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weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · 16h

Far too much anime today. And zero Bart Simpson

weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · 3d

Abolish

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · Aug 28

I really think we need to have some mechanism in place for being able to say, in print and in the media, that a problem with a public figure is that they are insane. Not in a hyperbolic way. RFK Jr is a maniac.

Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · Aug 27

wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them?

This is an insane person.

Acyn
@Acyn
X.com
RFK JR: I'm looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation-you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection

TEXAS "MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN" LEGISLATION
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.
Health & Human Services Secretary
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C-SPANG*
15:04 • 8/27/25

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weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · Aug 17

Bill Kristol is right sadly

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Aug 17

There’s no longer any pretense this has anything to do with crime (there are cities or parts of cities in SC and Ohio that have higher crime rates than DC — send the troops there!). This is about establishing a precedent for Trump seizing control of the nation’s capital when he wants to.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 17

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.

weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · Aug 6

First Democrat who promises to kill these spam callers gets +50 primary points from me

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · Aug 5

As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.

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weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · Jul 17

The middle finger lmao

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weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · Jul 11

In fact Alan sees an Epstein client every day in the mirror!!!

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Greenberg Visa Law @asgvisalaw.bsky.social · Jul 3

Now?

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · Jul 3

This bill is an act of war by the billionaires and their white nationalist allies against the people of the United States.

It will take health care from millions of people to fund tax cut for billionaires, secret police to arrest the President’s critics, and concentration camps.

It’s fascism.

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · Jul 2

Hey you guys, hear me out, but I think maybe their plan is to create a white conservative Nazi country with about 100 million white conservative Nazi people in it and deport/imprison/starve/kill the rest.

Mr. Trump may not complain about Mr. Miller, but he does occasionally poke at his obsession with immigrants — a hostility that goes far beyond Mr. Trump’s. In one meeting during the 2024 campaign, Mr. Trump said that if it was up to Mr. Miller there would be only 100 million people in this country, and they would all look like Mr. Miller, according to a person with knowledge of the comment. Karoline Leavitt, Mr. Trump’s spokeswoman, denied the account.

JD Vance
@JDVance
Everything else—the CBO score, the proper baseline, the minutiae of the Medicaid policy—is immaterial compared to the ICE money and immigration enforcement provisions.

Thiel, the gay Silicon Valley billionaire who has backed Donald Trump since 2016, dismissed democracy as inefficient. He also questioned whether “too much participation” in our democracy has slowed America down. He openly fantasized about a post-liberal world governed by elite, centralized forces.

Thiel believes in acceleration. Not just of technology, but of upheaval. Collapse. Of a civilization and democracy so paralyzed by complexity that it must be reset by something stronger—smarter, harder, colder. Something more “rational.”

This “rational” ideology—which has a cult-like devotion among its followers—is called accelerationism. It un-ironically borrows from Karl Marx, and is shared by white supremacist groups who lead terror attacks against modern society to *hasten acceleration* of its fall.

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weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · Jul 2

Let me just........................................... scooch past ya

weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · Jun 30

Stupid guy post

weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · Jun 26

Wow a racist Democrat

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weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · Jun 26

Her fellow officer and...who else

Rivera was unintentionally shot by a fellow officer and two people have been charged in connection with her death. But of course they can and do charge members of the public when a cop shoots a cop

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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · Jun 26

Israel killed at least 44 more Palestinians who were going to aid sites. They used drones this time. apnews.com/article/isra...

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · Jun 24

A deaf and mute Mongolian man seeking asylum has spent more than 80 days at an ICE facility. During that time, he has not had an opportunity to see a judge or communicate with anyone who understands Mongolian Sign Language, according to his sister and lawyer.

The plight of a disabled man in ICE custody shows impact of Trump immigration orders

A deaf and mute Mongolian man showed up at the San Diego border in February. More than 80 days later, he’s sitting in the Otay Mesa Detention Center facing deportation without due process, his lawyer ...

www.kpbs.org

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · Jun 24

YOU - “The wind told me to talk to children. Let's roll.”

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weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · Jun 23

is it really possible to "teach police" anything

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weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · Jun 19

Your brain is mush

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weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · Jun 11

Why wouldn't they

weishampel @weishampel.bsky.social · Jun 5

Think of the total anxiety in this photo

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · Jun 5

If CPD showed up to clear a path for bank robbers to get away, no one would be debating whether CPD assisted in the bank robbery.

It’s well-documented now that many of ICE’s detentions are unlawful. CPD helped them.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Jun 4

CPD just issued their statement on today.

They claim they were dispatched "for two calls of assist [sic] the police officer."

"CPD was on-site to endure the safety of all involved."

Claim "they did not assist in immigration enforcement and all their actions were in accordance with CPD policy."

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