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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 2m

One hopes, but there is much ground to be recovered. Bee smart and don’t underestimate these people. They are determined and pretty evil.

tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 6m

Yep. And Pinochet, and Hitler and Idi Amin, etc. it’s ugly.

tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 7m

Yeah. I lived in the Caribbean. I know people from Trini. I was thinking earlier about the many island taxis I’ve been on in my life that could have been a target for these psychos’ show of force for no legitimate reason.

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 10m

I’m not convinced that I don’t have some nefarious followers. I got a lot of weirdos who had usernames that included musk at the height of doge. Anyhow, hang in there and be good! 😊

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 12m

Exactly like. All lies except when they luck out in their sweeps trying to fill quotas and find an actual criminal. Which is rare.

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 15m

They’re “culling the herd” & a majority of that herd will ultimately be W MAGA. In the Southern Strategy they weren’t solely blocking minorities. They were going after poor white people, too. Once they’ve shut everyone out of voting who isn’t a rich male landholder, we are all serfs. Game over

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 22m

Absolutely. I’m gutted, horrified and absolutely opposed to their murderous plans and actions.

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 23m

By the way, if you draw a troll, that means you’ve said something that tweaks them so keep saying whatever it is after blocking them.

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 27m

As long as you come in peace, I’m happy. 😊

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 32m

Hang in there friend. Sigh.

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 33m

But you assume that Trump and the GOP care about curbing the gangs. As far as I can tell, they like them because they are foils to use to enact extremist crackdowns on crime.

tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 35m

I think you’re dealing with a troll. Probably time to block them. I already did.

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 40m

NOPE.

tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 41m

Sorry, but you have zero proof of your claim. The admin is similarly devoid of provable facts here. Also, I doubt you know that part of the world, but I actually do. I’m not slandering you. I’m just stating a fact when I say that you’re FOS. Sorry not sorry.

tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 50m

With deadly consequences.

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 51m

You are FOS.

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 51m

He plans to kill people. He will CLAIM that they are drug dealers or whatever after they’ve been murdered.

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 53m

Bipartisan when your choices are garden variety democracy and authoritarianism and theocracy usually shakes out as capitulation to the rightwing extremists.

tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 55m

I think he should offer Putin the entire state of Florida in exchange of peace. lol 😂

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 1h

Oh really? So, you are fine if you are mistakenly targeted as a criminal and summarily executed driving down a country road? Maybe there’s a volunteer list you could get on for that duty, but the rest of us aren’t on board with that kind of tyranny.

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 1h

Whether or not they are “free” remains to be seen. I think Pritzger is right that they are setting up to block voting where they don’t like the majority of voters’ views.

tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 1h

He is, but he’s not alone in the GOP. It’s extremely important to keep that in mind. They can replace him easily. Focus on the overall threat from Team GOP because that’s the only way we can ultimately sideline them.

tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 1h

Not that you’re wrong that Gollum is trying everything he can to destroy anyone who is decent, but he’s in league with a huge bloc of elected republicans. Getting rid of him, won’t change the situation. The entire movement needs to be pushed out of power.

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 1h

I think the message is that grift and corruption is welcome if you are on team GOP & Trump. Trump likes criminals and you have a platform to point that out. There’s plenty of evidence. TIA for considering sharing that truth.

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tracycouch.bsky.social @tracycouch.bsky.social · 1h

Respectfully, as a regular person out in the world the term “performative” is offensive if you’re thinking about the fact that real people are being victimized and having their lives torn apart by this administration. Many people showed up in earnest to register their dissent about what’s going on.