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Clancy Parliament @clancyparliament.bsky.social · 25m

Okay, I upped my sign game for this one!
#NoKings

A white sign reading “TOO MANY IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES TO FIT ON ONE SIGN!” In red blue and black lettering. Taped to the sign, and dangling off the corner is a three-page, bulleted list of things any other president would be impeached for.

A close up of the list:

The full list:
Presidents would be impeached for…
For the 34 counts of election law violations Trump was already convicted of.
For inciting a violent insurrection on Jan 6.
For interfering with the 2020 election.
For abusing the pardon power in pardoning the violent thugs and criminals who invaded the capitol, assaulted police and civilians with intent to murder congress members and overturn the election.
For abusing the pardon power in pardoning notorious drug dealer, sex trafficker, and murderer Ross Ulbricht in exchange for a bribe.
For all the other pardons, just straight up bought with bribes.
For criminal negligence in handling national secrets and classified material.
For illegally politicizing the Justice Department to serve his personal aims, persecuting his personal enemies and protecting his allies from criminal prosecution.
For openly and explicitly calling on the Attorney General to prosecute political enemies.
For illegally firing career prosecutors for refusing to bring bogus charges against his political enemies
For obstruction of justice for squashing investigations or prosecutions into himself, his administration, and his allies, including his Border Czar for taking a $50,000 bribe.
For profiting off the presidency by charging the Secret Service and other federal agencies fees at his personally owned resorts and hotels.
For failing to disclose investments and financial positions that represent conflict of interest.
For receiving bribes and emoluments from the Saudis among others through his DC hotel in his first term.
For using membership at his Florida resort for pay-to-play access.
For receiving untraceable bribes and emoluments through his phony crypto coin.
For defrauding his supporters and ordinary Americans who invested in his phony crypto coin.
For accepting illegal foreign emoluments in the form of a $400 million dollar jumbo jet from the Qatari government.
For grabbing innocent civilians off the street and disappe…

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Clancy Parliament @clancyparliament.bsky.social · 12h

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Rosie The Ribbiter

Frog flexing with headscarf - Caption Rosie the Ribbiter says We Can Do It!

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

it’s one of the reasons I wish there was a little less of a left-liberal circular firing squad On Here, I understand that there are extremely annoying folks on the internet but if you have a conversation with normal offline libs they are emphatically not the problem

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Clancy Parliament @clancyparliament.bsky.social · 12h

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Clancy Parliament @clancyparliament.bsky.social · 12h

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Rich or whatever @derpmeister2000.bsky.social · 2d

I had to say it

Image reading TIL that the "Young Republican" organizations include people well into their 30's. Which makes sense, considering how often they seem to have difficulty respecting age boundaries in general.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 3d

Trump and Miller will probably get the blood in the streets they want eventually. We don’t know when or how it will unfold, or how the public will come to perceive it. But we do know that no matter how it unfolds or is perceived, it is already their fault. All we can do is our best.

It'll Be Trump's Fault

Donald Trump created this unstable equilibrium; no matter how it breaks down, it will be his fault.

www.offmessage.net

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BreadHive @breadhive.coop · 4d

go bills

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Clancy Parliament @clancyparliament.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! 🇨🇦

Niagara Falls, seen from the Skylon Tower on the Canadian side, lit up in red and white, vaguely resembling the Canadian Flag

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Jill BSky @jilles.bsky.social · 6d

I’m sevenD years old!

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 7d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Clancy Parliament @clancyparliament.bsky.social · 7d

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Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · 8d

War ravaged Portland is an absolute ZOO

Level up… New characters unlocked at the PortIand 🧊 Detention Center. #dancinginthestreets #peacefulprotest #warravagedportland
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Brian Halligan @halligan.bsky.social · 8d

Can we get a wellness check for NatGeo?

Email headlines from National Geographic: Are we living in a black hole? Plus: 5 crowd-free Caribbean alternatives, Orcas sink (another) boat.

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Clancy Parliament @clancyparliament.bsky.social · 8d

Frosty 🥶❄️

A suburban street at sunrise. White frost is visible on the grass and on the rooftops

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8d

Okay this is a good headline

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 8d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 14d

“What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Teamwork” (Robert de Niro, The Untouchables, 1987)

Pope Leo holding a baseball bat like he’s going to crack an errant priest over the head during a dinner party.

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Jill BSky @jilles.bsky.social · 8d

PA friends! Retain mail-in ballots and block GOP gerrymandering by voting YES to retain PA Supreme Court justices boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 8d

“You’re going to be priced out of health insurance but EVERYONE GO BUY MY WATCH”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Clancy Parliament @clancyparliament.bsky.social · 9d

I mean, we don't really get "tourists" but we can easily recognize anyone who's not from Western NY if they try to pronounce pretty much any small town

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 9d

This is quite good.

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 11d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Clancy Parliament @clancyparliament.bsky.social · 11d

CNN: Trump says violence on streets of Portland is rising

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Clancy Parliament @clancyparliament.bsky.social · 11d

Huh? I don’t think this is true…
People aren’t working more hours than they did in the past.

A graph from the St. Louis Fed: Average Annual Hours Worked by Persons Engaged for United States. It declines from over 2000 hours in 1950 to around 1760 in 2019

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 11d

🚨🚨🚨⬇️⬇️⬇️ Tell Newsom to sign SB79, to allow housing along transit.

Literally took me 10 seconds.

If you don't like telephones, you can leave a digital comment in the link below.

Active Bill -> SB79 -> Please sign SB79.

#sandiego #safestreets #bikesky

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12d

Reminder that @governor.ca.gov is reportedly considering vetoing SB79, the best housing bill to clear the CA legislature in decades.

It would be a *disaster*, substantively & for Newsom's political future. Really hope he doesn't self-immolate.

Tell him!

Contact the Governor | Governor of California

You can contact the Governor a few different ways. The best way is through his online form.

www.gov.ca.gov

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 12d

Your aperiodic reminder that this is the true scale of Saturn's moon Enceladus and the biggest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons on Mars.

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