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Robert Blackmon

@rblackmon.bsky.social

All the same quandaries 35 years later...

December 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM

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niniandthebrain

@niniandthebrain.bsky.social

If Miranda Priestly was in charge of public health communications:

February 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM

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The Onion

@theonion.com

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...

theonion.com

February 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM

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Hans Kristensen

@nukestrat.bsky.social

Protestors at Yosemite National Park hang US flag upside-down in apparent “signal of dire distress in instance of extreme danger to life or property” because of the Trump-Musk regime sabotaging government. gripped.com/news/huge-u-...

Huge U.S.A. Flag Hung Upside Down in Yosemite - Gripped Magazine

The action was in protest to the recent firings of hundreds of National Park staff

gripped.com

February 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM

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JonZoidberg

@jonzoidberg.xyz

Rep. Mary Miller (Cunt-Illinois) introduced Sarah McBride, our first transgender representative, as "The Gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride."

I hope Mary steps on a random Lego brick everyday till death.

McBride didn't take the bait. She's classier than me.

www.thedailybeast.com/how-trans-re...

Trans Rep. Fires Back After Misgendering by Trump Ally

Trump loyalist Rep. Mary Miller introduced Rep. Sarah McBride, who is a transgender woman, as “the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride.”

www.thedailybeast.com

February 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM

Robert Blackmon

@rblackmon.bsky.social

That which remains available...

February 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM

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Stephen Gutknecht

@roundsparrow.bsky.social

#SuperSurkovSimulacra #RealityX #XSimulacra "X Simulacra"

#RFP0 #FWake20250208 #TrickleDownContent /\
#FWakeWealth #FWakeMoney /\

#PutinIsBillionaire "Putin is a billionaire" #RussiaMindFuckedConservatives
#RescueElonMuskAndFriends

Reddit Saturday February 8, 2025

old.reddit.com/r/clevercome...

February 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM

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Jim Stewartson, Antifascist

@jim-stewartson.bsky.social

What you are witnessing in real-time is the greatest theft in modern history, an operation launched out of the ass of racist apartheid bros 30 years ago, culminating in Elon Musk getting the keys to the US Treasury.

I cannot believe we fell for this shit.

Jim Stewartson, Antifascist @jim-stewartson.bsky.social · Dec 6

I wrote about DOGE, the fake agency with the Orwellian name which has no power beyond Truth Social but still got an audience in Congress today — to promote the greatest wealth transfer to the oligarchy in US history.

Elon Musk brought “lil X” as a prop.
www.mind-war.com/p/doge-delus...