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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12h

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 10h

In terms of cold-blooded murders, the Trump administration has already leapt past Jeffrey Dahmer (17) into Ted Bundy territory (30+).
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

Congress better hurry up and settle the shutdown before everyone figures out they’re nonessential personnel.

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 17h

The grammar in that post is WAY too good to be Trump’s (proper use of quote marks, commas, capitalization, etc.) Must have been an aide or something?

JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 17h

Is that post real? If so, somebody else clearly wrote it. The sentence structure & grammar are WAY too good. It also feels too subdued. Maybe Trump dictated what he wanted posted to an aide & they took the liberty to polish it up?

JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

normal person, not a lawyer! Say, "Garland was a disaster. He was FAR too slow & timid." Or, if you're one of the few Dem politicos who can sound authentic while swearing (like @betoorourke.bsky.social or @jasmineforus.bsky.social), be even more blunt: "Garland was a f**king catastrophe!" 5/ END

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social offered only the meekest of criticism of Garland: "It SEEMS TO ME that [Garland] COULD have POTENTIALLY moved earlier & been more aggressive" (caps mine). Why do Dems ALWAYS insert these namby-pamby caveats when they talk? Talk like a friggin' 4/
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Hakeem Jeffries: Kristi Noem Should Be Worried | The Bulwark Podcast

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

a judge/institutionalist" is NOT enough. Not even close.) Even worse, I see ZERO indication that Dem politicos are getting the message. 2 recent embarrassing examples on @thebulwark.com podcast:
1. On 5/27/25, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social outright refused to criticize Garland AT ALL
2. On 8/15/25, 3/

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

accountability should Dems ever retake the executive branch (@joshtpm.bsky.social, @gregsargent.bsky.social, @timmiller.bsky.social, etc.), but IMO they're still FAR too reticent to lay the blame squarely on Garland. (No, saying "he moved too slow" or "he was too much of 2/
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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

As I said 3 wks ago, most prominent Dem & Never-Trump commentators simply refuse to acknowledge (much less repudiate/condemn) Garland's pivotal role in the death of our democracy (IMO, up there w/ McConnell & Roberts). Yes, a few have started to bang the drum for criminal 1/
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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 23d

What's amazing to me is that, per usual, there's been almost NO focus on the role of Garland's DOJ. Whether it be this, Hunter Biden, @ejeancarroll.bsky.social, John Durham, Jan. 6, etc., it's as if commentators think DOJ leadership transferred directly from Barr to Bondi.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 1d

Rachel Maddow runs through the incriminating chain of events that implicates Egypt's president for life Sisi - who Trump thanked today for his support in 2016 - in then funneling Trump $10 million. Maddow called out AG Barr for closing that investigation. But AG Garland did not re-open it.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a direct link to video of the moment of the interview I'm referencing.
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Congressman Adam Schiff with Patt Morrison | America at a Crossroads

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 1d

Reminds me of when @adamschiff.com casually mentioned in an interview in spring 2022 that there was simply no "appetite" among Hse Dems to even consider using Sec. 3 of the 14th Amend. to expel their insurrectionist colleagues. I was enraged & despondent, but nobody else seemed to notice or care. 1/

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 5d

Hey Barton! I’ve been a fan of yours ever since your @theatlantic.com piece warning about how the GOP would try to steal the 2020 Election.

If I recall, in 2024 you participated in some “if Trump wins” role-playing exercises. Based on those, are things going better, worse, or about as you expected?

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 6d

Honestly this whole thing has made me realize how valuable labor is because the United States Congress literally rather hand the keys of the entire government to a child rapist who tried to murder them rather than work Fridays.

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Rick of this Shit @sameastheold.bsky.social · 7d

Merrick Garland slow walked, so Pam Bondi could run.

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 8d

@ericlisann.bsky.social: While mainstream media eat up the MAGA spin that the Biden DOJ was targeting polit. enemies, what this story REALLY reveals is how inept & cowardly they were. It took 33 mos. after 1/6 for them to get friggin’ tolls records of key coup plotters!?
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Jack Smith investigation into January 6 obtained phone records of GOP lawmakers, Republicans say | CNN Politics

Senate Republicans announced Monday the FBI, as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s January 6 investigation, used court orders in 2023 to obtain the phone records of nine GOP lawmakers, a move the se...

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 9d

Maybe I’m missing something, but why doesn’t his table include a single government that’s been in power during the last 50 years?

JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 9d

The United States isn’t “even a Hungarian… regime” yet? I dunno. Some folks I respect think we’re getting pretty darn close.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 10d

There has to be actual, physical punishment for a lot of these people. They're not going to be shamed into doing better and without the specter of suffering they will simply do the same again at the earliest opportunity.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11d

I said what I said.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 11d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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JabbaNoBadda @jabbanobadda.bsky.social · 11d

Amen! What’s so enraging & soul-crushing is that some of us were screaming at the top of our lungs ~4+ YEARS AGO that the window of opportunity for criminal accountability for Trump & the GOP was rapidly closing. Yet everyone told us, “be patient,” “you don’t know what Garland is doing,” etc.

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