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Rudely Van Gelder

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Honorary entertainment coordinator for Antifa, LLC Columbus, Ohio / USA / C-53 “The product is thoroughly pizzled.” - Philip K. Dick "Ain't no such things as halfway crooks." - Mobb Deep “Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.” - Ani DiFranco

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 7h

Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 7h

Grassley and his pals are implying the FBI was outright “tapping” electeds' phones, which AFAIK is *way* different than just pulling a very select range of call logs over a two or three day period.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 7h

Just waiting for the perfect moment to bust out a verse or two of Vogon poetry.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 13h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11h

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 7h

It took them 20 years to get their so-called “Real ID” sorted through and rolled out... but they didn’t have the benefit of a Magic Sharpie Congressional Bypass Pen and a compliant SCOTUS.

So maybe not by 2026, but definitely by 2028 (if it even mattered by then).

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 15h

Fat Satan: “In Portland, the dinosaurs and furries are eating the dogs — they’re eating the cats.”

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 11h

Wait... you mean the same precious constitution Frank and his gang were so doggone worried about they held a Very Special Election to try and “protect" it from the will of the voters?

*That* constitution?

Guess they’re not so worried about it after all.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 15h

Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 20h

Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 22h

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 13h

The “buzzy jargon per paragraph” in that article is off the charts.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 13h

“Hail Santa!"

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 14h

That’s... oddly specific.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 14h

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 14h

Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend’s Antifa founder.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 14h

Feels like it’s a backdoor attack on the states that are refusing to give Dhillon their complete voter rolls.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 14h

Or at least they apparently are allowed now.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 15h

I remember Dotard The First had Ivanka by his side at all times to keep his brain straight and his tie dry.

I guess now he just slobbers all over the top of Tattoo’s head.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 15h

Don’t put it past Trump to make ‘em wrestle for it.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 15h

I think Louie Gohmert was really holding these guys back in terms of brain-dead stupidity; the moment he was gone an entire crop of MAGA window-lickers sprang up overnight.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 15h

The original Bad Bunny

The Ice Cream Bunny, huge and terrifying

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 15h

If she thinks she’s staying for a while she’d best roll in some porta-potties, a honey wagon and a bunch of diapers.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16h

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 15h

Lol... does he think she’s learned what that is yet?