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Geek, historian, National Parks lover, teacher, writer, and probably the tallest guy you've met.

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

14.10.2025 17:42 — 👍 727    🔁 354    💬 38    📌 77

Hey, y’all remember when Zuck apologized to Congress for talking to Biden about removing Covid misinformation from Meta platforms?
I’m sure this recent talk with DOJ was nothing like that terrible government overreach.

14.10.2025 23:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

1/2

14.10.2025 19:32 — 👍 4446    🔁 1439    💬 101    📌 39
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

14.10.2025 20:28 — 👍 947    🔁 438    💬 63    📌 34

Now do White House briefings.

14.10.2025 20:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

14.10.2025 16:27 — 👍 1353    🔁 612    💬 38    📌 331

This is PR bullshit. It’s like the NFL’s “concussion protocol”: nonsense processes that do almost nothing to help those affected.

14.10.2025 20:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

OMG noooo

14.10.2025 20:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I love love love his live recordings of songs from Black Messiah. And I love Black Messiah.
RIP

14.10.2025 20:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nooooooo

14.10.2025 20:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The proteinmaxxing trend is out of control anyway.

14.10.2025 20:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

14.10.2025 10:56 — 👍 7549    🔁 2730    💬 328    📌 234
Areal photos of ICE's East Montana immigration detention facility in El Paso show the massive expansion of the site since August.

Areal photos of ICE's East Montana immigration detention facility in El Paso show the massive expansion of the site since August.

We at the El Paso Times have new updated photos of the East Montana ICE detention facility. It has massively expanded since we published the first photos back in August. The office of U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar told me there over 2,000 immigrants detained there*.

www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...

13.10.2025 13:14 — 👍 61    🔁 48    💬 4    📌 4
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This is Israel's defense minister. Just to be clear: Israel interprets the deal allowing continueing the violence even after the freeing of the hostages.

13.10.2025 23:23 — 👍 79    🔁 34    💬 6    📌 4
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Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

13.10.2025 20:15 — 👍 3568    🔁 1833    💬 97    📌 129
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

13.10.2025 22:00 — 👍 22829    🔁 5340    💬 216    📌 145

I hate the book Station Eleven with the fiery intensity of 1000 stars.

A post-apocalyptic traveling Shakespeare troupe? No.

13.10.2025 23:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

things bullets say

13.10.2025 21:31 — 👍 4686    🔁 757    💬 6    📌 18
A pencil drawing of Columbo by Peter Falk himself.

A pencil drawing of Columbo by Peter Falk himself.

Tomorrow is Columbo's Day, so remember to eat the traditional chili dogs, wear your best disheveled raincoat, and above all, don't let any rich assholes get away with anything

13.10.2025 01:38 — 👍 947    🔁 207    💬 17    📌 11

Weird that so many in the administration are attacking a movement that opposes monarchy and fascism.

13.10.2025 12:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

12.10.2025 16:58 — 👍 1476    🔁 700    💬 47    📌 42

Also called the catamount and wildcat!

13.10.2025 09:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

13.10.2025 01:01 — 👍 21375    🔁 5555    💬 575    📌 195
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Somebody’s having an interesting dream…

13.10.2025 01:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Your daily dose of evil s***.

13.10.2025 00:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This thread about the cost of producing shirts in the U.S. is great. Read the whole thing.

12.10.2025 22:09 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

This is crazy sad. Our phones are killing us.

12.10.2025 15:57 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason. Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

12.10.2025 12:01 — 👍 11821    🔁 6117    💬 345    📌 345
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A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week

He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared

They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him

Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility

They kidnapped a disabled child!

11.10.2025 23:09 — 👍 5487    🔁 3100    💬 244    📌 190
MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training. FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

11.10.2025 23:19 — 👍 13755    🔁 3507    💬 110    📌 69

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