Skeets Of The Day

 

"But, we didn't vote for that!"  (They did) --

 

A new analysis reveals that Trump’s tax plan will “actively transfer money from low-income people to the top 0.1% of income earners.” 🔗: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) March 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM

 

Not the man for the moment -- 

And if the Nazis reach Paris we should probably start preparing for war.

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— Lucas O’Connor (@loc.bsky.social) March 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM

 

It’s increasingly clear that it’s not that Schumer has a (however misguided) different strategy for addressing the threat Trump poses to the constitutional order, he just doesn’t think Trump poses a real threat to the constitutional order

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— Scott Lemieux (@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social) March 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM

 

this is a straightforward delusion

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— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) March 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM

 

The real Russian mole Trump exceeding fictional expectations ... --

 

If this were a Le Carre novel and Karla’s mole became President of the United States, he wouldn’t do ninety percent of what Trump’s doing out of fear of being discovered.

— jasper33.bsky.social (@jasper33.bsky.social) March 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM

If Trump is allowed to continue dismantling the foundations of US state capacity by the end of 2025 then even a most Europe-friendly successor will not be able to project power globally in the old 1990s style Europeans will have to get used to a world where for good or ill the Americans are gone.

— Alexander Clarkson (@aphclarkson.bsky.social) March 19, 2025 at 3:26 AM

 

... and raising fears the U.S. won't honor NATO Article 5 commitment --

Escalating warnings of a potential Russian attack on NATO have raised fears in the Baltic states that they could be next in the crosshairs. Talk about a potential Russian invasion is "very common at parties, gatherings, lunch breaks, water cooler talk," one Vilnius resident says.

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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) March 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM

 

Emboldened thugs --

 

newrepublic.com/article/1928...

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— Jacob T. Levy (@jacobtlevy.bsky.social) March 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM

Trump illegally fires Democratic FTC Commissioners --

 

I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:

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— Alvaro M. Bedoya (@bedoyaftc.bsky.social) March 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM

 

What's that Musk-y smell?  President Musk's business a top FBI priority now --

 

I was told we're under assault by foreign gangs and fentanyl imports, and yet the FBI's top priority appears to be the state-law crime of vandalism, but not vandalism in general, just vandalism of a single company. If state and local cops can't handle this, why do we spend such much on them? 🤔

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— Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) March 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM

More white nationalist DEI Derangement Syndrome --

 

The Department of Defense deemed a story about baseball hero and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson's time in the Army as "DEI" and deleted it.

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— Matthew Reichbach (@fbihop.press) March 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM

 

Humor is fundamental --

 

Gary Oldman crying at farts being dubbed into some of his his movie roles. Farts are always funny…

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— Rex Chapman (@rexchapman.bsky.social) March 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM