Rocko's Person
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Rocko's Person
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· Sep 7
There is still a lot of gaslighting about this but I'm telling you right now: MAGA is a movement that is fueled by racial animus.
I'm mentioning this now because they have started to drop the mask.
I'm mentioning this now because they have started to drop the mask.
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Like, her opposition to the Epstein stuff is because she thinks that there’s an elite group of Jewish pedophiles that are pulling the strings. She’s a conspiracy theorist. She thought she would be able to stop this imaginary issue. But the reality is that there’s no group of magical Jews that
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Like, her opposition to the Epstein stuff is because she thinks that there’s an elite group of Jewish pedophiles that are pulling the strings. She’s a conspiracy theorist. She thought she would be able to stop this imaginary issue. But the reality is that there’s no group of magical Jews that
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Everyone stop acting weird and shocked about MTG. She has been systematically distancing herself from the current GOP for months and months. She has a plan reform herself under a new image ON THE RIGHT that’s not part of a sinking ship.
She’s not suddenly changing her tune! SHE’S AN OPPORTUNIST
She’s not suddenly changing her tune! SHE’S AN OPPORTUNIST
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Everyone stop acting weird and shocked about MTG. She has been systematically distancing herself from the current GOP for months and months. She has a plan reform herself under a new image ON THE RIGHT that’s not part of a sinking ship.
She’s not suddenly changing her tune! SHE’S AN OPPORTUNIST
She’s not suddenly changing her tune! SHE’S AN OPPORTUNIST
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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Let us be clear: The Swastika and nooses are hate symbols. Period. Beyond disgusting that the Trump administration is changing policy to say otherwise.
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Let us be clear: The Swastika and nooses are hate symbols. Period. Beyond disgusting that the Trump administration is changing policy to say otherwise.
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A few headlines on an ordinary November Thursday
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A few headlines on an ordinary November Thursday
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The President called for the murder of Congressional Democrats.
Congressional Democrats should call for his immediate removal or resignation.
Congressional Republicans should condemn his statements and call for him to recant them.
It's the very least they should be doing!
Congressional Democrats should call for his immediate removal or resignation.
Congressional Republicans should condemn his statements and call for him to recant them.
It's the very least they should be doing!
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The President called for the murder of Congressional Democrats.
Congressional Democrats should call for his immediate removal or resignation.
Congressional Republicans should condemn his statements and call for him to recant them.
It's the very least they should be doing!
Congressional Democrats should call for his immediate removal or resignation.
Congressional Republicans should condemn his statements and call for him to recant them.
It's the very least they should be doing!
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A government of, by, and for Nazis
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A government of, by, and for Nazis
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Good journalism needs good copy editors.
I love asking the irritating question.
I love that I had a job back in 2000 and 2001 where I was paid to do that before we sent those pages downstairs to the printer.
(Yes, I worked at a paper where the printing press was in the building!)
I love asking the irritating question.
I love that I had a job back in 2000 and 2001 where I was paid to do that before we sent those pages downstairs to the printer.
(Yes, I worked at a paper where the printing press was in the building!)
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Good journalism needs good copy editors.
I love asking the irritating question.
I love that I had a job back in 2000 and 2001 where I was paid to do that before we sent those pages downstairs to the printer.
(Yes, I worked at a paper where the printing press was in the building!)
I love asking the irritating question.
I love that I had a job back in 2000 and 2001 where I was paid to do that before we sent those pages downstairs to the printer.
(Yes, I worked at a paper where the printing press was in the building!)
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If I’m talking about dinner or TV or the dog, I probably don’t want a bleak joke about the state of the world. I promise: I know about it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If I’m talking about dinner or TV or the dog, I probably don’t want a bleak joke about the state of the world. I promise: I know about it.
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Great non-fiction winner this year. And that brilliant title—it hits hard. Congratulations to Omar El Akkad! @nationalbook.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Great non-fiction winner this year. And that brilliant title—it hits hard. Congratulations to Omar El Akkad! @nationalbook.bsky.social
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Subscribe, people!!
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Lost in the reporting:
Know who’s not in the Epstein files?
Latinos. Black people. Poor people. Immigrants. Trans people. All the “DEI” people.
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Know who’s not in the Epstein files?
Latinos. Black people. Poor people. Immigrants. Trans people. All the “DEI” people.
1/
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Lost in the reporting:
Know who’s not in the Epstein files?
Latinos. Black people. Poor people. Immigrants. Trans people. All the “DEI” people.
1/
Know who’s not in the Epstein files?
Latinos. Black people. Poor people. Immigrants. Trans people. All the “DEI” people.
1/
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ok I only saw the one dumb take but it turns out that was only a warmup
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
ok I only saw the one dumb take but it turns out that was only a warmup
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this is the best clapback i have EVER heard
The Amazon is burning and you're using up even MORE wood for your cross?
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
this is the best clapback i have EVER heard
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Donald Trump repeatedly told us that his tariffs would not increase prices for consumers.
So why on Earth is he lowering his tariffs on various foods?
Duh, because his tariffs raised prices.
Just another day with Don the Con.
So why on Earth is he lowering his tariffs on various foods?
Duh, because his tariffs raised prices.
Just another day with Don the Con.
Trump goes on defense over tariffs as prices on everyday items keep rising
The rollback of import taxes on coffee, bananas and many other foods is the latest sign that the administration could be forced to shift course.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Donald Trump repeatedly told us that his tariffs would not increase prices for consumers.
So why on Earth is he lowering his tariffs on various foods?
Duh, because his tariffs raised prices.
Just another day with Don the Con.
So why on Earth is he lowering his tariffs on various foods?
Duh, because his tariffs raised prices.
Just another day with Don the Con.
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It would be racist terrorism even if he wasn't
November 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It would be racist terrorism even if he wasn't
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I am begging America to not be stupid enough to embrace a racist and an antisemite because Donald Trump thinks she's a meanie. Just grab some popcorn and watch the Nazis fight.
Trump: “I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of ‘Congresswoman’ Marjorie Taylor Greene…”
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I am begging America to not be stupid enough to embrace a racist and an antisemite because Donald Trump thinks she's a meanie. Just grab some popcorn and watch the Nazis fight.
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Remember Hillary called it “A vast right wing conspiracy?”
I do too.
She was /is correct
*it was 1998 on the today show
I do too.
She was /is correct
*it was 1998 on the today show
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Remember Hillary called it “A vast right wing conspiracy?”
I do too.
She was /is correct
*it was 1998 on the today show
I do too.
She was /is correct
*it was 1998 on the today show
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How Talking Points Memo lasted a quarter century.! 🦋
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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How Talking Points Memo lasted a quarter century.
Josh Marshall reflects on building “a tabloid for smart people” and how his politics blog survived in a “chaotic and unstable and bad business.”
www.cjr.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
How Talking Points Memo lasted a quarter century.! 🦋
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
Problem that *he* created.
Americans are feeling the strain of high prices, and now President Trump is preparing to take on the concern. And, Charlotte, N.C., is bracing for Border Patrol agents to arrive in the city. n.pr/4nTwWYU
Trump to address the affordability issue. And, Border Patrol heading to Charlotte
Americans are feeling the strain of high prices, and now President Trump is preparing to take on the concern. And, Charlotte, N.C., is bracing for Border Patrol agents to arrive in the city.
n.pr
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Problem that *he* created.
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
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Euphemism: “Cut,” “reduction.”
Reality: Firing 15,000 people.
Reality: Firing 15,000 people.
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Euphemism: “Cut,” “reduction.”
Reality: Firing 15,000 people.
Reality: Firing 15,000 people.