONAL RESPECTABILITY BY REACHING OUT TO THE FAR RIGHT…

Two male pundits talking:

I'M SO OPEN-MINDED, I SHALL INVITE YOU ON MY PODCAST AND BANTER WITH YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

...THUS ALLOWING FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISTS TO LAUNDER WHITE NATIONALIST IDEOLOGY INTO THE MAINSTREAM

WHY YES, MY FELLOW GENTLEBRO, YOU MAY INTERVIEW ME AND LEND CREDIBILITY TO MY MUSINGS ON THE IQS OF BLACK WOMEN AND THE THEFT OF THE 2020 ELECTION!

PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY ARE REPULSED

I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BASIC STANDARDS?

PUNDITS THEN DUNK ON PROGRESSIVES AND THE CYCLE CONTINUES

THEY'RE SO RUDE AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH REAL AMERICANS!

NOW YOU'RE TALKING!

©2025 Jen Sorensen

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

Never, ever Newsom. Fuck that guy.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 2d

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop.
Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform.

Panel 2:
Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public
Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself

Panel 3:
Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but…

Panel 4:
Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 3d

It's showing off FOR the rich. Maybe some latinos who are working there get rattled, making the dickheads in the suites feel that much more superior.

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 3d

#COMICS

A grid of 9 squares- a skeleton drawing at the drawing table in the center square surrounded by death pointing skeleton finger at viewer telling what to do, which includes: DRAW, WRITE, EDIT, COLOR, INK ETC

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 3d

Remember a few years back in Belarus when police were driven back by women screaming en masse when trying to arrest protestors? Decibels my friends, use 'em.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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RealAnneMarie1❌🧊 @realannemarie1.bsky.social · 3d

Religious professor about the hollowness of Klein and his secular Buddhism. Meditation for self actualization; ignoring ethics and service to others. She has a full essay as well.

Did you catch this moment in the Ezra Klein/Ta-Nehisi Coates interview? Coates is explaining how Martin Luther King preached love and was murdered for it—"love can get you shot." Klein's response? He ...

TikTok video by Professor Liz Bucar

www.tiktok.com

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 4d

So, was that episode of SNL the rehearsal?

Yikes.

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 4d

Anyone else getting Melakon vibes here?

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 4d

The Dr. Moku app is a fun intro to the hiragana and Katakana alphabets, which can be useful in sounding out signs.

Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 4d

Picture of the model for the Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good And Who Wanna Do Other Stuff Good Too.

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MonsterKing @cerromerussell.blacksky.app · 4d

Trust and believe when a white person tell you to be grateful they don't think you should have what you've earned

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 4d

same shit they pulled with Zelenskyy, only Racist Flavor

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 5d

After lettering 200 pages because there was no budget for a letterer... hell yes. They are amazing. And I'm so not good at it.

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Eladio Bobadilla @eladiobobadilla.com · 5d

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 6d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 5d

I have seen no better theory.

Shawn @shawnhils.bsky.social · 5d

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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 5d

Stasi.

The American Stasi.

I wish that weren't hyperbole.

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 5d

Meanwhile here's a FUN video, courtesy of @colbertlateshow.bsky.social 🤣🤣🤣
#SoundOn

Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 6d

From Colbert last night: "We heard that JD Vance loves a good-natured, funny meme, so we made one just for him!"

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 5d

and scene

a tweet by Dana Gould @danagould that says:

Thinking about Rush Limbaugh and how, now that he's dead, you never, ever hear about him. No one mentions anything he did.
Because what he did had no value.
It contributed nothing worthwhile to the culture. Nothing of lasting value.
He just made anger. Every day.
Rising, blooming & fading like a fart.
Then he died & was instantly replaced by a fleet of little replicas, farting fake fury five days a week.
Creating nothing of interest or artistic value to anyone.
Seriously, what an awful way to make a living.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6d

In any other context, imagine hearing about an adult zip tying children to each other. No really, what would you call that?

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 6d

This raid is disgusting, abominable behavior, traumatizing children and families in their homes.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 6d

The answer is a general strike.

The answer is a general strike.

The answer is a genera strike.

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Parker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 6d

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.

Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.

Legacy media failed the country.

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Joe Fulgham @joefulgham.com · 6d

People ask me why I get so angry about disinformation

Alberta baby born prematurely dies due to measles, in province's first death | CBC News

Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in the province in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother became...

www.cbc.ca

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