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Sky Marchini

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · Jan 13

a reminder

a 2 nov 2015 tweet from me: I have lots of stupid opinions and often make the mistake of expressing them on the internet

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, this seems like the Katie Porter who responded to losing a primary by calling it rigged.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 8h

Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train wreck interview with her and said “now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.”

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Winter @winterpolitics1.bsky.social · 12h

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek just took back control of the national guard.

She is sending the Oregon national Guard back home and is directing the California national guard to leave the State.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 5h

yeah, pretty much.

Jake @jakesprojects.bsky.social · 1d

okay but I don't understand how this is supposed to remain unknown once this is in widespread use. We're not talking about how to make FOGBANK here, this is going to be something accessible to anyone with a couple grand to throw at computer equipment; this secret has a shelf life of maybe a year

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 5h

Re: the priest getting shot

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6h

So I missed the lede of the piece and didn’t realize this was last month.

Which makes this far worse, bc there’s been a month for this to become such bigger news than it had been.

I know there’s a lot going on, but … still.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 5h

Yeah I do at least 2 dumps, one after an hour and then one in the AM

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 5h

That’s almost certainly true, my issue is that she just was flatly like, “nah.” a platitude cost you nothing, nobody will care. “Fuck em” might actually cost you something.

It probably doesn’t move the needle enough to matter in a general, but since there are a dozen other Dems to choose from rn…

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 5h

I mean, she specifically said the reporter was asking questions that weren’t on the list which is itself a ginormous red flag

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 5h

Also, Porter’s advance team either doesn’t exist or absolutely hates her guts because this lighting makes her look demonic like what the fuck. You can’t even see her eyes!

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 5h

Like, you can hate the (Trump) voters all you want, but Americans are not a
Super intellectual people, and you can’t just go announcing “fuck ‘em, don’t need em”, it gives median voter “can’t we just compromise” the ick.

You gotta have a canned “id be a governor for all Californians” line, not this

Katie Porter in an interview saying “how would I need (Trump voters) in order to win ma’am?”

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 5h

Like don’t get me wrong, I hate the press, but asking follow up questions is good (it’s Chotiner’s entire deal!) and this is the softest touch follow up question, and it’s an easily dodged one, and Porter‘s response is SHIT.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 5h

“Calling bullshit” oh come on it was a softball question, she totally fucked the answer, and ran away when the reporter tried to hold her to it and her “don’t wanna have a bad experience” mob boss line didn’t work.

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 6h

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 5h

Unfortunately, historic experience has told us that the fascists don’t even pause the fascism whilst they’re on drugs and/oe bleeding

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 5h

Like, “I don’t want to have an unhappy experience with you” is at best a demand for slanted coverage and at worst a threat

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 6h

People got mad at me when I said Katie Porter was obviously a bad person, but like,

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 8h

Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train wreck interview with her and said “now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.”

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Classics & Virtues @classicvirtues.bsky.social · 6h

People have a hard time seeing Trump as a fascist because of his bumbling idiocy (as if you have to be good at it to truly have fascistic ambitions) but I don’t see how you can hear the things this guy says and does and come away thinking he isn’t a fascist

Blanche Devereaux @gingerkap23.bsky.social · 12h

Miller oopsie doodled and said the quiet part out loud, talking about DT aka himself having “plenary authority”:

A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations