@silkybutter.bsky.social
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One of the most dramatically underreported aspects of Trump 2.0 is his ultra-corrupt direct interventions in business. Handing companies to his friends, taking chunks of private companies for the sake of doing businesses, granting tariff exemptions as favors. He’s crushing the rules-based economy.
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
One of the most dramatically underreported aspects of Trump 2.0 is his ultra-corrupt direct interventions in business. Handing companies to his friends, taking chunks of private companies for the sake of doing businesses, granting tariff exemptions as favors. He’s crushing the rules-based economy.
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incredible that maga was wrong about this being a plot by trumps own fbi to make trump look bad for secret reasons
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
incredible that maga was wrong about this being a plot by trumps own fbi to make trump look bad for secret reasons
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The trolling works because our news media absolutely will not accept the evidence of their eyes and ears, and feels compelled to avoid any accusation that the accused party denies. The idea that these guys are simply lying - that the news is simply getting worked - never seems to cross their mind.
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The trolling works because our news media absolutely will not accept the evidence of their eyes and ears, and feels compelled to avoid any accusation that the accused party denies. The idea that these guys are simply lying - that the news is simply getting worked - never seems to cross their mind.
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Also, the Nazi winking troll technique that has become completely omnipresent in US government social media. It's out of control. The whole game is to drop as many clues as possible while never quite explicitly endorsing neo-Nazism, so if you accuse them of it they can say you're paranoid.
"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Also, the Nazi winking troll technique that has become completely omnipresent in US government social media. It's out of control. The whole game is to drop as many clues as possible while never quite explicitly endorsing neo-Nazism, so if you accuse them of it they can say you're paranoid.
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For decades now Republicans have insisted it only counts as racism if you specifically say the N word and then don’t apologize, and the political press has decided that’s the definition of racism.
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For decades now Republicans have insisted it only counts as racism if you specifically say the N word and then don’t apologize, and the political press has decided that’s the definition of racism.
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It is worth remembering that these are people who loyally fought alongside us for 20 years while Miller was enduring the harrowing experience of writing press releases
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It is worth remembering that these are people who loyally fought alongside us for 20 years while Miller was enduring the harrowing experience of writing press releases
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it's legit very scary to see the really dumb misinfo stuff being at the highest levels of our govt, its like me or you being arrested for Loomer or someone's delusional hallucinations about us
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
it's legit very scary to see the really dumb misinfo stuff being at the highest levels of our govt, its like me or you being arrested for Loomer or someone's delusional hallucinations about us
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DOGE finally got shot down and I can't even feel any joy from it because of how many quite literally hundreds of thousands of people they will have indirectly killed
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
DOGE finally got shot down and I can't even feel any joy from it because of how many quite literally hundreds of thousands of people they will have indirectly killed
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Phang: Putting aside the big bullshit bill that just got passed in the House in the dark hours of the night, DOGE has single-handedly destroyed so much of our federal government. We, as Americans, deserve to know why they have done it, how they have done it, and what they are continuing to do.
May 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Phang: Putting aside the big bullshit bill that just got passed in the House in the dark hours of the night, DOGE has single-handedly destroyed so much of our federal government. We, as Americans, deserve to know why they have done it, how they have done it, and what they are continuing to do.
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So, what’s the easiest way to stop using Google?
(she asks, with her Gmail account and Google Calendar and multiple YouTube channels)
(she asks, with her Gmail account and Google Calendar and multiple YouTube channels)
According Dexterto, this is a test of Google's new "Veo 3" AI they are experimenting with. EVERYTHING you see here is AI generated. 😐
God get me out of this timeline.
God get me out of this timeline.
May 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
So, what’s the easiest way to stop using Google?
(she asks, with her Gmail account and Google Calendar and multiple YouTube channels)
(she asks, with her Gmail account and Google Calendar and multiple YouTube channels)
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Laura Loomer met with Trump yesterday in the Oval Office about her plans to purge the National Security Council. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
In Oval Office Meeting, Far-Right Activist Pushes Trump to Fire National Security Staff
During the 30-minute meeting, Laura Loomer excoriated National Security Council officials in front of the president and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Laura Loomer met with Trump yesterday in the Oval Office about her plans to purge the National Security Council. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
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SCOOP: The lawyer working for DOGE who now leads USAID has a history of violence and racist remarks, ten people who knew him allege.
Police records show he was also once accused of threatening a girl with a knife/
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Police records show he was also once accused of threatening a girl with a knife/
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Top Trump USAID Staffer Accused of Violent Outbursts, Racist Remarks
Ten people who knew Jeremy Lewin, Trump’s deputy administrator at USAID, share concerns about his new position due to troubling behavior in his youth.
www.rollingstone.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
SCOOP: The lawyer working for DOGE who now leads USAID has a history of violence and racist remarks, ten people who knew him allege.
Police records show he was also once accused of threatening a girl with a knife/
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Police records show he was also once accused of threatening a girl with a knife/
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Some exclusive polling from YouGov this morning. On net, Republicans view Joe Biden just a *tad* more negatively than they do Hitler.
Opinion | Partisans see opposing presidents as historically toxic figures
Americans love past presidents and hate Adolf Hitler. Recent presidents, though, are seen through a partisan lens.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Some exclusive polling from YouGov this morning. On net, Republicans view Joe Biden just a *tad* more negatively than they do Hitler.
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Elon fired hundreds of “unnecessary” Twitter employees and the platform has been down for hours today.
Now he’s firing hundreds of “unnecessary” FAA employees. What could go wrong?
Now he’s firing hundreds of “unnecessary” FAA employees. What could go wrong?
March 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Elon fired hundreds of “unnecessary” Twitter employees and the platform has been down for hours today.
Now he’s firing hundreds of “unnecessary” FAA employees. What could go wrong?
Now he’s firing hundreds of “unnecessary” FAA employees. What could go wrong?
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Maria Bartiromo is priming her audience for cuts to Medicare and Medicaid (and perhaps Social Security too)
March 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Maria Bartiromo is priming her audience for cuts to Medicare and Medicaid (and perhaps Social Security too)
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It is as nobody has access to factual data.
March 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It is as nobody has access to factual data.
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Something I hadn't realized until going through the trade data recently is that Mexico has surpassed China to become the #1 source of US computer imports. Imports of computers are close to passing cars to become the #1 Mexican import, which is insane if you know the size of the Mexican auto industry
March 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Something I hadn't realized until going through the trade data recently is that Mexico has surpassed China to become the #1 source of US computer imports. Imports of computers are close to passing cars to become the #1 Mexican import, which is insane if you know the size of the Mexican auto industry
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Pushed on by ALEC, GOP leaders in states like TX, KS, IA, MO, NH, NC, OK, and WI are creating their own DOGE-like bodies. stateline.org/2025/02/04/r...
Red states create their own DOGE efforts to cut state government • Stateline
Red states are echoing President Donald Trump’s quest to slash the size and cost of the federal government with their own initiatives aimed at making government smaller and more efficient.
stateline.org
February 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Pushed on by ALEC, GOP leaders in states like TX, KS, IA, MO, NH, NC, OK, and WI are creating their own DOGE-like bodies. stateline.org/2025/02/04/r...
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conservatives have better aesthetics online and have been beating our crusty asses for years which is how you get the brilliant takes that the internet just isn’t real life so we shouldn’t invest in a left media ecosystem bc that requires offline community bc we don’t have $$$$ like ben shapiro
Unfortunately the stuff that most people are consuming online to distract themselves from politics (or because they don’t care about politics at all or think politics are going swimmingly) is also a covert pipeline designed to make them more conservative. Lifestyle, entertainment, pop culture, etc
January 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
conservatives have better aesthetics online and have been beating our crusty asses for years which is how you get the brilliant takes that the internet just isn’t real life so we shouldn’t invest in a left media ecosystem bc that requires offline community bc we don’t have $$$$ like ben shapiro
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WIC. They are pausing WIC.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
Broader agreement that it to applies to discretionary spending payments (Head Start, WIC, etc).
January 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
WIC. They are pausing WIC.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
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It appears that things are occurring that I don’t care for.
January 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
It appears that things are occurring that I don’t care for.
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he just like u & me, fr
January 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
he just like u & me, fr
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Im choosing to believe them. I’m going back to watching the NFL now.
January 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Im choosing to believe them. I’m going back to watching the NFL now.
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twitch fortnite streamer called ConnorEatsPants vs Richest Guy Alive is maybe not the frost/nixon we wanted but maybe it's the frost/nixon we deserve
January 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
twitch fortnite streamer called ConnorEatsPants vs Richest Guy Alive is maybe not the frost/nixon we wanted but maybe it's the frost/nixon we deserve
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The Raptors city edition court tonight has a Vince Carter-inspired logo to go with it 🔥
November 22, 2024 at 1:20 AM
The Raptors city edition court tonight has a Vince Carter-inspired logo to go with it 🔥