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Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 8h

I can't tell if this is real or not... THAT'S what SCARES ME.

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 12h

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Wow, this extract from Wolff's book is a shocking insight into Trump's mind:

On his first night in the White House, President Trump complained that the TV in his bedroom was broken, because it didn't have "the gorilla channel.” Trump seemed to be under the
impression that a TV channel existed that screened nothing but
gorilla-based content, 24 hours a day.
To appease Trump, White House staff compiled a number of gorilla documentaries into a makeshift gorilla channel, broadcast into Trump's bedroom from a hastily-constructed transmission tower on the South Lawn. However, Trump was unhappy with the channel they had created, moaning that it was "boring"
because "the gorillas aren't fighting".
Staff edited out all the parts of the documentaries where gorillas weren't hitting each other, and at last the president was satisfied. "On some days he'll watch the gorilla channel for 17 hours straight," an insider told me. "He kneels in front of the TV, with his face about four inches from the screen, and says encouraging things to the gorillas, like 'the way you hit that other gorilla was good'. I think he thinks the gorillas can hear him."
1/4/18, 9:07 PM

Alert The Media Ill Alert The Media GIF

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 9h

😂

Alt: Two men in a study, one sitting and one standing, are both reading a newspaper. The man in a suit says, "I'll alert the media" to the other man wearing a robe.

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 11h

If anyone did, it'd likely be at the cost of their job (and safety). At this point, reality is whatever he's decided it is, and the leeches are gonna leech. I don't look forward to the flood of "WE KNEW HE WAS MENTALLY CHALLENGED!!!" books and docs, courtesy of the current press corps. 😒

a man wearing sunglasses and a rspct tank top stands on a field

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 11h

ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a rspct tank top stands on a field

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 11h

The kind of EVIL needed to make BILLIONS ages people like dairy. 🤷‍♂️

a woman says would that work in front of a wentworth logo

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 11h

How about just "don't use it"?

Alt: A woman in an office, flatly stating "Would that work?"

a bald man in a suit and tie is sitting in a theater .

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Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 11h

"A hunger for knowledge is sickness to some." My grandad set the record straight EARLY. Also yes, "jiggaboo nonsense" was in rotation. 😂

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 12h

Those "you're book smart, not street smart" folks ALWAYS TALKING 💩, until their precious systems fail them. You can (AND SHOULD) be either or both when needed. Ignorance ain't a virtue, arrogance ain't noble, and self-awareness is FREE.🤷‍♂️

Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 12h

I will absolutely never forget my brother saying “you book smart, not street smart” and that I would be in school forever and not make nothing of myself.

Meanwhile I KNOW he gonna call my grandparents for money since active duty military not getting paid.

Alt: a bald man in a suit and tie is sitting in a theater .

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Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 12h

Oof... Tough break. If only there was some kind of preventative, a MAGICAL liquid that could've addressed this plague. Perhaps a fabric of some kind, placed gently over the nose and mouth. Who among us could've have foreseen this ABSOLUTELY FORESEEABLE OUTCOME ?!?!

Oh, the humanity!

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Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 12h

'OnlyFathers' 😂🤣🤣

a blue and yellow frog is standing on its hind legs in a video game .

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 12h

Antifrogs... At it again.

Alt: a blue and yellow frog is standing on its hind legs in a video game and dancing.

YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 13h

So... "The Fugitive" meets "Minority Report" with a deluge of (overused) dystopian tropes. Meh. A little obvious. Too on the nose. The whole "HERE'S EVERTHING, PROVE YOUR INNOCENCE"-hook kinda ruins it (for me). Just show where you were when the murder happened. 🤷‍♂️

Mercy | Official Trailer

www.youtube.com

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 13h

PSA: Never trust a man this *MOIST* (...sweating like he just got back from hell).

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 21h

The tech billionaire and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel says the antichrist is ... Greta Thunberg www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

a man with a mustache is sitting at a table and says `` i regret nothing , the end . ''

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 13h

😂

Alt: a man with a mustache is sitting at a table and says `` i regret nothing , the end . ''

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 13h

At a billion dollars, people should be legally bound to STFU.

a man in a chef 's uniform is sitting at a table with his eyes closed and the word fire written on his chest .

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 14h

Everything bagel with bacon and cream cheese, or sesame seed bagel with sausage, egg, cheese, ketchup, salt, and pepper. Runner-up, raisin bagel with cream cheese. (Lox and cream cheese is probably the answer, though 😂).

Alt: a man in a chef 's uniform is sitting at a table with his eyes closed and the word fire written on his chest .

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 14h

Calling him "Hot Wheels" wasn't mean enough. 😒

Trump didn't win the Nobel prize he coveted, but prizewinner dedicated it, in part, to him

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 15h

TRUMP (c. next week): "I didn't win the prize. I should've won. Even the person they gave it to—a wonderful and brilliant person—said that I should've won. If the Democrats hadn't shut down the government, I would've won. NO ONE'S made MORE PEACE than me!!!"

*bombs fishermen*
*invades own country*

Trump said he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in resolving various world conflicts. The winner thanked Trump for supporting her cause.

www.usatoday.com

a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands in a room .

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 16h

*chef's kiss*

Alt: Leonardo DiCaprio in a suit, standing in an office, and clapping dramatically to celebrate a job well done. The text reads: NICE

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 16h

We're about three weeks away from government-sponsored, Sarah McLachlan-esque cruelty ads, with ICE agents instead of animals.

*queue depressing music*
*cut to crying douche in fatigues*

"Every day, ICE agents like this one are assaulted by hipsters, priests, and dancing frogs. Will you help???"

NPR @npr.org · 21h

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

n.pr

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Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 16h

"If the Democrats had won the majority, there'd be CHAOS!!! Money would flow from the RICH to the POOR. Sickness would end. Green energy would THRIVE. Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson would fight to the DEATH, as Elon and Bezos fled to Mars.... CAN'T HAVE THAT!!!" That's how he sounds. Jackass.🙄

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "