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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · Nov 15

you’re the one arguing with an internet duck

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 5h

lol how did i miss this www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...

Republican senators joke about Ted Cruz's Backstreet Boys 'back tattoo'

Republican senators joke about Ted Cruz's Backstreet Boys 'back tattoo'Source: Reuters

www.yahoo.com

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 5h

he hasn't voted in two days bsky.app/profile/sena...

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 5h

By a vote of 47-50, the Senate did not adopt the Merkley amend #3927, to limit the use of Federal law enforcement officers for crowd control, and for other purposes to S.2296, FY26 NDAA.

Senator Paul voted in favor.
Not voting: Senators Cortez Masto, Cruz, and Tillis

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 7h

Columbo AND Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman

Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 9h

if this doesn't turn into a whole bit i'm going to be sad

Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 9h

this is actually genius

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 9h

o m g

*dying*

Rosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · 10h

Leaning into the witchy allegations hoping to catch your attention.

Healthcare is on the line, it doesn't take a psychic to see that.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 9h

like I get it, I really do, and I'm not arguing against anything they might pass to make sure service members get paid uninterrupted-- but there's something about the way this issue comes up that seems to reinforce the idea that other federal service is not as deserving of immediate attention

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 9h

is keeping planes from crashing, keeping our food supply safe, providing cybersecurity, etc. etc. etc. less noble?

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 9h

I get why publicly worrying about military service members getting paid is politically expedient, but in an age of DOGE when the CDC is taking gunfire, I wish the concern about missed paychecks was expressed more broadly. (Also a high percentage of federal workers are US veterans.)

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 10h

if he does do a cognitive test tomorrow they're just going to have to measure how much fluid is coming out his ears

Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 10h

he hasn't even gone to his thing at walter reed yet! I think he's talking about the person, woman, man, camera, TV one lolol

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 11h

wtaf are you talking about

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 15h

I don’t remember which block it was but 3rd street ish

Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 15h

Capitol Hill area sort of near Union Station

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 15h

there’s a guy dressed like a pilgrim outside the heritage foundation with a sign that says “stop domestic troop deployments”

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 16h

coincidence or am I an ✨influencer✨

Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 16h

guys guess what

Poster on utility box with comparison of Spotted Lanternfly and bloated fascist guy (with images of the insect and the president). Bottom reads “not welcome in DC”

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 16h

what actually is this in the background

leather-ish looking object to the left of Mike Flood in the frame. It is semi circular with a hole or indent in the middle.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 16h

i was actually wondering if he might be in the basement of the zebra stairs house

Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 16h

his district isn't red enough for him to be continually fucking up lol

he had what, three completely disastrous town halls?

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 16h

sorry, as soon as i finish my coffee i'm going to move on with my day and stop analyzing politicians' comms for awhile, but

WHY IS HE IN A VILLAIN LAIR

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 17h

yeah, i don't think he is. I think he got where he was in part because he seemed like he could be easily manipulated by the folks who knew they wouldn't be able to be elected speaker but still wanted control

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 17h

i wish i'd made a list of the members who still had this sign up so i could go do some follow-up this week lol

Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · Jul 25

these signs were always funny bc graphic design is their passion but this week they hit different 😂

Sign in congressional office building that says yes! We’re open thanks to the new house republican majority. The apostrophe in we’re is upside down

Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 17h

it's why we're getting them leapfrogging all over the place and spinning the same incidents in different directions

those who actually sort of know how to handle this in the media are either being silent (McConnell) or are falling back on McCain-style "maverick" positioning (MTG)

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 17h

have said it before and i think it holds- many of these folks got where they are merely repeating Trump's talking points. They didn't have to think for themselves or take any responsibility for the messaging. But with the president's brain actively melting, now they have to, and they suck at it

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