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Dril Eulenspiegel @texaninnyc.bsky.social · 28d

Violating my "no Bluesky during football season" tenets to parachute in and say that my weird obsession with far right splinter groups and their shibboleths has finally made me the expert on something.

The shooter wrote 4 shitpost memes on bullets and every single one of them is a dumb groyper meme

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Ed Salmon @fogmount.bsky.social · Jun 5

Well yeah. No trade, no trade deficit. Scarcity and stagflation, though.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Jun 5

US trade deficit drops. https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/current/index.html

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Ed Salmon @fogmount.bsky.social · May 24

Israeli troops are forcing Palestinian civilians to clear buildings and tunnels of booby traps and Hamas gunmen. “Soldiers said the practice… spared combat dogs from injury or death… A high-ranking officer said they shouldn’t worry about international humanitarian law.” apnews.com/article/isra...

Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen.

apnews.com

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Ed Salmon @fogmount.bsky.social · May 23

We prefer Mar-a-Lago-style scoring, in which we just pull fantasies out of our ass.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 23

FOX: This bill adds trillions to our debt. How is that acceptable to the administration?

BESSENT: You're referring to the CBO scoring I believe, which is DC-style scoring

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Ed Salmon @fogmount.bsky.social · May 13

Cutting prices by the power of make-believe

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 13

Trump: "We're doing what a lot of smart people would do, and we're not necessarily being politically correct. You saw what we did yesterday in healthcare. We've cut our healthcare by 50 to 90 percent."

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Ed Salmon @fogmount.bsky.social · May 10

Lights are still on throughout western India, judging by weather satellite images from zoom.earth. (The sun is up in eastern India.)

Zoom Earth | Live Weather Map & Hurricane Tracker

Interactive world weather map. Track hurricanes, cyclones, storms. View LIVE satellite images, rain radar, forecast maps of wind, temperature for your location.

zoom.earth

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · May 9

White House mulls suspending habeas corpus even though the Constitution specifically bars that except "in cases of rebellion or invasion." Trump aides argue that immigration constitutes an invasion, an argument intelligence agencies have refuted. @karoun.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...

Trump Officials Consider Suspending Habeas Corpus for Detained Migrants

www.nytimes.com

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · May 7

TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

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Ed Salmon @fogmount.bsky.social · May 7

Yes, if anything can “restore credibility” to Congress, it’s Jonathan Turley testifying before a subcommittee chaired by Andy Biggs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 7

an agitated Biggs snaps at Goldman: "You are out of order. Be quiet ... you're done."

Ed Salmon @fogmount.bsky.social · Apr 29

To hell in a handbasket?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 29

REPORTER: Trump has the lowest approval rating of any president in the last 80 years. How do you interpret those numbers?

MIKE JOHNSON: Look, in any new administration, it's a rollercoaster ... what the real polling is showing is that they understand that we're heading somewhere.

Ed Salmon @fogmount.bsky.social · Apr 13

Slept in my Leonard Cohen T-shirt and woke up sure that the rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor, and there’s a mighty judgment coming.

Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · Apr 12

Slept in my Smashing Pumpkins t-shirt and despite all my rage I'm still just a rat in a cage.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Apr 12

Slept in my Dead Kennedys tee shirt but the Nazi punks still haven’t fucked off.

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Ed Salmon @fogmount.bsky.social · Apr 7

Trump on Feb. 14th, 2020, talking about COVID-19:

“We have a very small number of people in the country, right now, with it… So we’re in very good shape.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 7

REPORTER: How concerned are you about the measles outbreak? There was another fatality today

TRUMP: Well I think they, uh, they're doing reports on it. It's so far a fairly small number of people. It's something people have known about for many many years. We'll see what happens.

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Ed Salmon @fogmount.bsky.social · Mar 20

Where does he think our students are now?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 20

Trump on the Department of Education: "We're gonna shut it down and shut it down as quickly as possible. It's doing us no good. We want to return our students to the states."

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Ed Salmon @fogmount.bsky.social · Mar 14

It’s amazing how many people in positions of influence, both in Congress and in the media, fail to grasp that the normal practices of politics are no longer adequate. In normal times a shutdown is a disaster, but it pales in comparison to shredding the Constitution, alliances, and democracy itself.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 14

Schumer: "I supported what the House did to vote against this bill universally, but that didn't cause a shutdown. It's different in the Senate. I knew people were gonna disagree with me but I thought so strongly that the shutdown would be the greatest disaster we face ... "

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Ed Salmon @fogmount.bsky.social · Mar 13

March 13, 2025: The day Chuck Schumer surrendered the power of the legislative branch to a fascist dictator.