Yup, good riddance
Wooderson
@wooderson69.bsky.social
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Gen Xer painfully watching democracy die 90’s alt music rocks Yinzer Would rather be 🏌️♂️⛳️
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Is it just me... but with each passing day, my disdain for anyone that voted for him grows exponentially. I didnt think I could hate them anymore especially after they tried to kill me and my coworkers on Jan 6th, man was I wrong.
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"In 2020, the government pointed to Maxwell’s 'willingness to brazenly lie under oath about her conduct' as a reason to deny her bail. Now, with her entire life in the government’s control, it turns to her as a source of truth. Or, if not truth, a story that can help the president out of this jam."
DOJ slides into DMs of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell
They're gonna make her an offer she can't refuse.
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You know how broken our political system is when a man who’s clearly deranged holds the highest office and the people who could remove him from that office continue to support him with gusto.
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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife have sued Candace Owens for defamation over the far-right commentator’s repeated allegations that first lady Brigitte Macron was born a man.
French President Macron sues right-wing podcaster Candace Owens
The lawsuit alleges that the podcaster promoted “outlandish” claims, including that Brigitte Macron was born a man. An Owens spokesperson said she “is not shutting up.”
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MOST DEFINITELY DESERVED. DO THEY ALSO HAVE AN AWARD FOR, SCUMBAG OF THE YEAR, DOUCHEBAG OF THE YEAR OR HOW ABOUT THIS RECKING A COUNTRY OF THE YEAR
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A classic coordination failure: everyone makes excuses for why they go along with authoritarianism rather than resisting. And democracy and the rule of law crumble. We thought our institutions and culture were stronger, but we are following Hungary's path.
Former US ambassador to Hungary: "After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence." (h/t @bnovak.bsky.social)
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
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Lots of Mean Girl-energy here, including Todd Blanche.
As Alina Habba gets booted from her interim job, AG Pamela Jo Bondi swoops in to summarily fire Habba’s hand-picked replacement. I unravel the latest in this Habba drama in NJ.
