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Motorhead @bradmunchen.bsky.social · 10h

I just injected this into my veins and haven't been able to stop laughing for over an hour now. Please help. 🤣

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h

WSJ reports that DOJ is going to charge John Bolton.

In case you needed anyone less sympathetic to rally behind than Jim Comey.

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

Prosecutors in Maryland are expected in coming days to charge one of Trump’s first-term national security advisers, John Bolton, now a top Trump critic, with mishandling classified information, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

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.

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Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 13h

I don't think they can do the same exact thing, but history says there's something far more nefarious going on with Tesla.

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Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 13h

It's based on a whole bunch of fallacies I know you are very familiar with, plus that good old corruption thing.

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Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 13h

It's the ultimate mixed emotions ride. The best trade I've ever made was off Musk being forced to buy Twitter. Now I wish he'd been able to get out of the deal.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 13h

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

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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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Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 18h

This is how.

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Helene Meisler @hmeisler.bsky.social · 20h

AI burns up electricty, water and cash

Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 20h

a thing I just learned from Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow - Oracle will be cash flow negative for the first time in its history this year.

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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 1d

No stopping the price of gold for now:
Up more than 50% so far this year, it has more than doubled over the past two years.
Consistent buying by some foreign central baks is being reinforced by growing institutional and retail allocations, and a more volatile speculative overlay.
#gold #markets

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 1d

No, but it is because he's back in office. I've been irresponsibly long since 1/31 when I concluded that yes, it really was going to be that bad.

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Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 1d

He may have been played, but he was also an instrument of massive destruction who belongs in the dock, in The Hague.

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Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 1d

Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie summed this type up perfectly: "Macho shithead!" #idiocracy #traitors

mother dysnomia 🌚 @mamatried.bsky.social · 1d

lol it’s this guy

Tweet from 11/2/24 showing Harry Sisson and his 4 friends in a car that reads “we’re Gen Z voters and we all PROUDLY voted for Kamala Harris! Real men support Harris”

Robert J O’Neill quotes it with

“You're not men. You're boys. If there was no social media, you would be my concubines.”

Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the DMV's FAQ. www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehic...

Clean Air Vehicle Decals - California DMV

If you drive a vehicle that meets certain emissions standards and other criteria, you may be able to get Clean Air Vehicle (CAV) decals and a CAV decal identification (ID) card, which allow single occ...

www.dmv.ca.gov

Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 1d

I visited the California DMV site today and was greeted with this absolute stunner. It cannot be overstated how critical CAV decals were to the growth of EVs here. The program is now dead because the federal rule that enabled it wasn't extended (no surprise there). This is a very big deal. #tslaQ

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Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 1d

All of us may never get over it. #idiocracy #traitors #IDIOTS

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

will never get over the Washington Post Editorial Board recommending confirming Pam Bondi

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Pam Bondi
Florida's former attorney general is qualified; lawyers who have worked with her report that she is serious.

Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 1d

First against the wall when the revolution really started.

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Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah? #Appears_Intelligent cc: @edzitron.com

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Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 1d

Precisely correct. Proposition 50 isn't "getting down in the gutter with them" no matter what Schwarzenegger thinks. But this is. #idiocracy #traitors

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

seeing otherwise smart people share the story that a south carolina judge’s beach house was burned to the ground because of a ruling against trump despite there being no evidence of that has been frustrating. just because the other side has abandoned facts doesn’t mean we can, too.

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 2d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 2d

Of all the people to prove worthless in wartime. #idiocracy #traitors

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Machine Planet @machineplanet.bsky.social · 2d

Precisely correct. #idiocracy #traitors

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 2d

I've been trying to put my finger on why ICE/DHS lies feel so much more outrageous than normal cop lies, and I think it's because they don't lie like cops, they lie like aggressively stupid criminals

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Vicki Bryan's Bond Angle @bondangle.bsky.social · 2d

Yes—and it is all in plain sight for the world to see, as it always has been.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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