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Joseph McCombs

@popargot

Writer, editor, pop culture vulture, music trivia maven, mal vivant

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Greetings, Gate! Pontificate!

06.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Are they now illustrated as if they have aged 25 years?

06.03.2026 05:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A vegetarian cafΓ© in the deep blue SeaTac airport might seem like a strange place to meet Trump supporters. But over the din of a tense discussion about allergen statements, you can hear whisper that DEI is the reason that Portobello French dip is $24.

05.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 376 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 4

Hot-cha! Is he about to do the Swim?

06.03.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the New York Times practically created an entire "leftist campus antisemitism" vertical. I will be very curious to see how much attention it pays to this, and how clear it is about what it means.

05.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 194 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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The fuck kind of answer is this

06.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 14308 πŸ” 4806 πŸ’¬ 2035 πŸ“Œ 693
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

05.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 12229 πŸ” 7392 πŸ’¬ 292 πŸ“Œ 337
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β€˜Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s GOP started a group chat for conservative students β€” and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"

05.03.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 5535 πŸ” 2665 πŸ’¬ 284 πŸ“Œ 581

Kristi Noem's DHS killed Americans, stole their property, deported the wrong people, siphoned taxpayer money to her political allies, defied court orders, and ferried her aide/lover on taxpayer-funded jets. To bring America together, Democrats must pledge to never prosecute her for any of this.

05.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 905 πŸ” 112 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 6

It’s a pen name; his real name is SamuelLemens

05.03.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

MarkWayne will have to go UP on him

05.03.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

Weird how this keeps happening! www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

05.03.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 2710 πŸ” 642 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 62
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I just fucking can't

04.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 440 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4
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AOC: This is about actual crimes happening in front of us. This is about shredding the Constitution and plunging us into war. This is about taking crypto money and money laundering… So if you’re asking me if I’d support impeachment, I do

05.03.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 21477 πŸ” 5881 πŸ’¬ 392 πŸ“Œ 218

Michael Nesmith was one of the great songwriters of all time, and I am certain he would be more recognised as such if he ever gave any of his songs titles that had anything to do with the lyrics.

05.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 255 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6

Pure godless evil.

04.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 6894 πŸ” 1047 πŸ’¬ 231 πŸ“Œ 39
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ICE Comes to the American Heartland After the government declares mission complete in Minneapolis, aggressive ICE occupation continues in small-town Minnesota

β€œSuddenly, an ICE SUV pulled in front of him and four agents jumped out and shouted.

β€˜We will find out where you live,’ he remembers one saying. β€˜We will shoot you in front of your house!’” - @stephenrodrick.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

04.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.

Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

04.03.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 23711 πŸ” 9349 πŸ’¬ 1241 πŸ“Œ 610

That jolly chucklefuck Cillizza deserves misery.

04.03.2026 05:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t remember where, but I read once that her battle with Tommy Page’s β€œI’ll Be Your Everything” was the closest #1 vs #2 to date.

04.03.2026 05:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

02.03.2026 10:20 πŸ‘ 13392 πŸ” 4255 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 173

Every Ayatollah as a character from Game of Thrones.

by Chris Cillizza

02.03.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 405 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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Got a cab near the Department of Education. Hadn’t seen the Charlie Kirk banner before.

01.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 2298 πŸ” 619 πŸ’¬ 438 πŸ“Œ 534

All of this is happening because Donald Trump doesn’t want to lose power and die in prison for raping children, selling government secrets, and money laundering to other nations.

01.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 1822 πŸ” 515 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 30
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In St. Paul, Minnesota, Hennepin County deputies brutally assaulted peaceful anti-ICE protesters.

02.03.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 1487 πŸ” 999 πŸ’¬ 200 πŸ“Œ 150

What else is in the teaches of Peaches?

02.03.2026 03:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote a book in 2020 on how the collapse of local journalism was seriously harming democratic society and how the need for structural media reform was most urgent: academic.oup.com/book/35132. The problem has only worsened considerably since then.
See @ronanfarrow.bsky.social's thread below.

28.02.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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You can just say things.

28.02.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 4670 πŸ” 1317 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 98
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

28.02.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 13791 πŸ” 3341 πŸ’¬ 111 πŸ“Œ 70