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Burrowcrat

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Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 13h

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 13h

Trump 1.0 was Michael Scott
Trump 2.0 is Creed

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 15h

Now *that* is a class I wish had been offered at my university

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 23h

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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing good happens when a political figure refers to a group as insects or vermin. Usually what follows is quite violent indeed.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

No President should ever stoke this kind of division and dehumanize the other half of the country in this way.

The image shows two X posts. The first, by Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem
) from 1 hour ago, states: "'Take care of' is not subtle. This weekend the ground has shifted and no person can deny what the president, unpopular and unfit, intends. To remain silent is to welcome this. They can both sides or claim they didn't hear, but there is no wiggle room about his plans now." The second, by Aaron Rupar (@atrupar
) from 6 hours ago, quotes Trump addressing the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats." The post includes a photo of Trump speaking to a group in Navy uniforms, with a caption noting he "called the Democrats. They want to give all of our money to illegal."

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 1d

Is this CNN trying to get Larry Ellison to buy them?

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 1d

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 1d

These comedians got in over their heads and they should have known better.

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out Canada *is* broken

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 1d

We thought that American journalism’s Iraq war coverage was bottoming out. But it was just their pre-season.

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 1d

Love to see it. Would love more to see the Canadian team win the World Series in the year tariffs & 51st state BS

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d

Entire Trump Gaza Plan just QR code linking to Nobel Peace Prize nomination site

Entire Trump Gaza Plan just QR code linking to Nobel Peace Prize nomination site

WASHINGTON D.C. - With representatives of the Israeli government, as well as Hamas, meeting to discuss a potential U.S.-brokered peace, delegates have reportedly been surprised to find that the entire...

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Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

Delivering aid isn’t a crime, but Israel’s blockade of Gaza is. Boarding a ship and taking its passengers captive in int’l waters is a crime. Abusing those captives in prison is a crime. Ethnically cleansing Gaza and the West Bank is a crime. Apartheid is a crime. Genocide is a fucking crime.

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

MacKenzie Scott has a chance to do something amazing for democracy with her Amazon billions

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

Expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices and admitting DC and Puerto Rico as new states is now the least that should be done. Any congressional Democrat who thinks that those moves would be too much needs to be primaried and defeated.

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

This seems like such a layup

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

Now is the time for such creative thinking

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

Trying to paint the democrats as anti-government is laughably stupid. This would be like democrats trying to claim that republicans hate guns.

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

Israel kidnaps peace activists from international waters, brings them to Israel, abuses them, then “deports” them. A vile government runs that country supported by vile voters.

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

He’s like a two-bit central Asian dictator, but with control of the richest and deadliest country on earth. Hate this timeline so much.

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

Care less about what you do for a living. What you do to pay your bills is only one facet of who you are and shouldn’t be the sum total of your identity.

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

They might as well try to tell Americans that democrats hate the environment and LGBT and Hollywood. It’s too much cognitive dissonance.

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

To say nothing of a half century of Republicans’ brand being “We hate government and want to murder it dead and will stop at nothing to do so” culminating in their happy acquiescence to allowing Elon Musk to do exactly that. And now they want people to believe they care about a functioning govt? 🤡

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

Not that it was intentional, but congressional Democrats’ collective limp-dicked response to authoritarianism since January 20 makes it hard for the White House to suddenly claim that Schumer has them over a barrel now. Only the most committed MAGA cultists are likely to believe such a story.

Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social · 2d

Major media’s failure to cover Trump properly from 2015-present shows that not only did they learn nothing from the iraq war journalistic debacle, but that they leaned in hard to their worst mistakes and instincts.