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Behavioral science. Politics. Documentary films. Commentary. Snark. Truth. Dogs.* * esp. beagles. #UNFIT (2020). #UNTRUTH (2022/2024). We WILL resist, support each other, AND enjoy life while we do.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · Jan 21

Here's how they report on him in the UK, where their free press has a spine.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 3h

This can't be good.
apnews.com/article/domi...

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official.

apnews.com

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 3h

There is no Antifa.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 4h

(2/2) Dopamine addicts, peddlers of algorithms, and these corporate capitulators brought us here.

Truth and reality cannot be damned! I don't give a shit what narratives generate ratings. TRUTH and REALITY include this: The emperor is old, ignorant, unwell, in decline, and butt naked.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 4h

(1/2) On Morning Joe and other corporate media today, they're selling us Trump the tactician. They're selling his narcissism as strategy. These same corporate capitulators - when Trump tries to pervert the midterms, will sell the premise that a governmental oligarchy is beneficial to the common man.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 18h

I often call Trump a moron. I don't feel I'm insulting him. I'm being descriptive. Morons are more intelligent than idiots and imbeciles, with a mental age of 7-10. They're troublesome - they're not self-aware of their shortcomings and sometimes pass as normal. Especially among idiots and imbeciles.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 20h

I wonder if Trump's annual physical will start happening weekly now.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 21h

Letitia James. Another distraction. For the Epsteinth time.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 22h

You don't have to be a mental health professional to see Trump's fixation with Obama. He hates Obamacare - because of the name. He wants the Nobel Peace Prize urgently - because Obama won it. Beneath the bluster, Trump is insecure, craves respect and legitimacy.
Like Obama has. That he never will.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 23h

I was listening to Trump's cringe-worthy bloviation to the Finnish President moments ago about all the wars he's ended, observing the man's totally expressionless response, and wondered what he might be actually thinking ... it reminded me of this great New Yorker cover from 2018.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 1d

Lucid commentary from Marjorie Taylor Greene, and I just have to ... WHOA! Several pigs just flew by my window!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene on polls showing Republicans are getting blamed for the shutdown: "I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening ... we control the House & Senate & have the WH."

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 1d

Every single tweet, interview, comment, and utterance by Stephen Miller is meant to be a precursor for the invocation of the Insurrection Act.

Every. Single. One.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to Thune talk about overhauling Obamacare, for the 67578th time, makes my brain hurt. This legislation was significant, protects millions, they've never even proposed an alternative. Solution:
Change the name from Obamacare. Call that an overhaul. When Trump dies, we'll put it back.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 1d

A known sexual predator and adjudicated rapist, who bragged often about his predatory exploits, ordered Pam Bondi to protect pedophiles. She's following that order. The "following orders" defense didn't work at Nuremberg. Let's hope we get to the point where it doesn't work here either.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 2d

When we defeat Trumpism and democracy survives, we do need to amend the provision regarding presidential pardons.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 2d

Man, Trump and his closest minions act like what's in the Epstein files implicates Trump in THE biggest scandal OF ALL TIME.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 2d

I just rewatched the Bondi hearing. (Oy, the things I do sometimes, contrary to my own mental health.)

I didn't catch it the first time, BUT - while Bondi was prepared to show fangs and make Trumpian body noises in response to almost everything, she was silent and guarded on one topic.

Epstein.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Broadview police are investigating.

The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 3d

CBS reports ICE agents have repeatedly made fake 911 calls. Each time, police found no threat. In Illinois, that’s a felony.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 2d

Pam Bondi is now the all-time poster child for "methinks the lady doth protest too much."

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 3d

Shallow State to Bondi: "Every sentient being on the entire planet already challenges your integrity, many times over, and has already concluded that you're NOT fair and impartial."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 3d

"Smugness, defiance, and contemptibility without substance" was never high on my list of AG qualifications.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 3d

"These questions are basic. Having you respond with incredibly irrelevant far-right talking points is not helpful here. - Sheldon Whitehouse

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 3d

Psychopathy enabler and Fox retribution reporter Pam Bondi is speaking at the Senate. She didn't bring Epstein files with her. I was inclined not to watch - didn't want to throw a shoe through the TV. I took them off, put them away. This will be a disastrous hearing. She is a terrible propagandist.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 3d

You want to know who "The Enemy Within" really is? Stephen Miller.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 4d

Mike Johnson's disingenuousness is unnerving. People should not confuse his outward calm with any bipartisan reasonableness. He's MAGA through and through - and even worse. Hiding behind God to help shepherd the oligarchy to endless power. He's a well-groomed religious zealot. A dapper homophobe.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 4d

Trump, basically: Listen to MY reality! MY reality is real!! Portland is burning! Prices are down! Inflation is gone! Green energy bad! I WON in 2020! I've done nothing wrong! My polls are great! Foreign countries pay tariffs! Trillions in new investment! Put away your eyes and ears. Listen to ME!

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