Patrick Burns
@terriermanpburns.bsky.social
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Retired, former non-profit executive, dogs, bicycles, kayaks, birds, garden. Anti-Trump, pro-democracy, reality-based. Blog at Terrierman.com and Terrierman on Facebook. Words and numbers are my friends.
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andycraig.bsky.social
When this regime is over and buried, I don't want to hear about oh it's not worth the money or it's too petty to worry about. The order to bulldoze this illegal and unconstitutional monstrosity should be signed on Day 1.
wsj.com
Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.
Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner
The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.
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motherjones.com
How do you do, fellow state senators, GOP attorneys, and balding, 31-year-old Hitler enthusiasts?
No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"
We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.
www.motherjones.com
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gtconway.bsky.social
It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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wajali.bsky.social
The racist-ass Supreme Court says race can't be a factor for college admissions or redistricting but racial profiling is perfectly fine for ICE to bash brown and Black skulls.

F this corrupt institution.

Expand the Court.
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hunterub.bsky.social
There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)
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wajali.bsky.social
ABOLISH ICE and EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT should be mainstream Democratic promises and talking points.

But timidity and civility will rule the day and screw the rest of us and this country in the end.
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Gosh. The guy who promised "we're going to put kids in cages" and "it will be glorious" is still shitty? Who knew? www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-likel...
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motherjones.com
No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid," JD Vance. We checked.

By scanning public records and media reports, Mother Jones determined the ages of eight of the 11 participants in the abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday: They appear to range from 24 to 35.
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jakevig.bsky.social
Shutting down a government so one dude can continue to get away with having molested kids.
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acyn.bsky.social
AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals 

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,
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adamkeiper.com
"We are a decade into Trumpism. These Young Republicans have never known any other type of Republicanism....We’re talking about a full generation of Republicans who *only* understand politics in the context of an authoritarian project."
www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...
All the Pretty Little Nazis
The shape of things to come.
www.thebulwark.com
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ocasio-cortez.house.gov
Trump and Speaker Johnson think that destroying our health care and jacking up the cost of groceries is about hurting Democrats.

It’s not. It’s about hurting and punishing the American people.
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stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
"It's getting worse. The fact is that Trump’s authoritarian apparatchiks are tightening their control over the key power ministries of the federal government. And they are getting more aggressive in asserting their power over the private sector and civil society."

www.thebulwark.com/p/its-gettin...
It’s Getting Worse.
The Trump administration’s assault on the rest of us is intensifying.
www.thebulwark.com
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
But I was told trump was going to make things cheaper
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mommamia.bsky.social
FORTY BILLION DOLLARS

That’s how much of our tax dollars are going to Trump‘s buddy in Argentina.

20 billion wasn’t enough so they doubled it.

Trump and the Republicans do not care about you. Period.

What a fucking nightmare.
THESE ARE THE GOOD OLD DAYS
Never play ”Rock, Paper, Claw” with a Harpy Eagle.
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS

▪️Good News: US per capita carbon emissions are now down to World War I levels.

▪️Bad News: The population of the US is more than three times larger than it was in 1919, which means CO2 emissions are actually three times higher.