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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 3h

Cruelty was always the signature MAGA policy. It remains the signature MAGA trait. In Nebraska the idea of Iran destroying LA and SD was greeted with MAGA cheers.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 19h

Invoking the 25th would shatter the coalition of the complicit, so Republicans won't.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 19h

No-one has less respect for the intelligence of MAGA than its leaders.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 23h

This is a perfect reflection of the length, breadth, and depth of Hegseth's abilities.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 23h

Republicans closed ranks before, they will again, because Republicans must never be held accountable for anything they do.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 23h

I kinda agree, with two caveats: The idea Iran could destroy cities in CA, but not closer, thus justifying $8 diesel seems crazy. The other is "Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego." was an applause line, and MAGAs in Nebraska cheered it.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Who was President in 2020?" remains a question no Republican will answer.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And they all love to hate CA...

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A lie that is too much for Laura Ingraham has just been found!

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Is he saying Iran was about to attack LA and SD with nuclear weapons, and so $8 diesel is fine, or is he saying if Iran took out LA and SD that would be a small price? His syntax is so fubar I think all he knows is he hates CA so why not use it as an example?

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today...

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Guy Berger @econberger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

From the GOAT, George Washington

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another point: The current Republican Party was created by Paul Weyrich and Thomas Hofeller. Weyrich engineered the white, nominally Christian, Republican base, and Hofeller's gerrymandering made the base's votes matter more. MAGA, and its Tea Party antecedent, became inevitable as a result.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's worth naming the men who propelled Palin to the national stage. She was championed by people who now pretend they had nothing to do with it.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The missing piece in this is that Texas Republicans and white Texas Evangelicals lined up for Paxton...which is to say they preferred him to Cornyn, no-one's leftist and a man who would have defeated Talarico. That base did not choose the better candidate, they chose the man who is more like them.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

At the end of the day, Cornyn narrowly lost in Dallas, and not so narrowly almost everywhere else.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Or Northern Virginia...or Maryland...

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Interesting that Natalie Harp is there, and Melania Trump is not.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Important background: There are conservative lawyers who believe Constitutional rights only apply to American ctitzens.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Paxton is the nominee because >60% of Republicans wanted him, and he handily won in every county except Travis and Kenedy. Republicans should be ashamed of themselves, it's the proper response to choosing evil.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

C'mon. Paxton's corruption was no secret, Republicans preferred him over Cornyn by an impressive 63.8%-32.6% margin anyhow. As with everything else, the crocodile tears are bigger in Texas...

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It should surprise no-one that “Originalism” follows very closely the analysis America’s heretical Christians, known as “Evangelicals,” interpret the Bible to mean the opposite of what it says. Proof-texting single lines out of context is a favorite gambit of the bad faith “Republican base.”

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Republican idea is that lawmakers were historically above the law, and therefore Republicans are above the law. SCOTUS affirms that idea when it acts to protect Executive power to violate the Constitution until it rules otherwise, as with allowing tariffs to be collected until SCOTUS ruled.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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 · 01/10/2026

An admission about the GOP base...

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"...and that's why he imposed 20%-50% taxes (tariffs) on the stuff you buy, and why his military excursion raised gas and diesel prices."

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Don't want to embarrass her...

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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 · 01/10/2026

Classy as always, playing to the basest of the base.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dickens, or maybe Fitzgerald, could have come up with "Palmer Luckey," then rejected it for being too on-the-nose.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A failed execution was once taken as a sign from God, and so the convict was released. Americans now believe mercy is weakness, and clemency is only for the wealthy, so...

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Reminder: Republicans have torpedoed every immigration reform effort since W's failed. Trump torpedoed two: Graham's in the Oval where it was supposed to be announced, then Biden's in order to run against immigration. When conservatives talk about "a legal path to citizenship" they are lying.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The number of smart people who convinced themselves they were the bulwark, and wound up empowering what they claimed to oppose, is long. Nader, HRC, most of the Trump 45 cabinet...

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The dishonorable have no concept of dignity.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Immigration Courts are part of the DOJ and so answer to POTUS, not SCOTUS, and act with the same care for the law as the Republican Senate confirmed AG Todd Blanche does.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The guy tried to create a perjury trap for a seasoned prosecutor using kite string, a pencil, and one dixie cup. Instead of "elaborate conspiracy theory" I suggest an edit to "childish and immature theory."

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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 · 29/09/2026

MAGA means never having to say you're sorry.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reagan's Tax Reform Act of 1986 is now considered "Marxism" within the Republican Party. Trump taking ownership in American Corporations is not.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit” SCOTUS repeatedly rules POTUS would be irrevocably harmed is any court other than SCOTUS prevented him from ignoring the law. And even if they rule against, he’s immune for tariffs and wars, because Republicans are above the law.

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Chris Plourde @cplourde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"...one side effect...is the...creation of a...class of Americans...who live...separate from the rest of us...as disconnected from civilian life as civilians are from the military experience." This is a goal, not a "side effect." The military was stripped of civilian soldiers to enable more wars.

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