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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 7h

There are four house martins feeding above my head. They’re six inches long and are about to travel 6,000 miles. That’s about 63 million times their body length. The lunatics.

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Gen Michael Hayden @genmhayden.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence

“Speak plainly!” Russian President Vladimir Putin snapped at his foreign intelligence chief, Sergei Naryshkin, at a televised security council meeting on the eve of his shambolic full-scale invasion o...

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · Jul 12

We are paying dearly for the absence of civics education.

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Gary Longsine 📱 @arbiteriapetus.bsky.social · 56m

Related: the QAnon conspiracy theory cluster included the idea that the conman of Mar a Lago was the “real” President and Biden was just a puppet during his presidency. In this branch of the fractal delusion, Trump went underground hunting for the real pedophiles and The Storm was coming. 😑

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

Who was president in 2020?

Senate Rs spent hours Wed insisting a Biden Censorship Regime was in power.

It’s ridiculous on its face—but dangerous in its purpose.

If you can convince people of that lie, you can justify what Trump is doing now. It’s “just payback”.

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Who was president in 2020?

On pressure, coercion, and confrontations with reality

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Gary Longsine 📱 @arbiteriapetus.bsky.social · 1h

Clear your thoughts, take a deep breath, and really try to imagine what the news would be like today if Joe Biden had accepted a flying brothel as a bribe from Qatar and then let them build an Air Force base in Idaho.

Not just Fox. What would the @nytimes.com be like?

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US says Qatar to build air force facility in Idaho

The facility in Idaho will be used to train Qatari pilots to fly F-15 fighter jets, the US defence secretary says.

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Gary Longsine 📱 @arbiteriapetus.bsky.social · 2h

Ghost of TEA Party Christmas futures: “You will vote at least three times for a guy that has a golden toilet, for POTUS, who will take a former flying brothel palace as a bribe from a Muslim country in the Middle East, and then will let them set up an air force base in Idaho.”

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1h

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2h

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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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 1d

I found the agitators! They are 2 unicorns, giraffe, canary, panda, mouse, dinosaur, mouse, Stitch, and the frog! And they are right outside of Portland's ICE facility! 🤣🤣🤣

#ProudBlue

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Mark Johnson @mdjohns5.bsky.social · 23h

A sign seen in Helena Montana last week 😂
#Portland #ice

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h

The Dems' demands have to shift. They cannot accept ACA subsidies if that means also accepting the ouster of people who protect the people from virulent diseases. They cannot accept ACA subsidies if that means accepting Trump's lawlessness.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

RIFs can’t be done without agency leadership so this is RFK Jr extending his purge of CDC scientists to help Vought’s shutdown agenda. Genuine public health risks created by aggrieved men.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Gary Longsine 📱 @arbiteriapetus.bsky.social · 2h

Apropos nothing in particular…

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Respectfully Disagreeing Bots Bombard Bluesky (and Terminating my Toxic Twitter Trolling Tendencies)

YouTube video by Lantertronics - Aaron Lanterman

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 2h

The Steady State, a group that includes more than 330 former ambassadors, inspectors general, flag officers, Defense and Homeland Security officials, and senior intelligence officers, blasted the Speaker’s remarks

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'Running out of excuses': GOP torched after calling 'No Kings' protest a 'terrorist' event

national security experts for his attack on First Amendment-protected speech and protest after he lashed out at next week’s “No Kings” rallies, which are expected to attract millions of Americans acro...

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Gary Longsine 📱 @arbiteriapetus.bsky.social · 2h

Ghost of TEA Party Christmas futures: “You will vote at least three times for a guy that has a golden toilet, for POTUS, who will take a former flying brothel palace as a bribe from a Muslim country in the Middle East, and then will let them set up an air force base in Idaho.”

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2h

“Sure, Trump is taking foreign bribes, terrorizing immigrants, trying to jail his political opponents and destroying our public health system, but I’m still glad I voted for him because that black Democrat lady had a funny laugh.”

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WIRED @wired.com · 4h

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 3h

He gave US assets in exchange for riches for himself personally!

That’s absolutely textbook unambiguous slam dunk corruption we have never really seen before in a President.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 3h

This alone should get him impeached and subsequently prosecuted and it’s barely even a story

Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 3h

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Gary Longsine 📱 @arbiteriapetus.bsky.social · 2h

🧐🤔 What’s the cultural significance of the number 2, or the backwards “peace” sign?

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Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 2h

The Republican Party has NEVER accepted that responsibility toward us nor any other as demanded in the Preamble to our Constitution... 16 YEARS AGO:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSRo...

Raw Video: If You Get Sick, 'Die Quickly'

YouTube video by Associated Press

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Gary Longsine 📱 @arbiteriapetus.bsky.social · 2h

“The court heard that Franco had used cannabis before the encounter. Later tests also revealed he had recently used cocaine, diazepam, ketamine and codeine.”

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LR Detherage @lr-detherage.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t hate America—I hate that she is being bullied, knocked to the ground, starved, deprived of an education, infected, robbed, raped, and then sold to a mad king and his court so they can ride around in a solid gold plane with princes who throw acid in the faces of women they don’t like.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 3h

1. Yesterday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said there would be no votes next week. (That’s after canceling votes this week.) The White House, meanwhile, said it has begun mass firings of federal workers because the Democrats haven’t caved to reopen the government.

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Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

Mass firings of federal workers have begun. That was the announcement Friday from the White House as Republicans worked to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers to end the government shutdown.

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Gary Longsine 📱 @arbiteriapetus.bsky.social · 3h

He doesn’t keep his word, so there’s no point in “making a deal” with him.

He can’t even remember his word.

Oh, and democracies don’t work this way; dealmaking with a guy who has a gold toilet is how monarchy works.

Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 3h

MIT rejects federal funding deal with Trump administration - BBC News share.google/qhsXLHtEf0Mk...

MIT rejects federal funding deal with Trump administration - BBC News

The deal would see universities cap foreign admissions, restrict protests and adopt a binary definition of gender.

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