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Susan Carney

@scaliper.bsky.social

Animal lover, political junkie and Twitter withdrawee. No DMs please

created November 15, 2024

2,356 followers 4,639 following 316 posts

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Profile picture Jean-Marc Liotier (@liotier.bsky.social) reposted

Small boat you say ? Have Trump and some English politician enjoyed a friendly telephone chat lately ?

3/9/2025, 2:20:02 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

I hate to say it, but Hakeem Jeffries has been a disappointment.

2/9/2025, 7:38:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

...and will for generations.

1/9/2025, 3:01:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Not happening yet in Nevada, but we have a rotten red Governor

1/9/2025, 2:59:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted

This is the way

31/8/2025, 7:11:26 PM | 11165 2821 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

I live in one of the 3 states with zero access, a real concern.

1/9/2025, 2:29:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

👀 apnews.com/article/paxt...

30/8/2025, 10:01:57 PM | 13930 5512 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) reposted

NEWS: Walgreens just got taken over by private equity. Private equity has a record of running companies into the ground. Walgreens could be the latest victim: closing more stores, service plummeting, workers losing their jobs, and eventually bankruptcy.

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30/8/2025, 4:36:53 PM | 4873 1841 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

...and listening.

30/8/2025, 1:56:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, (@autismsupsoc.bsky.social) reposted

Bluesky right now ...

30/8/2025, 5:11:07 AM | 12054 2031 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump is so aroused by anticipation of entering a room with young women in it that he's sweating.

30/8/2025, 1:49:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Expect him to revoke everyone's, soon.

30/8/2025, 1:38:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Hertling (@markhertling.bsky.social) reposted

“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...

30/8/2025, 11:44:49 AM | 22025 6308 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kamimagic (@kamimagic.bsky.social) reposted

Charles Borges, Social Security Administration’s chief data officer and whistleblower, said that DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server. Free 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

26/8/2025, 2:08:02 PM | 413 261 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

I'm not a dictator, I'm just a dick. ‘I'm not a dictator’: Trump responds to critics decrying his DC crackdown

26/8/2025, 10:58:02 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

apnews.com/article/char... summons US Ambassador Kushner over 'unacceptable' letter about rising antisemitism

26/8/2025, 10:56:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

apnews.com/article/utah... rules Utah's congressional map must be redrawn for the 2026 elections

26/8/2025, 10:55:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) reposted

The FBI just scrapped its decades-old bachelor’s degree requirement for recruits—and slashed academy training from 18 weeks to 8. What could go wrong? www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...

25/8/2025, 8:18:38 PM | 1534 680 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Well, the WH press ain't what it used to be.

25/8/2025, 10:15:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

We’re waiting, Jake.

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25/8/2025, 1:22:21 PM | 8991 1853 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

All the Dems I'm acquainted with are fine w/ Mamdani and have been outraged at Trump longer than progressives have been outraged at Democrats.

24/8/2025, 11:43:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

If he has to go through the process like California, better hurry it up. Why wait?

24/8/2025, 11:38:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

I see all law enforcement as the same type.

22/8/2025, 1:20:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

www.kolotv.com/2025/08/20/n...

20/8/2025, 2:47:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

I also believe Dems should stop referring to Trump as "an authoritarian leader," and call him what he is--an ignorant power-mad tyrant.

19/8/2025, 2:24:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

'Past time anyone can consider Trump mentally sound': President's new claim ripped by critics www.alternet.org/absurdly-pas...

18/8/2025, 4:48:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) reposted

Traveling to US with Zelenskyy: EU Commission President v/d Leyen, French President Macron, Finnish President Stubb, German Chancellor Merz, NATO Secretary General Rutte, Italian Prime Minister Meloni, and UK Prime Minister Starmer have officially confirmed their participation.

17/8/2025, 12:15:15 PM | 2654 723 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

I feel safe enough, (but not because of anything Trump has done) --just sickened by the lies, the seizing of the narrative, and the male dominant law enforcement warrior ethos.

11/8/2025, 4:01:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

We're already way past that moment.

10/8/2025, 7:57:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Hope they get a judge who believes in the Constitution.

10/8/2025, 2:50:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Good.

10/8/2025, 2:47:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

This appears to be not factual on several levels.

10/8/2025, 2:47:13 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks like my Lucky Cat figurine

8/8/2025, 1:58:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish everyone would stop warning that it's looking more and more like an "authoritarian" presidency. Call Trump what he is--a tyrannical despot.

8/8/2025, 1:54:41 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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5/8/2025, 6:25:49 PM | 7054 2240 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

This is what fascism looks like.

5/8/2025, 6:26:30 PM | 3446 1267 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

Is he racist? Or is he stupid? Yes.

5/8/2025, 6:46:48 PM | 3211 720 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

"I obviously can't say everything to you. That's very apparent" -- Tammy Bruce is serving world historic word salads during today's press briefing. My heart goes out to reporters who have to pretend to take this gibberish seriously.

5/8/2025, 7:08:11 PM | 2792 557 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

open.substack.com/pub/thebante...

5/8/2025, 8:37:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Sen. Schiff, can you list the tools, rules and resources you are currently employing to provide meaningful blocking to Trump's steamroll?

2/8/2025, 10:39:23 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Perhaps the Trump fam want to go ice skating in winter?

2/8/2025, 10:03:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, had it for several years, lots of new content all the time too. Great streaming deal.

2/8/2025, 10:02:22 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Not true. Satire.

2/8/2025, 10:01:00 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture WuTangIsForTheChildren (@wutangforchildren.bsky.social) reposted

As usual, Bill Burr doesn’t miss 🎯

2/8/2025, 4:21:27 PM | 4615 1538 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

FEC records show Elizabeth Fago donated $1M to Trump's super PAC in April. What happened next? Three weeks later Trump pardoned her son, a nursing home executive who pleaded guilty to withholding millions from his workers' paychecks (while buying a luxury yacht). Everything is for sale.

2/8/2025, 4:31:08 PM | 4662 2021 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

Surprise, surprise! Morning Joe is actually watchable when Joe and Mika are absent.

28/7/2025, 11:48:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

I am 100% positive the WH initiated the contact.

25/7/2025, 9:52:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb newrepublic.com/article/1982... via @newrepublic.com

24/7/2025, 2:47:13 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nash Is Here for It (@nashishereforit.bsky.social) reposted

I don’t know about any of you, but when I think about the arts, I always associate opera with nude pictures.

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22/7/2025, 10:04:17 PM | 2912 709 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

this clip perfectly illustrates how Republicans *successfully* flood the zone with conspiracy theories 1. Ron Johnson is asked about Epstein 2. He immediately changes the topic to Obama 3. The host chases the shiny object and asks about Obama. Johnson never has to weigh in on the Epstein coverup.

22/7/2025, 10:11:50 PM | 5540 1606 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

EXCLUSIVE: I have spoken with more people since my initial article on the review of the Epstein files and one thing is clear: more people had access to them because of the rushed nature of the review than previously thought. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

22/7/2025, 10:54:48 PM | 13394 4782 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

Lisa Murkowski Suddenly Realizes She Got Played on Trump Budget Bill newrepublic.com/post/198157/... via @newrepublic.com

21/7/2025, 11:36:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

Politicize Everything: open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

21/7/2025, 7:47:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

You sound nice.

19/7/2025, 1:35:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

House committee rejects Trump effort to allow slaughter of wild horses thisisreno.com/2025/07/trum...

19/7/2025, 1:34:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

My vote will always matter to me.

17/7/2025, 6:18:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

Probably not, but I'll still vote for whoever it is.

16/7/2025, 8:08:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

He hasn't given up.

16/7/2025, 1:18:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe they should be renamed the Supine Court.

16/7/2025, 1:08:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

I'll vote for the Dem nominee.

16/7/2025, 1:06:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted

This is G’damn infuriating: An IRISH f*cking TOURIST.

15/7/2025, 7:22:57 PM | 573 246 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

I care more about who the pipe bomber is--but I suppose that will never be released either.

15/7/2025, 10:49:53 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Melanoma, possibly.

15/7/2025, 10:22:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

Remember him? Thought he was dead, but he switched his trolling for being a fake government agent. www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

15/7/2025, 10:19:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Ganache head.

14/7/2025, 9:13:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Loved the heck out of Obama as POTUS, but have been rather disappointed in his post-presidency.

14/7/2025, 9:12:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, his feet have always looked like little black pig trotters below his porky ankles.

14/7/2025, 9:10:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted

Yep. This.👇

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13/7/2025, 3:56:23 PM | 10707 2501 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

SHARE THIS Is your client or family member missing? Click here to see the list and find out if they’re being held at Alligator Alcatraz. ¿Su cliente o familiar está desaparecido? Haga clic aquí para ver la lista y saber si está detenido en Alligator Alcatraz. 👉🏾 www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

13/7/2025, 4:32:24 PM | 2317 2131 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

adenoids

13/7/2025, 8:17:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

Looking forward to reading the upcoming book "Separation of Church and Hate" by @johnfugelsang.bsky.social. I am certain it is going to be enlightening, funny, and correct.

13/7/2025, 5:44:01 PM | 7660 1316 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted

Reminder about Donald Trump and immigrants working illegally inside the United States... Former Models for Donald Trump’s Agency Say They Violated Immigration Rules and Worked Illegally www.motherjones.com/politics/201... [our reporting from... 2016]

13/7/2025, 6:01:59 PM | 1899 840 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm enjoying watching the outrage, but personally don't care a hill of beans about Epstein.

13/7/2025, 7:59:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow, I also shop at Kroger (Smith's) and haven't yet run into this. Jeez.

13/7/2025, 7:56:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

Breathing Room: What’s in Your Shopping Cart? www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/13/b...

13/7/2025, 7:55:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

Breathing Room: What’s in Your Shopping Cart? www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/13/b...

13/7/2025, 7:54:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't care about Epstein at all.

12/7/2025, 1:52:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Is every town going to have an armed, masked ICE force roaming the streets in perpetuity?

8/7/2025, 5:40:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jessica Pishko (@jesspish.bsky.social) reposted

A thing people can do locally is oppose more detention centers. Genuinely a cross-political space. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

6/7/2025, 8:50:27 PM | 3217 1214 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture D. Earl Stephens (@dearlstephens.bsky.social) reposted

📌"Whether it’s climate change, guns, healthcare, women’s rights, poisoning our air and water or rounding up people and shoving them in alligator-protected detention camps, bloodthirsty Republicans have proven they aren’t interested in preventing catastrophes, they are interested in causing them."

6/7/2025, 6:24:04 PM | 606 226 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture halcorley.bsky.social (@halcorley.bsky.social) reposted

Someone prove this wrong.

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6/7/2025, 6:28:34 PM | 24671 6110 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

I doubt any vote against would be for "moral" reasons, but most probably re-election or financial reasons.

1/7/2025, 9:29:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

California suing Trump after Medicaid data reportedly shared with ICE officials www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

1/7/2025, 9:26:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Uncrewed (@uncrewed.bsky.social) reposted

I feel like this is a massive fuckup even by NYT standards

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30/6/2025, 9:33:02 PM | 3741 563 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle down trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick

30/6/2025, 10:15:13 PM | 37666 10105 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

She knows she's safe to vote no since Murkowski caved.

1/7/2025, 12:32:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jack Rakove (@jrakove.bsky.social) reposted

This is a subject I have been brooding about for some time. I am grateful to the Washington Monthly for posting this piece. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...

27/6/2025, 5:11:27 PM | 923 324 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted

By the numbers, Clarence Thomas has been treated to: • At least 38 destination vacations; • 26 private jet flights; • 12 VIP passes to pro & college sporting events; • 2 stays at luxury resorts; • 1 standing invite to an uber-exclusive golf club (Published 2023)

30/6/2025, 3:00:35 AM | 2845 1289 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

It's definitely not Lloyd Bridges!

29/6/2025, 1:05:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow, Fetterman again.

28/6/2025, 2:51:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

Trump on his budget today: It reduces the deficit! (It raises the deficit by $3.4T) No tax on social security! (That’s not in the bill) No cuts to Medicaid! (Largest Medicaid cuts in history).

26/6/2025, 10:04:55 PM | 5175 2017 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) reposted

This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported. That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office. On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!

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26/6/2025, 6:07:33 PM | 6590 2135 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer.com) reposted

Well I’ve got a checkmark now, so figured I’d re-introduce myself. I’m Santiago Mayer, I’m 23 years old and the Executive Director of @votersoftomorrow.org. I have spent the last 7 years working to turn out Gen Z and stop MAGA, and I’m not stopping now. Can you RT and follow to help reach others?

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26/6/2025, 1:13:03 PM | 1265 661 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jason Linkins (@dceiver.bsky.social) reposted

really sums up the media’s coverage of the Trump presidency

Screen shot of CNN site with a Saturday breaking news alert explaining that Trump launched a strike against Iran atop a CNN story from the same day headlined “Always a peacemaker”: How Trump decided to hold off on striking Iran
22/6/2025, 1:19:09 PM | 9447 2314 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Nikki prepping to run again?

22/6/2025, 3:26:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

Who did this? 😂

22/6/2025, 12:14:24 PM | 14827 4269 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social)

Don't forget the 22-yr old lawn boy Trump named to head the "Terrorism Prevention Unit."

22/6/2025, 2:47:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

1 day apart

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22/6/2025, 12:23:48 PM | 8002 2092 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

Well, I'm worried he might get it! There have been many awarded to very nasty people.

22/6/2025, 2:38:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Susan Carney (@scaliper.bsky.social) reply parent

The Four Assholes of the Apocalypse

22/6/2025, 11:59:04 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view