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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1h

You know it's going great when you have to repeatedly remind the interviewer you're the Vice President of the United States mid-tantrum.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

This has real -- I intended to dm "Pam" -- energy.

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SvSalon🦕 @svsalon.bsky.social · 2h

If Vance takes over for Demonto Don, we're all up for more of the same lawless lying crap

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 2d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h

🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to keep the National Guard under federal command in Illinois — but blocked its use for active deployment. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Appeals Court Allows Trump to Keep Control of Illinois National Guard but Bars Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

At least we no longer have to hear about freedom being in Americans' DNA or whatever. Turns out we love to eat shit and bow to some bloated halfwit like any other people throughout history

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23h

If someone merely acknowledging the humanity of your enemies enrages you, you’re the baddies.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Department of Justice lawyers, from Main Justice to AUSAs in the districts, have ALWAYS enjoyed a sort of aura of truth and justice and trust. That was arguably always unjustifiable but Trump DoJ has absolutely pissed it away with compulsive lying.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1d

There goes another Trump admin talking point.

Claim: Abrego told an immigration judge that he fears persecution in Costa Rica.

Judge Xinis reads the immigration judge's ruling, which doesn't say that.

"That's very troubling to me," Xinis tells Ensign.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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Steve Bear @steveberry72.bsky.social · 1d

DON'T FORGET---

He signed an agreement for the US Armed Forces to defend Qatar in ANY conflict.

Billions to Kushner, millions of Meme coins and a used jet for the Pervert Prez.
Americans lose land, an airport and Mid East integrity, neutrality and possibly US soldiers.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump's pact to defend Qatar could shake up or shore up a fragile region

The order vows to use the US military, if necessary, to defend the tiny energy-rich nation almost mirrors aspects of a Nato alliance.

www.bbc.com

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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 3d

Reporters aren't even asking Trump about why Kushner is negotiating anything. And speaking of Kushner, Trump pardoned Kushner's convicted felon dad and then made him Ambassador to France. Yet they repeat that no one is above the law.

Luxury living on taxpayers' dime? That's above the law.

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IronMillMan @ironmillman.bsky.social · 1d

Miss using #TXNationalGuard and not paying them. There is no legitimate reason for their deployment in #Illinois. Stop abusing troops - #GregAbbott. Send Texas National Guard home to #Texas!

www.expressnews.com/news/article...

Texas National Guard troops sent to Chicago aren't getting paid

When President Trump called them to active duty, the Texas troops went on the federal payroll. But the government shutdown has cut off paychecks indefinitely.

www.expressnews.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

In 2020, Trump put footage of vandalism and violence in Portland and elsewhere on repeat in his social media and campaign ads. This time, despite similar rhetoric about the city, he isn’t. And I bet you can guess why. www.pbump.net/o/the-presid...

The president’s pretend enemy

There is no crisis of unrest in Portland, Oregon. One way I know this to be true is that President Trump — who is insistent that Portland faces just such a crisis — doesn't offer any evidence of it. A...

www.pbump.net

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We Are Saners @wearesaners.bsky.social · 2d

The Constitution does not specify Who must give the oath to an incoming Representative (or other official). We don’t need Mike Johnson or any other GOP protector of child rapists.

Have AOC swear in the new Rep and put all the sex offenders and accomplices in jail.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Wait didn't they send the South African boers to Idaho too? Lmao. Trump is using Idaho as his place to appease all the foreign entities who need to hide in the United States. Next week there's gonna be a HOA in Coeur d'Alene with like 6 new board members that are relatives of El Chapo

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

Both Donald Trump and his Slovene-born escort spent years calling for Obama’s birth certificate. I am calling for Melania Trump’s legal immigration papers: How did she get an “Einstein” visa for extraordinary abilities despite her blatant lie under oath about her college degrees?

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Will blasphemy be illegal on the part of Idaho given over to the Qatari base?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 2d

It just feels weird to be on the other side of this.

The United States builds military facilities in YOUR country. Your county doesn't build military facilities in United States territory.

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spooky tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 2d

If I were a DC reporter, I’d consider maybe pressing Johnson on how he reconciles these two statements.

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Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, l'm a very patient guy, but l've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ..."

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Mike Johnson: "People have got to stop framing simple policy disagreements in terms of existential threats to our democracy. You can't call the other side fascists and enemies of the state and not understand that there are some deranged people in our society who will take that as cues to act."

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