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Elliott Vanskike

@twonnet

liberal/progressive, union forever, writing (poetry, essays), reading, music, sports (Nottingham Forest, cycling, biathlon, and, um, Mets)

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I know you're just riffing, but not even half of the *voters* in 2024 voted for Trump--nowhere near half of America did

06.03.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I could give a shit if he's working class or landed gentry--it's his coziness with white supremacists that bothers me

06.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why are we bothering with the Strait of Hormuz when we could simply do this? Explain it to me like l'm 5.

(Drawing of chopping of part of land)

suahuatica 2d
MOUNTAIN HARD AND BIG, WATER NO UP. MANY MANY DIG DIG.

kevinrkirk 2d @ Threads Why are we bothering with the Strait of Hormuz when we could simply do this? Explain it to me like l'm 5. (Drawing of chopping of part of land) suahuatica 2d MOUNTAIN HARD AND BIG, WATER NO UP. MANY MANY DIG DIG.

Happy Friday. Don’t skip school.

06.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 3347 πŸ” 691 πŸ’¬ 137 πŸ“Œ 80

you can't surrender for someone else so no

06.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I don’t know how the US is going to come back from this.
The post was β€œJUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ”₯”

06.03.2026 08:22 πŸ‘ 3036 πŸ” 1061 πŸ’¬ 645 πŸ“Œ 1153

Thatcher and Reagan were virulently anti-union--you can say that stance is about freeing up markets or increasing shareholder value, but it's not wrong to see it as the leading edge of fascism

06.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this makes no sense--every soccer coach everywhere knows you just need to throw it up the line

06.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

have blow-out will work

06.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

excellent pull

06.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Thank you @washingtonpost.com for putting this at the top of your homepage. Every Dem should be screaming from the rooftops; it might finally make Trump clamp down on Putin (haha j/k but this is a big deal). @dscc.bsky.social @electdemocrats.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

06.03.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

perfectly deployed

06.03.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yeah, like how come electricity can kill you or it can shock your heart back to life? it can't be both

06.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it’s like two-dimensional checkers with these idiotsβ€”flat checkers

06.03.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment?

05.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 5709 πŸ” 1315 πŸ’¬ 449 πŸ“Œ 332

I have not eaten that because woke

06.03.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Brylcreem-fueled brain rot

05.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

you are you, the poke police?

05.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yankees losing 15-0 is weird but also AMAZING

05.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ken Jennings coming in hot

05.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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noem's dog looking down from heaven

05.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 4336 πŸ” 414 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 17

Egocrushing

05.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

not Orwell, of course, but don't tell famous right-wing egghead George Will, who attributed it to Orwell in a 1998 column

05.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Markwayne in the Membrane

Noem’s been tossed down Cypress Hill. Marky Markwayne’s too legit to quit. Reader, I haven’t seen a posse of clowns this insane since Dubya overtook Poppy back in the day

by Maureen Dowd

05.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 601 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 4

all you need is two pushed-together first names and a dream--are the Stevetoms, Geraldgarys, Brucebrians, and Scottricks of Oklahoma prepared to step up?

05.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it may be controversial, but I think this is weirder than Romney shaking dogs' snouts

05.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.

05.03.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 5961 πŸ” 2104 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 122

the fifa peace prize used to mean something

28.02.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 633 πŸ” 177 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

looks perfect

05.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

post it on X

05.03.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hey, Hegseth said β€œwar is hell” so you know they’re taking it seriously

05.03.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0