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@matthewsgilbert.bsky.social

Former TV critic Boston Globe, author of dog-park memoir "Off the Leash," queer, here.

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She pulled my weave

06.06.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The hatred continues to astound and sicken

04.06.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Casts Himself as a Protector of Persecuted White People

"Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated." - George Bernard Shaw

22.05.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Re-pub-li-can
/ˈkouΙ™rd/
plural cowards
Noun
: someone who is too afraid to do what is right or expected : someone who is not at all brave or courageous
β€’ a proven coward who had deserted his troops

14.05.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Approval Rating Has Been Falling Steadily, Polling Average Shows President Trump’s approval rating has sunk to about 45 percent, down from 52 percent one week after he took office.

They couldn't have known what he was planning to do.

24.04.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump and Some of His Cabinet Members Attend U.F.C. Fight in Miami The spectacle at the mixed martial arts event was emblematic of an emboldened president who increasingly encourages displays of force to carry out his agenda.

Redundant

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...

13.04.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Signal Leak Is Latest Mistake in Pete Hegseth’s Rocky Time as Defense Secretary The disclosure of battle plans on a chat app created a new predicament for the defense secretary.

But the real problem is DEI.

26.03.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Berates Zelensky at White House Meeting: Live Updates

They turned it into an episode of Real Housewives.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

28.02.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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White House bars AP reporter from Oval Office because of AP style policy on 'Gulf of America' The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from attending an event in the Oval Office after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ...

Voting for censorship is moronic and a little oxymoronic too.

12.02.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ye Takes Back Apology and Calls Himself a Nazi in Social Media Rant The rapper praised Hitler and took back an apology he made in 2023 for his past antisemitic remarks.

He's reading the room.

08.02.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump last October: β€œI will defend our American Jewish population. I will protect your communities, your schools, your places of worship and your values.... We’re going to remove the Jew haters who do nothing to help our country, they only want to destroy our country.”

22.01.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump pardons upend massive Jan. 6 prosecution by freeing rioters and dismissing cases Former Proud Boys extremist group leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes have been released from prison after their lengthy sentences for seditious conspiracy convictions in the...

His militia is back in place.

22.01.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Re-election Defines a New Era of American Politics The Obama-Romney race in 2012 was the last in a familiar pattern in U.S. politics, which has since become defined by Donald Trump’s conservative populism.

Breaking

25.12.2024 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone know when the Musk-Trump feud is scheduled to premiere?

20.12.2024 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Baby wants a Ukraine of his very own?

19.12.2024 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense pick, says allowing gay troops to serve openly reflects a Marxist agenda | CNN Politics Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has repeatedly criticized policies allowing gay people to serve openly in the US military, calling them part of a β€œMarxist” ...

Yeah, the good old days of Don't Ask Don't Tell.

12.12.2024 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The Dangerous Precedent of Biden’s Pardon It sends a signal that Trump’s abuse of the pardon system was not an aberration.

I hope he grants more, before the reign of retribution begins again.

05.12.2024 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For them, every accusation is an admission.

03.12.2024 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gaetz, Gabbard and Hegseth: Trump’s Appointments Are a Show of Force President-elect Donald J. Trump’s cabinet picks show that he prizes loyalty over experience and is fueled by retribution.

Correction: Show of Farce

14.11.2024 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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