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Elizabeth

@chaos1674.bsky.social

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“Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”~ apocryphal Twainism

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Judy³ 🇨🇦💪🏻 @doolitzphotos.bsky.social · 9h

Fall colours! 🍁

#Maple #trees #leaves #leafscrolling #nature #photography #Autumn

Maple trees with red leaves and many leaves on the ground alongside a black iron fence.

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Satan @social-hell.uk · 9h

I... I just can't. The speed in which humanity has fallen into utter depravity astounds even me! How can you creatures live like those!

It's horrific

Keri @keriqbaum.bsky.social · 9h

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 10h

it rules that half the internet can disappear because one company had a butterfly sneeze too hard near one of their data centers

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 13h

has the new york times investigation uncovered what the brown liquid is yet

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Elizabeth @chaos1674.bsky.social · 4h

And how is Johnson serving his constituents? Is he donating his paycheck to a food bank? What was the plan if the continuing resolution had passed? Maybe the House could be working on that. Or, I don't know, something else. Isn't there a to-do list somewhere?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mike Johnson on Adelita Grijalva, who he refuses to swear in: "Instead of doing TikTok videos, she should be serving her constituents."

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 6h

the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 7h

fine i’ll do it. i’ll open the government

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Ami Berger @amiberger.bsky.social · 6h

absolutely fascinating and heartbreaking how those pictures of the White House being bulldozed really made it real for folks

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6h

If the ballroom is ever actually finished it should be converted to a museum of presidential scandals. It will need that cavernous size to cover the Trump years.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 5h

Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

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Leandra @leandraus.bsky.social · 5h

#ScreamForYour sanity

a man in a suit and tie is scratching his head while standing in front of a crowd .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is scratching his head while standing in front of a crowd .

media.tenor.com

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Elizabeth @chaos1674.bsky.social · 5h

#ScreamForYour bowl to be filled now!

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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 8h

Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 1d

In early commercials, the Rice Krispies elves Snap, Crackle, and Pop traded cereal to humans in exchange for their first-born child. More recent ads from Kellogg’s have mostly avoided mentioning The Pact

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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 2d

Just want to thank everyone who turned out today with their wonderful signs and costumes. No Kings!

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

Looking forward to Mike Johnson declaring he hasn't seen the diarrhea jet clip.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 1d

Current New York Times homepage (left). Times Square, NY NY yesterday (right).

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 1d

Hey D.C.? The citizens did their part yesterday, bravely and nonviolently. Now do your goddam jobs and uphold your oaths to the Constitution.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

I haven’t the froggiest idea why…

A tweet from Molly Ploofkins says: “Inflatable frog costumes are sold out on Amazon.” The attached image shows a product listing for a green inflatable frog costume with dark spots, a white belly, and a blue bow tie. The listing title reads “Inflatable Frog Costume Adult Men Women Outfit… for Halloween Holiday Cosplay Party Animal,” and it’s marked as “Currently unavailable.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

At this point, if you're interviewing a Republican about the president's latest transgression and you *don't* have the video or post or whatever cued up and ready to show them when they pretend they haven't seen it yet -- I'm just going to assume you're in on the con yourself.