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Motor City. Automotive, metal and garage beers. Active in local politics

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
it’s so funny that people were like “OMG a 2PM Oval Office announcement, is Trump going to end the war in Iran or invade Cuba?!?!” and it turns out, no, he’s just going to rant about how good the economy is + how elections are rigged and then fall asleep
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 25/09/2026
i want nathan fielder to do undecided voter focus groups
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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bobson-dugnut.bsky.social @bobson-dugnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pete hesgeth puts wayyyy too much thought on to army guys weiners.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
i've been preoccupied with the concept of a democracy that can defend itself so of course i blogged about it badfaithtimes.com/democracy-ca...
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Democracy Can’t Defend Itself Against Bad Faith. Unless …
Fascism's success is based on its adjustment to and exploitation of liberal democracy
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They don't know I'm gonna be the pope
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One thing that is interesting about raising my kid in Texas is we have a window into seeing how authoritarian parents raise their kids. So many fear appeals, so much us v them, so much “don’t disrespect us or else.” It’s terrorism.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here's the perfect comic I cited in the conclusion of my most recent article, btw newrepublic.com/article/2150...
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We Need to Talk About the Apocalypse
End-times prophecy, pro-war prayer circles, Democrats as demons: Christian dominionism’s influence is everywhere in the second Trump administration—and increasingly, within America itself. Can democra...
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Amanda @prouddoglady.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Cannot. Stop. Laughing.
A scale of 1-10 with Kristi Noem on one side and Kash Patel on the other asking how much you like dogs using this scale.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And he hath no understanding of how the economy works
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BTW, many Eastern European states, which have serious problems with grand corruption like the US, have established independent anticorruption agencies outside the executive’s control. The US should consider learning from the experience.
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bobson-dugnut.bsky.social @bobson-dugnut.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Would a dying empire do THIS?!?
Disaster iran war plus its ok for fbi agents to ______ wtf is wrong with this country
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026
Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses
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bobson-dugnut.bsky.social @bobson-dugnut.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reposting this classic
"Would a dying empire do THIS?!"
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As I’ve said before, a lot of modern American Evangelicalism is just a lifestyle brand for right-wing authoritarianism. It has no real core principles; its function is just to ventriloquize whatever otherwise-indefensible view serves power as a command from God.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Idiotic
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Asking someone if they “believe in climate change” is like asking a 1930s Russian if they believe in Mendelian genetics. 🧪🧬
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 11/09/2026
Here’s how the New York Times describes this moment in their coverage:
At one point Mr. Trump asked attendees to raise their right hands and pledge to him that he would vote with their family and friends.
Dutifully, they did.
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oh my gosh, the best political video on YouTube just got updated after a decade and a half and it's still just perfect! It visualizes something that I've talked about a lot since the first video came out: The real problem is the billionaire class. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gxl...
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Wealth Inequality in America (Updated 2026)
YouTube video by politizane
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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It's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The world is broken but the dik-dik is perfect
A wee baby dik-dik (weensiest antelope) drinking milk from a baby bottle because they are baby. This one is the babiest and makes life worth living to know they are alive. Holy fucking shit is it cute god damnThe same perfect teeniest antelope (which is a dik-dik) that's roughly 12 inches tall staring at the camera because they love you or would if they really KNEW you, the real you who is pure of heart deep down. A person's feet in slippers for scale
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Baptiste Lerak @baptistelerak.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Chat, is it good when the Republican president is literally, and I mean LITERALLY, trying buy votes on live TV less than two months before the midterms?
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Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
any phone is foldable if you're strong enough
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/09/2026
Trump: "Right after the election oil prices are gonna be tumbling downward ... we'll them below $2 a gallon" 😆
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bobson-dugnut.bsky.social @bobson-dugnut.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Dumbest MF alive and anyone who thinks otherwise also has rocks for brains
Trump (the President of the United States of America) immediately contradicting himself on Iran
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The last 3 Democratic presidents have created 24 times more jobs than the last 3 Republicans. Nearly 50 million on the Democratic side of the ledger vs. just 2 million for the GOP.
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bobson-dugnut.bsky.social @bobson-dugnut.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Goalposts moving... no walking... UPDATE: sprinting away!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Honestly, I'd say the most disastrous decisions of Obama and Biden were not really holding anyone accountable for crimes committed under the previous administration. Obama wanted to "turn the page" on Iraq and the financial meltdown while Biden never put any urgency behind the January 6th cases
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track." www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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bobson-dugnut.bsky.social @bobson-dugnut.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Im rereading 1984 and its almost laughable at this point, admin clearly aims for totalitarianism and are only hampered by massive incompetence
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bobson-dugnut.bsky.social @bobson-dugnut.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Too on the nose
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bobson-dugnut.bsky.social @bobson-dugnut.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Are we the baddies? .gif
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bobson-dugnut.bsky.social @bobson-dugnut.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Trump thinks hes voters are dumb as shit and hes right
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
these people are fucking losers
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bobson-dugnut.bsky.social @bobson-dugnut.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Stonks
Buy 25 dollars worth of coin for $61 dollars
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bobson-dugnut.bsky.social @bobson-dugnut.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mf literally taking over the means of production
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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bobson-dugnut.bsky.social @bobson-dugnut.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🎶Wealth tax is the compromise🎶
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Death by intentional neglect is the characteristic method of murder in concentration camps
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's a pretty big fucking problem that no one can say for sure whether the President of the United States knows this is AI
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it! trib.al/OP3mVj5
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 28/08/2026
Texas has suspended over 1.2 million voter registrations. Many valid voters in Texas have found their voter registrations were somehow canceled when they checked. Check your registration here and fix it immediately - Texas doesn't always honor provisional ballots cast on election day.
goelect.txelections.civixapps.com
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Lars Vilhuber @lars.vilhuber.com · 28/08/2026
Nailed it. imgs.xkcd.com/comics/trade...
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