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Captanne

@captanne.bsky.social

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NAFO fella, Prof historian, Veteran, ret military pilot C-12/5/22/21, JD from CUA, PhD from G’town. Native Washingtonian (DC). Opinions wholly, entirely and absolutely my own. I don’t interact during working hours.

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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 11m

Grotesque is the perfect word for it.

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Ed Hirsch @edhirsch.bsky.social · 39m

#FactsMatter
RED STATES HAVE THE HIGHEST CRIME RATES

The Two-Decade Red State Murder Problem
www.thirdway.org/report/the-t...

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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 38m

Book Tour Lady has something to say?

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 39m

this pedantic bullshit. if you let irreparable harm happen, you’ve decided the issue. the hint is in the word irreparable. let me break that down for you Amy. Imagine, if you will, a harm that is reparable. now,

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1h

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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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1h

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 49m

Yep.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1h

“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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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 1h

We cannot rely on the Supreme Court.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 1h

The Supreme Court has been reluctant to constrain the imperial presidency, but if it fails to act now, it could put American democracy itself at great risk. bit.ly/3IWUMED

There Is No Insurrection

Troops are for national defense, not displays of presidential power.

www.brennancenter.org

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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 1h

I love this.

Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 1h

Not only was he President but he cheered them on.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 1h

You were president on Jan 6th, Puddin’ Brain.

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 1h

Apparently it’s considered somewhat inappropriate to remove spilt gravy from one’s fur whilst sitting at the ticket window

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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 2h

The military have no police powers.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

And people tell me the libs have no knack for messaging.

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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 3h

Quite literally.

Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 3h

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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 3h

If we don’t terminate a thousand people en masse during a shutdown, maybe there won’t be mistakes. Just spitballing, here.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4h

The Trump administration has now reversed the layoffs of a lot of federal employees. At the CDC, officials said some staff were mistakenly terminated due to a procedural error.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

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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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h

Who was president then?

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3h

What if all of these were just DMs?

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

This has real -- I intended to dm "Pam" -- energy.

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