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@josey76.bsky.social

Previously Twitter now Threads Refugee Somewhere in South Dakota

created November 12, 2024

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Wunderbar

2/9/2025, 6:45:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No, they are saying it’s about the Defense Department

2/9/2025, 4:20:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Robots! Then when those don’t sell…. The next gimmicky crap

2/9/2025, 2:44:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There are stories that it’s about the Defense Department, so I assume it’s the stupid renaming it to the War department announcement

2/9/2025, 2:32:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’s too egomaniacal to do that voluntarily

2/9/2025, 1:09:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Scavino had been doing his tweets for years, I believe that it’s known that he just signs off on them sometimes

1/9/2025, 6:50:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 6:24:28 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 12:22:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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White Trash bag with holes cut out for arms and legs

31/8/2025, 2:34:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Uh?: WTF?

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31/8/2025, 1:13:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I doubt that would even do it. If Fox News and Xitter were around in 1970, Kent State students would have been blamed for their own deaths on a 24/7 cycle

30/8/2025, 4:59:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think this is a fair criticism of a lot of folks who supported the confederacy. I’m not aware of Lee ever advocating for a return to the Articles of Confederation

29/8/2025, 6:11:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They want Greenland for their “Network State” project where billionaires get to run their own country without interference from ordinary people

29/8/2025, 6:09:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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His reasoning is pretty famous actually. He said “I’m a Virginian first” back in the days when people viewed their statehood as more important than their nationality

29/8/2025, 3:57:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lee was a capable commanding officer with a very good understanding of strategy and battlefield tactics. Whether he was better than Sherman is certainly debatable, but Sherman may have been one of the best military minds since Hannibal.

29/8/2025, 3:46:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Isn’t this what they are investigating Adam Schiff and Lisa Cook for?

28/8/2025, 8:16:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s enough to station people at each of the large polling stations that the GOP has mandated in swing states in blue areas to achieve intimidation

28/8/2025, 7:42:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tried to get through a barrier”undersells it. She was breaking through a window where an armed officer had already warned the mob not to come any further at gunpoint. The officer was one of the last lines of defense between the mob and members of Congress in the chamber who were sheltered in place.

28/8/2025, 7:29:23 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why do they always resign instead of making Trump fire them for refusing to go along with illegal orders?

28/8/2025, 1:50:51 AM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Low budget version of The Game?

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28/8/2025, 12:09:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“AIPAC Shakur”

27/8/2025, 11:35:02 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe you quit being an intolerant f***stick to everyone else and we will stop being intolerant of you?

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27/8/2025, 10:58:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Gentlemen: our country is on fire. This battle can wait

27/8/2025, 9:59:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you pick Giannis you essentially have to build around him with a punt FT% team

27/8/2025, 9:42:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This actually surpasses North Korea levels of sycophancy

27/8/2025, 5:37:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If this had been an Onion headline could we have told he difference?

27/8/2025, 5:25:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You have become one of my favorite follows on Bluesky keep up the good work

26/8/2025, 8:48:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I get that. I have to hope I’m wrong about my sanguine view as well.

26/8/2025, 5:16:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m not this confident. Throughout history despotic regimes have failed when those despots were unwilling to turn the full force of the military against the public. These folks are delusional and depraved enough that they will give such orders.

26/8/2025, 2:00:34 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I am truly concerned that the next phase (or maybe 2 or 3 phases away) is seizing social media and using it to deem people disloyal to Trump and then detaining such folks or subjecting them to bogus tax audits or mortgage fraud charges

26/8/2025, 1:57:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is true in the old country of laws. In this country they don’t even need a plausible reason, just one palatable to present on right wing media that the Calvinball Court can then create some artful and unprincipled language to justify

26/8/2025, 4:50:15 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sure

25/8/2025, 8:04:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I do, because if he dies maybe this nightmare can be ended before it gets too bad

25/8/2025, 5:42:22 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you are joking ok. But it’s been recurring and persistent for months at this point

25/8/2025, 5:20:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No armchair doctors to tell us what it looks like?

25/8/2025, 5:09:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I see Superman operating a Gatling Gun…

25/8/2025, 4:32:20 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jim Jordan could actually be the worst criminal investigator in human history

24/8/2025, 7:12:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think they are actually both right. This is Trump’s model of governance. Bring on the next hyped media BS to make people forget about what he did/didn’t do about the last media BS event

23/8/2025, 6:55:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tremendous false dichotomy. Really A+

23/8/2025, 3:31:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They really didn’t even seek incriminating info in the transcript. No lawyer who knows how to cross examine would think this cozy interview was worth the paper it was printed on. I mean she pled guilty to arranging child trafficking and they don’t even want to know who that was for the benefit of?

22/8/2025, 8:54:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They really didn’t even seek incriminating info in the transcript. No lawyer who knows how to cross examine would think this cozy interview was worth the paper it was printed on. I mean she pled guilty to arranging child trafficking and they don’t even want to know who that was for the benefit of?

22/8/2025, 8:52:50 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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They really didn’t even seek incriminating info in the transcript. No lawyer who knows how to cross examine would think this cozy interview was worth the paper it was printed on. I mean she pled guilty to arranging child trafficking and they don’t even want to know who that was for the benefit of?

22/8/2025, 8:04:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don’t know if it’s about Epstein. His entire model of government is to stir up the next nest of hornets to make everyone forget about whatever he just did/failed to do. Epstein files aren’t unique in this regard.

22/8/2025, 3:00:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Merrick Garland’s DOJ is the one thing that could have put a stop to this

22/8/2025, 2:11:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It says he’s suing FOR his release,

21/8/2025, 11:28:18 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well yes, he’s got to wake up by 2 am to start tweeting on the toilet

21/8/2025, 10:37:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Er, what’s he been waiting on?

21/8/2025, 10:28:00 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Democrats: “we need to be careful not to be seen as overreacting”

21/8/2025, 6:24:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is all coming from Stephen Miller Trump is just signing off on it occasionally as he get informed of what decisions were made

21/8/2025, 4:56:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This parade of charlatanry just never f***ing stops

21/8/2025, 3:49:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What’s scarier is that Trump is really just a clueless figurehead at this point. This ghoulish turd Miller and OPM chief Vought are the people really calling the shots in this administration. All the major moves have their fingerprints and motivations behind them

21/8/2025, 3:24:57 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This was essentially what FDR delivered for the Republic , delivering emergency legislation to stabilize the country so that more radical Communist forces would not gain momentum

20/8/2025, 7:54:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The lights of Boston area Lanterns once led to way to liberty for our nation, hopefully others will follow their lead again

20/8/2025, 1:35:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think you can point out that economic data may not always be telling the story that is claimed without committing obvious Trump-esque blatant falsehoods

20/8/2025, 12:39:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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20/8/2025, 2:19:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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4.they will forge records

18/8/2025, 10:05:36 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“We’ve had sufficient time to screen, redact, and forge the records to show our boss had no involvement”

18/8/2025, 10:05:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Big money wants to be on the winning side. They have calculated that the GOP is rigging the game and that the Dems aren’t going to meaningfully oppose that effort. Plus Trump has made it blatantly clear that he will corruptly reward allies including donors

18/8/2025, 2:06:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is like having a match of soccer and one side starts using their hands on the ball and the bribed refs aren’t calling it. If your side insists on playing the pure way feet only, then you’re just guaranteeing the loss

18/8/2025, 1:10:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Doesn’t matter. These people’s brains are mush. They have lost critical thinking abilities. The 24/7 cable news/social media feed tells them what to care about this week and they don’t even care if it’s the opposite of what they were told to care about the last week.

18/8/2025, 2:22:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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? Putin was at the WH?

18/8/2025, 1:18:37 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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He could easily mean the 2nd thing “not to go after any European countries” as he doesn’t probably view the former USSR countries as European

17/8/2025, 11:12:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Also a map of counties and a governor that runs on a statewide basis has literally zero to do with gerrymandering

17/8/2025, 10:48:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I predict that about 2.5 years from now, Trump will start floating stories about how Newsom needs to be investigated criminally for opposing him. With almost zero people in the WH this time around with any common sense, they could try to jail him

17/8/2025, 7:12:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m assuming they are showing up because they don’t want to let JD Ventriloquist dummy throw insults at Zelensky again unopposed

17/8/2025, 7:09:51 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m assuming faces was “fascists” autocorrected

17/8/2025, 7:07:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is a felony crime. These agents do not enjoy qualified immunity on this because they are clearly acting outside the scope of their duties in an unconstitutional manner. Newsom should get with his AG to prosecute these guys under state law. @governor.ca.gov @robbonta.bsky.social

17/8/2025, 6:54:35 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Would inspire more confidence if they didn’t misspell North Carolina

17/8/2025, 3:02:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Trumps main weakness is that he is too perfect” -The NYT

16/8/2025, 10:45:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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She did this when she was our governor too. She used the State credit card like she had won the lottery

16/8/2025, 10:41:42 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is pretty emblematic of the attitude they want their Blackshirts to have when they roam the street

16/8/2025, 5:08:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Put this on a billboard outside Jeffries apartment. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov

16/8/2025, 4:04:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This guy needs to be gone as a Dem leader. He must have attacked his “fellow Democrat” more times in the last month than he’s attacked Trump in 12 years

16/8/2025, 4:01:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Going high the last 12 years hasn’t worked, why not try something else

16/8/2025, 2:49:58 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Surprised at the end of the “presser” that Putin did not say something like “he make joke like little child”

15/8/2025, 11:53:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This Deep State is truly fearsome with its vast arsenal of …sandwiches

14/8/2025, 6:45:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The way this question is worded makes it sound like Newton is the one taking a radical and unprecedented step to undo the neutral work of a citizens commission

14/8/2025, 6:26:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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F this question. It should read “if you learned that Republicans in TX have taken the unprecedented step of redrawing maps in a partisan way between and not after censuses, would you support CA responding in kind with mid-census maps of its own

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14/8/2025, 6:25:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Felony sandwich throwing? @kenwhite.bsky.social

14/8/2025, 6:10:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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BS there are tons of photos and videos. Internet do your thing.

14/8/2025, 12:19:18 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh ok thought it was just all time leaders

13/8/2025, 6:05:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How about the apathy and indifference of the establishment Dems he was mocking that did diddly squat while in power?

13/8/2025, 6:04:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What is this list? Where’s HoJo, Piazza, D Wright?

13/8/2025, 6:02:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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about most of the Dem party. Stewart is one of the few people that can reach these folks and shred through the “politics as usual” attitude most folks have about voting. He can also energize some of those folks who don’t normally turn out like Trump does on his side

13/8/2025, 1:20:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The voters we are looking to gain are looking for authenticity. As stupid as it sounds, these people thought “authenticity” when they heard Trump because he didn’t talk like a normal politician. But now the gig is up and they know he’s a fraud. Problem is they also think that

13/8/2025, 1:20:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Vaclav Havel pretty good in Czech Republic too as a former playwright

13/8/2025, 12:56:00 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How old am I? When I was a kid, this was THE hot card of the year to get, the Leaf Rookie Justice.

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12/8/2025, 12:08:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They can’t sell these POS vehicles, so I guess the taxpayers have to buy them , right? I think a good reporter would want to know what we are paying for these targets vs say a painted wooden target

9/8/2025, 4:26:54 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Depending on clerk there is another way: if cases are assigned in order they come in, such as case 1 goes to Judge A, case 2 goes to Judge B, and case 3 goes to MAGA Judge C, then you can just hold on to your important case, file two unimportant ones, and ensure the important case goes to Judge 3

8/8/2025, 4:53:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The only point of Trumps presidency is to give people the permission to be their worst selves

8/8/2025, 3:22:47 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Next: White House will feature a statute of the Golden calf, religious MAGA types applaud sticking it to the libs.

7/8/2025, 11:27:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hey look who weighed in on our topic this week!

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7/8/2025, 6:14:50 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They picked the right state to go to

7/8/2025, 4:06:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Where’s the proof in the numerical pudding? Are ES&S voting districts statistically more likely to have some distortion in favor of Trump? I am not seeing anything like that

7/8/2025, 3:24:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This article claimed “the math doesn’t lie” but I guess I missed where they proved or even alleged any statistically significant anomaly that would result from their alleged manipulation. If I am not seeing hard numbers, how is this different than Mike Lindell fan fiction?

7/8/2025, 3:22:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As a matter of logic, how do you “undermine a Clinton presidency” and not a “Trump presidency” and not show a “clear preference for Trump”? Was Devin Nunes and his then assistant Kash Patel responsible for this conclusion?

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6/8/2025, 7:46:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He was a prosecutor and secretary of labor, what does he know about news production?

6/8/2025, 5:10:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I had noticed a shift in his willingness to take independent stands against the GOP preferences to being far more establishment. This certainly explains the shift

6/8/2025, 5:00:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wait until you see the productivity chart lined up next to it

6/8/2025, 1:09:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m sorry but this isn’t correct. Only if you are using some sort of average that lumps in the billionaires like raw mean is this true. Median wages have been flat for a long time adjusted for inflation.

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5/8/2025, 11:29:49 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view