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Paddy J

@paddyj1325.bsky.social

Just another OG from the 413. Retired newspaperman. A curmudgeon from an early age.

created October 10, 2024

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Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

They gonna train beavers to rake the forests?

1/9/2025, 8:00:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social)

Adding to my list of baseball 'never seen that before' plays, I give you Trevor Story's Pesky Pole HR just now. #redsox

1/9/2025, 7:52:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Remember what seems like 5 years ago, but it was only a few months ago when Trump was saying Biden was out of it and WH staff were abusing the autopen? That chicken has come home to roost.

1/9/2025, 1:25:03 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Or strange and out of context parenthetical phrases

1/9/2025, 1:23:08 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social)

Just going to store for a loaf of bread and some milk.

1/9/2025, 11:43:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

You dont think JD Fuckface will try the same shit?

1/9/2025, 11:40:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

It is illegal. Read the Constitution. The procedures for voting are established by the state or by act of congress. Executive orders are meaningless.

31/8/2025, 4:36:10 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

If only Kirk and the rest could find girlfriends

30/8/2025, 5:05:19 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted

I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.

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29/8/2025, 8:13:08 PM | 17215 6414 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

It's always time to stop posting and ride your bike.

30/8/2025, 12:01:45 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted

We want to apologize if it feels like we’ve been venting a lot lately. It’s just hard to ignore that nearly every move from this administration seems to be illegal, unlawful, or outright unconstitutional and yet nothing happens.

30/8/2025, 3:00:28 AM | 19450 3300 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social)

Fuck! I walked into the kitchen to make some tea and the #redsox had a 2-0 lead. What the hell happened?

30/8/2025, 12:38:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social)

Roman Anthony with a bomb off Paul Skenes! Wow! #redsox

30/8/2025, 12:19:42 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Someone needs to come up with a list of all the things that Trump says will literally destroy the US. In his mind, it's a very lengthy list. My list, on the other hand, has 1 item on it: Trump.

29/8/2025, 11:30:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Tolles v Skenes is shaping up to be an instant classic after 1. 1,2,3 1,2,3

29/8/2025, 11:22:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

You could try, but there's a company of guardsman assigned to stand underneath it.

29/8/2025, 11:46:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

I wonder if Trump read '1984' - implausible on its surface because it would involve reading - and said 'that Big Brother is quite a guy! I wanna be like him some day'

29/8/2025, 11:44:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Jose v. Anderson & Odor v Bautista were not brawls. They were each 2 guys and 1 flash KO. The most recent brawl, where a lot of guys are trying to hurt each other, was Cards v Reds in '10. Before that, NYY v Os in '98. Baves v Padres in '84, or NYY v BOS in '76. Those. Were. Brawls.

28/8/2025, 7:18:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Go get 'em! Just remember, every one of them is frightened that you're going to call on them to answer your question.

28/8/2025, 11:42:11 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

I wouldn't limit it to undoing just Trump's anti-trans policies. I want every trump policy erased.

27/8/2025, 6:11:50 PM | 38 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

The National Guard: serve your country while spreading Trump's fertilizer

27/8/2025, 3:47:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

The old man identifies as female and is waiting to use the ladies' room.

26/8/2025, 11:06:51 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

The first person to give trump a gold noble prize gets any ambassadorship of his or her choosing

26/8/2025, 9:27:37 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Coincidentally, the post a couple ahead of yours said O's fans have taken to mooing whenever Colton Cowser does anything

26/8/2025, 12:03:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

The only thing he has left is anger and petty grudges

25/8/2025, 10:34:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

The Red Sox are going with an opener tonight. I think I'll take the night off and watch something else.

25/8/2025, 9:36:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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25/8/2025, 9:32:27 PM | 4016 1027 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social)

Remember in August-September of 2020 when there was serious talk about whether Trump was mentally fit and whether the 25th Amendment should be invoked? We really need to be having that talk now.

25/8/2025, 7:28:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

I've had both. No side effects either time

25/8/2025, 1:17:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 (@beingliberal.bsky.social) reposted

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24/8/2025, 9:25:05 PM | 279 80 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sara Sanchez (@bcbsara.bsky.social) reposted

The greatest thing on the internet today

24/8/2025, 9:28:56 PM | 68 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Seriously! I've been following it all day, and I'm 200 miles from NYC and not registered to vote there

24/8/2025, 9:25:15 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

The bench players and never-made-its generally are better managers than the stars, and it's because they sit, watch, and learn the game

24/8/2025, 6:37:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Interesting he's not doing the same for Barry Bonds. Come to think of it, why doesn't Trump ever golf with Barry Bonds?

24/8/2025, 4:36:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

The Great Dumbening

24/8/2025, 1:09:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

That's what I have as a home screen art on my work laptop!

23/8/2025, 11:19:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh boy. If history books and historians are still around, before they even get around to why we drove into the ditch, they are going to be baffled why a failed comedian/reality game show host / UFC commentator was given responsibility for reading the road map and shouting out directions.

23/8/2025, 6:04:40 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted

"This is a big canary in the coal mine. If we’re not calling out the lawlessness of Trump’s retribution against Bolton, we’re allowing the permission structure for further lawlessness and fascism by Trump."

22/8/2025, 6:18:04 PM | 1036 284 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture amcarbone (@profwriter.bsky.social) reposted

A Texas hero

23/8/2025, 12:10:57 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, of course. Trump doesn't give a shit about anything as long as his picture is on the front page. That is why when Trump is gone, all the henchmen - Miller, JD Fuckface, the Heritage Foundation and the billionaire ruling class calling the shots -- will remain.

23/8/2025, 11:33:08 AM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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23/8/2025, 11:01:10 AM | 14 11 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit.bsky.social) reposted

If they get away with this massive abuse of power with Abrego Garcia, they can get away with it for anyone.

23/8/2025, 8:57:55 AM | 94 32 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social)

I am genuinely surprised Conor Wong doesn't have a throat guard #redsox

23/8/2025, 12:43:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

He's losing all his faculties except his anger and insatiable desire to avenge all slights, real and imagined

22/8/2025, 10:45:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

New FBI entrance exam: Question 1- Do you fully support President Trump? Q2 - Would you do anything he asked? Q3- Aaaany thing?

22/8/2025, 11:11:50 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

The days are getting shorter!

22/8/2025, 11:08:54 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves.bsky.social) reposted

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

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21/8/2025, 9:42:58 PM | 24875 7839 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

That's exactly what I thought when I read it. Dirty minds think alike

22/8/2025, 12:57:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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21/8/2025, 8:06:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

If we had a functioning EPA, they would go after FOX for all the sludge and filth it is dumping all over America

21/8/2025, 1:36:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

His lawyers are probably already working on the emergency injunction for when St. Peter denies him entry at the Pearly Gates.

21/8/2025, 1:22:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) reposted

For today’s bonus “One First,” I wrote about Abraham Lincoln’s commitment to holding the Election of 1864—even when he thought he’d probably lose and his successor would sue for peace, thus ending the war (and, likely, the Union). Respecting and preserving the will of the people was more important:

21/8/2025, 11:38:31 AM | 649 201 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

The time I went thru Union Station a few years ago I was just amazed at the acoustics with all that marble. The Station was just designed with this moment in mind.

21/8/2025, 11:45:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Sometimes, we don't need a reason. Enjoy!

20/8/2025, 12:34:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 (@beingliberal.bsky.social) reposted

💡 Once you spot the DARVO flip — Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender — you can’t unsee it. It’s the abuser’s playbook: get caught, lash out, then cry victim. Exactly the same trick far-right populists use every time they’re held accountable.

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20/8/2025, 12:27:08 PM | 84 23 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

In normal times, the half-wit Waters never would have landed a broadcasting job.

20/8/2025, 11:45:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Radioactive WalMart Shrimp #bandname

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

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Quiji board says this never happened

19/8/2025, 9:53:46 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

All those blasted windmills, sucking up electric power that is sorely needed elsewhere.

19/8/2025, 5:55:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Has anyone checked on his lavatory? Odds he has a gold toilet must be pretty high.

19/8/2025, 4:52:38 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

I think it's time for another 'person,woman,man,camera,TV' exam.

19/8/2025, 11:51:03 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

This is my immediate thought, regardless of the issue or topic. 7 billion people on the planet and this guy is the biggest asshole.

18/8/2025, 6:47:38 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

18/8/2025, 6:16:14 PM | 3774 1189 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

When they have some talking head come in to give an exclusive take on some breaking issue, are they going to call it an MS Take™? #brandingnightmares

18/8/2025, 3:44:12 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Isn't funny all the "states' rights" people who screamed loudly throughout the Obama and Biden years all seem to have disappeared during Trump's illegal and unconstitutional power grab?

18/8/2025, 2:51:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

This was pre-2008 recession, back when there was an actual staff. Of course

18/8/2025, 11:12:09 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

A reader would ask how many balls are used in a MLB game, and I'd call the commissioner's office. A reader would ask why the US flags are backward on Army uniforms, and I'd call the Pentagon. It was great fun.

18/8/2025, 11:10:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

The paper I used to work had a column like that called "Just Ask." Readers would ask questions, and reporters would track down experts to answer them. Other reporters saw it as a chore, but I loved tracking down a good Just Ask question.

18/8/2025, 11:10:47 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

And American automakers have given up making sedans. Its all luxury Pickups and SUVs

17/8/2025, 9:38:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

They start off as assholes with an idea. They make a little money and pick up various sycophants along who feed their belief that are brilliant and special. This allows them to drop any loyalties, ethics, or morality they had in pursuit of more money. Lather, rince, repeat.

17/8/2025, 11:41:11 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

The Producers

16/8/2025, 4:07:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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16/8/2025, 12:28:02 PM | 3321 758 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

At least it's not Hegseth throwing an ax on a Manhattan sidewalk.

16/8/2025, 3:33:55 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

When it is all said and done, this will be the epitaph for his entire presidency: sickening, shameful, and, in the end, useless.

16/8/2025, 3:30:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACLU (@aclu.org) reposted

Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right. This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.

14/8/2025, 7:55:42 PM | 11626 4277 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

And the response by the press and then the public was to ridicule him with a word - malaise - that he never actually said.

16/8/2025, 11:45:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

This failed summit has been Hannitized™ for Trump's protection

16/8/2025, 1:42:02 AM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Putin probably planted a bug during his ride in the presidential limo too

16/8/2025, 1:34:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

I saw it live. Boog handled it perfectly.

16/8/2025, 1:33:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

2. Riverside & Kenmore. What others are there?

16/8/2025, 12:52:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Did Putin stop in at a wax museum? The likeness of the Trump figure is practically lifelike.

16/8/2025, 12:50:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, it's thought this was a Trump joke. It appears to be a legit thing.

16/8/2025, 12:03:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Severe consequences in 2 weeks! Two weeks, I say.

16/8/2025, 12:00:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

This is it exactly.

15/8/2025, 11:57:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

I'd expect the Russians to launch a massive air strike on Ukraine tonight, just to make sure Trump gets the message.

15/8/2025, 11:56:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MayoVersusTheWorld (@mayoversustheworld.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Long live the Sandwich Guy!

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15/8/2025, 12:13:49 PM | 24 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

They meant professionally.

14/8/2025, 10:20:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

So it's Dems' fault we've gone from binders of women to files of underage girls?

14/8/2025, 5:56:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

The tariff shelf must be in some out of the way place, like right next to that giant spigot in the Pacific Northwest that can irrigate all of California

14/8/2025, 5:53:37 PM | 14 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Subway couldn't by this publicity if they walked to. I'd love to see subway ads on TV touting the aerodynamics of their $5 Flyin' Footlongs. "This sandwich won't kill fascists, but it might make a nasty stain their brown shirts."

14/8/2025, 3:48:32 PM | 97 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Reporter: Russians are hacking in federal databases. Trump: i wish I knew someone who could do something about it.

14/8/2025, 12:42:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Come to Alaska. I'll give you mining rights. Whatever you want ...

14/8/2025, 12:29:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

I haven't heard much lately from the libertarians or the states-rights people. Whassup? Where you at?

14/8/2025, 11:44:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Violent crime on DC streets! Sandwich-related assaults are up 1200 percent.

13/8/2025, 8:30:09 PM | 927 43 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Those 31 percent are ride or die trumpers. They will never change

13/8/2025, 8:19:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

She's not a real person but an AI composit of a what a person looks like

13/8/2025, 7:39:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

He seemed very polite. Did he ever come back with an answer from the supervisor?

13/8/2025, 1:12:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

She may well be talking about Vance. Arby's in his pants or an infected vaginas. It could be either one

13/8/2025, 12:43:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Well, with 20/20 hindsight sure. But you'll recall at time that mean lady had emails.

12/8/2025, 9:44:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paddy J (@paddyj1325.bsky.social) reply parent

Me too! Did you notice the portraits on the wall? Omg

Cartoon of POTUS having relations with a sheep Cartoon of POTUS standing at a glory hole
12/8/2025, 9:39:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view