Monday, November 17, 2025

Today's news and jokes















She's very clearly trying to be the Marine Le Pen to Trump's Jean-Marie, and has made a smart bet on the utter credulity of a large swath of the pundit class.

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— Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social) November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM


Marjorie Taylor Greene to Dana Bash: "You should have Nick Fuentes on your show"

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) November 16, 2025 at 6:38 AM
(They just find it tittilating to promote her?)







(DA in San Luis Obispo, California)



A brief write-up



I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte. ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018. We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:

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— Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
(Challenging longtime Republicans, too) ("Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship")







It’s sort of clarifying to see him describe this dynamic so directly www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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— Quinta Jurecic (@qjurecic.bsky.social) November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
(Gave her a racist codename)



You know who from Harvard ISN'T in the Epstein Files? Claudine f'ing Gay isn't.

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— Sushi Umbrella (@sushiumbrella.bsky.social) November 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM






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— Clare Moore (@clarelmoore.bsky.social) November 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
(I could be misunderstanding how bylines work there, or the article could be by the 2025 winner himself, talking about himself in the third person)















@12newsaz

Arizona schools are facing a teacher shortage, and the problem is only getting worse. More than 1,000 teachers have quit in just four months, according to an Arizona Department of Education study. More at the link in our bio.

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("Arizona school officials call teacher shortage ‘Catastrophic’")







("President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that he plans to meet with New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and said they’ll “work something out,” in what could be a detente for the Republican president and Democratic political star")







"There’s virtually no worse time than the run-up to Thanksgiving to find out that 941,400 bottles of sparkling wine might explode at any moment for any reason" www.fingers.email/p/kirkland-h...

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— Kelsey Atherton (@atherton.bsky.social) November 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
("Nearly 1M bottles of Costco prosecco recalled for shattering risk")







("spent much of the early portion of his career as a fitness coach working in Spain and then Saudi Arabia. He got sick toward the end of his time in the latter – a stress-induced illness, he said – and nearly walked away from coaching")







This was challenged and upheld as a foul on Donte DiVincenzo

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— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) November 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
















("The upset sent shockwaves far beyond California. With St. John Bosco — ranked No. 1 nationally just two weeks ago and No. 5 this week — eliminated from the national championship race")























"Knight Rider" (1984) s02e17, Garthe Knight (Michael Knight's evil twin) breaks out of prison. Now in glorious HD.

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— Todd Vaziri (@tvaziri.com) September 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM








So the first Drift-Out had real cars without licenses, so we got such gems as the Subaro Legagy, the Mitsuboshi Galent, and the BWM W3. The later games had licenses and there was no more hilarity. OR SO I THOUGHT! Because this new re-release of the game lost the licenses and we get this gold… (1/)

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— Supcat @ Laperopter Corporation (@supcat.bsky.social) September 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Tag yourself, I’m the Bitsumishi Prancer (2/)

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— Supcat @ Laperopter Corporation (@supcat.bsky.social) September 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM










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— Mike D’Angelo (@gemko.bsky.social) October 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM








@mimimeepmeep We just wanted the bathroom aesthetics in Bali 😭… Dw he’s not actually using the toilet 🚽 (This hotel was actually amazing 🤩) #expectationvsreality #bali #bathroom #indonesia ♬ original sound - Music
(My small white dog, who has preferred peeing on concrete for the last week plus, has, since it started raining, decided she likes peeing in the mud.)







@bryten_sta Living the Student Athlete dream #ncaa #d3 #d3athlete #fyp #viral ♬ original sound - brytenstaab








@boytheflipcat He can’t relax until we witness his hop, twirl and flop 🤸🏼 #funnycat #cattok #whitecat ♬ original sound - Boy the Flip Cat 🤸🏼




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