tobytobitobe
@tobytobitobe.bsky.social
Formerly an American new jack swing/R&B group popular during the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s.
No better long-term (and now arguably short-term) investment in building power than RFS
With just one race left to call (ballots are still being cured), of 222 races up on 11/4, @runforsomething.net had 142 winners, 10 candidates moving to run offs, and 42 (!!!) red to blue flips.
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
No better long-term (and now arguably short-term) investment in building power than RFS
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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find the lunch joint in your town that's offering a new hoagie called the Sean Dunn. those are your people
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
find the lunch joint in your town that's offering a new hoagie called the Sean Dunn. those are your people
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im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Feeling inspired by all the winning so far? runforwhat.net - it's not too late to get on the ballot for 2026.
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We all need to take a step back for a min and try to absorb the insane fact that the White House has a "private whip" operation focused on gerrymandering the Indiana congressional map!
Not a whip team focused on votes to lower drug costs or fixing inflation???
Not a whip team focused on votes to lower drug costs or fixing inflation???
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We all need to take a step back for a min and try to absorb the insane fact that the White House has a "private whip" operation focused on gerrymandering the Indiana congressional map!
Not a whip team focused on votes to lower drug costs or fixing inflation???
Not a whip team focused on votes to lower drug costs or fixing inflation???
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Helicopter view of Chicago #NoKings in Grant Park via @cbschicago.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Helicopter view of Chicago #NoKings in Grant Park via @cbschicago.bsky.social
“They said they’d detain gang members and criminals, but here it’s just hardworking people."
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/f...
Feds Raid Swap-O-Rama Flea Market, Arresting 15 People: 'It Breaks My Heart'
Vendors questioned why agents were allowed inside and fear the raid will further hurt the local economy. "They said they'd detain gang members and criminals, but here it's just hardworking people," on...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“They said they’d detain gang members and criminals, but here it’s just hardworking people."
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/f...
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when all the worst people are raptured tomorrow
a woman holding a cupcake with the words good for her above her
ALT: a woman holding a cupcake with the words good for her above her
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September 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
when all the worst people are raptured tomorrow
No surprise, this is a phenomenal piece of writing.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
No surprise, this is a phenomenal piece of writing.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
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people on the right don’t tend to wait for any information about the motivations of the shooter before blaming the left. But Kirk had enemies on the right too; some of them surely live in Utah. And as with any shooting, the shooter’s motivations may not map onto any coherent politics at all.
September 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
people on the right don’t tend to wait for any information about the motivations of the shooter before blaming the left. But Kirk had enemies on the right too; some of them surely live in Utah. And as with any shooting, the shooter’s motivations may not map onto any coherent politics at all.
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Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.
September 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.
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Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
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The occasional of James Dobson's death is a good time for this quote.
the first anniversary of henry kissinger’s death is a good time to revisit this interview i did with @attackerman.bsky.social about his righteous obituary for the heinous war criminal: www.thehandbasket.co/p/writing-an...
August 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The occasional of James Dobson's death is a good time for this quote.
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Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
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August 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
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We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.
Texas: Your vote matters—and so does your map. And right now, power-hungry politicians are trying to gerrymander it to silence your voices. Join @redistrictfdn.bsky.social for a virtual event to learn how redistricting shapes your vote—and how you can take action. 🔗 www.mobilize.us/allontheline...
August 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.
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Taken at face value, we have here a palm beach hotelier noticing that a local hedge fund manager—a guy who doesn’t run a publicly acknowledged competing hospitality business—keeps hiring the teenage girls out of his spa.
Trump: People were taken out of the spa, hired by Epstein… I told him we don’t want you taking our people, whether it’s spa or not spa. He did it again, I said out of here.
Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?
Trump: I think so. He stole her.
Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?
Trump: I think so. He stole her.
July 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Taken at face value, we have here a palm beach hotelier noticing that a local hedge fund manager—a guy who doesn’t run a publicly acknowledged competing hospitality business—keeps hiring the teenage girls out of his spa.
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lol Trump says press has to "look at" the made up Gabbard stuff and "stop talking about" Epstein. I mean, he's pretty clear about why they're doing this.
Trump: "We caught Hillary Clinton. We caught Barack Hussein Obama ... you ought take a look at that and stop talking about nonsense."
July 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
lol Trump says press has to "look at" the made up Gabbard stuff and "stop talking about" Epstein. I mean, he's pretty clear about why they're doing this.
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What if everyone eager to throw money at a "liberal joe rogan" that doesn't exist instead bought one failing local newspaper and hired a handful of real reporters and simply told them to go do journalism and print it.
i wish i had the power or the money to like hire thousands of out of work journalists and put them (us?) to work doing what we do best ie chipping and scraping at the lies people in power tell. horse race commenters not welcome
July 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
What if everyone eager to throw money at a "liberal joe rogan" that doesn't exist instead bought one failing local newspaper and hired a handful of real reporters and simply told them to go do journalism and print it.
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We just went through a half-decade of sham censorship hearings in Congress, but it certainly seems like the government forced a comedian to get fired as a bribe to ensure a merger goes through.
Is that true? Let's have a hearing and find out.
Is that true? Let's have a hearing and find out.
I think like many, many people I find the idea that CBS has just cancelled Colbert out of the blue like this for financial reasons *highly* implausible. He’s the most viewed late night host on TV, and his ratings have been going up.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert tells studio audience CBS is canceling 'The Late Show,' to end in May 2026.
July 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
We just went through a half-decade of sham censorship hearings in Congress, but it certainly seems like the government forced a comedian to get fired as a bribe to ensure a merger goes through.
Is that true? Let's have a hearing and find out.
Is that true? Let's have a hearing and find out.
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Well this sure as hell isn’t incriminating! Nothing to see here.
July 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Well this sure as hell isn’t incriminating! Nothing to see here.
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look, it’s just a fired prosecutor and an inexplicable tape gap. since when has that ever indicated anything
July 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
look, it’s just a fired prosecutor and an inexplicable tape gap. since when has that ever indicated anything
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Spotted at tonight’s New York Liberty game: people wearing t-shirts that say NO ONE WATCHES MEN’S SPORTS
July 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Spotted at tonight’s New York Liberty game: people wearing t-shirts that say NO ONE WATCHES MEN’S SPORTS
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This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
I will never, ever vote for Gavin Newsom. Ever, under any circumstances. I don't care if he becomes the Dem nominee, he's still not getting my vote.
On a recent podcast Gavin Newsom tells Shawn Ryan how the Trans sports issue opened the door for him to change his mind on GAC for Trans Youth.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
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time for the press to do another feature on biden
Trump on Powell: “I was surprised he was appointed” (Trump appointed him)
July 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
time for the press to do another feature on biden