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Data Analyst. Works in business of losing elections. All I know is none of this was my fault. Passively seeking something else to talk about besides politics.

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Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · Dec 18

Comer literally goes on to say “well it would be a problem if” and then lists several things THAT TRUMP HAS DONE IN THE PAST. And tried to keep secret.

Jesus Christ these people are like if the psychological concept of hypocrisy became a real person and put on a suit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Dec 18

CNN: You are chairman of the Oversight Committee. Do you think Trump should divest from his business interests?

COMER: Well, I think he's been transparent

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Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 2h

Hmm? No political motivation worth mentioning about that case in Minnesota?

Just a completely random act of violence that just so happened to be against a politician?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 5h

The only way I would use this site is if they were actually paying me 5x the cost of my Rx just to have it.

And then I’d still probably try and get the pills elsewhere because I wouldn’t trust anything they delivered to me to be more than sawdust and plastic.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20h

Trump launched the TrumpRX website today.

It has a photo of Trump and an AI-generated family with too many fingers and mangled toes.

TrumpRx Is a Narcissistic, AI-Generated Nightmare

AI art really has become the aesthetic of grifters and fascists.

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Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 5h

Every one of these agents will hopefully spend their grey haired years behind bars regretting the decision they made to become traitors.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

The prosecution of Tish James is the product of a broken system that allows lawless billionaires to rule alongside corrupt politicians.

It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.

But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.

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Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 5h

Oh he absolutely said it and they both laughed and then there was that awkward pause where she probably didn’t know if he was kidding and he was waiting for her to actually agree.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 6h

Lol what? “It gives the minority a say…but if the Democrats are in the minority, they need to shut the fuck up and do what we want or else.”

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 1d

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 6h

If they did that, they’d have to also explain why they treated the policy ideas of a dementia patient as valid and worthy of consideration.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 7h

Kid Rock is quite literally dressed up in the conservative version of what he’s complaining about.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 20h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 7h

Oh wait. His heart is actually 14 whole years younger than his chronological age.

Those swollen ankles must be because he’s working too hard shaking hands (which explains the bruises.)

Yep. Definitely the perfect picture of health.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 7h

Are we done denying they’re the Nazis yet?

Or does this little girl need to write a diary first?

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 22h

Not for nothing but Pritzker is still in better shape than this raggedy bag of racism.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "We're heading to Chicago, because we want to save Chicago. Do you know they had over 4,000 people killed in Chicago over a short-- 4,000 people. And I have to watch this slob of a governor stand up and say, 'Well, everything is okay.'"

Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 22h

We need to start in on the Shadow President Miller stuff.

That’s what got rid of Bannon in the first occupancy and maybe it’ll work again.

Trump might be too far gone at this point to care but Miller is pure evil so it’s at least worth a shot.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 22h

This is in fact quite literally the opposite of what happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 1d

We’re not a bunch of shitty people that everyone hates. Don’t put in the newspaper that we’re a bunch of shitty people everyone hates.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 1d

I’m trying to remember if anyone notable is from Chicago that Trump happens to hate with a pathological vengeance brought on by severe insecurity which would explain his obsession with the city. 🤔

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

“It was always going to be Chicago.

The great Midwest city was destined to become the prime target of a reelected Donald Trump’s vision of turning the machinery of the so-called global ‘War on Terror’ on many millions of American civilians, domestic “enemies,” and Democrats…

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

"Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago"

Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.

Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social:

Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 1d

Uh they know they’ll have to present that evidence to a Grand Jury right?

I guess maybe they’re feeling bold given the bullshit indictments against Comey and AG James, but do they really think they’re going to be able to convince anyone on assault?

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 1d

“I didn’t suck as a mayor. Please don’t put in the newspaper that I sucked as a mayor.”

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

"What is it going to take before you drop your hate and say, 'Listen, the guy did the job!' I'm not running anymore, so you no longer have to do this whole charade. I turned the city around, folks—come on! ... Stop coming up with all of these creative ways of saying 'Eric failed.' Eric didn't fail."

Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 1d

And instead of all those useful democratic things that would help improve this country, we decided to go with brutally oppressive fascism.

You’re welcome. 🙄

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 1d

Clearly they were trying to gain favor with their boss who is a famous puppy killer.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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Relegated Things @relegatedthings.bsky.social · 1d

Did she lose Air Force One privileges or something?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.