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citizenstephen.bsky.social @citizenstephen.bsky.social · Jan 28

I find it's faster to replace all Trump quotes with "some dumb shit." For example:

Pandas returned to DC this year and Trump said "*some dumb shit*."

It saves time and brain cells and it's always true.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 13h

"Because I dropped out of Stanford to start this company, you know for sure that it’s my life’s work. I’ll always be at the helm, so the idea that I’ll hand over the company to an ex-McKinsey consultant and retire to a Hawaiian compound built on cleared forest is preposterous."

Hi, I’m an Early 2010s Tech CEO

I wear the same T-shirt every day, and I have a relatably unkempt haircut. I remind you of the smart kids from high school, so I give you hope that...

buff.ly

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1h

actually we would be better off as a country if the obama administration had prosecuted the bush administration. ditto biden to trump. we're in a mess in large part because democrats were too chickenshit to do the right thing.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1h

“What we don’t want to become the norm is where people think, ‘OK, there’s a new administration, now everyone in the old administration gets prosecuted. That’s an incredibly dangerous cycle where nobody wins.”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Experts fear impact of deepening polarization and perceived political prosecutions

Reforms enacted after Watergate to bolster public confidence in the impartiality of prosecutions are proving dated and ineffective, legal experts warn.

www.nbcnews.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15m

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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citizenstephen.bsky.social @citizenstephen.bsky.social · 5m

Trump is rejecting the Constitution. He hates American democracy and wants to rule by fiat.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 19h

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

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

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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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 3h

It is simply accurate to call this regime segregationist.

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

Pritzker: “This is a convicted felon…who is threatening to jail me. This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump: If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me.”

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 23h

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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citizenstephen.bsky.social @citizenstephen.bsky.social · 3h

Correct! We also would have accepted Donald Trump is a complete idiot who has no idea how to solve any problem nor the attention span to see solutions through.

citizenstephen.bsky.social @citizenstephen.bsky.social · 3h

Kind of like induced demand - if you build it, they will come.

If you drill it, they will buy.

citizenstephen.bsky.social @citizenstephen.bsky.social · 3h

Same energy.

Michael Scott telling investors how nice the corrupt Dunder Mifflin execs were to him

Bill Burr telling people how nice the murderous Saudi royals were to him

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15h

"On Wednesday, Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, rode the full route of the M57, a crosstown bus that traverses Midtown Manhattan and is one of the city’s slowest, to remind New Yorkers that he wanted to speed up their commutes."

Mamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event

www.nytimes.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

Nationwide protests against Trump and the rise of fascism are taking place on Saturday, Oct. 18.

You can find a local protest here:

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 14h

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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citizenstephen.bsky.social @citizenstephen.bsky.social · 12h

The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

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citizenstephen.bsky.social @citizenstephen.bsky.social · 12h

The Mediocre Gatsby

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 14h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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citizenstephen.bsky.social @citizenstephen.bsky.social · 12h

@jaketapper.bsky.social where art thou?

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 14h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

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

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21h

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22h

Marco Rubio is going to hell.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Marc Murphy @murphycartoons.bsky.social · 3d

The monsters aren’t under the bed.
#ICE #CHICAGO

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