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Random Participation @nailclipping.bsky.social · 1h

When things go wrong, you just point to the press and send a 🤷 emoji.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Over 500,000 views before the Community Note fact check.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.

#NoKings #Manhattan

Hand drawn sign reads ACTION ABSORBS ANXIETY

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Random Participation @nailclipping.bsky.social · 2d

I just love the transcript:

J: Did you display male genitalia in public?

D: I don’t have any to display.

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 2d

Looked up the law here and it's pretty damn clear it's regarding real actual genitalia and not cartoonish inflatable representations.

codes.findlaw.com/al/title-13a...

Alabama Code Title 13A. Criminal Code § 13A-12-130 SECTION 13A-12-130 PUBLIC LEWDNESS | FindLaw

Find a local lawyer and free legal information at FindLaw.com

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Random Participation @nailclipping.bsky.social · 2d

Come on! You know words! ABC. 123. As Michael Jackson taught us!

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

A No Kings rally in deep blue Washington, DC might seem like a strange place to meet Trump supporters. But over the upbeat groove of Sly and the Family Stone, you can hear whispers that the Radical Left is the reason a pumpkin spice oat milk latte is $6.75.

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Random Participation @nailclipping.bsky.social · 2d

Whatever happens, many pushed back. Let’s hope they’re the heroes of the story.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

Our thuggish dictator-wannabe is also a buffoonish man-child who sits there in his breathtakingly tacky Oval Office with his fake face and fake hair, boasting about passing a simple dementia test that a 10-year-old could ace. trib.al/CYOf5iW

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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Random Participation @nailclipping.bsky.social · 2d

A dick pick. Plus a woman in an inflatable penis costume.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d

Well, you can finally cross “I’ve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penis” off your bucket list

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Random Participation @nailclipping.bsky.social · 2d

I got one with my membership.

Random Participation @nailclipping.bsky.social · 2d

Please, if you get called onto a federal grand jury no matter what the charge you should vote not to indict.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

Which of these did you vote for, MAGAs?

1. War with Venezuela
2. War with Mexico
3. War with Colombia
4. War on Tylenol
5. Marines firing onto US soil
6. Runaway inflation
7. Runaway unemployment
8. Luxury jets for all Trump officials
9. ICE shooting and/or gassing US citizen priests, cops and vets

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

10. Pardoning child sex traffickers
11. Hiding the Epstein Files
12. Trump making billions on crypto scams
13. A $40 billion bailout of Argentina
14. Tariffs that destroy U.S. farmers
15. Tariffs that destroy U.S. businesses
16. Qatari bribes
17. Using the White House as a backdrop for selling merch

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Random Participation @nailclipping.bsky.social · 2d

The US (citizenry) has grown weary of the lying liar named Karoline Keavitt. She’s just Goebbels with lipstick.

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 3d

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

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Random Participation @nailclipping.bsky.social · 3d

You are encouraged to use this block list. They’re all liars, so no need to let liars lie more.

eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 3d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

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Random Participation @nailclipping.bsky.social · 3d

Can someone ask MTG who she voted for? And who her constituents voted for?

Not much interested in her whining about what she selected.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 4d

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4d

NEWS: CBS News head of standards Claudia Milne has quit. It was announced in the network’s 9 am editorial meeting. Bari Weiss was not on the call. According to a source, Milne gave thanks but did not say why she’s leaving the network.

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Random Participation @nailclipping.bsky.social · 3d

I love the smell of bankruptcies in the morning.

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Hólmgeirr Draven @njgerman.bsky.social · 4d

The American Farmer:
November 2024=FA
November 2025=FO

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 3d

Kudos to Ron Conway. “I am shocked and disappointed by your comments calling for an unwanted invasion of San Francisco by federal troops and by your willful ignorance and detachment from the impacts of the ICE immigration raids of families with NO criminal record.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

‘Godfather of Silicon Valley’ Quits Board Over Benioff’s Backing of Trump

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 4d

Making me root for John Bolton is not the worst thing that Trump has done...but it's up there.

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Random Participation @nailclipping.bsky.social · 3d

It gives one pause to be on the same side as Dick and Liz Cheney, too. But here we are.