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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 11h

I'm surprised they didn't get the asshole from Trapt.

That said...guess I'll be adding Stained to my boycott list. Not that I was a huge fan of them anyway but still.

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Were screeching cats in heat not available?

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 12h

We all knew this was coming. The GOP hasn't given a flying fuck about troops since Ike.

Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 13h

So much for being pro military. I guess the "Warrior Ethos" doesn't include getting a paycheck for serving your country.

#GOPShutdown

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

"Support the troops, y'all!"

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 20h

Today we remember...that Columbus was hated by nearly everyone that wasn't Spanish nobility, and a Spanish governor in the Caribbean actively worked to prevent him from being rescued when his ships got damaged in a storm.

He also rapped and tortured natives for fun.

No wonder MAGAts love him.

Thad @tyranicus.net · 1d

Annual reminder that Christopher Columbus was a terrible person, even by the standards of his contemporaries.

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 1d

He probably doesn't know her name because that would mean giving even half a shit about someone besides himself

Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 1d

Theil completely missed the entire plot of The Watchmen apparently

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 1d

Yes Trump. So many laws and protocols have been broken. But it has consistently been you and your regime doing the breaking. Do the world a favor and have that fucking stroke already.

Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

The government has been shut down for nearly half a month.

Insurance costs are doubling for millions of families.

And you’re still trying to rewrite history on the first bipartisan vote to impeach a U.S. president?

Put down your phone and focus on ending the Trump shutdown.

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 1d

Vance: "let me repeat my lie"

Stephanopoulos: "nope fuck this I'm out"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 1d

I'm assuming Ben has no idea what irony is

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is great because he says what the rest of us are feeling

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 1d

Oh shit the brought out the big guns!

Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 1d

I can't yell loudly enough the importance of holding the line.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2d

Many RIFed yesterday are now being unfired(?!)

Unclear if it’s evil or incompetence — but either way, calculated move. Meant to flex power.

Ha. Just shows Republicans are scared.

Dems, @schumer.senate.gov — don’t back down.
They know they’re losing the Republican shutdown shitshow.
We’re winning.

Official HHS memo showing someone RIFed yesterday is, um, no longer RIFed. wtf

Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 1d

In case there was any doubt in your mind who caused this shutdown

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Republicans declare themselves patriots, then turn around and block the paychecks of the men and women who defend America.

And what’s really wild, some of those same troops keep voting red while getting screwed over again and again.

Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 1d

The regime that is giving one of the largest supporters of Hamas a military base in the US thinks people that oppose them support Hamas

AltUSCustoms @altuscustoms.altgov.info · 2d

Oh my god. No. NO. The lies…the sheer scope of the lies they tell. I am SO TIRED of this. So tired.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

Reposted by Desert Liberal

South Carolina Department of Propaganda @southcarolinadop.bsky.social · 2d

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 1d

This is correct. Here's the action that needs to be taken:

Remove them all from fucking power and throw them in prison. My personal preference would be an international one.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

Please remember that "that's illegal" is a *description*, not a *conclusion*.

The law PROHIBITS people from doing things. It does not PREVENT people from doing things. "Illegal" does not mean "impossible." "Illegal" means "on a list of actions the government can, but is not required, to punish."

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 2d

Tree fucker...

Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 2d

It's always been America Last with them!

Peace @dogsmile.bsky.social · 3d

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 2d

The good news is eventually these workers will get justice.

The bad news is the damage will be done. Both to the workers and to the organizations they work for

Kate @gaylekate.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration is cutting at least 4,100 federal employees during a partial government shutdown, as detailed in court documents filed in California.

[IN THEIR ZEAL, MILLER & VOUGHT & HOMAN FORGOT THAT MANY OF THESE FOLKS LIVE IN NEIGHBORING STATES & THEY VOTE]

ground.news/article/trum...

Trump administration fires at least 4.1K federal workers in shutdown layoffs

The Trump administration laid off more than 4,100 employees Friday amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to a new court filing from the Justice Department. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ...

ground.news

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 2d

Remind him that his boss just agreed to let one of the largest supporters of Hamas in the world build a training center on a US Air Base?

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 2d

Hey look. We're officially IN the "Anne Frank" part.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Echoes of a very dark past.

From the Chicago Sun Times: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 2d

We get made look even dumber

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly? I got lucky. Met a girl. Got married too fast desperate to escape that life. Got divorced and learned some hardclessons. Then met a woman who's parents were also from my hometown but moved away. Hit it off right away. She got a job and moved to town and the rest, as they say, is history.

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 3d

I will never forgive Schumer for tanking the effort to do this back in the Spring

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · 3d

It's every authoritarian takeover.

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