JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Trump’s insane Cabinet picks are meant to shock us. Yes, he’s handing cushy jobs to his most loyal minions, but it’s more than that. He’s prepping the nation for what’s to come. For what he’s going to do next. With each new outrage he moves the chains for what is considered “normal”. 2974941861
JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 16/11/2024So once we’ve “adjusted” to the new disturbing reality of what is possible, he then can do something even worse. Something more radical, more anti-democratic, more dangerous, more authoritarian, more amoral. What he’s doing now is just the beginning. 1063458
Cwnidog @cwnidog.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024This has been his MO since 2015, as outrage supplants outrage. 020
copyjim.bsky.social @copyjim.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I also think he’s putting whacksdoos in place to distract us from the pillaging that’s going to take place. 000
Vox Populi Resists @vox-n-the-cosmos.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I agree whole-heartedly. People who are saying, “It’s not going to be that bad” are out of their minds. It’s going to be worse than our worst nightmares, & our job is to fight back. #ResistFacism 000
sandybeach777.bsky.social @sandybeach777.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Do you think MTG will be offered a place in his cabinet 000
Rebeccarama @rebeccarama1973.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Abusive people like to keep those in their power in an environment of chaos 000
Amy H. Reynolds @doritogirl1963.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Normal and Don the Con don't belong in the same sentence. 000
Kim Gard 🦋 @kimgard728.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I agree. Pretty soon the people will be so numb to his stupidity that we will not see it coming when the country is in crisis. 000
💙EllisJay💙 @ellisjay2021.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I’m going to call him 45 for now on and emphasize how Elon is getting more power. They clap as much when he enters the room as they do for 45. Let’s watch 45 duke it out with Elon now, his co-president. This should be interesting. Who’s using who? 000
Gitche Manito @gitche-manito.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Don't panic yet guys. These imbeciles will be totally in over their heads and there will be so much chaos that they won't be able to make anything work, much less to change anything. 010
resistence.bsky.social @resistence.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Jokes on him cuz I’ve long lost the ability to have any sort of shock at any thing he does…now I’m just like a bloodhound following the money and exposing the malarkey 010
Susan S @susanhershsmith91.bsky.social · 16/11/2024He didn’t look very happy on the oval with Biden. Im wondering if he was told something.. but we can’t let him normalize his anti American antics.. 000
Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Yup. Microphone blow job was just the start. 010
Subiesnaks @subiesnaks.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I agree. But, I also think it’s testing the media and our attention. He’s a master of distraction and diversions. “Look at the clown show over here” while he and his crooks loot the treasury. 020
The Toxic Revenger @rudeboy99.bsky.social · 17/11/2024They're trying to demoralize us...absolutely fuck that... 000
calsantafe @calsantafe.bsky.social · 16/11/2024have a look at ramaswamy’s social security-it’s an odd/even cancellation scheme, either you’re in or you’re out 000
jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous @jazzrat2000.bsky.social · 16/11/2024and yet, here we are, gnashing teeth, wringing hands. I say go French Revolution on the fuckers 020
Bret @bretnason.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Exactly. Move the goalposts on what is considered “normal.” 010
OneSerenityNow @oneserenitynow.bsky.social · 16/11/2024He's also testing the GOP Senate and House as to how much they will let him get away with. Considering Speaker Johnson is trying to keep Matt Gaetz's pedophilia report from coming out, HE already proved to Trump he'll do whatever he wants. 000
Patti @patti54.bsky.social · 16/11/2024And expects us to just sit back , accept and obey… not this girl! 020
DemocracySoon! @democracysoon.bsky.social · 16/11/2024The only “norm” in #Trumpism is that there are no such things as “norms.” 020
Sven Johanson 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🇺🇦 @svenjohanson.bsky.social · 16/11/2024He’s also challenging both chambers of Congress to defy him. 8431
Sue Cat Whisperer @suecatwhisperer.bsky.social · 16/11/2024That's what he has done from the beginning. And it has worked. 🤯😡 000
NickSweep @nicksweep.bsky.social · 17/11/2024These nominations are the most ridiculous in history & should get voted out. Could this be Trump’s way of rewarding their loyalty without giving them anything. Lambs to the slaughter. They are insane appointments. 000
Grandma Ruth @rljennings.bsky.social · 17/11/2024They said they were preparing to replace countless civil servants with loyalist. First article I saw this AM was how they're planning on charging military personnel who worked on Afghanistan withdrawal with treason. Led by Flynn, of course. 010
resistant1.bsky.social @resistant1.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Here's an idea. Let's raise millions of dollars to warn all Americans that a Trump dictatorship is about to take over. We need to treat this catastrophic demise of democracy seriously. Ads all over the place. Let's start a GoFundMe account for democracy! 000
cockedbrow @cockedbrow.bsky.social · 16/11/2024He's a master at the big shill game. We can't get distracted. 000
Kathy Griner @kathygriner.bsky.social · 16/11/2024He also will insulate himself by having Americans direct their anger towards his appointees. Which will ruin any political aspirations the appointee might have in their future. 000
Precious Larue @preciouslarue.bsky.social · 16/11/2024 But according to Mark Penn, Democrats demonization of trump was "over the top." As if it's a bad thing to warn others about trump's authoritarian impulses. And it wasn't just Dems. Liz, Adam, Tim Miller, et al didn't try to warn America. Well, here we are... 020
7Sisters @7sisters7.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I think that is giving him far more credit than he deserves- have you read what his teachers said about him as a student? This is a man with an attention span sooo limited unless he is talking about himself… Now his handlers pulling the strings are a different story. 020
Dick Ritchie @dickritchie.bsky.social · 16/11/2024They're all trial balloons to see how far he can bend the Senate to his will. 3291
thecasualfan7.bsky.social @thecasualfan7.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Yea, that's pretty much the point. Normalizing this type of chicanery. 010
Boero @boero1953.bsky.social · 16/11/2024The kleptocracy is going to be off the charts with these people 020
themrsfed.bsky.social @themrsfed.bsky.social · 16/11/2024He only hires people that dont look smarter than him. 030
🦋Lady Sisyphus of Gaman🦋 @lady-sisyphus.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Not sure why everyone's acting like he didn't do all this stuff the last time. Keep us raging about this so we don't notice what they're doing in the background. We got lucky then because he didn't understand the true power of the presidency. We're screwed bigly this time. 011
elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024...and establishes his dominance over elected Republicans. 000
Christine @comtnmama.bsky.social · 16/11/2024And now we wait and hope someone will save us like we waited four years on Merrick Garland? 000
jimmyd87.bsky.social @jimmyd87.bsky.social · 17/11/2024And forces the minions to stand behind more and more insane moves. The deeper they go the harder it is for them to climb back out of the slime 000
Nanananc @nanananc.bsky.social · 16/11/2024It's all fun & games until RFK cuts off Trumpy's McDonalds & Diet Coke. 000
bluedotdem.bsky.social @bluedotdem.bsky.social · 17/11/2024But we aren’t shocked. We know him better than they do. 000
Its-the-Atmosphere @its-the-atmosphere.bsky.social · 16/11/2024sometimes referred to as the Overton Window ... 000
Patricia @carjad.bsky.social · 16/11/2024media.tenor.coma cartoon character from alice in wonderland is pointing at the words this way to craztownALT: a cartoon character from alice in wonderland is pointing at the words this way to craztown 000
Brad S @bjr32.bsky.social · 16/11/2024He is nut case and is bringing all his other nut cases to join. Those who aren’t completely nuts are just power hungry and will burn it all down. 030
Mh.Warren @toogie.bsky.social · 16/11/2024After "they" infested America with this abomination, again, despite the choice being between sanity, competence, intellect, decency, and pure shyte---nothing shocks me anymore particularly regarding diaper man. 010
Christina D @willow0.bsky.social · 16/11/2024It’s all part of his #1 Objectives - 1. Revenge 2. Enrich himself 3. Remove all obstacles to stay in power by any means. 020
toefjutt @toefjutt.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I dont think he would have picked those guys unless he was 100% sure of his authoritarian rule to come. so sick 000
Tresblue @tresblue.bsky.social · 16/11/2024You are absolutely right. Let’s stay together let’s keep reminding each other who we are and don’t give up. 010
Jes 👊🇺🇸🔥 (Admin@antifa.org) @jestastrophy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I've been thinking about this for a while. He's desensitizing us. 000
Soylent Farmer Ras @rossanori.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Agreed, the shock nominees are expendable and will draw attention, maybe get dropped, but maybe not. Gotta wonder what they want to distract us FROM? 000
Jennifer Freeman @jenxfreeman.bsky.social · 17/11/2024We're all distracted by the ridiculous cabinet picks. Meanwhile, they are assmebling a list of generals to court martial over Afghanistan. This must be stopped. He can do this unilaterally. 000
ђยςк Ŧเภภ ק๏ภ๔єгเภﻮ ค๒๏ยՇ Շђє ๓ค๔ภєรร ๏Ŧ Շђє ฬ๏гɭ๔ @huckyfinn.bsky.social · 16/11/2024It's called 'flood the zone with shit'. 010
Pat D. @pdonald.bsky.social · 16/11/2024And is probably a sign that as he distracts with this, he prepares to really run these departments out of the White House. 000
Nerdyliberal @nerdyliberal.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Maybe, but I don’t think that he has enough brain cells to come up with an elaborate plan. He’s a narcissist & so he might just be picking those who feed his ego/ kiss his butt, and they are lining up to do so with chapstick in hand. Putin will naturally control all foreign & economic policy. 010
Carole [Democracy Matters] L. Colburn @techlady56.bsky.social · 17/11/2024It is absolutely on purpose. The goal is to us destroy from within. It is exactly what autocratic do. 110
Bill Austin @are-u-serious.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Absolutely. He’s always testing, pushing the envelope seeing what else he can get away with and normalize. 000
starshiptrooper.bsky.social @starshiptrooper.bsky.social · 17/11/2024He is knowing putting in the most unqualified misfits on purpose 000
The Chaotic Black @thechaoticblack.bsky.social · 16/11/2024There's this today bsky.app/profile/core...The Chaotic Black@thechaoticblack.bsky.socialBREAKING 🅱️ Republicans GAIN Alaska House seat with Nick Begich’s victory. 010
Josh Tyson @minotaursnake.bsky.social · 16/11/2024'Normalcy' ended when it oozed down that escalator and began spewing hate from it's face hole. 010
jfarns @farns.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Have to use this quote from Hannah Arendt today. Rings very true. "Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” 010
Ronnie Kay AF @neuronniekay.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Maybe everything Trump is meant to distract us? It seems like Musk is the brains behind this overthrow of democracy. I could be wrong because I’m right, we are triple fucked. 010
Mr. Joe @iconnectionmkt.bsky.social · 16/11/2024His cabinet will be so incompetents even worse than his previous. 010
CdnDoodInOz @cdndoodinoz.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Pretty much the playbook for his campaign and implementing P2025. 010
bryceatwell.bsky.social @bryceatwell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Gen Z voted for the orange rapist because he's edgy. Hitler was edgy too. 000
Panama Red @panamared27401.bsky.social · 16/11/2024And he is appointing co-conspirators to positions where they can facilitate his continued criming. That, I think, is the big picture that a lot of media outlets (e.g., the Times; see Thursday's editorial) are missing. 000
AlanSmithee @alansmithee1956.bsky.social · 16/11/2024There really needs to be a cost to them and not just a cost to us. 000
🦋CanadianDivaDi 🦋 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @canadiandivadi.bsky.social · 17/11/2024He's making people shocked and numb, so when he appoints his children in the WH positions, it's no big deal. 000
Kent GreenShadesCoffeeCo @kstan56.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I could swear every other attorney general had a juris doctorate following them just saying 000
Schmargaret @schmargaret.bsky.social · 16/11/2024“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” - Hannah Arendt 083
FinnegansMom @mrspop.bsky.social · 17/11/2024And we all need to be prepared on how we talk about it. I will guarantee immediately after the inauguration he will do something for the optics. Like round up thousands of Asian Americans claiming they are Chinese spies or thousands of Latino Americans for being gang members. 1/2 000
Acerdavidii @mermieux.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I am hoping that they will so entirely incompetent that they won't be able to accomplish much of their evil agenda. 000
🦋💐Shelly💛 @sortiz.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Always the distraction for what's really going on. Look over here, 🥕🥕🥕 010
K.C. Banx - Official acct. @kbanx.bsky.social · 16/11/2024MAGA may just get the civil war they have been threatening for the past 4 years. Word is the military will not be on their side, as they seem to believe. 000
Dan @wretchfromnc.bsky.social · 16/11/2024The resistance party needs to make over-reacting the new normal.. 152
Emma Lusby @emlusby.bsky.social · 16/11/2024And disaster capitalism, cashing in when they know markets will then tank on the crazy announcements (see vaccine share prices this week) 😳 020
🦋Snow White with an Edge🦋 @snowwhitetype.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I stopped giving him my attention. I listen to music I love, instead. I dance. Fuck him AND his junk drawer Cabinet. He is already in hell. We are not. 000
Wendy @wendala.bsky.social · 16/11/2024This might be the first time, in my life, that I feel as tho I'm in a nightmare that I can't wake up from. I keep wondering how it went so wrong or where we lost the message (I thought we had the right message) I'm in a fugazy state of mind. Whats next? 000
Redliner @redliner.bsky.social · 17/11/2024He is putting marks in place. Most are totally incompetent. He will blame them, and they will be left without. That's what happens when you deal with someone used to failing. He will suck them dry. 000
JantheScotinOz @janbeetoo.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Everything is to “own” the libs. What awful creatures (so many under the name of Christianity) they are. We need a word for the opposite of “woke” a word over used and gaslit for too long. Dems have to do the same. 000
Zana Oblas @zanaoblas.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I believe all of this. I also believe he is not the one making these calculated decisions. He’s too mentally impaired. Don does what he is told. 000
Garry D. 💙🌊🦋 @garry1369.bsky.social · 16/11/2024There is nothing he is doing that he didn't tell America beforehand. Why is anyone surprised? 010
Papa Valdez @chrisvaldez.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I don't even think it's part of a plan to run these departments. I honestly think he is deliberately getting the worst people so he can crash and burn the agencies he thinks are in his way. Why else would RFK Jr and Matt Gaetz be put where they were? 020
tinskyheart.bsky.social @tinskyheart.bsky.social · 16/11/2024We are doomed. There is no way to sugar coat it. 000
SpecXVIII @spec-xviii.bsky.social · 16/11/2024It’s always the show . Burnin’ down the house. Virtually, figuratively, ……every day in office , trump has cr*pped on the graves of the sacrifices interred at Arlington National Cemetery . Weak , pathetic responses ! 000
Nancy Venables @nancyvenables.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I ❤️ Joe -he’s the most amazing Pres but needs to uphold his oath. My great grandfather always said “Right is right and wrong is no man’s right”! I’m sure Joe abides by that too but we are in a different era! I hope he’s working behind the scenes then again I thought that about MG for the last 4yrs! 020
Dr. Hello Bonjour @hellobonjour.bsky.social · 16/11/2024My concern is also that although these insane picks currently have zero experience so they may fail quite a bit, but they'll learn and network, and they could become even more dangerous forces in years to come. 1201
Rebecca S @rsurg323.bsky.social · 16/11/2024💯 Spot on. And in the process, he’s making sure he will have undying loyalty so he isn’t challenged on any decisions. This controversy over his picks is just a way for him to tease out who among them will be a problem for him to deal with and who will obey every command immediately. 000
Mila @milacj.bsky.social · 16/11/2024For those of us paying attention, it's horrifying. For the Dems in DC who are rolling over and just watching this happen (looking at you, Jeffries, Jaime Harrison, et al), DO SOMETHING while you still can. Biden is still the president. Use that authority to protect the country from domestic enemies 000
Just G @just-1-g.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Not a government for the people, a criminal enterprise for trump. 000
ffswtf.bsky.social @ffswtf.bsky.social · 16/11/2024We need to keep reminding ourselves and others that none of this is normal, as loudly as we possibly can. Even if we don’t stop the disasters to come, we can stop the normalization of this insanity. 063
Sandy in Rockville @sandyinrockville.bsky.social · 17/11/2024His appointments are always the scum on the bottom of the swamp 010
King Clip-on Tie @kingclip-ontie.bsky.social · 16/11/2024GAETZ NOMINATION x.com/RichardClip/...x.comx.com 200
maggiedrake.bsky.social @maggiedrake.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I see this, and it’s very frightening I worry about the less fortunate too… they will be hit the hardest I worry about his outspoken opponents… will they really suspend the rule of law? 010
Ale Ma 🇮🇹🇪🇺 @ale-ma.bsky.social · 16/11/2024My hypothesis: 1. Throwing so many bad picks to the Senate that they'll rather cave for recess appointments 2. Throwing so many bad picks to the Senate that the few in GOP willing to oppose him will need to pick one (Gaetz) and pass the rest 3. No strategy: he just likes those guys, and he's dumb. 110
Landotter @maxlandotter.bsky.social · 16/11/2024It's the Caligula test of fealty from a thoroughly obsequious Senate. I'm surprised that he hasn't appointed a horse to oversee agriculture.media.tenor.coma cartoon horse is leaning on a railing with his arms crossed and looking at the stars .Alt: a cartoon horse is leaning on a railing with his arms crossed and looking at the stars . 050
Resisting the Fascist in chief @uncledaddybobo.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I fear we are already too far gone and the only hope we truly have left is the military upholds it's oath to protect us from domestic threats but... I have little faith they will be the saviors we need and will instead be the tyrants we fear. 000
Kristy💙☠️ @kris10l.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Yup. It's been the playbook since day 1 and it is unforgivable that outlets chose to entertain it, even at our most crucial inflection point. 090
Marlaladida @marlabluelala.bsky.social · 16/11/2024That’s exactly right. He is treating us al like frogs in slow boiling water 031
humboldthunnybunny.bsky.social @humboldthunnybunny.bsky.social · 16/11/2024All attention on him all the time. The narcissist’s wet dream. 030
justsaying59.bsky.social @justsaying59.bsky.social · 16/11/2024It’s what project 2025 promised to do. The only people who are shocked are the MAGA morons who believed him when he said he knew nothing about it. 000
KatieBrown @katiebrown.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Trump’s cabinet picks send a clear message that he is more interested in consolidation of power and ideological purity than in building an effective, forward-thinking administration. For those who care about a government working for all Americans, the prospect of such a cabinet is deeply fucked up. 000
Sue I @ncountylocal.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I saw a clip of s bannon and m Flynn… it was meant to be terrifying 000
mcc-lane.bsky.social @mcc-lane.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I fear he's just choosing worse and worse so if the senators show any spine in denying them, he'll eventually wear them down to where they'll think they've got to at least approve _someone _ 000
TojOH @tojoh.bsky.social · 16/11/2024In my opinion this is a loyalty test for Senate GOP. He wants to know who needs to be replaced and who he can count on to kiss the ring. 000
Mel FD ⚜️ @melfd.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Normalizing lunacy or a plan drawn up by someone else. Whatever the motive, it bodes ill for the free world. 000
Sandy Knauer @sandyknauer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024instead of being outraged, the response should be an honest statement like, The best he could do because normal people have nothing to do with him, or he’s consistently deranged so not surprised . . . 000
Jeanne Winfield @jeanne-winfield.bsky.social · 16/11/2024His shocking nominations seem to be meant to distract our attention from “other things” since he’s done them so quickly. I won’t be able to relax until I’m reading his obit,but then we’ll have Vance so … there’s that 000
Debbie Chavez Vinette @debbiecvinette.bsky.social · 16/11/2024media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is saying `` chaos grenade '' while standing in an office .ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying `` chaos grenade '' while standing in an office . 000
dina Unger @didi4blue.bsky.social · 17/11/2024he's also trying to preemptively frighten us into submission....fuck that!! 000
stassigirl @stassigirl00.bsky.social · 16/11/2024We will really all learn the meaning of being prepared as you can for the worst. But also remembering who we are and the values we stand for. It is absolutely important to gather reliable sources to keep up to date with facts. Also, when it's said fewer people believe in democracy, it is a lie! 010
Betsy @betsnbert.bsky.social · 16/11/2024They certainly should not be "cushy" jobs but probably will be under these knuckleheads. 000
Knomia curses a LOT @knomia.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I just cannot shake the feeling that he is weakening us for invasion or something... 120
Redneck Peckerwood @redneckpeckerwood.bsky.social · 17/11/2024If they are cushy jobs, why does it matter who does them?🤔 000
Donna Hudson @donnahud.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Remember during his first term when we kept saying he can’t go any lower?? But then he always did. We’re not in hell quite yet but he’ll happily take us there over the next 4 years. I hope we can eventually save ourselves, short of a 2nd Revolutionary War, from his destruction. 000
Henry N @hanknight.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I think that's more a fringe benefit to him. I think the primary reasons are that these picks will give him absolute loyalty, following his insane orders w/o hesitation & that he's repaying a debt "to the powers that helped him win", Putin defeating the US from the inside, which is terrifying. 050
MyhomesinMontana. @myhomesinmontana.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Well stated. This is the one message that needs to be continually shared. 010
newneophyte.bsky.social @newneophyte.bsky.social · 16/11/2024It’s the classic adage… “how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” Each move tries to normalize this sh*t & MAGA is willfully ignorant & complicit. But they will feign shock when reality smacks them upside the head. 000
KZ Comments w/o A Commentary @kzcomments.bsky.social · 16/11/2024He set Gaetz up and left him out to hang. We should give king maralardo a shut down government to start the end of democracy as we know it. Our forefathers would 000
ChuckInOregon @chuckinoregon.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I agree. The challenge for us and Congress is to play the game without moving the chains. 010
rerun4612 *Just Living the Nightmare @rerun4612.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Followed up with MSM frantically trying to normalize all of it at once while asking why the people are turning away from them. Idiots. 000