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Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 9m

Washington will be the scene of a Tiananmen-style massacre as soon as this weekend, if the organizers of January 6th get their way. But their tried and true strategy of “working the refs” has won them the benefit of the doubt.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 2h

You’d never know from the @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com front pages, but yesterday the Vice President of the United States affirmed that self-described “dictator” and disgraced insurrectionist Donald Trump is “looking at” escalating his “war” on Americans by invoking the Insurrection Act.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 17m

The decades-old fight between billionaire fascists and the “liberal” free press ends in journalistic surrender.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 22m

After signing a pledge to abandon the democracy beat and let Trump shred the Constitution with impunity, @nytimes.com editors await get-out-of-the-gulag-free cards that will never come.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 25m

Eight years and hundreds of bullsh*t “two week” promises later.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30m

REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)

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Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 43m

FUN FACT: The President of the United States, who is itching for a pretext to invoke the Insurrection Act so he can use lethal force against peaceful protesters, declared Antifa a “domestic terrorist organization” last week.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 58m

Sean Duffy says the No Kings protests this Saturday are “really frustrating” because they are all paid Antifa people.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 48m

The historic sanewashing of a press-hating fascist and self-described “dictator” by a major American newspaper.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 12d

You'd never know from the front-page headline at @washingtonpost.com, but the "partisan agenda" touted by the President of the United States yesterday was an explicit declaration of "war" on the tens of millions of Americans he openly "hates."

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 51m

New York Times editors rescue Republicans from awkward questions about an impending Tiananmen-style massacre on American soil.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 17h

This morning, the Vice President of the United States affirmed on live TV that disgraced insurrectionist and self-described “dictator” Donald Trump is “looking at” invoking the Insurrection Act.

This evening, there are zero headlines mentioning “insurrection” at @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com

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Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 1h

“Degenerate” @nytimes.com editors to be charged with thought crimes and disappeared following Trump’s declaration of martial law, no matter how hard they sanewash him.

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Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 1h

Also, it means what it meant to the Founding Fathers when they drafted the Constitution. 🤷

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 1h

Trump’s historically unprecedented declaration of “war” on the millions of Americans he openly “hates” is only interesting if you’re liberally biased enough to like democracy, per @nytimes.com

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 12d

You’d never know from a single afternoon headline at @nytimes.com or @washingtonpost.com, but this morning, the President of the United States ordered the nation’s top military commanders to violently “handle” peaceful protesters and other Americans he deems “enemies from within.”

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 1h

Slow-moving @nytimes.com editors are expected to acknowledge Trump’s “dictator” aspirations when it’s too late to matter.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yesterday, for the second consecutive day, President Trump defended the expansion of his military police state by saying that "a lot of people" would prefer "a dictator" to a normal criminal justice system.

Today, for the second consecutive day, @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com play dumb.

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Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 2h

President Trump to be hailed as the wisest “dictator” in human history by whatever’s left of @cbsnews.com

Bari Weiss Named CBS News Editor-In-Chief, Solidifying Network’s Rightward Shift

Paramount, CBS’ parent company, will also acquire her publication, The Free Press, for a hefty sum.

www.huffpost.com

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Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 2h

Here’s the Secretary of Transportation rationalizing a massacre by smearing #NoKings protesters as “part of” a “domestic terrorist” group.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 2h

People who celebrate and excuse insurrectionist mob violence should be untouchable lepers, part 12,314.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2h

"To bring a democracy under authoritarian control, you need more than a strongman. You need politicians who will assure the public, as we slide toward one-man rule, that nothing odd is happening. That’s the role Johnson is playing in Trump’s takeover of America." www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

www.thebulwark.com

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 2h

You’d never know from the @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com front pages, but yesterday the Vice President of the United States affirmed that self-described “dictator” and disgraced insurrectionist Donald Trump is “looking at” escalating his “war” on Americans by invoking the Insurrection Act.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 2h

Washington Post editors are expected to protect the president’s delicate fee-fees (or else).

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 2h

Thought police to arrest @cbsnews.com employees after Bari Weiss flags evidence of pro-democracy “bias” in internal emails.

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector

On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

defector.com

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 2h

New York Times editors receive their marching orders from the White House.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 17h

This morning, the Vice President of the United States affirmed on live TV that disgraced insurrectionist and self-described “dictator” Donald Trump is “looking at” invoking the Insurrection Act.

This evening, there are zero headlines mentioning “insurrection” at @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 3h

Punchbowl News: Reassuring Republicans By Letting Them Shred Democracy and the Rule of Law with Impunity™

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 25

Trump: "A lot of people are saying maybe we'd like a dictator."

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 3h

Punchbowl News: Helping Fascists Normalize Fascism So We Don’t End Up Like Navalny™

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

Welker: "Are you seriously considering invoking the Insurrection Act?"

Vance: "Well, the president's looking at all of his options right now."

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 12h

Bright @washingtonpost.com editors are showing off their willingness to play dumb so they can get raises.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 17h

This morning, the Vice President of the United States affirmed on live TV that disgraced insurrectionist and self-described “dictator” Donald Trump is “looking at” invoking the Insurrection Act.

This evening, there are zero headlines mentioning “insurrection” at @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com

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Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 12h

Also, he got to where he wanted a terrorist attack so he could have a pretext to declare martial law.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Translation: they gave him a plane and filled his family’s pockets

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Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 13h

“Trump’s declaration of ‘war’ on the millions of U.S. citizens he openly hates left us yawning.”
—chickensh*t @washingtonpost.com editors

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 10d

Would that we had a constitutionally protected class of professionals whose job it was to convey (with words) what Trump and Hegseth said, instead of leaving us to read these horrified faces.

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Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 14h

Looking to improve their standing in the eyes of a press-hating fascist and self-described “dictator.”

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 15h

Donald Trump purchases @nytimes.com for the low price of zero dollars.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 12d

By no one in particular, and in no particular context. (Bonus White House brownie points for reducing an explicit declaration of “war” on tens of millions of Americans to a mere “partisan complaint.”)

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