Joe Ava 🗃️🍕
@joeava.bsky.social
Bearded dad and AP Euro / World History teacher. MA student - Transatlanticism, Political Ecology, Empire. New Jersey gavone. COYG.
You let the Germans re-arm and they start playing the hits, I guess.
The co-leader of the far-right AfD, Germany's largest opposition party, has suggested that Poland is as much of a threat to his country as Russia is.
Leader of far-right AfD suggests Poland as great a threat to Germany as Russia
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November 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
You let the Germans re-arm and they start playing the hits, I guess.
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So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
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This is genuinely funny coming from a guy whose entire life is an endless stream of bitching and moaning while he leads the party of divorced dads who are mad their families hate them
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is genuinely funny coming from a guy whose entire life is an endless stream of bitching and moaning while he leads the party of divorced dads who are mad their families hate them
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i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
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democratic voters wanted their party to shut down the government for myriad reasons — troops in american cities, masked thugs ripping families apart — but dem leaders insisted the wise thing to do politically was to stay hyper-fxated on this one thing, ACA tax credits. and then they just… gave up
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
democratic voters wanted their party to shut down the government for myriad reasons — troops in american cities, masked thugs ripping families apart — but dem leaders insisted the wise thing to do politically was to stay hyper-fxated on this one thing, ACA tax credits. and then they just… gave up
Cory Booker has always been this way.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Cory Booker has always been this way.
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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You simply can’t imagine the coverage if a Dem president told Americans to shut the fuck up about high prices
Trump: Our groceries are way down. Everything is way down. So I don't want to hear about the affordability.
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
You simply can’t imagine the coverage if a Dem president told Americans to shut the fuck up about high prices
I hate the term ‘bedwetters’ because they’re often right but her explanation for why someone like me was nervous makes sense. I’m happy to admit that I was wrong and she might actually know ball? We’ll see.
Sherrill dismisses the Democratic bedwetters
Sherrill dismisses the Democratic bedwetters
“The narrative was weird in the primary, and it was weird in the general,” she said in an interview.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I hate the term ‘bedwetters’ because they’re often right but her explanation for why someone like me was nervous makes sense. I’m happy to admit that I was wrong and she might actually know ball? We’ll see.
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Very important investigatiom. These are the techniques by which people become persuaded that, some day, people like you and me need to die, to preserve their safety.
If you can stomach it, check into right-wing media occasionally.
Don't look away.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
If you can stomach it, check into right-wing media occasionally.
Don't look away.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Watch how government ‘propaganda’ techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes," Professor Nick Cul...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Very important investigatiom. These are the techniques by which people become persuaded that, some day, people like you and me need to die, to preserve their safety.
If you can stomach it, check into right-wing media occasionally.
Don't look away.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
If you can stomach it, check into right-wing media occasionally.
Don't look away.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
I get what he was saying in the Peace Prize kerfuffle. When you imagine starting wars in your head and then don’t follow through with your threats that means you’ve stopped the war.
Trump says we are preparing to invade Nigeria. Apparently that’s what voters said they wanted in the exit polls. Trump: “We’re going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria’s not gonna be happy about. Guns-a-blazin!”
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I get what he was saying in the Peace Prize kerfuffle. When you imagine starting wars in your head and then don’t follow through with your threats that means you’ve stopped the war.
Dude really only understands the world through the lens of cheeseburgers.
*TRUMP: REPUBLICANS DON'T TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY ENOUGH *TRUMP: WE HAVE TO GET PRICE OF BEEF DOWN
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Dude really only understands the world through the lens of cheeseburgers.
At least Republicans, and Trump especially, are reflecting on and responding to yesterday’s elections with seriousness.
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
At least Republicans, and Trump especially, are reflecting on and responding to yesterday’s elections with seriousness.
It goes without saying at this point but I find shit like this especially depraved.
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It goes without saying at this point but I find shit like this especially depraved.
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Appreciate him articulating this explicitly although people will continue to rationalize bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: "They're gonna make DC a state and they're gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They're gonna pick up electoral votes. It's gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Appreciate him articulating this explicitly although people will continue to rationalize bsky.app/profile/atru...
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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Mr. Cardamom - Nani (starring Madhur Jaffrey)
YouTube video by Mr. Cardamom
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November 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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I'm just looking at the hot takes that I pre-wrote last night in advance of todays NJ gubernatorial election. It seems pretty clear that we are in "Trump and GOP, you are screwed" territory!!
I feel it necessary to pre-write the takes:
Mikie wins by 10+ = Trump and GOP, you are screwed
Mikie wins by 6-10 = Alright, maybe Mikie was actually a decent candidate.
Mikie wins by 3-5 = Solid win. Well done Mikie.
Mikie wins by 0.5-3 = We should really have got a better candidate.
Jack wins = 🤯
Mikie wins by 10+ = Trump and GOP, you are screwed
Mikie wins by 6-10 = Alright, maybe Mikie was actually a decent candidate.
Mikie wins by 3-5 = Solid win. Well done Mikie.
Mikie wins by 0.5-3 = We should really have got a better candidate.
Jack wins = 🤯
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I'm just looking at the hot takes that I pre-wrote last night in advance of todays NJ gubernatorial election. It seems pretty clear that we are in "Trump and GOP, you are screwed" territory!!
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Dick Cheney’s legacy is that he turned 9/11 from a national tragedy into a global disaster. He did so through a mixture of arrogance, stupidity and greed and blighted the last quarter century.
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Dick Cheney’s legacy is that he turned 9/11 from a national tragedy into a global disaster. He did so through a mixture of arrogance, stupidity and greed and blighted the last quarter century.
It’s giving 2022 Erik ten Hag.
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It’s giving 2022 Erik ten Hag.
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People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
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Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.