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still-rusty.bsky.social
Owned by cats but love dogs, too. I desperately need my Social Security and Medicare. Hope I live long enough to see DJT die. Political junkie but can't keep up w/all of it now. And I take breaks for my mental health.
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Same for me.

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

On Day 1 of the Meta antitrust trial, the government was stuck arguing about a world — and a market — that no longer really exists www.platformer.news/meta-antitru...

These Universities have courage: valuing critical thinking and academic freedom over obedience to power and compliance with authoritarianism. Where would you want to be educated?

It's happened. Any talk of "becoming an autocracy" ignores what is happening right in front of our eyes: Only the present tense is appropriate now.

Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal

Male Eastern Bluebird! Long Island, NY #birds #photography

One of my cats checked by licking one of my closed eyelids.

The court system is a coequal branch of government. If the administration isn’t going to follow their orders it’s time to hold some senior officials in contempt.

Totally agree.

$200K > $150K

They'd better remember that Dick Cheney's aim has probably improved by now.

Tsk, tsk. It's now the Gulf of America, remember? (/s)

Case closed, but not that damn umbrella! Yet again!

So by paying our taxes, we pay for a Central American dictator who runs the 116th-richest nation in the world to build five more supermax concentration camps slated to be filled with our countrymen and wholly innocent legal permanent residents of the United States? Is that right?

"Kids, blink 3 times fast if you want me to call Children's Protective Services."

Emergency video: it’s time to start making plans. Either the house steps up to defend the constitution, or our generation does. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...

AOC: When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror

What in the hell happened to Bill Maher?

Frequency Forward is challenging Sinclair’s latest license transfer. The complaint says Sinclair used shell companies to skirt ownership limits and misled the FCC for years. Are they fit to hold a broadcast license? Read more 👇

"What if the only person who could ‘save’ you was the one hurting you?" In this powerful clip, @alexandrastein.bsky.social explains how cults manipulate attachment bonds—creating a terrifying loop where the source of fear also becomes the only source of comfort. 👉 youtu.be/GYLPrqFg1Dk

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How great is it that Musk and Zuck are getting spoofed by AI announcements at the crosswalks? 🤣🤣🤣 And the toll-free # at "Tesla Regret?" debadging stations? I don't know how the woman who did the recording doesn't absolutely snort w/laughter.