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Writer | Storyteller | Activist | Sued Trump and won | Read Dispatches from the Moral Universe at the link in my bio. https://themoraluniverse.substack.com/p/firstdispatch

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · 1d

The only reason Donald Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize is because Obama has one.

He went from refusing to rent to black people to letting one live rent free in his head.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5d

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · 23d

Colbert/Kimmel 2028

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · 24d

Kash Patel’s two greatest works of fiction:

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · 24d

Kash Patel’s two greatest works of fiction:

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 25d

Jeffery Dahmer and I Talk Cooking Recipes

Another stupid fucking column by Ezra “bend the knee” Klein platforming hateful racist Ben Shapiro, titled “Ben Shapiro and I Talk Political De-escalation”

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · 25d

Isn’t it convenient that Gov. Spencer Cox pointed to “video games,” “the internet,” and “trans people” in all his interviews?

He also said, “The White House asked us to come on and to talk about this.”

It’s almost as if he was told to stick to the right’s favorite scapegoats.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · 29d

My latest:

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Mourning and Memory

How the Powerful Use Grief to Justify Violence — Again and Again

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Sep 11

“Should Dems tone down their rhetoric?”

Um, the President shared a meme of him invading Chicago with military helicopters and renamed the Department of the Defense to the Department of War.

And that’s just this week.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Sep 11

“Think about Charlie Kirk’s children…”

Like the 20 children who died at Sandy Hook.

Like the 19 children who died in Uvalde.

Like the 14 children who died at Parkland.

Don’t tell us to think about his children now when he called the death of these children “worth it.”

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · Sep 10

Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Sep 10

Still, his politics don’t matter. No one should be gunned down in America.

We need strict gun control. Every life deserves safety, every community deserves peace.

Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Sep 9

Taking selfies next to a sign for "Alligator Alcatraz" is the same as postcards of families posing at a lynching.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Aug 12

Strange that the US is invading DC. It doesn’t even have any oil.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Jul 24

Hulk Hogan is so MAGA that he literally died to try and distract from the Epstein List.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Jul 21

I can assure you that if Trump actually arrested and put Obama in prison, the riots in this country would never end.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Jul 18

Senator Durbin said FBI agents were told to ‘flag’ any Epstein records that mentioned Trump, which is a strange thing to do to hoax files, that don't exist, that you aren't involved with.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Jul 18

Really quite impressive how the people who are the most angry about cancel culture are the same people celebrating Stephen Colbert's show getting canceled.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Jul 18

We see it. Anyone who's ever written a joke that made someone in power sweat sees it. The message is loud and clear: if you upset the wrong person, you are expendable. Even if you're beloved. Even if you're number one.

Colbert losing his show isn't just a cancellation. It's a warning shot.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Jul 17

Trump is gaslighting about Epstein, but the problem is that gas prices are too high now.

Nobody’s buying it anymore.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jul 15

These are not strays.

Beloved pets are heading to L.A. shelters as families face deportation. They need new fosters and forever homes.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Jul 14

No.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Jul 10

And Superman's home planet was destroyed.

He's not just an immigrant. He's a refugee.

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Jul 4

The bill makes permanent the 2017 tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy. It slashes Medicaid, kneecaps clean energy, and saddles our children with an additional $3 trillion in debt.

So yeah. Happy birthday, America.

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Red, White, and Screwed

Celebrating Freedom While Congress Sells Off Your Future

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Pappiness @pappiness.bsky.social · Jul 4

Subtle reminder that this is still up on the official White House website:

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