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poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · Jan 25

When the definitive history of our time is written, the last words in the book will be, “White Americans determined that they would rather end democracy and endure tyranny than risk being governed by another black man.”

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poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 3h

He sounded exactly like my 50 year old MAGA uncle.

poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 3h

Well now I feel bad.

poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 3h

I see why your children never talk to you.

poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 3h

Sire, a second prenup renegotiation has arrived from Melania.”

poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 3h

I hate it here.

poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 3h

“M’Lord, the Hamburgler has stolen your Diet Coke.”

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Motion to replace the "Andy Card whispering to W. on 9/11" meme with this photo.

The back of his hair, the makeup line, and the giant folds of his neck waddle make it perfect.

Rubio Wormtongue speaks to King Trumpdim

poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 3h

He private messages like he tweets?? He really is an idiot.

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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 6h

Trump after Stephen Miller hooks him up for his nightly six hour viewing of AI videos showing downtown Portland being depicted like the Battle of Mogadishu

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 6h

What www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

POLITICO
"They killed Charlie Kirk — the least that we can do is go through a legal process and redistrict Indiana into a nine to zero map," Sen. Jim Banks, the Republican of Indiana, told POLITICO last month.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 7h

Watch a short video of the ruins of the gas chamber and crematorium III at the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

Follow us also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/auschwitzmemorial

Ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, showing damaged brick structures and remnants of metal framework.

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poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 8h

“My ‘My agenda has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein’ shirt is generating a lot of questions already answered by my shirt!”

poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 8h

an elderly woman wearing a blue shirt is making a funny face and says wat .

ALT: an elderly woman wearing a blue shirt is making a funny face and says wat .

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poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 10h

When you bill your President as an unstoppable god-emperor, don’t be shocked when the god-emperor is personally blamed for things going wrong.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10h

Flight delays are expected across the country for a third straight day as the FAA braced for more airport staffing shortages amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Delays expected at airports for third day as government shutdown drags on

The FAA says it expects staffing shortages at Newark Liberty International Airport.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 12h

I will grant that there were always bad things. I will grant that not dealing with the bad things allowed them to get worse. But I refuse to believe everything was always *this* bad, because I remember them being relatively better.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 12h

My Catholic friend assumed Leo was elected to crush the weirdos in the American church and prevent a schism. Better to have a Chicago Pope in Rome than a Chicago Pope and a Roman Pope.

poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 12h

“How can you say you support the President if you aren’t ever listening to what he says and advocates for?”

poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 12h

A lot of people have suddenly remembered they don’t like federal overreach.

poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 12h

Totally anecdotal, but the comment section of my local rural news site has changed in the last two weeks. Normally it’s a cesspool of MAGA racism.

The national guard stuff has caused anti-Trump comments to skyrocket, and pro-Trump comments are being downvoted to oblivion. People may have a limit.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 20h

I’ve been circling a cursed thought for a while and it’s time to let it out: These guys are Disney Adults for fascism.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 2d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 14h

I have run out of adjectives to describe the people running our government.

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poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a line in an old Mormon novel written by Orson Scott Card decades ago about the Mormons’ interpretation of Exodus. I think of it far too often.

“‘Here is your god,’ Harubel laughed, pointing at the calf. ‘Here is your god!’ And no one thought for a moment he meant the Lord God of Israel.”

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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mother dysnomia 🌚 @mamatried.bsky.social · 1d

lol it’s this guy

Tweet from 11/2/24 showing Harry Sisson and his 4 friends in a car that reads “we’re Gen Z voters and we all PROUDLY voted for Kamala Harris! Real men support Harris”

Robert J O’Neill quotes it with

“You're not men. You're boys. If there was no social media, you would be my concubines.”

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poliakoff.bsky.social @poliakoff.bsky.social · 1d

Miller mentioned the word before the meeting, Trump liked the noise it made, and suddenly he’s discovered an old word nobody knew about before.

It’s like a toddler discovering object permanence.