Derail71

Derail71

@derail71.bsky.social

Just a regular old guy living a regular life!

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Derail71
@derail71.bsky.social

When will farmers get the message? So far they haven’t!

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Trump is planning to hand farmers $10 billion in cash bailouts with taxpayer money—yet he values American farmers at only half the price of his Argentinian bailout.

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Andy Craig
@andycraig.bsky.social

You could not more perfectly invert the whole point of the power of the purse than this false notion the legislature cutting off appropriations means the executive gets more power.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social

President Trump says he is meeting today with Russ Vought, OMB director and "of PROJECT 2025 Fame," to discuss cuts to "Democrat Agencies."

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Allison Gill
@muellershewrote.com

This.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Joni Ernst’s lifelong legacy for women serving in the military from her time in the Senate is Pete Hegseth. Every woman denied promotion, denied a job specialty, sexually harassed, or forced out for bs reasons, owes it all to Ernst and the Republican Party.

Derail71
@derail71.bsky.social

If you believe Trump’s cronies aren’t playing the markets with these wild swings based solely on Trump’s social media post….I got some oceanfront property I want to sell you.

Derail71
@derail71.bsky.social

Kinda how I feel about Stefanik! Sell your soul to the devil and get nothing. Greek yogurt does sound good this morning!

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social

Poor Stefanik. All that ass kissing and personality changing just to lose her leadership position and get her nomination pulled. Anyway, I had Greek yogurt for breakfast. With blueberries.

Derail71
@derail71.bsky.social

This whole chat group snafu just drives home the point that this administration is totally clueless or simply thinks rules don’t apply to them. Either way, wrong on so many levels.

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Shanlon Wu
@shanlonwu.com

As a former DOJ attorney I am proud of these courageous prosecutors refusing to obey DOJ's corrupt order to dismiss the criminal case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams - we all should be proud of them. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

nbcnews.comThree top federal prosecutors resign after refusing to drop Adams chargesThe acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, as well as two top prosecutors in Washington, resigned over the DOJ order to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Derail71
@derail71.bsky.social

How is that all these business people that are so concerned about the national debt that they argue for cutting programs for poor and middle class, but are 1000% on board with lowering their taxes?

Derail71
@derail71.bsky.social

Jerry Jones should study the Commanders and then change his ways accordingly!

Sally Jenkins@sallyjenx.bsky.social

The Commanders were subject to one-man emperor's rule for more than two decades -- Dan Snyder practically held a sword to the neck of the team. You can measure the extent of liberation from him by the ease of their success since. wapo.st/40dlu0x

wapo.stColumn | The Commanders are a case study in toxic ownership — and its reverseHow toxic was Daniel Snyder to Washington’s football franchise? Just look what happened after he left town.

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The Rude Pundit
@rudepundit.bsky.social

Now that we know that Elon spent a quarter billion dollars to get Trump elected, any dive into Why Harris Lost needs to start with "Because the richest man on earth bought the election and our shitty campaign finance laws just let him."

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David Corn
@davidcorn.bsky.social

We’re not accepting complaints about the Hunter Biden pardon unless you also complained about the Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort pardons.

Derail71
@derail71.bsky.social

Exactly! Worry about you own self Trumpers. Good for President Biden!

Jeff Tiedrich@jefftiedrich.bsky.social

pro tip: if you said nothing when Donald Trump pardoned donors, cronies, extended family members and war criminals, then sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up about Joe Biden pardoning his own son. just put a fucking sock in it

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Charlotte Clymer
@charlotteclymer.bsky.social

Meghan McCain claims "people are more comfortable talking to conservatives because conservatives don’t try to cancel them." Yet, there was an entire conservative boycott of a beer company because a trans woman was given a can of beer with her likeness on it to feature on her personal social media.

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CALL TO ACTIVISM
@calltoactivism.bsky.social

Holy moly. MAGA is losing their mind over an uncovered video from 2016 where Donald Trump says people should use the bathroom they feel is inappropriate and speaks out against trans bathroom bills. Feel free to share this so MAGA implodes.

Derail71
@derail71.bsky.social

Isn’t it crazy that Al Franken resigned as a US Senator for something so insignificant compared to what Trump nominees are credibly accused of and the Republican senators are like the 3 mice! Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil!

Derail71
@derail71.bsky.social

She is correct!

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social

One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election. Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control

Derail71
@derail71.bsky.social

Absolutely true! You cannot compete for voters that are not based in reality, truth, or facts!

John Pavlovitz@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social

There is no messaging strategy that can overcome deeply-held prejudice and rising ignorance, and those two factors are the only explanation for a sociopath ike Donald Trump even being the nominee, let alone getting 76 million votes. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...

johnpavlovitz.substack.comNo, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and IgnoranceIn the wake of the election results, one of the most common media postmortems has been the Democratic Party’s supposed failure to reach those Americans who they were unable to persuade over the course...

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Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com

Leave it to Jon Stewart 💥 Mika Brzezinski: “Joe and I went to Mar-a-Lago to meet personally with President-elect Trump. And for those asking, why would we speak to the president-elect during such fraught times… I would ask back, why wouldn’t we?” Jon Stewart: “Because you said he was Hitler!”

Derail71
@derail71.bsky.social

Adam nails it here. Hypocrisy has never bothered Republicans

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com

When I was in Congress the GOP went ape over Michelle Obama trying to have healthy school lunches. Now they’re RFKing America. The old GOP is dead fyi. Trump wants big govt

Derail71
@derail71.bsky.social

The system is set up for the rich to get richer. I remember a guy on CNBC griping that Biden administration was against anybody making money. He was mad over mergers being blocked. Such an arrogant and entitled ass.

DAPPER DON DHARSHI@dapperdondharshi.bsky.social

Teachers can only deduct $250 in school supplies on their taxes, but: •Bezos can write off his super yacht •Musk can write off his jet •Waltons can write off their mansions Why? B/c millionaires write tax law for billionaires. We need a Congress for working people—not the 1%

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