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I was a twitter re-tweet guy. I guess I'm a Bluesky repost guy now. I write sometimes. Bald.

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05.11.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 470    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Another host, Eugene Daniels, asked Mr. Cuomo what he meant by diversity being a β€œweakness.”

β€œDiversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan,” Mr. Cuomo said, mistaking Mr. Daniels for his co-host Jonathan Capehart, both of whom are Black.

Another host, Eugene Daniels, asked Mr. Cuomo what he meant by diversity being a β€œweakness.” β€œDiversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan,” Mr. Cuomo said, mistaking Mr. Daniels for his co-host Jonathan Capehart, both of whom are Black.

You can't make this up.

01.11.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 14660    πŸ” 3343    πŸ’¬ 304    πŸ“Œ 289
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FACTS about SNAP:

-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)

31.10.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8752    πŸ” 4757    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 152

I mean Cenk is an asshole but this is unhinged shit.

31.10.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.

21.10.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 14518    πŸ” 3340    πŸ’¬ 682    πŸ“Œ 137
A fundraising email sent by AIPAC that says:

Dear [REDACTED],
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has announced her retirement, and Illinois' 9th District will have an open primary for the first time in decades. Wasting no time to enter the race is anti-Israel detractor Kat Abughazaleh, a 25-year-old "social media influencer". Kat does not mince words when it comes to her thoughts on Israel and the bond between our two nations. Her radical foreign policy agenda includes:
β€’ Calls for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and labels Israel's presence in the West Bank as an "illegal occupation".
β€’ Baselessly blames Israel for the deaths of "tens of thousands" of Palestinians, without recognizing Hamas' initiation of the conflict on 10/7/23.
β€’ Promotes the International Criminal Court, a biased, antisemitic institution targeting Israel under the false guise of justice.
And she's not just loud, she's well-funded - Abughazaleh has already raised nearly $1,000,000, positioning her as the financial frontrunner in the early stages of this race. If we don't act now, she could win.
She poses a direct threat to our mission and the future of Israel's security.
Fortunately, we have a fighter of our own: Illinois State Senator Laura Fine.

A fundraising email sent by AIPAC that says: Dear [REDACTED], Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has announced her retirement, and Illinois' 9th District will have an open primary for the first time in decades. Wasting no time to enter the race is anti-Israel detractor Kat Abughazaleh, a 25-year-old "social media influencer". Kat does not mince words when it comes to her thoughts on Israel and the bond between our two nations. Her radical foreign policy agenda includes: β€’ Calls for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and labels Israel's presence in the West Bank as an "illegal occupation". β€’ Baselessly blames Israel for the deaths of "tens of thousands" of Palestinians, without recognizing Hamas' initiation of the conflict on 10/7/23. β€’ Promotes the International Criminal Court, a biased, antisemitic institution targeting Israel under the false guise of justice. And she's not just loud, she's well-funded - Abughazaleh has already raised nearly $1,000,000, positioning her as the financial frontrunner in the early stages of this race. If we don't act now, she could win. She poses a direct threat to our mission and the future of Israel's security. Fortunately, we have a fighter of our own: Illinois State Senator Laura Fine.

Yes, AIPAC. I do support human rights. Thanks for noticing!

21.10.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 13385    πŸ” 2275    πŸ’¬ 692    πŸ“Œ 206
The Onion: How to Join ICE

The Onion: How to Join ICE

STEP 1
Be born with something just…missing

STEP 2
Try deporting a few neighbors without the constitutional authority to do so, to see if it’s for you

STEP 3
Unlearn any secondary languages you may know

STEP 4
If filling out the application form presents a challenge, candidates may instead demonstrate how hard they can punch a dog

STEP 1 Be born with something just…missing STEP 2 Try deporting a few neighbors without the constitutional authority to do so, to see if it’s for you STEP 3 Unlearn any secondary languages you may know STEP 4 If filling out the application form presents a challenge, candidates may instead demonstrate how hard they can punch a dog

How to Join ICE

theonion.com/how-to-join-...

20.10.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 10596    πŸ” 2329    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 72
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Over 500,000 views before the Community Note fact check.

20.10.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 9553    πŸ” 3742    πŸ’¬ 793    πŸ“Œ 391
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Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?

20.10.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8007    πŸ” 1354    πŸ’¬ 148    πŸ“Œ 81
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Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americansβ€”Americans, not illegalβ€”Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare.

And the president’s like, β€œWe don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

20.10.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 18570    πŸ” 7654    πŸ’¬ 553    πŸ“Œ 282

Surprised they posted this, it makes Vance appear taller than Trump.

19.10.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hasan: The great irony is of course that Donald Trump is the son of an immigrant. The grandson of an immigrant and married to an immigrant. In fact two of his three wives were immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do the jobs that even Americans are not willing to do.

18.10.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9217    πŸ” 2600    πŸ’¬ 167    πŸ“Œ 167

Not being even vaguely sarcastic:

At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson β€œyou regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”

18.10.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12070    πŸ” 3339    πŸ’¬ 382    πŸ“Œ 159
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DC β€” racial profiling, violating rights, insane waste of resources.. this video really has it all. Where are the β€œgOVerNmeNt wAstE” small government folks?

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DPz0rll...

17.10.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3410    πŸ” 1559    πŸ’¬ 154    πŸ“Œ 93
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This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.

I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

17.10.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 24990    πŸ” 9370    πŸ’¬ 2074    πŸ“Œ 891
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AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

16.10.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9603    πŸ” 1913    πŸ’¬ 246    πŸ“Œ 158

This isn’t a real quote, unfortunately. He's addressed it.

15.10.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Isn't this scenario that I made up infuriating!"

14.10.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Olivia Reingold quote tweeting Variety.

The Variety tweet is about John Oliver's piece on Bari Weiss leading CBS News, saying:

John Oliver slams Bari Weiss' takeover of CBS News: 

"I wouldn’t want anyone who led a pure opinion outlet, not even one that I happened to agree with, to suddenly be running CBS News. But it is especially alarming to have someone doing it who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading."

Reingold then quotes it saying:

Why does this sound like John Oliver commenting on……John Oliver

Olivia Reingold quote tweeting Variety. The Variety tweet is about John Oliver's piece on Bari Weiss leading CBS News, saying: John Oliver slams Bari Weiss' takeover of CBS News: "I wouldn’t want anyone who led a pure opinion outlet, not even one that I happened to agree with, to suddenly be running CBS News. But it is especially alarming to have someone doing it who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading." Reingold then quotes it saying: Why does this sound like John Oliver commenting on……John Oliver

Was waiting to see how Olivia Reingold (who Oliver's piece destroyed almost as much as Bari Weiss) would respond, and you can see the tweet below which also shows she either did not watch his piece, or just didn't understand it, since he actually addresses this point directly.

13.10.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4385    πŸ” 654    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 75
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There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

13.10.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 26191    πŸ” 6990    πŸ’¬ 579    πŸ“Œ 151
Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." 

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧡

12.10.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 14376    πŸ” 2825    πŸ’¬ 260    πŸ“Œ 338
edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

it's not FOR us

10.10.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 14598    πŸ” 3943    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 37

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

08.10.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7218    πŸ” 1889    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 14
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We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

08.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 24030    πŸ” 5711    πŸ’¬ 923    πŸ“Œ 295

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

08.10.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 26929    πŸ” 10245    πŸ’¬ 428    πŸ“Œ 186
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Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

07.10.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 26798    πŸ” 8224    πŸ’¬ 4849    πŸ“Œ 1729
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Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

the chris caldwell of 1948 would have been arguing against desegregation of the armed forces www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

07.10.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2108    πŸ” 199    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 25
4 panel comic

Panel 1: 
A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop.
Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform.

Panel 2:
Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public
Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself

Panel 3: 
Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but…

Panel 4:
Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

4 panel comic Panel 1: A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop. Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform. Panel 2: Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself Panel 3: Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but… Panel 4: Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

06.10.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 13110    πŸ” 3960    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 42

And fucking no one is talking about that dude anymore.

06.10.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 855    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

06.10.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8394    πŸ” 1671    πŸ’¬ 170    πŸ“Œ 49

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