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Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 11h

Not even affordable, but less unaffordable.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 15h

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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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 19h

This is truly deranged. This looks like a cut rate SNL skit.

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20h

This is what they have been preaching at MAGA churches for years, pastors invoking Trump as a prophet and king, indoctrinating the cult. This is the extent of MAGA "Christianity", they've successfully removed Christ and why they now openly attack Catholics and other denominations.

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Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 22h

"I don't answer to you or the people"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

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Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 1d

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1d

If Republicans don’t pass our bill to reopen the government and extend ACA tax credits, millions of families will see their health care costs soar.

Here's just one example of a MD couple who would see their costs nearly TRIPLE — a health catastrophe and another Trump betrayal:

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Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 1d

Dems are gonna shocked Pikachu when they fix the 2028 primary and he loses the general

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: We’re the king of being screwed by tariffs

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Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 1d

While the court of law takes a non answer not to mean anything, the court of public opinion is smarter than that

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1d

Let me be clear: backpay for these workers is required under a federal law I wrote with former Senator Cardin — which Trump signed — during the last Trump shutdown.

This is just more fear mongering from a president who wants a blank check for lawlessness. It won't work.

Federal workers not entitled to back pay after shutdown, budget office claims

Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

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Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 2d

DUUUUUUUUUUVAAAAAAL

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 2d

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHMYGOD
Trevor Lawrence is something else

Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson can't even read the pornhub comments on the videos from his son

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson on AOC: "She hasn't read the legislation and I'm not sure she would understand it even if she did."

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Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 2d

This is indistinguishable from a deranged caller to WFAN

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Washington DC is now so safe. Restaurants are booming, nobody is being shot and killed. They come in from Iowa, Indiana, they come from all over the country and the parents end up getting a phone call that their son was killed. Not anymore ... Chicago is safe. Now it's really safe."

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Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 2d

Such bad judgement by Ukraine for getting invaded. Fucking imbecile.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on Putin's war on Ukraine: "That war should have never have started. Would've never started. Such bad judgment was used there. I think on both sides by the way."

Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 2d

Alvin Kamara's music?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Jeffries: "Why don't Republicans want to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. Is it the Epstein files?"

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Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 2d

"of course"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

CNN: Is it the case that you are profiling brown people?

STEPHEN MILLER: What a dumb question

Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 2d

Wanting healthcare is terrorism to these people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Rep. Randy Fine: "I don't negotiate with terrorists. And what we're learned in whether it's dealing with Muslim terrorists or Democrats, you've gotta stand and you've gotta do the right thing."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Mar 27

I’ve been sort of idly keeping track of all the points in the Declaration of Independence’s bill of particulars that arguably apply to the Trump Admin. This is the first four-in-a-row I’ve hit. www.archives.gov/founding-doc...

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Detective Steak @detectivesteak.bsky.social · 3d

This person is seriously unwell

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Please remember I wrote Osama bin Laden exactly one year ago, one year before he blew up the World Trade Center. And I said, 'You gotta watch Osama bin Laden!' ... I gotta take a little credit."

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 3d

I’m glad Van Jones apologized for his sick joking about dead kids in Gaza.

But the problem goes deeper: he spread Netanyahu propaganda that the mass killings of civilians in Gaza—including 20K+ kids—is Iranian fake news.

It’s not the students and young people who are fooled. It’s Van Jones.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I said what I said: Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague for crimes against humanity.

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