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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 4h

everyone gets a shot of ipecac

shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 11h

At any point does it ever fall on leadership to whip their coalition in line? Republicans seem to do it all the time, why doesn’t Schumer and Jeffries?

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 11h

I wish democrats were the party republicans say they are.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

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 ... "

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 14h

It really adds to it that Alex jones sounds like a frog himself here

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 14h

lol bari isn’t going to win many hearts and minds with those numbers.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 15h

That guy looks exactly like someone who would say something like that

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race scientist jack skellington @jazzpomegranate.com · 15h

antifa would be a beautiful name for a baby girl

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Ky (she/her) @kyalynn.bsky.social · 17h

LMAOOO they might as well have just given it to the guy directly

This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer
Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 16h

And talking about the debt after giving Argentina $20b this week is fucking perfect.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 16h

Then there’s no reason to ever reopen the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 16h

luckily Mao made it central to his program. as for the rest of his program.... ehhhh, i'll just say i've come around on deng xiaoping lately.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 16h

These people will all get their jobs back obviously because none of this stuff is going to stick, but it's still crazy that they've decided to start shooting hostages so soon. Seems weak to me.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17h

BREAKING: White House budget office says "substantial" firings of federal workers have started as the Trump administration exerts shutdown leverage.

Budget office says 'substantial' firings of federal workers have started in government shutdown

The White House budget office says that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 18h

Gustavo Petro is the Nobel Peace Prize winner of my heart.

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 19h

Love it

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This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
8:34 AM • 10/10/25 • 30K Views

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 18h

Bencheeto Mussolini was right there.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 18h

Republicans really don't want people to take to the streets and I think it's probably going to backfire. The more they talk about it, the bigger those crowds are going to be.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 18h

Cuomo is incoherent here and it makes me wonder if he does his own comms because there's no way anyone else thinks this line of attack would work.

Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 18h

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Andrew Cuomo tweet:

@ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare.

I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 20h

🧵 Am I surprised they gave Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize? No. Does she deserve it? Also, no. There’s a reason she was barred from running for office in Venezuela: multiple violent coup attempts and calling of foreign governments, like Israel, to invade Venezuela.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 19h

But less qualified, somehow.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 19h

hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov i got some questions about some shit you recently posted during work hours

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

"The whole world is watching you, right here in Broadview!"

State trooper/sheriff's officer Coachella over here just keeps growing, too. Gotta be at least a hundred of them occupying this lot now. SWAT watching the protesters.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 19h

Baron is 100% autistic and Trump has latched on to RFK Jr because RFK gives him plenty of places to place blame on besides "You conceived him when you were 60"

Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 20h

Twitter user factpostnews:
RFK Jr: Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol.

Trump: There's a tremendous amount of of proof or evidence. I would say as a non-doctor, but I've studied this a long time

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 20h

China has more housing than people, is constantly developing better infrastructure, has healthcare, have eliminated homelessness, are rapidly developing green energy, and constantly executes billionaires. Trump will never make life that good in America.

Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 2d

Damn, The Las Vegas Sun newspaper, @lasvegassun.bsky.social, is calling it like it is:

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 21h

Maria Corina Machado hates democracy and would like Donald Trump to coup her country. That’s really the story this morning.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 21h

“We should replace Bad Bunny with Lee Greenwood” is an also a perfect summation of the “deal” they’ve offered universities.

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shaun @shaunisonline.bsky.social · 21h

The teenagers however,

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 21h

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com