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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 4h

It's quite literally the opposite of reality. He's stating as fact something that didn't happen and isn't happening and getting annoyed at anyone who tries to tell him it's untrue. Invite him to Portland. Tell him to heave his big ass up there and take a look. Fucking delusional fuck.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump on Portland: "It's like the movies you see for the kids, I guess not only the kids, adults also, where you have these bombed out cities and these bombed out people. It's like, worse than that."

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 4h

It's like a douche buffet up there.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 4h

This is just embarrassing shit right here. The cringe level at these ass-kissing events is powerful enough to create a small black hole into which they should all be sucked.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4h

Brandi Kruse at today's "antifa violence roundtable" at the White House: "This is one of the reasons I recovered from it. By the way, it’s much better to not have TDS. I’m happier, healthier, more successful. I even think I got a little more attractive after I got rid of my Trump Derangement System"

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 4h

Sortor robbed the guy. He stole someone's property. That's not his flag. He didn't buy it. He wasn't given it. He's admitting he's a thief. Sortor should be arrested again.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

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

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 4h

Besides, none of these cops are quitting and giving up their pensions and health care. Shut the fuck up and get back to work.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h

The essence of Bari Weiss: not reporting, but crude partisan propaganda presented in the form of reporting—and usually pronounced from the mouths of anonymous sources which likely don't exist. Expect this sort of prolefeed at CBS News soon.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 9h

I just wrote this in a text to a friend about NJ's governor's race, and I think it's pretty astute analysis: "As much as Chris Christie blew donkey dicks, he was semi-sane."

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 11h

Really odd that conservatives didn't have a ragegasm at non-Americans like Paul McCartney, U2, Coldplay, the Rolling Stones, or the Who headlining a Super Bowl halftime show.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 1d

God, I wish I didn’t know.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 1d

Ask him what he thinks the Insurrection Act is.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

There it is. “Trump told reporters on Monday that he would consider utilizing the Insurrection Act…to sidestep any court rulings restricting his orders to send Guard troops into cities over the objections of local and state officials.” 10/7/25 … 1/ www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 1d

Deleted post that was a quote repost of the video of a Portland cop threatening to arrest someone if they drove into a crowd. Original post said the vehicle was being driven by ICE agents, but that appears not to be true. I fucking hate spreading potential misinformation, so it's gone.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, this is funny. (Not the movie. The post and the fact that no one is getting the joke.)

The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 1d

"You're going to be arrested and tried for your crimes when Democrats take over again. So you might want to consider how many more crimes you want to commit."

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 1d

"Let's do the fucking news" sounds like you want everyone to fuck the news as in "I'd totally do the fucking quarterback." Which seems appropriate, given the speaker.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 1d

So local or state law enforcement are gonna…?

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 1d

You mean these dumb fucks we said are dumb fucks turned out to be dumb fucks?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 2d

There is always endless cash for talentless right-wingers to become media stars. There is never any for talented lefties to even get a decent podcast network going.

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 2d

Gotta say, nicely done for the Times to include this context: "her only chance of an early release from prison is likely to be clemency from President Trump, with whom she used to socialize in the Florida and New York party scenes."

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

It would’ve been surprising if they had agreed to hear the case. It presents no novel issues of fact or law & the conviction is clearly due to be affirmed. Trump can pardon her, but she’s not entitled to any legal relief. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 2d

I'm up at 9:30/6:30 ET/PT this a.m. on @stephaniemiller.bsky.social, unfit and bearded and not as drunk as Pete Hegseth.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 2d

He’s one of the big reasons I stopped watching CNN

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 2d

Right wing terrorism hasn’t declined. It’s just done with an ICE badge. If I wanted to fuck up liberals and immigrants, of course I’d join the group that lets me do it with the blessing of the president.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 2d

Part of Trump’s approach has always been to relitigate the past. He thought anti-Vietnam War protesters should have been roughed up and arrested. So now he gets to do that to anti-ICE or pro-Palestinian protesters. He’d have been the guy saying we should nuke Vietnam, civilians be damned

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 3d

It's too bad no one has invented cameras so we can see what's going on in Portland right now. Oh, wait. They totally have invented those. And I can't find any burning buildings.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 3d

Probably some time in the 1980s. Seemed pretty clear he was a charlatan and a dick as soon as I became aware of his existence.

The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 3d

Any time I see someone claim that Trump is a good Christian, I think, “You poor, dumb motherfucker. You’re too stupid to know how many people have lied to you for your entire sad life.”

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