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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 18h

And Dems did NOTHING about this! The ruling came down and Dems said "oh, that was a bad ruling, need a constitutional amendment" instead of a full-court press of "THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS FROM AN ILLEGITIMATE PARTISAN SUPREME COURT OF FASCISTS."

But Dems had to "respect the institution" and here we are.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Kamala Harris: "The Supreme Court made the decision that the president would be immune from any of his conduct while in office. So we went into the election with this individual, Donald Trump, knowing that he would essentially be immune from any consequence for misbehavior while in office."

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 19h

Our media need to start ending interviews when the subjects lie, and not broadcasting statements made that are full of lies.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 19h

Why don’t they end the interview at this point? Or when he blatantly lies?

Letting Vance keep speaking just validates and rewards his lying and obfuscation.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure your next rejoinder will be the usual “I’ll bet you didn’t even vote” crap that the Pollyanna crowd always pull out when claiming that Pelosi and Schumer and Jeffries’ 17-dimensional chess is too much for my puny brain to comprehend.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 1d

No, because five whole times is functionally zero.

You’re either a paid staffer, a bot, or a Republican, because no one who actually is opposed to ICE or the military occupation of our cities could claim in good faith that the Dems are making enough of an issue about those two outrages.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 1d

Ooooooh, five whole times!

Peace in our time, then!

I swear, you “the Dems can do no wrong, it’s always the fault of the voters” people are half our problem.

The Dems should be hammering this outrage home EVERY DAY and not just five token, box-ticking times.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · Mar 25

i cannot believe that after Biden and RBG we are still having discussions about whether 80-year-olds should hold public office. they shouldn't. flat out.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 1d

Dude, you guys aren’t fighting for anyone except AIPAC and oil companies. You’re a pack of cowardly sinecured hacks.

You voted yes on Worship Charlie Kirk Day but won’t endorse Mamdani.

We know you’re not fighting for us.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 1d

Announcing Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl provoked an orgy of racism from the GOP, but centrists think if we just listen to these bigots more and go on their racist podcasts and meet them halfway, they’ll change.

Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 1d

Plus, we all hate each other. Blue America thinks red Americans are bad Americans, and red America thinks blue Americans are bad Americans.

It’s two totally different countries locked into a miserable marriage.

Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever the Vichy brigade responds “Dems have no power, what do you expect them to do?”, I say that Dems could be leading and calling for mass protests.

But instead they’re just…silent. Barely mentioning ICE or the occupation of cities because…fruitlessly chasing the law and order vote, I guess?

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 1d

We knew this from day 1. When Dems wouldn’t stand up for their own member’s right to use the bathroom of her choice - and when she went along with it to “not rock the boat,” it was obvious that Dems weren’t going to fight for shit.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve called @chu.house.gov a dozen times about it and every time her staffers give the lame excuse that “because the resolution condemned political violence, she voted for it.”

It was 1 clause, after 20 praising Kirk.

Chu didn’t release a statement when the two MN legislators were murdered.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 1d

95 Dems voted yes! Dems in safe, super diverse districts like @chu.house.gov and @reptedlieu.bsky.social

And then chickenshits like @pocan.house.gov voted “present” because “voting no would let them rile up their base.” As if they weren’t going to do that anyway.

Just cowards, all of them.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 2d

Why don’t the press call him out? Literally every journalist knows he’s lying. They should walk out. They should hammer him. They should do something other than just nod and smile and act as stenographers.

Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 2d

Nah. I don’t believe it.

Everyone knows Trump is a rapist. Everyone knows he’s a corrupt criminal. The people who vote for him don’t care.

Plus, Dems are too chickenshit to use it as a cudgel anyway.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 2d

They’re all counting on the Biden/Garland precedent that all will be forgiven.

Not a single elected Dem has said “elect us and we will punish these criminals.”

Not a single elected Dem is warning the GOP “we will investigate and punish your crimes.”

The GOP all know Dems won’t do a thing.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, and yet he still has terrified elected Dems into submission. Instead of fighting him on the fascism, on the occupation of cities, on ICE, on the corruption, you guys are just pathetically bleating about “won’t they be bipartisan about healthcare, we can’t wait to compromise and make a deal!”

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 2d

Guys: maybe worry about the fascism?

If you guys think that MAGA and the GOP will ditch Trump because of Epstein, you’re delusional and should retire.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 2d

Why are elected National Dems not screaming about this?

Oh yeah, because they’re so invested in trying to lure Republican voters that they don’t dare oppose authoritarianism for fear of looking weak.

Pathetic. Schumer’s, Jeffries’s, and Garland’s names will all be on the Republic’s gravestone.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 2d

Dems: “We can totally work with these people, also, to our base: don’t do anything to provoke them, if you call them Nazis you’re just going to enflame them, so surrender and be meek.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 2d

I guarantee that the Epstein files could show Trump raping 8 year olds every day for decades and not a single elected Republican or MAGA voter will desert him.

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, @tedlieu.bsky.social and @chu.house.gov - did sucking up to Charlie Kirk do anything?

What about you, @pocan.house.gov - did “not riling up the base” help?

Or did your collective chickenshit cowardice just embolden them?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 2d

You voted to honor Charlie Kirk.

Dems talk big on social media but they’re not doing a thing to actually fight the fascists.

You’re so into sucking up to law and order that you can’t even condemn ICE or the national guard deployment.

Pathetic.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3d

This is ten times worse than anything Ilhan Omar has ever done or said, and yet she’s constantly accused of antisemitism. Wonder what the difference is

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