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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · 27d

If there's anybody who can manufacture a crisis that requires a "deal", it's President Trump. #ArtOfTheSteal

Republicans: They're not sending their best. 🙄

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yes, he'll use the time range that makes him look good. Big picture, violent crime in DC & nationwide is *way* down from its peak in the 1990s. What's up since 1994's federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004? Mass shootings with AR-15 style rifles. So weird. 🤔

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Aug 9

It's the perfect opportunity to arrest Putin for war crimes, but will Trump do that? Almost certainly not.

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Axon Spark @axonspark.bsky.social · Aug 3

Cool that you made him melt down, but you shouldn’t be making ANY deals with the openly fascist far right party. You should be doing what they’ve always done when they were out of power: obstruct. Refuse to work with them. Stop doing anything that furthers their agenda.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · Jul 28

He's using our money to buy himself a gift.

A billion dollar gift.

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jul 28

CORRUPTION UPDATE: Donald Trump accepted a “free” luxury jet from Qatar.

A new report says taxpayers will be on the hook for up to $1 billion for renovations.

All for a jet that's going to his future Presidential Library.

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jul 7

The buck doesn't stop here. 🙄

Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jul 5

At a conference in Birmingham circa 2016 I took a couple of sips of boxed beer, and it was exactly as warm and flat as you’re imagining right now. 🤮

Just before that, a Brit quaffed it to rehydrate after an intense DDR session. (This was at a let-your-hair-down session at the end of the day.)

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jul 3

Tip O'Neil?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 2

AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jul 1

Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.

Jason Delgado (Florida Capitol reporter for Spectrum News 13) on X: "Quick look at what inside a detainment tent looks like here at Alligator Alcatraz." What is shown in the picture is a long tent structure, about 50 feet wide. There is a corridor running down the middle. On each side are three rows of bunk beds. The bunk beds are sectioned off into cells which are constructed out of chain link fence, with chain link on the ceiling as well, making each cell a literal cage. It looks to me like each cell contains 9 bunk beds, so has capacity for 18 people each.

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 30

We don't have to pretend, but advert-funded news media do, right? Because they want to sell ads, they must bend over backward *not* to tell the American people what the MAGA-R pols are doing.

It's a case of I've-got-mine-jack, right? And many (D) incumbents do likewise. 😠 #VoteThemOut

Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 28

Yup. It’s government by special dispensation from Pope Donald I. 🙄 #NoKings #ReligiousFreedom

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 28

I’m sorry for your loss. Thanks for sharing those memories! 🙏

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 21

Yes, and governments know Trump Always Chickens Out because he's shooting from the hip, destabilizing the situation, without listening to expert opinions about pros, cons, next steps, etc.

With all eyes on him: Happy Trump. With no news, good or bad: Grumpy Trump.

They can outlast him. #TACO

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thus violating Molly Ivins's First Rule of Holes: When you're in one, stop digging.

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 21

a woman holding a cupcake with the words good for her above her

ALT: a woman holding a cupcake with the words good for her above her

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 21

Is this A.I.? 🤔

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 21

Yup! Because Trump sees power as relative, making others less able to effect change (or even just do their basic jobs competently) provides a fleeting dopamine hit that he craves. As long as he's the center of attention, nothing else matters. #InsaneCrownPosse #NoKings

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 21

Yes, just like the Obamacare replacement was always 2 weeks away.

As a reward for reading, here's a Caddyshack meme for an Idiocracy presidency. Are we great (again) yet? 🙄

a man in a white shirt stands in front of a crowd wearing a hat that says ' sx ' on it

ALT: a man in a white shirt stands in front of a crowd wearing a hat that says ' sx ' on it

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 21

First rule of Big Lie Club: Don't tell the truth about Big Lie Club.

a man is talking into a microphone with the words `` one rule fight '' written above him .

ALT: a man is talking into a microphone with the words `` one rule fight '' written above him .

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 21

ICE is full of thugs: agreed. DHS probably has some employees who get off on the power-trip of selecting folks in airports for extra screening just because they don't like their looks. That's just profiling: ugly and wrong for sure, but until mind-reading exists and is okayed by SCOTUS, not a crime.

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 21

In the latest poll, he's underwater with *all* age ranges, thanks to my cohort, the 45-to-64 year-olds. 👏

And don't call us Gen-X. We don't believe the hype 'cause we saw Reagan, Gingrich, & Dubya Bush start what Trump's now trying to finish: total takeover by monied interests and racists.

Graphs show Trump's job approval rating at regular intervals from inauguration in late January until the latest poll on 16 June 2025.

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 21

He knew *exactly* what he was doing. Such a tool! 😠

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · Jun 20

JD Vance refers to Sen. Alex Padilla as "Jose" Padilla

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 21

Yup. This is not the time for weasel words from journalists. Or maybe what NBC News is producing isn't really news? They do sell adverts, and heaven forbid they might lose some business from maga boycotts. 🙄 #NoGuardrails

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Joel Irby @joelirby.bsky.social · Jun 21

I can't get the image of his tiny little hands groping the body politic out of my head now. 🤢

I hope you're happy with yourself. 🙄 (🙃)

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