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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social

One would think the manic nonstop policy flip-flops — we’re pausing all federal grants, sorry no…we are doing tariffs, no we aren’t, yes we are, no not yet…selling DC federal buildings, nope sorry….ending ebola containment, whoops no—will persuade voters these people are a bunch of dangerous clowns.

mar 6, 2025, 5:27 pm • 92 18

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Citizen @balkansavage.bsky.social

One would…

mar 6, 2025, 5:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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Soren Lorenson @soren-lorenson.bsky.social

They're just being AGILE DISRUPTORS! Business genius!

mar 6, 2025, 5:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kobold Curry Chef @koboldcurrychef.bsky.social

I fear that the same voters who didn’t pay attention before will not pay attention now. Or they will blame it all on Biden, because that fits their mental model.

mar 6, 2025, 5:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social

You don’t need to peel off too many to win elections. It was all talk before. Now it starts messing up their lives or the lives of people they know or identify with.

mar 6, 2025, 5:43 pm • 1 0 • view
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ActiveCultures @activecultures.bsky.social

For the next year and a half at least, convincing voters can’t be the main focus. The dangers are far more urgent.

mar 6, 2025, 5:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social

Both at once: put out as many of the fires as you can, but also keep exposing the maniac arsonists.

mar 6, 2025, 5:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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ActiveCultures @activecultures.bsky.social

Definitely stop the fires and expose the arsonists. And then they need repercussions. They seem to enjoy the notoriety.

mar 6, 2025, 5:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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Eric Winick @eawinick.bsky.social

One would think that, yes.

mar 6, 2025, 5:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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devokneivel.bsky.social @devokneivel.bsky.social

Manitoba's Premier likened dealing with Trump's tariffs to playing the old video game Pong.

mar 7, 2025, 10:58 am • 0 0 • view
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Suzynuze @suzynuze.bsky.social

They’ll have to do it on their own because Democrats certainly aren’t going to help.

mar 6, 2025, 6:03 pm • 0 0 • view
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daleratner.bsky.social @daleratner.bsky.social

You wrote a book called Haywire and I recall a line about Americans not minding being bamboozled as long as they were entertained. The big issue is life is still normal for most Americans. It took COVID to make life not normal in Trump 1

mar 6, 2025, 10:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mark R. Stoneman @markstoneman.com

Except isn't this the same fuckery they fell in love with in his "reality" TV show days?

mar 6, 2025, 5:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social

The Apprentice did not fuck up a single viewer’s life, or any viewers’ friends or relatives’ lives.

mar 6, 2025, 5:40 pm • 0 0 • view
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bribox.bsky.social @bribox.bsky.social

The “low information” voters are too busy examining their boogers to notice what’s happening.

mar 6, 2025, 5:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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PharmacyStan @pharmacystan.bsky.social

If they possessed that level of logic to begin with, we likely wouldn’t be here.

mar 6, 2025, 7:13 pm • 0 0 • view
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rds-level-10.bsky.social @rds-level-10.bsky.social

“Efficiency” LOLOLOLOL

mar 6, 2025, 5:43 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bob Gerometta @bobgodm.bsky.social

Let us hope.

mar 7, 2025, 3:30 am • 0 0 • view
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Net unfavorable @uwspete.bsky.social

They bought "the weave"

mar 6, 2025, 5:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ihor Gowda @ihorgowda.bsky.social

One wouldn't think that, given it's a cult :(

mar 6, 2025, 5:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Gustof @dgustof1966.bsky.social

One can only hope. Although I do not have much faith in todays electorate.

mar 6, 2025, 5:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social

You don’t need to peel off too many to win elections.

mar 6, 2025, 5:36 pm • 1 0 • view
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David Gustof @dgustof1966.bsky.social

Very true. I also think the Democratic party needs new blood and a new way of campaining/getting their ideas out. They are some of the most gutless pols I have ever seen.

mar 6, 2025, 5:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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herzog1.bsky.social @herzog1.bsky.social

If you didn’t figure it out the 1st time you saw the combover…

mar 7, 2025, 12:19 am • 0 0 • view