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LibrarianWriterGeek @sctadsen.bsky.social · 5h

a man with a ring on his finger says fair in sign language

Alt: GIF from Saturday Night Live. Man saying, "Fair. That's fair."

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 5h

Took me about three whole minutes to realize the point is to make people absolutely furious about how the Epstein story is being handled.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6h

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile starts... now.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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LibrarianWriterGeek @sctadsen.bsky.social · 5h

I get the feeling that a *lot* of the members of this administration most gung-ho to go full-fascist also fully bought into their own propaganda re: liberals / leftists, e.g. "whiny, blue-haired, unarmed wimps."

First rule of dealing: never get high on your own supply.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11h

Remember all of the ghouls who denied this was happening and did everything they could to make the problem worse from JK Rowling to Wes Streeting. The NHS who did a stitch up report to hide the growing number of suicides from trans youth on the waitlists. They should never be forgiven.

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LibrarianWriterGeek @sctadsen.bsky.social · 14h

Sorry, correction:

She's *also* mad that Trump didn't give her the nod to run for Senate next year and is being petty about it.

LibrarianWriterGeek @sctadsen.bsky.social · 16h

She's a rat abandoning a sinking ship, nothing more.

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LibrarianWriterGeek @sctadsen.bsky.social · 16h

Remember the real lesson of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf":

Never tell the same lie twice.

LibrarianWriterGeek @sctadsen.bsky.social · 16h

Wow, the same thing he promised *eight years ago* but never managed to deliver?

If you're gonna lie, at least tell new, interesting lies instead of just repeating the same shit.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 16h

Two weeks.

I’m telling ya.

Two weeks.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

Oh, the incredibly competent and honest president promises that he's totally going to give us something that's much better and much cheaper than we already have? Golly, sign me up.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks, DJT.

NPR @npr.org · 16h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

I’m starting to think they might not have been serious about wanting to stop fentanyl smuggling and child sex trafficking

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d

“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.

“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.

“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”

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

Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases

Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

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LibrarianWriterGeek @sctadsen.bsky.social · 1d

It would honestly not surprise me to learn that at no point during this or his previous term did Trump eat at *any* DC restaurant that didn't have a drive thru window.

So call me crazy, but I'd bet good money that he's pulling this claim (like most things he says) out of his ass.

LibrarianWriterGeek @sctadsen.bsky.social · 1d

Well, yeah, but that also applies to half Soros's staff.

Plus, it's harder to explain bringing a bottle of wine into his offices. Cupcakes are much easier.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

“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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LibrarianWriterGeek @sctadsen.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, so *now* they know how to shoot at the ground.

Weird how they only seemed to figure that out *after* their antics were shown to be unpopular on a national scale.

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 3d

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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LibrarianWriterGeek @sctadsen.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, did no one tell you the trick with Madisyn?

Yeah, you gotta bring in strawberry vanilla cupcakes. Gotta check what diet kick she's on this week, though, so you know to get the right ones, or it won't work.

Also, you have to bring enough for the whole staff, otherwise it looks suspicious.

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LibrarianWriterGeek @sctadsen.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't Trump literally invite at least one cartel leader into the country?

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

you'd think Democrats would realize that effective messaging can shift public opinion and electoral outcomes after watching Republicans wage relentless and super-effective propaganda warfare on the nation's dim electorate for going on five fucking decades

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

Weird. It’s almost like making accusations generates friction which generates news which rallies your supporters.

2 Key Democrats Come Out And Say It: Trump Has 'Some Kind Of Dementia'

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Trump take egg

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

The Plot to Enslave America

Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 1d

Those influencing Trump education policy aren't shy about wanting to eradicate public schools.

Asked what % of kids she imagines should be in public schools, Tiffany Justice -- Moms for Liberty cofounder, now with Heritage Foundation -- told @propublica.org

“I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Karissa Barrows @sjbsmama.bsky.social · May 9

Going to share this post from @jgsseeerd41.bsky.social as a screenshot w/ the link to the family fundraiser as the video shows more of the baby than is safe for her (creepers be creeping & I want the family protected from those people). Donate and share. www.muslimgiving.org/arfat

Screenshot includes a freeze frame from a video of a baby in Gaza with a large abdominal sore, with a watermelon digital sticker overlying where the baby’s vagina is visible on the original video. There is skin irritation on the inside thigh of the other leg as well, which is what the mother was trying to show.

Post says: “literally, my child will die if we don’t quickly save [her] life with emergency surgery. I am poor, I have no money, and I don’t want to lose my child. I beg you and implore you to save my child. The story is on the donations page. Donate via the link.” After that, the same link provided in my post is displayed. Please click the link in my post to navigate to the donations page to help this poor family.

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