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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

If the President of the United States has the luxury of telling us for weeks and weeks that he’s thinking of invoking the Insurrection Act, then there’s clearly no need to invoke the Insurrection Act.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · 2d

Ladies and gentlemen, we have found the most clueless take on today’s No Kings rallies.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Sep 19

In a world where America’s most toxic rhetorical bombthrower is in the White House, Republicans now want to punish speech that goes too far… by his critics.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Sep 17

Trump: “I believe we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world. In fact, nobody’s even questioning it.”

In other news today, a concerned Fed lowered its benchmark interest rate on worries of a stagnanting American economy.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Sep 17

Lyin’ Ted Cruz falsely claims the Hortman assassin was a leftist. We have the video to prove him wrong.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Sep 17

Since MAGA Republicans need to take full political advantage of this assassination and spin it into a leftist problem, they’re busy sweeping the Hortman assassination and events like J6 under the rug and literally deleting a federal study proving them wrong.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Sep 16

Today Trump blamed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for not asking him to lower flags for Melissa Hortman. But back in June Trump openly refused to speak to Walz. Watch.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Sep 16

AG Pam Bondi falsely claims the assassin of Melissa Hortman was a supporter of Governor Walz. In fact, reporters found out he was a strong Trump supporter. We’ve got the video.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Sep 16

JD Vance in Munich in February: “Just as the Biden administration seemed desperate to silence people for speaking their minds, so the Trump administration will do precisely the opposite.”

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Sep 11

Sooner or later, they’re going to find the Kirk shooter. I’ll say here what I say after EVERY shooting: The motive is irrelevant to anything other than the crime itself. We can’t smear entire social groups because some nutjob that fits their demographic had access to a gun and was willing to use it.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Sep 11

Compare Nancy Pelosi’s respectful statement on the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk with Charlie Kirk’s snarky, disrespectful, innuendo-laden comments on the brutal attempted murder of Paul Pelosi (sound on).

I’ll let this contrast speak for itself.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Aug 21

The 2026 federal midterm election is shaping up into a battle between the state legislatures for control of Congress, where the voters themselves become increasingly irrelevant to the outcome.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Aug 21

I’d look for the source of this claim, but I’m not a proctologist.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 19

I’m sure Trump’s lawsuit against the WSJ and Rupert Murdoch will finally stop all the talk about Jeffrey Epstein.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 18

I’m sure Donald Trump’s threatened lawsuit against the WSJ and Rupert Murdoch will make the Epstein scandal go away.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 17

After a decade of Trump’s casual vulgarity infesting American politics, Republicans are suddenly concerned… because now a Democrat is talking back to them in their own vernacular.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 12

I wonder with Tom Homan thinks of this guy.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 11

She used George Stephanopolous’s choice of words.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 11

Donald Trump is trying to use brute force to make a failed immigration system work.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 11

Wall Street: The bigger the TACO, the more we profit. So let’s just not say anything about the new Trump tariffs until the very last possible moment.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 11

MAGA is all about dividing America into an “us” and “them” - and then using government power to ruthlessly attack the “them.”

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 11

The stock market has been rallying despite Trump’s revived trade war threats, on the assumption he will TACO. But Trump may be learning precisely the wrong lesson, by convincing himself that tariffs really won’t hurt the market.
www.axios.com/2025/07/11/t...

Only the markets can stop Trump's tariff regime now

Stocks seem very, very disinclined to stop the historic rally they've been on the last three months.

www.axios.com

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 10

Defund this anti-American bullshit.

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 8

Smart churches would be well advised not to take the bait and avoid getting into the business of political endorsements. Politicization of religion is driving away the next generation from the church pews.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...

I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit

www.nytimes.com

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 8

Trump and Netanyahu are treating Palestinians like illegal immigrants on their own land - encouraging them to self-deport after turning their land into a pile of smoking rubble. Ethnic cleansing with a snappy sales pitch.

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