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Cherry Pie

@cherrywishniak.bsky.social

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NO DMs. NO DMs. NO DMs You have a job. You are not a criminal, and you live in the USA. You are a citizen. All the rest is paperwork. There is no justification for hating and abusing immigrants. My Grands, both sides, were immigrants.

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Cherry Pie @cherrywishniak.bsky.social · Apr 23

Donnie Bonespurs
Is Pootin's main man.
He sucks Pootin's dangle
Upon Pootin's command.
Pootin sighs "Bozhe moy!
How I love my fat American toy!"

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Cherry Pie @cherrywishniak.bsky.social · 19h

I love the title.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody EVER asks what all the candy is for when you buy $150 worth during October and all I’m saying is let’s keep that energy for cheese all year round because I’m tired of all the questions

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.

two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works

ALT: two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works

media.tenor.com

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Cherry Pie @cherrywishniak.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Absolutely prophetic. He was a smart man. And he was sitting in the middle of the mess that created The Depression.

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Call me Tim @slimjimtx.bsky.social · 1d

🫶 He wrote that in the ‘30s, didn’t he? I mean the 1930s. Kind of prophetic, isn’t it?

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Cherry Pie @cherrywishniak.bsky.social · 1d

Somebody here from Philly? I have my mail-in ballot. I am in the hospital. Dugan or Krasner — tell me why, please. I like Krasner's stand on ICE.

Cherry Pie @cherrywishniak.bsky.social · 1d

I just now posted that. We are heavenly twins.

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Call me Tim @slimjimtx.bsky.social · 1d

For the last several years, this one has sprung to my mind. I love Mencken.

“On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

- H. L. Mencken

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Cherry Pie @cherrywishniak.bsky.social · 1d

When I read that quote, my love affair with Mencken began. This quote enchanted me. I was lost.
“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
― H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy

Cherry Pie @cherrywishniak.bsky.social · 1d

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”― H.L. Mencken

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Cherry Pie @cherrywishniak.bsky.social · 1d

“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
― H.L. Mencken, Prejudices First Series

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jkmassey.bsky.social @jkmassey.bsky.social · 1d

Gen Z is done with our broken political system and isn’t waiting for change — they’re demanding it. They’re driving the movement for Ranked Choice Voting and other reforms to build a more resilient, representative democracy. 💪🗳️

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Mockler: I’m 23 years old, and Gen Zers have spent all of our formative years living in a political system that’s purely dysfunctional. People in my generation see the president posting memes online rather than actually negotiating with the other side.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

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Cherry Pie @cherrywishniak.bsky.social · 1d

“The notion that a radical hates his country is naïve and idiotic. He is one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.”
― H.L. Mencken

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 2d

Newsom Not Afraid To Share His
Plan For The World's 5th Largest
Economy,California, in Spite Of
Chump.......

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Thugs.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Trump Isn’t Easing the Shutdown Pain—He’s Inflicting It. Will Saletan: During a recent press briefing, Speaker Mike Johnson used the word "pain" fourteen times to describe what Democrats were imposing and Republicans were trying to relieve. Yeah, no.

Trump Isn’t Easing the Shutdown Pain—He’s Inflicting It

Mike Johnson says the president is protecting Americans from the shutdown. That’s completely wrong.

www.thebulwark.com

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Forbes @forbes.com · 3d

The projections still fall short of the 60% reduction in emissions needed to prevent global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

UN Says Emissions Will Drop In The Next 10 Years But Not ‘Fast Enough’—Bill Gates Urges New Approach

The projections still fall short of the 60% reduction in emissions needed to prevent global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

www.forbes.com

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 2d

If SNAP benefits vanished tomorrow, feeding 42 million Americans for a month would cost about $7.8 billion.That’s less than 1% of the combined net worth of the three richest men in the U.S. A reminder of how obscene inequality has become and how easily hunger could be solved if we chose to.

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Cherry Pie @cherrywishniak.bsky.social · 7d

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Cherry Pie @cherrywishniak.bsky.social · 7d

Russian style corruption that creates faulty products.
The T-90 has not performed as well in Ukraine. The open-source intelligence tracker group Oryx recently estimated that roughly 145 T-90s had been lost, captured, or destroyed in the last three-plus years of warfare. Sep 21, 2025

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

Has anyone confirmed that the priceless items in the East Wing were moved out before he demolished it?

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Cherry Pie @cherrywishniak.bsky.social · 7d

"When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich." - Jean Jacques Rousseau

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