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Oliver Willis

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Reporter, DailyKos.com, Previously Media Matters. Subscribe to http://oliverwillis.substack.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 13d

Kimmel back on air and now Sinclair caving in is an unambiguous good guys win. People stood up for the First Amendment and the right thing and the censorious fascists lost. It’s one skirmish in the wider war. But it is a win.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 17h

billy did you do your math homework?

of course we did the math homework and its the best answers you've ever seen on a homework. we're looking into homework and other related projects on homework -- so true -- and in two weeks were gonna have the best assignments youve ever seen, believe me

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 17h

everyone who knows the kid who didnt do their homework or who was the kid who didnt do the homework and is pushing bullshit to the teacher has seen this speech pattern before

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Q: With soybeans, what is the plan to help farmers? Is it direct checks?

TRUMP: What happens with soybeans is uhhh, we're gonna see more and more I think opening up and part of the reason-- he's got things that he wants to discuss with me and I have things I want to discuss with him

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 18h

all the weird cabinet meeting clips you're seeing will be distilled on mainstream media news broadcasts as a perfectly normal presidential cabinet meeting. i know because the msm has been sanewashing trump like this for over a decade now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18h

What makes it even more pathetic is that he's just stealing Trump's jokes and delivering them more cringily

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 18h

"And you know what they say about men with small hands? You can’t trust them" - Marco Rubio on Donald Trump, 2016 www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/p...

Donald Trump defends size of his penis | CNN Politics

Donald Trump assured American voters Thursday night that despite what Marco Rubio had suggested, there was “no problem” with the size of his hands – or anything else.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 18h

i still think about the debate where marco rubio said donald trump had a small dick and look at where we are now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Marco Rubio kisses Trump's ass and the whole cabinet applauds

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19h

two-face, welcome to the resistance

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19h

"Mr President, a second tweet has hit your ego"

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19h

conservatives used to call it "the washington compost" and now under jeff bezos, they were right

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19h

Rep. Dent said that while he appreciates a good criminal scheme, he believes the Joker's plan to poison the city's entire water supply would run counter to the criminal plan to "do crimes, get paid."

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20h

A good example of Dems not adapting to MAGA war mindset is that they keep telling reporters they can't engage on Trump's military occupations because it's a "trap" to entice them into a losing debate about crime. That concedes too much up front and plays by old rules.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19h

its very much "all the crooks in gotham have too much sense to stand up to the joker but guys like two-face are just insane enough to do it"

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 20h

One of the things that's terrifying about what's happening now is the number of Republicans who won't stand up to Trump because they're cowards who are terrified of backlash. MGT strikes me as just unhinged enough to not be sensitive to that, which turns out to be a liability for them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19h

if i were in congress i would demand an amendment to also shove miller in his locker

Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 20h

Democrats should demand the firing of Stephen Miller as a condition for reopening the government.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20h

Wolf being absolutely destroyed in Jeopardy by Andy Richter

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19h

Bovino, a nice anglo saxon name. Definitely came over on the mayflower. bsky.app/profile/talk...

TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 20h

In Los Angeles and now Chicago, the White House's aggressive deportation operations have one hype man: Greg Bovino.
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Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection

Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland...

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20h

When you just read some wild stuff on the internet

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20h

i think its weird how she spends years screeching about cnn and then has a cute little sit down interview with cnn. everybody in this exchange seems disingenuous as hell.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I'm talking about the Epstein list. I genuinely don't understand why there's been any effort to hide this & prevent it from coming out. But b/c of the efforts for years now to hide it, it certainly makes you feel afraid when you're one of the ones truly on the frontlines."

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 20h

I’m sure that he stays seated for many songs. I bet he knows that sappy song isn’t our anthem.

Bad Bunny Remains Seated During 'God Bless America' at Yankees Game

Bad Bunny raised eyebrows at the New York Yankees game Tuesday night ... choosing not to stand during the singing of "God Bless America."

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20h

and this goes across party lines. democrats have supported leaders who lie because they had a metric ton of charisma.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20h

the thing with a liar is you also need charisma. we hate trump but for at least some part of the public, he does have charisma. mike johnson doesnt seem to have enough charisma for even his wife. its a huge difference.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20h

TWO WEEKS

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20h

its almost like repeating true, accusatory things about your political opposition instead of hoping the public just figures it out on their own or through the ny times is effective politics.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20h

the gop brand has been "fuck your health care" for more than a decade and a half since obama signed the aca. they think they can pivot to "we love health care" in a week and it isnt working.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20h

republicans saying "no, actually, we like health care" hits the ear wrong. and its the same problem dems have when they try to be gop lite with shit like "we need strong borders" and "we fund the police" and "there are legit concerns about boys playing girls sports."

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