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Midnight Tree Bandit

@midnitreebandit.bsky.social

The Bandit whut hangs out in trees. MTB is fine. N.B.: I do not automatically follow back.

created November 16, 2024

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He's out there with his new caddy

Trump with his caddy, Death
2/9/2025, 2:10:54 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

Most of his supporters were pretty unaccomplished in life themselves, so they could relate.

2/9/2025, 2:02:19 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah right, the party was goong to support the gy who spent his entire political career saying Republicans and Democrats were the same and that they both sucked. I mean, even if the DNC *had* actively worked against him, who could blame them? He's not the Democrats' friend. never has been.

2/9/2025, 2:01:06 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh, okay, now I see the thread. Still . . . the Clash is ringing in my head.

2/9/2025, 1:57:40 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dunno what you're referring to but your handle just drove an earworm into my brain. Just before bedtime. Thanks a lot. And everybody say, "Is he all right?" And everybody say, "What's he like?" And everybody say, "He sure looks funny" . . .

2/9/2025, 1:38:01 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What consequences. The judicial branch has no law enforcement, and the federal law enforcement is in Trump's pocket and has already demonstrated its defiance of the courts. What's she going to do, arrest the government?

2/9/2025, 1:24:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dan Scabino has taken over all posting duties, probably.

1/9/2025, 2:05:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My MIL was non-verbal for her last 3 years. Part of that was the drugs turning her into a zombie because she had reached the agitated and feisty stage.

1/9/2025, 2:02:25 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wow. "I don't know what I'm talking about but I'm going to talk about it anyway."

1/9/2025, 1:33:19 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In other words, you formed an opinion based on what other people who are wrong were saying instead of looking into it yourself to make an informed opinion. Opinions are not valid or respected when they are uninformed.

1/9/2025, 1:28:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe if you had actually paid attention and looked into what he and the DNC and Congressional Dems are already doing, you would not be just parroting the rest of the leftist "let's dump on the Democrats" bandwagon.

1/9/2025, 1:26:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I fully expect DHS to ship them out anyway because they don't give two shits about the law or courts.

1/9/2025, 12:11:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I saw them twice, first time was 92 I think. It was a great venue and a wonderful expoerience. For the encore they played Uncle John's Band for the first time. they were still new enough at it they broought out sheet music. (A year or so later their cover of that was on the Deadicated tribute CD.)

30/8/2025, 4:19:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He expects them to talk Trump's sycophants in the GOP to death?

27/8/2025, 5:30:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And MAGA is easting this shit up because it is all a fucking game to them. They will see no consequences from this. Dear god and there's still three and a half years of this left.

25/8/2025, 11:52:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Of course he supports it. He's a socialist. And Trump is acting like one.

25/8/2025, 9:52:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Of course not. Being the victim is so much easier.

25/8/2025, 7:55:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

If everyone (except the people you pay) is being mean to you, maybe the bad guy is YOU, not them.

25/8/2025, 2:35:13 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Because Democrats are in the minority (and speaking out, as they are, accomplishes nothing of substance) and Republicans are so afraid of the MAGA cult they have willinging handed ther proverbial balls over to Trump, even in they disagree.

25/8/2025, 1:59:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you are shocked or even mildly surprised that Kilmar Abrego has been taken into custody again, you really, really haven't been paying attention for the last 6 months.

25/8/2025, 12:30:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I really enjoyed H&CF and loved the attention to detail. Having been getting into coputers as the IBM PCs and their clones were coming out, it resonated with me. It was a fantastic first season. After that, the endless train of bad decisions that everyone was making got a little exhausting.

24/8/2025, 6:22:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well, for one thing, she is pretty much in hiding. I noticed even before the election that he is very much an introvert and will only go out in public if forced. Because of that, she is almost never in front of a microphone.

24/8/2025, 6:16:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's a pity that it's only just over a minute. It's interesting to realize that the song is not really different -- same tune, same lyrics, same tempo -- just a different instrumental arrangement. This tells me that AC/DC was just making a funk song with fuzzy guitars instead of a horn section.

24/8/2025, 4:26:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah I keep seeing clickbait headlines that imply it's happening, but I don't bother clicking because guaranteed it just about how Terry M WOULD do it if it were greenlighted.

24/8/2025, 3:18:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They're going to officially announce Legacy as an upcoming show?

24/8/2025, 3:11:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

They are not convenience stores or fast food joints. They are also not rest stops. Never designed as such.

24/8/2025, 2:33:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

But I get what you mean, the regular shape will render more quickly and efficiently on a web page or phone. It's a shame that microseconds on a computer have become the guidance for a logo. Hand drawn art is of the past.

24/8/2025, 1:13:34 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not that I actually care about the logo change, but as an observer the change they made last year (removing the old man and the barrel, keeping the odd shape) should have been sufficient to keep a unique mark to make it easily recognisable from a distance on a rest stop/exit sign.

24/8/2025, 1:13:34 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They seriousy think "Superman" dragging his sorry, out of shape ass through a dead simple obstacle course is an effective recruiting video? Man, they really are desperate.

23/8/2025, 11:52:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

Nope. Not her team. Newsome's office has already said so. Her media team does not control this account.

23/8/2025, 11:33:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The only reason they changed it is that their primary customer base was literally dying because the average age is 65. They hop taking Uncle Herschel off the sign will signal younger would-be customers that they can come too and don't need to bring grandpa. I suspect the manu is less deep fried too.

23/8/2025, 10:34:25 PM | 43 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I like the shop. Probably the only place outside of Norhtern New England that you can get a bottle of Moxie.

23/8/2025, 10:29:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*I'm" older than this restaurant.

23/8/2025, 10:28:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

Like the confederate statues the DOC put up int he 1920s, and Southern states did in the 60s?

23/8/2025, 10:27:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

The founder's Uncle Hershel was added in 1977 and went through a few adjustments over the years. I'm honestly not sure why they didn't stya with the 2024 design which basically just removed Herschel and his barrel. But FFS it's just a damn logo.

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23/8/2025, 10:24:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Speakinng of minimalist, thing was the original logo for the first 8 years before they added Uncle Herschel:

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23/8/2025, 10:21:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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From 1969-1977

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23/8/2025, 10:20:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

So much anger because they took the cracker off the barrel. I mean the new logo is boring as hell, but minimalist design is the fad right now.

23/8/2025, 10:15:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Identity politics" Do you even know what that means? Because I bet you were int he same group that called people criticising Bernie "Anti-Semitic."

23/8/2025, 9:32:51 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If anything, the victim of that loss was Kamala because... she lost. So them he blames her for it and tells us to stop victim blaming. I mean, clearly HE doesn't feel like the victiim of Trump's policies. He was okay with Trump because he has enough privilege the isn't going to affect him.

23/8/2025, 9:31:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dude. "I blame the victim of the election loss." followed by "Stop victim blaming." Do you even fucking read what you type before hitting SEND??

23/8/2025, 9:27:58 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Not good enough" vs. just outright shitty from Trump. So they figured the shitty would be good enough.

23/8/2025, 9:24:15 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Correction, it's his own website, not Medium: www.jefftiedrich.com/p/gavin-news...

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23/8/2025, 6:31:58 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

When Jeff Tiedrich first reported this in his Medium post, Newsome's office contacted him to tell, him that Zapata's team is not responsible for the trolling posts from that account. It's a separate team that she does not manage. But I bet that's led by a woman too.

23/8/2025, 6:16:25 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeahm, they seem to think "HARRIS SUCKS!! KILLER KAMALA! SHE'S JUST LIKE TRUMP! (but i'm voting for her anyway, do what you want, i guess?)" makes them part of the base.

21/8/2025, 9:47:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Planet Fitness made it easy. I walked into the gym and asked them to cancel my membership, and they said "sure!?" I left in less than 5 minutes.

21/8/2025, 9:42:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We can pray, but I have no faith in them.

21/8/2025, 9:36:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

It's been a 4 year cycle since Carter.

21/8/2025, 4:26:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

PLUS the Senate confirmed 45 Appellate judges in his 4 years. That is nearly twice as many as Trump did the first go-round. But yeah, Schumer is a slacker. GFY

21/8/2025, 4:17:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

WTF are you talking about? The Senate appointed more judges than Trump did in his first term. The only reason they didn't get more was stalling tactics by the GOP and simply not enough time. A dozen left open is nothing.

21/8/2025, 4:11:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, Fuck that. Bellows will stand firm. Mills will stand firm. MAINE will stand firm (except for the MAGA crybabies).

21/8/2025, 3:50:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

It is the base that defines the party, not the other way around. You don't get to stand outside and demand that the party come to you. You come to the party. If you want change, BE the change, don't demand it. Or simply form your own party.

21/8/2025, 3:39:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

Anyone who stops voting for Democrats and/or starts whining about Democrats and saying "earn my vote" are not the Democratic base. They are the noisy gadfly wing demanding that the party come to them "or else."

21/8/2025, 3:39:42 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

How do you feel about Mamdani not endorsing Harris? That was ok? "I don't have to support a Democrat but they better support me" is not the flex you think it is.

21/8/2025, 3:25:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

The very definition of a party is "the people who vote for the party in every election." If they're not voting, or not voting for the party, they are not the base.

21/8/2025, 3:23:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

Interesting how the "get out the guillotines" crowd don't seem to realize that the French Revolution made the way for Napoleon, and that France changed its governing form (republic/monarch/emperor/republic/monarch etc) so often on the 19th century no one was quite sure who was in charge.

21/8/2025, 2:07:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

That was not the French revolution, that was a later uprising.

21/8/2025, 2:03:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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His father is sleaze plus. He was an Epstein client and helped his get out of his first arrest by bullying the plaintiff out of testifying. He told her that her entire sexual life would be exposed to maximum slut shaming potential.

21/8/2025, 2:00:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They won't. SCOTUS has already scrapped oversight of the states from the Voting Rights Act, and they're poised to strip more out next session.

21/8/2025, 1:56:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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British panel shows. QI, would I Lie To You? Richard Osman's House of Games.

21/8/2025, 1:54:16 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Midnight Tree Bandit (@midnitreebandit.bsky.social) reply parent

Let us know when one shows up, cuz this guy ain't it. Clearly, though, his pander language worked on you.

21/8/2025, 1:45:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is why it feels like he's pandering to the leftists. Parroting their "do something" rhetoric without suggesting WHAT he expects them to do. Don't just whine about Dems as if you aren't one - while running for a Dem office - tell us what you, as a Democrat, will do.

21/8/2025, 1:12:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But also, he's wrong. Democrats are doing things, but they are limited by the fact they are out of power in all branches. Pretty much all they can do is speak against it, and they are. This is a fight that has to start here at the bottom, not from the top. Win local, then state, then federal.

21/8/2025, 1:12:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You are talking about a Democratic primary. We're talking about a statewide general election. And I was referring to Bernie's failures nationwide. He hoped to win in 2020 by averaging 35% and was naive to think no one would drop out during the primaries. Like they always do.

21/8/2025, 1:02:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes! Smells like pandering to the left. Let's throw in all the right buzzwords and cliches from the progressive left to make 'em like me. This doesn't win in Maine. Not on a statewide level. Ask Libby Mitchell about that. And Sara Gideon.

21/8/2025, 12:59:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This. And Jared gets less authentic every year. That's a good word. More than anything, Gideon and her team over-managed her image, erasing any signs of authenticity. Another strike against her in Maine.

21/8/2025, 12:51:44 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I would suggest listening to the two recent episodes of History That Doesn't Suck, which are about how Stalin and Hitler rose to power. Sobering shit, I tellya. (HTDS is telling the story of America starting with the Revolution; it just so happens that he's getting to the lead-up tp WWII)

21/8/2025, 1:35:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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. . . While Collins spent a lot of time emphasising what she's done for Maine. Then the GOP PACs who poured money into Maine 6 years ago exploited leftist talking points about PPP, MeToo, and millionaires to erode progressive support for Gideon, while also emphasizing that she's From Away.

21/8/2025, 1:28:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We need a reliable liberal to run for Senate who does not run all the way to the left or pander to leftist buzzwords because ME02 will reject them in a moment. The lesson from Gideon is to run a MAINE campaign on MAINE ISSUES. She went national; barely touched issues Mainers actually cared about...

21/8/2025, 1:28:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Running as a Democrat while denigrating Democrats (and the base that elects them) is no way to win a Democratic primary. Ask Bernie how that goes.

21/8/2025, 1:11:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I am leery of allowing a photo of one of those monstrosities on my camera roll.

20/8/2025, 2:04:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There is one around here with a black wrap, and it looks like a cheap lego knockoff.

20/8/2025, 2:00:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is that and apocalyptic wrap or have they really abused it that much?

20/8/2025, 1:47:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Doing that right now, started with Colour of Magic and up to Maurice currently.

20/8/2025, 1:45:31 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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3. Cheri Littlebottom

20/8/2025, 1:40:23 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I mean, seriously. Cheri Littlebottom. You father was an incredible human being.

20/8/2025, 1:39:54 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was going to say "being Nina Turner".

20/8/2025, 1:30:52 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So popular she has never won an election.

20/8/2025, 1:30:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good god this is betyonds double standards. Tell us, Mikey, who told Texas to redraw its districts? Where is he staying right now?

20/8/2025, 1:26:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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HAHAHAHAHA MAGAot thinks I'm a "lefty liberal"!

17/8/2025, 4:24:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I play with them til I get bored. I play the game of "who will get the last word because people like this can't stand not getting it."

17/8/2025, 3:17:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Blocking does the same. They love to brag about people blocking them. Make them feel righteous because them retarded libs don't want to hear their "truth."

17/8/2025, 3:13:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No he did not, you parroting moron.

17/8/2025, 3:07:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Big fucking deal. That's a misdemeanor, at worst. It's less than that, actually. It's a civil violation, not a criminal one. Willfully endagering his dog by letting it loose in traffic is actually a worse crime than overstaying a visa. Which, by the way, we only have ICE's word for.

17/8/2025, 1:18:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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. . . and then incite the National Guard to mow them down. I swear his people watched that and said "yeah, that's what we're going to do (even though their propaganda machine is not nearly as effective as The Empire's).

17/8/2025, 1:10:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A couple nights ago I watched Andor S2E8 ("Who Are You?") -- the one with the Tiananmen Square like massacre in a public square and recognized immediately that this is exactly what the Trump Administratuion is trying to do in DC: Get people riled up enough to stage a huge protest . . .

17/8/2025, 1:10:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Queen of the warmongers" is what Tulsi called her, forgetting that she was supposed to be playing a Democrat in that race and not a Green.

17/8/2025, 12:58:21 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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17/8/2025, 12:48:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I am hoping for a massive stroke to shorten that wait.

16/8/2025, 7:42:57 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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[The Clinton quote is word for word what she said. The Tulsi quote is paraphrased. The Everyone quote is basically what everyone was thinking.]

16/8/2025, 7:16:54 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Me. On a regular basis.

16/8/2025, 4:07:30 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I do it with space hyphen hyphen space and let Outlook and word convert to an em-dash for me

16/8/2025, 4:04:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've always used them. I'm using them less now so I don't get accused of being an AI.

16/8/2025, 4:01:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I remember catching a lot of crap for pointing out that she sounded more like a Green than a Democrat.

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Tulsi: "Am not! Queen of the warmongers! You're destroying my reputation!" Everyone: "She never said it was you."

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Hillary: "[the Russians] have got their eye on somebody who's currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third party candidate. She's the favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far."

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Which is why class wars lose elections.

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They probably will be cause Abbott has promised to keep calling special sessions til they pass it.

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They think they are.

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What the fuck kind of word salad is that?

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