Skeets Of The Day

 

Always keep this in mind --

 

New in PN: Taking Trump's imperialist trolling seriously (for a moment) "It’s worth remembering how Trump generated made-for-cable-news fiascos almost every week during his first term that were happily gobbled up by the media, to the detriment of coverage of more substantial topics."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM

 

Thoughts and prayers --

 

The current and all of the former presidents gather to honor President Carter.

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— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) January 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM

 

Nope --

 

When you’ve lost one of the Krassenstein brothers

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— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein.bsky.social) January 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM

 

"N****rbaiting" the California fires... --

 

i’m kind of amazed at how this is just the crudest, most obvious n****rbaiting you can imagine. “the people you don’t like, yeah, they are responsible for everything bad.” and it works!

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— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) January 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM

 

 ... and the real culprit and its exploiters --

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

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— Rebekah Jones (@georebekah.bsky.social) January 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM

 

This is one of the more important columns I've written lately: The California fires are a stark reminder that climate is switching from an economic and tech problem to a destabilizing political challenge. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/california...

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— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) January 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM

 

Reminder:  the American blood Trump's pal and benefactor Putin has on his hands --

 

⚡️ Russia paid Taliban $200,000 per killed US, coalition soldier, media investigation says. The Insider and Der Spiegel shed fresh details on reports of Russia-sponsored killings of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan that first surfaced in 2020.

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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) January 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM

 

Reminder:  Mandate?  What mandate? --

 

When someone claims Trump has a “mandate,” reply with: “More people voted against Trump than for Trump”

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— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) January 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM

What's that Musk-y smell?  Dodgy DOGE --

 

"Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that his budget-cutting effort on behalf of President-elect Donald Trump would most likely not find $2 trillion in savings, backtracking on a goal he set earlier as co-head of a new advisory body, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE."

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— Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) January 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM

 

Reunited and it feels so good --

 

We’re thrilled to share breaking news: The AFL-CIO and @seiu.org are reuniting with a new, long-term effort to make it easier for workers to win a voice on our jobs with our unions.  There’s power in unity! aflcio.org/press/releas...

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— AFL-CIO (@aflcio.org) January 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM

 

You've done yourself proud, South Carolina 1st Congressional District! --

 

This is a deeply disturbed individual.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) January 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM