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Norm DePlume

@normdeplume.bsky.social

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I love coffee, pets, and people who care about others more than power or money. Dislikes: racists and lima beans. Professional Christian, newspaper employee, public library trustee. She/her.

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 41m

And also, maybe dial down the name calling toward "the vast majority" of USians. It's rude and untrue.

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 45m

Same here.

I love that we're nearing halloween, so there are lots of options together choose from right now.

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 49m

There are a lot of Calvinists in the US.

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 57m

Because we all know just how violent one can be while wearing a tiny bouncy house.

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 1h

Just like in Portland last weekend, folks are having to run 26.2 miles to escape the war zone. 🥸

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 1h

The amazing thing about the SNL sketch last night was not that Ashley Padilla wore a scarf nearly identical to mine. It’s that I trust Amy Poehler as AG more than Pam Bondi.

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 1h

I keep seeing the giant jar of chili crisp at Costco, but I am not sure I can get through the whole thing fast enough.

What are you putting it on?

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 1h

My working theory:

1. Most of his posts are AI generated by a tool trained on his writing style.

2. His AI hallucinated that Biden was already president on Jan 6, 2021.

3. The clerical staff are furloughed and his cabinet all have eleventy jobs already, so no one is proofreading anything.

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1h

Why doesn't Donald Trump remember that he was President on January 6th, 2021?

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 1h

Nah, a number of Christian traditions actually think it's appropriate to be unsure of one's place as one of the "elect."

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 1h

I had missed that one. 👀

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 3h

I don't think he believes in Heaven or Hell. He just gives God lip service here and there since Christian Nationalists give him a lot of money and power.

It's just not his thing (not that there's anything wrong with that). If you recall, he forgot to use a Bible at his inauguration.

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 3h

I found it by accident a few weeks ago, lol. Not sure why all the labels aren't in one place. Guess that would be too simple and straightforward. 🤷

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 3h

For me, it's down in the "advanced" section at the bottom.

Bluesky moderation settings screen, with arrow pointing at the "Bluesky moderation service" button.

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 3h

@casten.house.gov

Casten: None of us benefits from government shutdown - Chronicle Media

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, D-Downers Grove, isn’t keeping score during the government shutdown. “I think 90 percent of what you read about the shutdown is largely a waste of paper because it is written about ‘OK, who is politically winning? Who is politically losing?’” Casten said during a telephone town hall Tuesday. “I don’t care...

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 3h

LaHood likely will be never be one either (he's a hopeless sycophant), but his staffers will be hearing from me every day about it until Johnson's strike is over.

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Always Jae 🌈 @jtlee24.bsky.social · 9h

They are being paid by the Pale Marms of CodePink to do this.
And Code Pink is funded by some foreign national CCP shill...
youtu.be/TwgoBwH3v8A?...

Who’s Behind The Paid Agitators At Kamala Harris’s Stops On Her Book Tour??

YouTube video by TabithaSpeaksPolitics

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The Sidewalk School @thesidewalkschool.bsky.social · 6h

Disgraceful

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 4h

Librarians FTW.

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 8h

Librarians in Texas formed secret lending networks to circulate banned books and keep young readers informed. You can’t silence truth with a ban list. 📚

#FightBack #ReadBannedBooks #FreedomToRead

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 9h

I remember a snarky bumper sticker I saw as a kid, "Nuke the gay whales for Jesus."

Sounds like they're working on doing exactly that.

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 21h

We did it, Pepe. We reclaimed frogs from the Nazis.

You can rest now.

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Tron's evil twin brother Troff @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 1d

If the Portland frogs REALLY want to fuck with the National Guard, each frog should stay completely motionless except when only ONE specific National Guardsman is looking.

a cartoon frog wearing a top hat and holding a baton

ALT: a cartoon frog wearing a top hat and holding a baton

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 21h

It's real!

SAF FILES MOTION TO AMEND JUDGMENT IN REESE V. ATF - Second Amendment Foundation

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Oct. 10, 2025 — After a district court in Louisiana ruled earlier this week that the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) must turn over its member list as part of the court’s judgment ...

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 21h

Nothing about his groin, but the article did mention that how they gave a pastor a purple nerple so they could get a photo op. 🤷

sticks. Footage shows Woolfarms raised and holding a gas mask-taking slow steps backward. Then Border Patrol agents took over.
One grabbed Woolf by the neck and twisted his nipple, leaving him bruised nearly a week later, he said. "I was wearing my clerical collar, a big old cross necklace, you know, basically everything that you can to identify yourself as not exactly a rioter."

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 22h

I have so many right now. Time to put some up for adoption.