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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s funny that this is what people are upset with Victor Marx about. He’s a genuine lunatic with a history of violence, lies, and violent lies. This story barely scratches the surface, and honestly obscures the reality of how insane this guy is by centering a story where people could see his pov.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They always look hysterical that’s why they have no credibility. I think the misinterpretation that people are landing on isn’t necessarily reasonable but misinterpretation in general is because you have to be really tapped into what information Trump leaves out of sentences and what he reveals.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yea that makes the most sense, but it honestly can’t blame the libs for freaking out like they are since it’s particularly unclear
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What’s nuts is I don’t know what he actually meant here. Usually I can decipher Trump quotes that make people overreact but idk what he was saying here other than potentially when Iran strikes a southern CA population center (where his intel says it would happen) people will understand the cost.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Remember this is the guy who failed to get a conviction against Trump
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Unserious question. The answer is the robotics necessary for dynamic manual labor like that are not cheap enough yet.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nothing is sacred. We are slated for the same fate as this tree.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Weird to paint Smith as some kind of hero when he was unable to put forward a case that would end the political viability of the most clearly criminal president in history. From my point of view Smith is a failure, not a hero.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liz Truss too 💀 some crazy libslop goin on here.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Why are there two Rishi Sunaks? Why is there even one Rishi Sunak?
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
He has always sucked, he just used to be less blatantly hostile to the left
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This sucks
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Shout out Will Weldon
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I don’t think that’s what this is big dawg
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I think that was probably about Iran
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Of all the absolute freak shows in the cabinet, RFK Jr. might be the single person doing the most harm during this administration. Second only to probably the president, but even he isn’t a one-man-show.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
There is a way, but I’d say it’s way more likely he uses increasing help to Ukraine as a bargaining chip to push Russia on Iran.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Canada is headed towards total EU integration and while trade with the US will never go away completely they’ll fill whatever holes are left over need with China and India. In the short term, though, they are in significantly more trouble than we are economically.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In the long term, Canada will likely be the beneficiary of whatever is about to happen, as it’ll force a decoupling of their economy with ours. The US should have moved to make our relationship tighter and more collaborative to move towards a more unified North America, but Trump blew it.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I’m sorry that’s absolute cope. You’re underestimating Canada’s current economic dependence on the US. At the same time though, Canada is much better situated politically to whether the economic shitstorm both countries will experience in a prolonged trade war, even if they’ll suffer way, way more.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I fully support y’all on this but the Canadians are way overestimating their hand here. Carney stands to gain a lot more than Trump but Canada has significantly more to lose than the US. A US-CAN trade war will be painful for us but it’ll be catastrophic for the Canadian economy.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
That’s the joke, big dawg.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I mostly agree with you but this is like a 1/10 issue
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The USA imports 90% of Canada’s crude, over 95% of their natural gas, and 85% of their lumber exports. Canada would experience a generational economic crisis if they cut off all exports to the US, it makes no sense to paint this as a one-sided own or win against Trump where CAN holds all the power.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump expected the bombing camping to result in something more similar to Venezuela than Ukraine. He also didn’t have the same game theoretical apprehension to conflict because he viewed military action as a benefit in itself, rather than a trade-off to be avoided at all reasonable cost.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Really moved by this picture of AI graffiti.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I’d be really good at this ngl
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
AI-generated political cartoons really lack a lot of the impact they’d have if a person made them
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Because I don’t think he’s in danger of losing and I do not like him
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
politico.com
Becerra’s rise baffles his former Biden colleagues
Biden White House alumni have been marveling at Becerra’s stroke of luck in the California gubernatorial race.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
3k is high for Bluesky
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 06/08/2026
Gregg is a FORMER forest service ranger who was fired by Trump last year for NO cause. Border Patrol asked him to help alert the community to ongoing fires around our forests. He did. For free. But there won't always be a Gregg. That's why we don't fire rangers for no reason.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
He is a good senator.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Regardless of whatever other opinions you have that sometimes make it hard to really like you, thank you for this, man. You’re a good senator.
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Well, we may have lost but at least we look like we cheated
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I mean, technically there is but it would require the same senators covering up for their colleague’s inability to serve to hold themselves to account
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Why use AI for this?
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
What is the relevance of their being a NATO member?
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This had nothing to do with the Navy?
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I don’t think the president would be foreshadowing his own death 💀
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
He’s signaling very strongly that he is going to bomb Iran
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Imma b real I don’t think that’s why he’s skipping Don’s wedding I think it’s for something way more important and also way worse
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
He’s gonna fucking bomb Iran I stg
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
He’s gonna do it
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This is embarrassing y’all he was a mediocre talk show host
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
You’d like that, wouldn’t you, Euro
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The bots are out in full force for Becerra today, huh?
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Oh my god 🫪 a campaign paid advertisers?!?
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Neither are awesome but I’m requesting you flip back 💀
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I would say “reignited” or “escalated” instead of “started” but yes, that’s more or less accurate. Iran though did not attack Israel, they supplied their allies engaged with Israel in ongoing conflicts.
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