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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 19h

Authoritarianism doesn't happen in a vacuum. It requires enablers. When a leader posts fantasies of monarchical rule, and his entire party looks the other way, they become complicit. The issue isn't just Trump's posts; it's the institutional decay of a party that refuses to be a check on his power.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 11h

After you’ve declared war on Chicago and Los Angeles, this is actually pretty light duty.

SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 14h

This country has become a complete clown show, albeit one featuring gigantic guns.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 17h

“Brown liquid”? Like what, molasses or fondue or something?

Oof.

SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 17h

Looking for some of those sweet French apples, but, time growing short, had to settle for jewels.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 17h

Our country is led by a decompensating, evil, clown.

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 17h

"...acrimonious meeting appeared to reflect the capricious nature of Trump’s position on the war..." capricious full stop.

Trump's AI poo jet post a day later should confirm to even the most forgiving Realist™️ that there is no strategy. Just a US President whose brain is mush

Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 18h

NEW:Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if it did not agree.

The meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy descended many times into a “shouting match” on.ft.com/3WMSQSu

SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

Dude. You need to calibrate your sarcasm meter.

Here’s the sign I carried at my local anti-Trump rally this morning.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

Motherfuckers gonna be motherfuckers.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

Things are hopping this afternoong over there at the payment center of Soros Antifa Funding Partners.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

Zero sympathy for any of these pieces of shit. I have no more sympathy for them than I do for those poor members of the Basiji who are asked to do such unpleasant things for the regime in Iran.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

Hats off to your Dad, who I presume recognizes that whatever this is, it isn’t . . . conservative.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

Seems light. Things are still getting underway out here on the West Coast.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Seven million patriots celebrated the real America today.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

Well, yes, but even if they don’t read this.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

Come on, you simpletons — this is sooo how antifa gets you.

It doesn’t appear. It doesn’t disrupt. It commits no violence. Everything goes smoothly and peacefully. It never does anything and there is no evidence it even exists.

The perfect campaign of guerilla terrorism.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

So no terrorism then?

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Joe DeLong @joedelong.bsky.social · 1d

Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland

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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 1d

A play in three acts

Grok rebutting DHS, saying Will Stancill is not a threat

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, who actually believes that a group of goons willing to blast into smithereens any small vessel they can find on the open seas, then lie about is, is suddenly super punctilious about following repatriation protocol.

These guys were fisherman or something, but they weren’t drug runners.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

Those MAGA mouthbreathers couldn't manage the math needed to put something like this together.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

"forget the myths . . .. the truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

We did our best on our island out here in the Puget Sound. Coupeville, Washington — population of about 2,000, drew at least that many (maybe 3,000) from the island as a whole.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 1d

Merlin.

Looks like he might have some gifts.

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SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 2d

We are living in the upside down with these despicable people.

Trump is an absolute affront to everything that was ever good and honest about this country.

SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 2d

So fucking gross.