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Ward Sutton @wardsutton.bsky.social · 21h

We are seriously living in the stupidest time ever.
Via @variety.com :

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Ward Sutton @wardsutton.bsky.social · 1d

Real life becoming more and more like an @theonion.com story everyday:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Bob Ross’s ‘Happy Little’ Paintings Will Be Auctioned to Benefit Public TV

www.nytimes.com

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 1d

Winsome Earle-Sears — that is, in fact, discrimination.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8d

Kash Patel fired an FBI agent in training for displaying a gay pride flag on his desk while appointed to a field office in California last year. The trainee,who previously worked as an FBI support specialist in Los Angeles, received a letter claiming he had displayed an improper “political” message.

Kash Patel fires FBI agent trainee for displaying gay pride flag

The FBI employee was fired on the first day of the government shutdown as President Trump threatened more terminations.

www.msnbc.com

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Ward Sutton @wardsutton.bsky.social · 8d

100%, David Cross!
officialdavidcross.com/blogs/press/...

My Thoughts on the Riyadh Comedy Festival

I’ve been asked for my opinion on the Riyadh Comedy Festival and rather than answer the same question 23 times, I’ll just put this out here. Oh, and I should preface this with the fact that I was not ...

officialdavidcross.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

They’re baaack. 🤣

Repairs and all…

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Ward Sutton @wardsutton.bsky.social · 8d

ICE=Domestic Terror.

Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 9d

shocking details out of an ICE raid on an apartment building in South Shore area of Chicago on September 30th abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10d

I’m still processing what happened this morning.

Is it now the administration’s position that the U.S. military does not observe or adhere to the laws of war?

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10d

BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Ward Sutton @wardsutton.bsky.social · 12d

Cue Nelson Muntz: "Ha Ha!"

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13d

“..Six months after the president’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs .., U.S. soybean farmers are learning that China — long the predominant market for their product — doesn’t need them anymore.”

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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Ward Sutton @wardsutton.bsky.social · 12d

Everything Trump touches turns to S#!t.

Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 12d

The reason I mention it is this business that apparently happened over the weekend, while Trump was present at the Ryder Cup—a tourney where nations compete as teams—ensuring the American participants would lose & be (rightly) cursed by association with fan behavior emulating that of their MAGA hero

US fan ugliness at the Ryder Cup was merely a reflection of Trump’s all-caps America | Bryan Armen Graham

European players were subjected to slurs and crude insults about their families. They were no surprise as public discourse in America has broken down

www.theguardian.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12d

First time this guy has ever made me laugh

Comedian Tim Dillon said on his podcast last month that he signed up for financial reasons.
He said he had been offered "a large sum of money" - $375,000 for one performance - and said that other comedians had been offered as much as $1.6 million. He told his detractors to "get over it," adding, "So what if they have slaves, they're paying me enough to look the other way."
But in an episode of the Tim Dillon Podcast last week, the comedian announced he'd been removed from the lineup for the comments he made about the country's record on slavery.

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Ward Sutton @wardsutton.bsky.social · 12d

This is state-sponsored domestic terror.

Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 12d

Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’

Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12d

Reminder that Miller once asked an admiral “When a boat full of migrants is in int’l waters, they aren’t protected by the U.S. Constitution, right?” When admiral said that’s technically true, but int’l law still applied, Miller replied: “why can’t we use a Predator drone to obliterate that boat?”

Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats

Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say

www.theguardian.com

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norbizness @norbizness.bsky.social · 12d

The Art of the Deal

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Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social · 14d

"Class" dismissed.
@theonion.com

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 15d

US soldiers opened fire on a group of mostly unarmed women children and elders in the Wounded Knee Massacre slaughtering over 300 Lakota civilians. Survivors witnessed troops chasing down children running away to butcher them.

Only a nazi regime would want to honor that

Pete Hegseth "Under my direction the soldiers who fought at the Battle of Wounded Knee will keep their medals. This decision is final. Their place in history is settled."

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 14d

Elon Musk went to Pedophile Island

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Musk, Bannon and Thiel named in new Epstein estate documents

The House Oversight Committee is continuing to release redacted materials in its ongoing Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

www.politico.com

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 14d

#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
Pass it on

And not just on social media.
Talk to your family, friends, and neighbors.

Republicans control:
-The White House
-The Senate
-The House

THIS IS ON THEM!
Full stop.

REPUBLICANS CONTROL
THE WHITE HOUSE • THE SENATE • THE HOUSE

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AHEAD -
THIS IS ON THEM!

-THE REFORMERS

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 14d

This will be 100% #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

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Ward Sutton @wardsutton.bsky.social · 14d

A good start. He should be charged with assault and put in jail.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 14d

BREAKING: The ICE officer who shoved an Ecuadorian woman to the floor at a Manhattan immigration courthouse has been “relieved of duties” and is under investigation, DHS says.

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 15d

Your taxes pay this criminal's salary.

NPR @npr.org · 15d

Peter Navarro, a longtime adviser to President Trump, says time is running short to investigate the president's perceived political enemies.

Peter Navarro says the MAGA 'mindset' is to punish Trump opponents before 2026

Peter Navarro, a longtime adviser to President Trump, says time is running short to investigate the president's perceived political enemies.

n.pr

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Ward Sutton @wardsutton.bsky.social · 14d

ICE is a domestic terrorism organization.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15d

NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders.

I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15d

Senate Judiciary's Dick Durbin: "The Department of Justice has become a political tool of a vengeful President. President Trump wears his corruption like a badge of honor and defies anyone daring to challenge him."

"Is there one Republican left in Washington who gives a damn?"

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