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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 08/10/2026

Another point worth sharing from the "it's easy for you to give survivors advice" department. Advice can get people killed for following it.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026

What she said. Men often disbelieve this, because they define down sexual assault so it only means an attack by a stranger leaping out of the bushes.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026

I hope the VBNMW types remember at primary time what an absolute piece of shit Newsom is.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom has blocked Democratic efforts to enshrine one of the most important protections for blue-state abortion providers—a ban on extraditions.

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Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care

California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 28/09/2026

If we want the people to trust in our justice system, we need to start by holding the rich and powerful accountable. There's no lack of things they're guilty of, so all we need is to supply the fair trials and unbiased juries.

Milo of Bloom County, as foreman of the jury, standing up at the start of a trial and announcing, "He looks guilty. He smells guilty. He IS guilty! And we recommend that he be fed to giant Iranian goat-eating cockroaches!"

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 22/09/2026

Every day, watching that fool comment on any and everything, reminds me of José Jiménez. His schtick was the language barrier faced by new immigrants; Trump's is that he's the absolute dumbest human being alive. Also, with Trump it's not a bit.

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron

Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 22/09/2026

Always worth a reminder. I've wondered to myself how dumb a person has to be not ton understand this. But I'm not sure they're dumb. If they're white and speak English natively, they believe it simply won't happen to them--and 99% or more of them are almost certainly right.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 22/09/2026

There's an old man in this Barnes & Noble giving his credit-card information over the phone at the top of his lungs. I fear it's a trap.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 17/09/2026

New insecurity unlocked: am I dumb enough to be rich and powerful?

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 17/09/2026

If we're going to name stuff after Trump, it should exclusively be nuclear waste dumps, islands that the navy bombs for practice, superfund sites, and the national strategic reserve of piss.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 15/09/2026

I’m looking forward to an angry ex outing her sheep-f*cking husband, and we all find out he’s a Trump donors who was rejected before.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 14/09/2026

Not even a participation trophy? I thought everyone gets one of those.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 14/09/2026

I’ve thought Buttigieg was a POS from the moment I heard him say, “Medicare for all WHO WANT IT” like he was pulling a rabbit out of a hat. What he obviously meant was that he would use bureaucratic hurdles to limit who gets access to health care.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 14/09/2026

Wanting all the civil rights you’re entitled to by the constitution makes you a no-good, greedy “maximalist.”

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Turns out that everyone who accused Trump of being a bumbling, bamboozling, bankrupting bigot who'd use hate to spiral America into ruin while looting us and helping the worst people on earth sink their boots into our necks while acting like a victim was right. Hope you're happy with yourselves

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Spooky Seamus O'Flaugherty @seamussaid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

hey welcome to America you can get arrested for giving water to people waiting in line to vote but the president is offering you $5k to vote for his party

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 11/09/2026

God damnit! I used to be a fan. Into the bin now.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her school

Norman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine.

Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 01/09/2026

It occurred to me today that with the oil crisis developing in the strait of Hormuz, Putin might just be having some FAFO of his own: he helped Trump get elected knowing he'd be disastrous for the United States, without properly appreciating that, actually, he's disastrous for the whole damn world.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 31/08/2026

HT to Mad Magazine: In the old days stitches had to be removed by a doctor. They hurt when they were removed. Now we have dissolving stitches. They hurt when they dissolve.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 31/08/2026

I've tried, but I can't figure out which burial plot to dance on. * My first draft said "pee on," but I don't want to be crude.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 31/08/2026

The funnest thing about libertarian theory (which is a thing!) is trying to figure out how long ago "homesteading" law would have been applicable to the place where you live. In my fair city, the answer is roughly 13,000 years ago.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 30/08/2026

Hands has captured Biden so perfectly, I have no notes. Obama picked him not because he’s good on race, but because having the whitest cracker available would improve his chances of getting elected.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 29/08/2026

Well gosh. This seemed to have pissed of an Irish fellow enough to block me. I can only guess what’s so upsetting about hearing that indigenous Irish were dark skinned and didn’t speak a Celtic language.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 28/08/2026

"Michigander" implies the existence of "Michigoose."

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Jordan Klepper: “Can women be president?” MAGA: “No. Females have more hormones. She could start a war in 10 seconds.” Jordan Klepper: “Haven’t all wars been started by men?” MAGA: “Umm, yesss…”

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

North Korea is good. Canada is bad. Coal is good. Solar is bad. Measles is good. Vaccination is bad. Child rapists are good. Childcare is bad. Pointless wars are good. Universal healthcare is bad. Anyone supporting the unrelenting chaos of the #GOP deserves zero respect. #RemoveTrump

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

If you were King Solomon And I was a lady Would you marry me anyway Would you halve my baby

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 09/08/2026

I like pointing this out because many people don't realize. If you're worth: $10 million: you're in the 1% $2.5 million: you're in the top 2% $1 million: you'r in the top 10% The 1% aren't "billionaires"; they're the top 0.0001%. Your neighbor with the painting business is probably in the top 10%.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

He is so good at this

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Absolutely galling that RFK Jr.'s attack line here is that there is not empirical evidence to support public health claims he disagrees with when a) the vast majority of public health scientists disagree w him and b) he fired scientists for that very reason. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/your-gover...

On Monday, RFK Jr. told the CDC Director, Susan Monarez, in place for just over a month, to accept two conditions if she wanted to keep her job.

First, he wanted her public support for his policies to limit access to vaccines. Monarez is an infectious disease scientist who has served in government for a long time. In effect, RFK Jr. was asking that she lend her personal credibility as a scientist, and the credibility of CDC, to his anti-vax policies. She demurred, saying she needed to talk to senior staff at CDC.

Second, Kennedy ordered her to fire those staff. Since they are career civil servants, it would be illegal to fire them without cause, although this has become the norm now in the Trump administration. For example, career officials at FBI were fired for refusing to fire their fellow civil servants without cause.

Monarez refused both requests.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 26/07/2026

It was more than a decade ago that I participated in an exchange on a gun forum where “resisting tyranny“ came up and I said, “the thing is that when fascism comes to America, the gun owners will be lining up to get their armbands.”

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 23/07/2026

TIL what a "Renfield" is, and OMG what a good depiction: a madman who worships Dracula and serves him blindly in exchange for a steady diet of vermin, thinking that this will eventually give him immortality like Dracula's.

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 21/07/2026

"Nina, who is a member of 1199SEIU, told me it’s common for her to be assigned at least 10 residents during day shifts and up to 20 at night. 'We’re running,' she said. 'When you get home, you’re exhausted.'"

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 16/07/2026

Truly a joyous sight. Wish I was there.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Brooklyn craft beer packaging goes hard

Participation Trophy Brewing’s “it’s like nobody wants to impress Jody foster anymore” hazy IPA 🍺

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Grits 'n Gravy @gritsmcbarkin.myatproto.social · 10/07/2026

This can’t be repeated enough. Cops are literally taught how to get away with excessive, even deadly, force, and this is one example of that.

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