M. Velez

M. Velez

@thunderstick.bsky.social

Working Man, Part-Time Podcaster, Possibly The Mysterious Masked Hero ThunderStick http://www.tobecontinuedafanboypodcast.com/

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M. Velez reposted

dude, you got yourself kicked out of two boarding schools, your Harvard application is rumored to have consisted of two words - "Harvard" and "Kennedy" -, your peers there say you were a dealer in college, your roommate reportedly wrote your senior thesis for you, and you failed the NY bar twice

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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After keeping an entire set of Colliers Encyclopedia from the age of 10 until around age 55, I finally let them go I wish I hadn't They were hopelessly out of date, but at least everything in them was based on facts

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i took down my old post because of a spelling error, which is less embarrassing than losing the election and immediately having your passport confiscated because you are being prosecuted for massive corruption. i hope Jair and Flavio grow old together in whatever prison hospital has the worst food

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lmao even DataRepublican is like “uh folks we need history e-day turnout or we are capital-F Fucked”

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social

Guys, is it good news when the biggest GOP shill on Twitter is not showing their predictions because of the impending blue wave?

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What in the ever loving racist incorrect mouth dropping is this??? The Arab world “produces” plenty of “science”… which is all the more impressive since the West periodically bombs all their shit.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Trump in Mississippi: "I'm here because Cindy is doing great" (He's there because Cindy is not doing great)

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Trump's closing midterms message? Gas and ass. Good luck, America.

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Robert F. Kennedy Sr. spent his time in government fighting *against* racist bigots who said these exact same things, except their rants were against “Africans”

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

M. Velez reposted

motherfucker have you heard of algebra

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Between this and Ramaswamy, I think the GOP has lost touch with reality so much they're just making ads for Dems now.

Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social

How racist and desperate do you have to be to look at this and say, “Got ‘em!”?

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This is the libertarian disease. They have moved two notches to the left of "repeal the 19th/segregation is liberty/America4Jesus" and they think this makes themselves unpredictable and interesting. No, just makes you a Republican who sometimes likes bodily autonomy.

Boston Tom Levenson@tomlevenson.bsky.social

I find it interesting (not in a good way) that so many people I respect take Yglesias at least somewhat seriously. He's a bright guy with one weird take: framing utterly conventional opinion having as bold contrarianism. He gets to be a courageous truth-teller in defense of banal centrism.

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Literally the first shot of this "historically accurate" Odyssey movie shows a boat that A) Has no steering oar. B) Is under full sail *and* full rowers while entering a cave, presumably to dock inside.

violet allen@blipstress.bsky.social

It's funny how the Defenders of Western Civilization really want Odysseus to be this heroic patriarchal figure when he is canonically kind of a dirtbag.

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i don't think anyone should run explicitly on banning online gambling but i do think that a democratic-led government should just quietly take steps to undermine the industry and create an inhospitable regulatory environment

David Brauer@dbrauer.net

Lula won in part by banning online gambling

Still not seen it but all the YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING discourse makes me feel like basic understanding of things is a revelation to some and I think that includes the film's creators and... I don't know if I want to subject myself to that for three hours.

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when people say the two parties are the same, one thing they aren’t just different but extremely meaningfully different on is Dems rank and file and the elite level very quickly shouted down or ignored the BlueAnon weirdos saying 2024 was stolen; the Republicans and Trump just put theirs in power

Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social

Quelle surprise 🇧🇷

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Bill Maher had lunch with Donald Trump again. It’s beyond belief that someone would so willingly sit down for a meal with such a reprehensible piece of shit. But I’m sure Trump had his reasons.

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Larry Kudlow looks like he's about to cry as Trump rants and raves on the phone like a complete lunatic