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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Jun 4

It's a cult

www.axios.com/2025/06/03/a...

America's two realities: Dems and Republicans see starkly different outlook

Polling shows deep divides in public sentiment driven by partisanship.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · May 28

A reminder that none of this is true about AOC, it’s demonstrably and provably untrue, and it’s being pushed by the kind of C-list (ok, D-list?) celebs who flock to Trump and MAGA:

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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · May 26

I actually had to check to make sure this wasn't fake, but it's very, embarrassingly, and frighteningly real. I know he and Miller like to shock people with posts like these but like, holy f*ck.

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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · May 25

So. Much. Corruption.

"With trade negotiations intensifying, Vietnamese officials have allowed the Trump project to break ground without completing at least a half-dozen legally required steps."

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Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex

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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · May 6

He loves Canada. He once had a Canadian relative. And he knows Wayne Gretzky. And that big tough hockey player in the Nationals who is very very Russian.

God help us.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Apr 30

Even North Korea is like, "Whoa, whoa, easy, this is gross."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 30

Bondi: "President, you first 100 days has far exceeded that of ANY other presidency in this country. Ever. Ever. Never seen anything like it. Thank you."

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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · Apr 18

FFS!

Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · Apr 17

To try to stave of tariffs, Vietnam is expediting approvals of a $1.5 billion Trump Organization resort www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

Anxious Trading Partners Promise to Buy American to Stave Off Trump’s Tariffs

Countries are offering to buy more American goods in a bid to eliminate their trade deficits with the U.S., but not everyone is splurging.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Apr 12

Maher got Played like a fiddle 🎻

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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · Apr 9

a man and a woman are dancing together on a red carpet .

ALT: a man and a woman are dancing together on a red carpet .

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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · Apr 7

Everybody realizes China will have the last laugh here, right?

ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · Apr 7

while the markets anticipate (pray for) a pause, trump threatens 50% additional tariffs on china by tomorrow.

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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · Apr 7

"But everybody calls me Bert."

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Apr 4

Some context for the post-"Liberation Day" market bloodbath: This table shows the largest two-day S&P market drops in history, going back to 1945.
Past two days were worse than the days immediately following the Lehman failure.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Apr 4

Updated after market close. S&P 500 is down >15% since Trump took office. See chart for how this compares to same period to date under prior presidential terms.

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Jason Coupet @professajay.bsky.social · Apr 3

You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Apr 2

The extent to which the business community has not listened over the last year to precisely what Donald Trump has said is astounding. Like this is the most consistent and foreseeable promise he made:

Justin Ling @justinling.ca · Apr 2

Nasdaq futures going off a cliff

It's futures declining massively, starting right after 4pm (when Trump started speaking)

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Mar 30

Sign of the day…paid for by the government of Canada in Washington, D.C.

Tariffs are a tax on hardworking Americans

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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · Apr 2

Greenland is not a failing business ripe to be scooped up by any vulture capitalists who happen by. It doesn't have a price tag; it's not a revenue-generation machine. Out of all the awfulness of the past two months, seeing framings like this from other journalists is among the most heartbreaking.

Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · Apr 2

Scoop: White House officials are studying the costs of taking over Greenland, attempting to determine price-tag to maintain & what revenue could be gained, per sources

Government officials working on Greenland

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House studying cost of Greenland takeover, long in Trump’s sights

It’s the most concrete effort yet to turn President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire the Danish territory into actionable policy, despite widespread international outrage.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Apr 2

Elon Musk couldn't buy the people of Wisconsin. Good day for democracy.

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · Mar 30

I was in a Hyundai auto dealership today. I eavesdropped on some fellow shoppers. Few seemed even slightly aware of what President Trump intends to do to the auto market on April 2. I wonder if any of us have adequately reckoned with the political shock to follow.

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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · Mar 30

Serious question for the NYT: Do you ever look at these headlines and stories and think to yourselves, “How could we do this better, so that we’re actually seeking truth (which is our job), rather than being part of the problem (the problem being the imminent collapse of American democracy)”?

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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · Mar 30

What Trump says is not news so please stop reporting it as such. It’s unlikely he’ll send a dime, or help of any kind, to Myanmar.

Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · Mar 29

Me neither. I’ll miss Detroit though! 😢

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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · Mar 29

“He also said Mr. Poilievre has ‘basic unlikability’”. Lol.

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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · Mar 28

Look who finally learned the words “Prime Minister”

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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · Mar 27

Another headline that contributes to the normalization of the authoritarianism happening right now in the United States.

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