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Chris Plourde

@cplourde.bsky.social
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My days are filled with walking dogs, doing dishes, playing guitar, taking pictures, reading books, and making tv shows. Maybe not in that order.

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 14h
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 16h
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 16h
An admission about the GOP base...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Santa's Workshops!
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the Fuel Clock shows Americans have paid $74.4 billion more on gasoline & $47.5 billion more on diesel since March 1 compared to a year ago. Total cost will hit $122 billion today. also updated the state map where you can find out how much more you're paying. link in my profile.
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How to Make Friends and Influence People
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
America's Hall of Insecurity.
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We all need to price this reality into our plans: The Trump Admin has no idea what to do, and the Iranian regime has said the Strait will remain closed until Trump and Netanyahu are out of office. When Iran said that about the hostages and Carter, it kept its word to the minute.
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Every allegation is a confession.
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Chinese surveillance state has come to America, thanks to "law enforcement."
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“violated multiple ICE standards” Alligator Alcatraz was created to showcase DHS’s cruelty. Violations of standards, norms. the law, and simple decency were its point.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
$736MM
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So the GOP is celebrating a guy who created a darknet marketplace for heroin and meth, and put out multiple muder-for-hire contacts to conceal his crimes.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Correction: it’s not that he misunderstands it. It’s that he doesn’t understand it at all.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Remember when Joe Biden proposed canceling student debt and every single Republican accused him of "bribing voters"?
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Biden accused by GOP of 'bribing' voters with student loan forgiveness
The Biden administration unveiled its latest effort to forgive as much as $20,000 in debt for some borrowers on Monday after the Supreme Court struck down its original plan last year.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 09/09/2026
What are we most worried about in advance of the midterm elections? The risk of voter confusion. But voters should know that for them, little has changed.
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Election Interference Won’t Work if Americans Vote
The administration’s attack on elections has failed in Congress and courts. Now it’s up to voters.
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Bragging about starving the hungry...
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
receipts for anyone who’s never heard this clip before (the reporters giving him a tongue bath and so much unearned respect is how we got here, but i digress)
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On 9/11/2001, Donald Trump called WWOR/UPN 9 NY about the World Trade Center Collapses
YouTube video by Lawyers' Committee for 9/11 Inquiry
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Imagine an American president lying about 9/11. Actually, you don’t have to.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/08/2026
"It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the HHS secretary sees deaths from outbreaks of diseases we had beaten or contained, like measles and cyclosporiasis, as a form of social hygiene that kills off the weak and susceptible."
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RFK Jr.’s Toxic World
The HHS secretary uses fear of contamination to denigrate modern medicine and advance a project rooted in vulgar eugenics.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/08/2026
Pathetic -- Google is now referring to Lake Ontario as "Lake America"
screencap of Google Maps showing "Lake America"
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Ross A. Isaacs @rossisaacs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
You all understand that this is eugenics, right? Let the weak just die. Hitler had a similar program.
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
MapQuest FTW
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
1946 was the first year of the Baby Boom. Notables born that year: - Dolly Parton, in January - Tim Curry (in England), in April - Donald Trump, in June - George W Bush, in July - Bill Clinton, in August Among many others. For the record.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump offends U.S. allies on a regular basis, but what he has wrought with Canada lifts us to mind-boggling heights of gall and fantasy. Plus it has backfired in a big way. A sleeping-giant-awakes way. ​New from me at @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump’s Summer of Screwing Our Allies
Trump’s offensive against America’s friends has produced outrage in Italy, defiance in South Korea, and a renewed trade war with Canada.
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Things that never happened...
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“Ladies and gentlemen, the Court as currently constituted ruled that President Trump could knock down half the White House and pour your money down a hole. Is that a fair application of the law? Or do we need to reconsider how the Court does business?”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Pending home sales in July. The second lowest level in history. (via Schwab) 🏠
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This puts the current pace of US budget deficits into perspective. @eddyelfenbein.bsky.social
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
5.30% Tick tock. @barchart.com
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Oh.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This by CNN is genuinely reprehensible. Everyone involved should be embarrassed. -The 'new pain' case vs Mamdani is *solely* his religion. -He was in NYC on 9/11, at grade school -Soon after attack GWB himself gave famous speech warning against blaming all Muslims for terrorism -25 yrs later, this.
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Douthat today: "At the moment, Trump 2.0 has no great popularity, no legislative capacity, no policy legacy that a Democratic successor can’t easily roll back." Due to Trump's policies our allies don't trust us and our enemies don't fear us. Reputations are not so easily or quickly restored.
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Strait of Hormuz is ope...never mind.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What the hell is the matter with people...?
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The whole world is rearming as both Russia and the United States demonstrate their incompetence to allies and enemies alike. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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Misread as passive, the Gulf is quietly ending fifty years of dependence
Iran’s attacks exposed the limits of external guarantees and the need for a Gulf-built security architecture.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...
A graph showing whether voters support or oppose free trade by party identification, showing 54% of "Dems favorable to DSA" strongly support free trade agreements
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Market manipulation
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Unbearable Lightness of Lying
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
betting against seems smart
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Market manipulation.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Dems dumped Platner and Swalwell . Max Miller remains. That is the difference between the two parties.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Boy Who Cried Wolf.... Trump keeps escalating his trade threats. This time, Europe isn’t biting. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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Trump keeps escalating his trade threats. This time, Europe isn’t biting.
The EU believes Trump’s latest threats are best answered with strategic patience, not retaliation.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/08/2026
Bash: "Jeanine Pirro…said in a court document…that they were trying to send a man who was innocent to jail based on lies about vandalism...As chair of the judiciary committee, does that bother you?" Rep. Jordan: "If those are the facts, of course. But I don't know that those are the facts."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/07/2026
just incredible to watch the US president take Iran's side when my state's water systems are under cyberattack
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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is... www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Absolute clown show. But the republicans are getting their soundbites, which was the whole purpose of this farce
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