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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 15h

He wishes what's her name? well.

Trump Leaves Door Open to Maxwell Pardon While Pretending Not to Know Her #EpsteinCoverup www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump... via @thedailybeast

Trump Leaves Door Open to Maxwell Pardon While Pretending Not to Know Her

The president said he would look at the case of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

www.thedailybeast.com

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 15h

Jeff Roe is best known for pillaging DeSantis's joke of a presidential campaign Superpac. He is wishcasting, presumably to troll for business. Note that he's preparing for a GOP blowout in VA.

Tara Palmeri @tarapalmeri.bsky.social · 15h

GOP strategist Jeff Roe — who has worked on nearly every major race in America — says the shutdown won’t move a single vote. Voters just aren’t feeling it. Do you agree?

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15h

This strikes me as pretty bad

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 15h

Has Don Jr. been pillaging the Venezuelan "drug boats" before they are attacked?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Don Jr on Democrats: "We're not playing the same game. These guys -- they want you and your kids dead."

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 15h

Important Advice

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 15h

Reminder: Never travel out of the country with your main cell phone (or without backing it up and then doing a factory reset) or laptop.

CBP agents are effectively Redcoats and they WILL delight in reminding you that they owe you no rights.

Eric Brakey
@Eric8rekey
I was detained by Border Patrol and Customs for 90 minutes coming
back from a @RoyalCa ribbean cruise today in Florida.
After they rifled through all my belongings, read my personal joumal, and
confiscated rny phone and computer, I had to explain to them that the
aFreeStateNH is a non-violent, peaceful libertarian movernent that
builds community, culture and political change.
We were invited to New Hampshire in the early 2000s bythe Govemor
of the state. We reject violence as a path to creating change.
In detail, I had to explain the nature of the Defend the Guard rnovernent
and assure them that I was not part of a violent extremist group seeking
to raise a militia for insurrection against the government.
At one point during my detention, I asked for clarification on what rights I
had here as a US. citizen and was told that they did not næd a warrant
for anything in my possession, including all my elæ•tronic devices.
They eventually let me gu
Truth be told, I am shaken up and in shock right now.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

RFK, Jr. thinks they should stick to steroids.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy on marijuana: "To legalize it and to say, 'it's okay for our kids and our young people to smoke it, and it's good for them,' and then they get behind cars -- it's dangerous and it's taking lives ... this is way more dangerous stuff. And then they're lacing it with other materials."

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

I thought they ate with their masks on.

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 17h

Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.

A screenshot of a video of Noem praying at a conference table with other people wearing suits. Fast food bags and water bottles sit on the table.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 16h

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

New York is the best big city in the world, but my home town of Chicago is definitely the best big city in America. That's why Trumpers dream of destroying it. They can keep dreaming.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

My theory is the Gang of Four (either the Chinese or UK version) provides the key to the damaged mind of Pam Bondi, as explained below:

davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

Bondi's incoherent interventions sound like a Dada cut up poem.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

I imagine if you could listen to the cries of her debased psyche, it would sound something like this.

Gang of Four - Damaged Goods (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Gang Of Four 77-81

www.youtube.com

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

Is Bondi a closet situationist?, or maybe an acolyte of Malcolm McLaren?

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

Bondi's incoherent interventions sound like a Dada cut up poem.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

This was actually a bathroom stop for Noem.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 18h

Noem appears to have arrived? Not sure how long we’ll be blocked from the street outside ICE processing facility. I can say unequivocally she did not witness anything she claims is happening at this facility, as she entered the facility…

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

Trump is continuing to fail, big time. This kind of flatly illegal "threat" (denying back pay would violate a law enacted under Trump, after his past, utterly failed, shutdown gambit) and only encourages Democrats to remain united, and demonstrates his mental and moral feebleness.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17h

President Trump addressed backpay for furloughed workers, saying that some "don't deserve to be taken care of" and that he'll take care of them in a different way.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

Stewart uses cynicism as a crutch, and that hobbled him a long time ago.

davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

He needs some of Kimmel's writers.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

This kind of lazy humor is far less funny than what Trump cooks up off the cuff, and actually shows Stewart's age.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

Well, the Democrats are winning while Stewart is sniding.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

Amy Klobuchar is all of us right here. SMDH 🤦🏽‍♂️

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 16h

Chicago does not abide blowhards.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is no Augustus. He's not even a Nero. And he lacks the essential attribute of a leader easing a nation out of democracy into a dictatorship, i.e., an appearance of stability.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 17h

Trump will be a dictator for only so long as all of his orders, no matter how evil or stupid, are followed.
That is why Trumpers always seem nervous.
Regime collapse is, by definition, always imminent.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 17h

Here is a trailer for the film.

Exclusive Impeachment Trial Footage of Pam Bondi | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 17h

She may, of course, be an example of learned incompetence, and might - at some time in the distant past - have been competent, kind of like an evil version of The Dude.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 17h

I am, respectfully, convinced she is a profoundly lazy and deliberately incompetent lawyer. She amply demonstrated as much during the impeachment hearings.

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