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Ray Anselmo

@rayanselmo.bsky.social

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Current "community associate," former tech de-escalator, onetime writer-editor, longtime father, flag designer, football supporter, cat servant. Outside the camp with Jesus.

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Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · Jan 20

20 January 2025
FAIR WARNING (thread):

It's already bad. Starting today, it's going to get much, much worse. And based on historical precedent, it's probably going to be an absolute disaster before it starts getting better.

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Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · 2h

Never a trans person.
Never a drag queen.
ALWAYS a law enforcement officer, evangelical minister and/or Republican politician.

Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 6h

Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · 2h

Memo to @ass.golf: tell the haters to F themselves with ICBMs - Claire is the best! questionablecontent.net/view.php?com...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · 2h

My son mentioned this morning that he's had thoughts about moving to Sweden, in case you're wondering how things are going for trans people in America under the Insane Racist Toddler Regime.

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Starry Knight Press @starryknightpress.bsky.social · 2h

This is America under the absurdist, fascist GOP regime; armed military forces of the US government attacking costumed protesters. WTAF?! #Resist ✊️

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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onion person @junlper.beer · 6h

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 7h

The very first riot after a George Floyd protest was started by a white supremacist nicknamed "Umbrella Man."

He spraypainted "free shit" on an AutoZone, broke the windows, and encouraged others to come in. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/man-h...

Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police

A masked umbrella-wielding man helped incite riots and looting in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's death, police said.

abcnews.go.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

If what Trump is doing is legal - if his loopholes are technically real loopholes - the laws need to change. An if it's illegal, folks need to go to jail. No other options unless you want *all of this* to be standard American politics from here on out.

@jvl.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

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Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · 2h

New Mexico is looking to exempt itself from all this BS to give the federal government both middle fingers and describe Trump using the words "pinche cabron."

Source New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 5h

The federal government is looking to exempt itself from more than two dozen federal laws to build border walls in New Mexico.

DHS orders expedited construction on New Mexico border wall • Source New Mexico

The federal government will seek to exempt from two dozen federal laws to build barriers faster on 100 miles of New Mexico’s border.

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Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · 2h

They always start telling the truth after they leave office ... 🙄

Jenn the Queen @jennb.bsky.social · 4h

"I CO-WROTE TRUMP'S FIRST ANTITERRORISM PLAN IN 2017-18.
HE'S NOT TRYING TO STOP 'LEFT-WING' TERRORISM.
HE IS STAGING IT.
HIS TROOP DEPLOYMENTS ARE A FALSE FLAG, MEANT TO PROVOKE A RESPONSE IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY HARSH CRACKDOWNS.
THIS IS NOW VERY OBVIOUS!"
—MILES TAYLOR
FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF AT TRUMP'S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · 2h

There's a man out there I already feel sorry for, even though I don't know his name yet.

Jenn the Queen @jennb.bsky.social · 4h

Doesn’t her religion make her? 🤷🏼‍♀️

$100 says Erika Kirk gets remarried within the next 12 months.

Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · 2h

If any song was ever written for both Irish step-dancing and moshpit use, it's that one.

Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · 2h

Namely, talking without backing it up?

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · 2h

If you want a POTUS who talks a big game and doesn't actually do anything, yeah.

Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · 2h

I've been an official speechwriter for Antifa for over a decade.

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 3h

Since we’re clearing the air, I might as well put out something I’ve been concealing for a very long time.

I’m the Vice President of Antifa (Western Continental Division)

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · 2h

The Trump administration wants to kill you, simple as that.

Peter Gunn @jpezzo.bsky.social · 4h

Forever chemicals..oh goody!

EPA moves to roll back drinking water standards

The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to roll back regulatory standards for three types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water systems.

www.newsweek.com

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 3h

This is what every Democratic state needs to do, tell its state university leaders that they will lose all state appropriations if they sign the compact. Take the decision out of feckless college administrators’ hands.

Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 10h

Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 12h

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3h

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."

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Ray Anselmo @rayanselmo.bsky.social · 5h

When the @nytimes.com ISN'T being run by a cabal of all-in-for-Trump morons.

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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · 10h

MAGA lawmakers regularly share its content. Elon called it "one of the best accounts on X." It's run by a Macedonian who has never set foot in America — and who illegally donated to a U.S. congressional campaign.

Great stuff from @jsweetli.bsky.social:

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