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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
thehill.com
Oldest living survivor of Pearl Harbor attack dies at 105
Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack, has died at the age of 105. Upton died Wednesday at a Los Gatos, California, hospital. He had pneumonia, Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
All the finest character witnesses.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
“It’s the antithesis of all these book banning states that you see,” he said. “I’m incredibly proud to have signed it, but also acknowledge that America — and this is yet another good example — is becoming a patchwork quilt country. It really matters where you live.”
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Being a parent on Christmas Day is the best. But being a parent on Christmas Eve has its challenges.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
33 years ago today: “Eastern Europe is free. The Soviet Union itself is no more. This is a victory for democracy and freedom. It's a victory for the moral force of our values. Every American can take pride in this victory…” — President George H.W. Bush www.nytimes.com/1991/12/26/w...
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END OF THE SOVIET UNION; Text of Bush's Address to Nation on Gorbachev's Resignation (Published 1991)
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
I’ll be joining MSNBC at the top of the hour, at 1 PM Eastern
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
✨ Wishing all my Bluesky friends a magical and joyful Christmas filled with love, laughter, and the warmth of those who matter most. May this season remind us of the beauty of kindness, connection, and hope. Thank you for being part of my journey — you make it brighter! 🎄❄️🎅🏼⛄️💙
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget Even Christmas morning!
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Lilith Goddess of Rebellion @elo-cin.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Well, breaking news, Santa exists because this Christmas present is *Chef's kiss*
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Happy holidays folks!
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
248 years ago today: George Washington has Thomas Paine’s first pamphlet, The Crisis, read to the Continental Army preparing to cross the Delaware. “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
The core far-right conspiracy theory about January 6 has for years been that law enforcement set the Proud Boys up. What do you know? It was exactly the opposite. Law enforcement was in fact trying to help them. As ever, take whatever the far right is saying, reverse it, and you have actual reality.
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An ex-Washington police officer is convicted of lying about leaks to the Proud Boys leader | CNN Politics
A retired police officer in the nation’s capital was convicted Monday of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Makes you wonder if the “robbery” wasn’t an inside job? There are unexplored depths to Die Hard.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
alternet.org
Trump’s chief of staff worried about 'shadow president' Musk leading him 'by the nose': analysis
When House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) was making a last-minute effort to get a spending bill passed and avoid a federal government shutdown, billionaire Elon Musk threatened primary challenges against any GOP lawmakers who voted for a bill he…
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Matt Gaetz is the Eddie Haskell of Jeffrey Epsteins
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
I have a feeling these memes aren’t going away. 🤣 #PresidentMusk
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
The House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz is expected to be released on Monday, concluding a years-long probe into numerous serious allegations against the former Florida congressman. Get your popcorn ready! 🍿
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Thank you
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/12/2024
I’m really curious as to why no state prosecutors have pursued charges here.
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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I guess this why Trump is back to calling him DeSanctimious?
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Dating tip - DO NOT find someone to look at you like Elon looks at white supremacist groups - that is just creepy
Musk doing full "Kubrick" stare
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Rolling Stone gets it. #DepartmentOfGreedAndExcess www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/12/2024
Someone just referred to the Gaetz report as the Pedo Files, and now I’m dead.
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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Why ABC settled a case they knew they would win — and why the Lincoln Project didn't www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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Why ABC settled a case they knew they would win — and why the Lincoln Project didn't
Since 2012, the U.S. Dept. of Justice has defined rape as bodily “penetration, no matter how slight… with any body part or object… without the consent of the victim.” To be redundant, no penis is requ...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
What’s with all this expansionist rhetoric all of a Sudeten
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/12/2024
"A final long-term characteristic of these reports on China is that they have eschewed the hyperbole that permeated its Soviet Military Power predecessor. But what is an analytical and intellectual feature may be a political bug."
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China’s Getting Ready to Throw Its Weight Around
The latest edition of an annual Pentagon report details how China is bulking up its military budget and its nuclear stockpile.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
thehill.com
A fragile alliance: What Assad’s fall means for Maduro in Venezuela
The collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria has exposed the fragility of other autocratic regimes, such as Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela, which relies on external support and faces growing impatience from its people.
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Neale Von @nealevon.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
My hero
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/12/2024
"In this sea of opinion/bullshit, people today are much less likely to hit upon genuine information than they were 30 years ago. This bedrock fact means that they’ve become acclimated to relying on opinion/bullshit."
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American Folklore
The internet was supposed to spread information and elevate our understanding of the world. Instead it turned us into a primitive people, reliant on folk stories.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
I’m proud to report that another one of my dogs is terribly behaved
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Tris @trisresists.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Ringing in the New Year hits differently this year.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Absolutely unsurprising www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/u...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The richest man in the world who is about to shutdown our government tweeting support for a German neo-nazi party in the middle of the night
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: The message I’m hearing from people across Canada is this: they’re not afraid of you. They know you’re a convicted felon. They know that the people you’re bringing in to run your, let’s call it an “organization” rather than a government, are grifters, thieves, and thugs.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Hegseth in his 2020 book, American Crusade. “America will decline and die. A national divorce will ensue. Outnumbered freedom lovers will fight back,” Hegseth writes. “It will not be good. Yes, there will be some form of civil war.” Contact your Senators today. They need to vote NO on Hegseth
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
“At this stage of American decline, the public might actually prefer to be ruled by two Jokers rather than one. If nothing else, though, the next four years will have moments of real amusement as the two try and fail to coexist…” thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...
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Folie à Deux
President Trump and Speaker Musk.
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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The promise of the internet was that the dissemination of primary source material would create a high-info, high-trust society. Instead, we've regressed and become a society that relies more heavily on folklore. I wrote a long, high-concept piece about this. 1/10 www.thebulwark.com/p/american-f...
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American Folklore
The internet was supposed to spread information and elevate our understanding of the world. Instead it turned us into a primitive people, reliant on folk stories.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/12/2024
Sadly, Elon’s weird cult stans will believe him.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
crooksandliars.com
Bannon Attacks Mike Johnson As 'A Democrat With A Bible'
The Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, who was originally hailed as a savior by MAGA when he replaced ousted Kevin McCarthy, is being raked over the coals by the same people for trying to pass a CR before the government shuts down. Bannon originally…
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
VP Donald Trump didn't expect that before even taking office, 38 Republicans would ignore his and President Musk's threats. The bill needed two-thirds to pass but failed to even clear a majority of 218 votes. It was one of Trump's worst political defeats ever. We're up to 4 wild years. Buckle up.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/12/2024
I still haven’t been sued.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
With Musk attacking the CR and Bannon going after Speaker Johnson, Dems could seek to capitalize on GOP chaos. Maybe start by saying that in light of Loudermilk’s attack on the duly constituted J6 Committee, Dems won’t vote for CR without a rider making clear Loudermilk doesn’t speak for the House?
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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The only thing in the Superman trailer that gives me even a little hope is Mr. Terrific.
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Joey Blue @jp262.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Awww. I love this for him. Assuming the panel doesn’t backtrack again, people will see what a depraved prick this guy really is (as if it shouldn’t already have been painfully obvious). The pathetic thing is that he would probably still win his district if he ran again… 😑
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