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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 1h

I don't know any job that's worth crawling on your belly for. Do they have no self respect?

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 2h

I mean, I'd be delighted if this was all true but it isn't.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 2h

It's like they've all convinced themselves that there's a real organization called Antifa Inc. and we have meetings and card carrying members and leaders who pay us all off and secret handshakes and plans to rule the world and I just don't understand any of it.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 2h

If all they know is what they were told by Trump's attorneys, then I'm not sure that you can blame them.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 2h

she may be beyond shame but I am so embarrassed for her.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 2h

FIVE YEARS AGO

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 2h

lucky for me!

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Vondre @wxjtmcd.bsky.social · 4h

This is what’s not being said enough. They are bailing out the farmers so the farmers can make the bank payments. They didn’t care when the farmers were screaming in panic. But when the banks lobbied, they jumping to action.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 2h

I am currently catless but I remember those days very well. Here's Anna supervising my PhD. And an excellent job she did too.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 2h

If Obama was being charged rent for the enormous space he takes up in Trump's head, he'd be so broke he'd be homeless right now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "Obama got a prize for doing nothing. Obama got a prize, he didn't even know what he got it -- he got elected and they gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country. He was not a good president."

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 2h

Trump was able to repeat five words in sequence five years ago and has never stopped bragging about it.

P.S. Everyone who can pass that test. I pass that test every year.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 2h

I know how little it actually matters but every time I see all that cheap-ass gold plating in the Oval Office, I wince. It's so incredibly tacky looking.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "Obama got a prize for doing nothing. Obama got a prize, he didn't even know what he got it -- he got elected and they gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country. He was not a good president."

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4h

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

I like cats that work cheap

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

oh well if RFK jr says so that I'm doing it

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

we need more cats like that in government

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

especially Siamese cats. Those bastards are SMART.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

I'm going out on a limb here and saying yes, that stuff will do you in, sooner rather than later.

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 4h

Imagine opening a letter saying your health insurance costs are about to rise by thousands, even tens of thousands, next year.

That’s the reality for millions of Americans later this month if we don’t extend ACA tax credits.

I won’t stand by while people are priced out of the care they need.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 11h

Like everyone, I hope this is a lasting peace deal.

That said, it's pretty disgusting to watch some political journalists trip over each other in competition to muse about a Nobel Peace Prize for a president who is currently deploying troops against American cities, violently weaponizing an apparently unaccountable police force against American citizens, suppressing freedom of the press, shutting down free speech for corporations and campuses to leverage bribery deals, openly threatening and cajoling federal judges, cutting many billions in foreign aid that will lead to millions of deaths globally, engaging in the extrajudicial murder of foreign citizens, placating dictatorial regimes with widely documented human rights abuses, and undermining global stability with third-rate mafia tactics.

It's tragic to witness how quickly informed journalists are folding to the fascism materializing in front of us because they don't want to be targeted next.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

Honey, I've had cats who were more qualified than he is.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 3h

things your oncologist never bothers to mention

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