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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 9h

Classic villain mistake.

a man in a suit says he starts monologueing

ALT: a man in a suit says he starts monologueing

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 12h

Drinking plain water while eating cookies cancels out the calories in the cookies. It’s not proof. We’re doing the studies to make the proof.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 11h

a woman sitting in a church with the word amen on the bottom right

ALT: a woman sitting in a church with the word amen on the bottom right

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 12h

The GOP is revolting.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 13h

Because deciding in advance what the results are and designing studies to get the results you want is how studies work.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 13h

That is how he got his job, yeah.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13h

Completely out of touch with reality.

Mike Johnson Slams 'Terrible' Bad Bunny Super Bowl Show—Then Floats Bonkers Replacement

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 13h

In other news the Department of Justice has been renamed The Cheka.

Ruth @poofer.bsky.social · 14h

apnews.com/article/leti... they have no idea who they're messing with.

New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted on fraud charge, AP source says

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge in the latest Justice Department case against a perceived enemy of President Donald Trump, according to a person fam...

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 13h

“I identified the duckie and the kitty and the horsie. And I could pick my own name out of the alphabet blocks. Even my genius uncle who taught the Unabomber couldn’t do that.”

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 16h

“I’d fuck our country now. I’d fuck it so hard.” —Donald Trump

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

“We’re the hottest country in the world right now. We went from a dead country a year ago to the hottest country in the world.”

- 10/8/25

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

MOODY’S: Twenty-two states are either in a recession or on the precipice of a downturn. 👀

@axios.com 🇺🇸
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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 16h

It amuses me when reporters praise Trump for being so available to the press corps. It’s like praising a restaurant whose customers keep coming down with E. coli for being open 24 hours.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "Obama got a prize for doing nothing. Obama got a prize, he didn't even know what he got it -- he got elected and they gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country. He was not a good president."

Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 16h

Soon he’ll be getting checkups with the same frequency as carpet store blow-out sales.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 16h

“They just keep bringing me back to marvel at my rampant animal body. Take a good steamy look at it. Yes, this really is me. Not Arnold Schwarzenegger at all. Behold.” —Donald Trump

Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 16h

So far so good. Thankfully it’s not a complex regimen, and it leaves her free to charge to the windows to bark at birds, deer, and squirrels.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 16h

I guess all those people dying because of Trump’s USAID cutoffs should’ve had the foresight to become far right libertarians facing catastrophic elections after their policies failed.

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 17h

Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. has “directly purchased Argentine pesos,” and the Treasury Department has “finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank.”

Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 16h

My Mom found a passion for Welsh terriers about 30 years ago. She’s done the dog show thing with them since the late 90s. Bryn is the last of a line. She developed anemia a couple of years ago, and we didn’t think she’d make it, but with medication she’s stable now.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 16h

Welsh Terrier. The picture could use a scale cue, I guess.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 16h

Wish I could but I’m caring for my Mom’s dog while she’s abroad. Because the dog has health issues, can’t be left alone for an afternoon, and gets overexcited in crowds, I can’t attend. I did donate to my local Indivisible so they can buy sign materials though. Next time, I’ll be out there.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 17h

Pretty much, yeah.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

The simple truth is that Trump is a criminal. Now he and his accomplices are back in power, and they’re using that power to smear the honest agents and prosecutors who investigated them. www.thebulwark.com/p/bondi-host...

Bondi to Congress: 🖕

The attorney general came to the Hill to deliver a message to Democrats: Your ‘oversight’ couldn't matter to us less.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 17h

“They kept asking me what happened to their pets, who they say all mysteriously disappeared shortly after I arrived. They read way too much into my coming to our meeting covered in blood.” —Kristi Noem

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 18h

Everyone is lying except the people we know lie to us multiple times per day

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Kristi Noem: "I was in Portland and met with the governor and mayor and chief of police and superintendent of the highway patrol. They are all lying and disingenuous and dishonest people. Because as soon as you leave the room, then they make the exact opposite response."

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 17h

Charlie Kirk’s group wants to remind you that they don’t think everyone from the United States is American.

If you say Ezra Klein’s name three times, he’ll appear and tell you this is politics being done the right way.

Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 18h

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming hosted by the group that Charlie Kirk founded spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

dlvr.it

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 18h

Harvard, I didn’t go to Harvard, so maybe this is a silly question, but please explain why assurances from an administration that does nothing but lie would mean jack squat to you? politicalwire.com/2025/10/09/h...

Harvard Seeks Assurances as Trump Talks Restart

New York Times: "Last week, President Trump made a surprise announcement that Harvard and the government were near an agreement that would allow the university to continue to receive billions in resea...

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 18h

“My butt is full of numbers. Watch me pull them out. Ta-da!”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 18h

You’re threatening to do what you were already doing before the shutdown started, Donald. It’s like Kristi Noem threatening to shoot a puppy while holding an already smoking gun in a field of bullet riddled puppies.

Politico @politico.com · 19h

Trump said his administration will begin cutting programs backed by Democrats as the government shutdown stretches into its ninth day.

“I hate to tell you, but we are cutting Democrat programs,” the president said.

Trump promises cuts to programs favored by Democrats

“I hate to tell you, but we are cutting Democrat programs,” the president said.

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