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Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 7h

I suspect Trump will try to retain “landlord” rights to “his” ballroom so he can collect rental fees from billionaires who want to have private functions there.”
Will he have to pay property taxes on the “improvements”?

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

It’s far from the most important thing, morally right now, or in terms of the human stakes, but the ballroom thing is really breaking my brain.

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Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 7h

As JH Kunstler predicted ~25 years ago, the country may break up into fiefdoms.

Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 8h

Early in his first term, Trump called the White House "a dump".
Now we know why: not enough gold! 🙄
My disgust knows no bounds.

Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 9h

You're cruising along in your AV. You approach a McDonald's. An ad pops up on your screen, offering $1 off on a meal deal.
Rinse and repeat ad infinitum.
What fun.

Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 9h

In all the hubbub about self-driving cars, the biggest story is being missed:
If you don't have to keep your eyes on the road…THEY CAN SHOW YOU ADS!
That's what this is really about.
Soon there will be *nowhere* to escape the bombardment of commercial messages.
Just imagine…

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Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 9h

Cries for a federal bailout coming in 5…4…3…
The climate scientists warned you this was coming.

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Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 9h

How wonderful to be employed by an institution that can give itself unlimited time off with pay!
No wonder the lily-livered Republicans in Congress will gladly surrender all dignity, self-respect, and agency to avoid a primary challenge by MAGA!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Even in the movies, scenes of the White House getting blown up by invading aliens or terrorists feel emotionally unsettling.

It’s the People’s House after all.

So imagine having to witness its destruction in real life…and the culprit is the President.

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Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 1d

Square are easier to mass produce by machine. And give you an equal amount of pizza in a smaller box (= cost savings)

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Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 1d

Trump lies even more than Johnson. But at least he doesn't claim to be Moses, with some special relationship with God.
Trump is amoral. Johnson is immoral.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson shamelessly lies: "We strengthened Medicaid. We improved healthcare access and we lowered premiums with our legislation."

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 1d

I guess if your grift is brazen enough nobody will challenge it.
But if a struggling waitress working two jobs doesn’t report a few dollars in tips…LOCK HER UP!
One set of laws for the rich and powerful, a different set for you and me.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2d

Trump is head of the DOJ and demanding we pay him $230 million because, though guilty, he forced DOJ to drop the case, and now he is AGAIN a pathetic, whiney VICTIM. L

Every Republican needs to speak up or be asked about this by media. The grifter is grifting.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

This is the administration claiming to strip “waste and fraud” from the government

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2d

Trump is head of the DOJ and demanding we pay him $230 million because, though guilty, he forced DOJ to drop the case, and now he is AGAIN a pathetic, whiney VICTIM. L

Every Republican needs to speak up or be asked about this by media. The grifter is grifting.

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Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 1d

Let them eat pictures of my new ballroom.
What a disgrace.
Coming soon: weddings and bar mitzvahs for the billionaires’ offspring in Trump’s ballroom. It’s the ultimate new status symbol for them. “Daddy, I *need* to have my wedding there! OK, honey.” 🤮

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

He bulldozed the White House during a government shutdown to build himself a ballroom, then sent a letter to the states saying that SNAP benefits for 42 million people may not go out in November to those who rely on it to eat.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 1d

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 1d

The cheap Versailles redecoration, an attempted throwback to the absolute monarchy of Louis XIV, commencing during a government shutdown fight over stripping health care coverage away from millions of people sounds like something dreamt up by a Democratic consultant.

Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 1d

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Demolishing the Presidency

A White House teardown ordered by a reckless child is the perfect metaphor

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Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 1d

Chinese carmaker Chery has announced a new solid-state battery with a claimed energy density of 600 Wh/kg—more than double today’s best.
It was probably 25 years ago when the “experts” were saying there were no big advances in battery technology likely on the horizon.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve posted about the Epstein files every day for many months, I write about the Epstein files every day, and we talk about the Epstein files every week on the pod.

And I won’t stop until the full, unredacted (except for victim/witness info) files have been released.

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R. Charan Pagan @rcharanpagan.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone angry about the bailout of Argentina bc we don't get anything out of the deal needs to realize that many of Trump's powerful friends are HEAVILY invested in Argentinia. It's just Trump using OUR money to make deals to benefit himself & his froends. The Art of the STEAL!

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Frances Fisher @francesfisher11.bsky.social · 1d

He raped underaged girls.
He raped grown women.
He virtually shat on America.
He’s currently assaulting The People’s House.
Release the Epstein Files.

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