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Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 43m

I mean if you consider "reality" as a reason not to give him a Peace Prize, then sure. I'm sure they'll come up with *something*.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Do you think you will win a Nobel Prize?

TRUMP: I settled seven wars. But perhaps they'll find a reason not to give it to me

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Nicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 1h

directing the attorney general to stop a peaceful protest and saying “we took away free speech” in the same day.

Cmon do something meme, us poking Congress with a stick

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Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 45m

It's totally cool that Trump likes to have televised powwows about all his brazenly unConstitutional beliefs and practices. I mean, at least it's being super easy for us to follow along with how evil and dumb he is!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 46m

I seriously doubt that Trump could spell "journal" at this point in time, let alone read numerous of them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Have you asked the DOJ to look at possible charges against Pritzker and Johnson?

TRUMP: I've seen the law ... I've understood that and I read it today in numerous journals that that's illegal ... that's a criminal offense

Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 50m

I live four hours from Portland. I've been there many times. I have issues with the city, but for totally unrelated reasons to any of the blatant lies that Trump gives about it. It's a beautiful city, and the people are extraordinary (in a good way). There is nothing wrong with Portland.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

the revenge of woke

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump's mouth starts drooping as he struggles to stay awake during this antifa roundtable

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 2h

This is why I love Chicago so much. Their “we will fuck with you” reserves are BOTTOMLESS.

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 4h

This is amazing.

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Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 59m

It needs to be made explicitly clear that Trump referred to the white male governor by his name. The Black male mayor got called only "low IQ".

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "They've had hundreds of people shot and then a guy like Pritzker or this low IQ mayor gets up -- the people are all against him. Beautiful Black women are wearing a MAGA hat last night on TV. And they said, 'We don't care who comes, just stop the crime.' They don't care if it's military."

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 3h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 1h

I really hope everyone and their dog is listening to this statement right here. This is the big end game for Trump.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 1h

Mayhaps we can start calling him Grand Wizard Mike Johnson?

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7h

Literally all they've got any more is KKK-style nativism, directed specifically at Latinos. Every single GOP message collapses back to this. They've become the Klan

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 7h

Imagine if health care was just something everyone had, and not a zero sum competition between "good" people and "bad" people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 1h

Nothing says, "Daddy, please notice me" like idiotic lies shilling for your father.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 1h

Well, yes. Unimaginative Bitch Barbie couldn't remember four word phrases.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 11h

Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.

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Nicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 8h

“illegal rabble rousers” are not standing in the way of pregnant american women getting access to the care they need. your clan is, mikey.

The Texas Tribune
A third Texas woman has died under the state abortion ban
Nov 27, 2024 - Porsha Ngumezi bled to death as she was miscarrying after her doctor opted against an emergency procedure used to end pregnancies.

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Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah, the fascist despotism is so much better than communism.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Johnson on nuking the filibuster: "Is it wise? A lot of people would tell you it's not. I mean, on the Republican side, I would be deeply concerned if the Democrats had a bare majority in the Senate right now of Marxist ideology taking over the Democrat Party...turning us into a communist country"

Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 1h

Dude, you've fucking shut the government down. You have nothing *BUT* time to dig in and read that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "Federal workers, it's my understanding that the law is that they would be paid. There is some other legal analysis floating around. I haven't yet had time to dig in and read that."

Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 1h

What pisses me off here is when I was 7-months pregnant, I had to go to the ER. There weren't a ton of immigrants there. What got me delayed from health care for over 5 hours was fucking meth heads coming in for overdoses and being put into detox ahead of me.

I'm cool with immigrants in the ER.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 10h

Republicans won’t come back to work because we can now force a vote on releasing the Epstein Files.

Meanwhile, folks' insurance is skyrocketing because they refuse to extend healthcare tax credits.

They’re putting Pedophiles before the American People.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Cherlindrea @cherlindrea.bsky.social · 1h

Huh, that's interesting to know! I've never been all that clear on National Guard setup, history, or protocol. I just remember the "serve your country one weekend a month" campaign from the 80s? 90s? Way back when I was young.