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Norm DePlume

@normdeplume.bsky.social

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I love coffee, pets, and people who care about others more than power or money. Dislikes: racists and lima beans. Professional Christian, newspaper employee, public library trustee. She/her.

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 3h

How can so many people be so clueless?
How can so many people be so hypocritical?
How can people miss in real life what they understand in moves?

You watched "The Hunger Games"
and sided with the resistance.

You watched "Star Wars"
and sided with the resistance.

You watched "The Matrix"
and sided with the resistance.

You watched "Divergent"
and sided with the resistance.

You watched "V for Vendetta"
and sided with the resistance.

When it's fiction you understand.
Yet you refuse to see it when it's the
reality you're living in.

Wild.

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 3h

Judging by the news I have been reading, she's one of at least 6 GOP Reps on record questioning the extended recess of the House. They only need 9 to challenge Johnson's speakership...

a bald man is standing in front of a microphone and holding a baton .

Alt: Celebrity Cage Match scene. A Claymation MMA emcee is standing in in the ring and says "Let's get it on"

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 3h

It does.

(She will likely remain racist and xenophobic, but it seems has found her way into a "I am going to fight for my constituents" mode instead of just pledging fealty to Trump like most of her gop colleagues these days. I am here for it.)

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 4h

That's not the demeanor or language of someone who is worried about eternal conscious torment in hell. He's clearly not an afterlife guy.

His cross-brandishing cabinet folks probably wish he'd take it more seriously, though.

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 4h

It's on my to-watch list, but I haven't had enough time to see it yet. Thanks for the recommendation.

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 4h

I wondered the same thing.

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 5h

And also, maybe dial down the name calling toward "the vast majority" of USians. It's rude and untrue.

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 5h

Same here.

I love that we're nearing halloween, so there are lots of options together choose from right now.

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 5h

There are a lot of Calvinists in the US.

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 5h

Because we all know just how violent one can be while wearing a tiny bouncy house.

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 6h

Just like in Portland last weekend, folks are having to run 26.2 miles to escape the war zone. 🥸

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 6h

The amazing thing about the SNL sketch last night was not that Ashley Padilla wore a scarf nearly identical to mine. It’s that I trust Amy Poehler as AG more than Pam Bondi.

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 6h

I keep seeing the giant jar of chili crisp at Costco, but I am not sure I can get through the whole thing fast enough.

What are you putting it on?

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 6h

My working theory:

1. Most of his posts are AI generated by a tool trained on his writing style.

2. His AI hallucinated that Biden was already president on Jan 6, 2021.

3. The clerical staff are furloughed and his cabinet all have eleventy jobs already, so no one is proofreading anything.

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 6h

Why doesn't Donald Trump remember that he was President on January 6th, 2021?

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 6h

Nah, a number of Christian traditions actually think it's appropriate to be unsure of one's place as one of the "elect."

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 6h

I had missed that one. 👀

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 8h

I don't think he believes in Heaven or Hell. He just gives God lip service here and there since Christian Nationalists give him a lot of money and power.

It's just not his thing (not that there's anything wrong with that). If you recall, he forgot to use a Bible at his inauguration.

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 8h

I found it by accident a few weeks ago, lol. Not sure why all the labels aren't in one place. Guess that would be too simple and straightforward. 🤷

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 8h

For me, it's down in the "advanced" section at the bottom.

Bluesky moderation settings screen, with arrow pointing at the "Bluesky moderation service" button.

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 8h

@casten.house.gov

Casten: None of us benefits from government shutdown - Chronicle Media

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, D-Downers Grove, isn’t keeping score during the government shutdown. “I think 90 percent of what you read about the shutdown is largely a waste of paper because it is written about ‘OK, who is politically winning? Who is politically losing?’” Casten said during a telephone town hall Tuesday. “I don’t care...

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 8h

LaHood likely will be never be one either (he's a hopeless sycophant), but his staffers will be hearing from me every day about it until Johnson's strike is over.

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Always Jae 🌈 @jtlee24.bsky.social · 14h

They are being paid by the Pale Marms of CodePink to do this.
And Code Pink is funded by some foreign national CCP shill...
youtu.be/TwgoBwH3v8A?...

Who’s Behind The Paid Agitators At Kamala Harris’s Stops On Her Book Tour??

YouTube video by TabithaSpeaksPolitics

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The Sidewalk School @thesidewalkschool.bsky.social · 11h

Disgraceful

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 9h

Librarians FTW.

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 13h

Librarians in Texas formed secret lending networks to circulate banned books and keep young readers informed. You can’t silence truth with a ban list. 📚

#FightBack #ReadBannedBooks #FreedomToRead

Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 12h