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He’s going to fuck it all up. And never forget, he’s a clown. “You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump’ ~ Fran Lebowitz

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adriana1o5.bsky.social @adriana1o5.bsky.social · Jan 22

I’m getting a little tired of explaining this but if you want to connect some dots - woke is decency.

So when they claim to be ‘anti woke’ what they mean is anti decency. They WANT to be indecent without judgement. No shame. No decency. NO JUDGEMENT for being vile.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Ivan the K ™☑️ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 3h

I see Sara Eisen has written a pro-Trump opinion piece in WaPo. The translucent mask is off.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.

Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.

Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.

Authoritarianism hurts all of us.

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adriana1o5.bsky.social @adriana1o5.bsky.social · 3h

I have received text $$ appeals to help pay for buses and pizza for college students.

But you’re generally correct otherwise

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

This is the same Speaker who has repeatedly refused to put up the congressionally-mandated plaque honoring the Capitol Police members who were viciously assaulted by MAGA goons on January 6th.

We've seen your deeds, you oily liar.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4h

A former acting director of ICE says that, today, immigration control is the highest priority of federal police agencies and the Department of Defense. If that is true, then the administration is inviting both domestic crime and foreign aggression.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Why Is ICE So Aggressive Now? A Former ICE Chief Explains.

ICE used to arrest the “worst first.” Under the new Trump administration, “those rules are gone,” says a former ICE chief.

www.politico.com

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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 4h

It sucks to actually do the work of prosecuting.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Trump’s newest attorney goon is in way over her head

Sure, they said. Go take a job as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, even though you’re not qualified, they said. It’ll be fun to be Trump’s Best Little Hatchet ...

www.dailykos.com

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Unfriendly Goose @uglygoose.bsky.social · 4h

Awesome. The MAGA movement that uses "socialism" and "communism" as curse words embraces socialism and communism.

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: The Trump administration will set price floors across a range of industries to combat market manipulation by China, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

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West Galway Fadeaway 🦕 @dipsetcarini.bsky.social · 4h

the mental gymnastics of the "free market absolutists" who also have to justify this kind of direct government market intervention is like watching Simone Biles in her prime.

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: The Trump administration will set price floors across a range of industries to combat market manipulation by China, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 4h

As predicted by everyone. Sigh. Bye democracy.

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4h

12:15 PM ET: As oral arguments near their end, the Court's conservative majority appears poised to significantly weaken Sec. 2 of the VRA — potentially gutting one of the last remaining tools to challenge racial discrimination in redistricting.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4h

Make your plans for #NoKings. This Saturday, October 18th.
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Tom @dixitinsipiens.bsky.social · 4h

Of course. JDV is the doyen of the party's 4chan Nazi troll wing.

If anything, Trump isn't analogous to the Austrian mustache man/painter/autobiographer; he's more like old President Hindenburg with his inchoate militaristic bravado, with much more vicious & coherent ideologues waiting in the wings

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 6h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 3h

You are the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 4h

Sen. Susan Collins says the White House should try to get their proposed spending cuts into appropriations bills.

“This end run is not helpful,” she says.

Collins adds that it “would be helpful” to reopening the govt if WH and OMB’s Russ Vought stop the rescissions.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 4h

“WTF With Marc Maron” wrapped its 16-year run yesterday. David Sims on Maron’s “brash, chatty” podcasting approach that has been “much copied, if never quite equaled”:

The Radical Empathy of a Low-Key Chat Show

Marc Maron’s podcast, which just wrapped its 16-year run, showed us what human connection could really look like.

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WESA @wesa.fm · 4h

Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab partnered with the nonprofit Climate TRACE to build an animated map that shows how particle pollution spreads from 9,560 industrial sources in 2,572 urban areas around the world.

Carnegie Mellon research is behind a new global map of air pollution

The team behind the pollution-monitoring tool Plume Pittsburgh is taking its models global.

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adriana1o5.bsky.social @adriana1o5.bsky.social · 3h

It is starting to show up in local news triblive.com/news/pennsyl...

Pennie estimates average ACA marketplace premiums will more than double if subsidies are cut

Pennsylvanians who rely on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace could see their monthly costs more than double if Congress fails to extend enhanced subsidies for the program, a...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 4h

🧵 Actual originalism

Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 4h

Section 2 of the 15th Amendment explicitly delegates to Congress the right to decide how to enforce Black voting rights. That's what the text says. And that's the original intent of the framers.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h

Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4h

The Cubs are gone, but @rexhuppke.bsky.social is still hitting home runs

Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's Time magazine cover makes his neck look like a turkey getting choked out by his tie (Trump’s neck is svelte, muscular and in no way turkey-ish). That's why I'm demanding an IMMEDIATE congressional investigation.

I explain more here:

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Is Trump's Time magazine cover truly 'Worst of All Time'? Congress MUST investigate. | Opinion

I, like President Trump, am focused on the one thing that matters most to Americans: Time magazine ran an unflattering cover photo of the president.

www.usatoday.com

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adriana1o5.bsky.social @adriana1o5.bsky.social · 4h

You might as well join the fascists. You’re just as committed to bs as they are

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

Yikes. 😬

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adriana1o5.bsky.social @adriana1o5.bsky.social · 6h

it was inexplicable other than to say he was stuck in the past. Same thing with other complaints for his term.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 7h

there's a large group of retired State department employees marching in it, famously unhinged people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Gregory Daco @gregdaco.bsky.social · 7h

US NFIB #SmallBusiness Optimism Index fell in Sep

Rising #inflation pressures, slower sales expectations & ongoing labor challenges

🔻Expect to economy to improve 23% (-11pt)
🔻Expect stronger real sales 8% (-4pt)
🟠Plans for + employment 16% (+1pt)
🔥Raising prices 24% (+3pt)

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Non-Correlating Stock Ideas @ncsi.bsky.social · 7h

Most people wouldn't even have a clue how to do the analysis of SPV's, but just coming out and saying it out loud that it's all about hiding leverage and assets to make companies appear more profitable, to boost equity prices, so that they can do more deals like these, = 3 card monte.

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