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can i borrow your brain, I'm building an idiot
“The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” ― Isaac Asimov
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Trump the workers friend: Trump Cheers Musk Over Firing Workers "I love it You're the greatest ... I mean, I look at what you do. You just walk in and you just say, 'You wanna quit?' They go on strike... but they go on strike and you say, 'That's OK, you're all gone ... Every one of you is gone.'"
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trump needs a war and Iran was smart enough not to rise to the provocation so Venezuela is plan B
AlanR (@alan2210.bsky.social) reply parent
America you are fucking insane
AlanR (@alan2210.bsky.social) reply parent
can he be buried with his retainers and family members
AlanR (@alan2210.bsky.social) reply parent
nurse he's wandered off again
AlanR (@alan2210.bsky.social) reply parent
melania nicking the silverware, throwing it to her"chauffeur" to avoid the SS?
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Loudly farting during an important meeting or court appearance?
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wait until higher electricity bills and trumpflation from his tariffs really starts to bite
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A suspected Russian interference attack disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to land at Plovdiv on Sunday using paper maps, the FT reported, citing three officials familiar with the matter
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Does maga not realise that the internet can be used for more than just xtwitter or porn and that you can actually look things up?
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cartoon by Clay Jones, published on Daily Kos, titled "Assault sandwich ban".
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If every comment is a confession, vance has had trump executed and replaced by a robot ? Trump shares unfounded conspiracy theory claiming Biden was 'executed' in 2020 and replaced with other "entities." www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
AlanR (@alan2210.bsky.social)
Tennis star meets fan after US Open hat snatching viral video Kamil Majchrzak has met a young fan after a video appearing to show a man snatching his hat from a boy in the crowd at the US Open went viral. Majchrzak also posted an image of him standing and smiling next to the boy wearing the cap.
AlanR (@alan2210.bsky.social)
UK secures £10bn deal to supply Norway with warships The agreement represents a victory for the British government and defence industry over France, Germany and the United States - which were also being considered by Norway as possible vendors.
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The top leader of the world’s foremost superpower is, objectively, a Soviet or Russian asset. He operates as an asset objectively, the new American leadership has strategically benefited the Russian Federation they have shifted from being allies on one side to referees of the challenge
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more trump winning /s The leaders of China and India say there is now deepening trust between them Xi said that "both sides need to approach and handle our relationship from a strategic height and long-term perspective" and that "it is the right choice for both sides to be friends".
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more winning /s Japan’s top trade negotiator cancels trip to U.S. over trade deal issues Tokyo will urge the U.S. to amend its presidential order on reciprocal tariffs. Also on the agenda was also a written confirmation of the details of Japan’s $550 billion investment package for the U.S
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cheap grifter making an excuse not to pay a contractor, again
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"MIGHT BE AMERICA'S HITLER," "MIGHT BE A CYNICAL A**HOLE," "CULTURAL HEROIN," and "NOXIOUS" AND "REPREHENSIBLE."
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miller wouldn't know the right side of an issue, or history, even if it threw a sandwich at him
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Oh dear Dershowitz perhaps a nice a walk to help you calm down, go for stroll round the farmers market Oh right !
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Maybe ICE shouldn’t have lowered their standards for new recruits.
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So according to maga, the self-proclaimed party of law and order, because trump is too stupid, lazy and arrogant to do things correctly and legally the courts should ignore the law and give him any thing we wants so he saves face, f#ck no.
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more of a cash register "Kaching" as she knows she can send out more fund raising emails telling her marks how concerned she is?
AlanR (@alan2210.bsky.social)
SARAH PALIN: "I can see Russia from my kitchen window !" TRUMP: "I can see Russia in my bank accounts"
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they're trying to return to Victorian infant mortality levels so 25% of maga kids will be dying before age five from from preventable diseases
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another GOP fake christian
AlanR (@alan2210.bsky.social)
looks like face is back on the menu Farmers Feel Fertilizer Price Squeeze as Tariffs Hit Ag Sector “farm groups are warning that Trump’s tariff war is worsening already high fertilizer prices, making it harder for farmers to afford planting their usual amounts of corn, wheat and soybeans.”
AlanR (@alan2210.bsky.social) reply parent
A plaque to recognize the officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6 was supposed to be installed by March 2023. Why is it gathering dust in a closet? Architect of the Capitol confirmed that his office needs approval from the House speaker’s office and Johnson still hasn’t given his approval.
AlanR (@alan2210.bsky.social)
Asylum seekers can stay at hotel in Epping after appeal The Court of Appeal criticised the judge who issued the order to clear the hotel, saying that while he had lawfully taken into account the fear of crime in Epping, he had failed to take into account that the order could encourage protest
AlanR (@alan2210.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s pushing more and more countries deeper into the economic and political spheres of influence of China and Russia.
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UK blocks Israeli government delegation from arms trade fair No Israeli government delegation will be invited to a global defence exhibition in London next month because of the Gaza war, the UK has said. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump gave rfk jr the CDC and a free hand to pursue his fake science in return for his support in the election. Trump sold out the nation’s health for a handful of votes if you think he wouldn’t sell his entire country just as cheaply you’re not paying attention
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On November 15, 1988, at a businessmen's breakfast in East Lynn, Massachusetts, senator John Kerry made a joke about president-elect George H. W. Bush and his running mate, saying: "if Bush is shot, the Secret Service has orders to shoot Dan Quayle."
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Farage Reform UK party picked a dead woman to run for Croydon Mayor by insidecroydon EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Carby, aged 70, from Bradford, sadly died in July 2024. But that didn’t stop Reform UK six months later picking her as their Croydon mayoral candidate. insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/f...
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The Athletic | Football (@theathleticfc.bsky.social) reposted
Arsenal will face Bayern Munich, Inter & Atletico Madrid in their Champions League league phase fixtures...
The Athletic | Football (@theathleticfc.bsky.social) reposted
Barcelona & Paris Saint-Germain are two of the sides that Newcastle United will face in the Champions League league phase.
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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (@sheldricktrust.bsky.social) reposted
Our SWT/KWS Rift Valley Vet Unit responded to reports of a giraffe with a paint tin trapped on her leg. These situations require immediate intervention - metal tins prevent movement, cause infections, and cut circulation. Thanks to swift reporting, this gentle giant received expert care.
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Everything Trump Touches Dies Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD’s triple New European car registrations of Tesla vehicles totaled 8,837 in July, down 40% year-on-year. BYD recorded 13,503 new registrations in July, up 225% annually.
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Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has been airlifted to hospital after sustaining multiple injuries in a crash in southern France. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cyclin...
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this: “I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”. It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
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FFS, tired of trump's winning yet? /s Japan's trade envoy postpones US trip as Tokyo wants faster action on tariffs deal Japan’s top trade negotiator has abruptly canceled a trip to Washington aimed at issuing a joint statement on a tariffs deal with the Trump administration
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Reform UK councils in ‘shambles’ as newly elected councillors fail to show up In Kent, nine out of 22 scheduled meetings have been cancelled since the election, including legally required meetings like the governance and audit committee. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
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White House fires CDC director as other officials resign from health agency They said she was being targeted for refusing "to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts" and accused Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr of "weaponising public health".
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trump lied, again Fact check: Behind-the-scenes video disproves Trump’s claim that Gov. Moore called him ‘greatest president of my lifetime’ edition.cnn.com/2025/08/25/p...
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Cracker Barrels will be busy for a couple of weeks but soon maga will move on to their next fake outrage and then Cracker Barrel will continue it’s slow decline in to bankruptcy and oblivion
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they could be home with their families but trump and drunk pete want to try and appear tough and feed their maga base
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Wonder if musk is as cavalier with his own companies' data include the billions of dollars worth of sensitive and secret government contracts he’s been awarded?
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Iowa Democrats celebrate as Drey wins special election, breaks GOP supermajority iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/08/26/i...
AlanR (@alan2210.bsky.social) reply parent
They may be happy to give him those powers while he’s going after the dems and immigrants etc but when his unchecked crazy behaviour starts hurting them they’ll cry like they always do and ask why no one is stopping him
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if they had lines that bad and creepy in a film you'd walk out and ask for your money back
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to be fair one thing trump does know a lot about is going broke
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Going to work everyday knowing you were second choice behind matt gaetz and that your main job is to cover for a paedophile
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story from his 1st term Magas want trump to hurt people just not them "It captures an amazing perspective: some Trump voters expected the Republican to punish some people if elected, but they assumed they'd be spared. Trump would hurt those people, the sentiment went, but not us."
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Well that seems like a really cost effective use of the time of a highly and expensively trained team of secret service agents /s
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More trump winning /s International postal services in nearly 30 countries had suspended some services to the US by Tuesday. PostEurop said its members, including a further 32 postal services, could be forced to restrict shipping. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Be funny if a judge struck down the GOP imposed gerrymandered congressional map in Texas but the California one was allowed to stand because they held a referendum