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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I love how Trump, Vance and Musk style themselves defenders of free speech, while simultaneously banning government agencies from mentioning climate change or diversity (inc biodiversity!), equity and inclusion, or even possessing maps which show the Gulf of Mexico. Torquemadas the lot of them.

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ianlineham.bsky.social @ianlineham.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Torquemadas is a long word I could suggest a shorter one?

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Waiting to Exhale @youfellforhisgrift.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Free speech = right to spout hate.

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mmbren.bsky.social @mmbren.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

And banning news outlets from the Whitehouse.

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alistair g👋 @alistairblantyre.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

🥴✅

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Lu 💙 @ladyinred50.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Oh now the newest word is women! The organizations are told they can’t use women in their reports or research! 🧐😒😏

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kikiprancer.bsky.social @kikiprancer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Free speech for 45/47, Musk and their fascist loving cult means allowing anyone saying nice things and agreeing whole heartedly with what they do, but never having to say they're sorry when they tell you to shut your mouth when you question them.

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i-had-a-dream.bsky.social @i-had-a-dream.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Trump's sole agenda is to stay out of jail & promote his family's businesses at the expense of anyone who gets in his way. He is a lawless effigy of a president & sadly, is demonstrating that disrespecting the law is how to be successful. It will be a long 4 years, hopefully democracy will survive.

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Robin Stafford @frenshamrobin.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

It’s time a European leader stood up and said that in blunt words

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Vicki Johnson @vjohnson.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

"What he decides to allow or not allow is at the purview of the leader of the free world, President Trump," said Hegseth. 😵‍💫

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Rob Boar @gardenbob.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Fairly evident at this point that the free speech crusade was all a game.

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GdJRoundhay @roundhayg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Doublespeak at it's most absolute wretched.

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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I had to look that word up. Having seen where it originates, I had to share the sponsored result!

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Calvin Chann @calc88.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

It’s messaging. Because his cult members will believe what they hear and will regurgitate it when challenged not knowing they’ve been played.

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Ade Bagley @adebagley.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

You can't Torquemada anything! God I'm old 🤣

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Widdershins Smith 🐘 @msmith3.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

You sense that some junior irk did a Find & Replace on "diversity" and biodiversity succumbed to that. Much like Scunthorpe was blocked when the first profanity filters came out!

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Jarda @jarda.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Free speech is what tribesman Muskollini decides.

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Muggins @anthony7t5.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

It’s time to disconnect from the USA. They, under the present administration, have NOTHING to teach us. We are European. Culture. Empathy. Philosophy. Gastronomy. Time to reconnect firmly.

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Naz Saad @nazishmunch.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The only good thing about them is they show us how much we have to lose. And that we’d best get our acts together if we don’t want our world to be completely engulfed in their fascist flames.

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lizlamb.bsky.social @lizlamb.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I love how the White House has issued an edict to all staff that the word "felon" must not be said, written or referenced to or instant dismissal will follow - he's got such a thin skin!!

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Trish @jsewtz.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Yet he sticks with Mar a Lago.

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Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

We are seeing a shift in global order: instead of East-West or North-South, we now have a coalition of nationalist/imperialist authoritarian rulers, in which both the Trump and Putin find room, versus societies trying to defend diversity, internationalism and democracy.

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Steven Robert 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇸🇨🇦🇬🇱🗽 @2the7thgen.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

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The hubris to speak this way comes from his "secure knowledge" that he *will* be President and that his Party will never lose another "election". Now that Musk has proven to be able to manipulate vote totals... expect more of the same.

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ClimateEcho 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰 @climateecho.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Even here in Europe, Finland!

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"The University of Helsinki has come under pressure from the Trump administration to avoid certain words in advertisements for scholarships partly funded by the US. These include terms such as “climate change” and “equal society” 🇫🇮 US and Trump, stay out of Europe!

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USA kräver att Helsingfors universitet rensar bort ord ur stipendieannonser

Ord som klimatförändringen prickas • Ett stipendium har dragits in.

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Helen Harding @helenha.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Feeling a bit powerless from this side of the pond - a donation here might help (even if it’s just helping me not feel so powerless 🤷‍♀️) www.article19.org/resources/us...

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Following the US election, we must protect free expression: a free media, and access to reliable information that does not incite violence.

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🖐️ DrAlanT 🎬 📚 📎 @dralant.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Fake speech. ⛳🌧️🇺🇲

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Brizo75 @brizo75.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

We have been here before.

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jsyoder.bsky.social @jsyoder.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Not giving in to the lies. Not giving in to the fear. These deeply disordered toxic individuals will fail. An awakening is imminent.

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Barbara @barbaramue.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Orwell.

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Keith Hudson @scony.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Just a bunch of dangerous Bullshitters

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Patrick Vaanhold @vaanhold.eurosky.social · 16/02/2025

Freedom of speech is only for them, not for others. And the "fun" fact is that this goes for an awful lot of "Defenders of free speech" in other countries to.

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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The woke are the good guys!

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@charlespattonbooks.com @generalpatton22.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

And blocking AP!

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Gary @garygrass5.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

This is actually wrong though, because federal agencies have never had any right to speak independently of their superiors in the organizational hierarchy, any more than a reporter has a protected right to defy their editor or publisher.

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Richard Lewis @cyclisethecity.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

And being copied by the Reform Party. I really hope this is all gets very sour for them very quickly. In some ways the more they say, the more they’re digging that hole for themselves. Nice, comfortless prison cells should have their names on them. Utter wankers.

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Deep woke lefty 🔱 @rocketmike.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Or say the Word "felon" in the Whitehouse

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Lee Richardson @leeincapetown.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Land of the Free ™️

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STiR Woodcraft @stir-woocraft.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Had to look up Torquemadas, that sounds about right

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ALi @felaheen.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Torquemada wannabes, more like.

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horsetamer.bsky.social @horsetamer.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Or Trump banning the word 'felon' from the White House...

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kakalackamama.bsky.social @kakalackamama.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

And don’t forget banning Anyone in the White House from saying the word,”felon”…. Felon felon felon felon

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Rick Jones @rickj0.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Free speech = freedom to say anything the Dear Leader agrees with. 😡

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Robert Hudson @rjmhudson.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Every Republican accusation is projection.

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Jayne @j2yny.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Also wankers.

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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Hi, a little while ago you posted something about excessive quantities of a B vitamin in certain supplements. Could you remind me which vitamin it was, thanks.

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rmcl82.bsky.social @rmcl82.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

These prohibitions are just crying out for creative use of language (English or otherwise) as a work-around. “Diversity” is no longer allowed? Okay, we’ll use “heterogeneity” instead (and MAGA will probably be fine with that because “hetero=good and homo=bad”).

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HaPe Hemmelhorst @ketser.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

„You‘re completely free to do as I say”

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notsewmot.bsky.social @notsewmot.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The Gulf of Mexico thing feels like a new loyalty test to replace "who won the 2020 election?" which maybe lead to too many difficult soundbites in Senate approvals. However the gulf question has strong "we have always been at war with Eastasia" echoes.

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David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Don't say 'felon' in the White House. Don't print 'Gulf of Mexico'. Exclusion from the swamp if you do.

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Michael Parry @doktorv.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The curtain is falling. I hope plenty of citizens have sharp shears

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We the North @toguy99.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Hypocrisy us the bedrock of maga/GOP.

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Heelontheshovel @heelontheshovel.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

'Free speach ablutionists'

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Joseph Browning @jgbrowning.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

When a right-winger says, "free speech" they mean "only speech for right-wingers."

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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Their version of "free speech" is one where they have the loudest voice, by controlling the channels of communication and suppressing the right to respond. Newspeak 1984 anyone? "It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words." As George Orwell said.

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rltjr.bsky.social @rltjr.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

And removing books that reference civil rights or slavery, and denying federal funds to schools that do. MAGA = NAZI.

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Langbyrig @langbyrig.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

They defend their free speech to shut down yours. It ain’t more complicated that that.

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Taid Dai.📎 @bengarrion.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Aye you can't torquemada anything!😬😂

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PunkOFF! @punkoff.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

If I had a dollar for every lay coming out of those mouths, Id already have enough to buy me the usa government.

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Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @marytorgersen.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Or banning @apnews.com from WH press pools for its editorial decision to call the Gulf of Mexico by its rightful internationally recognized name!

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alacre.bsky.social @alacre.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Sadly whenever I hear the words "free speech" I assume they mean the right to ridicule, taunt, threaten and hate anyone you don't approve of. That right is of course non-reciprocal.

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@Superleggera - who's awesome? That would be me 😊 @superleggera.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Or using the word 'felon'.

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Trevor Smith @trevv69.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The history of the world, certainly the West, is the history of new ideas being persecuted, demanding the right of freedom of religion/speech, and then persecuting the other ideas as soon as they predominate among the leaders. Right back to the Edict of Milan.

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Ediewings @ediewings.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

They want to be free OF speech they don't like to hear

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brianno.bsky.social @brianno.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The party of book banning

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kim @erwhatdidyousay.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Well that's not what I'd call them 🤔☺️

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Whingy Welshman @whingywelshman.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Its only their speech they talk about

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Moz B @mozb.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Banning AP from press briefings is another.

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Kit Wallace @kitwallace.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Wouldn't it have been wonderful if European leaders had stood up as one and told him that he must somehow have got into the wrong room,that they were there to discuss the future security of Europe and had no time to listen to this blatant hypocrisy and trail of trivial ultra-right grievances?

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Kris Koles @kriskoles.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Both are Total Hypocrites constantly spouting bullshit...

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𝔇𝔢𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔰 𝔅𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔱 @pickpear.wsocial.eu · 16/02/2025

Hitler did exactly the same 1932 - 1939.

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Decodïng Trolls @decodingtrolls.net · 16/02/2025

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

For them, it seems, the only speech that should be free is hate speech.

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Nemesis Warlock, Queer Internet Space Wizard @nemesistwarlock.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

{As an expert on Torquemadas accross time and space, I am Heavily in agreement with this statement.} {Credo!}

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Steve Quill @stevequill.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

They only want freedom of speech if you agree with them.

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Johnnie Burdette @johnnieburdette.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Indeed. As an extension of that, anyone who had any doubts about Trump marching towards becoming the American dictator should take a look at Adam Schiff’s clip.

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happychappy2b.bsky.social @happychappy2b.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The audacity, zero self awareness or shame. They truly feel no shame. Every American, every human has been sold out and let down.

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Just breathe @breathe05.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Honestly, it makes your head want to explode. The lies, the twisting of words, the hypocrisy

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Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Sounds somewhat in breach of the 1st amendment TBH

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Steven Starry @madridteacher.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The couch autocrat is giving lectures on free speech?

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fr4nz83.bsky.social @fr4nz83.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

It is more and more evident how only a revolution can be the cure against these dictators.

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Pamela Joy @pjoy26.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Remove The Trump Regime from office Everyone of them.

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Tina @ladyboater.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

AND have the barefaced cheek to lecture us about free speech.

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IntoTheBlue @taraba.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Free speech banning AP for resisting to call it Gulf of America. Shame to Al the others who bend their head.

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dylans1.bsky.social @dylans1.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

and deporting Palestine solidarity demonstrators

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No Gleichschaltung @dibblehepcat.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

But they are "free speech absolutists" apparently. (In case you hadn't noticed, this isn't all about free speech, nor is DOGE about saving money. The motivation is simpler and more sinister.)

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FredSmallman @freddies.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

In the background Murdoch (Putin's friend), Theil,Zuckerberg, Bezos and rest of media controllers pushing one sided " free speech" through manipulated algorithms and highly paid propagandists. It's their agenda too .Trump is useful mouthpiece but they controllers his messages .

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Suz Brinkman-Wordle @firmlyaground.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Their physiology is different: they have no hypocrisy accusation receptors. What’s the 2nd-line treatment? And Torquemada is likely as not one of their heroes! Seriously, I’m beginning to wonder whether these American Psychos can only be brought down by the right meme or banana skin 🙁

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Isabel Losada @isabel-losada.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

It’s so extreme it’s surreal. Can we imagine Biden banning mention of the fossil fuel industry? He couldn’t even ban hate speech.

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partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

👀

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Laurent Bervas @lbervas.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

This reminds me of the Orwellian Ministry of Truth. "War is peace". Words mean the exact opposite.

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The far right are always hypocritical wankers

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Katja Rietzler @krietzler.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

And excluding some critical media from press conferences and access to ministries.

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Cappin Murica @ptsky.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

rudderless country

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Cactusdan @cactusdan.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Heck, it's not even government agencies, but they're doing it to universities, schools, and hospitals that accept any government money. It's disgusting.

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KateLynne @bigideakate.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

They claim lots of shit that is either not true or they don’t know what it means. “I Love America”, “I’m a stable genius”, “People love me”

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Ben @benzross.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I mean, blame the rubes who reported on their claims as if they really believed in free speech, not the demagogues who had a go at lying!

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