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Mark Mucci

@mlmucci.bsky.social

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Professional Amateur sharing Random Thoughts. Keep in mind: “Nobody wins unless everybody wins"; “Facts are stubborn things"; Social media is not real life. Posting from my little town of Maplewood, in the Great State of New Jersey. Pronouns: He/Him

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Mark Mucci @mlmucci.bsky.social · Mar 4

In light of Trump's duplicity and collusion with Russian aggression, more towns should add the flag of Ukraine to their municipal displays, imho.

Mark Mucci @mlmucci.bsky.social · Mar 1

Took this photo this morning on the lawn of the Municipal Building in my little town of Maplewood, NJ, showing the Ukrainian flag (which has been displayed for the past three years in support). As I left, I passed a woman who told me, “I’m here to take the same picture.”
I live in a great town.

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Mark Mucci @mlmucci.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, we don't need this guy as governor.

Ms. M @msmalarkey24.bsky.social · 1d

Make Child Abuse Great Again — NJ Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli:

“The wooden spoon builds character!”

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Mark Mucci @mlmucci.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes the facts are too obvious for Trump's usual bullsh*t to work ...

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

In an unusual acknowledgement, the Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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Race Bannon @racebannon.bsky.social · 1d

This is my favorite thing on the internet today.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Douthat is laundering hard core white Christian supremacy into the mainstream, with the NYT's blessing.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

Douthat: So that’s the first purpose of your political project, for America to stop making God angry.

Wilson: Yes. And most people think that when they are confronted with that project, they think that we want to get our tentacles into everything and start controlling everything. I actually think we need limited government. The government should be significantly smaller than it is, and we need to curtail a lot of the busybodyness that we have. That’s why I would call myself a theocratic libertarian. There is a true libertarian element in this, and yet, the transcendent grounding for what we’re talking about means that we acknowledge the authority of God.

We have racked up quite a body count of awful crimes, and I believe the only way out is for us to repent and turn to Christ. This would be things like no more Pride parades, no more drag queen story hours, no more abortion on demand, no more legalized same-sex unions — all of that, done. That’s the repentance part.

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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 1d

@apnews.com: Wall Street tumbles to its worst day since April after Trump threatens more tariffs on China

apnews.com/article/stoc...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

It does feel like everything, everywhere, all at once.

Tweet from Brian Allen: “🚨 RFK Jr just said circumcision causes autism, but not because of the procedure. He claims Tylenol is to blame... and says ‘two studies’ prove it. We’re officially in conspiracy multiverse madness.”
Below, a C-SPAN screenshot shows RFK Jr speaking at a table during a Trump administration cabinet meeting.

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Grave Boneyard @dconrad.bsky.social · 1d

When I see a politician who stands up for trans rights, even though I am a cis white man, I know that is a politician who will stand up for the most oppressed group in America, and therefore will stand up for everyone, trans, gay, straight, Black, Latin, Asian, anyone.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 1d

Kid Rock: "Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings."

Also, Kid Rock (Pictured).

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"Can you be certain about the pumpkin’s gender? You see that the cartoon pumpkin has a prominent Adam’s apple. Good sign. Even better, the pumpkin is punching an effeminate black cat. There’s no ambiguity that this drink is for men."

Pumpkin Spice: Now For Men

You’re a man. You’re into man stuff, like weed wackers, sports that cause brain damage, and getting hired by your dad’s golf friends. But it’s autu...

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Mark Mucci @mlmucci.bsky.social · 1d

"______ Night Massacre" is an expression often applied to government firings, especially when timed to be in the weekend news.
By firing key CDC Staff on the front lines of protecting the public from pandemics, this could result in a different kind of massacre.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

Mark Mucci @mlmucci.bsky.social · 1d

Could the Portland Frog be more popular than KPop Demon Hunters as a Halloween costume this year?

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 1d

just randomly looking around and found a place that sells these outfits in multiple sizes, if anyone's interested

www.favounicorn.com/inflatable-f...

Inflatable frog costume in kid and adult sizes, $54

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Mucci @mlmucci.bsky.social · 1d

Be like Trump.

About getting your Covid shot, not much else.

Big Cypress Box Set @waveofhopepatrol.bsky.social · 1d

Getting your Covid shot is an act of resistance.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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BlueBayOG @bluebayog.bsky.social · 1d

Come on NJ we need a double digits lead for Mikie!

Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 2d

NEW JERSEY POLL - Governor

🔵 Mikie Sherill: 46%
🔴 Jack Ciattarelli: 40%
🟡 Other: 4%
⚪️ Not sure: 9%

Rasmussen Poll

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible Congressional hearing opportunity here which is to ask Oz if he knows how numbers work.
Like, Katie Porter whiteboard stuff: "Ok, if the drug was $100 per month, and it was reduced by 650%, what would the price be?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Mark Mucci @mlmucci.bsky.social · 1d

I'm really uncomfortable with this new normal ...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

We've all heard that there is no free lunch.

Well, guess what?

There is no free 747 either.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Mark Mucci @mlmucci.bsky.social · 2d

The resentful white guys are having their own "Super Bowl Halftime" [https://nypost.com/2025/10/09/us-news/turning-point-usa-to-air-its-own-all-american-super-bowl-lx-halftime-show-to-compete-with-nfls-bad-bunny/ ] this year, so I suppose they can have their own "Nobel Peace Prize", also.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t…what…how…?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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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Montclair Dems @montclairdems.bsky.social · 2d

If you don't want to bring more chaos to #NJ by putting a Trump minion in charge, do NOT sit out the Nov 4th election. Vote Mikie and #voteblue to protect #NewJersey.

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