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Eric Slater

@esslater.bsky.social

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Music and sports fan. Liberal AF. Always a Democrat. LSU Tigers, New York Mets, VCU Rams, New Orleans Saints, New York Rangers. Love Star Wars. Classic rock forever!

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Eric Slater @esslater.bsky.social · Feb 17

Still cannot fathom that these bastards want to cut cancer research. For the life of me, I just cannot understand the cruelty. Can someone explain this to me? I was not raised this way -- most of us weren't. This is pure hell for anyone who has even an ounce of empathy.

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LOL

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 21h

This is the Republican shutdown.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 4h

The president has made no secret of his enemies list.

But we will not be intimidated.

We will not be deterred.

We will do our jobs and continue fighting back against these attempts at retribution.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Eric Slater @esslater.bsky.social · 1h

Once again, maga confirms it is a death cult.

The criminals in charge want us all to die.

They need to be tried at The Hague and would no doubt be convicted of crimes against humanity.

What sane person actually agrees with the damage they're causing?

It is beyond sick.

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Eric Slater @esslater.bsky.social · 1d

Can't wait for karma to visit that scumbag Scalise. Such a small man. Just like the rest of the republican assholes in Congress.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It was never about “free health care for illegals.” This is always what it was about. They have no intention of “fixing” the ACA, they intend to defund it.

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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 4d

That one aged like an egg salad sandwich on a hot summer day.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Mr. Secretary, the president is on the phone. He sounds very angry and he keeps calling you Lil Marco.

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Eric Slater @esslater.bsky.social · 1d

LOL. Yet another in a long line of feckless republicans who have allowed themselved to be emasculated by trump. So fucking weak.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

now do jan 6th

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Eric Slater @esslater.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine allowing yourself to emasculated by the likes of trump. Weak doesn't even begin to describe it.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

Truth.

Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 1d

A man who has declared war on American cities is not deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

PRITZKER: "I genuinely think there is something wrong with him. I wish that his family would intervene, because I do think he needs mental health help."

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 1d

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I absolutely agree !
And I have one thing to add:

If you are a convicted felon, you should automatically be denied entry to the White House . . .

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tarasworld.bsky.social @tarasworld.bsky.social · 1d

"A woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness" Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Maria Corina Machado won for her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
#pinks

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump is ordering extrajudicial killings of suspected drug smugglers.

He's vilifying his political opponents and threatening to jail them.

His ICE agents are terrorizing immigrants and firing chemical agents at peaceful protestors.

And some people think he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize?