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20002ist@thepit.social

<p>Musings on DC, ancient Greek, depressingly overweening (in every possible sense) US fascism. Erstwhile Jeopardy! champion; Twitter escapee; just the beer light to guide you.</p><p>Lawful in the streets, chaotic in the … toots?? (Relative newcomer to Mastodon &amp; still fumbling toward Masto competence.) William Hung and snow-white tan.</p><p>  Ἕν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα.</p>

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    Missouri’s Republican legislators: Voters, howzabout you permanently cripple your ability to effect grass-roots change through ballot initiatives? Missouri voters: LOL, no. GTFO.

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    Awesome. New “60 Minutes” Executive Producer Nick Bilton, who has zero experience in broadcast news, hires Ross Douthat — who not only has no broadcast news chops but isn’t even a journalist — as a correspondent. CBS News under Bari Weiss is a bad joke. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/business/media/60-minutes-ross-douthat.html

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    Just fuckin great: setting fire to a mountain of cash because the Dingbat in Chief likes the idea of camo-clad soldiers marching around in the Union Station shopping mall and Metro stations doing jack shit. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/us/politics/national-guard-troop-housing-dc-trump.html

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@luckytran/116950306136025871 I have a bad feeling in my guts.

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    It’s so adorable how The Times pretends there’s any dramatic tension here. GOP senators will cower and cave the way they have consistently for the past 18 months. That’s not going to change on a big-ticket item like this that’s so important to the Narcissist in Chief. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/us/politics/todd-blanche-attorney-general-confirmation.html

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    Attacked by AQI-da.

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    Which one of you spectacular bastards did this? EDIT: The author, it seems. https://bsky.app/profile/rockymntnmike.bsky.social/post/3mpiybeiifc26

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    RE: https://mstdn.social/@Holberg/116854246045560987 When you misunderstood the assignment: set up a dunk tank.

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    When you forget that US passports are issued to US citizens, not to foreigners visiting the US.

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    Isaac Chotiner has got it goin’ on. https://bsky.app/profile/keeganleech.co.za/post/3mocz6onm5s2p

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    Kevin Hassett would be prettier if he smiled less.

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    Apple keyboard just auto-corrected a text I was writing from “ass-kissers” to “ass-kaisers” and I’m not even mad.

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    Seen in the Bay Area by a family member. The website is comedy gold (intentionally so).

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    I blame bike lanes. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/motorcycle-dangling-from-traffic-light-after-crash-9.7194201

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    RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116558392601376822 Note that Alito’s recent opinion in the Louisiana case (Callais) *specifically distinguished the prior SCOTUS decision involving these Alabama districts.* The cynicism and hypocrisy is off the charts.

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    RE: https://infosec.exchange/@metacurity/116478061973350172 @mattblaze@federate.social Bat signal! (Or, in your case, Matt signal.)

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    This thread from Will Stancil — about how ICE agents spilled their guts with operational details of raids, video clips, etc., to Minneapolis women on Tinder pretending to be into them — is a Thing of Beauty. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7umvpuxe2vbrc3zrzuquzniu/post/3mj3wpkd7zc2d

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    From SNL S2E2 (9/25/1976), I give you the “Snakehandling O’Sheas” sketch, with Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman (as a nun), John Belushi, and Dan Aykroyd, with setup by Norman Lear. https://xcancel.com/RightSandy/status/1732523589293805691

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    Dipshit Maryland driver runs red light, crashing into bus, which goes through the front window of Ambar restaurant. Please tell me more about how bikes and electric scooters are the biggest transportation safety problem.

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    RE: https://phire.place/@middleclasstool/116313375216342356 LOL of course everything the Trump White House does is a jumbo-sized flaming bag of dog shit.

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    “FIFA Peace Prize Winner Removes Symbol of Peace from US Coins” https://fortune.com/2026/03/12/us-mint-drops-olive-branch-dime-peace-war/

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    Ministry of Truth Social https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/world/middleeast/fcc-broadcasters-iran-war.html

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    Pathetic chickenshit. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/trump-civilian-deaths-iran-war.html

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    Von Cloudedwits: “We have tremendous amounts of ammunition. You know, we have ammunition stored all over the world in different countries.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/politics/trump-iran-war-interview.html

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    going great https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/world/middleeast/iran-kuwait-us-attack-planes.html

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    Have begun referring to the pre-Musk-acquisition social-media platform as “Weimar Twitter.”

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    Art imitates life. If you have opportunities even for symbolic acts of resistance to fascism, seize them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOeFhSzoTuc