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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 59m

Every time I hear his name, this is all I can think of

a man in a suit and red shirt is standing in front of a window and saying `` ok , turd furguson '' .

ALT: a man in a suit and red shirt is standing in front of a window and saying `` ok , turd furguson '' .

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1h

Totally normal president here. I’m sure it’s fine.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 4h

“Some men, you just can’t reach”

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 4h

Absolutely insane that a college football coach can get paid $50 million to just…go away.

Universities and their athletic boosters have lost their minds.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 5h

Not just a terrible leader. Turns out the President Deals is really bad at making deals.

Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 1d

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 6h

Typical abuser language. “You made me do this”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 23h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22h

Portland 🔥

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly at this point, could anyone tell the difference? Republicans in Congress have completely abdicated every one of their constitutional duties, and the executive branch is operating as a quasi-dictatorship with the blessing of SCOTUS

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. A 65 year old that has coronary artery disease. And deep vein thrombosis. And dementia.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Irony is dead

Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 1d

Currently at an XC meet in the middle of Portland. Not a fire in sight. No riots anywhere. No buildings made of plywood.

Maybe he’s talking about a different Portland?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

Probably not a great thing that a billionaire that essentially bought the VP is calling critics of AI "legionaries of the antichrist" and ranting about apocalyptic views that are pretty extreme even by typical "christian nationalist" standards 😬

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

Someone needs to do cover of RATM called “Frogs on parade”

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 2d

Spotted on Capitol Hill this morning

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist.

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 2d

Someone like JD Vance, who has been on the receiving end of a lot of insinuations, should know to couch his language more carefully.

Anyways, I’ll be here, ready to make a deal to save Americans’ health care and reopen the federal government that Republicans shut down.

A headline from the New York Post reads: “JD Vance calls Chuck Schumer ‘one of the most famous Palestinians’”

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 2d

I stressed to the grad students that they have to take ownership of their research. I’ll advise but they have to be willing to try, fail, take critique, and try again. That’s the game students.

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 3d

🙋‍♂️

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

Show of hands if you’re a Portlander dog-tired from dealing with the fables spun by this Trump disciple

Kristi Noem calls Oregon leaders liars, says feds will ‘double down’ in Portland

The remarks came two days after Noem made an appearance Tuesday at South Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, the site of protests since June.

www.oregonlive.com

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 3d

Are we sure we aren’t just being trolled at this point? Like, maybe this is some Andy Kauffman-esqe performance art that is seeing how far it can go?

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 3d

Yes. This is definitely how you do science properly. You “make the proof” to support your pre-conclusions

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."