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Charles Seese IV
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Husband, Dog Owner, Trekkie.
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esqueer.net
Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.
ulycia.bsky.social pseudonymity enjoyer @ulycia.bsky.social · 2d
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry

girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
This update includes information you may find upsetting. Please take care when reading. From today, it is with a heavy heart that we announce trans girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding. This is a decision we would have preferred not to make, and we know that this may be upsetting for members of our community. There will be no immediate changes for current young members, but more information will be shared soon. Most adult roles - including unit helpers, district helpers and administrative support - are already open to all, so we are confident that no volunteers will have to leave the organisation. Girlguiding believes strongly in inclusion, and we will continue to support young people and adults in marginalised groups. Over the next few months, we will explore opportunities to champion this value and actively support young people who need us. We stand in solidarity with trans girls and women.
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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peark.es
This is all true but

1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law

2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up

The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
santiagomayer.com Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 4d
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.

If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.

It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
How it started / How it’s going
The WHITE HOUSE 45 47 K PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP The White House January 20, 2025 The WHITE HOUSE Offender Hall of Shame A record of the media's false and misleading stories flagged by The White House. Scroll for the Truth. The Washington Post EXPOSED OCBS NEWS EXPOSED EXPOSED i msnbc
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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tedcruznipples.com
Very funny to get on board the Trump train right as his approval rating is hitting new all time lows
Tweet from Nicki Minaj United Nations was a MAGA Flex Trump on da text Yall should be afraid of what I'm gon do next
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Trump's domestic Gestapo raided a job site, then handcuffed a US citizen born in Raleigh NC -- even after being shown the guy's REAL ID, which is only available to US citizens and LPRs

CBP+ICE will ignore your identifying documents when it suits their racism

www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
Excerpt from the linked news story. Text reads: Fernando Vazquez doesn't understand why Border Patrol agents took him into custody Tuesday. Agents from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pinned him to a gate at his Cary worksite, handcuffed him and pulled his wallet out. They saw his N.C. REAL ID. But Vazquez, 18, said they still kept him in handcuffs and ushered him into the back of a gray Chevy Tahoe. He sat next to another worker in his early 20s who was crying. Excerpt from the linked news story. Text reads: 'I was in shock' Vazquez was born in Raleigh and lives in Apex. His parents are from Mexico, and he works with his dad as a landscaper. He graduated from Vernon Malone College and Career Academy in Raleigh. He was detained close to his former middle school, Reedy Creek. Excerpt from the linked news story. Text reads: Vazquez said he saw eight agents — four from the Tahoe, and four from a Ford Explorer or Chevy Suburban. Agents put him in the back of the Tahoe and drove off. "I was in shock, basically," Vazquez said. While in the car, a different Latino agent asked Vazquez where he was from. "Here," Vazquez told him. "NO, where were you born?" the agent asked. Vazquez told him he was born in Raleigh. He said the agent got angry and cussed him out. Excerpt from the linked news story. Text reads: The agents eventually allowed Vazquez out of their SUV, and he caught a video of them removing his handcuffs and throwing his wallet out of the car, its contents scattering on the ground. The video has over 5 million views on TikTok.
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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moiradonegan.bsky.social
You don’t have to like Nuzzi or approve of her conduct to understand that Lizza’s choice to publish the material that he is publishing is meant to sexually humiliate her in public in retaliation for disappointing him romantically. The term for that is revenge porn.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12d
ryan lizza is a bad person
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
seeseiv.bsky.social
This is unhealthy how delicious it is. The Nazi app just found out their biggest cheerleaders are foreigners. Really a sweating over the two buttons scenario for them. They get to live out a meme.
peaceandpaine.bsky.social Ed @peaceandpaine.bsky.social · 12d
As hateful and evil as American conservatism is, it's genuinely astounding to me that so many of the influencers who've boiled the brains of America's elite the last decade are foreigners. Even the American information economy relies on imports to function.
ccgene.bsky.social CC Gene @ccgene.bsky.social · 12d
You don’t say.
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Barack Obama said he wanted to look forward and not relitigate the crimes of the Bush administration regarding torture and Guantanamo Bay. That allowed for the drone war to proliferate and for even more expansion of executive power under Trump.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12d
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
maxberger.bsky.social Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 12d
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.

We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.

We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
maxberger.bsky.social Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 12d
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.

We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.

We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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jessehawken.bsky.social
Thinking about Andrew Cuomo’s big gambit that only he could stand up to Trump, fuckin LOL that he wound up getting Trump’s endorsement (aka the Kiss of Death) and then Mamdani kinda dogwalked the President yesterday, way to go centrist libs!
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
important post because it shows us that the American ability to retcon how not awful a past leader was is far from being a Trump phenomenon
annenews.bsky.social annenews @annenews.bsky.social · 14d
Watching the funeral of VP Dick Cheney and listening to his daughter, Congresswoman Liz Cheney, speak. One can only hope that this GOP will find its democratic compass again and reject all things fascist. I didn’t always agree with VP Cheney BUT he was antifa. He always put country over party.RIP🙏
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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leftistwonk.bsky.social
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
This is what is happening.
ence.bsky.social ence morse @ence.bsky.social · 13d
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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senategabe.bsky.social
It is political malpractice to not force an impeachment vote when the House gets back on December 1st.

Like cartoonishly so.

You now have two GOP members that openly hate Trump's guts and another two who already voted for impeachment last time. Congrats. You have a majority.
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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slack2thefuture.bsky.social
Stochaistic terrorism is still terrorism.
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13d
BREAKING:

Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.

This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
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
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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adotsad.bsky.social
Buddy can't stfu
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 13d
Ro Khanna reacts to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation: “MTG is likely to be a formidable 2028 candidate. Her stances on Epstein, on regulating AI, and anti-war are more in touch with MAGA voters than JD Vance.” (Khanna & Greene just worked together to pass the Epstein files bill.)
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
if renewable energy buildout isn't your only political issue it's likely it will be very soon
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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jessicacalarco.com
They line up perfectly.
An Oval Office photo of Trump looking adoringly at Mamdani, while a portrait of Reagan looks on. Above the man-ignoring-his-girlfriend meme.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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emericanjezebel.bsky.social
Leftists do love being right, but we're also like full of assholes. We often aren't the good guy. It doesn't really matter to us (although we love yelling at each other about it) because at the end of the day, our politics are about fighting for justice and stability for everyone. even you.
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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gregk.co.uk
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
And that's what these guys are, these guys that marched in Charlottesville, these are the people who are aware of the unspoken premise of this sort of zombie neoliberalism that we're living in, which is that we're coming to a point where there's gonna be ecological catastrophe, and that it's gonna require either massive redistribution of the ill-gotten gains of the first world, or genocide. And these are the first people who have basically said, "Well if that's the choice, then I choose genocide", ", and they're getting everyone else ready, intellectually and emotionally, for why that's gonna be okay when it happens, why they're not really people. When we're putting all this money into more fucking walls and drones and bombs and guns to keep them away, so that we can watch them die with clear consciences, it's because we've been loaded with the ideology that these guys are now starting to express publicly.
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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slotkin.senate.gov
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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wagatwe.com
pretty clear a big part of the mainstream media-led backlash to #metoo is the number of people in media who take advantage of and abuse others.

they made it seem like it's about fairness, but they just didn't want to face any real consequences for their behavior.
kattenbarge.bsky.social Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16d
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
olbermann.bsky.social Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 16d
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
seeseiv.bsky.social
Imagine idolizing these institutions like this in the year of our lord 2025.

We've had WEEKS of stories breaking that these institutions willingly ignored.
brendannyhan.bsky.social Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16d
People need to slow WAY down on this one. Have you ever heard of this source? Do you think they are breaking stories that the NYT, WSJ, WP, AP, etc. can't get?
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM