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bennyedelman.bsky.social
Cinephile, amateur yiddishist, romantic/postromantic music enjoyer, some vague form of socialist
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Are these two well known grifters? Cuz I know nothing about them
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That second take is absolutely wild. Apparently queer people can't play sports and European socialist football teams just don't exist
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"carpetbagger" is a racist slur; it's the equivalent of "n-lover." it's fucked up that it's still used and that northerners who came south after the civil war are still regularly represented as the bad guys.
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The original carpetbaggers kicked ass and were unfairly maligned by a bunch of racist planters who wanted what’s worst for everybody
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Absolutely. That "Zionists control the USA" is the fave line of so-called "libertarians" (X is full of that). They will go out believing in "American exceptionalism" and nothing will change that.
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Yes, First Deputy Mayor
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Fellas, it's impossible to have free public utilities and high top marginal tax rates, this has totally never been done before
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“The Magical Realism of Zohran Mamdani” “The Cozy Mystery of Brad Lander” “The Paranormal Romance of Zellnor Myrie” “The Alt-History Erotica of Whitney Tilson”
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“magical realist Zohran Mamdani” would be like if everyone on his team was human except for his ghost campaign manager and you could see a bodega cat levitating in one of his ads
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hochul, *hochul* is understanding the moment here and that's insanity.
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random person online ik but can you spotlight in this meeting how Dem leadership is not realizing that their republican colleagues want to kill them because it is insane how we had this and the literal assassination a few days ago and Schumer et al aren't acting any different here