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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21h

American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 20h

can't wait for Mike Johnson to come out tomorrow and say he hasn't seen the pictures of the white house and doesn't know a thing about it

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Edward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 20h

House with a Bay Window - 1923
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104605

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 1d

It’s kind of wild that after seven million people were in the streets protesting, the president posted a hallucinated video of himself wearing a crown and shitting on Americans and then proceeded to start demolishing parts of the White House

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Literally

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Subtle metaphor for America.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom.

Full Story: wapo.st/42RiU2q

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

I like how Joe Biden never fired artillery rounds over an interstate.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

They lie in view

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Also I know the truth doesn’t matter on earth two, but I’m not sure how well the cease-fire is going

TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 1d

Scott Pelley got a big scoop with the Trump DOJ whistleblower that almost surely was going to be the top story on 60 Minutes this week. But per the NYT, Bari Weiss personally booked Jared Kushner on 60–letting him take a victory lap for the Gaza deal. Pelley’s story was pushed to second position.