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Ankylodad

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Cat. Wife. Dog. PhD. Kids. Just here for your takes.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21h
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. Democrats win control of the House and Senate. 2. Investigations and prosecutions begin. 3. Impeachment and removal proceedings. 4. Take back the billions of taxpayer money corruptly taken by the Trump family and their accomplices. 5. Rinse and repeat.
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Rebecca Schoenkopf @wonkette.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Pray they do not alter it further
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
As always, Jr raises the big questions few others will ask, in this case, “Can civilization be saved by people who don’t know the difference between ‘to’ and ‘too?’”
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Civilization will never be saved by 9 crazy cat ladies on SSRIs and 2 cuck men to weak to stand up to them who needed a group hug after a mother sent dad out to strangle 3 kids.
It's saved by the one person who wouldn't sign the permission slip.
That's the fork in the road!
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Ankylodad @ankylodad.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“I recently asked the president of SK if they would like to join us in depleting their munitions stockpiles and degrading the readiness of their forces for no strategic gain.”
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Ankylodad @ankylodad.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
At first I assumed the namesake was a literal horse, but no horse older than that vacuum cleaner is still alive. So whom did he name his vacuum cleaner after? His wife?
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
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Ankylodad @ankylodad.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“Escalation to break the deadlock” Why of course! Brilliant! Never before tried!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I'm not watching this, but given that Obama's jabs at a WHCD inspired his presidency, this would be a fitting and hilarious place for It to Happen
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Ankylodad @ankylodad.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Memorandum of Misunderstanding
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I had to go back to work when my first baby was 14 days old, but I’m glad to know Mitch McConnell has unlimited medical leave…
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mensrea @mensie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
German broadcast. Nailed it
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Ankylodad @ankylodad.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I learned this today, and think it’s additionally interesting that Kamala Harris was born about 10 hrs after Hoover died, on the same day.
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Dr. Jonathan Schroden @jjschroden.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
It’s worth noting that McMaster—when given the very rare chance to put his doctoral thesis into direct practice in the White House—failed to live up to his own argued standards
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I’m interested in any political imagination for accountability. It has to be proactive & retroactive. It has to be spectacular. And, ideally, it would leave so many of them broke that it actually becomes a deterrent. Being poor is truly all they care about not because they don’t care about prison.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
the food safety stuff is another reminder that a large, huge, gigantic part of being a republican is going “lmao why are we spending money to prevent horrifying disasters from happening if they never happen 🤪”
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Maybe they should just practice locking the door and turning off the lights and remaining silent while hiding under their desks…or is that just appropriate for kindergartners? 
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Four years ago, Biden gave a speech warning about the dangers to democracy and the networks refused to air it because it was "political." I wonder if Trump making a partisan case for relitigating the 2020 election and calling for his political opponents to be jailed is going to be "political" too?
As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns
While broadcasters typically air a prime-time address by the president, they determined that this speech was more ‘political’ than newsworthy for live coverage
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Lindsay Graham was, I think, one of the most contemptible figures in US politics, a titan of respectable bipartisan foreign policy for years who displayed no principles, no insight, and no beliefs beyond a gleeful and vicarious love of violence. An indictment of every institution he served in. RIP.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Gov. Beshear should demand proof of life. If his state has lost a senator, its people deserve to know and deserve a replacement. The seat doesn‘t belong to the Republican Party.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
President Obama once delivered a speech in an open field for four hours during a thunderstorm while leaning against a very tall, pointy metal pole. President Trump should do the same, but for six hours, to demonstrate his strength.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 30/06/2026
The legal arguments for Trump's birthright citizenship executive order are vapid and embarrassing. Multiple lower court judges legit laughed DOJ lawyers out of the room. The fact that four Supreme Court justices twisted themselves into logical pretzels to buy it is a constitutional emergency.
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The Constitution Is On Life Support
Four justices are prepared to stuff the Fourteenth Amendment’s promises in the garbage because Mister Trump demands it.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Alito’s dissent in the vote counting case makes perfect sense if you think of it from the perspective of a braindead fox news viewer who thinks dems are “cheating” when more vote get counted and a republican lead in the count is erased.
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The entire fuckin point of the national mall is loitering
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What’s remarkable about all this stuff is the stolen valor. You didn’t build shit, you won a birth lottery. You are a podcaster not Emperor Vespasian. bsky.app/profile/just...
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
OK maybe not ha-ha funny but still www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/l...
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Louis C.K., Stephen A. Smith to Honor Bill Maher at Kennedy Center Event
The Mark Twain prize ceremony is set to air on Netflix July 21.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 23/06/2026
Banning Popehat was a profoundly stupid move by Bluesky. Moderation is a very difficult job at this kind of scale, and I tend to grant lots of leeway for that reason. But this move was simply indefensible.
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Congress must act: a bipartisan bill immediately establishing the death penalty for the guy who fucked up the reflecting pool
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Ankylodad @ankylodad.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I think “reporting from Washington” is not an accurate description of the activity Minho Kim is engaged in here. More like “Relaying Trumps lies from Washington.” Do these people not have any self respect?
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Ankylodad @ankylodad.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
This is what happens when you live your life without principles or integrity. You raise antisocial losers.
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Ankylodad @ankylodad.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
@kellen.bsky.social hey time for NYT corporate defense squad.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
God, you could do the funniest thing right now
Weather in DC shows a storm
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
And relatedly, if purportedly poll-driven consultants were honest, they wouldn’t emphasize the need to govern with centrist policies, they’d emphasize the need to portray popular policies as centrist. But they mostly don’t like the policies, so…
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Anyone who argues that Democrats should move to the right on their most popular political issue either has no understanding of abortion politics, or is anti-abortion themselves. In the case of yesterday's NYT op-ed—it appears to be both jessica.substack.com/p/new-york-t...
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The "Middle" Men of the New York Times
Oh look, another dude wants Democrats to compromise on abortion
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
stayed up late just to get booed by 20,000 people
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Trump has lied about states that count slow. States that count fast. States that have little mail. States that are all mail. He invented reasons why Cruz didn’t beat him in Iowa, made up false claims about people being into New Hampshire—none of which were about a slow count.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
There have always been bad lawyers, but we’re seeing just how bad it gets, and it’s bad. Even in the best-case scenario of this timeline, the legal profession is going to face a reckoning once Trump is gone. It’s going to need to kick a number of people out if the rule of law is to continue.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 11/09/2025
she did warn us
Bari Weiss column titled "We're All Fascists Now"
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Discordia Comic Shop @discordiacomicshop.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We lost Jonathan Joss exactly One Year ago today. A neighbor burned his house, killed his dogs and shot him in the street for being Gay. Never forget Jonathan Joss. #KingOfTheHill #JohnRedcorn
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Two versions of CBS News on display yesterday: 1) Scott Pelley fired for pointing out that Bari Weiss is murdering 60 Minutes on Trump’s behalf. 2) Weijia Jiang announces the new date for the White House Correspondents Dinner featuring Trump.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This is so utterly insane I’m at a loss. But it makes sense if you want to turn the entire US intelligence apparatus into a tool for domestic persecution and domination. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Names Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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upyernoz.bsky.social @upyernoz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Fixed it
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Ankylodad @ankylodad.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This guy terrorized our city, now appears on Alex Jones' two-bit closet Twitter podcast, and is responsible for several deaths of American citizens and injuries of countless others. Justice starts with him in jail.
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Ankylodad @ankylodad.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
What does this study or the distribution of faculty political leaning have to do with @thefireorg.bsky.social stated mission? This kind of thing is why it’s treated with such suspicion.
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Ankylodad @ankylodad.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I’ve followed right wing talking heads for about twenty years now. Hugh Hewitt is a slimeball, and he’s never had any dignity. I truly didn’t realize though that he doesn’t have any shame either.
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