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David Simon

@audacityofdespair.bsky.social

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Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know who this woman is anymore. I don't know true north. I am without bearings. Nothing makes sense. Just let the cats fuck the dogs and be done with it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

All facts

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 2d

No opinion, honestly.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 2d

Then they have a shot. Go Brew Crew.

David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

It exists to the same approximate extent as the interspecies copulation.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

Copland and Sousa had talent.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

If you're still both-siding this descent into actual fascism, you're a submoron and genuinely part of the problem. But thanks for your insights....

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

I hope it lasts more than a summer or two. Certainly, Kid Rock should not have so endured.

David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

Very good as well.

David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

"Never mind. God save The King."

What the Founders Would Say Now

They might be surprised that the republic exists at all.

www.theatlantic.com

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

Soylent green is immigrants!

Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 4d

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

He and the people around him leading the PA are corrupt. A free Barghouti replaces him at the next election.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

To quote Mr. Mankewicz and Mr. Wells: "It's no trick to make an awful lot of money if all you want is to make a lot of money."

When most of the U.S. electorate awakes to finally realize great wealth is no way conditional to or dependent on intelligence or morality, this country begins to heal.

Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 4d

Peter Thiel is Palantir co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors. He is president of Thiel Capital, and a partner of Founders Fund, a venture capital firm.

Everyone who remains in his circles is complicit.

www.commondreams.org/news/peter-t...

Instead of Charity, Peter Thiel Told Elon Musk to Use Billions for Right-Wing Crusade Against 'Antichrist' | Common Dreams

Billionaire Peter Thiel urges Elon Musk to hoard wealth to battle future "Antichrist." Thiel warns against giving to left-wing nonprofits.

www.commondreams.org

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

Netanyahu, Hamas and Abbas all certainly do. And none of them are going to tap our moron president on the shoulder and insist on anything. They all need him in jail.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

Stunned, me. Like a cow in an abattoir chute, suddenly smacked in the head with a sledgehammer.

Which pretty much describes the American electorate at this point.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine that

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

"Fuck all, we didn't think of that," would be a much-repeated phrase if the mouldering patriots stopped spinning long enough to reconvene.

David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

As the verb itself intends.

David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

And yet he needed Wisconsin to win so he campaigned there and bit his tongue and said nice things, thereby shaming you in comparison to Chicago, L.A., Seattle and our 51st state-to-be to the north.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

He had to campaign there for Wisconsin, so he bit his tongue and said nice things.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

We've retreated to the time of the Know Nothings, if you know our Nativist impulses throughout history.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

Came here well before 1924 when we let everyone in save for the Chinese, no questions asked. We didn't need rules for white people.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

If Chicago beats Milwaukee tonight, every city sending a ballclub to the MLB championships is either Canadian or a Democratic-run hellscape rife with antifa violence and interspecies copulation. It gives an Oriole fan hope knowing how poorly our president speaks of Baltimore.

Wait 'til next year.

https://audacityofdespair.bsky.social‬

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

There's always room for more Wagner in MAGA.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

"Worked."

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 3d

They must be exhausted.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

Fair.