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Gwen McNamara

@timeandagwen.bsky.social

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Conventions, cosplay, and comics! Born & raised in Maine, now in NorCal. Possibly the only coffee shop manager who doesn't drink coffee. Tea drinker. Sommelier in training. Single & max vax’d she/her Welcome to Bluesky. Don’t be a dick.

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Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · Nov 7

Back in April, I got contacted because SOMM somehow found my contact info and thought I was a sommelier. I originally posted about it on The Bad Place, but re-posted the entire saga here a couple months ago because it was so crazy random...
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Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · Aug 22

In my Bluesky profile, I put “Apparently a sommelier”. I tweeted about this, but figure I can share here because Bluesky needs fun content…and I think it’s a kinda funny story.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 6h

Jewish Insider just sent out an email with an article with more Platner info. And yeah, this guy is DONE done.

But according to a person who socialized with Platner when he was living in Washington, D.C., more than a decade ago, Platner had specifically acknowledged that the tattoo was a Totenkopf, the “death’s head” symbol adopted by an infamous Nazi SS unit that guarded concentration camps in World War II.

“He said, ‘Oh, this is my Totenkopf,’” the former acquaintance told Jewish Insider recently, speaking on the condition of anonymity to address a sensitive issue. “He said it in a cutesy little way.”

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Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 5h

Tip:

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 13h

Every Dem should be posting like this

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?

Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 13h

Every Dem should be posting like this

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?

Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.

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Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 5h

Costello is in his 60s and did very poorly the last time he ran.

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Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 8h

Tonight’s plan:
Hibachi and hot sake with friends!
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a birthday card with a penguin wearing a party hat and the words " it 's my birthday "

Alt: A penGWEN dances to raining confetti with the caption “Its my birthday!”

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Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 8h

Any comment on the destruction of the East Wing of the White House?

If you want to motivate voters, share video of that! It’s heartbreaking! Looks like the aftermath of a terrorist attack!

White House in 1812…or what we should do to Donald Trump’s Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom.

Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 8h

For everyone who is just now discovering that Graham Platner STILL has a nazi tattoo, I direct you to this post from three days ago.

Yeah, he’s a piece of shit…and it’s not just the tattoo confirming that.

Tony Moonbeam II @moonbeamii.bsky.social · 4d

Graham Platner is a piece of shit and so is everyone who supports him

Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 19h

Remember to refer to it as “Donald Trump’s Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom”

Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 21h

Okay, by my count we only need four more Republicans to want to force Johnson to call the House back or be forced out as Speaker.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

👇🏽

Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 21h

I still think it’s pointless.

Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 21h

No. He did not.

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Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 21h

Oh no… it’s even worse than I imagined!

Yeah, that thing had better be torn down once he’s out of power. The scraps can be dumped on Mar-A-Lago.

Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 21h

Epstein Ballroom

Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 21h

To be clear, they’re NOT just pulling down the facade. They’re tearing down THE ENTIRE EAST WING!

MORE Democrats should be talking about this. Get the public upset at this footage! Get people to rebel against the Epstein Ballroom!

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22h

Construction workers ripped the face off the East Wing to begin building President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom. nyti.ms/43oS9T1

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Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 1d

I saw someone say that Democrats should use footage of that in an ad on Fox News.
All it has to say is, “This is real. This is happening now. Trump is tearing down part of the White House. Call your representatives and tell them to stop supporting this insane king!”

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Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 1d

I want to do this to Mar-A-Largo.

I’m now a TWO issue voter:
A) Consequences for all the GOP lawbreaking.
B) Restore the White House.

Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds good to me.
Let’s replace the Senate so that Wyoming doesn’t have as much say in the government as California.

Gwen McNamara @timeandagwen.bsky.social · 1d

So he’s going to destroy the ENTIRE East Wing?!

That’s where the Office of the First Lady is located.

I wonder what Melania thinks about this. (Real AND fake Melania.)