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Synthaholic

@synthaholic.bsky.social

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Keyboardist and vocalist. I've been alive forever and I wrote the very first song. Baseball fanatic. Decent cook. Animal lover. I prefer dogs to people. Sorry people.

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Synthaholic @synthaholic.bsky.social · Sep 5

Posting this in order to pin it for the dopes:

I follow corrupt VP Vance on Bluesky bc I can't very well refute his lies if he's blocked. If that upsets you, then by all means block me. I had to unblock 1000s of MAGA accounts bc VP was on block list. @support.bsky.team should fix, allow overrides.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h

After Nevada regulators dropped a penalty against The Boring Co. from $3 million to $242,800, critics questioned whether it was enough to change operations at the Elon Musk-led company, which was valued at $7 billion in 2023.

With City Cast Las Vegas

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Did people actually believe Trump during his campaign, or did they just love the permission he gave them to be racist?

Trump on loop: “They’re stealing your jobs.”

If that were true, why aren’t Americans lining up to take those so-called “stolen” jobs?

Every Trump voter needs to see this.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists.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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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 18h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

True bravery!

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Synthaholic @synthaholic.bsky.social · 15h

I was going to highlight this same passage for a different reason: Greg Abbott invited them all to move there from California! MAGA all cheered the "owning the Libs". Now they're bitching because, what - they didn't move to Texas and become Republicans? 🤣 I love laws of unintended consequences.

Synthaholic @synthaholic.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you for the gift link. This guy is unhinged.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18h

Last month, a Mainer found 250 missing ballots for a GOP-backed referendum in her Amazon package. Republicans quickly pointed to it as proof of election insecurity, but now some suspect the stunt may have been staged by the referendum's own backers. https://bit.ly/42DKdwZ

Mail Ballots Were Found in an Amazon Box in Maine. Some Suspect a Political Dirty Trick.

Read more here...

www.democracydocket.com

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Synthaholic @synthaholic.bsky.social · 19h

@alangrayson.bsky.social was ahead of his time. Now it's quaint compared to MAGA venom. And it wasn't even a particularly harsh remark at the time, compared to some of the things Tea Party types were saying daily about Obama. But Nancy "we need a strong Republican Party" Pelosi was aghast.

Synthaholic @synthaholic.bsky.social · 19h

I'm still so pissed off at what Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi (with a huge assist from Joy Reid) did to progressive House member Alan Grayson. Remember that guy? He said "The Republican plan is "don't get sick". and if you do get sick "die quickly"" and was DENOUNCED by those two. A strong voice gone.

The Republican Health Care Plan: 1. Don't get sick

The Republican Health Care Plan: 3. Die quickly

Synthaholic @synthaholic.bsky.social · 19h

Then just say that, at the time.

Synthaholic @synthaholic.bsky.social · 19h

I think it's telling that the Republican Senate won't nuke the filibuster. It says that they are not yet convinced that they, and Trump, will hold power.

Synthaholic @synthaholic.bsky.social · 20h

I don't understand how Nigel Farage hasn't been arrested for treason.

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Synthaholic @synthaholic.bsky.social · 20h

It's not even different rules for different parties - James Comey is a Republican, or was. These are not prosecutions based on Party, they're based on who angered Donald Trump.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 2d

The Attorney General of the United States has set a new low for this committee.

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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 1d

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

Why are only British papers running this "Barron Trump Tik Tok board seat" rumor?

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Someone gonna get fired …. @kenwhite.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

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Synthaholic @synthaholic.bsky.social · 1d

The great Diane Keaton in my favorite Woody Allen movie, 'Sleeper'. #RIP

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

👇👇

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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