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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 9h

Ooooo, 100 whole dollars?!? Finally my grandma can get a half a tank of gas.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 14h

Repping some @cheekface.bsky.social merch on this fine fall evening, as one does.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 15h

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 17h

As we learn more about Christa Pike’s condition and the madness of the botched execution, I’m re-sharing yesterday’s column. Abolish the death penalty. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Christa Pike's botched execution is a moral stain on America | Opinion

I understand the shock over Tennessee's botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike. But it never should have happened in the first place.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 20h

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 21h

This is a wild thread from @editorialboard.bsky.social about the Eric Schmitt faceplant:

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The first official Quick Distractions newsletter offering just dropped, and it involves AI (bad) and doughnuts (good). Subscribe to receive more delicious distractions! (And if you already subscribed, make sure you confirm your subscription!) www.quickdistractions.com/p/how-about-...

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How about AI gets the planet and we get all the doughnuts?

A reasonable suggestion for the end of humanity

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The flop sweat from this just flooded the entire Dallas-Ft. Worth area.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OPERATION: ALBATROSS is off to a roaring start.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Jesus, it's like something from the clearance rack at Spirit Halloween that your kid is too scared to pick up.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The botched execution of Christa Pike shows again why we must abolish the death penalty. It erodes our nation's soul. My column on Pike, and on watching Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh die and seeing the inherent immorality of the death penalty firsthand: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Christa Pike's botched execution is a moral stain on America | Opinion

I understand the shock over Tennessee's botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike. But it never should have happened in the first place.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It is our fault for not understanding how awesome everything is. Shame on we.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve been a media witness to two federal executions. One was Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The other, a week later, was a drug kingpin named Juan Raul Garza. My conclusion after watching both men die: The death penalty should not exist. Period. It fixes nothing, and it erodes our souls.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

if you listen to Trump, everyone supports the construction of a data center near them! Or, as a recent University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll put it, “just 11% of Americans say they would support the construction of a data center" near them. Potato, potahto! www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Trump says data centers are great. I found 330 acres for one | Opinion

I'm pretty sure President Donald Trump would love to see a sprawling data center go up near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well, this should scare the tuna salad out of everybody.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It should alarm us that the civilian head of the military gathers together troops to give them a political speech in which he calls the free press treasonous. He should be removed from office for doing so.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Does the president think Hispanic people are cats?

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What a pathetic loser. A national disgrace.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Trump can't stop raving about data centers, so I can't wait to see the Trump International Data Center Golf Course in West Palm Beach! My perfectly reasonable column: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Trump says data centers are great. I found 330 acres for one | Opinion

I'm pretty sure President Donald Trump would love to see a sprawling data center go up near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nice. THAT should lower grocery prices!

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Now we have to listen to every tech CEO dipshit who has the money to end poverty, but won’t because “woke” or whatever, use the term “super intelligence” because they think kissing a janky real-estate huckster’s ass will heal the psychic wounds from never getting picked to play dodgeball.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I can smell this picture

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well, things certainly didn't get any smarter today.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here's what the AI chatbot Claude had to say about the AI security "deal" Trump and tech executives signed today. 😅

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s a close race but this might be one of the dumbest things he’s ever done and that’s saying A LOT.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026

In which Eric Schmitt, rumored candidate for VP in an (ugh) JD Vance 2028 presidential run, pre-emptively loses 22 electoral votes in Georgia and Iowa

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hah! @helenkennedy.com is all over this, and it’s fabulous:

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Trump's America.gov chatbot really is SUPER INTELLIGENCE!

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Did the people who invented guns follow a similar pattern? Were they like, “Look, these things make a loud bang and hurl pointy metal projectiles super fast. Could be pretty dangerous and might lead to wars and stuff. We just don’t know.”

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I truly believe Ken Paxton is just someone doing a bit about the worst political candidate imaginable.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our brains are the original data centers. And they don’t take up much space. So why don’t they just build brains? Think about it.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Rex is right: this sounds an awful lot like that Foxconn deal in Wisconsin when Trump promised a $4B deal with 13K jobs. Of course, that never happened...

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Foxconn II: The Squeakquel

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

With midterms fast approaching, Trump's announcement of a steel mill that will open in Iowa in 2030 is excellent news for voters who have cars that run on steel that won’t appear for at least four years! My column on Trump's buckets of flop sweat: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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An Iowa steel mill? Trump, GOP keep ignoring Americans' needs | Opinion

As midterm voters face high food and gas prices, President Donald Trump trumpeted a new steel mill in Iowa. His flop sweat is showing.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A-freakin’-men to this, by @markjacob.bsky.social. I’ll never understand how poorly so many journalists have responded to Trump. No unity, no sense of clarity, just a lust for access.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Easy to say when you started a war that ain’t gonna end.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It appears only Fox News is covering this presidential "address to the nation" announcing one steel mill. No juice.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The president is late for his address to the nation. Are they still working on the AI images that show us all eating sweet, affordable Iowa-made steel?

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is so weird. I was JUST at the grocery store this morning and I thought, "You know what would fix these prices? A new steel mill in Iowa that might be running by 2030." Our prayers are answered! www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

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Exclusive | Trump to Unveil Planned $15 Billion Iowa Steel Project

The announcement comes as the president is looking for wins ahead of a tough midterm election for Republicans.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

These books are great, and @Kendragarden.bsky.social is great, and I think supporting great books and great people is great!

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USA TODAY Opinion @usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 28/09/2026

"It’s as if the words 'read the room' never entered the GOP’s lexicon," writes columnist @rexhuppke.bsky.social. bit.ly/4ry1i6Q 📸: Evan Vucci/Reuters

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hey, Americans! Here’s a dark, ominous black-and-white advertisement showing your wildly unpopular president slowly waking along a hallway while scowling at you. It says nothing about the problems you’re facing. And you paid for the ad! Please definitely go vote Republican. You’re welcome!!

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Amazing @cheekface.bsky.social show last night in Chicago! AND I got to interview the band beforehand. Column coming this week on Cheekface creating the protest album America needs right now.

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