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Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 1h

It was stupid. There was no hysteria, just justified criticism. She's a propagandist, not an entrepreneur. she doesn't know shit. There was no "mob." Besides all of this, you really nailed it.

Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 1h

the key takeaway should be this:
"“Part of the reason people go online is that they can’t get the access they deserve,” said CMA president Dr. Kathleen Ross."

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 6h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

steady.page

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Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 15h

Impressively punchable face for someone his age.

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 19h

Zach
@zach116.bsky.social • 1d
Show this post to your mother if you believe it is something acceptable to say to a stranger

Grey Them Pronouns @greythempr... • 1d
You are a waste of time for everyone you know. You are merely tolerated. Never fully embraced. And fuck your flags in bio nonsense

Grey Them Pronouns @greythempronouns... • 1d
You know what? Bet. One sec

Kim Williams @towandakim.bsky.social • 1d
Hi there, Grey's mother here. I've always been proud of my kiddo. The free thinking was hard during teen years because I had some growing up to do. I support whatever opinion or stance Grey takes, with respect, whether I agree or disagree with it. Always proud to see a display of 1st Amendment.

Grey Them Pronouns @greythempronouns... • 1d
Holy shit Zach my mom just joined Bluesky specifically to prove you wrong

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Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 19h

That's a quotable quote.

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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 1d

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Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 23h

I think the loser of this game ought to be sent to the Hague and charged with crimes against humanity.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of people who didn't google before posting look stupid now...and you deserve it

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 1d

We're grateful for what Trump is doing for peace, Nobel winner Machado tells BBC

María Corina Machado tells Trump of her appreciation for "what he's doing... around the world for peace".

www.bbc.com

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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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Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 1d

He's so gullible that he believed an AI video of himself was real.

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Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 2d

"I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!" -machado

WTF is wrong with you people?

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Ouaquaga on Chenango @jnxouaquaga.bsky.social · 2d

There's also this, fwiw

bsky.app/profile/stra...

Straw Raccoon @strawraccoons.bsky.social · 2d

“In 2018, Machado asked Netanyahu to intercede with the UN Security Council to bring about intervention in Venezuela. Machado has insistently stated that if she gains power she will restore diplomatic relations with Israel.”

venezuelanvoices.org/2025/04/02/w...

What does María Corina Machado’s alliance with the European and Israeli ultra-right imply for the Venezuelan people?

Simón Rodríguez AI generated image Convening under the banner of “Patriots for Europe”, two months ago the European extreme right met in Madrid, bringing political leaders of the Trumpi…

venezuelanvoices.org

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Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 2d

Four thousand likes for this blatant misrepresentation of who Machado is.... American liberalism in action.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 2d

"Machado insisted to The Sunday Times that Trump was right to bomb the boat.

“I totally support his strategy,” Machado said. "

so....you're just gonna leave this, then?

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Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 2d

you haven't looked very hard then. bsky.app/profile/lbal...

Lindsay Ballant @lballant.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s the “Venezuelan Democracy Fighter” in question on Fox and Friends explaining her support for Trump bombing the fishing boats just last month

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Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 2d

she has supported the murders of the fisherman, jfc.

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Lindsay Ballant @lballant.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s the “Venezuelan Democracy Fighter” in question on Fox and Friends explaining her support for Trump bombing the fishing boats just last month

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Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 2d

i know you meant "became prime minister."

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Brian @overungerdunn.bsky.social · 3d

"...what is condemned as “violence” is not what kills or inflicts harm. It is what threatens oligarchic control or challenges national mythologies upon which established order depends."

Excellent article.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...