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Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 13m

Projectiles/shrapnel, only one side cares

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 25m

To the extent that this driveway has been a place of sporadic conflict, it's important to consider who is initiating violence. (Hint: it's not the inflatable 🐸 people.)

I encountered this man picking up less lethal (rubber looking) projectiles off the street.

Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 15m

Its an inevitable truism that whenever "they" (the GoP/Repiblicans/QAnon) state their unequivocal "truth" about Dems/"Libs"/"Antifa", from PizzaGate to Trump Derangement Syndrome, to (sweeps arms askance) now, it's always about them projecting

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 6h

One of perverse dynamics of Trumpism, how a frequently toadyish establishment press undergirds a system in which Trumpists regularly accuse Democrats of being “the Nazis” and we have frequent revelations in which Trump insiders tell each other “we’re the Nazis”

Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 19m

Cannot wait to not listen to the "rest v rust" conversation from experts that's hasn't evolved since 2002

Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 6d

This postseason rocks. Dodgers are Mr. Magooing their way through opponents while the Mariners and Blue Jays are knocking each others teeth out

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Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 6h

centrist: Where do we go from here? We have to find common ground. We can't just call the other group "Nazis." At the end of the day, we're all just rich white men with podcasts.

Republican lawmaker: Welcome to Hitler Chat. I'm Hitler

Republican lawmaker 2: Hello. I am Hitler as well.

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Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 26m

Also laughed for a solid minute on bsky.app/profile/nyti...

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 46m

Breaking News: American officials said they were increasingly concerned that Benjamin Netanyahu could dismantle the Gaza peace deal.

White House Works to Preserve Gaza Deal Amid Concerns About Netanyahu

The Trump administration strategy is to try to keep Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel from resuming an all-out assault against Hamas, U.S. officials said.

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Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 27m

Hahhhahhhahhhhahahaahha

Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 27m

Yeah but how about their coverage of bsky.app/profile/rand...

Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 2h

Oh NYT, I'm still holding out hope that you're not a lost cause but...

"The Trump administration is deploying the Border Patrol to arrest immigrants in cities farther from the border. What powers does it have across the country?"

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h

DHS just got caught telling multiple lies about federal agents shooting a US citizen multiple times

newrepublic.com/article/2019...

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 39m

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 30m

"in works". Also "in the works"? Peace in Gaza

But he's gotta prioritize destroying the White House and shitting on Americans...

What is a despot to do?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1h

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 5h

Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 4h

Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

More than a third have failed so far, four officials told me, impeding the agency’s plan to hire, train, and deploy 10,000 deportation officers by January. To pass, recruits must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told me, adding that before now, a typical class of 40 recruits had only a couple of candidates fail, because the screening process was more rigorous.

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Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 2h

Oh NYT, I'm still holding out hope that you're not a lost cause but...

"The Trump administration is deploying the Border Patrol to arrest immigrants in cities farther from the border. What powers does it have across the country?"

Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 2h

John Smoltz keys to the game: first catcher with a knee in the dirt loses

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Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 2h

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with his mouth open and says `` cool '' .

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with his mouth open and says `` cool '' .

media.tenor.com

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Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 2h

Fake news. No way UA is an elite college

Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 3h

Worse, it's "Influencers" and YOLO-enthusiasts who use podcasting

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 4h

maybe posting a video of yourself in a crown calling yourself king and dumping shit on half the country and then physically tearing down the White House the day after the largest protests of the century is a political masterstroke. I guess we'll see

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https://tinyurl.com/ymzeztxz @dominiondem.bsky.social · 3h

Billions of US dollars will NOT be used to invest in Affordable housing, scientific research & advancement in health care for all Americans

Trump/GOP are investing in an unstable right wing fascist regime in Argentina, NOT in America!

Has Trump got Congressional approval? Nope, there on vacation!

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 3h

A group of dozens of officials from across the federal government, including U.S. intelligence officers, has been helping to steer President Donald Trump's drive for retribution against his perceived enemies, according to government records and a source familiar with the effort.

Exclusive: Wide-ranging group of US officials pursues Trump's fight against ‘Deep State’

A group of dozens of officials from across the federal government, including U.S. intelligence officers, has been helping to steer President Donald Trump's drive for retribution against his perceived enemies, according to government records and a source familiar with the effort.

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Penguin Tariffics! WOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 3h

now QAnon is just in hibernation; despite stirring hornest nests for years and directing some of the masses, he/she/them disappears once inconvenient

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3h

“Ingraham and Donald Trump Jr. are among the directors of “Colombier Acquisition Corp. III,” a special-purpose acquisition company which is seeking to raise $260 million in an initial public offering in order to acquire another company, according to a registration statement filed with the SEC”

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 9h

Fox News star Laura Ingraham spent years railing against the purported corruption caused by Hunter Biden's business interests. Now she’s going into business with Donald Trump Jr.

Star Fox host Laura Ingraham is now in business with the president’s son

www.mediamatters.org

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 1d

The Americans who will be hurt the most if Republicans let ACA tax credits expire?

Those in red states.

Democrats are fighting harder for Republicans' own constituents than their elected representatives are.

A graphic detailing ACA Marketplace coverage.

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Politico @politico.com · 7h

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.

Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts

Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

www.politico.com

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