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Derek A

@sondeerrf.bsky.social

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Expert in sports, politics, and matters of opinion. Real Rams Fan. I post a LOT during Rams games and elections.

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Derek A @sondeerrf.bsky.social · Jan 21

I found this a good read. Much needed. Perhaps giving Trump a little too much “3D chess” credit but I think it captures how Trump views the world and his power.

www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...

Donald Trump Is at War with America

He sees himself as a wartime president.

www.thebulwark.com

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randy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 1h

what really burns is that you know this discussion happens every day in the editing rooms and yet, so far, no NYT reporters are speaking up and explaining how their editors are silencing them - which leads me to conclude the reporters are ok with it - which - yeh - um -

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Collect a claim from one side, collect a claim from the other, present them both to the reader with an awkward shrug and a "who can say?"

And the photo choice -- Noem's looking down ... on what? The reverse angle showed a small crowd and a quiet street. But can't show that, it's biased to one side!

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 8h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Derek A @sondeerrf.bsky.social · 1h

It’s hard these days. I remember being in dark times PERSONALLY where win or lose I could count on football season to carry me through (okay maybe not Rams losses). These are far darker times and it sucks.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3h

“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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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 2h

I honestly did not consider that Diane Keaton was capable of dying.

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 2h

FSU over Alabama going in the pantheon of Week 1 Overreaction games

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Derek A @sondeerrf.bsky.social · 2h

To be clear I say this because of how notoriously biased Hollywood is against aging female actresses.

Derek A @sondeerrf.bsky.social · 2h

She was in all the Godfather movies and it gets summed up in “and more” shows how great she was. The rare female star that got better and more famous with age.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Nichole Hiltz @nicholehiltz.bsky.social · 2h

Nooo… 😭 She is the GREATEST! I have told people that her flawless, heartbreaking scene in “Something’s Gotta Give” is right before mine; & when making my reel I would want to put her scene on, forgetting that I’m not in it! Replayed a million times 😢 She’s so lovely, Jack ADORED her 🥹🕯️ 🕊️ RIP Diane 💔

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Derek A @sondeerrf.bsky.social · 2h

Ooof. This gif using is both perfect and painful

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Andrew Hammond @ahamm.bsky.social · 2h

😢

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Derek A @sondeerrf.bsky.social · 2h

An odd win-win? Troops can’t be deployed but being activated they would (eventually) get paid for being forced to leave home.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine dressing like a Temu Richard Petty and criticizing anyone’s appearance

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 5h

It’s this multiple times a day

They don't even bother to lie badly anymore.
I suppose that's the final humiliation.

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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 3h

For all of you who follow me but don’t have anything to say, I don’t know if it’s fear or if you just want to observe. But please join the movement and speak up. I wrote this meme hoping it helps you. 🔄 #strongertogether

"Courage multiplies when we stand together, doubt diminishes when we share the burden, and fear loses its grip when we move as one"
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 6h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 4h

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

Zach Schermele
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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
10:21 AM • 10/11/25 • 2.1K Views

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Psaki's Apprentice @sleepycongressman.bsky.social · 8h

Health care rate hikes expected

WV - 387%
WY - 382%
AK - 346%
TN - 320%
MI - 314%
TX - 289%
SC - 285%
AL - 284%
SD - 235%
ND - 234%

No one wished anything poorly upon these states, except themselves

They voted for this; THEY DID

Enjoy your vote, you really owned those libs

FAFO

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 4h

Have not confirmed this, but this is VERY very bad if true.

Also, more evidence of their eugenics roots.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 5h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Derek A @sondeerrf.bsky.social · 4h

I agree 100% this case is politically motivated and unjust. I hate the “lawfare” buzzword as Lawfare Media does such good work. I got clarity from Anna herself about this.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

There is a whole category of Milkshake Duck Nobel Prize winners

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 8h

The Nobel *Peace* Prize winner is cool with murdering civilians on boats

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Derek A @sondeerrf.bsky.social · 6h

Read this 🧵
(Then see if you can find somewhere in your area that sells frog legs..)

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 6h

Fred Willard talking about a dog show in Best of Show (2000) is Donald Trump or any of his surrogates talking about any subject of public importance in 2025. (Autism and Tylenol, war ravaged Portland, tariffs, Trump’s Nobel Prize, etc etc)
youtu.be/-GaJPgI3jh4

Best in Show (7/11) Movie CLIP - Judging the Hounds (2000) HD

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Derek A @sondeerrf.bsky.social · 6h

Damnit Seth can you just go back to posting bad frog puns like you were this morning?? This is way too depressing for a Sat morning.
Sadly you’re spot on. This country feels like a certain amphibian in a pot of water that is slowly heating…

Derek A @sondeerrf.bsky.social · 7h

And then later fired MORE people at the CDC

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 20h

Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician.

Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 7h

This seems like a good time to remind everyone that Donald Trump’s first appearance in the New York Times was when the Nixon Justice Dept. sued him and his father for refusing to rent apartments to black people.

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 7h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 7h

Another pleasant law enforcement interaction, fully in compliance with the Fourth Amendment, per Justice Kavanaugh

#KavanaughStop

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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