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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 28m

“Turnabout is fair play”? Seriously? That’s NYT’s takeaway from the James indictment? These people are grotesque.

Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 9h

All part of the good ol’ conservative two-step! bsky.app/profile/lege...

Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 6d

The right employs a two-track strategy to win the war of persuasion: to liberal audiences that hate your ideas, push the “open inquiry, everyone’s voice must be heard” to work your way in, but to conservative audiences do whatever is necessary to prohibit liberal views.

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 17h

I think this motivates a lot of the “we need to touch the stove” sentiment. This is a way to cut through that noise for all the people who think everything that happens in America is the fault of the president.

Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 17h

To be clear, what follows from this is not to just fund the government and let Trump step in shit. Demand an end to ALL his illegal bullshit, which he will never grant. Then the government shuts down, people touch the stove and hate Trump for it, and the Dems get to stand for something.

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 17h

One issue with this is that we have no rooftops: the MSM is now entirely dedicated to propagandizing for Republicans. This is part and parcel of the other issue, which is, what political benefit? Trump won in 2024. People cited “his” checks as a reason to bring him back.

Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 1d

This is not a risk. We have seen over and over again that there is absolutely a major political benefit to publicly stopping the GOP from doing harm in a high profile showdown. If Dems win the standoff then it is imperative that it be yelled from the rooftops that they won the standoff

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 18h

SPD presided over the crash, so Germans blamed them. In the US, Hoover presided over the crash, so people blamed Republicans. We had the opportunity to make Trump the next Hoover.

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 21h

When I was growing up, loving Republicans was not considered a mandatory opinion for people with an audience. Maybe one day we’ll get back there.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22h

Following MTG's lengthy CNN sitdown interview, Wolf Blitzer tells her:

"You‘re a courageous politician, but more important, a loving mother. Thanks very much for coming in. We hope you‘ll come back here in the Situation Room."

Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 21h

Ohhh gotcha. Yeah agreed, that’s ridiculous.

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 21h

Oh, are you saying that some of the same people calling Schumer feckless also want him to bail out Republicans?

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 22h

I think what I’d rather have seen from the Democrats re: the budget is an offer to pass a clean CR that lasts three months, with the next 3-month CR conditional on an end to impoundments. If R’s play ball then this arrangement continues. If not, government shuts down until the next presidency.

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 22h

Wait what do you mean by this? Why can’t people think Schumer is both a wimp and Republicans are ultimately the villain?

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 1d

Does this guy think we haven’t heard about the multiple comedians who went to the festival and who explicitly said “yeah I know they suck I’m just doing this for the money?”

Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 1d

Comedians trying to make serious points inevitably give off the vibe of a toddler trying to do an office job. This is the same idiotic argument Republicans use to assert that Trump couldn’t possibly be getting up to anything corrupt.

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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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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 1d

Look, in America we call those “the Founding Fathers,” and we actually think they made a few good points.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

Are white Monsters any good?

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Adrian Walking Dead 🧟‍♂️ 🦇 @adrianswalker.blacksky.app · 1d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 1d

At the time I would’ve said absolutely not. But given the way low-information voters have remembered it, I have to say yes now.

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 1d

He saw the word “Marxist” in the display name and stopped reading there, I’d guess

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Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

If Section 3 disqualification requires either an impeachment conviction or a criminal conviction, then nobody was ever disqualified by it because neither of those things were ever done with oath-breaking Confederates.

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 1d

Me telling Democratic leadership they actually have to oppose the Republican agenda

The Jurph from the Black Lagoon @jurph.bsky.social · 1d

LEFT LANE
MUST
LEFT LANE

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao. “Get your fascist paws off my trickle-down economics!” Maybe if there were just a few more of those people we wouldn’t be in this mess

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 1d

I have frogs everywhere

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Putting aside the many reasons they should include it, this is also negotiation 101: don't negotiate against yourself, such as by locking your demand in low when your counterparty refuses to negotiate.

Dems shouldn't take stuff off the table until Trump & GOP are truly negotiating.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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