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Croohur

@ballaug.bsky.social

Artist, dog lover, and avid reader.

created November 19, 2023

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Profile picture The Irish Times (@irishtimes.com) reposted

Trump’s persistent idiocy has hugely diminished America’s standing in world affairs

3/9/2025, 6:23:12 AM | 16 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Isacson (@adamisacson.com) reposted

Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.

2/9/2025, 10:12:46 PM | 6655 2311 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

That bruise is getting bigger. He must have been shaking A LOT of hands over the week...

2/9/2025, 8:14:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

That bruise is getting bigger. He must have been shaking A LOT of hands over the week...

2/9/2025, 8:14:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Oliver Willis (@owillis.bsky.social) reposted

cc @jaketapper.bsky.social our number one cognitive concern troll

2/9/2025, 7:29:57 PM | 200 23 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85.bsky.social) reposted

If Joe Biden had a now near constant hand bruise--likely from some sort of regular IV--gave the press a flimsy excuse of it being "aspirin therapy" and from "shaking too many hands," and regular tried to hide it with makeup, I'm not sure the news media would be covering anything else.

2/9/2025, 7:21:48 PM | 835 182 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

New York does not miss. The bleach did it for me. 😭

2/9/2025, 11:57:30 AM | 29345 7378 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh they absolutely are.

2/9/2025, 3:19:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Can some journo at his presser please ask him again about the Epstein Files? It just might be enough....

2/9/2025, 2:20:52 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

He hasn't lived here in 45 years. Why would he want, or anyone want him, to be President of a country he doesn't live in?

2/9/2025, 1:56:34 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Willem de Schilder (@willemdeschilder.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Never..

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2/9/2025, 10:53:42 AM | 54 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Ah Benny. No wonder the Russians are paying him money to tell his moron fans their lies. It comes so easy to him.

2/9/2025, 6:54:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

Where's his hair? He looks like he's on death's door. He needs to address the media.

1/9/2025, 6:16:58 PM | 4186 808 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

How do you spot a right winger? By the fact that they will double down when they make a mistake 100 out of 100 times. Guaranteed.

1/9/2025, 4:45:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) reposted

Leaving aside the typical histrionics, this seems to be Trump beginning to distance himself from Kennedy (who’s “ripping apart” CDC), and inviting mainstream physicians and scientists to defend the vaccines, so Trump can then say, I got them to explain it better and vaccines are OK.

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1/9/2025, 1:18:16 PM | 1643 297 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

When things are bad it's the Deep State Soros funded Obama led cabal, when things are good, it's Trump's genius. They repeat so often they just believe it.

1/9/2025, 2:44:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽

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1/9/2025, 10:57:51 AM | 12017 4880 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Jaysus, Casper Gabriel can play anywhere. 😏

1/9/2025, 12:22:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

A few pictures and news reports of the Lord Mayor and some local immigrant community groups putting up Irish flags would very quickly make these "patriots" have complicated feelings about the tricolour.

1/9/2025, 5:58:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

The council should buy more and put them up. Don't let these scumbags take ownership of our flag amd claim that authorities are taking them down. Put more up. Everywhere. These idiots have short attention spans. Nothing will end this quicker than council workers putting flags up.

1/9/2025, 5:46:21 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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1/9/2025, 1:48:41 AM | 25966 7192 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Still haven't heard a good explanation about how he was allowed leave the country. I mean, just because he had high level Israeli security clearance, there's no way Epstein's best bud would let a pedophile caught in the act just return back to Israel because Bibi asked him to?

31/8/2025, 7:56:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

That is a wild story. Be interesting to hear what actually happened

31/8/2025, 7:39:22 PM | 29 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Plain straight up lies and delusion. Fuck RFK

31/8/2025, 3:11:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Presumably the first time this will happen is just before the next Presidential election

31/8/2025, 3:08:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

In case people were wondering why India suddenly has high tariffs from the US ...

31/8/2025, 5:53:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

He may be alive, but he’s definitely not well.

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30/8/2025, 7:24:32 PM | 11149 1646 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

If a large diseased orange tree falls in the wood and no one on Blue sky sees it, does that stop us from making memes about it?

30/8/2025, 7:19:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

It may possibly be ...

30/8/2025, 6:59:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

That's so the devil can drag him down to hell easier

30/8/2025, 6:56:24 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted

History shows us the opposite: Undermining and censoring scientists and experts is a central feature of authoritarianism.

30/8/2025, 6:20:42 AM | 1333 349 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Like the Wicked Witch but slower.

30/8/2025, 6:24:20 AM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Tell Trump about Jesus quick Charlie, before it's too late!

30/8/2025, 6:23:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Millions of people typing with their fingers crossed ...

30/8/2025, 6:01:19 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

"And if you look closely here, you can see where his cankles are growing over the sides of his shoes."

30/8/2025, 5:46:36 AM | 22 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Just as mean, but not as stupid. So worse, but JD Vance is at least despised by even those on the right. Trump has his Cultists, Vance has never had that. But the Cultists are not the brightest, so I am sure our German right wing friend Thiel can convince them that JD is the man going forward

29/8/2025, 8:31:50 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Yet Stephen Miller has just said that RFK is the foremost expert on health policy. It's almost like they are all talking out of their asses to their moron supporters and none of it actually has to make any sense.

29/8/2025, 8:28:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted

What will America be under President JD Thiel, excuse me, I meant JD Vance? Time to start seriously thinking about this as Trump’s health continues faltering.

29/8/2025, 8:17:54 PM | 1076 190 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

But RFK has just said himself that we shouldn't trust the experts, that that is a sign of totalitarianism. It's very confusing. It's almost like these pieces of shit are just talking out their assets to their moron supporters who will just gobble whatever bs they speak.

29/8/2025, 8:23:31 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Journal (@thejournal.ie) reposted

The extraordinary move shows how US President Donald Trump is continuing to indulge its close ally, Israel, which is totally opposed to the establishment of a state in Palestine. http://jrnl.ie/6803314

29/8/2025, 7:49:02 PM | 14 15 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

This is why people like RFK. Fucking morons can say that those who have worked and studied their whole lives on a subject are evil, and that they, who get their info from pdf screenshots on Twitter are the ones who are right. Hate filled shit for brain dumbasses get to make policy now.

29/8/2025, 8:18:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

You really should Bertie, everyone else has. You've done enough damage already.

29/8/2025, 3:54:23 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Its always easy to fool people when they are Cult members whose lives revolve being tricked every day by utter fucking morons.

29/8/2025, 3:49:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

You're engaging in this. So why cant he, you're both politicians who can comment, you lickspittle little f*ckweasel.

29/8/2025, 1:46:43 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Ah, accountability only when the shooter is from a minority you dislike. Got it. Otherwise its just thoughts and prayers.

29/8/2025, 1:35:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Simon (@audacityofdespair.bsky.social) reposted

You cannot shout "I am a down-in-the-gutter, race-baiting shitpiece" any louder than this. You can try, but your voice will not carry any further than this twisted swine's wail.

29/8/2025, 12:46:06 PM | 504 84 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tony Yates (@t0nyyates.bsky.social) reposted

At least this clarifies that the attempt to sack Lisa Cook was not for 'cause'.

28/8/2025, 10:04:36 PM | 378 120 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

A Thiel funky? Oh good.

29/8/2025, 7:18:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Stewart-Ahn (@badideas.bsky.social) reposted

Fucking losing it how little of the reporting I’m reading about the CDC not mentioning how an anti-vaxxer gunman killed a police officer and fired hundreds of rounds at the building 2 weeks ago. An end to end ouroborous of delusional mania. The GOP will probably give the shooter a posthumous medal.

29/8/2025, 12:24:29 AM | 1460 369 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) reposted

They're now saying it out loud: The Administration's goal is to undo the political independence that Congress granted the Fed, so that the President can directly set rates.

29/8/2025, 1:26:35 AM | 2379 947 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

But of course, Trump famously hates dogs.

28/8/2025, 7:38:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Well they are trying to burn it all down....

28/8/2025, 2:42:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

There are a couple of artists I can't listen to anymore except for their earlier stuff. That's how I justify it to myself, "Well they weren't a complete tool when they made THIS album".

28/8/2025, 2:06:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Hah!

28/8/2025, 2:03:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Well shit, I did not know that. Was always more of a fan of his son, but still.

28/8/2025, 1:00:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

My god, the idiocy.

28/8/2025, 12:23:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

My resignation letter from CDC. Dear Dr. Houry, I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business. I am happy to stay on for two weeks to provide transition, if requested. This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough. While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people. This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles. The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people. The data analyses that supported this decision have never been shared with CDC despite my respectful requests to HHS and other leadership. This lack of meaningful engagement was further compounded by a “frequently asked questions” document written to support the Secretary’s directive that was circulated by HHS without input from CDC subject matter experts and that cited studies that did not support the conclusions that were attributed to these authors. Having worked in local and national public health for years, 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 untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC. The lack of communication by HHS and other CDC political leadership that culminates in social media posts announcing major policy changes without prior notice demonstrate a disregard of normal communication channels and common sense. Having to retrofit analyses and policy actions to match inadequately thought-out announcements in poorly scripted videos or page long X posts should not be how organizations responsible for the health of people should function. Some examples include the announcement of the change in the COVID-19 recommendations for children and pregnant people, the firing of scientists from ACIP by X post and an op-ed rather than direct communication with these valuable experts, the announcement of new ACIP members by X before onboarding and vetting have completed, and the release of term of reference for an ACIP workgroup that ignored all feedback from career staff at CDC. Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults. Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc. I have always been first to challenge scientific and public health dogma in my career and was excited by the opportunity to do so again. I was optimistic that there would be an opportunity to brief the Secretary about key topics such as measles, avian influenza, and the highly coordinated approach to the respiratory virus season. Such briefings would allow exchange of ideas and a shared path to support the vision of “Making America Healthy Again.” We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary. I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us. Unvetted and conflicted outside organizations seem to be the sources HHS use over the gold standard science of CDC and other reputable sources. At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him. To the contrary, an appropriately briefed and inquisitive Secretary should be a source of health information for the people he serves. As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information. The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer. I believe in nutrition and exercise. I believe in making our food supply healthier, and I also believe in using vaccines to prevent death and disability. Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun. The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud. I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minions’ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur. I reject his and his colleagues’ thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed. For decades, I have been a trusted voice for the LGBTQ community when it comes to critical health topics. I must also cite the recklessness of the administration in their efforts to erase transgender populations, cease critical domestic and international HIV programming, and terminate key research to support equity as part of my decision. Public health is not merely about the health of the individual, but it is about the health of the community, the nation, the world. The nation’s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunities for growth, learning, and collaboration that I have been afforded during my time at the CDC. It has been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of communities across the nation even when under attack from within both physically and psychologically. Thank you once again for the support and guidance I have received from you and previous CDC leadership throughout my tenure. I wish the CDC continued success in its vital mission and that HHS reverse its dangerous course to dismantle public health as a practice and as an institution. If they continue the current path, they risk our personal well-being and the security of the United States.
28/8/2025, 1:01:28 AM | 6710 2432 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted

According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago. 8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois. And yet Trump is sending troops here.

Post from Donald Trump on Truth Social: A really deadly weekend in Chicago. 6 dead, 27 hurt in crime sprees all over the city. Panic stricken Governor Pritzker says that crime is under control, when in fact it is just the opposite. He is an incompetent governor who should call me for help. Mayor Johnson is no better. Make Chicago great again!
28/8/2025, 1:01:38 AM | 8985 2935 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Fools and their money...

28/8/2025, 6:00:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Unsurprising how little Trump's health issues have been discussed by the media. The man's ankles are hanging over is shoes at this stage. Imagine if it was Biden...

28/8/2025, 5:59:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

A whole new country for Netanyahu to murder, and he has two years to plan it.

28/8/2025, 5:56:34 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

But surely there are multiple crimes being committed while they are doing this! Thats what Trump said! Crime ridden, nowhere safe, yet they are picking up trash from a very pleasant park. Very confusing!

27/8/2025, 5:52:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

The second hand embarrasment watching grown humans debase themselves like this to that dying, rotten skinsack of a human. Ugh.

27/8/2025, 3:55:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Cotlar (@sethcotlar.bsky.social) reposted

Trump's false claim here--about how "radical left globalists" (i.e. Soros) are the puppeteers who fund & organize civil rights protests--is the same basic story that the fascists of the 1950s and 60s told about the civil rights protests of that era. It's a familiar cocktail of racism & antisemitism.

Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump + George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of America. We're not going to allow these lunatics to rip apart America any more, never giving it so much as a chance to This is antisemitic and racist, Christian Nationalist propaganda from the 1958 newsletter of the Virginia White Citizens Council NAACP An Important Jewish Leader Says: ... the
27/8/2025, 2:04:34 PM | 1196 389 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture davidrlurie (@davidrlurie.bsky.social) reposted

Why haven't there been front page stories about the bizarre, North Korea-like 3 hour Trump "cabinet meeting"? The absence of such coverage of the conduct of Trump and his cronies explains why most people don't know how truly dangerously unhinged our government has become.

27/8/2025, 11:56:34 AM | 1327 332 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Irish Times (@irishtimes.com) reposted

Michael McDowell: Trump shames America and Americans with his pathetic pandering to dictators

27/8/2025, 5:32:07 AM | 5 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Amazing being able to say all those big words clearly when you are gargling Trumps balls like that. That's a talent.

26/8/2025, 6:31:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Murshed Zaheed (@murshedz.bsky.social) reposted

The fact that the President of the United States is saying this is not ok. It will never be ok. This is not normal - and everyone in DC who is still harboring delusions that they can keep doing politics (and legislating) either in denial or pretending this is all normal - are enabling this.

26/8/2025, 6:25:36 PM | 1062 288 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

We are only a few weeks away from Trump mentioning summary executions of criminals in DC

26/8/2025, 5:26:27 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Always tell the Emperor his new clothes look great minions

26/8/2025, 4:51:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

What are you doing America?

26/8/2025, 4:50:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

So utterly, utterly predictable. I said yesterday this is exactly what he would do. What a fucking loser.

26/8/2025, 4:48:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

Jeffries strenously objecting by letter is always pretty scary.

26/8/2025, 3:25:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted

I can see why MAGA is so worked up about losing this iconic image

26/8/2025, 2:50:59 PM | 494 66 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

And the fact it shows the blatant illegality of the police. They can't answer why he is being detained because they know what they are doing is illegal. Men like him need to do the same in their thousands, every day. Waste police time and show how the US is becoming a police state.

26/8/2025, 5:10:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

When even Trumps makeup can't hide how ill he is .

25/8/2025, 8:58:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted

Openly mocking him to his face. LOL. He doesn't get it.

25/8/2025, 8:53:51 PM | 1256 227 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Ostroy (@andyostroy.bsky.social) reposted

Quick Q for MAGA: if everything in America is so great right now…if we’re the hottest nation in the world, if the economy is booming, if the stock market’s soaring, if crime is now gone from DC/ LA, if the border is closed… why does he keep saying we’re in a national emergency? Think about it…

25/8/2025, 3:17:41 PM | 23 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

As we on the left have always said, Trump and his Cultists are complete hypocrites. They talk about free speech being taken away when they are not in power, but it is always utter bullshit.

25/8/2025, 3:18:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social) reposted

As always Trump turns subtext into text. He knows his base. (Goes on to say "I'm not a dictator," etc. but this is a classic way he floats ideas he wants to normalize.)

25/8/2025, 3:10:15 PM | 906 244 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Drip, drip, drip. Next week it'll be another off hand remark about dictators, again by "many people". Then he won't qualify the statement. Then he will say "maybe it's not such a bad idea". Trump is very, very predictable.

25/8/2025, 3:15:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Astonishing that this, as with so much else.has just zipped by with so little attention. A government forcing a private business to give it a portion of it so it can do business there without interference. Straight up gangster shit.

25/8/2025, 3:11:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jessica Tarlov (@jessicatarlov.bsky.social) reposted

I don’t want to hear a single word about Democrats and socialism ever again. EVER.

25/8/2025, 2:53:19 PM | 1776 486 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Benjamin A. Engel (@benjaminaengel.bsky.social) reposted

If you’re wondering why Trump may be talking about purges and revolution in Korea, some MAGA folk have been trying for months to get Trump to help impeached and imprisoned former Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol who has espoused election fraud conspiracies after declaring martial law last December

25/8/2025, 2:06:51 PM | 401 91 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social) reposted

That's exactly what it is. Between this and Brazil, it seems that Trump is practicing a kind of authoritarian identity politics — going after any democracy brave enough to punish its would-be authoritarians the way the US tried (and failed) to punish him

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Profile picture Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) reposted

Tech oligarchs oppose the idea of any supposedly undeserving person getting financial help from the government in 2025. But they want you to believe they’ll give *everyone* free money in the future. It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s the techno-utopian lie they will keep selling.

Elon Musk &X @elonmusk • 12h Your estimates are about right. .... However, intelligent robots in humanoid form will far exceed the population of humans, as every person will want their own personal R2-D2 and C-3РО. And then there will be many robots in industry for every human to provide products & services. Özden Duran @ @zdenDuran14-11h When robots replace working people, how will those who become unemployed sustain their lives? 16. 1719 贝 企 Elon Musk & X @elonmusk X.com There will be universal high income (not merely basic income). Everyone will have the best medical care, food, home, transport and everything else. Sustainable abundance. 2:02 PM • 8/24/25 • 268K Views
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Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Clear "double tap". First attack, wait til journalists and rescuers in site, then attack again. Just add it to the very long list of war crimes that the IDF has committed.

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Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

God, Musk is the worst.

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Profile picture David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) reposted

Vance can’t be this ignorant, can he? WWII was not ended with a negotiation. Germany and Japan were dictatorial and genicidal regimes that had to be crushed by the military might of the US and Russia. FDR did not sit down and negotiate with Hitler.

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Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

Not sure why some people are so mad about this. I could give a shit about politicians reputations, Democrats or Republican. I will agree with Trump on one thing, people will be named in Epstein court docs that are completely innocent. Not every1 who had contact with them are dirty. Trump is though

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Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

But Donnie said it wasn't complicated to him and he would solve it in one day. Confused!

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Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social) reply parent

TACO !

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Profile picture Croohur (@ballaug.bsky.social)

So much stupid bs goes on in this admin you quickly forget how Trump said he would invade Greenland. Then his moron Cultists had to make up reasons why this was SO necessary and would definitely happen as there were secret bases there they needed to secure. Now, not a peep. But wasn't it essential?

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Profile picture Asha Rangappa (@asharangappa.bsky.social) reposted

It’s clear that the main goal of the Maxwell interview was to get her to say that she didn’t see Trump do anything wrong. Which can only mean that there is something in the files that suggests that he did. Why else would she need to say that? The interview is more incriminating, not less.

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Profile picture Jess Calarco (@jessicacalarco.com) reposted

Let me get this straight. Maxwell spent days meeting with the Justice Department and didn't implicate anyone. But she got moved to a minimum security prison anyway. So, what exactly was she rewarded for? This ought to be a scandal, but it seems like nobody cares.

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Profile picture Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) reposted

No matter what you think about Mr. Abrego Garcia, if you believe in due process you should be infuriated by this. The Trump admin is threatening to dump him in Africa as punishment for not pleading guilty to criminal charges they brought to avoid complying with a court order.

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Profile picture darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social) reposted

well she did not consider pedophilia inappropriate so what does this even mean

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Profile picture JJ in DC (@jjindc.bsky.social) reposted

🧊😲✈️ CHILD IN CHAINS‼️ 👉 Thursday August 21, 2025 at Boeing Field in Seattle, we spotted this apparent girl in chains being directed up the steps of an Avelo Airlines 737 (tail: N805VL) on the live web cam feed from the airport 👀 (clip courtesy lalabote.bsky.social)

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