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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 20d

This is the most real life Bluesky exchange ever.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20d

OBAMA: Sir, I’m not the President of the United States, currently. So, there’s no point in shouting at me. I’m not in charge of foreign policy currently.

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 7h

So it's the official WH position that it's good that they shot the pastor in the head?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

😕

Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 7h

Since Trump took office really gives the game away. Whatever anyone else was thinking, Miller has wanted to institute a dictatorship since day one.

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 7h

"One of Trump’s deputy chiefs of staff, Stephen Miller, has been a leading and longtime proponent of invoking the Insurrection Act. Miller has been at the center of discussions about the issue since Trump took office,"

SINCE TRUMP TOOK OFFICE.

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 7h

To the surprise of no one, Miller is behind this.

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say share.google/fblEQtJsDCx0...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision isn't expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 7h

Antifa's girlfriend.

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Shastina Free @evolvegracefully.bsky.social · 8h

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 @theliamnissan.bsky.social

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 9h

The subtle implication that Trump v. U.S. has always been law and that a president's official acts weren't considered prosecutable when Smith started is disgustingly dishonest.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 8h

You're free to supervise their PT, Mr. President.

CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 8h

The average hourly rate for attorneys in TX is $345/hour.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 10h

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

(Published July with @texastribune.org)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 11h

CREDIT SCORES FALLING AT THE FASTEST PACE SINCE THE GREAT RECESSION — CNN

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 8h

The current SCOTUS is legitimate. The next one with 15 Justices instead of 9 will also be legitimate.

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 11h

I think people seriously underestimate what it means to say that the Supreme Court is “illegitimate”, and what the consequences of saying it (and meaning it) are.

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 8h

Control is restored, but you can't deploy them is some really funny stuff.

Donald Trump's Oregon National Guard deployment on hold share.google/iYINFMxUBewX...

Appeals court restores Trump’s control over Oregon National Guard, but deployment remains barred

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a judge’s order halting President Trump’s federalization of Oregon National Guard troops, but the troops still cannot be deployed to the …

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 8h

I'm hoping that they get leaked as a result of him being a dick during trade negotiations.

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 9h

Can you imagine the shit that's in the Truth Social DMs between Trump and cabinet members?

Also, what's the over/under on the number of foreign intelligence services who are attempting brute force hacks right now?

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 12h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

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

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 11h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 11h

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 12h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 10h

Great turnout here in DC for @thebulwark.com

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Strahan Cadell 🇨🇦🇻🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @quincunctial.bsky.social · 10h

An enormous amount of the wiring in most societies is not doing the things you could do because everyone will hate you if you do them.

But these people are sociopaths.

Micah @rincewind.run · 10h

it really feels like you should need to be smarter than these guys to do the amount of damage they do

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 11h

It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...