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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 14h

I am genuinely not kidding when I say that I am fully expecting “delaying the vote on the Epstein Files” to be a non-negotiable condition of the shutdown being lifted

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 1h

It’s entirely possible that the man who claimed Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago and Washington DC were war zones might not be telling the entire truth about what’s happening in Israel right now

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1h

later in life axl rose is a fascinating person

Jared Wade @jaredwade.bsky.social · 12h

Guns N' Roses, while playing a show last night in Bogotá, Colombia, borrowed this flag sign out of the crowd. Axl held it up for everyone then later ran around stage wearing it around his neck while singing. Said the whole band would sign it then make sure the fan got it back.

Meia tigela @brunodoamaral.bsky.social · 15h

No show do Guns N' Roses de ontem em Bogotá, o Axl recebeu essa bandeira da plateia durante a música Civil War.

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 1h

Did that really add anything

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 4h

Trump was told they would be having an important discussion about youth in Asia

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 16h

Welcome to Day 8 of the Government Is Shut Down Because We Have a Certifiable Madman in the White House Who Would Rather Burn the Country to the Ground Than Allow the Release of the Epstein Files

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 6h

Whether such people are truly evil racists or superficial simpletons who simply cannot be trusted with civic responsibility is irrelevant to me. Such people also do not deserve to be treated with any kind of respect.

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 6h

Donald Trump showed us all who he was during his first term, especially in the months following the 2020 election. But some people voted for him anyway in 2024, knowing fully well that he was a lawless dictator at heart.

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 6h

There is not a single person in the Trump administration with decency, honor or integrity. Their job is to lie for Trump, full stop. Someday, their time in the Trump administration will be over, but none of them will be deserving of respect for the remainder of their lives.

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 7h

CONTRARIAN TAKE: I believe that a 12-minute Super Bowl Halftime Medley is every bit as irrelevant an arbiter of musical quality as a Grammy Award

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 9h

Since SNL is back I want to mention that short term cast member Luke Mones had an idea for a sketch they never did where a guy on death row is asked what he wants for his last meal and he says Olive Garden’s Never Ending Soup and Breadsticks and they can never execute him because he keeps eating

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 12h

No, ChatGPT, show me a picture of the Nazis taking over POLAND

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12h

that donald trump was allowed to become president again after J6 is something we may never recover from as a nation

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 13h

Trump is just gonna escalate until one of these cities starts fighting back.

And then it’s Civil War, Part II: Redneck Revenge.

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 13h

“WHY ARE THE HIRED GOONS I SENT TO ROUGH UP CHICAGO NOT BEING TREATED WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT AND DEFERENCE?”, wonders Trump

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 14h

I am genuinely not kidding when I say that I am fully expecting “delaying the vote on the Epstein Files” to be a non-negotiable condition of the shutdown being lifted

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 16h

Welcome to Day 8 of the Government Is Shut Down Because We Have a Certifiable Madman in the White House Who Would Rather Burn the Country to the Ground Than Allow the Release of the Epstein Files

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the problem: Biden was more-or-less forced to step down when several prominent Democratic Party donors were convinced he could not win.

Nobody in the Republican Party has the power to force Trump to step down.

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Biden was 81. After the debate with Trump, I don’t know how much of the alarm was the media’s doing.

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 1d

It is virtually impossible to sustain alarm indefinitely.

It seems like this theory will be stress-tested with the Epstein Files.

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 1d

Those were considered huge scandals at the time. If they happened under the Trump Administration, they’d barely crack the Top 20.

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 1d

Another possiblity is that it’s much more noteworthy when a Republican turns on one of their own. When a Democrat criticizes Trump, regardless of the substance, it is likelier to be dismissed as Same Ol’ Same Ol’

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 1d

‪Fact-checking is useless when one side is 100% indifferent to facts. They just need rhetorical arguments they can use to defend whatever Trump wants to do. But it’s not as if they CARE whether those arguments are pertinent, or even correct.‬

‪They just want to own the libs.‬

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 1d

HOT TAKE: Nobody cares that Portland isn’t “war ravaged” because nobody on either side actually believed it was “war ravaged” in the first place.

MAGA just wants Trump to get rid of the immigrants & the hippies protesting in the streets. And they will accept any excuse to do so.

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 1d

Oh God, the finger-snapped Chik-Fil-A martyr is back
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Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor

Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

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