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wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 14h

He won't even make his Elmer Fudd looking hats here.

wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 14h

Besides all being owned by fellow oligarchs, they're afraid. ABC had to pay $16M for telling the truth about Trump's rape case.

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 1d

Who's fault is it?

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wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 14h

"Anyone who doesn't kiss the ring must taste the boot."

Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 15h

*TRUMP: CHINA NOT BUYING US SOYBEANS IS ECONOMICALLY HOSTILE ACT

doink

wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 15h

There are no "Republican Programs."

There are "taking tax money and giving it the rich" cash grabs. And yeah, we're aware the GOP isn't cutting those.

He admits he is using the budget as his personal loyalty rewards program, maybe the blue states should stop paying in. Let TX and FL subsidize.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 16h

"Just a reminder, I will sue you or try and get you fired if I don't like what you say..."

wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 16h

However they identify, I know who they are, as human beings. The are the sort of people to sign up to be bounty-driven brown shirts. The only bar to entry is to pledge fealty to Trump.

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wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 16h

Not every Republican is racist. But every racist is Republican.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 16h

“At least one person in the Telegram chat works in the Trump administration: Michael Bartels, who, according to his LinkedIn account, serves as a senior adviser in the office of general counsel within the U.S. Small Business Administration.”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 22h

In case anyone thinks there's a Woodward and Bernstein moment coming.

wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 23h

His whole memoir and hillbilly backstory is fake. The "Haitians are eating your pets" story, he admits, was fake. That's not even his real name.

Everything about him is a lie. He's just another power hungry nationalist elite who will say whatever he has to say in the moment.

DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 1d

wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 23h

"First they're anti-Fascist, and now they're against monarchs?! What's next, a country founded on freedom and democracy instead of corruption and money interests?!"

*clutches pearls*

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wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 23h

They're failing to provoke a response, so they are escalating. It doesn't help that there have been no consequences to their illegal actions so far.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

Today, Mike Johnson will continue to keep the House adjourned for the 71st day out of the last 83, with Republicans refusing to show up to work again to avoid having to vote on the Epstein files or negotiate with Democrats.

Epstein Shutdown

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wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 23h

All he has to say is "sHeLFiSh diD ThIS tO My VoICe" and people would boycott it.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 23h

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 23h

It's Carter and Reagan all over again. Hostages and all.

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 1d

wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 1d

"They want to release the Epstein Files, we want to shelter pedophiles."

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

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, House Speaker Johnson warns...

Saying he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats...

apnews.com/article/gove...

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, House Speaker Johnson warns

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history.

apnews.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28d

Join me in condemning this kind of statement and this kind of hate.

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wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 1d

"We're also afraid her face will burn-in on these monitors."

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 1d

They need to have the court make pay-to-play harder to prove because it's currently so blatantly obvious that they can't defend it.

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 1d

🚨NEW: A case at the Supreme Court cites Trump reportedly promising oil donors favors as proof that pay-to-play influence is so pervasive that bribery laws must be narrowed so pay-to-play is no longer a prosecutable crime.

The case is represented by a Trump-connected law firm.

wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 1d

You ever wonder if the end game with purging democrats is just to open the market for his MAGA merchandise? Like if Adolph got affiliate money on those armbands?

wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: "and then we're going to NYC, I've seen pictures, it's bad"

The picture:

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wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 1d

Pro tip: footage of people running from tear gas and riot police in tank armor is indistinguishable from "rioters dispersed by brave protectors of freedom."

And if they don't get that footage, they'll play b-roll from a decade ago in some other city.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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wookieetaint.bsky.social @wookieetaint.bsky.social · 1d

"Yes, but Democrats *exist* still."

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 2d

Speaker Johnson: "People’s faith in the government is at an all time low"

Republicans control all 3 branches of the government.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 2d

Speaker Johnson: "People’s faith in the government is at an all time low"

Republicans control all 3 branches of the government.

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