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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 27m

It’s actually incredible that as a society we never managed to find the political will to force elected officials to tell the truth on TV.

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Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 13m

I fully encourage Kash Patel to personally undertake the search for the ANTIFA secret lair. Keep searching buddy. I think it’s somewhere near are 51.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

“America First.”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20m

That line, “there’s more that unites us than divides us,” can sound like a cliché. But right now, it hits.

All of us want affordable healthcare. Nobody can afford premiums that triple. Nobody wants to see service members standing in food pantry lines.

Party divides completely fade on these issues.

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Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 15m

I used to land on THX1138 all the time

Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 18m

I’m gonna assume he thought ozymandias was a true visionary.

Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 29m

They’re not even trying to hide the lies anymore.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1h

He speaks like a poet.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

Never forget that when Bondi was appointed, Democracy Docket immediately called her out while The Washington Post gave her a thumbs up.

If you value independent, pro-democracy media that won't bow down or obey, support Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 58m

This was honestly a question to the President of a country at war.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

FOX: Do you think President Trump should be nominated for the Nobel Prize next year?

ZELENSKYY: We will be very happy to nominate President Trump next year if he will pressure and stop Putin

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 4h

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Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 1h

The post apocalyptic hellscape that is Chicago is mayhem. The animals are taking over. Oh the humanity!!!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 2h

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: #bondi #liarliarpantsonfire #nazipos

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 23h

Looks so serene and post-apocalyptic at the same time.

Chicago, IL

Taken from Indiana Dunes State Park

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah their general concern for the American people is simply stunning.

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Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 3h

Novel committee you got this in case he tries next year? He’s not exactly promoting peace.

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 10h

"We would have taken [Venezuela] over. We would have gotten all that oil. It would have been right next door". 2023 👇

Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 3h

Just admit you fucked up. It’s human. They can’t even admit obvious mistakes. When You can’t just “oops my bad” that kinda says it all.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 3h

First off “I”. Second off white duck is rioting the fucking frogs? No. Your guys start the violence every fucking time.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3h

That’s quite a telling statement, Stephen Miller. I guess you’re calling all the shots now?

Tweet from Sky Marchini: “‘I’.”
Below is Acyn’s tweet quoting Stephen Miller on CNN: “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice, sleepy southern town, is anyone going to riot?”
Screenshot shows Miller speaking on the right and the interviewer on the left, with the headline: “Illinois & Chicago sue Trump over Natl Guard deployment.”

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Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 3h

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Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 3h

I don’t bother to actually know what’s going on. A Supreme Court justice simply can’t be bothered with such trivialities as goings on and such.

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 1d

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Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him @bwierenga.bsky.social · 3h

I loved this because while there’s plenty of legalese it’s understandable to us humanities majors.

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