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Ted

@trom771.bsky.social

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Democracies don't end with a bang. They are slowly chipped away at until they become something else. Don't be fooled into thinking it can't happen here.

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 5m

I'm starting to think that when he called Trump "America's Hitler" he meant it as a compliment.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 26m

What the fuck are we doing?

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 3h

Trump, announcing another foreign policy "win":

a basketball player with the number 0 on his jersey is jumping in the air

ALT: a basketball player with the number 0 on his jersey is jumping in the air

media.tenor.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 4h

The team of staffers that probably stayed up all night thinking of a cool phrase for him to use decided on one that says we need to accept a king if we want to get paid?

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 20h

Unlike the signs that are used at his rallies, which are totally organic 🙄

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 21h

Many J6ers seem to think that the pardon expunged their records, when all it really did was remove the penalty for their crime. It will remain on their permanent record and hopefully will follow them for the rest of their lives.

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 1d

The 3 highest ranked officials in the US government have gone on record in favor of fascism. Nothing to see here, I'm sure. 🙄

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 1d

Why would any member of the media agree to be a stenographer for an administration that has zero ability to tell the truth under any circumstances?

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans passed their budget bill without accepting any input from Democrats. Now they're asking Democrats to help them extend it. Um, no.

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 2d

It only took them like 3 months to destroy a 98 year old television network.

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 2d

Can't we just have healthcare?

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 3d

In other words, "these rulings that give the president virtually unlimited power can not be used as precedent for the next president".

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 3d

This is how the media should handle the first question, not the last. If they lie right out of the gate, cut them off and end the interview. Stop giving them a platform for their lies.

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 3d

Trump went for a Covid shot and then set the CDC on fire.

If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 5d

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 5d

Republicans are spending their time coordinating talking points on how to label the opposing party terrorists rather than finding ways to reopen the government.

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 5d

It's only "AMERICA FIRST!" until a foreign country gives Dear Leader enough of an incentive to put THEM first.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 5d

“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 5d

Weird that they offer student loan forgiveness as one of the perks of the job after they spent the last couple years acting like this was the most socialist thing ever.

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 6d

It's almost as if they're having a contest to see who can say the stupidest thing.

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 6d

Republicans must be proud watching the Constitution be shredded under their watch while knowing that they're too scared to do anything to stop it.

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 7d

Mikey will continue to ignore the wishes of the hundreds of people that report to him to please the one person that he reports to.

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Ted @trom771.bsky.social · 7d

Most of this polling was done way before the Epstein thing. And that has caused him to lose even more support.

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