LetsGetReal

LetsGetReal

@letsgetreal.bsky.social

Sarcastic accountant with a music side hustle. Charlotte Sports and Politics. Sorry about that.

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“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

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🚨This should be a FAR bigger story than it is. A far-right group has sent a deportation list to the Trump administration, claiming it is supporting its efforts to deport pro-Palestinian students. Last week the group tweeted: “Expect naturalized citizens to start being picked up within the month.“

So many people on Facebook commenting that AI or robots could do federal employees jobs so Musk should just fire them all. But when you look at their Facebook profiles many of them work jobs in HR or other office jobs and when pressed, none of them think their job can or should be done by AI.

I hope everyone in this life can find someone they love as much as Trump loves Putin.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Breaking news: U.S. sides with Russia to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning Moscow for the Ukraine war. Washington’s dramatic shift on the conflict marks a major break with its European allies and coincides with the Trump administration’s bid to repair relations with the Kremlin.

I met Carter years ago at a pharmacy convention. Dude is a real POS.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Georgia) has introduced a bill to "authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland"—and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland." “America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland,” Carter said.

Ask yourself, what kind of people are scared of these words.

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social

2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted. This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:

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Replying to @dell.bsky.social

"Have you ever been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor? That's robbery, rape, car theft, that sort of thing." "Convicted? No. Never convicted."

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Indeed. We were promised tariffs would bring back manufacturing, create jobs, haul in revenue. (This isn't true, but it is what Trump/GOP promised.) Instead we're getting a big nothingburger: Mexico promising to do something meaningless it already did before which didn't help.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

We've been here before. In 2019, Mexico deployed 15,000 National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border at Trump's demand. It had zero impact on fentanyl smuggling — because it's not migrants who are smuggling fentanyl in the overwhelming majority of cases. The fentanyl flow continued to rise each year.

Yep, it was the darkest of time and it was the dumbest of times I will tell my grandchildren one day.

Common Sense@cmmnsensedspnsr.bsky.social

This gets more relevant with each passing moment. I take hope in the courts at least delaying some of this admin’s bullshit.

"He won the election, did you except Trump to follow the laws! Dummy!"

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social

Dana Bash: The law says that 30 days before a president fires an inspector general, he must tell Congress why. That didn't happen. He broke the law. Lindsey Graham: Yeah. I think he should’ve done that…He won the election. What do you expect?

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The White House Financial Disclosure page has been WIPED. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics mandates public financial disclosures for high-level federal officials through the OGE Form 278e promoting transparency and ensuring compliance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. SHARE EVERYWHERE!

Can't imagine asking my preacher to apologize to me if he said during a sermon that we should care for marginalized people. I guess if Trump had ever read the Bible he'd know how often Jesus talks about this.

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The GOP understands that DEI to mean that women and people of color should hold no position of power in public life. Chriswell ran New York's emergency management office, worked in FEMA under Obama, was a firefighter, and veteran.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rep. Andrew Clyde refers to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell as a "DEI hire" (she's a woman)

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Criswell: Firefighter for 12 years, Desert Storm veteran, head of NYC emergency management, confirmed to lead FEMA unanimously Clyde: gun shop owner who sued IRS, rode that fight to Congress in 2020 in a blood-red Georgia district One of them has a career based on identity politics, all right.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rep. Andrew Clyde refers to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell as a "DEI hire" (she's a woman)

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My father would womanize, he would start land wars with Denmark. He would make outrageous claims like claiming ownership of Greenland. Sometimes he would refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Media just interviewing people like Trump is advancing policy ideas and not imperialism is going to end our country.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rep. Brandon Gill: "Listen, I think that the people of Panama, I think that the people of Greenland, I think that the people of Canada for that matter should be honored that President Trump wants to bring these territories under the American fold."

Trump on TV is bigly mad about Biden offshore drilling ban. I am old enough to remember when he did the same thing in......2020.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on rescinding Biden's policies: "I don't think we should have to go to the courts."

Me daily.

Randi Mayem Singer@rmayemsinger.bsky.social

My rage goes back and forth from "What the fuck is wrong with Americans?" to "Fuck them all - they'll get president and the country they deserve." The fact is I will probably be fine no matter what. But I wanted OTHER PEOPLE to be fine.

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My rage goes back and forth from "What the fuck is wrong with Americans?" to "Fuck them all - they'll get president and the country they deserve." The fact is I will probably be fine no matter what. But I wanted OTHER PEOPLE to be fine.

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It would be a lot easier to make the case for there's no place for political violence if an instigator of it didn't just get elected President of the United States while explicitly promising to free those in prison for committing it.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

The man charged in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare had been posting on Reddit over a period of years about a series of life-altering health problems, including back pain and brain fog.

Trump will recognize the new Syrian government if they send money to his personal businesses.

News Feed@news-feed.bsky.social

@AP: The Biden administration said it will recognize and support a new Syrian government that renounces terrorism, destroys chemical weapons stocks and protects the rights of minorities and women.

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Guy who just dropped $250 million going to explain to mid-level bureaucrats how to be more efficient