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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 6h

Antifa

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General Charles de Gaulle, who rejected Vichy collaboration with the Nazis and created “Free France” with broadcasts from London, pictured here with BBC microphone.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 6h

It’s difficult to explain to non-Jews the extent to which Jewish children are raised to believe that the single greatest athlete in American history is Sandy Koufax

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 8h

How could you not know Hi Nella or Victory Gardens…

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 8h

Ciatterelli did the Jersey’s Best Podcast that nj.com puts out and he whiffed a number of these questions in a way that’s frankly embarrassing for a guys who’s been running for governor for 10 years.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 16h

Still waiting for a more efficient explanation of everything than "Everyone got brain damage from Covid": the airline executives charging a $155 predatory premium for legroom, the guy deciding to customize his own flight experience, the chain of command aborting the whole flight—busted mind-traffic!

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 16h

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 16h

a councilor stepped down and they appointed a replacement. in the interim some failed candidates were suggested, or suggested themselves for the seats, seeming to say, their run is reason for their consideration, but I think that run proves the opposite. the people clearly said no to you.

volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 1d

More of the same but worse is quite possibly the most asinine tag line in an attack ad that I’ve seen.

volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 1d

Wyatt Earp IV is the current chair of the Ocean County Democratic Party.

DanaMPatton @danampatton.bsky.social · 1d

Wyatt Earp and Dashiell Hammett were in San Francisco at the same time

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 1d

hi @iankarmel.bsky.social in your Jazz journey, you should make sure to visit Rutgers Newark's Institute for Jazz Studies at the Dana Library. It's the foremost Jazz library and research institution in the US. www.libraries.rutgers.edu/newark/visit...

Institute of Jazz Studies | Rutgers University Libraries

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 2d

Another stupid ass WWII myth that refuses to die. US armor was not completely overmatched especially when it came to upgraded Shermans and tank destroyers. They could (and did) slug it out with the best Panzers on a regular basis and came out on top

Kane (in my working too much era) @kanexan.bsky.social · 2d

I am always going to bat that the Sherman was objectively a better tank for the purposes of war than its opponents, because reliability, serviceability, and affordability were what mattered most. The greatest tank ever from an engineering perspective doesn’t mean shit if it’s stuck in a ditch!

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

Oh found his handle! @rgrippaldiphd.bsky.social!

volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

a logistical enterprise from essentially the civil war on with World War Two being the beginning of the modern form. Really just great stuff and grateful for all the writing you do.

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

…parts of my understanding of the civil rights movement and the question of who counts as an American came from my American Military History course taught by at Rutgers University taught by Dr. Richard Grippaldi. Funnily enough that same course also highlighted US Military as fundamentally…

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

Hi @jamellebouie.net. Listened to you on on the media and really appreciated your discussion of the diversity of the military and Trump administrations obsession with aesthetics. It tied nicely with your later focus on “who counts as an American” at least in my mind as one of the foundational…

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

I want the Sherrill who won't snitch! But all we've got is the Sherrill who equivocates on protecting our state from cooperating with jackbooted thugs.

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

it's not that I don't believe Sherrill's claim that she didn't walk because she wouldn't snitch on classmates, but I can't help but be baffled by how it was the last time she ever did anything that wasn't kinda boring and normie. www.nj.com/politics/202...

Shutdown, Gateway drama cap a very busy, nasty week in the governor’s race | What Makes Jersey Run

What a week it was in Jersey's bitter race for governor. And it will only get worse.

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

the real lessons you learn at the Eagleton Institute of Politics people.

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

I have heard from very high level political operators the trick is to just take them out of the ground and leave them. it's not theft and drivers won't see them.

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

George P. had to basically disown his father and he still lost by 26 points.

volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

the bush family really loves embarrassing itself by running as republicans still huh?

Alex Seitz-Wald @aseitzwald.bsky.social · 5d

🌳 🚨 Jonathan Bush — cousin of W. and Jeb, nephew of H.W., brother of Billy — is going to make a "major announcement" next week after forming an exploratory committee for Maine Governor.

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

healthcare entrepreneur is a cursed descriptor

Alex Seitz-Wald @aseitzwald.bsky.social · 5d

🌳 🚨 Jonathan Bush — cousin of W. and Jeb, nephew of H.W., brother of Billy — is going to make a "major announcement" next week after forming an exploratory committee for Maine Governor.

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

apparently I've been sleeping on Zach Bryan of all people?

volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

i like Ryan believe my views are the correct ones, which is as it should be.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2d

always have to plug my syncretic brand of socialism, antitrust good, welfare good, state ownership good, cooperatives good, unions good, etc etc

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 2d

ngl my opinion of the antimonopoly movement, which I'm generally vaguely supportive of, has gone down lately. Lina Khan endorsing a "private sector DOGE", a lot of stupid opposition on stuff like housing...credibility does sort of matter for this kind of thing and idk man, they're giving me pause

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volunteer for your local land use board @thenewjerseyer.bsky.social · 2d

somehow we bought the icebreaker as advocated for by the super corrupt congressman duncan hunter? but did so like 10 years later? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_S...

USCGC Storis (WAGB-21) - Wikipedia

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 6d

I think we *might* actually be able to roll back this one in another 10 years or so.

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 6d

% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society

22% in 2022
47% in 2025

No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports

Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.

www.pewresearch.org

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