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Dave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social · 22h

Where we are now:

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

This paragraph builds and builds the insane comedy but you're not ready for the kicker.

Atelier Missor, active since 2021, describes itself on X as a “classical foundry in Paris, on its way to building a new Rome.” Its founder, Missor Movahed Ghaleh Nouri, has claimed he was drawn to pursue classical sculpture after receiving a vision of Napoleon I while wandering the Place Vendôme in Paris. His staff wear identical tan suspenders, billowy shirts, and unkempt facial hair, and—per previous versions of their website—spent much of the first half of the 2020s producing bronze and clay busts of such figures as (of course) Napoleon, Nietzsche, and Jordan Peterson.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

An authoritarian government forcing people to use new politically-driven language in their speech -- call it "newspeak," if you will

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 7h

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 30, the number is 98.5%.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 7h

31. In the clip, actor Leonardo DiCaprio screams into the TV camera as if he were giving voice to the mounting rage against Donald Trump and the Republicans: "The president of the United States is fucking lying! This whole administration has completely lost their fucking minds!"

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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 6h

Every American shares the guilt for the devolution, corruption and lack of decency in our once mostly decent country. But the MAGAifed GOP & a largely feckless corporate press are far, far more guilty than others. Cartoonists have done their part. But >half of citizens can’t be bothered to vote.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14h

I’m reminded of that passage in the Book of Antonin in which the Lord said unto Chuck “Taketh this handgun and strap it unto your loins so you may take it everywhere. Yea, even into Starbucks and Hobby Lobby, for you may encounter a punk thou must liquidate when one least expects it.”

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THE FOUNDATION OF RIGHTS IN AMERICA. This isn't a religious argument. You don't have to believe in God. You don't have to believe t... more
THE FOUNDATION OF
RIGHTS IN AMERICA
"All men ... are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights."
The Founders believed your fundamental rights
were yours from birth - government didn't give them to you.
The Bill of Rights protects those pre-existing rights.
That includes the Second Amendment.
In the Founders' worldview,
your right to keep and bear arms came from God - not government.
It doesn't matter whether you believe in God.
It doesn't matter whether you agree with that.
That was the foundation.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 17h

David Horsey substack.com/@horseytoons

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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 10h

Remind yourself how much people like Musk hate Wikipedia. Remember how every corrupt or predatory politician hates Wikipedia. Donate.

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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Cornell Seven For @rawstory.com For a behind-the-scenes look at my creative process, sketches, videos, and works in progress, subscribe at: nickanderson.substack.com.

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Garthtoons by Garth German @garthtoons.bsky.social · 21h

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Jen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This week's comic: The Big Picture

For millennia…

Barbarism prevails, might makes right

Dominant religious groups persecute “heretics”

Racial hierarchy entrenched

Gender hierarchy entrenched

Non-straight people ostracized

Finally in the second half of the 20th century
Woman: At last, a bit of fairness and equality!

And then…
Pompous guy: Here’s an outside-the-box idea! What if we tried traditional hierarchies?

©2026 Jen Sorensen

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Guess which other narcissistic, mentally unstable authoritarian leader called for an arch and a ballroom to be built as grand monuments to his glory. I'm sure it's just a coincidence . . .

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The great Dennis Hastert has died. I hope the dirty snitches are happy. by Jim Jordan

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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you are, quite inexplicably, still naive enough to believe your citizenship protects you, read this thread. If this perverse trajectory continues, your whiteness and Constitution won’t protect you either.

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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Some folks are born, silver spoon in hand Lord, don't they help themselves But when the taxman comes to the door Lord, the house look like a rummage sale It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no millionaire's son It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026

i also read his op ed on originalism in the WSJ and i would love to know how presidential criminal immunity emerges from the structure of the constitution, especially when the literal authors of that constitution insisted that a president could he tried and even straight up executed

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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Dennis Hastert & Jim Bakker deaths in the same week make the world a tad bit better. But there are so, so many yet to go for the substantial betterment of the world.

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Ginny Hogan @ginnyhogan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

we’re ready for ya, JD!

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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

For MAGA, “When a man is accused of rape, he is first and foremost a victim. He’s a victim of feminism. He’s a victim of a kind of inversion of the natural order of power.”

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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“If you’re not at the table, you’re probably on the menu” for the Voracious Billionaires’ Brunch.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump says 'Let them take out Los Angeles.' Recall this map: The *entire states* with population smaller than LA County. Among them they have 80+ US Senators. LA is about 1/3 of Calif's population, which has 2.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump: They say I'm the GOAT, better than Washington and Lincoln

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

10/6/2026_ The High Court www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/oc...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Pennsylvania has now reported: -At least 1004 measles cases -198 hospitalizations -Five deaths Only four of the cases had been vaccinated. Sure, we’ve got some numbers here, but the damage from RFK Jr.’s malicious treachery is actually incalculable.

wbaltv.com

Pennsylvania measles cases reach more than 1,000. Track outbreaks in your state

Measles cases have surged in 2026, and Pennsylvania reported more than a thousand cases as of Monday.

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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Such endorsements are virtually GOP platform rhetoric now.

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Todd Alcott @toddalcott.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Before I knew Dennis Hastert as a child molester, I knew him as the Republican who, during Katrina, reviewed aerial footage of the Ninth Ward of New Orleans and said, on camera, when he knew people were watching, "Well, we can just bulldoze all those houses, put up hotels."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026

Q: Your approval rating with Latino voters has dropped down to 27% TRUMP: You're fake news. You're CNN. My poll numbers are great. All you have to do is look at the crowds we're drawing.

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Poocharé @poochare.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Right: Five people should own everything The Left: Poor kids should eat Teach the controversy

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 05/10/2026

we could have literally saved millions of lives if establishment U.S. journalism had been able to clearly label and marginalize Fox News, Sinclair, etc. as right wing propaganda, but alas

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The NY Times uses words like “fierce,” “steely,” “nimble” and “homegrown star of the Trump White House” to describe Karoline Leavitt, who just got a Fox News gig. Not a single mention of her relentless lying to the American public. Reporter Michael M. Grynbaum and his editors suck.

nytimes.com

Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News (Gift Article)

A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You couldn't have scripted a more fitting endgame for the Republican Party than the cult members desperately trying to distance themselves from the cult leader, with the cult leader being too narcissistic to let them go and dragging them down with his sweaty smothering embrace

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is why they are talking about Nixon right now. SCOTUS made this a reality

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sadly, there are many stories of campus sex abuse and rape, so why did the shocking allegations at Cornell become a front-page story? Elite impunity for Ivy League boys felt like the last straw in a nation where presidents and QBs strut untouchable My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...

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For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch

A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.

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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Every member of the Trump, Kushner & Lutnick Crime Families must be investigated daily as long as they live. Then do all MAGA grifters as far as investigative resources can be extended. But, as Krugman cautions, can Democrats resist the efforts of Big Money to buy their complicity & passivity?

open.substack.com

The Trump Administration is a Cesspit of Corruption

And fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda

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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I feel like I’m the only one writing about realistic deliverables in the next two years: www.ms.now/opinion/demo... and www.salon.com/2026/09/24/t...

salon.com

The Democratic playbook for taking on Trump after the midterms

The party will have many tools to hold the administration accountable — if it uses them

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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Graduate of Point Loma Nazarene University & Liberty University. Sees herself as holy, devout “Christian”—says she “prays for God’s wisdom” every morning! Just before her daily idolatry and hateful, gutter-racist & illegal posting for Trump. Truly both the zenith & nadir of “MAGA Christianity.”

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Natalie Harp’s Role in Trump’s Propaganda Blitz Exposed

Harp was there as the president turned an Oval Office strategy session into something of a personal highlight reel.

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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Raskin: “Once we get through this nightmare, the rest of our careers will have to be devoted to reviving American progress and building institutions that endure and succeed. That is going to be the work of the rest of our lives.” Free link:

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How Democrats hope to reverse Trump’s changes to the presidency

As the midterms approach, some of the president’s foes are working to ensure his aggressive approach to executive power doesn’t outlast him.

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