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Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · Nov 12

Birds of a feather

President Trump holds his two young children tightly, the boy by the neck, Ivanka nervously sucking her fingers while pressed against pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. John Casablancas, also a rapist of young teenagers peeks around the corner with a creepy look. taken by British photographer Dafydd Jones on Oct. 19, 1993, at the opening of a Harley Davidson cafe in Manhattan.

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Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 1d

It's pretty disgusting scotus is even discussing whether or not it's ok to abuse and torture people who are vulnerable and they are looking at it as a "free speech" issue

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Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 2d

My mom's best friend when I was growing up had this exact one and it was amazing to crawl into with a giant bowl of popcorn to watch a movie

Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 2d

What a nightmare! What meds? I have a friend who just lost their cat and was talking about finding a place to donate their leftovers.

Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 2d

There was a big ass document that outlined the GOP plans the dear leader was to implement. We told them about project 2025.

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...

Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 2d

I haven't seen signs for anyone but Frey and Millard really on my walks around isles it's been depressing.

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Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 2d

Just heard from a friend at Target corporate. Instead of WFH accommodations they're firing people with disabilities. That must be what they mean by "fostering belonging".

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therealWokeKong @donkeykonga.bsky.social · 3d

Kinda feels like America is currently engaged in a low level civil war and we just don’t want to admit it yet

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Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 3d

I've never seen the Breakfast Club, the Goonies, Reality Bites, Clerks and other Gen X movies. I wasn't allowed to watch the Simpsons, Seinfeld or Friends when they came out (though I've seen some episodes now as an adult). My mom was weirdly strict about what I could see.

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picker7.bsky.social @picker7.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone should be posting letters about their health care increases.

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Monsta025 @monsta025.bsky.social · 5d

Speaking as a Canadian, I am not sure of the exact amount of taxes that my family of four has to pay towards our healthcare, but it’s nowhere near as much as 500$ a month. The American system is a scam.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

This is it #trumpshutdown

🎥: @warnock.senate.gov

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"Wuh-wuh-wuh-wafflehouse" Ella Tailor $345/$700 @garaktailor.com · 5d

literally dont mind at all if the only thing Im ever remembered for even briefly it's the reminder that you. Yes YOU. Should send a Trans person money right now while it's still legal.

"Wuh-wuh-wuh-wafflehouse" Ella Tailor $345/$700 @garaktailor.com · 5d

Ive been busier than usual and missing a lot of context but it sounds like a wild day on the skyline.

Send a Trans person money.

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Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 5d

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 5d

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Salisbury wrote that Vice President JD Vance wanted to pursue criminal cases against two Florida influencers who were "preaching violence" on social media. The messages did not specify the identities of the pair and said prosecutors had declined one of the cases.
In a separate exchange, Salisbury celebrated FBI Director Kash Patel's decision to fire several agents who were photographed kneeling during a 2020 protest. He suggested Trump would approve of the action, then insulted Patel.
"This is how Kash survives," Salisbury wrote. "He will do this stuff for the man but day to day giant douche canoe."

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Aoi @bluebunaoi.bsky.social · 5d

They're way past "are we the baddies?" They're on "yeah we're evil - evil is COOL!" now

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NK JJB @neiljrm.bsky.social · 9d

Trump has created a generation of cruel people whose influence will endure into the future after he is dust. USA has lost any moral authority it may have once had

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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 5d

White supremacists control the federal bureaucracy right now.

talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-inc...

DHS Includes White Supremacist Meme in Video Promoting Deportation Blitz

A video posted on X by the Department of Homeland Security included...

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Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 5d

Scared Spongebob GIF

Alt: SpongeBob and Patrick running around in circles screaming and literally freaking out

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Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 5d

Depressing that it was 20ish years ago I was saying the same thing about Bush era "free speech zones"

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

"We've been forced into a 'free speech zone.' Its very existence implies that everywhere else is a non-free speech zone, that there are places where our First Amendment rights do not apply."

Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 5d

Is there any way you qualify for emergency funds through the county or state?

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Spirit Halloween Dani 🎃 @djamiempls.meatjacker.social · 8d

Probably going to lose my apartment.
Probably going to lose my car.
Delivery hasn't been paying much (oversaturated).
Interviews going nowhere and getting ghosted by recruiters.

If anyone can help out:
$danirockasota
V: djamiempls
www.paypal.me/danirockasota

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Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 5d

I voted for Democrats to fight them. I'm never voting for anyone who says anything about working with the other side or bipartisanship again because it's delusional. You can't work with prior who will not work with you and they never ever ever will.

Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 5d

We asked my son to pick some up at Costco and now we have a 20 pound bag lol

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Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 5d

My favorite video remains the one of the girl in the hijab in Minneapolis kicking one back at the police (unfortunately no longer on YouTube)

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 5d

This is just pure uncut fascist terror for terrors sake and it’s accelerating.

The republicans are at war against democracy and sovereign democratically held states and cities. Full stop.

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 5d

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

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Turning a Phrase @turningphrases.bsky.social · 5d

They have never wanted to work together with Democrats. Many of them literally think Democrats are demons from hell. It's been the Democrats delusional drive for bipartisanship and decorum that has given the GOP a free pass to destroy the country