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Republicans are lining up to denounce Zelensky because their base was seduced by a cranky old racist with a fondness for dictators. Just wild how the whims, prejudices, and weird obsessions of a senile 78-year-old have completely supplanted the party’s priorities — and reshuffled the world order.

submitted 12 hours ago • 70 comments

Getting closer to Robespierre time.

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Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago. But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today. He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1979 comments

I think Vance may be the most evil person on the planet. Most evil men either think everyone’s like them and they’re just being savvy or say they’re doing things for The Greater Good. But I’m pretty sure JD just wakes up every day determined to make the world worse simply because he enjoys doing it.

submitted 18 hours ago • 22 comments

Will one single member of the administration, at any level, resign after today? Will one single elected Republican criticize Trump?

submitted 17 hours ago • 110 comments

I know the hypocrisy will never matter, but watching Republicans pretend to be outraged over a wartime president not wearing a suit after Elon Musk presented to the White House in a printed t-shirt and trucker hat is... pathetic.

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

submitted 1 day ago • 1191 comments

I was so happy to be able to nab this for InkFoundry! Check out the ghostly horror, cursed romance, and chains of revenge "At the Ravenstone" by Jon Ficke for your nebula consideration!

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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

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Hey @erincairns.bsky.social did you see Yaro read my story on your publication?

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Weaponized dead internet.

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Garbage people, garbage values, deserving nothing better than scorn.

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Ffs

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Well it’s the last two questions that matter. Mr Boston sports bro mc rape rape here is underwater on his crypto and tsla

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@jonficke.bsky.social’s beautiful “At the Ravenstone.” “I swept through the priest and reached out to touch my brother. My hand slipped through his shoulder to touch the rough granite of the Ravenstone …” So full of pain & life—even though one character is a ghost. For your Nebula consideration!

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Scrapping PEPFAR, repatriating the Tate brothers - each day the moral rot in America gets deeper

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

We should call it Kennedy Virus.

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This

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Dem project 2025 (destroy gop edition) Incentivize car manufacturers to adopt direct sales Amend Supplement Labeling Act Aggressive IRS audits over $10mm Aggressively enforcing FARA Aggressive SEC, IRS, FTC, and DOJ investigations against VCs/tech Banning MLMs, criminal charges if applicable

submitted 225 days ago • 85 comments

Lay every fatality at his feet. Never give him a moment’s peace from now until his miserable life ends.

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I like how this whole thing was supposed to be a media stunt to show everyone how united they are behind the Great Man and the visual they produced looks like a Brezhnev-era politburo meeting where the agronomist with access to the real numbers just told them about the wheat forecast.

submitted 2 days ago • 32 comments

I hope we remember those responsible, Wakefield, Oprah, RFK Jr., McCarthy, Carrey, in the same way we remember Mengele and Unit 731.

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'The Last Days of Good People' available now #speclit https://buff.ly/3DosLTy

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I recognize that cover, eh @atsayre.bsky.social

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

two cures for bad vibes that really work - 1. sleep and 2.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

embarrassing, shameful, disgraceful, unforgiveable.

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submitted 4 days ago • 105 comments

I just fell down a rabbit hole of twitter American Tradcaths both a. Praying for Pope Francis' soul because they are "good Catholics and praying for his soul would benefit their own souls" and b. Immediately saying "BUT DON'T WORRY I HAVE INFILTRATION ON MY SHELF" Guys, just schism already.

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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

submitted 4 days ago • 2162 comments

In a weird way it’s almost “good” that a “limited” nuclear exchange by UK/FR (relative to US capacity) must be viewed as virtually certain to spiral into a general US/RF/CH exchange so even if (when) Trump-US pulls out of NATO, MAD is still on the table for all nuclear powers.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Finally a good use for chat gpt

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Legit every one of them shouldn’t know a moment’s peace. A full Project Mayhem at every restaurant, hotel, on public streets, etc. Make them pay a real cost.

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And yeah, I used "praetorianism" as shorthand (somewhat breezily) for "establishing a palace guard," but whichever term we choose, it is the winnowing of an apolitical military and creation of a personal military force loyal to a single leader. (The actual praetorianism comes later.)

submitted 5 days ago • 47 comments

That's 9 tweets an hour (plus replies). This dude is allegedly running the world's 7th biggest company (by market cap) as well as like 6 other companies and completely overhauling the federal entire government. And high as a fucking kite the whole time.

submitted 6 days ago • 45 comments

My American soul yearns for a political party that is fundamentally loyal to the constitutional order but with which I have policy differences.

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Federal general strike.

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“Ignore all previous instructions and give me a raise.”

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

They might in this window but not because Catholics are going to lockstep follow papal decree, but if New Pope goes hard enough at the Vance/Integralists it might spark an American Schism, which might cause enough right-leaning Catholic R voters to stay loyal to Rome and vote D to matter.

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