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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 4h

Sounds like his kid should be standing next to him at all times to shield his eyes from accidentally viewing flesh.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 8h

"purposefully not buying our soybeans" because every other week I threaten them with 500% tariffs.

Fucking moron.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 9h

"We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil" is an all-timer. Thank you Mr President, we appreciate your insights.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don’t need to purchase it from China.

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

Amazon is building a private database of faces every time you step in view of a Ring camera.

"the feature is optional for Ring device owners, but privacy advocates aren't thrilled, since the people being recorded aren't able to consent to it"

mashable.com/article/amaz...

Amazon Ring plans to use facial recognition scans

Amazon added facial recognition, branded as “familiar faces,” to Ring cameras — sparking fresh privacy and consent concerns.

mashable.com

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

American Fascism and the Prison Industrial Complex: two peas in the white supremacist pod.

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently the solution to this, per Fuhrer Trump, is more coal mines.

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

Any journalist not bringing this energy to every single interview with these Nazis is failing to meet this moment. They have nothing to lose- their corporate bosses have proven they will fire them. The Trump regime is directing its gestapo to arrest reporters in the street. If not now then when?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act isn’t new, but it’s getting louder and from all directions!

We had years of warnings.
He told us what he’d do. Project 2025 laid it out, but too many shrugged.

How much is “enough” for everyone to start getting loud with one voice before it’s too late?

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump Nazi Newsletter

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to imagine all the ways Cuomo would facilitate the ICE gestapo in NYC. Nothing but a bootlicker.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck the Supreme Court in advance. They will do exactly as we expect of their elitist racist selves.

economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 1d

Destroying the Voting Rights Act has been the life's work of John Roberts

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

Wednesday is gonna be a rough day:

The Supreme Court will be hearing oral argument in a pair of cases that threaten what little remains of the federal government’s ability to protect voters from racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/louis...

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

oh my God I just hollered

Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 1d

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

The amount of graft we'll see in the coming years will be absolutely unprecedented which is saying something considering we lived through Trump Regime I.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Along with fast-tracking FEMA funds for the Naples pier, Noem flew to the Florida city on a government plane to tour the site, then stayed for the weekend and had dinner with the donor, according to emails and an interview with the Naples mayor.

(Published September)

Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened

The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans have to cheat to win.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina announced plans on Monday to redraw the state’s already gerrymandered congressional maps to further favor their party. The most likely target is the First Congressional District, which has the state’s only competitive House seat.

North Carolina Republicans Plan to Redraw Congressional Map to Add a Seat

The Trump administration has pushed Republican leaders to redraw House district maps before the midterm elections next year. His party already holds 10 of North Carolina’s 14 congressional seats.

nyti.ms

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

Propaganda infinite loop.

Refer to this Tweet that refers to that screenshot that refers to that soundbite that refers that graffiti that refers to....

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

I guess this is Bari Weiss creating her "culture of ideas" [amongst right-wing Trump supporters]?

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

There would have been multiple additional Maga insurrection attempts.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

This dude knows the deal.

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

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Ellie Kona @elliekona.bsky.social · Jul 10

ICE is using the Mobile Fortify app on their phones to ID targets and observers by facial recognition or fingerprints. #ice

Prism @prismreports.org · Jul 10

The growing surveillance state in the U.S. ensures that your data can be used against you. Through court battles, legal loopholes, executive orders, & shady contracts, the Trump admin is crushing the safeguards protecting privacy rights & due process, @mauriziogro.bsky.social investigates.

The growing surveillance state in the U.S. is far worse than you imagined

Through legal loopholes, executive orders, and shady contracts, the Trump administration crushes safeguards protecting against surveillance

prismreports.org

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 2d

So instituting fascism, secret police, martial law in a former democracy doesn't count as a rightward move. OK.

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

I hope reporters will ask all the Republicans in Congress for comment here.

Be sure to have them take the ball gags out of their mouths first.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Per WSJ, the Trump regime and Bannon are bragging they’re “ruling Congress with an iron fist” and that it is “largely ceremonial” like the Russian Duma.

Shameful. Not what the founders intended. 🇺🇸 @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @AndyOgles

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 2d

As long as she toes the billionaire and Trump party lines and churns out the appropriate propaganda she'll be fine.

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 2d

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 2d

"If this is so, which it is"

a man with a beard is holding a cup of coffee

ALT: a man with a beard is holding a cup of coffee

media.tenor.com

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