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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 7h

Trump deserves no credit for this ceasefire - even in a backhanded way. He could have stopped the war this entire past year. If you have to thank someone - and there is little to be thankful for given the ruins of Gaza - please thank the global protest movement.

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah, 'MKULTRA existed' is fine as green.
'MKULTRA worked' should probably be in the yellow category.

grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 13h

Need to nullify everything he did like a football team giving up wins after they find a player was ineligible.

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 13h

Almost all talk about autism accommodations is about schools, which is important, but not many people talk about how much society outside of school will just treat you as a weirdo who should just stop being weird if you don't like it.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16h

ICE is a rabid animal and must be put down. Its rogue agents must be unmasked, stripped of their badges, and prosecuted. Its leaders must be imprisoned.

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 18h

For anyone curious about what was in the book

Michael Wolff: "A new book was published yesterday called Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York. It contains a passage in which Epstein is quoted where he says that he had sex with Melania a full year before Donald Trump commenced his relationship with Melania."

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 18h

After hearing that a publisher removed some details about Melania Trump from a book I went looking for what they removed and now I wonder what the Epstein files say about her.

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Poseur @poseur.bsky.social · 19h

I did not know Epstein introduced Trump to Melania, and would certainly never repeat such a rumor.

Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 19h

Weird, if not for this post, I never would have known that Jeffrey Epstein introduced Donald to Melania. Great job Trump lawyers!

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 1d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 19h

Weird, if not for this post, I never would have known that Jeffrey Epstein introduced Donald to Melania. Great job Trump lawyers!

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 1d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 19h

If everything Trump said was true and correct (it isn't) the four "drug" boats he's destroyed so far would have killed 100,000 Americans or virtually 100% of all overdose deaths for a year.
This man won't stop talking about his international waters murders in between claims he deserves a peace prize

grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 20h

If they somehow talk themselves into giving the peace prize to a man, who is ordering weekly war crimes in an effort to start a full blown war with another country and sending the military to crack down on his own citizens, they should just shut it down. The Nobel prize will mean less than nothing.

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 20h

15 years to come up with an alternative to Obamacare and a Congresswoman needs a couple more years in office to finally find out what her own party's healthcare proposals are?

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 20h

His uncles were quarterbacks but his dad was a wide receiver.

grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 21h

grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 23h

I'm not even sure they'd really want to stop a terrorist attack if they discovered one being planned.
A terrorist attack would be a perfect excuse to declare martial law and establish a federally controlled police state in every major city.

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 1d

Abandoning known drug trafficking routes on our border because they're focused on bombing fishing boats 1000 miles away.
The drug cartels are going to have to form something like OPEC for drugs just to keep prices from collapsing too much.

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 1d

He probably thought they were asking about one of those Roman statue pfp white supremacist accounts on Twitter getting suspended.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 1d

I think we should say the Court became illegitimate the moment Congress refused to allow Obama to appoint a new Justice. And no ruling since then should be legally binding.
The entire Roberts Court era should probably be treated as suspect and future courts shouldn't feel bound by its precedents.

grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 1d

Any issue with the Supreme Court could be easily addressed by Congress. The same is true about every issue with the current President.
But Congress is controlled by people who support the other branches ignoring the Constitution.
The root of all our problems is Congress, not the other branches.

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 1d

I can remember when people said presidential incumbents don't lose because none had since Clinton.
A false pattern often emerges when you only count just the 3 most recent data points.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 1d

Losing the war on woke

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking of Richard Spencer, Stephen Miller was friends with the white nationalist in college.
It's incredible what the Trump administration can get away with that would have been career ending scandals under any other president.

grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 1d

Can we get an update on that cognitive test. I'm sure he'll ace it again, just like he definitely did the last time.