☔️Shannon Gardner
@pnwshannongardner.bsky.social
☔️Lifelong fan of show tunes and Seattle sports. UW alum with Husky Fever. Nerd at heart. Briscoe & Green are my Dream Team. Known to remove misused apostrophes from menu boards. #PurpleReign
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I mean, yes, "I'll crack your skull" and "hey let's make a deal" are in fact complimentary messages as any organized crime syndicate will tell you!
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🟡 Semafor Washington, DC: Rubio’s mission | Semafor
In today’s edition: Rubio strikes a softer tone than Trump on Venezuela, and the Senate tries to close a deal on health care subsidies.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I mean, yes, "I'll crack your skull" and "hey let's make a deal" are in fact complimentary messages as any organized crime syndicate will tell you!
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the trolling influencer at the heart of the GOP's Somalian child care fraud agitprop campaign is not very bright, yet the U.S. press still helped amplify his lazy-ass disinfo campaign and repeatedly cites him as a serious journalist
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January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
the trolling influencer at the heart of the GOP's Somalian child care fraud agitprop campaign is not very bright, yet the U.S. press still helped amplify his lazy-ass disinfo campaign and repeatedly cites him as a serious journalist
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keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
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Kristi Noem's face is getting freakier and freakier
January 7, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Kristi Noem's face is getting freakier and freakier
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I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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FYI:
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
January 7, 2026 at 4:47 AM
FYI:
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
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We are a stupid, stupid people. And the GOP wants to keep it that way. My god.
VARNEY: Is there any support in Congress for buying or taking over Greenland?
SEN. RICKETTS: The president has been clear we need to protect our northern flank
SEN. RICKETTS: The president has been clear we need to protect our northern flank
January 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM
We are a stupid, stupid people. And the GOP wants to keep it that way. My god.
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social -- Think it's important that people tune in to either @ms.now or @pbs.org to watch the hearing live to let those news outlets know they have viewers willing to support their choice to, as Christiane Amanpour says, "be truthful, not neutral."
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January 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social -- Think it's important that people tune in to either @ms.now or @pbs.org to watch the hearing live to let those news outlets know they have viewers willing to support their choice to, as Christiane Amanpour says, "be truthful, not neutral."
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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Sitting in this hearing and shit its like reliving it all over again...
January 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Sitting in this hearing and shit its like reliving it all over again...
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Never forget. 🇺🇸
January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Never forget. 🇺🇸
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Public health recommendations by what “sounds right” to the guy who dumped a baby bear carcass in Central Park, used heroin for 14 years, hauled a sawed-off whale head on the roof of his car, had a brain worm from eating undercooked meat, swam in raw sewage, and whose face is half-stuffed with Zyns
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Public health recommendations by what “sounds right” to the guy who dumped a baby bear carcass in Central Park, used heroin for 14 years, hauled a sawed-off whale head on the roof of his car, had a brain worm from eating undercooked meat, swam in raw sewage, and whose face is half-stuffed with Zyns
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my cue
January 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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Special Counsel Jack Smith’s testified before the House Judiciary Committee two weeks ago. His request to testify publicly was denied by Chair Jim Jordan, who then released the transcript on New Year’s Eve. READ the thread below.Share it. Also, the link: d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2025/...
January 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s testified before the House Judiciary Committee two weeks ago. His request to testify publicly was denied by Chair Jim Jordan, who then released the transcript on New Year’s Eve. READ the thread below.Share it. Also, the link: d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2025/...
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“I’m tempted to close by denouncing Trump’s hubris. But hubris implies a certain grandeur of purpose. Trump has no great ambitions to shape a better world or a better hemisphere. With him, it’s all boasting and bullying and lying, greed and narcissism and vanity.”
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The Danger and Foolishness of Trump’s Foreign Policy
There are no grand designs, just vanity and vindictiveness.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
“I’m tempted to close by denouncing Trump’s hubris. But hubris implies a certain grandeur of purpose. Trump has no great ambitions to shape a better world or a better hemisphere. With him, it’s all boasting and bullying and lying, greed and narcissism and vanity.”
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100%
Trump told the oil companies about the Venezuela plan, but neglected to tell Congress. This invasion isn’t about protecting Americans, it’s military assistance for big oil and his billionaire friends.
January 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
100%
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Congrats to interim head coach Marco Rubio
January 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Congrats to interim head coach Marco Rubio
Outrageous
The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat’s “seditious” statements on a video telling service members they have the right to refuse to execute illegal orders.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Outrageous
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Right-wing influencers unleashed to peddle disinformation and sow hatred are so very dangerous, but sadly, they have been effective in destroying people.
January 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Right-wing influencers unleashed to peddle disinformation and sow hatred are so very dangerous, but sadly, they have been effective in destroying people.
demented, whiny baby
Insanity: Sources close to the White House told the Washington Post Trump lost interest in backing Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to lead the country because she accepted her Nobel Peace Prize rather than demanding it be given to Trump, which was viewed as an “ultimate sin.”
January 5, 2026 at 4:53 AM
demented, whiny baby
🏈🦵🏼Sending peace and love to all the mothers of NFL kickers. Genuinely, my heart hurts for you -at least- once a week during football season. Tonight, oof.
January 5, 2026 at 4:51 AM
🏈🦵🏼Sending peace and love to all the mothers of NFL kickers. Genuinely, my heart hurts for you -at least- once a week during football season. Tonight, oof.
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You gotta be fuckin kidding me
January 5, 2026 at 4:35 AM
You gotta be fuckin kidding me
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Q: You pulled the National Guard out of Portland--
TRUMP: We did. And do you know that Portland, we got it down to almost no crime? We're allowed to go back in, but we'll go back in when the crime starts. We may use the Insurrection Act
TRUMP: We did. And do you know that Portland, we got it down to almost no crime? We're allowed to go back in, but we'll go back in when the crime starts. We may use the Insurrection Act
January 5, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Q: You pulled the National Guard out of Portland--
TRUMP: We did. And do you know that Portland, we got it down to almost no crime? We're allowed to go back in, but we'll go back in when the crime starts. We may use the Insurrection Act
TRUMP: We did. And do you know that Portland, we got it down to almost no crime? We're allowed to go back in, but we'll go back in when the crime starts. We may use the Insurrection Act
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Agree or disagree with the merits of the operation, you can't help but be in awe of the Wehrmacht's Blitzkrieg of Poland
January 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Agree or disagree with the merits of the operation, you can't help but be in awe of the Wehrmacht's Blitzkrieg of Poland
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Apparently SCIF stands for
Shitty Curtains In Florida.
Shitty Curtains In Florida.
January 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Apparently SCIF stands for
Shitty Curtains In Florida.
Shitty Curtains In Florida.