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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · Jun 5

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I fear our mistakes far more than the strategy of our enemies. —Thucydides (470–400 b.c.), Pericles’ Funeral Oration

It wasn’t all at once (although sometimes the last three months seem that way). Authoritarianism never is. It happens drip by drip,

The Normalization of Evil: We Thought We Were Free

How ordinary Americans became numb to authoritarianism—step by chilling step

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

Swalwell: “We’ll take your evasiveness as a consciousness of guilt.”

They’re running out of lies.
The cover-up is falling apart.

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 1d

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 4h

Morning beach walk 💙😎💙

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Johnny Queer @queerboy66.bsky.social · 8h

#IamAntifa
I was born in New 🇲🇽 my birth certificate & passport say New 🇲🇽 . Those illiterate #NaziNincompoopThugs can damn well come a get me.

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 1d

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

Brian Allen

Rep. Swalwell cornered Kash Patel on live record.

Swalwell: “Did you tell 🍊💩 his name is in the Epstein files?”

Patel: “I’ve never spoken to 🍊💩about it.”

Swalwell: “Did you tell the Attorney General?”

Patel: [stammers, crashes]

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

Owl Camouflage Caught on Camera 💙😲💙😎💙

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

Don Winslow

“This is how it is done.
It's not complicated.”

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

In an insane moment, the Speaker of the House frames the upcoming "No Kings" protest march as a "Hate America" event, irresponsibly calling folks who oppose fascism "pro-Hamas."

We found that "violent rhetoric" Republicans have criticized.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

This is why they were killing journalists! They didn't want us to see this!

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

Timeline Cleanse ⚜️🦚⚜️💙⚜️🦚⚜️

Majestic peacocks in flight 💙🦚💙

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

A federal judge has stated that ICE needs to take down their fence in Broadview Illinois

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

I’m loving how now the media is finally calling Mike Johnson out for not swearing in Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva who was elected about three weeks ago and she will be he the 218th vote for the release of the Epstein files! What are they so scared of! You know it’s bad!

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

MAGA Cult Slayer

“I have no idea how they were able to capture my dreams.”
💙😎💙

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

While U.S. troops miss paychecks and the government remains shut down…

- 🍊💩 is building a $5.5 billion beachside golf resort in Qatar
- GOP are approving a Qatari air force base on U.S. soil
- And MAGA’s “ 🇺🇸Firstcrowd is silent

You’re not watching foreign policy.You’re watching a foreign payday

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

Brian Allen

🚨 Tucker Carlson just turned the gun around.

Tucker Carlson is now accusing Trump’s regime of using Charlie Kirk’s assassination as a pretext to:

- Abolish the First Amendment
- Round up Americans
- And Nazify the country

Yes, Tucker said that.
And for once… he’s not wrong.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

After Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,President Obama welcomed her to the club. They celebrated her achievement & had a good laugh at Yam Tits expense for not receiving one despite him calling Norway to demand one
I condone this AI representation 😎

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

And he didn't even have to beg. 💙😎💙

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

“The world hates us for no reason”

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

Meiselas: Trump says he’s focusing right now on laying off the Democratic agencies and government employees, whatever that means. Again, completely pathetic behavior, and in normal times, this would be impeachable and/or 25th Amendment territory.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

One of my favorite moments from Nobel Prize history:

The Nobel Committee couldn’t reach Stanford professor Paul Milgrom to let him know that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, so his fellow winner, Robert Wilson, went over to his house in the middle of the night to wake him up!

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 11h

President JoeBiden honors his sister, Valerie Biden Owens, during her induction into the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame.💙

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 10h

This needs to be played on a loop wherever she shows up for the rest of her life.🤣💙😎👏

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 10h

Actor Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

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