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Jerry Shaver

@jerryshaver.bsky.social
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Writer. Editor. Layabout. I mostly talk politics, baseball, and movies/TV, particularly Star Trek, Marvel, and related geeky stuff. Unless I actually know you, don't DM me. I have a real quick blocking finger.

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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 15h
Fearmongering and doomsaying are voter suppression tools. If you're out here spreading conspiracy theories about trump stealing the midterms, you're either a dupe or a troll. Either way, you're serving trump's agenda. Stop it.
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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If you've got enough time to waste on Internet conspiracy theories about how MAGA is going to steal the election, you've got enough time to volunteer to help elect more Democrats.
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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The "OMG THIS IS HOW MAGA IS GOING TO STEAL ALL THE ELECTIONS AND STAY IN POWER FORWEVER" is basically lefty doomer QAnon.
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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They're not exactly sending us their best.
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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Stop giving them power they don't have based on ludicrous paranoid Internet speculation. Thanks.
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pizzmoe™ @pizzmoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Couldn’t have voted for the black lady, could ya?
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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The loser of an election doesn't have the authority to refuse to allow the winner to serve. How stupid are people?
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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mike Johnson's term as speaker ends at noon on January 3. He has no power after that. He cannot "refuse to seat" the new Congress.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 07/10/2026
It's a fun book (but also more fun in hardcover).
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I try not to think too much about the fact that the Cabinet official tasked with preventing terrorist attacks here seems like one of the dumber cartoon animals in the Hanna-Barbera family
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Democrats @democrats.org · 07/10/2026
NEW: We’re suing the Trump administration. Trump personally ordered his administration to use taxpayer dollars to fund political propaganda. This is an illegal and desperate attempt to boost the GOP ahead of the midterms, and we’re fighting back.
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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When all the little influencers realize that they'll be the first ones replaced with AI, they'll release their minions, and the whole thing will come crashing down.
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Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
oh.
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PhoenixWomanMN @phoenixwomanmn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
All his buddies are on his boards, so they never do margin calls on him.
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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Department of Defence"
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
Lol
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
ABC lawyer says Trump administration threats are working, and that editorial decisions “are being affected right now” in coverage of the midterm elections “that the American public has a right to hear about.” Kudos for transparency, but fuck you for obeying in advance. deadline.com/2026/10/abc-...
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ABC To Judge In FCC Lawsuit: Trump's Regulatory Threats Chill Speech
At a hearing for ABC's First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC, the network's attorney said "we are watching everything we do" in spat with agency.
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DoctorTheopolis @drzaiusbaltar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Drive In
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 06/10/2026
Quiet as a little lamb: Traitor Congressman David Valadao is silent — refusing to condemn Donald Trump for calling on Iran to nuke the very state he claims to represent.
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Kid Phantasm @kidphantasm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When a Supreme Court Justice has no concept of "liberty"
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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, inviting Iran to attack American cities is treason, but I'm also pretty sure he's also lost the ability to tell San Diego from San Francisco. Why else would he ask Iran to destroy CA's most conservative city?
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JoyousPanther @joyouspanther.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I could not get myself to vote against Trump because Joe Biden failed in his biggest assignment: stopping people like me from not voting against Trump.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My man looks like a beluga whale pitching Bitcoin
Elon Musk, douchy and doughy and pale
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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gen X: We learned everything we know about the natural world from Marlin Perkins and Jacques Cousteau.
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Kid Phantasm @kidphantasm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard from a public official. Shockingly dumb. Harvard needs to take away his degree.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hahahahaah the gift link that keeps on giving (lyin byron) www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Byron Donalds strips Trump references from his campaign website
The Republican gubernatorial candidate stopped emphasizing his endorsement from Donald Trump as the presidents’ approval ratings plummet.
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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"It is called the Oval Office, and it should be treated with Decorum, Respect, and Dignity, not defiled by Third Rate Clowns..." Oh irony. Sweet, delicious irony.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Whether it’s Donald Trump banning media outlets he doesn’t like from the White House or the Oberlin student Senate banning use of racial epithets during student debates, both sides have a free speech problem.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Donald Trump has destroyed the economy and threatened the rule of law. But my liberal neighbor has a Darwin fish on his Prius I have never felt more politically homeless
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Simple math…👇 By. The. Numbers. 😎✨
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They Call Me Gary @theycallmegary.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🤔 Demented DonOld keeps tripling down on HIGHLY UNPOPULAR AI. You want DATA center in your back yard that creates few jobs Vote for Trump.
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They Call Me Gary @theycallmegary.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🤔 WEAK "President" DonOld is whining again.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It is fine to issue statements, but what is the WHCA going to do? Other than plan its next black tie dinner honoring Trump.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another “anti Zionist” who agrees that American Jews “are the most self-centered assholes in the world”. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Probably not a coincidence that Trump is banning multiple media outlets from the White House at the same time that we have confirmation that the White House has been lying about military casualties in this illegal war in Iran.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
oh hey a dem immediately responding to the news, making an attack and not equivocating or asking a riddle
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annabellelecter.bsky.social @annabellelecter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's because too many accounts on this site think women over 50 shouldn't exist
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Election Day is only ‘46 days away’ and I will be voting blue down the ballot… Who is with me?! 🤚
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump's ICE hit with threat from fed-up elections official: ‘They’re going to face prison’ #RawStory
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Trump's ICE hit with threat from fed-up elections official: ‘They’re going to face prison’
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trumpers, famous opponents of border walls
Every communist country eventually builds a wall. It's never to keep people OUT.
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Historian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
His "truth" was not ill-timed. He is a grown man with degrees in political science and communications from a respected university and he was raised by someone active in foreign conservative politics. He isn't stupid or naive. He is absolutely trying to drive people away from voting for Dems.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
after the dotcom bubble, the great recession and literally the last 100 years of capitalism run wild, it really tells you how fucking disconnected mike johnson is from reality that he thinks allowing ai to regulate itself is a sane position to have.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/09/2026
i’m sorry but this entire worldview seems not just evil but deeply stupid? the far future is fake! it doesn’t exist! what matters are people here and now!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I hope this has the same effect that Trump trying to squash Jimmy Kimmel's interview with James Talarico had: Bring attention to it and then release it to YouTube where it will get a *much* bigger audience.
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Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Megyn Kelly is such a racist white supremacist.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just call it the Skynet Funding Bill and get it over with already.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
in the Senate yesterday, a comatose Glitch McConnell had to be reminded of how he was supposed to vote. I'm sorry, but that's just elder abuse. thank you for your attention to today's post, in which I unpack the video, second by second. link is here: bit.ly/4cOItpM
let me narrate what’s happening in that clip. as the roll call vote to advance a farm bill takes place, Republican Committee Chairman John Boozman leans over to remind Mitch how to vote. McConnell then sits in silence, unresponsive as his name is called. Republican Senator John Hoeven leans over and says and says to Mitch, ‘no.’

a panicked McConnell aide — the one in a red dress — dives towards the table, because that’s not how Mitch is supposed to vote. his name is called again, and this time he manages to croak out a ‘yes,’ barely loud enough to hear, and the bill passes by one vote, 12-11.

what in the actual fuck did we all just watch?
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 16/09/2026
LATE LAST NIGHT, Rep. Vince Fong voted to make CAs air smoggier and expose port communities to more diesel pollution. THIS is what MAGA Republicans are focused on — helping Big Oil by making ships dirtier — not lowering costs, making life more affordable, or helping Americans get care they need.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My man looks like a mobster who's just been pantsed by Bugs Bunny
Pete Hegseth, looking like a cocktail you found the morning after a party
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
They're the ones fighting for their lives. They're the ones listening to Dem politicians slag them off in the name of chasing the votes of Republicans who will never vote for them. They're the ones faced with choosing between glass ice cream and a shit sundae. You have nothing valuable to add.
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