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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 46m

When Trump tells Fox News addled chuckleheads, “I am you,” he’s not wrong. His brain is just as rotted by Murdoch’s creation as theirs.

Fighting Liberal Texas Dem🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 1h

Why Trump keeps turning Fox News garbage into official policy https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/11/2347969/-Why-Trump-keeps-turning-Fox-News-garbage-into-official-policy?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=

Why Trump keeps turning Fox News garbage into official policy

President Donald Trump has deployed National Guard troops to Chicago and other Democrat-run cities over the objections of local leaders . To justify his actions, Trump has falsely claimed that ...

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 5h

They found out who Damien Thorn really is? apple.news/AYd-HqLWkSbW...

Colts' Richardson sustains orbital fracture in equipment mishap — ESPN

Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson Sr. sustained an orbital fracture during pregame warmups and was inactive for his team's 31-27 victory over game the Cardinals.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 5h

Today’s fart from Trump’s brain.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 5h

Trump: Literally, you walk over from Iran to Qatar. You can walk it in one second. You go, boom, boom, and now you're in Qatar.

Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 5h

As a side note, Sam Alito and David Berkowitz both resent it when you point out they are, to quote Berkowitz, “a wemon hater.”

Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 5h

It still needs saying. youtu.be/Kh0el8phS_o?...

The Myth of Charlie Kirk

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 9h

Guess he got some bad news at Walter Reed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 8h

If he got into heaven, imagine how many would leave. “I’m not taking another minute of that. I didn’t know what an eternity was before they let that motherfucker in.”

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 10h

Noem also blames the Sun, which provides the lying light that illuminates objects for everyone’s lying eyes.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 11h

Then why do the justices keep bitching when the lower courts don’t follow their unclear shadow docket opinions as if they’re precedent?

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 12h

This is infuriating. She excuses the orders as "preliminary," but that's an argument for applying settled law or preserving the status quo. Allowing POTUS to disregard Congressional appropriations and fire independent agency heads are neither, they're a radical restructuring of Constitutional order.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 11h

“I shared a link to someone who sucks. Egad, I am such a badass!”

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 12h

The idea i'm currently exchanging is that bari weiss sucks

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 15h

Oooooeeee there are a lot of people with gags in their hands on this site. Used to be a nice open space for idea exchange.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 16h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 15h

I was furious at the "both sides" headline the Times ran about how there's a debate over whether Portland is a burning hellscape. The Times has reporters there, they know full well that it isn't. The story is that Trump is lying to justify military occupation.

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 16h

I was trying to put my finger on what bothered me about this portrayal and I think it’s that it just takes the guy’s words at face value, like he was a nice guy and reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death just pushed him over the edge www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 14h

Well, we all know how tricky it is to confront a problem that can be solved by looking. Opening the eyes, turning the head, it’s a whole production.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Are you there, God? It’s me, Bookman.

a man in a red shirt stands in front of a bookshelf that has a stack of vhs tapes on it

ALT: a man in a red shirt stands in front of a bookshelf that has a stack of vhs tapes on it

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 1d

War is hell.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who doesn’t trust cops and as a lifelong Raiders fan, I second this.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Though if Trump keeps bumping off fishermen, he might hit 4,000 murders.

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

ICYMI — Trump lied that Chicago had “4000” murders, when it’s projected to have 380 this year (way down from last year)

If it’s so bad there why does he have to keep lying about it?

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 1d

“I know. It gives me joy.” —Mike Johnson apple.news/AkrPrY7CSRvm...

"My Kids Could Die": Republican Caller Begs Mike Johnson Live on Air

The House speaker had a rough go on C-SPAN as people called in to criticize his stance on just about everything.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 1d

I may not share MBS’s values when it comes to luring his critics into places where they can be discreetly dismembered with bone saws, but I have to respect them. It’s called speaking across difference.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Kind of like how Himmler was technically under Ernst Röhm but in reality took orders only from Hitler.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 1d

No hospital anymore? Bummeroo. Welp, I guess there’s always the wise woman who lives in a shack at the edge of town. apple.news/AWkANxqviSbi...

GOP Rep Says Rural Areas Will Just Have to Deal With Hospitals Closing — The New Republic

Instead, rural communities will just have to deal with it, according to Representative Mike Flood.

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