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Austin Swafford

@swaffordaustin.bsky.social

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Longhorns. Astros. Chiefs. Texas Democrat. Star Wars. All things Disney. Marvel. Aspiring Californian. Unashamed Swiftie and dog dad.

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Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · Feb 20

Trump’s officially been in office for a month. How’s he doing on that promise to lower grocery prices from day 1?

I don’t think he’s doing anything

Eggs: ⬆️ 8.4%
Bacon: ↔️
Milk: ⬇️ 2.1%
Bananas: ↔️

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1h

Nothing to see here

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Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 1h

Man disappointing ugly end to the Chiefs-Lions game. Both teams played hard, my man, no need to fight

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 1h

God what a douchebag

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1h

While Americans suffer from the government shutdown and farmers go bankrupt from Trump’s trade wars, Trump rides around his golf course telling his rich friends their taxes are going down. So out of touch.

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 1h

Does anything you said change the reality of what she just said?

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 2h

This answer is so cowardly and pathetic. Btw this is what happens when you jump into bed with Trump and have no idea what you’re supposed to be saying anymore.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 2h

It’s always funny seeing the people scream at these things “WE DON’T CARE”

You would if it was your team. Admit it. The only reason you don’t care is because it’s happening to someone else.

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 3h

Taylor Swift, Caitlin Clark and the Kelce family are in attendance at tonight's Chiefs-Lions game.

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 2h

It’s actually romantic

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Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 2h

The idea that he isn’t doing something wrong because of the people he HASN’T prosecuted is hilariously dumb

And SCOTUS said he CAN’T prosecute Obama and Biden that’s not terribly relevant

Also failing to prosecute Clinton is a broken campaign promise. That should’ve been the follow up

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 3h

Chris Jones left the field a while ago and he’s still sucking on oxygen. That seems bad. #Chiefs #Lions #SNF

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 3h

I loved that movie as a kid lol

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 3h

The constant inability of the Chiefs defense to maintain any kind of gap integrity is exhausting.

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 3h

Trump family just brazenly making stuff up.

A tradition like no other.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 3h

The search on Mar-a-Lago happened in August 2022. Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel in November 2022.

Time, how does it work

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Eric Trump: "Sure enough, we find out that Jack Smith is planting manilla folders on the office of my father ... "

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 3h

Is that a legal celebration?

a football player wearing a red jersey with the number 87 on it

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Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 3h

We’re coming off a week when they took 13 penalties for over 100 yards. It’s time to stop with the whining about refs

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 3h

Same bro. Follow the Jimbo Fisher model. Marry someone young enough to be your daughter and retire to the coast. Who needs work when you get paid $56 mil to NOT work?

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Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 3h

Harrison Butker seems very distracted. Maybe he should shut up and kick. #Chiefs #ChiefsKingdom #SNF

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 3h

Really hoped this would line up closer to his professional QB record

I was stunned to see Dilfer was over .500, even if just barely.

His record at UAB is VERY close to his record in Cleveland, though. So there’s that

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 3h

Travis Kelce really laying the wood to these Lions defenders #Chiefs #ChiefsKingdom #SNF

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah I was disappointed at the swipes at Travis Kelce who treats her like a goddess. Is he the best muse? Maybe not. But if the alternative is better music from crappy relationships, are we comfortable saying that’s what we want?

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 6h

We have never had a worse, more incompetent, more unintelligent, lazier or more corrupt President

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6h

Q: "Have [the Qataris] changed their behavior from 2017 when you accused them of funding terrorism?"

Trump: "I don't know. In 2017, I didn't really know them very well."

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 6h

#Longhorns #HookEm🤘

Texas Longhorns - The University of Texas at Austin @utlonghorns.bsky.social · 7h

bringing home the dub 🤘

#HookEm 🏐🏐🏐

Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 6h

Tron: Ares was the best Tron movie so far

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk in front of a nbc sign ..

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Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 8h

Has any President ever been more comically feeble and useless than Trump going to his own social media platform to scream “DO SOMETHING!!!” Into the void?

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h

This has real -- I intended to dm "Pam" -- energy.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11h

We fired people we had no reason or budgetary need to fire and we actually screwed up and fired the wrong people and then rehired them the next day and all because of Chuck Schumer

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 9h

Reminder that Trump just mass-fired a ton of healthcare officials because he thinks those are “Democrat programs.”

The administration, by its own admission, thinks healthcare isn’t the domain of Republicans

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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