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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 2h

From the article, I can't even begin to glean what crime Willis is being investigated for.

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 14h

I hadn't heard this "rumor" and couldn't care less.

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 15h

I really wish Stephen Miller (and all of these creatures) would keep Black people's names out of their mouths. They do not care about us except as a cudgel to use against other disfavored groups. The CRT/DEI panic was just a beginning. They'll be all in on us when they're done with immigrants.

Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 15h

George W. Bush has been in every Netflix documentary I've watched for the last two weeks. Maybe he can rouse himself and appear on live television to denounce this authoritarian takeover of our country.

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 1d

The thing that has destroyed my trust in CBS is hiring Bari Weiss.

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 1d

Congress could actually assert itself and reclaim the power of the purse and the power to levy tariffs. I'd prefer that to another f*cking "working class stimulus check" I won't even qualify for while having the people who do spit in my face and vote for my death and destruction.

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 3d

What do people think about giving working class Americans a $2000 tariff relief check for the unfair tax that has driven their grocery and housing prices up?

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, is proposing $2,000 payments to Americans making under $100,000

Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 1d

So, they can murder me in the street for being a Democrat but they can't get a court order to review your telephone records after you incited insurrection? Got it.

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans are taking the temperature down, huh?

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 2d

Are you just monitoring Pacer or do you get some type of alert?

Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 2d

What happened to the gun? We were confidently told she was armed with a semiautomatic firearm. Isn't that why they had to defend themselves? How could the spokesperson be so wrong? 🤨 /s

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 2d

I was watching BBC News this morning. Listening to their plans to crack down on protests and mass deport immigrants made me want to throw my phone. No one is learning anything.

Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 2d

Has the man never heard of the Pentagon Papers? When will this be over?

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 2d

Who are the snowflakes now? These are the types who've spent decades demanding people put up with all kinds of abusive language and conduct at work and on campus but are now willing to do violence and even kill citizens for hurting their feelings at work.

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 2d

People are spending too much time labeling what's happening to us and too little time formulating strategies to fight it. Defeatism just makes it easy for them and I'm not here to make it easy.

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 2d

How is this even real? If it is, I'm glad it ended this way.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

American taxpayers are paying people to post Bible verses on a US government account.

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 2d

I'm pretty plugged into the news, and only this week have I heard people explain what "protecting healthcare" means. Saving Americans from 30%+ premium increases spurred by Republican legislation is a good thing and should be stated more explicitly.

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 3d

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 3d

Are we allowed to be armed or not? Are semiautomatic weapons scary and bad or just our Second Amendment due?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re white, your accomplishments are your own and you can resent and criticize the country all you like, but if you’re black and successful you should be grateful to white people for allowing you in their presence. bsky.app/profile/jess...

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 3d

To whom is she supposed to show this gratitude? According to people like Vance, whatever you have or accomplished, you earned on your own.

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taber @kvetch.gay · 4d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 4d

The ADOS train is always on time when it comes to sowing discontent and misinformation before an election.

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Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 4d

I want to know who told it and why.

Serious Talk @serioustalk.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this country is on the verge of breaking up or entering a second civil war. I never thought I would see anything like this. How do you even prepare for what's coming?

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