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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 46m

Well, maybe make it less expensive to raise a family, feed and clothe them, and send them to college. We can’t even afford to live ourselves, never mind raising seven children.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 2h

Will even ONE reporter ask him if he has ever stepped foot in a grocery store and done his own shopping before? Because his people are lying to him, or he knows the truth and he’s lying to everyone else. Wishing the prices lower doesn’t make them so.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "The economy is unbelievable ... prices are down"

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 4h

Karoline Leavitt should resign.

They try to make us hate each other to distract from the fact that they're robbing us all blind.

It's sick.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

It should be a litmus test for Democratic presidential primary candidates whether they will restore the White House and DC public properties to exactly the way they were before the Palm Beach lounge lizard decided to turn it into Mar-a-Lago meets 1936 Nuremberg.

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 1d

I love it!

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 1d

The daughter’s father was his father’s son, while going to St. Ives.

ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 1d

Same with my grandkids!

ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, we all know that Trump has a lot of things that are psychologically wrong with him. But I’m guessing a significant percentage of it stems from this woman.

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 1d

Well, now we know where Donald gets his hairstyle. Is he trying to be just like mommy?

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 1d

No, our mayor isn't good. SHE'S GREAT! We love you Mayor Wu.

Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 1d

Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 1d

It was more than that, right? Basic human values and decency I thought we shared.

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 1d

My marriage to a MAGA ended too. I’m so much better off!

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 1d

Botox Puppykiller

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3d

When Aaron Fucking Rupar is doing more reporting than CBS News and The NYT

I think this was a plotline on the second season of The Newsroom

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 6d

Exactly my thought after watching this clip. Thank you for calling it out. We have enough of a problem in this country with misinformation.

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 6d

Way to go, Portland!

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 6d

How much do you want to bet he stayed up all night waiting for the call that never came?

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 6d

White House staff should just make and show him an AI-generated video where he wins, fly him to Duluth and tell him it’s Oslo, and dare the New York Times to say anything more than “Experts disagree about whether Mr Trump was awarded the Nobel Prize”.

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 7d

Trump lives in a complete fantasy world, fueled by dementia and enabled by staff who likely creates media stories that fit his narrative. Meanwhile, in the background, fascist Stephen Miller runs the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump: "I think gasoline is gonna be below $2 at some point in the pretty near future."

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 7d

But Joe and Hunter Biden...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 7d

This is important.

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 8d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 8d

Trump, clearly exhibiting signs of dementia…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "Do wealthy people leave too, or not? Place like Portland. Are the wealthy people leaving? People that can leave, are they leaving?"

ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 8d

PER PERSON??

ponyspaws.bsky.social @ponyspaws.bsky.social · 8d

Can just one reporter ask: "What in the EVER loving Jesus are you talking about? Show me ONE Democrat who is a Communist. But first, DEFINE Communist and Marxist."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Johnson on nuking the filibuster: "Is it wise? A lot of people would tell you it's not. I mean, on the Republican side, I would be deeply concerned if the Democrats had a bare majority in the Senate right now of Marxist ideology taking over the Democrat Party...turning us into a communist country"

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 9d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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