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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 7h

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 7h

Save this as an exhibit for the treason trials that I fervently hope are coming someday

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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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13h

microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads?

me: desktop

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 8h

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 8h

Oof this is so cringe, my skeleton just tried to shrug off my skin to get away from it

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 2d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 9h

FUCK yes… literally every person with any kind of power who wants to oppose Trump should be throwing down like this. I don’t think it would take too many to put him seriously on tilt.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 9h

I wonder what it feels like to have sold out your integrity and soul to protect a literally demented, hateful, greedy, disgusting child predator? I hope it burns like a raging UTI of the entire body

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 9h

LEE GREENWOOD lmao what a fool

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 12h

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

“Lee Greenwood for Super Bowl halftime show!” says the idiot

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 13h

Well this is some cool shit to wake up to

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 14h

Ahaha, yessss, omg. The meltdown would be visible from space.

Poet Jodie Foster GIF

Alt: Jodie Foster in the movie Contact, gasping, “it’s so beautiful… they should’ve sent a poet”

media.tenor.com

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Boxes also work on bobcats

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suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 1d

printouts of tweets taped to the inside of a folder, lmao… legal genius at work, folks

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 1d

I know he’ll probably have a huge diaper baby fit and do something spiteful & crazy if they don’t give it to him, but so help me god, they had better not. The entire prize will mean less than nothing forevermore.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

1. In order to qualify for the Nobel Peace Prize you must be nominated by January 31, 2025.

So did President Trump, who had just been sworn-in 11 days before, get nominated by a qualified person prior to the deadline?

The answer is yes.

Two-page letter on official Case Western Reserve University School of Law letterhead, dated January 28, 2025, from Associate Professor Anat Alon-Beck to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The letter formally nominates former U.S. President Donald J. Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, praising his “extraordinary leadership, strategic brilliance, and unparalleled commitment to advancing peace.” Alon-Beck cites Trump’s role in securing the release of hostages, brokering ceasefires, combating antisemitism, and achieving major diplomatic breakthroughs such as the Abraham Accords and the relocation of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. She credits him with strengthening Israel’s security, empowering Jewish communities, and promoting human dignity through “determined and principled diplomacy.” The letter concludes by urging the committee to award Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, asserting that his leadership “has not only changed lives—it has saved them.”

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 1d

someone call the etsy witches this is a fucking emergency

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 1d

It seems so obvious that this is what will happen and it’s utterly maddening

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 1d

The GOP justices are highly intentional operators. Their approach of total solicitousness to Trump on procedural motions, while punting merits rulings for years, will allow them to time rulings to tie Democrats’ hands, if they see partisan winds shifting. www.offmessage.net/p/the-suprem...

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suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 1d

“bucking tradition” — delete your account and throw your computer into the sea. What the fuck.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

n.pr

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suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 1d

He’s so fucking stupid that it physically hurts me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "If we didn't win this election. If we had these people that were running that were ruining our country, destroying our country with their open borders and men playing in women's sports and transgender from everybody and windmills all over the place ... I'm not sure we'd even have a country."

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scott topics™️ @scottpb.bsky.social · 2d

Join ICE today!! 🤡🎯

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suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 1d

I truly hope that one day, not too terribly long from now, we’ll be able to kick back with some nice coffee & pastries on a Tuesday morning and watch this hateful ghoul’s brutal treason trial on live tv. Her and Miller first, and then right on down the list.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

PADILLA: Do you believe govt officials are obligated to follow court orders whether they agree with them or not, yes or no?

BONDI: I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump

PADILLA: I asked a simple yes or no question

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 1d

This is fiendishly clever, fiendishly evil, and almost certainly what they're trying to do.

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 1d

Any Project 2029-style rebuilding project that tables confrontation with the Supreme Court will doom itself. www.offmessage.net/p/the-suprem...

The Supreme Court's Dastardly Plan Makes Court Reform Obligatory

If Democrats can't avoid the trap Republican justices are setting, we'll never recover from the Trump fiasco.

www.offmessage.net

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suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no, time to cry now

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

FYI: There's a Nemik super-edit that's…weirdly powerful? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf60...

Andor: Karis Nemik

YouTube video by SWFT

www.youtube.com

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 1d

Do we know the precise moment he fully & completely departed from reality? Because my lord, it is definitely way behind us.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I've ended seven wars. At least half of them was because of my ability at trade and because of tariffs. If I didn't have tariffs to throw around a little bit, you would have at least 4 wars waging with thousands of people a day being killed ... we're getting close to settling 8."

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suzannf.bsky.social @suzannf.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sorry, IRS *what*?

Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 2d

Alarming news this morning that Social Security head Frank Bisignano has been named “CEO” of IRS, a move that raises 3 major concerns:

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

Bessent Picks Social Security Chief Frank Bisignano as IRS CEO

The Social Security head will do double duty at the tax agency while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent retains his formal title as acting IRS commissioner.

www.wsj.com

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