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Left my home in TN for bluer pastures Wife, Mom, Gramma, Daughter, Sister Anti-fascist, pro-American democracy Big fan of small dogs

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MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · Jul 18

Nailed it!

Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · Jul 18

The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”

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MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 18m

DOGE didn’t audit, they literally didn’t know how to audit an agency.

They DID compromise our data. That‘s not speciation.

And the cuts they made were for a food supplement for starving children and AIDS prevention drugs.

So enjoy being hacked and knowing kids died. Great job maga.

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MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 37m

So Trump pardoned this guy who broke into the Capitol on J6. Now the guy is caught threatening to murder the House minority leader.
But this “undeniable current of violence” is a Democratic party problem?

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Dutchess man pardoned for Jan. 6 Capitol attack back in jail, accused of threatening to kill Rep. Hakeem Jeffries

State police and the FBI arrested 34-year-old Christopher Moynihan of Clinton last Saturday for making a terroristic threat.

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MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 47m

Please tell me something Vance would say he’d do differently than Trump.

MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 50m

Oh, I’m sorry we objected to Trump sending in a bunch of incompetent boys to compromise our data and make cuts to programs they didn’t begin to understand.

Seriously did you miss how many times they made fools of themselves?

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IgorSnowden @igorsnowden.bsky.social · 1h

How does anyone justify still supporting this oaf?

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'He might as well rob Fort Knox and take the gold out’: Reaction to Trump shaking down his own DOJ

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MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 53m

Wow that’s real respectful of the working class, too. Don’t recall any one of my uncles getting Nazi tattoos. 🤔

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 6h

The Supreme Court announcing that a president cannot not be held criminally liable for virtually anything he does in office based on nothing in the text, structure, or history of the Constitution was extremely bad, IMHO

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 3h

people voted for a guy who in the last couple of days posted a video fantasy of himself shitting on americans, torn down the fucking east wing, and declared that the treasury has to pay him $230 million for reasons.

And Lemon, it's Tuesday.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 3h

"Trump is going to invade American cities and bulldoze the White House" would have been seen as an alarmist liberal fever dream thing to say a year ago

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1h

The weird thing is it still is kind of treated like that as it is happening.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

The man should be in prison. But sure, let's pay him a quarter of a billion for being a criminal.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7h

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

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MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 1h

You certainly don’t condemn anything violent or criminal if it’s Trump or maga, so your question is surprising.

MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 1h

Apologize.

www.axios.com/2025/09/24/t...

Trump slams Kimmel's return: "We're going to test ABC out on this"

Trump claimed ABC told White House officials that Jimmy Kimmel's show had been canceled.

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MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 2h

You’re calling the US Constitution propaganda.
And federal law.
And court rulings.
And the public announcements that companies make.
You know this scheme is corrupt.
www.reuters.com/business/fin...

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MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 2h

No, you didn’t bother to check facts.
Presidents make changes as they work with the Park Service. They don’t unilaterally order construction at all, let alone for a building larger than the White House. They don’t unilaterally tear down an entire wing. They preserve, they don’t take over.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 4h

He’s destroying…
The Constitution
Due Process
Public Safety
Free Speech/Press
The Economy
Small businesses
Farms
Jobs
Healthcare
Women’s access to safe healthcare
ACA Subsidies
Medicaid/Medicare
SNAP/Food access programs for children/elderly
Voting Rights
Our military
…And the actual White House

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MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 2h

That’s how it’s supposed to be done. Consult with historians, conform with the history of the structure, be transparent with funding.
In other words, show respect.

MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 2h

perfect description

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Mottlione @johnmott.bsky.social · 2h

Just the design and engineering would take a year. Unless you’re dressing up the world’s biggest double-wide as a ballroom.

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MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 2h

As best I know, DC planning wouldn’t be involved except as a courtesy in any case because they don’t have authority over the building.

MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 2h

Yes! This is what he always does about ordinances.

MJ @mj2468.bsky.social · 2h

The Park Service should be involved. Legally speaking. As if that matters.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2h

Asking earnestly, how is the ballroom project at all legal under the Anti Deficiency Act?

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