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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@jimmykempski.bsky.social has anyone asked whether Devonta Smith what happened on the penultimate play of the comeback drive? He seemed like he wanted them to snap it quickly as though he didnt think it would survive review. Maybe he thought he hadn’t gotten both feet in bounds?
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why take the timeout?!? You get the ball after the half. Now they have a prime scoring opportunity with an extra time out.
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@capitalweather.com tree into house on 8th St SE between C and Independence. Lots of fire trucks responding.
A downed tree against a Capitol Hill row home, with fire trucks in the foreground.
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This article, about how three hikers nearly died after trusting AI to plan their hike, starts with three questions you can ask the AI about this 600 word story. AI is beyond parody at this point.
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Barton Gellman @bartongellman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Was your flagpole damaged January 6?
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This reskeet is an endorsement
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 14/05/2026
This is what happens when there's historically low trust in the Presidents of the United States of America
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
“If the hot dog costume fits …” was both an excellent coda to the article and (I think?) a West Wing reference. Well played.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
/3 This noisome pretense was pushed by the mouthpieces of the Right like the Federalist Society and eventually enough minions formed a majority on SCOTUS to enact it. So: to avoid the racism of noticing racism, you can now disenfranchise Black Americans.
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
“Temu Taney Court“
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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 05/05/2026
“This is gonna sound crazy, but I swear to God, I keep seeing a green dancing bear on the field.”
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Terrified Adolis García Wondering If Anyone Else Can See Phillie Phanatic
PHILADELPHIA—Attempting to remain calm while the massive green creature gyrated on top of the dugout, a terrified Adolis García reportedly asked teammates Tuesday if anyone else could see the Phillie ...
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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
It seems to me the people of Washington, DC are going through a much more deranged version of the Trump Presidency than the rest of us
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I think a good gift for the president would be a chocolate revolver. And since he’s really busy, so you’d have to run up real quick and hand it to him. Deep thoughts by Jack Handey
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This gives real “Magnets! How do they work?” energy. One party has demonized mail-in voting, and we’re surprised that the mail-in vote is disproportionately from the other party?
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Homeland Security doesn’t like it when we call ICE and Border Patrol “the Gestapo.” So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
Pix of minister being hit by pepper ball
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
And he didn’t. He tried to help a woman who’d just been assaulted. There was nothing rash, stupid, or radical about what he did. He showed kindness. And they killed him for it.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The cruelty is unimaginable and will only get worse if we don’t stop it.
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
“Greenland is covered with ice, and Iceland is very nice.“ If only he was watching D2 and not mainlining Fox News and the evil whispers of Steven Miller, he might know that.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2026
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
“The murdering will continue until you stop calling us murderers.”
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Whoever wins Eagles-Bills should get to throw their offensive coordinator into an active volcano as a reward
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
If the Bryan Adams song ”The Summer of ‘69” was released today, it would be called “the Summer of 2009.” tldr I’m old.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
If the US system remains trapped in an endless knife fight between a party of good government and a party of nihilistic governance then Europeans need to accept that the US will no longer be a stable partner long after Trump is gone
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
/2 Anyway it’s great to see Heritage recognize and support the philosophical core of “free speech culture”: judging Jews as inherently suspect or harmful to America is just another opinion, but judging someone for saying that is unacceptable in a free society.
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SuperChill @frozzbot.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Who wore it better
Split frame with heavy equipment tearing down part of the Whitehouse on the left with Obama in a tan suit on the right.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
/11 Amidst a time of thuggery and corruption and sordid betrayal of American values, the crowd is jubilant with hope and shared defiance.
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¯\_🍩_/¯ @funkndonuts.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
bully: *punching me in the face* me: hey you're punching me bully: wow ok let's tone down the rhetoric *drop kicks me into traffic*
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Also: when a government acts brutally and lawlessly and immorally, but tells you that pointing those things out incites violence and terrorism, that government and its agents are entitled to no respect or credence.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
The circumstances of Mr. Escobar's arrest are even worse than the brief summary above. He repeatedly tried to tell the immigration officials that he had papers while they were arresting him. In response, a federal agent said "No you don't. You are illegal," and "Shut up, bitch! You're illegal."
For example, on August 21, 2025, plain-clothed and unidentified federal agents arrested Mr. Escobar Molina without a warrant while he was getting in his truck to go to work. They did not ask for his name or his identification or ask anything about his immigration status, where he lives, whom he lives with, how long he has lived here, or anything else about his ties to the community. The agents immediately handcuffed Mr. Escobar Molina, grabbed him by the arms and legs, and called him “illegal” repeatedly. When he responded that he has “papers” (in other words, immigration status), they replied, “No you don’t. You are illegal.” After the agents put Mr. Escobar Molina into a vehicle, when Mr. Escobar Molina told them again that he had “papers,” the driver of the car yelled at him, “Shut up, bitch! You’re illegal.” The agents did not make an individualized determination about Mr. Escobar Molina’s immigration status or flight risk before they arrested him. While Mr. Escobar Molina was in detention, ICE fingerprinted and interviewed [excerpt ends there].
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
It's not just the authoritarianism — it's how shameless, how *gleeful* this administration is about it
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
“Looks like” and “borderline” doing a lot of work for Politico. How is it not state censorship when the FCC chair threatens a media company with consequences if they don’t pull a show because it offended the administration? How is this not ABC caving to these illegal (and anti-American) threats?
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
To paraphrase: the most extreme right wing agitators have shifted the Overton window of what is acceptable to say in public, so we should must accept that.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 18/09/2025
I stand with @jimmykimmel.com. On a related note, here's a flashback to him standing up for his son and to protect healthcare coverage for millions of Americans 8 years ago. acasignups.net/17/09/19/upd...
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UPDATE: Jimmy Kimmel and his son have some things to get off their chest.
Hey, remember the clip above from back in early May? And remember this from a week later? Yeah, well, about that... Opinion | On health care, Cassidy flunks his own 'Jimmy Kimmel test' https://t.co/Zv...
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Jesus Zoidberg: Taller than Willie Lampkin @jesuszoidberg.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Flexing = 15 yards Pushing a QB OOB - Shrug
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/08/2025
if you are going to turn all of federal law enforcement into an occupation force that hassles people for living their lives, then you are basically going to ensure that no one with information about the specific people committing acts of violence is ever going to come forward
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
There is no universe in which this ends well.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
This could end up very badly given what we know of Rules on Use of Force (RUF) for Guard in DC. And very different training regimens compared to local police. Wall Street Journal reporting: "National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. are preparing to carry weapons in the coming days."
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Exclusive | National Guard Soldiers Prepare to Carry Weapons in Washington, D.C.
The shift comes after defense officials said the soldiers deployed to the capital wouldn’t be armed.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
3/ 🔴 The red circle is the Home Depot parking lot on Rhode Island Ave. I've shopped there many times. It's not so much a hotspot for crime, as a gathering place for day laborers seeking work. This isn't about crime. It's about removing people that Stephen Miller deems "undesirables" from the city 🤨
Home Depot on Rhode Island Ave NEHome Depot parking lot
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John Stuart Thrill @jsthrill.modphi.com · 15/08/2025
Experimental philosophy
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Them - You can't throw sandwiches at ICE Agents.
Grabs a hot dog. "I guess we'll finally answer the old question."
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Neptune Spear the operation that killed bin Laden, sent 23 Seals, 2 pilots, an interpreter, and a dog on-site to capture and/or kill the most wanted dangerous terrorist in the world amid his armed guards in hostile territory. /1
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aaxler.bsky.social @aaxler.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
This is truly unhinged. Putting aside the contrast between pardoning every single J6ers and sending a platoon to rearrest a guy who threw a sandwich, do they think this makes them look cool? It couldn’t look more insecure if it was trying.
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Rap Bastardz® @rapbastardz.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/08/2025
Stephen Miller Tears Up As Son Says First 14 Words
Stephen Miller Tears Up As Son Says First 14 Words
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Hoagie assault guy, if convicted, will be punished more strongly than J6 folks who beat police officers with poles and other objects and are now walking free (and probably joining CBP)
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
At some point, the administration’s lying about everything all the time—for reasons big, small, and none at all—will catch up to our country, economy, and society.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
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