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Max Burbank

@mxburbank.bsky.social

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Dad, husband, pants aficionado, raconteur, former pussycat dollI; permanently suspended from Twitter before it was cool to not be on Twitter. Life-long-lefty; Comedy archive at maxburbank.wordpress.com I BLOCK CRYPTO DUDES!

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 20h

So suppose you took a kitchen trash bag and stuffed and crammed it as full of steroids as you could, so that you are at the point where if you stuffed one more steroid in it, the bag would explode; That's what Peter Theil's head looks like ALL. THE. TIME!!

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12h

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 11h

this man's name is written in the book of life

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 14h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 9h

This is AI nonsense. I love Stephen Colbert, but not one word of this is true, and one of the photos is just of some dude who looks kinda like Colbert a little, but just a little.

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 9h

How are people missing that this is AI? For god's sake, one of the Colbert photos doesn't even look like him, it's just a brunette in glasses!

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 17h

The whole world is laughing at our tiny mad king. The damage he is doing is real and severe, and I am not dismissing the potential of worst fears culminating - but right now people are standing up around the country competing to make fun of this clown and his bumbling cabinet of cartoon villains

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11h

The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works

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Celiene O'Hara @celiene-ohara.bsky.social · 9h

Short answer, yes.

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Did Trump Just RIG Argentina’s Election with a $20B Market Pump?

YouTube video by Dark Brandon

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 10h

Look at this guy. JUST LOOK AT HIM! Jesus wept, what a schlemiel.

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Susieus Maximus @susieusmaximus.bsky.social · 15h

Killing dogs is a hobby for lots of law enforcement officers. If I recall correctly, @gregdoucette.bsky.social used to keep a tally of cops shooting dogs for no real reason other than that they're chickenshits and they can get away with it. It was not a short list.

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David M. Reiss, M.D. @dmrdynamics.bsky.social · 10h

Starving Children Screaming for Food as U.S. Aid Cuts Unleash Devastation and Death www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

Starving Children Screaming for Food as U.S. Aid Cuts Unleash Devastation and Death

A look at the outcome of Trump's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development

www.medpagetoday.com

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 15h

This is beyond awful, but how can anyone be surprised that a department run by Kristi Noem is killing people's dogs? I'm shocked they haven't done it more (yet), dog murder is their bosses frikkin' brand.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 15h

AND they're getting paid while the military isn't and folks working without pay are being told that eventual back pay is off the table (I think they'll TACO on both things) People with actual jobs, they've worked 5 days a week minimum since July. This is government by MAGA, of MAGA and for MAGA.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 15h

HAH! CNN found out before Pam Bondi did. That's fucking hilarious.

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Charles Rock @charlesrock.bsky.social · 1d

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 15h

When you change the name of the "Department of Defense" to the "Department of War", you've pretty much taken yourself out of the running.

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 15h

Hey, update, she says eight (of the literally tens of thousands of kidnapped Ukrainian kids) have been "returned" in the last 8 hours, but offers no evidence that even this actually happened. We'll see, I guess. or not. Maybe they're on Pam Bondi's desk right now.

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 15h

So Melania's big press conference announcement is that she's been talking to Putin about the Ukrainian kids he kidnapped. No agreement, nothing actually happening, just that they've corresponded about it. You know, just like Donny, they talk and Putin promises and then does nothing.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 20h

Can you even imagine having your nose that close to Donald's hair and make-up? Just looking at this picture literally makes my gorge rise.

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 20h

War has gone down 200, maybe 500, possibly 1000% under Trump.

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 20h

Does "Not afraid" mean "Actively desiring" in this context? 'Cause I think it does.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 20h

OMG! The PERFECT Kristie Cos-play! She could wear an inflatable puppy costume!!!

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 20h

Today at 11:00 am, Melania Trump is going to announce that the Trump family is establish the Trump awards, and that the first recipient of the Trump Peace Prize will be... wait for it... DONALD TRUMP!!

Anyway, that's my guess as to what the 1st ladies presser is going to cover.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Koh: This is an AG who is taking orders via dm and is trying to save her job because Trump’s upset about what's happening with the Epstein files. That's what this is all about.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 20h

Donald Trump just set fire to 20 BILLION DOLLARS of our tax money. That's where that 20 Billion came from, OUR DAMN TAXES. We can't have pediatric cancer research, our government is currently NOT PAYING THE MILITARY, but Argentina gets 20 BILLION of OUR MONEY. Way to go, president America First!

Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 1d

Your tax dollars "at work" bailing out drumpf's corrupt buddy's country.

And is Congress okay that? They don't seem to care.

#GOPScam

apnews.com/article/trum...

US buys Argentine pesos, finalizes $20 billion currency swap

The U.S. Treasury has purchased Argentine pesos and finalized a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina’s central bank.

apnews.com

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