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dan

@amerkincynic.bsky.social

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Photographer, videographer, head bottle washer and go for... "What people do is so loud, it’s impossible to hear what they say". A cynic is nothing more than an experienced optimist.

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Tony Pentimalli @tonywriteshere.bsky.social · 13h

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dan @amerkincynic.bsky.social · 13h

A place for rich folks to line up and promise me money

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 13h

Sadly spot on cartoon from Mike Luckovich.

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dan @amerkincynic.bsky.social · 13h

Anyone paying attention already knew they were Chet

dan @amerkincynic.bsky.social · 13h

As long as the Trump cult controls the narrative, hurting people ( any flavor ) is a good thing.

Billionaire controlled media will tweak the algorithm and force a bs message that will be well received, to anyone not paying attention.

Which is a surprisingly large number.

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Ted Lieu @tedlieu.bsky.social · 15h

Let them eat cake

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1d

Trump will host billionaire donors tonight for his $200 million White House ballroom.

This comes on the 15th day of the government shutdown.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14h

Hey JD Vance, remember a few months ago when you lectured Europe on free speech? Remember when you told European countries they couldn’t handle free speech like we could? Remember that?

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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dan @amerkincynic.bsky.social · 14h

This is just a head fake / mind fuq.

I’m enthusiastically agreeing with MTG.

Where’s the hook?

dan @amerkincynic.bsky.social · 15h

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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 16h

Guest appearance by...

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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 16h

“We know where your brother goes to school,” Epstein said. He let that sink in ..., then got to the point: “You must never tell a soul what goes on in this house.” He was smiling, but his threat was clear. “And I own the Palm Beach police department,” he said, “so they won’t do anything about it.”

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...