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AsylumHouse

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Curmudgeon and political junkie; skeptic; photographer; musician; writer; suffering no fools; safe space for all humankind. Aka DamnThing on Twat before I left.

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · Jan 21

It’s getting harder and harder to follow my Dad’s advice: if you don’t have anything nice to say, keep your mouth shut!

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 9h

Glitch in the system? It’s called incompetence.

Trump administration reverses layoffs for some CDC staff www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Trump administration reverses layoffs for some CDC staff

An official said the employees who received incorrect notifications were never separated from the agency and were notified that they aren't subject to the reduction in force.

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 12h

Either Gym Jordan read a different Bible than I did, or he considers Frumpy the Lord. Either way, he drank the Kool-aid.

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Jim Jordan Claims ICE Agents Are ‘Doing The Lord’s Work’

The GOP rep called the “pushback” ICE has been getting “interesting.”

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 12h

Wow! Frumpy has lost it. Doesn’t even know when he was president. Embarrassing, and sad.

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Trump Blames Jan. 6 On ‘The Biden FBI’ In Unhinged Late Night Post

Trump falsely claimed yet again the insurrection was former President Joe Biden's fault despite the fact that Biden wasn't even sworn into office yet.

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 16h

Frumpy is deluded and demented — inflation has just started from his tariffs.

www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/trum... Trump says inflation is 'defeated' and the Fed has cut rates, yet prices remain too high for many

Trump says inflation is 'defeated' and the Fed has cut rates, yet prices remain too high for many

Inflation has risen in three of the last four months and is slightly higher than it was a year ago. Yet you wouldn't know it from listening to President Donald Trump.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 1d

I want to see his birth certificate and genetic proof of heritage.

AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Hitler all over. And when Frumpy’s regime is finished, we won’t move it - we’ll blow the shit out of it.

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 1d

My God, so petty … and utterly delusional.

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Trump Uses Nobel Peace Prize Loss To Reignite Grudge Against Obama

He didn't hold back.

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 1d

RIP - she was great!

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps a class action against Frumpy for manipulating the markets?

Market sell-off: Trump post lops off $2 trillion from stocks in a single day www.cnbc.com/2025/10/11/t...

Market sell-off: Trump post lops off $2 trillion from stocks in a single day

The unraveling shows the sway the president's one-man trade policy still has over the fate of the global economy.

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t believe a word. When he keels over in the next few months from obesity and a heart attack, we’ll know these doctors were lying.

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Trump Is In 'Exceptional Health,' His Doctor Says, After Another Visit To Walter Reed

President Donald Trump is in "exceptional health," according to his physician, who evaluated him Friday.

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 3d

JD is an idiot. Just out for clicks with his ridiculous statements. Not a sane thought rattling around that empty brain.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 4d

She was Antifa

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thewakan.bsky.social @thewakan.bsky.social · 4d

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."

Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.

In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.

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USA Today: 'We took the freedom of speech away:' Trump on flag burning protection, First Amendment

Reuters: Trump's war on the left: inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 3d

Oh boy! Another love fest. What a waste of time!

Live updates: Trump hosts Cabinet meeting amid government shutdown, National Guard deployment tensions www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Live updates: Trump hosts Cabinet meeting amid government shutdown, National Guard deployment tensions

We’d like to hear from you about how you’re experiencing the government shutdown, whether you’re a federal employee who can’t work right now or someone who is

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MicheleWitchyPoo🦋🤍🐾🦋🤍🐾🦋🤍🐾🦋 @michelewitchypoo.bsky.social · 3d

💯💥🪧👇🏼

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 3d

We can hope. But truth is in details. Let’s see it play out and see if it lasts.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

Cautiously optimistic that Israel-Hamas deal ends the war rather than merely pauses fighting. Some details unknown, and follow-through is crucial of course, but with the US leaning on Israel and Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey all leaning on Hamas, they're signaling more than a partial prisoner exchange.