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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 36m

Can someone please ask Trump about the provenance of this fever dream he keeps repeating?

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 1h

Would be very funny to then listen to Rs shriek about how sick and vulgar the ad is

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 4h

Manufacturing is booming though, right?

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 19h

It definitely takes over as the predominant plane related "diarrhea incident"

www.cnn.com/travel/delta...

Delta flight forced to turn around because of diarrhea incident | CNN

A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Barcelona on Friday night was forced to turn around after a passenger had diarrhea.

www.cnn.com

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 22h

🤞🤞🤞

Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 22h

Statue of Confederate general erected in the 50s? History. Must be preserved at all costs.

East Wing of the White House?

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 1d

If the Hitman games have taught us anything

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 1d

Will Smith knows his limitations

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 1d

You can always tell someone doesn't care about something when they don't shut up about it for two weeks

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 1d

Journalism is when you omit the only newsworthy element of your story

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 1d

I think we can all agree it's too vulgar of a word to print in the times.

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 2d

Or, similarly, from Freud

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 2d

They are more than capable of capturing the scale of a protest if they want to

bsky.app/profile/nyti...

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 7

Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets on the country’s Independence Day on Sunday in dueling political protests, opening a tense week that is expected to conclude with the conviction of former President Jair Bolsonaro. nyti.ms/4nhoqmu

A massive crowd in Brazil, largely dressed in yellow and green. A headline reads: "Bolsonaro Supporters Flood Streets Ahead of His Expected Conviction" Photo by Victor Moriyama for The New York Times

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 2d

The Admin is so comically depraved that journos feel like they're editorializing by just reporting straight facts

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 2d

Freud would've had a field day

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 2d

Grocery prices are so high I've been eating nothing but instant ramen. Armed and ready Mr. President 🫡

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 2d

NYT knows how to cover large protests when they feel motivated

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 7

Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets on the country’s Independence Day on Sunday in dueling political protests, opening a tense week that is expected to conclude with the conviction of former President Jair Bolsonaro. nyti.ms/4nhoqmu

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings means no fiber

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 2d

This is softer language than you'd use to describe any other protests even a tiny fraction of this size anywhere else on earth

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 2d

What does this even mean

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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 3d

lol

Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 3d

From January

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