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Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · Feb 2

If this doesn't look like an attempt for some sort of world dominance, I don't know what would. We cannot allow this to be a sideways war, pitting Conservative vs Liberal. The common cause is up and down. These pricks all have tons of money. They don't give a shot about any of us and truly don't

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 15h

What? Noooo. This can't be. We're forever told that we've mischaracterized their whole movement. Not these precious, wayward angels! How could racism have reached them? Everyone knows it only sets in after they become older and unattractive! Perhaps if we just appeal harder to them... 🙄

Politico @politico.com · 16h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 15h

They've been asking us for years, what dog whistles?
Now we find the kids are brainwashed even deeper than the adults.
Look at the physical specimens that are leading this youth movement. Bunch of white doughy wanna be alpha-males. Andrew Tate would be proud of these boys.
RESIST!!!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

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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Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 19h

Straight up fire! 🔥

JohnnyMangu @johnnybarbu.bsky.social · 19h

She said what we're all thinking.

Why should I care for those who voted for my demise?

Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 2d

If there are any companies interested in having someone other than Kevin Hart pitch their products on TV, my DM's are open.
Thanks for your consideration.

Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 3d

Serious question: What happens to these abandoned vehicles and property?
None of this shit seems to be documented in the streets, only during check-in.
There's a lot of stuff to steal out there and I bet the "good guys" are making bank.
RESIST!!

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Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 3d

They didn't have a parking pass last time. They're planning.

This is all so fucking stupid.

Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 3d

They watch the TV at the commissary, which happens to be stuck on FOX.
They don't know half of what's going on.
Biggest issues in the world over there are Bad Bunny & Bruce Springsteen. Had a man and a woman each bitch about both during my weekly poker game.
These people don't inhabit our planet.

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Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 3d

They didn't add the 2nd batter's name to the graphic until after the 1st pitch. I'm in a loud room. Stuff like that matters. Give the basics first and build out from there.

Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 4d

I started in '84.
Went to a Met's banner day in 1988 with a banner that read:
Bush? Dukakis?
Mets in '88!!
They used to let you parade in the outfield with banners on a promotion day.
They held us up for quite a while trying to figure out if it was political or not!

Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 4d

Bring back cancel culture, at least this one time!!

Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 4d

I strongly urge everyone to vote against Republican Candidates up and down every single ballot no matter how inconsequential the office or election is.
This Party needs to wither on the vine as it should.
Unattended, unfed, unwatered, uncared for, undervalued, abandoned, discarded, and forgotten.

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Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 4d

Don't know if the Wyatt version made it Stateside, or at least I don't remember it at all. (Just read up on it being the first and all that. I didn't know any of the history.)

Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 4d

I didn't recognize the song at first, then suddenly I was on You Tube watching the Elvis version.
I prefer Elvis on this one....

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Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty funny, if it wasn't a possibility....

Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 4d

Government seems to function exactly the same whether they are in session or not.
Executive this, executive that. Nothing to do but give press conferences either praising or complaining about what's going on.
They're just making the post Covid transition to Work From Home now.
RESIST!!

Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 4d

Marcel Marceau!

Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 4d

Sort of like Jack's magic beans in reverse...

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 7d

Great idea! I prefer secession though!🤨
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Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 7d

Trumps are experts at being experts.
No substance, just judgment and expertise.

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MamaBear @grammygc5.bsky.social · 14d

I call on every billionaire, every living president and vice president, every retired general, and every Supreme Court justice-past and present. I call on CEOs and union leaders, Nobel laureates and educators, clergy and cultural icons, scientists and veterans, grassroots organizers and artists.

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Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 14d

Does that ploy work domestically? Asking for some friends....

Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 18d

My question is always does Tim Burchett believe what he says?
They are all so cornpoked that I'd believe they believe anything.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18d

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

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Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 18d

The Presidency isn't supposed to be "Hey Court, can I fuck these people over? Need an answer quick."
It's supposed to be a slog as you win votes etc. Now he just decrees and somehow it's okay?

#BlueStormComin1🌪️👊🔥🇺🇸 @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 18d

www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...

#FuckTrump kinda day, well everyday lately

Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue back bef...

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Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · 19d

Yeah, OK moron.
None of this involves planning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Trump threatens to move World Cup games out of blue cities due to "crime"