Esther
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Esther
@justsaying1600.bsky.social
Retired native New Yorker, switching from Twitter to Bluesky, True Blue and mad as hell. #USDemocracy
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Rep. Nehls: “If Donald Trump says jump 3 feet high and scratch your head, we all jump 3 feet high and scratch our heads.”

So much for checks and balances.
November 13, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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Let me state this is bluntly as I can, as a biographer of both Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Vladimir Putin is now inside the U.S. government, with visibility into absolutely everything. He has that access through Trump, Musk, and David Sacks.

We are fully infiltrated. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/u...
Elon Musk Puts His Imprint on the Trump Transition at Mar-a-Lago
He’s on the patio. He’s on the golf course. Everywhere Donald Trump looks, there is the world’s richest man.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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Short thread

So many are smugly celebrating the thought of Musk slashing & burning government departments because it they think it won't affect them.

They really haven't thought it through.

Many private businesses will go bankrupt as they lose Government contracts.
November 13, 2024 at 9:31 AM
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Do I get this right?
The Democrats 'lost the working class' because they'll help you buy a house, have a child or start a business.
But the Republicans haven't because they'll wreck Social Security and Medicare, give billionaires tax breaks and smash unions...
November 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Check This Out

Reminder: #PeterThiel is a large Polymarket investor. #NateSilver is a paid Polymarket advisor.

Per Axios: "The FBI on Wednesday morning raided the New York City apartment of Shayne Coplan, the founder and CEO of Polymarket, Axios has learned from multiple sources.
November 13, 2024 at 9:38 PM
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Elie Mystal, with feeling:

“A country that allows its environment to be ravaged, its children to be shot, its wealth to be hoarded, its workers to be exploited, its poor to starve, its cops to murder, and its minorities to be hunted doesn’t really deserve to be ‘saved.’ It deserves to fail.”
There’s No Denying It Anymore: Trump Is Not a Fluke—He’s America
The United States chose Donald Trump in all his ugliness and cruelty, and the country will get what it deserves.
www.thenation.com
November 8, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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This is the Starter Pack you've all been waiting for! go.bsky.app/CQuuiuL
November 12, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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"With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service."
Bluesky Adds One Million New Users After Election
With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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We're going to take over this place the same way we took over threads: by building up all of you

First, hit the like button, reply with #NoDemUnder1k, and most importantly, hit the REPOST button.

Then follow each other back. The easiest way to do so is to follow everyone who reposts.

Here's how:
November 12, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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Check out our new generation of Dem Senators ready to get to work for the people!

(L-R Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester, Adam Schiff, Elissa Slotkin, Andy Kim, Ruben Gallego, Angela Alsobrooks)
November 12, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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One thing I think people need to be aware of is the absolute torrent of bullshit we are about to see.

Pay attention to what else is happening when the big distracting things - deportations, etc. - start.

They’re going to try to flood the zone and ram it all through at once.
November 12, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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My new bible.
November 11, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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📢 App Version 1.93 is rolling out now (1/5)

This release includes the thread composer, improved tooling for adding content warnings to your own posts, and other improvements and fixes.

Open this thread for more details. 🧵
November 8, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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He will have [surgery] tomorrow," Jones said. "He'll have it there in New York. He wants to do that there. He's got great medical doctors up there. It's a more common injury in hockey. And he's got doctors who are very familiar with how to repair that, and his prognosis is wonderful.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott to have season-ending hamstring surgery - UPI.com
Veteran quarterback Dak Prescott will undergo season-ending surgery to repair his injured hamstring, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced Tuesday.
www.upi.com
November 12, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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November 11, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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When you stink as an attorney apparently you fail in the usual direction—downward—and become window-dressing at the equivalent of a strip-mall circus
November 12, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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The sad part about this meme is that gas was already cheap when her parents doomed her to sepsis
November 12, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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All empires crumble.
November 6, 2024 at 3:52 PM