John P.

John P.

@quintus.ws

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so priceless that prolific ratfucker James O'Keefe, by going undercover to prove how easy it is to commit voter fraud.... ends up proving how hard it is to commit voter fraud, and then catches charges for unlawful voting chef's kiss, stellar work all around www.startribune.com/conservative...

startribune.comConservative influencers face identity theft charges over Minnesota primaryCam Higby and James O’Keefe disguised themselves and used hidden cameras to try and expose voter fraud in Minnesota’s primary.

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Once again, I’m obliged to remind you that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social

Inbox: Trump officials file their arguments as a federal judge weighs whether to halt Triumphal Arch. Several senior officials argue that Trump's planned arch is essential for national security. PETE HEGSETH: "The Arch is a generational national defense opportunity."

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if voting didn't matter they wouldn't be working so hard to stop you

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

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Replying to @jamellebouie.net

interestingly this interest in black voters doesn’t extend to the republican effort to deprive them of federal representation, nor do they seem interested in asking whether republican candidates are burdened by the fact that trump talks like a klansman

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pundits are basically bored by the idea that these democratic candidates are not meaningfully behind with black voters and so are trying to conjure a controversy into existence

Ariel@ari-el222.bsky.social

he’s also given multiple speeches on this and has really been trying with outreach both during the primary and now. I think the media just really wants Black voters to abandon Dems. Talarico had more time to show this narrative was completely bunk but it really mirrors that coverage too

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someone doing what they’ve already done before? why that’s MADNESS

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: The worry is that we end up in a situation where President Trump tries to overturn the election and the result of that could be like what we saw after January 6-- BLANCHE: Stop it! You gotta stop it with that! That's crazy BASH: This is a president who has a history

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i feel like every other week i learn about a new guy in cybersecurity or networking who’s a batshit right wing christian freak who hates The Queers. im tired grandpa

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Obama on Trump: “There’s gold everywhere. What’s up with the gold? Everything — more gold. He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.”

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Amazing news! My special BLACK COFFEE AND ICE WATER won a Gold & Listeners Choice Signal Award! Thank you to everyone who listened to the special and voted. If you still haven’t, you can check it out on Audible (unless you hate award winning audio for some reason)

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scott galloway and jessica tarlov held an event here in town yesterday where “don’t impeach or waste time on investigations because ‘28” was the consensus position of the panel. so yeah, this is something to anticipate.

Schooley@schooley.bsky.social

If Democrats actually win big because people want a check on Trump corruption I expect every move to do so will be covered in the corporate media as being risky to their 2028 position.

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That it'll fail because they lack sufficient consolidation and centralized control does not make it trivial that the president of the United States is trying to steal elections and produce an illegitimate sham Congress. It is open rebellion against the Constitution and morally tantamount to treason.

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Susan Collins is falsely claiming she's won tariff exemptions, and media outlets are letting her get away with it. In fact, the admin is swapping some 50% tariffs for other 50% tariffs, as they did when they swapped out road salt. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

cbc.caTrump to swap some tariffs on Canadian goods amid midterm pressure | CBC NewsU.S. President Donald Trump is poised to lift tariffs on some Canadian products — and hit others with new duties — as Republicans in border states lobby for relief from trade actions that have put the...

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JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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This is a great demonstration of the difference between actively malicious (not on display) and just absolutely morally bankrupt (which hoo boy)

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"

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As an IT professional - don’t do this. A good phishing testing strategy involves not enraging your users. There’s a lot of better ways to do this that don’t make you seem like a huge dickhole.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social

this is fucking appalling. i already knew james dolan (who owns the knicks and madison square garden) was a douche but this is next-level. www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

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No no no this can’t be right I was assured that the USA has never been more widely respected.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social

US embassy staff and families ordered to leave Saudi Arabia, with families of embassy staff in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain also ordered to leave, diplomatic source tells AFP

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They are destroying the administrative state & throwing all of us to the wolves. Doesn't matter if you voted for them or not, MAGA/MAHA are driving us into a chaotic, deadly, pre-20th century wilderness of no aid for states devastated by disasters; no regulation... share.google/0kdXsvm8ER8q...

share.googleFEMA tells states to handle disasters on their ownThe Trump administration plans to cut disaster aid in as few as six months and shift responsibility to states, FEMA's administrator said in remarks obtained by POLITICO.

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Went to bed thinking about that Amy Acton ad and ultimately unsurprising it is. This is not the endgame of the GOP’s casual degradation of women, it’s a stop along the way. Yet I’m glad we retain the ability to be shocked and disgusted by it. That’s the only foothold for change.

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Replying to @goldengateblond.bsky.social

in case you’re wondering how the vivek campaign is responding to the uproar (from even some republicans) over this, he’s now not only owned it, he’s done a $4 million ad buy to be sure MORE voters see a woman who stayed married to her daughter’s rapist calling her a liar

axios.comExclusive: Ramaswamy doubles down on explosive ad featuring rival's mother, despite backlashRamaswamy is gambling that the deeply personal attack by Amy Acton's mother will resonate with voters.

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Vivek is a sick, arrogant man, and I hope his horrible actions here will take not only a campaign-ending toll on him but also on the entire Republican ticket and leadership in Ohio, which has shown itself incapable of responsible governing — let alone moral governance.

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Always be suspicious* of anyone claiming that it's actually GOOD for you that they have nearly all the wealth and power. *"be suspicious" here means "tax the fuck out of them and throw moldy lemons at their head."

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washington dc is not trump’s personal property and must be given statehood to prevent this kind of abuse in the future

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

This design appears to completely eliminate the much-beloved loop road and public park at Hains Point, and cut down the cherry trees which line the road. The park is a public space used by tens of thousands of Washingtonians and heavily visited by tourists. /photos not my own.

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Poland’s Foreign Minister Sikorski: basically calling Trump a liar. “The US no longer finances this war since January of last year. In other words, for more than a year and a half. The US has not contributed a single cent to the defense of Ukraine. We are doing it. Europe.”

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This is at least the fourth person with diabetes to die in ICE custody just this year. Many more have been hospitalized and/or reported starving themselves so they wouldn’t die after being denied care. Is anyone aware of any litigation specific to immigrants with diabetes?

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social

A 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.

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JFC.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

The US military fired roughly 19 years’ worth of Patriot interceptor purchases in just seven months of Trump’s Iran War, the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates.

John P. reposted

"There aren't that many trans people" is such a ridiculous defense of the failure to support them. Jewish people make up less than 3 percent of the population and few Democratic leaders would consider a failure to condemn antisemitism to be cost-free.

Paul F. Tompkins@pftompkins.bsky.social

Unfortunately there are people who care about trans people having rights who are not trans people themselves and I’m sure that the number will suddenly grow exponentially post election when candidates have lost and you’re looking for someone to blame that isn’t the candidates themselves

John P. reposted

I see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you

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i’m just so fucking sorry that my muslim friends have to be hit with this despicable racism every single day. it’s not ok and you should not have to tolerate it. this country belongs to all of us.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on El-Sayed: "His name is actually Abduladadalalalala. It's Adulbabababababa Mohammed Al-Sayed. So his middle name is Mohammed. So I was right. He's a jihadist."

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You think this is about implying that El-Sayed is an immigrant but no, it's about El-Sayed not being white. A person of color could live here for a thousand years (indeed, some have) and still be told to be "grateful."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance calls El-Sayed "a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show a little gratitude"

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Replying to @jamellebouie.net

3) this is yet another instance of Vance treating a native-born but nonwhite American as if they are foreign born. 4) it is vance who should be greatful that anyone ever bothered to treat him like he might do some good in the world (they were wrong of course)

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1) vance has this weird preoccupation with demanding that people show him gratitude 2) this is just another expression of the idea that some americans don’t count and at most should be seen and not heard

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance calls El-Sayed "a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show a little gratitude"

John P. reposted

My concern about a Blue Wave in Texas is that I can totally see voter interest ing Dems fizzling in disappointment by 2028. Still preferable to the other option!

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