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“Renewables are temporary, but enriched uranium is forever.”
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
“Renewables are temporary, but enriched uranium is forever.”
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
Her statement that global public debt will reach 100% of GDP by 2030 is bone-chilling. If Trump forces a big rate cut at the Fed & continues high tariffs, inflation will rise. Couple that with high debt & confidence will tank, bringing asset prices with them. It all leads to one thing: Recession.
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Gah! Asking that is bullshit & she knows it. If everyone accused her of being a tax cheat, would she be like, “I need to release my tax documents” or would she say “what proof do you have that I’m a tax cheat?”
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Upwards of 45% of Oklahomans might disagree with you, Wankford.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
The mountain of bullshit right-wing conspiracy theorists have built around Covid & the Covid vaccine is like a poison, leeching into the soil and killing everything it touches. And what rises out of the dead, crusty remains? Twisted mutants like RFK Jr.
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It’s fair to ask him about the Bronze Star. The real controversy is that she wouldn’t equally press Trump about his fake bone spurs.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
When the Trump administration elevates propagandists who lack credibility, it is an admission that they need propaganda in the absence of their own credibility.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
Paxton probably should be fired immediately. It’s what Trump would want.
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The second rule in GOP world: The rules don’t apply to you.
Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
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What ever happened to progressive taxation?
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
But they do need grants and funding from the federal government to conduct research. There’s no monetary incentive to conduct studies like this one, but as we can see, they are crucial.
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Meet the new right. Same as the old right.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
But Andy was right. Store bought tomatoes are perfect, except you really can’t eat them because they’re gross.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
I understand what you’re saying, yet the point remains: would a study like this exist under Trump & RFK Jr? Will the health of women be equally prioritized under the Trump administration?
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
“Crony Authoritarianism, activate!”
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course we’re lucky that this pre-Trump study exists. But the billions of $’s that have been taken from medical research, prevention programs, grants, health initiatives, mental health care, addiction programs, Medicare & Medicaid in order to align to Trump’s “priorities” is disastrous. Duh.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
Not only is this about white nationalism, the control of non-white populations, but it’s about the indentured servitude of EVERYONE by elites. Control is control and it can be pushed upon anyone.
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In the Trump/RFK Jr fantasyland, there will be no medical studies that measure by sex, race or age. Anti-DEI to the rescue! (coughcoughdon’tworrywhitemeneverystudywillbeaboutyoucoughcough)
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When asked about the withdrawal, Stephen Miller responded, “We can’t possibly be violating anyone’s human rights because the people we hurt aren’t human.”
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She went to DC to make ‘em squeal. Turns out, it made her squeal.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
So he’s essentially saying that trusting charlatans is a feature of science and democracy. Is this his thesis for Autocracy 101?
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
Who’s gonna kill us all first?: this guy or Trump?
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
Another example of an extremely wealthy and well-connected company and individual who feel that ethics, morality and laws don’t apply to them.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
In the age of ‘Every Republican Accusation Is A Confession’, this one is essentially a tsunami.
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He’s just a toadie. Craven, deluded and vile, but in a pathetic, always-the-butt-of-the-joke way.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
Never forget that gerrymandering is cheating and is used not only to dilute blue districts, but to dilute and disenfranchise non-white voters.
Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) reposted
There's going to be a lot of dumb political noise following this decision, so it's worth being clear about the key finding. It does not ban tariffs. It simply says that you have to convince Congress.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Don’t worry, just claim the Fox “entertainment” defense.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
I guarantee, if they are given the opportunity of time, the Trump administration will move to prevent states from acting independently from the Fed mandates. The crisis is coming. The danger is here.
Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) reposted
This massive data theft that affects every single American was explicitly enabled by Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, who should be help to account for his dealings. bsky.app/profile/nick...
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
Sounds like the only thing that squealed in Washington was Joni.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
“Asked what they thought of the union abolishment, a Teamsters rep was quoted as saying…”
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Rococonuts
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Snark > Discourse
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Could lose? How about “most likely will lose”…
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
Well, she did get to the U.S. on an Einstein Visa, after all…
Alyssa Harad (@alyssaharad.bsky.social) reposted
This is a hell of a letter. “The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines…will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer….Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated…”
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The problem is, I don’t think they care. The goal in Trump’s ranks is to crash the dollar, whether it’s by causing a recession by lowering rates or defaulting on our nat’l debt. Crippling Americans to control Americans is the point, just ask Erdogan. Instability breeds power consolidation.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Bernard should brush up on his Ephesians & Exodus: "Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God". "You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger…”
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Bernard should brush up on his Ephesians & Exodus: "Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God". "You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger…”
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game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Sean Vanity
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Sean Vanity
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Let’s clean this up, shall we? “Sending anyone to a third-party country that they have no connection to is inhumane, unethical and unacceptable and should be strictly prohibited.”
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Let’s clean this up, shall we? “Sending anyone to a third-party country that they have no connection to is inhumane, unethical and unacceptable and should be strictly prohibited.”
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To this day, I’m always a bit taken aback by black support for a party that has clearly become a white nationalist organization.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
A few tweaks to your post and you would have a quote for ICE recruitment.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
There are ZERO reasons for including Gortler in this piece. He’s a Heritage Foundation shill.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
It’s been quite obvious that ICE is the Trump administration’s secret police, operating beyond due process & grossly violating human rights. They execute public kidnappings w/ warrantless masked men, often with extreme force, & their xtremely high budget reflects the power Trump desires.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Perhaps. But there’s just a little bit of difference between egalitarianism and authoritarianism.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
And you wonder why Trump would send covert agents to Greenland?
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s interesting because those businesses, media companies and elites obviously are just chasing the money, but don’t seem to care that the consumers they can’t live without are on the precipice of socioeconomic disaster.
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*living Americans
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What’s cool is that Republicans have always been in the worst interest of Americans.
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
Climate change is upending the basic assumption that Americans can continue to build wealth and financial security by owning their own home. In a sense, it is upending the American dream. (Published Feb. 2025)
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The majority of blue city mayors Burgum is hinting at here are black. The crime he’s referring to is black crime. Not only is this Authoritarian Takeover 101, but it’s also a race war.
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The majority of blue city mayors Burgum is hinting at here are black. The crime he’s referring to is black crime. Not only is this Authoritarian Takeover 101, but it’s also a race war.
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Little Rock has one of the worst crime rates per capita in the country, we better put boots on the ground there stat.
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Pure Duterte on Trump’s part, and we all know where that got Duterte.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Stupidest timeline: Big Balls at the center of both the largest data breach in American history and the military takeover of DC.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Stupidest timeline: Big Balls at the center of both the largest data breach in American history and the military takeover of DC.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
Is this a surprise to anyone who was paying attention to what DOGE was doing when they descended on the agencies they gutted and ruined?
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Russian Oil > Windmills
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
Leave it to Nitwit Nutnick to quote a phrase that doesn’t exist.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
Get ready for a prolonged act of insurrection using the Insurrection Act by a known insurrectionist.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
Will this be in Thiel’s 4-part series about the anti-Christ?
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
RFK Jr finished his turn at the table by informing the president that the worm in his brain says “Howdy!” and then proceeded to grind raw chicken in a blender.
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Good f*ckin luck with that.
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
NEW: Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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As if the news this month couldn’t get any worse. But fascists gotta fasc, AMIRIGHT?!
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JEEPERS PEEPAW TAKE A NAP
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Who better to boost the bottom line of defense contractors than the party who is gearing up to wage a war on it’s friends, families and neighbors.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Gobry bends over backwards to justify The Camp of the Saints by myopically examining Raspail’s other works as some sort of proof of his innocence when really, maybe just maybe, Raspail wrote a racist book in 1975 because he felt like it.
Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) reposted
You should count on it that Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and other techbros now have all your most sensitive social security and healthcare data and are planning to use this information for profit. And this was all okayed by Republican judges, who overrode data protection limitations in federal law.
Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) reposted
Trump's executive order telling DoD to create a military occupation force to be used on US soil against Americans includes direct instructions to give vigilantes opportunities to join the operations in support of the goals. Who could've seen this coming? Me! And warned about it before the election.
Jesse Rabinowitz (@jesserbnwtz.bsky.social) reposted
For folks not in DC: - There are full-on police checkpoints most nights - Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC - National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter - Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl - Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social)
While Trump World races us to the bottom, it’s important to remember that in this modern age of toxic masculinity & anti-intellectualism, the Founding Fathers wore silk stockings, powdered their hair, wrote in diaries & journals, read books constantly and were fervent intellectuals.
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Without a doubt. But we’ll see if the Trumps & GOP MAGA World has the calculated patience to make it work.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
For the moment, stablecoin is tied to the U.S. dollar, but when MAGA & the GOP abolish the Fed & tank the dollar, they’ll return to a Gold standard & tie crypto to it. The global economy will crash & a second Great Depression will render Americans powerless to authoritarians & oligarchy.
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Steve Herman (@newsguy.bsky.social) reposted
A man, near the White House, who describes himself as a "retired disabled combat veteran," after burning an American flag tells bystanders "I am being detained because I expressed my First Amendment rights."
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White nationalists, the Heritage Foundation, Vance & Thiel & the GOP at large (the Trumps, Massie…) want control of the Fed so they can end it, in order to crash the dollar & create a world cryptocurrency backed by gold. 100’s of millions of lives will be ruined & the world will spiral into chaos.
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Roberts is scum.
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Could undermine? Grow a pair.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
True critical thinking and creativity is a hard skill, because hardly anyone has it.
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Could he vanilla that any more?
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Haven’t?
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
These MAGA white boys, so busy washin’….
game-of-pricks.bsky.social (@game-of-pricks.bsky.social) reply parent
Who are you talking about exactly? What reactionary centrists?