Aaron Rupar

Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:32 UTC

I see your shooting a puppy in a gravel pit and raise you...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:29 UTC

I did not have "pictures of RFK Jr with barbecued dog" on my hellspace bingo card today

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:20 UTC

“Given that this Court’s conservatives have displayed extraordinary intellectual & moral flexibility in their quest to cement a hard-right government, it’s not difficult to imagine a world where this power is deployed to protect Republican presidents & punish Democratic ones.” -- @snipy.bsky.social

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 12:35 UTC

New in PN: The Supreme Court gives Trumpian autocrats a map for abusing power "Faced with a loss, a lame-duck president now can, in the 10 weeks after the election, weaponize the DOJ to help overturn an election and suffer no criminal consequences."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 06:49 UTC

Nobody loves that Joe Biden is 81. It would be great if he was 35. But you know what I really dislike? Authoritarianism. So I humbly beseech people to get a goddamn grip.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 00:26 UTC

strong speech from Biden tonight

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 00:25 UTC

who wants to tell him

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 21:48 UTC

Bend

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 19:14 UTC

When Trump is rounding up people with impunity and the imprimatur of the nation’s highest court at least folks will be able to take comfort in the fact the slightly older guy is no longer president.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:49 UTC

"Unelected right-wing justices, all of whom have a lifetime position, have pulled off what is likely the biggest power grab in American history, knowing full well there’s no way that the other two branches can get it together enough to stop them." -- @snipy.bsky.social

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:21 UTC

if President Biden declared today's Supreme Court ruling to be an assault on democracy and ordered Chief Justice John Roberts imprisoned indefinitely, would that be an "official act?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 14:58 UTC

So if Joe Biden declared today that November’s election is canceled and ordered the military to keep him in power, would that be an “official act”?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 13:36 UTC

New in PN: SCOTUS completes the biggest power grab in modern US history "Three decisions from last week highlight the remarkable success of the right-wing justices in accruing control, drastically shifting power away from the executive and legislative branches."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 17:24 UTC

I feel like this should go without saying but the only sane & responsible vote is November is the one that prevents Trump from taking office & finishing off American democracy. Unless something extremely surprising happens, that choice will be Joe Biden. And in any event it will be the D nominee.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 18:11 UTC

good to be back in Oregon for the first time since the before times

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 14:26 UTC

At no point have I said Biden can’t win! He obviously still can

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 13:25 UTC

I’m not going to sugarcoat it: Biden’s debate performance was a crushing disappointment and close to a worst-case scenario. Here are my full thoughts:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 11:26 UTC

in the piece i describe it as Biden losing, not necessarily Trump winning

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 11:19 UTC

New in PN: Biden isn't the first POTUS to lose a debate. But that was as bad as it gets. "The bottom line is Republicans set the bar ridiculously low for Biden, but instead of making them regret it, he reinforced the perception he’s lost his fastball."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 03:08 UTC

meh. you gotta overcome stuff like that. no excuses. he took a week off to prepare for this

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 03:07 UTC

i think we can all agree that Biden didn't drink enough Mountain Dew before the debate

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 22:45 UTC

nervous about the debate so I'm getting absolutely lit on Mountain Dew

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 19:45 UTC

How is Missouri harmed by the criminal charges filed against Trump in New York? Bailey has struggled to come up with a convincing answer. But right-wing media, including Sinclair, is helping him legitimize his flimsy (and still un-filed) lawsuit anyway.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 18:04 UTC

Jake Tapper and Dana Bash should force Biden to address the issue of most pressing concern to Trumpers -- would he rather be electrocuted or eaten by a shark?

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