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Roger Cormier @yayroger.bsky.social · 13h

ADAM AMIN: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
ADAM AMIN: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
ADAM AMIN: oh god yes
AJ PIERZYNSKI: shoulda bunted

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 16h

For those who need their memory refreshed 👇👇

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 19h

pixelated boat
@pixelatedboat
Wow, this extract from Wolff's book is a shocking insight into Trump's mind:

On his first night in the White House, President Trump complained that the TV in his bedroom was broken, because it didn't have "the gorilla channel.” Trump seemed to be under the
impression that a TV channel existed that screened nothing but
gorilla-based content, 24 hours a day.
To appease Trump, White House staff compiled a number of gorilla documentaries into a makeshift gorilla channel, broadcast into Trump's bedroom from a hastily-constructed transmission tower on the South Lawn. However, Trump was unhappy with the channel they had created, moaning that it was "boring"
because "the gorillas aren't fighting".
Staff edited out all the parts of the documentaries where gorillas weren't hitting each other, and at last the president was satisfied. "On some days he'll watch the gorilla channel for 17 hours straight," an insider told me. "He kneels in front of the TV, with his face about four inches from the screen, and says encouraging things to the gorillas, like 'the way you hit that other gorilla was good'. I think he thinks the gorillas can hear him."
1/4/18, 9:07 PM

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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 16h

If the World Cup started tomorrow, I don't think #USMNT would make it out of the group stage

J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 17h

I know who Illinois should send to Alabama:

A black and white photo of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 20h

I was on the ground today in Broadview with Senator Durbin to conduct Congressional oversight on ICE’s processing facility.  As elected officials, we have a duty to ensure transparency within federal facilities. What is ICE hiding? Kristi Noem, what are you hiding?

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Ellen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social · 19h

You should not control a nuclear arsenal if you cannot tell the difference between fiction and reality. The story needs to be told through the lens of mental illness

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 19h

Trump has gone totally mad. It's 25th Amendment time all day, every day. He's living in a totally invented, fictional world. And he's old and in ill-health.

It's outrageous, reckless, choose your word that Republicans haven't done more to deal with this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 20h

This story has been picked up by multiple news outlets, including the Chicago Tribune and the Fox-owned station in the city.

You know which Chicago outlet doesn't appear to have a story about this on its website?

Brockman's employer, @wgntv.com

WGN's owner? Nexstar

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 1d

“We refuse to pay the troops and also we’re doing indiscriminate firings of people for no reason”

I’ve never seen an administration so faithfully committed to self-immolation in my entire life

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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 23h

We really, truly are in the upside down. These dude truly believe there are no, and never will be, consequences for their actions

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 1d

So this IL Hospital Association memo describes an incident where ICE detained a US citizen, gave them HEART PROBLEMS, took them to a hospital where the fought with medical personnel, then left when they realized they detained a CITIZEN.

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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe if they storm the Capitol he'll refer to them as 'tourists'

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 1d

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

“We should replace Bad Bunny with Lee Greenwood” is an also a perfect summation of the “deal” they’ve offered universities.

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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 1d

Beyond alarming

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

The fact that their ticket was mysteriously canceled the day before and then they were questioned by DHS is both one of the greatest political scandals and crises of my lifetime and just another fucking Thursday in 2025.

Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Bray and Yesenia Barragan, and the family, have safely embarked on their trip to Spain after being questioned by DHS.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

"no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois."

It's mind boggling than in 2025 a federal judge in Chicago just uttered these words in court case between against the President of the United States. My god.

Perry: "I have seen no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois."

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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 1d

When the Trump DOJ sends its lawyers, it's not sending the best....

(because the best either quit or got fired a long time ago)

Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 1d

Feds handed third court loss in a row

* Sun-Times… A federal judge said she is partially granting the state’s request to block the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard units in the Chicago area as part of an immigration enforcement action. After hearing arguments from lawyers representing the state and the Justice Department, U.S. District Judge April Perry said she will grant “in part” [...]

dlvr.it

J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 1d

So if I understand this correctly, this GOP congressperson thinks if that his rural constituents are experiencing acute illnesses that require hospitalization, they need to wait until the illness gets to a point that they need to go to an ER in order to have it treated?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 1d

I know he's got nobody but toadies, lickspittles, and state media in that room, but why, WHY, does no one ask him to name all eight wars he solved. Just list them. It's a simple question! He keeps repeating it, so it should be easy for him to answer!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on the Nobel: "Nobody in history has solved eight wars in a period of nine months. And I've stopped eight wars. That's never happened before. But they'll have to do what they do. Whatever they do is fine."

J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 1d

We shouldn't have to give chuds like this and MTG a gold medal for discovering basic common sense (like, DUH....), but here we are

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
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J.J. @jjmlisetc.bsky.social · 2d

Ok grandpa, let's get you back to bed

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "They interviewed women, these beautiful women in Chicago, Black women with a MAGA hat, a red hat. They said, 'We don't care who he brings in here but this place is really dangerous! We just want crime to stop.'"

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