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Another cult member who can't admit that #Trump is ever wrong, even when confronted with clear evidence that she can't deny (and despite the endless barrage of lies). This is the calibre of person that the #GOP appoint to important positions that should be non-partisan. #MAGACult

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FINNEAS - open.spotify.com/artist/37M5p... Lukas Graham - open.spotify.com/artist/25u4w... Macklemore has two songs about Palestine, linked in the earlier posts in this thread. /7

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The artists who pulled out, and can less afford to do so than #EdSheeran (being much smaller) deserve our support: Beoga - open.spotify.com/artist/659fO... Macklemore - open.spotify.com/artist/3TVPk... Aaron Rowe - open.spotify.com/artist/1wskV... /6

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He failed to stand up for others, and in doing so enabled suppression of #FreeSpeech. He created a situation where boycotting him supports freedom of speech, and Palestine, and I think that such a boycott is justified. /5 #EdSheeran

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It seems that he just feared losing revenue. He could well afford the loss of revenue, more so than any of the acts that pulled out. He was put in a difficult position, not wanting to take sides. He's entitled to not take sides, but it doesn't seem to me, to be a principled decision. /4

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He cites the fact that there are children watching as a reason for not taking sides, but I don't see how saying "free Palestine" would adversely affect children (some just wouldn't know what he was talking about). /3

MACKLEMORE - HIND'S HALL 2 feat. Anees, MC Abdul, Amer Zahr (LYRIC VIDEO)

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#EdSheeran says that he's apolitical, but he has supported moral causes before (anti-racism and Ukraine). /2

MACKLEMORE - HIND'S HALL (AUDIO ONLY)

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Contrast how the Beetles stood up for moral clauses with #EdSheeran. I don't think Sheeran supports the Israeli genocide or genuinely thinks that the morality or otherwise of the genocide is "the most complex political issue on the planet". /1

The Beatles vs. Ed Sheeran: A Lesson On Having A BACKBONE

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Even Fox had to, to keep up the pretence of being a news outlet, or of supporting #FreeSpeech. (It would be especially ironic if they didn't support freedom of speech while constantly using it to spread their disinformation.)

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We have to watch any that are not banned closely to assess whether they have compromised their values. And don't forget, this ( #FreeSpeech ) is what we're voting on in the midterms. #GOP candidates cannot absolve themselves of responsibility, after keeping #Trump in power. /5

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After banning 3 networks for doing their job in holding the administration to account, the #Trump administration is clearly threating the remaining ones. Being banned is an indication that an organisation is not afraid to report the truth when it is unfavorable to Trump. /4 #FreeSpeech #GOP

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And polls suggest that a majority of the public is interested or concerned about corruption. 92% negative coverage is reflective of reality. The free press (internationally) was negative about Hitler too. #MAGAs can't distinguish between lies and things that just aren't favorable to #Trump. /3

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and they're entitled to do that. The problem is their lying and disinformation. #FreeSpeech means that each network is free to choose what stories it reports, and their choices probably reflect their viewers interests. /2

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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Story selection bias was never a valid reason to exclude a news organisation. It's not why Breitbart was excluded. Moral people consider political corruption and illegality (inc. the Epstein files) to be newsworthy. #Fox and Breitbart might consider a minor favorable story to be more newsworthy, /1

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Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.

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#Trump's speech to military: www.msn.com/en-ie/news/w... /15

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#Trump reads private note out load: www.msn.com/en-ie/news/w... /14 #Trump #stupidity

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hiring #stupid unqualified people, for example, #RFK, whose anti-science policies lead to the spread of measles, among other things. (But it's because he chooses people for their corrupt loyalty to him, rather than competence, and *that* approach is rational for a #dictator.) /13 #Trump #stupidity

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apparently actually believing that #tariffs bring money into the county; the waste caused by #DOGE and cuts, including have to re-hire people they fired (but most of the corruption is rational and in Trump's interest); /12 #Trump #stupidity

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And that's without talking about the serious major #stupid things #Trump does, either against advice, or after firing people who would have known better. I don't have time to list them all, but some examples are the #Iran war; threatening allies; /11 #stupidity

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- Bizarre claims about nature, science and climate. And his anti-science, anti-rationality position in general. (His anti-education position is not #stupid though: An educated public is bad for #dictators.) - His many #ConspiracyTheories. /10 #Trump #stupidity

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- Thinking his basic knowledge is exceptional: - He boasted of knowing how to spell "dumb", claiming that most people can't. - He brags of passing a dementia screening test (and it's likely that he's either lying about that or cheated, considering how much he lies). #DunningKruger /9 #Trump

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- Word salad. www.quora.com/Why-do-Democ... /8 #Trump #stupidity

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- Stupid #racist claims, ignoring evidence (and lack of it), e.g. the Central Park Five accusation, and claims of people eating pets. /7

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Another example is the claim, in the article in the first post, that the Biden administration was making “mice transgender” (probably due to misunderstanding "transgenic"). /6

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- Many cases where #Trump appears to have heard something, and with a toddler's level of language comprehension, mistook a word or phrase for something that sounds similar, then built a lie by embellishing that already-wrong understanding. e.g. He appears to not know what asylum seekers are. /5

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Trump on Tech: Planes Are ‘Too Complex to Fly,’ and ‘What Is Digital?’ (Published 2019)

- Claims about technology, including - "Nobody knows what a magnet is" ( www.snopes.com/fact-check/t... ); - luddite-like claims such as "planes are too complex to fly" (claiming that automation made them more dangerous, in contrast to what experts say); - claiming "windmills" cause cancer; /3

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Experts cite the need to bolster the nation’s infrastructure and science initiatives, but President Trump has often embraced a 1950s approach to technology.

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- And changing its course with a sharpie. - Illogical reasoning, e.g. accusing someone of causing the damage to the Reflecting Pool by touching the water *after* the problem occurred (the contractor he chose has now admitted that it was their fault; and rushing to meet #Trump's deadline). /2

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John Lambe @johnblambe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

53 of the most stupid things #Trump has said. It's difficult to choose just 53, and there are plenty of things not on the list arguably more stupid than some of those on it. Some more examples that didn't make their list: - Nuking a hurricane. /1 #stupid #MAGAMorons www.msn.com/en-ie/news/o...

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Of course, only #Trump is promising this, not the whole #GOP, and Trump does not have power to do it (giving him another excuse for not paying it). But, maybe the funniest part is #Trump supposedly opposing "socialism" while promising to give free money. /3 #5000bribe

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rather than wait until they will probably lose the House (and so won't be able to give it, making the promise moot). While the bribe is unlikely to swing both houses, there could be enough stupid people to swing a few seats, and maybe make the #GOP retain a majority in the Senate. /2 #5000bribe

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John Lambe @johnblambe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#Trump's #$5000 #bribe copies a scene from Idiocracy. And even a #Fox interviewer asked the obvious question of why the #GOP don't just give the $5000 now (while they can) if they actually intend to give it, /1 #5000bribe

Fox News calls Trump’s bluff on $5,000 checks

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How could a democratic socialist support an authoritarian? That's a contradiction.

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Anyone voting for the #GOP because of this is betraying the United States, and they won't even get anything in return. /12

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And #Trump probably made this promise without consideration (or any ability to understand) the consequences. Of course, since he never had any intention of keeping it, the hypothetical consequences weren't relevant to him. /11

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And every #GOP candidate shares responsibility for this. They kept him in office, protected from impeachment, supported his policies, and in most cases, supported his attack on democracy, and spread his lies. /10

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#Trump loves uneducated. This promise is aimed at people who are not only stupid enough to believe that he would keep the promise, but also stupid enough to not see that it would be very bad for them if he did keep it. /9

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But who would benefit? Those who own a lot of real estate, certain stocks, gold, etc. could benefit from high inflation - not the people the $5000 bribe is aimed at (the $5000 would be negligible to these people). /8

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disproportionately affecting the less well off. And it doesn't make sense to believe that #Trump will pay this unless you believe that he will also pay the other $8700 he promised, and if he did that, the effect would be vastly worse. /7

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Assuming he paid only citizens resident in the US (he said "in the United States"), it would cost about $1.25 trillion, massively increasing debt and probably increasing the federal government's cost of borrowing. Some of it would probably be paid for by large cuts in public services, /6

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Those who might vote for #GOP because of this would end up worse off because of it, due to the increased cost of everything, outweighing the once-off $5000 of devalued currency. And that's without even considering the effects that GOP policy in general will have on the less well off. /5

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The inflationary effect now would be much more than 4.16 times that. It would devalue the US dollar. It would be further devalued by people not having confidence that the US wouldn't behave stupidly in future: Holding US dollars would be seen as risky. /4

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