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Dan Leipold @memevirus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I got into HOI4 about 4 months ago, and...yeah. I'm managing to only play after the family is in bed but the game is really engaging.

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I feel bad for professors who teach constitutional law, who are like the medieval astronomers piling epicycles on top of epicycles to try to explain to movement of celestial bodies when any moron who can draw a circle can blow them out of the water if they just realize where the center is.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/08/2026

Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

youre not going to believe this but the dumb assholes we put in charge have fucked everything up

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

AOC: This is what I want people to understand: this is our money. When you pay your taxes, that money is being stolen to pay for a vanity project like a ballroom or whatever it is that this guy wants to do, instead of what it should be used for…

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I have not pulled the trigger on this since Jan 2021 and the pardons of all the Jan 6 defendants, but I think there's a strong argument that this is an impeachable offense.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/05/2026

i have been writing about the virginia supreme court decision with a certain amount of analytical detachment but if i’m being honest i’m also fucking furious i took the time to go vote and then my ballot got tossed out by these dipshits

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Me: Because of the cruise ship situation Fanta executives: Yeah we're going to pass on your "Fantavirus" idea

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

86 47 you ludicrous stooge

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

As little as I already thought of the man I'm in awe of what he's accomplished in 15 short months. Historic run. Basically threw away all his fire extinguishers and told every firefighter in town to eat shit, and then set his house on fire. We need a separate Mount Rushmore for morons

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

1/ It's not just that unilaterally paying TSA agents is illegal. It's that Trump has now repeatedly undermined the core of the congressional power of the purse. He's not spending money that has been appropriated by law (impoundments) and he's spending money that has not been appropriated.

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Dan Leipold @memevirus.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Incredibly disappointing bigotry on display here.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Ms Rachel talking to Deiver Henao, a 9yo in an immigration detention center www.instagram.com/reel/DVzUzoz... What a world

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Essential read: a statement from Cardinal Cupich. www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

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Dan Leipold @memevirus.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

There are ways we could improve the system, but a national popular vote, either administered by the states or federal government, would be a disaster.

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Dan Leipold @memevirus.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

The Electoral College is one of the best obstacles to tyranny we have! Imagine a US without the Electoral College - what would you do when Greg Abbott claims that 50 million Texans voted for Trump? Or do we go whole hog federally administered elections - how comfortable are you with that?

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Dan Leipold @memevirus.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

No longer have a WaPo subscription so maybe missing context in the article, but this question reads as a non-sequitur. What part of the ballistic missile defense kill chain could plausibly rely on AI?

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

They found him. He died. Another murder by our immigration goon squads

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

where is justice for Nurul Amin Shah Alam? when will those charged with holding the guilty accountable demand that justice?

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

There are very few things I believe more strongly than this: If you orient your politics around things that you know are not true, or don’t care if are true, whether because it sounds good, or you think it’ll impress people, or any other reason, you are planting the seeds of your own destruction.

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Dan Leipold @memevirus.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Adding my vote for Nate Bargatze.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted

The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.

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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

executions in the street.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Jesus Christ. Multiple goons had a man on the ground but that wasn't enough brutality for them. One had to pull his gun and shoot someone who was prone on the sidewalk. They're going to tell us the agent feared for his life and was justified.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026

Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6

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ceej @ceej.online · 22/01/2026

There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy

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LeCaffeinated @thetirednurse.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

ICE are thug scum.

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Dan Leipold @memevirus.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Real ouroboros moment if AI is being used to draft legislation banning the use of AI.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10/01/2026

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

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ceej @ceej.online · 07/01/2026

"what are we going to do with 20,000 ICE agents if we abolish ice" well to start with I think we should all literally spit on them in public for the rest of their lives

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it

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Dan Leipold @memevirus.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I'm really enjoying Pluribus but can definitely understand why someone could be bored with the pacing. People like what they like! I'm frustrated by Carol's refusal to engage with the hive mind. I want to know what it wants! What are its plans? Will the hive try to pass the message on?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/12/2025

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The Republican hacks on SCOTUS start with whatever ruling will help their fellow Republican partisans and lazily work backwards from there, barely offering an excuse for their egregious hackery. John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.

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Trump Thanks Chief Justice Roberts Won'T Forget GIF

ALT: Trump Thanks Chief Justice Roberts Won'T Forget GIF

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