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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 13m

I mean if Noem found Ernst Thälmann's girlfriend, maybe she's better at her job than we thought.

Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 24m

The girlfriend of the founder of Antifa:

an elderly woman says it 's been 84 years ...

Alt: an elderly woman says it 's been 84 years ...

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 2h

but let's face it

how hilarious would it be for Andy to scream "BUT I GOT THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM!" as he flees after his latest "HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW ANTIFA?" fails

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 2h

We also had a brief honeymoon while he was this dude.

Jared Leto as Jordan Catalano in "My So-Called Life," a relatively harmless ratboy.

Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 8h

There should be a point at which he pulls this "I'll have to look into that, I haven't heard about it" and a reporter just says they don't believe him.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 9h

She's got a mini in a cabinet that ages instead of her.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 9h

Really kind of amazing and beautiful that all the cartoons we watched in the 80s and 90s actually somehow prepared us pretty well in ways to combat fascism.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 19h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 9h

Like the whole paramilitary cosplay fascists have going on is because they are deeply, profoundly afraid of looking silly or not being taken seriously.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah, the costumes aren't meant to make Antifa look less scary. They're meant to take away ICE's power by making them look ridiculous. When a whole squad of agents back up in unison because a guy in a frog costume waggled his fingers like he cast a spell, fascist aesthetics lose their power.

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 9h

Let this be a lesson: Gail Simone will always tell you if you've got good hair.

Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 22h

The Hardy brothers going back to WWE, but only in NXT still feels like a bad joke.

And I'm not sure they're in on that joke.

Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 23h

And they got POE to do the soundtrack!

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 23h

And our only real solace is that Stephen Miller may be Grima Wormtonguing Trump here by winding him up and letting him go off on things, or at least that will almost certainly be the excuse when this goes visibly, horribly sideways.

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