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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 14h

Does 2+2 equal 4 or are all numbers a lizard conspiracy? Depends on the narrator.

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 10h

I'm waiting to learn what level of mental incapacity constitutes an eligibility threshold for the 25th amendment invocation.

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M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 10h

It's kind of fascinating that these guys' agenda is all laid out after just the 9 months of Trump taking office.

M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 10h

It is not covered enough that Russian propaganda & influence operations are the origin of most of the antisemitism and the antisemitic tropes in circulation today.

If one traced any given antisemitic narrative & it will lead directly to the Russians or Russia's historical allies.

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M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. A symptom of a person who knows nothing about the organization parachuting into a high-level leadership position & expected to make it work.

It's what you get when you choose idiology over merit.

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M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me you feel in over your head & feeling overwhelmed without telling me you're feeling overwhelmed.

M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, brother! SMH!🤦🏻‍♀️

Is this an exclusive issue with South African brain-rott Broligarchs, or is it a generalized problem? I'm starting to think that it's a phenomenon worth studying.

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M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

It's happening everywhere. 😕

Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 1d

"To put it bluntly, the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating."

The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

www.theguardian.com

M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless these People don't believe that these children's lives are not worth the money it costs to implement saftey measures... In which case, why would anyone frequent their business?

M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

One would think the "news" media would report this fact in their reporting about these firings... but they didn't.

Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

Oh wow! it's an actual headline! 🤭
time.com/7324832/trum...

Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize He Shamelessly Campaigned For

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday said the recognition would instead go to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

time.com

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M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

I think if protesters carry "No Kings" signs ubiquitously, everyone in this Country would understand on sight that it's a Love America protest!

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

That sound you hear is plaintiff lawyers popping champagne corks and DOJ lawyers groaning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

Catchy tune!

M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

... & We the People have no way of knowing if that isn't really how these policy decisions are being made in the White House.

Congress is run by his party & even when Dems do oversight, executive branch officials filibuster & attack Congress instead of answering to the People's representatives.

M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

Not if you're a woman, apparently.🤷🏻‍♀️

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M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

They are not even smart enough to distinguish fact from fiction. 🤦🏻‍♀️

M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

It has to be an unnatural state of existence for a human being, isn't it?

If a social media platform can radicalize an adult billionaire like it radicalizes teenagers, then maybe they too don't have a good foundation of life skills to protect them against algorithmic harms.

M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

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:

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M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

Who voted for this?

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:

M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

It's an amazing album!
www.billboard.com/music/chart-...

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Breaks Modern-Era Single-Week U.S. Album Sales Record

Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" has broken the modern-era one-week album sales record, previously held by the debut of Adele's "25."

www.billboard.com

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M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

If there are two dozen cops in the range of your gasing, you're not doing crowd control, you're just using excessive force.

Idk how tenable this is, it seems unsustainable.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

head of Chicago PD says feds gasses his officers www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMDrmH1d/

Superintendent Larry Snelling says federal agents tear gassed 27 Chicago police officers. He addressed the incident while responding to criticism of how police have handled the ongoing ICE protests. #...

TikTok video by Fox 32 Chicago

www.tiktok.com

M @msderohanes.bsky.social · 1d

Middle-aged is 45, he's whatever past middle-aged is.

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