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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

A truly wild thread on IDF propaganda over on the bad site: x.com/jacksapoch/s...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @adamzyglis)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

“Trusting Trump’s word is the gamble they are taking. If it works, they will be considered geniuses. If it fails, they will be considered fools… The alternative is an indefinite continuation of armed struggle against a 🇺🇸-backed Israeli military.” www.dropsitenews.com/p/breaking-h...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

They did this with this dude more than twice too

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 7h

"But Weiss didn’t test well with audiences, who didn’t understand her centrist-right contrarian politics. In fact, her focus group scores were so low that she wasn’t invited back to guest host, according to insiders."

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8h

“She plays to an audience of 200 people,” one Hollywood executive with ties to Weiss told Variety. “It just happens to be that audience is made up of people like Jeff Bezos and Bill Ackman." www.rawstory.com/bari-weiss-2...

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," acco...

www.rawstory.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

👇🏽

May the peace hold. May the hostages return. May all eyes remain on what happens next in Gaza (+ the West Bank) — and on who profits from it.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

🤞 @ericswalwell.bsky.social

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

CHICAGO—People are marching in the streets to protest Donald Trump’s federal invasion and the aggressive harassment of citizens.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 11h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: TN’s Senators Blackburn & Hagerty joined Republicans in blocking a resolution that would’ve forced Trump to get congressional approval for targeted killings.

AP: The Trump admin hasn’t shown Congress any evidence that the targeted boats were smuggling drugs.

apnews.com/article/trum...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

WPLN: TN cities not addressing root causes of gun violence.

Local leaders are hampered by the Trump admin, which slashed $145M in federal funding for violence intervention programs... Tennessee cities are also prohibited by state law from enacting gun safety reforms.

wpln.org/post/tenness...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Wow — Harvard Crimson student newspaper busts Hegseth for having written a long policy brief touting diversity before he joined Trump’s war on DEI.

With receipts. Bravo, Crimson.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

😕

Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

Wow

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 13h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on extending ACA credits: It is hurting so many people... let's take off our Democrat jerseys, let's take off our Republican jerseys, and we should do something responsible for the American people and fix this.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

Indiana GOP’s seat-stealing push is stalling… while @gavinnewsom.bsky.social’s California Clapback is gaining steam.

punchbowl.news/article/camp...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

“Have you given any more thought to suspending habeas corpus?”

TRUMP: “Suspending who?” 🤷🏼

Aaand scene.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

Drop Site reports journalists from multiple legacy media outlets are mentors for a journalism fellowship founded to help Israel “shift the narrative” — including journalists from The Atlantic, The NY Times… and Van Jones.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/karsh-fell...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15h

Unironically, you can see how these guys’ Twitter brainrot has progressed to this stage where they have trouble remembering that you’re supposed to talk about the Nazis as the bad guys. It’s not a winking nod to neo-Nazis so much as them genuinely forgetting which way is supposed to be up

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

WEST VIRGINIAN: “If the subsidies go away I won’t have health insurance. I won’t go to the doctor. This really is a life or death situation.” #TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

(This shutdown is making the case for #MedicareForAll better than we ever could)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

All current WSJ headlines

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

ICYMI — bumbling ICE stooges finally chased off by Chicago folks after a humiliating attempt to grab a man they racially profiled

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

WATCH— @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social : “You’re doing this for clout. You’re not gonna talk over me. You voted for the big ugly bill that cut $1 Trillion from Medicaid & gave tax cuts to your billionaire donors.”

@repmikelawler tried to ambush Jeffries, who didn’t back down

(From DC examiner)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

WATCH: “No. 1 issue I hear about”

Democrats need to keep going hard for
affordable healthcare if MTG is torching the Republican Party for ignoring crushing insurance costs. People’s economic future is on the line.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

TRUMP: federal workers not guaranteed back pay

IRS: actually yes they are

www.axios.com/2025/10/08/t...

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