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@actuallypaul.bsky.social

Tall person living in the Milwaukee area.

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The organization behind Project 2025 is now defending an open Nazi.

31.10.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and β€œwe need them for intellectual diversity.”

30.10.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5339    πŸ” 1795    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 136

Can we call them racist yet?

30.10.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1462    πŸ” 331    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 6

Legally, this is no different from Iran sinking a Disney cruise in international waters and then saying "it's all good, they were terrorists carrying drugs."

Which is to say, it's wholly illegal and has been for centuries. You couldn't even do this with a Letter of Marque and Reprisal.

30.10.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3211    πŸ” 1012    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 22
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Biden Justice Department slow-walked key decisions in Trump legal probes The picture of a hesitant Justice Department runs contrary to the GOP allegation that the indictments of Trump were the product of a Democrat-led plot.

β€œIt took more than a year after Trump was defeated for the Justice Department to convene a grand jury to hear evidence in the alleged criminal scheme by Trump to use fake electors to overturn the results of the 2020 election.”

READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

29.10.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 8

America right now is an airplane that the crew is actively trying to dismantle mid-flight while at least half the passengers are sitting bare-knuckled just hoping we somehow eke out a survivable landing. (The other half are, inexplicably, rooting for the dismantling.)

29.10.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 822    πŸ” 173    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 0

The NYT is now a parody site, desperately trying to compete with the onion, and should be treated as such

Funny shit, but @theonion.com is still better

29.10.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*

They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.

Duh.

28.10.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1784    πŸ” 499    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 37

I think it was @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social who said "they're racist and lying" is the only phrase you really need right now

28.10.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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These Corporations Stopped Worrying About Democracy and Bought Trump a Ballroom It has been nearly five years since the 2020 presidential election, but President Trump continues to baselessly insist it was stolen.

After January 6, 2021, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Comcast publicly pledged to stop donating to politicians who sought to undermine the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election.

In 2025, these companies have stopped worrying about democracy and are buying Trump a ballroom.

28.10.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2194    πŸ” 862    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 48

The REAL FACTS about SNAP benefits and why Trump & the GOP are hurting millions of Americans with their stupidity

28.10.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 526    πŸ” 177    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 3

These people are deeply weird losers and their entitled whining should be mocked endlessly.

28.10.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1052    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 1

This, to me, is the signal feature of the DC-based Dem consultant class: the caricature of the Dem Party sketched by right-wing media is more real to them than the actual people & organizations that compose the party. They have more frequent & direct interaction with the caricature!

27.10.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 296    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

even the democratic consultants are evaluating the democratic party according to the caricatures put out by republican-aligned media

27.10.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3624    πŸ” 594    πŸ’¬ 148    πŸ“Œ 31

How much of that "Deciding to Win" report is devoted to having cool people who people like and admire talking about things that would benefit everyone

27.10.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0

this is an excellent list of certified Losersℒ️ who should he chased out of politics for the foreseeable future

27.10.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this

27.10.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7497    πŸ” 2141    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 40

the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles

27.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 15351    πŸ” 2700    πŸ’¬ 508    πŸ“Œ 284

Mahers vicious racism and Islamophobia has been on full display for decades now, the reality is that way too many American liberals and centrists are happy and comfortable with that racism; and they are all happy to abandon any number of women to ensure a Muslim man doesn’t become mayor.

26.10.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 497    πŸ” 125    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 5

uh, that’s not β€œreimagining” the novel. that’s…the novel.

26.10.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4961    πŸ” 818    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 15

It cannot get lost in the shuffle, even with so much else going on, that the world's most wealthy people have had their minds absolutely rotted out, just saturated to the dripping point with black mold down to the studs and frame, by the all encompassing unhumanity of their wealth.

25.10.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1396    πŸ” 366    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 11

I am so sad to see what the federal government is doing to Chicago, a beautiful city of great people (where I used to live). I am also mindful of the fact that Chicago is a test run for this kind of brutality everywhere. We cannot just feel bad for Chicago/LA/NYβ€”bc it is coming for the rest of us.

26.10.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 116    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

24.10.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4861    πŸ” 1592    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 83
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The New Work Eimes
Trump
Administration
Updates
Tariff Tracker
GIVE THE TIMES
Empowering Ele
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel
Strikes
The president said he would bypass
Congress rather than ask for approval for his military campaign against drug traffickers, even as he said it would expand from sea to land.

= The New Work Eimes Trump Administration Updates Tariff Tracker GIVE THE TIMES Empowering Ele Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes The president said he would bypass Congress rather than ask for approval for his military campaign against drug traffickers, even as he said it would expand from sea to land.

This enrages me. Honestly, you should just roll up the paper, throw it in the trash can, and join the White House Office of Communications if this is what you’re going to do these days.

24.10.2025 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2672    πŸ” 530    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 45

It's genuinely hilarious how easily the pedophile mad king crashes out in public now. Like it's incredible content. If only the entire media ecosystem wasn't full of bootlickers who want him to be king because he could be ground into dust by mere questions on a hot mic lol.

24.10.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 351    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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White House releases list of donors for Trump’s multi-million-dollar ballroom | CNN Politics Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot...

People keep saying it's privately funded. That's misleading. "Privately funded" is when foundations and wealthy individuals pay for it.

At least half a dozen of these donors are major federal contractors dependent on U.S. taxpayers. This is money laundering.

23.10.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 779    πŸ” 350    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 13

Hit Dems hard??? You mean hit already struggling people hard???

Horserace orgs like Politico wants SO BAD for the consequences of this shutdown to be about Democrats and partisan political gamesmanship rather than for everyday people.

23.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 660    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 3
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Every imagined threat about socialism is modeled after real things that happened under capitalism

22.10.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2081    πŸ” 376    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 21
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Trump shits on America. Why doesn’t the media care? For many news orgs, Trump’s fascist coalition is uniquely legitimate.

wrote about trump's shit ad, and why the media doesn't care when he attacks Democrats or people in cities. (It's because only white cishet rural men are seen as authentic americans.) www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-poop...

23.10.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 439    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 8

⚠️ Google has given you access to The Computer That Lies.

⚠️ You are now required to use The Computer That Lies.

29.01.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2889    πŸ” 504    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 13

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