The Southern Dad
@thesoutherndad.bsky.social
Just a dad trying to figure out how to raise his kids in our autocratic hellscape where our only hope is an ineffectual opposition party.
Also I like puppies.
Also I like puppies.
Pinned
Is anyone else imagining Scott Bessent's mousy ass on the other end of the line doing a racist caricature?
Trump: "Construction jobs are way up, right? Well, they're up because they're building all these factories all over the country. You have car plants under construction. I spoke to Mr. Toyota in Japan. I said, 'What's you name?' 'Toy-ota!' I said, 'If your name is Toyota you're a very rich guy.'"
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Is anyone else imagining Scott Bessent's mousy ass on the other end of the line doing a racist caricature?
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GOP Strategist Reminds Legislators There’s No Bad Ideas For Suppressing Black Vote https://theonion.com/gop-strategist-reminds-legislators-there-s-no-bad-ideas-1846449362/
February 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
GOP Strategist Reminds Legislators There’s No Bad Ideas For Suppressing Black Vote https://theonion.com/gop-strategist-reminds-legislators-there-s-no-bad-ideas-1846449362/
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"There, white supremacy, Christian nationalism, and QAnon conspiracy theories had begun as overlapping parts of the same Venn diagram, with one feeding upon the other until they were almost indistinguishable."
Please check out my post at HateComesToMainStreet.com.
Please check out my post at HateComesToMainStreet.com.
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
"There, white supremacy, Christian nationalism, and QAnon conspiracy theories had begun as overlapping parts of the same Venn diagram, with one feeding upon the other until they were almost indistinguishable."
Please check out my post at HateComesToMainStreet.com.
Please check out my post at HateComesToMainStreet.com.
And that man's name?
Hilary Clinton
(Since I know what app I'm on, I'm labeling this as a joke)
Hilary Clinton
(Since I know what app I'm on, I'm labeling this as a joke)
Accused militant is taken into custody in the deadly 2012 Benghazi attack
The Justice Department says a key participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody and will be prosecuted in Washington in connection with the...
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:52 PM
And that man's name?
Hilary Clinton
(Since I know what app I'm on, I'm labeling this as a joke)
Hilary Clinton
(Since I know what app I'm on, I'm labeling this as a joke)
Nothing beats the high when your wife tries to get the little one to say "mommy" and he says "Dad dad daddy"
February 5, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Nothing beats the high when your wife tries to get the little one to say "mommy" and he says "Dad dad daddy"
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I wish we could move beyond "this isn't who we are". to "this is what it is. Now how can we change it?"
February 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I wish we could move beyond "this isn't who we are". to "this is what it is. Now how can we change it?"
Feel like this is a decent time to repost this given Bill Barr is in the Epstein files.
January 31, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Feel like this is a decent time to repost this given Bill Barr is in the Epstein files.
I don't normally do Tik Tak but someone sent this to me and I thought it was neat.
The Trump administration talking about illegal immigrants but make the footage federal agents #DailyShow #Trump #Immigrants #ICE
TikTok video by The Daily Show
www.tiktok.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I don't normally do Tik Tak but someone sent this to me and I thought it was neat.
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If I were the liberal equivalent of Alex Jones I’d spend months discussing how Trumps immediate statement after the attack on Ilan Omar was to discuss how someone might fake an assassination attempt to elicit sympathy.
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
If I were the liberal equivalent of Alex Jones I’d spend months discussing how Trumps immediate statement after the attack on Ilan Omar was to discuss how someone might fake an assassination attempt to elicit sympathy.
Here's your reminder that Trump has always been Anti-2A
Trump: ‘Take the guns first, go through due process second’
During a meeting with lawmakers at the White House on Feb. 28, President Trump suggested to “take the guns first, go through due process second” in the cases of people who are reported as dangerous.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Here's your reminder that Trump has always been Anti-2A
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A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
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The fact that Kristi Noem was somehow its "governor" for 6 years definitively proves that South Dakota is not a real state and no one lives there.
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 AM
The fact that Kristi Noem was somehow its "governor" for 6 years definitively proves that South Dakota is not a real state and no one lives there.
Is this what all the ICE shit is about?
Middle Class Mexicans Now Outnumber Those in Poverty
humanprogress.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Is this what all the ICE shit is about?
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DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
Trump's DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September. Here's what to know.
Federal agents have shot three people in Minneapolis in recent weeks, killing two U.S. citizens, Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Videos contradict the Trump administration's account of their deaths.
www.nbcnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:13 PM
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
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We are not ‘protesting’ - we are acting as constitutional observers of ICE. Stop calling what is happening here protesting.
January 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
We are not ‘protesting’ - we are acting as constitutional observers of ICE. Stop calling what is happening here protesting.
MFer needs a Goose-step ladder
January 26, 2026 at 4:27 PM
MFer needs a Goose-step ladder
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Remember when Donald Trump was angry because armed supporters weren't allowed to come to his protest?
January 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Remember when Donald Trump was angry because armed supporters weren't allowed to come to his protest?
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We’re airing a new campaign ad, starting tomorrow.
Here it is:
Here it is:
January 25, 2026 at 11:08 PM
We’re airing a new campaign ad, starting tomorrow.
Here it is:
Here it is:
Amazing how well this describes America right now
From Russia with Laughs, Yakov Smirnoff at Dangerfield’s (1984)
YouTube video by Rodney Dangerfield
youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Amazing how well this describes America right now
Oh my God, this is where the timeline broke.
Mike Johnson: "I was the product of an unplanned teen pregnancy exactly one year before Roe. A lot of people tried to convince my very young parents that they should just take care of that problem. But I am eternally grateful that they allowed me the chance at life."
January 24, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Oh my God, this is where the timeline broke.
You'd be surprised.
January 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
You'd be surprised.
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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who called it deleting my account and not jerry nullification
January 22, 2026 at 11:24 PM
who called it deleting my account and not jerry nullification