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Max Burbank

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Dad, husband, pants aficionado, raconteur, former pussycat dollI; permanently suspended from Twitter before it was cool to not be on Twitter. Life-long-lefty; Comedy archive at maxburbank.wordpress.com I BLOCK CRYPTO DUDES!

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · Jun 19

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This is like watching stop motion animation of two expired beef rectums repeatedly slamming into each other while the Benny Hill theme plays in the background.

Israel Iran War: Tucker Carlson Clashes with US Senator Ted Cruz Over Iran | N18G

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 9h

All of TYrump's inner circle are terrible, but in different ways. I put Bondi and Hegseth in the " Utter Disgrace" category, which has some overlap with, but is not identical to the "Human Stain" category where we find Stephen Miller.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 9h

I will always immediately insta-follow anyone who makes a Lindbergh baby joke.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 10h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 9h

Cool. She can go on the "do not swear in" pile, 'cause that's a totally legitimate way to govern.

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 9h

For committing the crime of not thinking Trump is the best person ever in history.

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 9h

Look at this totally cool panel at Buffooncon! I think it's called "Weirdos who couldn't agree on a dress code pretending stuff that never happened totally happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

SORTOR: I took this flag from the man that was burning it in the street

TRUMP: Do you know who he is?

SORTOR: Oh yeah

TRUMP: So why don't you give it to Pam. Give it to the attorney general and we'll start prosecutions

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 9h

SORTOR: So anyway, that's a thing that totally, actually happened that I didn't make up."

TRUMP: Cool. We will prosecute the burner under the law I made by posting it on Truth Social, which is a totally legitimate way that laws can be made.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 9h

How many extra vaca days has Johnson given the House at this point? And how many R members has he sworn in while the House was out of Session?

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 9h

Know what would really make MAGA heads explode? If Bad Bunny does a cover of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" Imagine Bunny, center field, singing "I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free", treating the words as a lament over what has been done to our country.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11h

Hoping these federal agents are held accountable, breaking the law should have real consequences. A federal judge has ruled that federal immigration agents illegally arrested more than two dozen people.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 9h

All I want out of life right now is to live long enough to see Noem and Miller in jail.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 10h

Anti-antifa = pro fascist. Because of the meaning of words and stuff.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 18h

Chicago PD: arrest these motherfuckers threatening civilians. Put them in jail. Let the courts sort it out

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

THIS is the energy we’ve been waiting for. Credit where credit is due.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 10h

It seems to be the current MAGA belief that a little over half the country are terrorists, which, call me crazy, does not sound like a credible belief.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 10h

Do they plan on locking up over 1/2 the country? Because that's what they'd need to do.

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 11h

Do you think when Johnson makes a total dick move, it shows up on his kid's "covenant eye" app? Like, when he does something where there's just no human person there, just a colossal dick?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 12h

It may not be as personality-driven as the hot stories, but I think people should read this article about the "conversion therapy" case.

The right is recasting child abuse as autonomous kids making their own choices.

It's vile. It's victim-blaming.

www.salon.com/2025/10/08/s...

How SCOTUS covers for the abuse of LGBTQ kids

In conversion therapy case, conservative justices imply queer kids are born hating themselves

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 12h

It kinda looks like it would take very little to push Miller into a public complete psychotic break.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 12h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... I understand that he just doesn't care, but Trump seems to have deteriorated to the point that he no longer understands what the law is or how it works. You can make laws by posting on Truth Social, and if you can't name the actual crime, you can't arrest people.

Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor and Illinois governor as national guard arrives in city

President accused Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker of failing to protect Ice officers as troops deploy to Chicago

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1d

In a nutshell.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 17h

ICE maced Presbyterian pastor David Black in the face from inches away, and I cannot find this image or any mention of the incident on any major media platform. It's possible this is Google fuckery and not media failure, but I don't know. Either way, the silence is shocking and disgusting.

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you SO much for this post, though even here, the pastor is only mentioned in a caption. AND it's the only place I've seen it. This is a pulitzer prize worthy photo, an important, historical shot, you know it when you see it. Mace a pastor in the face. virtually no national coverage. Sickening.

Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 19h

This quote sums up a very unfortunate part of Jewish identity. Jews judging other Jews over the Jewishness of their Judaism and finding them to be not Jewish enough or even bad for the Jews.

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