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Adam Messner

@amessner.bsky.social
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Democrat, Microsoft Excel nerd, accountant, dad, reader, video game player, hacky artist and woodworker. "If you are kind and you work hard, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Granddaughter of a Navy vet. Daughter of a Navy vet. Mother of an Army soldier. Not one damn dime should be spent on a military parade for a draft dodger…
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
BIRDBRAIN OF ALCATRAZ Birdbrain of Alcatraz: confused old dipshit can’t tell movie from actual prison open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
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Birdbrain of Alcatraz: confused old dipshit can’t tell movie from actual prison
Mad King Donny can’t separate reality from fantasy
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Hank Ering 🇨🇦💙🌊 @hank-ering.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I have a small favour to ask of my American followers. 🇺🇲🇨🇦 Canadians are going to the polls tomorrow. Prime Minister Mark Carney (Liberal) vs. Maple MAGA Polievre. We've always been there with you against Trump. Can you show us a little love and like and repost this?
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a woman is sitting in front of a microphone with her hands folded in prayer and says `` can i getta amen '' .
ALT: a woman is sitting in front of a microphone with her hands folded in prayer and says `` can i getta amen '' .
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Wraithe @wraithe.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
A useful cheat sheet “I never unfriend people over politics” (h/t; mastodon.world/@BrianJopek/...)
I NEVER UNFRIEND PEOPLE OVER POLITICS
A Handy Guide to Understanding my Social Media Behavior

Here are some examples of Political Issues

"Should we levy another School tax this year?"
"Is the maximum building Height for this zone Appropriate, or should We alter it?"
"Do we need a light rail For our city?"
"How much of our state Budget should go to road Upkeep this year?"

I don't unfriend people Over stuff like this



Here are some examples of Not Political Issues

"Are gay people human beings?"
"Should women be paid the same As men?"
"Are Nazis bad?"
"Is extortion bad?"
"Are war crimes bad?"
"Why can't presidents abuse power?"
"Are black people bad?"

I unfriend people over stuff like this
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
If you have a few extra bucks a month, please consider sending them to this nice lady and her news analysis website, so she can keep paying her writers and feeding her adorable children. Thank you. www.wonkette.com/p/sign-up-bi...
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Sign Up Bitchez, Wonkette Needs YOU.
You know how I always promised I'd let you know when we really need it? Hi.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/04/2025
A refresher on Donald Trump’s Rules for Governing: Step 1: Create crisis Step 2: Blame Democrats Step 3: Rant on Truth Social Step 4: Profit from crisis Step 5: Claim to resolve crisis Step 6: Declare victory Step 7: Golf Step 8: Repeat
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Can we charge Elon Musk with murder for this?
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
“With Trump’s extraordinary tariffs now threatening the global economy, some of those who once cheered on his dictatorial impulses are now recalling the checks and balances they were previously willing to undermine.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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April 8, 2025
Stocks were up early today as traders put their hopes in Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s suggestion that the Trump administration was open to negotiations for lowering Trump’s proposed tariffs.
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wint @dril.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
my hope is that AI can empower the Dumbest, Least talented slobs i know to replace everything i ever loved with One Million Years of Content
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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Every single Republican is responsible for the destruction we are seeing now. They could stop it and choose not to. We waste a lot of time criticizing Democrats because we have given up on republicans to such a degree we don’t even expect anything from them anymore
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This is @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty & @AndyOgles & @RepMarkGreen & @RepTimBurchett & @RepHarshbarger & @RepJohnRose & @RepDavidKustoff & @DesJarlaisTN04 & @RepChuck’s crash too
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2025
Trump’s view on trade deficits is like getting mad at Target because you spend money there but they never buy anything from you. It’s just complete brain dead nonsense.
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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The Right Wants To Turn The Whole Nation Into A Sh*tty Small Town Without Pity
Or why the internet was a mistake for conservatives.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Trump’s tariffs aren’t an economic policy—they’re a protection racket. He’s turning the US into a mafia state that shakes people down, plunders our tax dollars to enrich his billionaire oligarch friends, and punishes his political opponents.
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
“Tariffs are not economic policy. They are political weapons.” What Are Trump’s Dumbass Tariffs REALLY About? Let Sen. Chris Murphy Learn Ya! open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
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What Are Trump’s Dumbass Tariffs REALLY About? Let Sen. Chris Murphy Learn Ya!
Spoiler, they're about destroying democracy. NOT about the economy.
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
JD Vance And Karoline Leavitt Are Evil, Lying Assholes open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
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JD Vance And Karoline Leavitt Are Evil, Lying Assholes
Debunking every word out of these MAGA Nazis' mouths about the immigrants Trump ACCIDENTALLY deported.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Jeff Tiedrich: “look, Elon. do you want to be liked? build a library. fund a cure for cancer.” www.jefftiedrich.com/p/oh-noes-el...
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oh noes! Elon’s having another Big Sad. boo fucking hoo
’nobody likes me, wah wah wah’
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Palmer Report @palmerreport.com · 23/03/2025
Are eggs cheaper yet? Is the war in Ukraine over? Did we acquire Greenland? Is the stock market up? Did we win the trade war? Did DOGE fix anything? Trump sucks
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
@daveshumka.bsky.social Just listened to the latest SPY boco. I’m an American and I love deep Canadian content. It’s fascinating to me that certain things can be so popular in Canada yet totally obscure here. You and Graham truly are the kings of boco.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 21/03/2025
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
“When you make shit up, you assume everyone else does too.” Gwyneth Paltrow's Dairy Delusion open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
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Gwyneth Paltrow's Dairy Delusion
Milking conspiracy theories and JAQing off is even more harmful when it comes from celebrities
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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
*rubs hands together* Go git ‘em, forensic accountants. Find that waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Shari in AZ🌵 @mutsy67.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The GOP budget act doesn’t just gut critical programs—it guts Congress itself. These feckless cowards have abandoned the power of the purse, a cornerstone of democracy, and turned Congress into a rubber stamp for an all-powerful executive. 2/3
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
Title: Both Liberal and Conservative Judges Rule Against Trump
Description: A scatter plot showing the rulings of judges against or in favor of Trump, categorized by ideology using the DIME score. The x-axis represents Judge Ideology (DIME Score), ranging from liberal (-1) to conservative (1), and the y-axis represents the case outcome (against or for Trump).
	•	Blue dots represent liberal judges, purple dots represent moderate judges, and red dots represent conservative judges.
	•	Some judges are labeled, including Rudolph Contreras, Lauren King, John Coughenour, and James Emanuel Boasberg on the liberal to moderate side, and Carl Nichols, Richard J. Leon, and Joseph N. Laplante on the conservative side.
	•	A note mentions that Boasberg, though slightly right-leaning, was initially appointed by George W. Bush.
	•	The visualization suggests that judges from both ideological backgrounds ruled against Trump.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Listen, I don’t think every dude who loves Trump preys on children. Just the ones you’ve heard of.
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The touchstone of most authoritarian regimes is not the kind of total control that most people feel in their day-to-day lives. It is that the regime is only selectively bound by law, producing constant low-grade anxiety as to whether, how, or against whom power will be exercised.
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
It's not about efficiency. This administration wants to dismantle the federal government and democracy. @nerdreich.bsky.social has written a lot about the tech bro ideology that informs much of what this administration is doing, and it is fucking terrifying. www.thenerdreich.com/trumps-anti-...
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Trump’s 'Freedom Cities' Are Network State Tech Dystopia
It's an idea straight out of the Network State playbook.
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I hope those two assholes in the Range Rover commercial, the one with the palace and the llamas and the giant chess board, die in a plane crash and their cute dog gets to go live with a nice family who pets him and treats him nice
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
JD Vance is a fucking Nazi some days, you just have to listen to Ms. Spouse open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
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some days, you just have to listen to Ms. Spouse
you really do
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The democrats who voted for the CR are cowards who sold us all out. The DNC is Losing Rural Democrats open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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The DNC is Losing Rural Democrats
The Schumer Effect
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
For anyone living in NC-6, Rep. Addison McDowell is holding a telephone town hall on Tuesday 3/18/2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. If you want to participate, call his office at 202-225-3065 and ask to be added to the participant list. As far as I can tell, this is the only way to participate.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Congratulations to @schumer.senate.gov and the others who just played into the hands of an insane dictator who just said it's illegal for cnn and msnbc to criticize him
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest “Stop resisting” “He’s not resisting” Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The SAVE act will disenfranchise women. New Hampshire is a test case. New Hampshire Already Making It Real Hard For Some Married Women To Vote open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
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New Hampshire Already Making It Real Hard For Some Married Women To Vote
Women who have taken their husband's name in marriage are having difficulty with the state's new voting law.
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We as a country will never come back from this if the next administration (if there is one) doesn't imprison every single one of these goons for their corruption. Fuck "forgiveness." Fuck "moving on." These fuckers need to rot in prison.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
It's blatant and overt. Trump is selling the USG off for parts and Musk is reaping the profits.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
When I talk to folks who don't keep up with every news story, and I explain what Republicans are trying to do to block married women from voting, they think I've lost it. I sound like I need a tinfoil hat and that's exactly what they want. Just like Russian collusion, if we drop it, they win.
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"We are living in a fascist regime." This is America, Literally and Seriously open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...
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This is America, Literally and Seriously
The thing about fascism is that the word itself holds no intrinsic definition, which is why we have such a hard time identifying what it is/what it isn’t.
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The rhetoric republicans use to compare government spending to substance addiction is disgusting March 8, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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March 8, 2025
Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made it clear that the Trump administration’s goal is to slash the federal government and to privatize its current services.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I think people are extremely on edge, and horrified by how quickly society has slipped into this banal techno-fascism, and scared about how far it will go, and that makes people brittle and impatient, and if I were a better person I would extend grace to people because of that, but, you know, I’m me
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
They’re going to cut Medicaid
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I was really disappointed to see @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social voted to censure Rep. Green after Tuesday's joint address. These are not normal times. All Democrats need to start acting like a true opposition party, or we are sunk. We can't turn on our own simply for being rude to Donald Trump.
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Adam Messner @amessner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
rEpUbLiCaNs aRe sUcH gOoD sTeWaRdS oF tHe eCoNoMy BREAKING: The Trump Economy open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
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BREAKING: The Trump Economy
Trump's tanking the economy faster and more recognizably even to his own voters than expected
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