iankonen.bsky.social

iankonen.bsky.social

@iankonen.bsky.social

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you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it.

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Again, I listened to this show. In this very program Tucker says he'd vote for Trump right now.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Tucker Carlson: "It's vile. It begins w/ a promise to use the US military to commit a war crime. Those people who are in direct contact w/ the president need to say 'No. I'll resign. I'll do whatever I can do legally to stop this, bc this is insane. And if given the order, I'm not carrying it out'"

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“The economy sucks because Trump fucked up your everything.” “We can solve this by removing him and his minions and throwing them into jail, while also rehiring the serious people who care about solving problems and funding their programs.” “Fuck you, consultant class, get a real job.”

The Weekend on MS NOW@theweekendmsnow.bsky.social

“Democrats need to continue to focus on the economy and they need to have actual solutions” Former special assistant to President Biden Megan Hays reminds Dems that solely campaigning as anti-Trump is not a winning strategy for the midterms.

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republicans are in charge of everything and they are getting everything theyve ever wanted and doing everything theyve ever wanted and the world is on fire and the global world order is collapsing. is there a correlation? who can say

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Mmmm, yes, very deep, much philosophical wow, let me counter with: The people building concentration camps will always be my enemy

Matthew Brooks@matthewrbrooks.bsky.social

Seeing the opposing party as the enemy and prioritizing the defeat of that enemy over seeking to serve the American people is the underlying problem that has led us to this current nightmare version of the American government.

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Things Mike Johnson hasn't called "detestable": - DOJ covering up the Epstein files - Stripping millions of Americans of their health insurance - Trump’s masked ICE agents killing people on our streets So, forgive us if we don't give a damn. See you on the Mall at 8.

cbsnews.comJohnson calls it "detestable" that some Democrats are boycotting Trump's State of the Union"We play for one team," House Speaker Mike Johnson told "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil ahead of the State of the Union. "We're all for America."

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This is why I have real fucking problem with blithe criticisms of "polarization" or "congressional dysfunction." We have a Republican member blaming his colleague for being attacked. The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rep. Randy Fine on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "I blame Ilhan Omar for what happened"

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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

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Replying to @whstancil.bsky.social

A lot of people have observed that the Democrats’ deep unpopularity comes from the fact that absolutely everyone wants to complain about them and nobody wants to defend them. This is true, but a lot of THAT dynamic comes from the fact that Dems are regularly punching their supporters in the face!

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I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

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Btw, perhaps the stupidest bipartisan policy is tariffs on Chinese solar panels. Like, even if you think it's a national security move, like tariffing steel... in the case of solar power the energy is made *over here*. And the things last for decades. It's madness.

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It's a lovely idea but primary the fuck out of them just to be sure

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

The best part of the Mamdani win is that a bunch of octogenarian Democratic officials might finally be realizing that it's long past time they pass the torch.

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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

Best of Dying Twitter@bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social

“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”

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Spare me the fake outrage. None of these people showing up for court are criminals of any kind. As a prosecutor, I worked with many ICE officers who arrested violent criminals. None of them wore masks. Many of your agents are clearly ashamed to carry out your orders.

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I realize I’m just shouting into the wind here, but: please, please, please stop posting screenshots without links, or summarizing breaking news events without links. There’s a serious problem with unsourced assertions all over the world right now, don’t be part of the problem.

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It’s great that every good day on Wall Street is based on a hunch that Donald Trump might be talked out of something economically moronic.

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Replying to @whstancil.bsky.social

The far right has no lessons for us. We do not need to re-examine our beliefs in light of its claims. It has nothing to teach us. It is wrong, liberalism is right, and that’s the end of the story

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The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

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Replying to @whstancil.bsky.social

like guess what, the record-breaking real wage numbers and consumption numbers were a more reliable metric than the tiktoks where some mom cried in the driver seat of a 50k SUV about grocery prices

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I don’t understand why the president is allowed to spout nonsense about colonizing another country and the 25th amendment isn’t being invoked in addition to all the other horrors this is insane. It’s absolutely insane. It isn’t funny or even weird.

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Hey Elon👋🏽 Every single person in this country deserves to know their rights. That's legal. Maybe you should brush up on our laws given the fact you're breaking them to steal American's sensitive data. PS. This video is manipulated, and I wasn't even at the event shown.

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Getting a lot of replies along the lines of "oh, you rube, you still think the law matters" and it feels strategically foolish to just concede that it doesn't. Contest everything. Expose the hypocrisy.

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"1 in 14 judges confirmed during Trump’s presidency were confirmed after he lost his reelection bid. Perhaps the best known of those judges is U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon. " Will Biden/Schumer/Durbin show any sense of urgency in pushing to confirm judges?

washingtonpost.comColumn | Trump demands the lame-duck president not do what he did as a lame duckThe president-elect wants to keep a number of seats in the judiciary unfilled, despite his push to stack the bench after he lost in 2020.

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