Jerome Rankine
@jeromethink.bsky.social
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Jerome Rankine
@jeromethink.bsky.social
· Nov 24
(Biden wins election by 4 points)
Headlines: “Biden’s narrow victory calls for careful governing strategy”
(Trump wins election by 1 point)
Headlines: “Here’s why Trump’s big win gives him a mandate to have you and your family smothered in your sleep”
Headlines: “Biden’s narrow victory calls for careful governing strategy”
(Trump wins election by 1 point)
Headlines: “Here’s why Trump’s big win gives him a mandate to have you and your family smothered in your sleep”
I got it in one guess! (derogatory)
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I got it in one guess! (derogatory)
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November 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Scared New Yorkers of privilege, consider moving to Minneapolis, where capitalism disguised as wealthy white liberalism still reigns supreme!
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Scared New Yorkers of privilege, consider moving to Minneapolis, where capitalism disguised as wealthy white liberalism still reigns supreme!
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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lol eat shit billionaires
26 billionaires spent over $22 million to beat Zohran Mamdani.
Why? Because regular people came together around an agenda that prioritized making life easier for more people. It beat big money.
That is how we win.
Why? Because regular people came together around an agenda that prioritized making life easier for more people. It beat big money.
That is how we win.
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
lol eat shit billionaires
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every victory speech is like “to those that did not vote for me just know i will work with you”
nah dawg, we are running lib shit like it’s the four verts offense. gays everywhere. trans folks on every high school field hockey team. get on board or get smoked 42-0 at halftime.
nah dawg, we are running lib shit like it’s the four verts offense. gays everywhere. trans folks on every high school field hockey team. get on board or get smoked 42-0 at halftime.
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
every victory speech is like “to those that did not vote for me just know i will work with you”
nah dawg, we are running lib shit like it’s the four verts offense. gays everywhere. trans folks on every high school field hockey team. get on board or get smoked 42-0 at halftime.
nah dawg, we are running lib shit like it’s the four verts offense. gays everywhere. trans folks on every high school field hockey team. get on board or get smoked 42-0 at halftime.
I believe the scholars call this “Not Too Much Longer Now”
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I believe the scholars call this “Not Too Much Longer Now”
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Stipulating in advance that I probably agree with everyone’s critiques of Newson:
This is the way. Make it clear in advance that compliance has a price too.
This is the way. Make it clear in advance that compliance has a price too.
IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
October 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Stipulating in advance that I probably agree with everyone’s critiques of Newson:
This is the way. Make it clear in advance that compliance has a price too.
This is the way. Make it clear in advance that compliance has a price too.
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This is also good because it takes the power away from university leaders, who think they can somehow thread the needle in compliance even though it’s been shown they can’t. This makes this a clear political struggle. Blue state governors should do this for all of their state universities.
Stipulating in advance that I probably agree with everyone’s critiques of Newson:
This is the way. Make it clear in advance that compliance has a price too.
This is the way. Make it clear in advance that compliance has a price too.
IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
October 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is also good because it takes the power away from university leaders, who think they can somehow thread the needle in compliance even though it’s been shown they can’t. This makes this a clear political struggle. Blue state governors should do this for all of their state universities.
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Every time I watch ALIEN I am transfixed thinking to myself "there's no way they've left themselves enough room to get the third horizontal line in that E without it looking like a squashed-in mess!" but no, every single time there it is, and it's beautiful. Most tense part of the movie tbh.
September 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Every time I watch ALIEN I am transfixed thinking to myself "there's no way they've left themselves enough room to get the third horizontal line in that E without it looking like a squashed-in mess!" but no, every single time there it is, and it's beautiful. Most tense part of the movie tbh.
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"Too."
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
October 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"Too."
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Portland declares ICE facility out of compliance, demands its clearance. www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...
City of Portland will issue land use violation notice for ICE facility, triggering process to determine next steps at the site
The City of Portland believes the federal government violated detention conditions of its land use approval 25 times in a 10-month period, according to federal records. Next steps could include fines ...
www.portland.gov
September 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Portland declares ICE facility out of compliance, demands its clearance. www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...
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It's cracking me up that he doesn't even bother to continue pretending that any of this is about Charlie Kirk
“I can't believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled!”
September 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It's cracking me up that he doesn't even bother to continue pretending that any of this is about Charlie Kirk
I really hope Walz, Whitmer, Evers, and Pritzker are talking.
IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
September 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I really hope Walz, Whitmer, Evers, and Pritzker are talking.
Gonna be a lot of TikTok posts with angry Republicans holding cups that read “Chorley Cork”
UPDATE: STARBUCKS EMPLOYEES MUST WRITE CHARLIE KIRK'S NAME
September 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Gonna be a lot of TikTok posts with angry Republicans holding cups that read “Chorley Cork”
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I’m not about to politely “build a bridge” between a place where I’m human and one where I’m not
September 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I’m not about to politely “build a bridge” between a place where I’m human and one where I’m not
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This is accurate and also why I’m not the least interested in the exaltation of “dialogue” and “civil discourse”
I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
September 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is accurate and also why I’m not the least interested in the exaltation of “dialogue” and “civil discourse”
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blowing up this boat full of people is raising some interesting legal questions
September 4, 2025 at 3:43 AM
blowing up this boat full of people is raising some interesting legal questions
As soon as he started with the “7 wars” bit I knew that number would start to creep up pretty quick
REPORTER: Have you spoke to Vladimir Putin about the fact that a big US factory was hit in an airstrike in Ukraine?
TRUMP: I'm not happy about anything having to do with that war. I settled 7 wars, and actually if you think about pre-wars, add 3 more so it would be 10.
TRUMP: I'm not happy about anything having to do with that war. I settled 7 wars, and actually if you think about pre-wars, add 3 more so it would be 10.
August 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
As soon as he started with the “7 wars” bit I knew that number would start to creep up pretty quick
This guy is on my ballot 💯
We deserve a city government that works for all of us—where decisions are made based on what’s right for the people of our city, not based on who is most loyal to the mayor.
We deserve better.
We deserve better.
August 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This guy is on my ballot 💯