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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
An image of a piece of cardboard leaning up against a curb. On the cardboard is written, "You have more in common with every homeless person than you do with any billionaire."
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
“Pete Hegseth spent millions to fly in all of our generals and admirals to rant about facial hair and brag about how many pull-ups he can do, and have Donald Trump sleepwalk through a list of partisan gripes.” – Retired Army Maj. General Paul D. Eaton
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The new MAGA motto.
A satirical version of the Gadsden flag, but instead of an alert coiled up snake with the words "don't tread on me", this image shows a snake that appears lifeless and belly-up along with the words "... as long as you tread on those I hate first."
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A red duotone image of various secretive, intimidating-looking, masked police or ICE agents. Over the image there is text that says:
IT'S NEVER BEEN ABOUT IMMIGRATION
IT'S ABOUT INTIMIDATION

COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS • MASKED AND UNBADGED •
TOTALLY UNACCOUNTABLE • PRACTICALLY INFINITE FUNDING • NO IDENTIFIABLE LEADERSHIP • EXCESSIVE FORCE BY DESIGN
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
We were all taught that this was evil. And now we're told we can't even say we are against it.
An image that looks like a torn out piece of paper with the dictionary definition of "fascism". 
It says:
fas•cism ('fa-shi-zam) -ist n. -ist, -istic adj.
1 often Fascism: a political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition
broadly: a philosophy or system with some combination of fascist values and governing
structures
2 a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Hmm, I wish there was a word that could easily describe someone like this... 🤔
A list in simple white text on a black background that states this:
He wants to dictate what the press can say.
He wants to dictate what schools can teach.
He wants to dictate who companies can hire.
He wants to dictate when the law does or does not apply.
He wants to dictate what you can and cannot say.
He wants to dictate who gets a voice.
He wants to dictate what history were allowed to remember.
He wants to dictate which companies win.
He wants to dictate which billionaires get richer.
He wants to dictate that his opposition should be silenced.
He wants to dictate that the "other" are the enemy within.
He wants to dictate that dissent is terrorism.
He wants to dictate what truth is "fake."
He wants to dictate what lies are the "truth".
He wants to dictate what is "American."
He wants to dictate who should be punished.
He wants to dictate who the military serves.
He wants to dictate which violence is "necessary."
He wants to dictate which rights we get to keep.
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A photo collage showing various MAGA supporters with shirts or signs that say things like: “Rope. Tree. Journalist.”, “Fuck Islam”, “She’s a Cunt Vote for Trump”, “Trump that bitch!”, “Fuck Your Feelings” and more. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”A photo of the gallows and noose assembled outside the U.S. Capitol for V.P. Mike Pence by MAGA supporters during the January 6 protests. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”
A photo of a Capitol Police officer on the ground being attacked by MAGA supporters during the January 6 insurrection. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”
A collage of screenshots showing hateful rhetoric from various right-wing social media posts. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A photo of a person in nurses scrubs holding a sign that says “Medicaid cuts kill”. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”A photo of Kristi Noem and a crew painting a small section of the border wall black. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”A photo of an armored military vehicle on the streets in Washington D.C. A woman casually walks by looking down at her phone. In the background is the dome of the United States Capitol. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”
A photo of an upside-down American flag draped over the face of prominent mountainside in Yosemite National Park. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A photo pf President Trump and Kristi Noem with a group touring brand new cages built in an immigrant detainment facility. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.” A photo of American troops on their hands and knees spreading out a red carpet on the tarmac for the visit of Russian President Putin during his visit with President Trump in Alaska in summer 2025. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”A photo of a person holding a protest poster with an image of Elon Musk and the words “I am stealing from you.” Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”
A photo of a National Guard member dressed in their military fatigues, but wearing a high-visibility vest, picking up trash during their deployment in Washington D.C. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Who knew our democracy could be sacrificed for...
Historical photo of two children. One child’s body is completely covered in tiny bumps: small pox. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”A photo of President Donald Trump smiling and shaking hands with Russian President Putin during his visit with Trump in Alaska in the summer of 2025. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”A photo of armed and masked Federal police agents. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”
A close-up photo of a portion of the 14th amendment of the Unites States Constitution that shows that the words “due process of law” has been crossed out. Over the image there is text in a red bar that states: “The Price of Eggs.”
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
"lovefest"
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
“We are watching the authoritarian playbook unfold at an intense pace, often making it hard to grasp how interconnected the antagonistic acts are…If they succeed at blocking free speech & silencing dissent, the ability to know what’s true & false will grow dimmer.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...
open.substack.com
The Expanding Attacks on Speech
Blocking legitimate journalists, deleting language, canceling GOP town halls, cutting university funding—these are all connected
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
FASCISM. KLEPTOCRACY. OLIGARCHY. I'm sure some think Liberals like myself have used these words a bit too… um, liberally. BUT, the warning signs are real. I tossed these cheat sheets together to highlight the patterns used throughout history to undermine democracies.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Tariff Canada: Smart! Tariff Mexico: Super smart! Smaller tariffs on China: Super-duper smart! Pause Canadian & Mexican tariffs: Smarter! Tariffs back on Canada: Smartest! Tariffs back on Mexico: Smartester! Pause Mexican but not Canadian tariffs: Smartest-er-est! Pause Canadian tariffs: F**g smart!
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A simple illustration of a black paddle — like those used by Democrats at Trump's address to Congress — with the words "THIS IS NOT ENOUGH".
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
4.5 million views for an outright lie.
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Graphic with text says: 
WARNING FATIGUE (with siren icons)
Like ignoring a hurricane warning because a hurricane has never hit your house yet, warning fatigue happens when constant alerts make people numb, leading them to ignore real dangers.
That's how authoritarianism creeps in-through exhaustion, normalization, and silence.
Dismissing the signs only strengthens those seeking unchecked power. Democracy isn't self-sustaining; it survives when people stay engaged, speak out, and push back.
Don't let fatigue turn into apathy.
Stay informed. Stay active. Stay
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/02/2025
Murphy: "The destruction of our democracy is part of this story ... this is super unpopular, what they are doing. Nobody wants their healthcare to disappear ... so how do you get away with it? You try to destroy our democracy. You try to crush dissent. You threaten members of Congress with arrest."
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billbramhall.bsky.social @billbramhall.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Cartoon
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Sabbath, RN @sabbath-schrader.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
There are some actionable steps in this post. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - oppose and be vocal about that opposition in as many ways as you can be. This is not the way. We don't want to be the state that got rid of a protected class.
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Trickle is such a gross word. A trickle of sweat down your back.
 A trickle of pee down your leg.
 A trickle of stagnant water from a rusty pipe. The idea that anyone heard "trickle-down" and wasn’t immediately repulsed—just by the name, let alone the policy itself—is mind-boggling.
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I will never not think of @ifycomedy.com, @vornietom.bsky.social, and @mikewtrapp.bsky.social every time I think of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (which obviously happens a LOT). @dropouttv.bsky.social @gamechangershow.bsky.social
Graphic with a quote from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, "Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty."
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Image has a quote from William K. Wolfrum, "The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting."
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
LITMUS TEST Fact: Russia attacked Ukraine. If your "news" source is saying otherwise, or is bending over backwards to justify what the President claimed, it's not news - it's propaganda.
Graphic reads:
LITMUS TEST
Fact: Russia attacked Ukraine.
If your "news" source is saying otherwise, or is bending over backwards to justify what the President claimed, it's not news
- it's propaganda.
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
thelondoneconomic.com
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
100% accurate.
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Ann Selzer about her Iowa poll: “We just didn't get the cooperation from those Trump voters that in hindsight, you know, could have perhaps been more telling,” “people who didn’t complete the call, but instead just yelled “Trump” and hung up the phone.” www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
iowapublicradio.org
Ann Selzer clarifies her exit from political polling
Selzer said the 2024 polling miss didn’t lead her to leave the polling company.
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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TheGratefulDeadpool @gratefuldeadpool.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This needs to be said, loud, and often.
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Maybe it’s me, maybe I’m old fashioned, but I’m pretty sure our president shouldn’t be a rapist, our DNI shouldn’t be on a TSA watchlist list and our head of counterintelligence should probably be able to pass a background check. Right?
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I’m pretty sure that if some CEO got fired from his job & on his way out he told a mob of crazies to show up with zip ties, flag poles and tasers and to bash in the windows & smear poop on the walls, that he wouldn’t get hired back a few years later, but what the hell do I know.
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RAYGUN @raygunsite.com · 19/11/2024
big morning: Mike applied for a new job. #raygun #DOGE
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The mental fog is heavy today.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The thing about Twitter versus Bluesky is that the right needs liberals on Twitter to make it feel worthwhile, whereas the left doesn’t need conservatives on Bluesky to make it feel worthwhile.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The name and acronym are much more accurate.
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Human☮ @4humanunity.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
1/8: Folks, Hamilton warned us. He laid it out in the Federalist Papers, a system meant to block crooks, con men, and tyrants from the highest office. And yet, here we are, living in the man’s worst nightmare, courtesy of billionaires who turned democracy into their personal ATM.
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Grok and awe.
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𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I love sunflowers 🌻 🐝
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Oooh that felt nice.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
If you’re “strongly discouraging” the release of an ethics report, you’re on the wrong side of history. CC: Speaker Johnson
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Democracy moves slow. Tyranny doesn’t. Buckle up.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Overheard today: A lot of people are complaining about the people trump is filling his cabinet with, but he's not filling a cabinet. He's filling a junk drawer. 😆
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Building on the sky theme: - Air? I aired a post on BlueSky. - Breeze? I breezed a post on BlueSky. - Float? I floated a post on BlueSky. - Flutter? I fluttered a post on BlueSky.
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Quote: "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
- Thomas Jefferson (attributed)
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Is the name Department of Government Efficiency supposed to be ironic?
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PapaT @papabrigs.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
In a tiny bright spot today, the House voted no on H.R. 9495! Barely.
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