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James

@lemurdreamer87.bsky.social

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Just a guy from CT who likes animals, particularly lemurs. Formerly Chaoslordjiro on that other site, still working on the branding. He/him, leftist af.

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James @lemurdreamer87.bsky.social · Nov 6

If you're a Jill Stein voter or someone who chose not to vote because "both sides are bad", incidentally? Fuck off. Unfollow me, block me, whatever, but get your filthy interactions away from me.

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James @lemurdreamer87.bsky.social · 6h

The fact that Trump was even on the ballot, instead of locked up, was a massive indicator of Biden's utter cowardice. And Harris's refusal to distance herself from that fool showed her to be just as big of a coward.

James @lemurdreamer87.bsky.social · 6h

Democrats need to admit that the status quo, even pre-Trump and Bush, was *shit*. They need to promise actual, meaningful change, even if it upsets donors. Otherwise, even if we somehow do have even remotely fair elections again, they will continue to lose.

James @lemurdreamer87.bsky.social · 6h

People would have voted for a Black woman. Fuck, the excitement I saw when Biden FINALLY dropped out and she and Walz went on a brief offensive gave me hope that I hadn't had since Obama's 2008 campaign. And then her campaign blew all of that momentum trying to peel off "moderate Republicans".

James @lemurdreamer87.bsky.social · 7h

And odds are even the "good" videos were edited by some underpaid worker in a nation with shitty labor laws.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 9h

Shutting down a government so one dude can continue to get away with having molested kids.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 9h

The Vermont state senator in the Hitler chat group is playing the, "I am but an innocent smol bean" card.

Samuel Douglass hasn't decided yet if he'll resign: www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

“My role in the group chat in question was a procedural one about bylaws and floor strategy. There were often periods of multiple days when I didn't check this group chat and I was unfortunately unaware of those comments,” Douglass said in a written statement sent to Vermont Public Wednesday afternoon. “I should've been more vigilant, more careful, and less naive about who I associate with and my digital environments.”

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 10h

Mike Johnson called us back from July 4 recess on 7/3 so he could gut Americans’ healthcare in the Big Ugly bill. Since then, he has only had the House in session for 19 of the subsequent 104 days. That’s how we ended up here.

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James @lemurdreamer87.bsky.social · 8h

The law doesn't matter if it's selectively enforced. America decided quite some time ago that wealthy, powerful people, ESPECIALLY conservatives, simply don't face consequences 9 times out of 10, and that was BEFORE the most nakedly-corrupt group of neo-Nazis in American history took absolute power.

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Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 9h

Press Release, Published: Mar. 4, 2014

FACT SHEET: Lois Lerner and the Oversight Committee Investigation of the IRS Targeting Scandal

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James @lemurdreamer87.bsky.social · 9h

Obama's biggest failure was that he wasn't enough of a threat to people like Ackman.

James @lemurdreamer87.bsky.social · 9h

Laws are only as good as the people who enforce them, and America in particular has been really, REALLY bad about enforcing the law against those with wealth and power, even before the Nazis took complete control.

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𝓛𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓾𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓾𝔁 @lefaucheux.bsky.social · 14h

It’s perversely funny that he literally talks about “small, mom-and-pop lenders” as if that’s a thing, and that thing is not called loansharking.

Reuters @reuters.com · 15h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

started / going

DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 14h

Core to playing this down is pretending that "Young Republicans" aren't 40 years old with top positions in both the party and government. One's a state senator.

Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 15h

the "kids" were mostly 30+ years old and said they love hitler

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13h

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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James @lemurdreamer87.bsky.social · 9h

and generally do the same "centrist" bullshit that's failed the Democrats time and time again. I voted for her, because I recognized the threat Trump posed, but her political instincts were dogshit.

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James @lemurdreamer87.bsky.social · 9h

Nobody's saying Harris was worse. Doesn't change the fact that she ran a bad campaign, though. It was her job to convince people to vote for her, and she apparently thought the way to do that was to attack the left, refuse to acknowledge Biden's failings, campaign with Liz Cheney,

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13h

The worst part is the typical reactionary centrist response to this is to blame the left by saying we were crying wolf so now it won't be taken seriously when there's actual nazis in the halls of power.

We tried to warn you! You just didn't want to listen.

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James @lemurdreamer87.bsky.social · 9h

Yep. In a government filled with monsters, Ben-Gvir is one of the worst.

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James @lemurdreamer87.bsky.social · 9h

You don't get to be in a leadership position within the GOP without being scummy even by Republican standards.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 17h

The Episcopalians have been activated. Repeat: the Episcopalians have been activated.

Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 17h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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