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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 3h

The new "Naked Gun" is on Paramount Plus, it's so funny. It had so many elements from the original. I haven't seen slapstick like this in ages.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 12h

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 12h

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 1d

He can blame Democrats for the shutdown if he wants, but he is making the choice to do something that has never happened during previous shutdowns.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Trump administration begins 'substantial' federal worker layoffs amid government shutdown

Affected agencies include the departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy and Health and Human Services, among others, according to an administration official.

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 1d

From US not DPRK

"President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will. The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace".

Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 1d

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 1d

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 2d

'“He [a president who loses an election] will pretend false votes, foul play, hold possession of the reins of government, be supported by the states voting for him,' Jefferson wrote to Madison."

The Revolutions After the Revolution - The Atlantic share.google/BIJX0KXtbddi...

The Insurrection Problem

Violence has marred the American constitutional order since the founding. Is it inevitable?

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 2d

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 2d

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 2d

I feel the same way. Thanks to the current president, pretty much everything is "political" now.

Sailing Effie @sailingeffie.bsky.social · 3d

(1 of 4) Last night, someone told me they enjoy following me—but not my political posts. I thought about that a lot today and realized something: what they call “political” isn’t politics to me. It’s about humanity. It’s about who I am.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3d

Remember this post? The Wall Street Journal just confirmed it was meant to be a DM to Pam Bondi.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 4d

Portland cop to ICE agent: “You’re gonna get arrested if you keep driving into people.”
ICE agent : “I don’t care. Not many protesters. Won’t be messy.”

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 3d

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 3d

Just to be clear, no matter who you want to blame the shutdown on, the Speaker is choosing to delay troops' pay so their pain can be used as a bargaining chip.

www.axios.com/2025/10/08/s...

"The House is done": Johnson rules out stand-alone vote on paying troops during shutdown

"We already had that vote. It's called the CR, " Johnson said.

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 3d

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 3d

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 4d

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 4d

MAGA: “why didn’t Biden release the files and why didn’t you guys call for it?!”

America: “Because we assumed the justice dept was doing their job. But you all demanded it and now Trump is panicking…. So uh, ya now we def want to know why he’s panicking.”

See? Easy!

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Josh @jdaddy555.bsky.social · 4d

Your boomer parents are probably living in a house too big for them. They’re frozen in place because of taxes, top economists say share.google/YftFtIpj9Wfo...

Your boomer parents are probably living in a house too big for them. They’re frozen in place because of taxes, top economists say

Nearly 6 million older Americans reside in houses far larger than necessary, while growing families are crammed into spaces that are too small.

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