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David Waldman

@kagrox.bsky.social

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · Oct 7

I guess I need to transfer this over here.

Pinned tweet, dated November 25, 2016: Mike Flynn is a spy.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 19m

Vermin Supreme would do a better job.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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not an art thief @famousartthief.bsky.social · 41m

not that i am wishing it on those folks but if the president wanted to know about portland he could go to there

but he doesn’t

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The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 5h

When Arjun Jaikumar left his private practice to work as a public attorney, he committed to the public good. Now he’s running for Cambridge School Committee with plans to cut achievement gaps and improve transparency.

Ayaan Ahmad reports.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

School Committee Candidates Say They Want to Close Achievement Gaps. Arjun Jaikumar Says He Has A Plan. | News | The Harvard Crimson

When Arjun K. Jaikumar left his private practice to work for Massachusetts as a public attorney, he made a commitment to the public good. Now, he is committing to children in Cambridge, running for…

www.thecrimson.com

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1h

Trump has gone totally mad. It's 25th Amendment time all day, every day. He's living in a totally invented, fictional world. And he's old and in ill-health.

It's outrageous, reckless, choose your word that Republicans haven't done more to deal with this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 4h

You can start swearing at them right now, as far as I’m concerned.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 5h

“Attention-fracking!” That’s good!

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 5h

My takeaway is that the people who sold us addictive attention-fracking tools are getting dangerously high on their own supply. "Greta Thunberg might be the antichrist" is an extremely "grandpa got his brain cooked by too much Facebook" sentiment. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 5h

His Own Private Idaho

Qatar gave Don an excellent adventure so Don’s giving Qatar a Boise base bigger than the matrix. As he flips the bird at a bald eagle of US sovereignty, maybe it’s time I say I was an ostrich with my hand in the sand, fly the coop and admit Donald’s no dove?

by Maureen Dowd

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 5h

“Top Qun”

Al-Monitor @al-monitor.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: Pentagon says Qatari F-15 fighter jet pilots to train at new US base in Idaho www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

Pentagon says Qatari F-15 fighter jet pilots to train at new US base in Idaho

The announcement comes as the Trump administration has moved to reward Qatar for facilitating talks to end the Gaza war.

www.al-monitor.com

David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 5h

Also, we are giving them one Idaho Congressional seat. No biggie.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 5h

It will also feature the world’s most golden Starbucks, by the way.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 5h

You won’t catch me being the first one to allege that Trump never returned from Walter Reed.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6h

I’m pleased to announce that Qatar will be building a new palace for their Emir inside the forthcoming White House ballroom.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6h

That could just be autopilot!

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Steve Zorowitz @stevezorowitz.bsky.social · 6h

In an amazing development, doctors at Walter Reed Hospital removed a Nobel Peace Prize from Donald Trump's colon and presented it to him.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6h

Is Trump dead? It’s been quiet.

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Justice Putnam @justiceputnam.bsky.social · 6h

Maybe Noem will send in her goons to rough up the Filipino slave labor the Qataris will bring in to build the base?

David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6h

Excited to ground the Qatari Air Force with measles.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6h

Excited to ground the Qatari Air Force with measles.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6h

What if they’ve just been spray-painting the ketchup stains gold all this time?

David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6h

LIHOP theory in 3, 2, 1…

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 6h

“…Trump and his lieutenants have been plotting their assault on Illinois’s liberal stronghold for much of the past decade. But in the weeks following the assassination of MAGA-aligned podcaster Charlie Kirk, the Trump White House is hoping to develop new tools for…

David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6h

You can astrally project, or just use a drone, to take out (presumably Satanic) prayer warriors, anywhere in the world.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h

Pretty insane stuff from DHS Acting General Counsel Joseph Mazzara:

www.thehandbasket.co/p/dhs-fps-me...

Accordingly, if an individual across the street from a federal building throws a rock or bottle at FPS officers on federal property, as many of these rioters are wont to do, FPS can leave federal property and either arrest the malefactors or take other appropriate action in line with FPS's continuum of force policies. FPS could even enter a private residence containing an identified sniper blocks away from a federal facility in order to eliminate that exigent threat. There is simply no legal barrier to FPS taking action off federal property where a reasonable nexus to protecting that property exists.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h

Pretty insane stuff from DHS Acting General Counsel Joseph Mazzara:

www.thehandbasket.co/p/dhs-fps-me...

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Jady Marmalade @rabid-child.bsky.social · 6h

Fair chance he invites her to the White House and steals the medal like he did the FIFA World Cup trophy.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6h

Monroe Doqtrine.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6h

Cheer up, guys! RIFs stands for Retroactive Incel Fuckings.

Trump campaigned in getting you laid, and he’s going to deliver!*

*constructively

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 7h

Today?

I thought you were still not in session today.

If you can do this nonsense today, you can swear in Rep. Grijalva, too.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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