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Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 16h

This is the level of professional discourse in the White House: kids passing each other notes during the test.

I can't wait until I can safely ignore adults just doing their damn job again.

apnews.com/article/trum...

AP photos show Rubio's urgent note to Trump before announcement of Mideast peace deal

Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed President Donald Trump a note during a White House event, hinting that a Mideast peace deal was close.

apnews.com

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 1d

Thank god there's not some mathematical algorithm that we don't control that decides what appears in our feeds.

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like a job the Federal Officers should be doing.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump Calls for Jailing of Chicago Mayor and Illinois Governor

The president in a social-media post says Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker have failed to protect ICE.

www.wsj.com

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, k.

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 1d

Of course they do, and the military advertises at other sporting events. This is expected and appropriate under the 1st amendment.

It's a requirement of the population to evaluate things critically.

50% of the population can do this. The other 50% read below a 6th grade level.

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Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 1d

Oh so she's voting with democrats?

No?

Then why listen to her at all?

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 1d

Women have 3, you'll jave to be more specific

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Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder what the status of the rest of the inmates is?

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 1d

It didn't take much.

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 1d

Furloughed workers will get back pay, it's USC.

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Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that feels about right. Only the best people right?

atlantablackstar.com/2025/09/26/t...

'Total Filth': Trump Reportedly Left Windsor Castle a Mess with Orange-Stained Sheets and ‘Takeout Trash’ as Melania Refused to Stay in the Same Room

"Royal Disgust: Trump's 'Total Filth' Mess Leaves Windsor Castle in Shock. Melania's Refusal Sparks Outrage. Click to uncover the scandal...

atlantablackstar.com

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

He's the one with CTE right?

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out there wasn't any FBI file to be leaked. Amelia Earhart went missing in '35.

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

What do you call a person who supports a pedophile, campaigns for a pedophile, and refuses to denounce a pedophile?

Im thinking you call them pedophiles.

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Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

What‽

Nothing bad can happen, only good happen. I was told this.

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Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

Im testing out "Repedocans" to see how it plays.

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Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

Also: requiring people to follow you in order to comment is kinda shitty, and not in keeping with the content i like to provide people to engage with so ill be removing you from the no king list. Lemme know when you change your approach.

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Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

"employees who were furloughed as the result of the lapse will receive retroactive pay for those furlough periods. (See 31 U.S.C. 1341(c)(2).) Retroactive pay will be provided on the earliest date possible after the lapse ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates. "

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.com

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

"employees who were furloughed as the result of the lapse will receive retroactive pay for those furlough periods. (See 31 U.S.C. 1341(c)(2).) Retroactive pay will be provided on the earliest date possible after the lapse ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates. "

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.com

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Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

If "the Government" broke it, it's the government's job to make it right. That doesn't mean all your disabilities have to be combat related.

Anyone that disagrees can fuck right off, that's the law, and completely missed in the trump-stroking piece.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Hair loss and toenail fungus: VA spends millions on dubious ‘disability’ benefits

Agency has seen explosion in disability claims for the treatment of ailments with seemingly few ties to combat

www.independent.co.uk

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

Im gonna start calling them "Repedocans"

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, okay. Now do Ghislaine Maxwell.

Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

Again. They're casting it that way AGAIN because of the Republicans during Obamacare. That 100% of republicans voted against.

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Aaron Bell @tiredonthetrail.bsky.social · 2d

Of course he will.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump floats invoking the Insurrection Act

The 1807 law, which allows the military to conduct civilian law enforcement activities under certain circumstances, hasn’t been used since the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

www.nbcnews.com