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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · Feb 13

You can’t trust someone who doesn’t love Sesame Street.

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The Naked Gardener @thenakeddgardener.bsky.social · 1h

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 23m

We’ve become a shitier version of China.

Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 29m

Scientists are lying if they say they can’t come up with a ten-question test that would predict when it’s time to check someone’s basement.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, color me shocked.

Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 48m

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that frogs are a common plague sent by God.

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 53m

Advertisement designed to depress turnout on NO Kings Day.

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NOT SO FAST, KIMOSABE!! @smokedoyster.bsky.social · 56m

ICE UPSET THEY COULDN’T “NAME THAT TUNE” So they arrested and disappeared her.

“The Ghostbuster theme is from the popular 1984 movie and features lyrics including “who you going to call” and “If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood.”

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 1h

No more Wild West powers.

Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 1h

I hope he does the ear next.

Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 1h

How is any less dangerous than any other criminal locked up in prison?

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 5h

Sadists. Truly sick people.

ICE is thoroughly un-American.

Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

apnews.com

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 1h

Members of Nazi gangs released from prison? I would find it hard to believe Putin didn’t make that suggestion.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 7h

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

I see that this small-minded puritanical pixie is laser-focused on getting the government reopened and the troops paid.

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 1h

Tell me that I can’t buy a Mike Johnson lookalike ass dildo today, and I’d tell you, I don’t know this country anymore.

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 3h

Dear funding agencies,

I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.

Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 1h

He should check first.

Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 1h

The dumb fuck doesn’t get it. YOU SLEEP IN THE BED YOU MAKE.

Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 1h

Why not just pay a boarder agent $50,000 cash for their Blind Eye service.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 1h

Jim Jordan is out of his depth here, he should stick to child rape coverups.

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 2h

Child rape is not a line for Johnson. I hope he finds his spine to make cannibalism a line. We’re almost there.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

"The end result was legitimizing the illegitimate: Not only was RFK Jr.’s crackpottery treated as an in-bounds alternative viewpoint, but his views got more exposure overall thanks to the Free Press’s coverage decisions." www.thebulwark.com/p/bari-weiss...

Bari Weiss, CBS News, and the Triumph of Faux Balance

The record of the Free Press shows her journey from independent to MAGA fellow traveler.

www.thebulwark.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 6h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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