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Rip Van Cremastericle
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Fought for Rax in the roast beef wars.
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To the extent anyone wants to invoke Congress at all, why do it as an abstraction? Congress is weak and isn't going to rein Trump in because the Republican Party supports him no matter what and needs to be removed from power. Just say that.
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., expresses support for Trump’s military action in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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bluser12.bsky.social
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.

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January 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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lindseyadler.bsky.social
WOW!!!!!!!
January 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
yourpaljohn.bsky.social
Garfield looking at the No-Garfield sign
January 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
yourpaljohn.bsky.social
Why is Curtis Sliwa able to perceive Zohran Mamdani much more clearly and coherently than any congressional Democrat?
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 2d
this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.

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Tunku Varadarajan: Will you ask New Yorkers who voted for you to give Zohran Mamdani a chance? Curtis Sliwa: Absolutely. He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn't the mayor. It didn't work. He's a great organizer. I'll give you an example: Melinda Katz, the current District Attorney for Queens County, New York. She's the mother of my two youngest sons. She was running for DA in 2019. She had the institutional support. Moderate Jewish mother. Loyal Democrat. Queens borough president. Perfect résumé. She's running against Tiffany Caban, who wasn't even in elective office at that time. Very radical. You know, "do away with jails, don't arrest anyone." Tiffany Caban won on election night. But she lost the race on the absentee ballots, but only by about 20 votes. You know who the street organizer was for Tiffany Caban? Zohran Mamdani. So, when they talk about him as a trust fund baby, I say no, no, no, no, no. You don't like it when people call him a "nepo baby." He's earned his stripes. He had 100,000 volunteers going door-to-door, and I experienced that in some of the neighborhoods where you would never have seen anybody liberal or progressive go. Howard Beach! In conservative Howard Beach, they're going block to block. They were everywhere. 100,000. I call them Zohranistas. This was the secret to his election, not TikTok. It was good, old-fashioned retail politics. Frankly, Cuomo and not Mamdani was the nepo baby in this race. Born on third base. Felt entitled. Knew the political process, but mailed it in. He didn't have the stomach to actually go out and do retail politics. And shame on him. Do you think Mamdani will make a better mayor than Andrew Cuomo might have done? How would you describe Mamdani's politics? He's not a communist. People call him that. That's ridiculous. He is a democratic socialist. David Dinkins [New York mayor from 1990-93] was a democratic socialist. We've had a long history in New York City of socialism. What's the biggest challenge Mamdani faces as mayor! I don't think the Zohranistas totally understand the fiscal irresponsibility we just went through with the Adams years and how little money there's left. There's not enough money to do all the things that Zohran wants to do. A last question. All through our interview you pronounced Mamdani as "Mandami," transposing the "m" and the "n" in his name. Are you aware of the mispronunciation? Many people, Cuomo included, mangle his name. In the debate, Zohran brought that to my attention, my mispronunciation. I didn't do it on purpose. There's no disrespect. I have a hard time with it. It took people about 10 years to pronounce my last name correctly: "Sleewah.'" They pronounced it Silva, Saliva, Slywah. In the streets, we would have given Zohran a nickname, like I did for all the Guardian Angels. "Z Man" would have been perfect for him. That would have been his handle. Mr. Varadarajan, a Journal contributor, is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and at NYU Law School's Classical Liberal Institute.
January 1, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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rnrkd.bsky.social
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
That’s why HAVN designed the EMF-blocking beanie. Powered by our proprietary WaveStopper™ Technology, it forms a barrier that blocks over 99% of WiFi, 5G, and Bluetooth radiation right where it matters most: your brain.
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
yourpaljohn.bsky.social
Large dose
January 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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yourpaljohn.bsky.social
mr trump sir, you must save Xigris from woke science and show the world how powerful it makes you.
January 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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hellocullen.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
yourpaljohn.bsky.social
Posting keeps your pancreas from digesting you from the inside.
January 1, 2026 at 12:05 PM
yourpaljohn.bsky.social
they sent a teenage girl to prison for this
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3d
Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.

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December 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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banalplay.bsky.social
Nothing comes out of these water jets but lies and insinuations. Why did I buy a j'accuzzi?
December 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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junlper.beer
December 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
My takeaway is that we have not been mean enough to the New York Times this year
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7 Podcasts for Bookworms In a world filled with digital distractions, these shows will help you indulge, develop or rekindle a love for reading. This delightfully snarky, deeply researched series delivers takedowns of the kinds of nonfiction best sellers you might pick up at the airport, focusing mainly on self-help, financial advice pop psychology and political punditry like “The Secret” and “The Rules.” “If Books Could Kill” is hosted by Michael Hobbes (a journalist well known to podcast fans for You’re Wrong About” and “Maintenance Phase”) and Peter Shamshiri, a lawyer. The duo project infectious joy in deconstructing the appeal of these mass-market juggernauts despite being laden with pseudoscience, oversimplifications and questionable data. Alongside a breakdown of the flawed arguments and ideas in each title, Hobbes and Shamshiri also explore how these books have fed into false and harmful cultural narratives, championing critical thinking skills in an entertaining and persuasive way.
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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joantoonz.bsky.social
Hey if you donate to this guy's fund I'll sketch your fursona
bransonreese.bsky.social Branson COMMS OPEN @bransonreese.bsky.social · 8d
Just got horrifying news about the conditions where German is being held so I'm sharing the gofundme again. Please share widely and donate if you can gofund.me/575c7a343
December 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
yourpaljohn.bsky.social
Adrian Vermeule's name sounds like the color of his soul.
December 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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bransonreese.bsky.social
Just got horrifying news about the conditions where German is being held so I'm sharing the gofundme again. Please share widely and donate if you can gofund.me/575c7a343
December 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
yourpaljohn.bsky.social
there's still 11 days for a christmas miracle
longtimehistory.bsky.social LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 9d
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.

Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.

"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.

"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.

Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
yourpaljohn.bsky.social
Very much enjoyed Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear
December 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
yourpaljohn.bsky.social
Moving on from RFK Jr
My body is a machine that converts coffee into drawings of tentacles
December 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
yourpaljohn.bsky.social
Coincidentally David Wolfe was 12 in 1982.
schwarz.bsky.social ☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 10d
Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
December 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
yourpaljohn.bsky.social
alert and oriented to person place and you there boy what day is this
December 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
yourpaljohn.bsky.social
I was a mediocre college swimmer where is my fucken money
December 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Santa Tweet! Santa Tweet!
Kid: Santa, what's the story of your reindeer names? Santa: Why I name them after memories, like Prancer frolicking through the snow! Kid: What about Donner? *a dark countenance settles on Santa's face* Santa: the year was 1847, snowfall had trapped us in the Sierra Nevada-
December 24, 2023 at 6:32 PM