Can’t say I disagree
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Can’t say I disagree
I mean, if you dump a ton of extra jack booted thu—err law enforcement personnel (and other people in uniform)—into an area, it’s likely some crime will go down, temporarily. But it’s not sustainable, scalable, or necessary. The fact she praised it at all is damning to her.
The gaslighting goes to 11 with this regime. These people give Baghdad Bob a run for his money
That JD Vance was right. What happened to him?
Thank goodness Trump has never an infraction— *puts finger to ear* Hold on, I’m getting some new information…
@democrats.org continue to alienate people who should be some of their biggest supporters. While few of them would vote Republican, many will stay home* and elections are often won on turnout. *Not excusing not voting, I think it’s tunnel vision, but it’s the reality.
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
The vaccines that were originally developed during the first Trump administration? 🤔
We’re going to need a lot of fucking guillotines.
She gave away the lie by claiming Trump acted like a total gentleman. We know that’s not him. She over corrected and went completely unbelievable.
Whether there was a quid pro quo, a “wink wink nudge nudge” understanding or GM is just smart enough to say what’s good for her, this interview with Trump’s former personal attorney should be considered as corrupted and unreliable.
Fuck yeah 💪🏼 🌈
Hopefully
2016
Many of these terms are rarely used by Democratic representatives or candidates already. Others are perfectly fine and policing language is hardly Democrat’s biggest need at the moment.
Are you for real? You’re the one who said "When Democrats Take Over in 2016”! I was being a bit tongue in cheek with what I assume was a typo on your part.
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
If only we had a time machine and could go back and win in 2016, none of this hellscape we’re in would be happening.
That’s also a great idea! Not sure if one already exists.
Illinois is going to be much better than Missouri on that front. We’d welcome you in Illinois!
I see some trolls have found their way to Bluesky! I guess it’s hard for you to fathom that there are people who aren’t just out to serve their own self interests, so anyone supportive of LGBTQ+ rights must be LGBTQ+.
Thank you, Governor! As some other states and the federal government are regressing on LGBTQ+ protections, Illinois continues to be a beacon to members of our community. ❤️
Hottest due to climate change after killing clean energy and gutting regulations and the EPA?
This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read
He looks like he’s 90 years old. Hate really ages you.
If the high road is going to lead us to fascism, then we need to take a different fucking road.
Both are true: 1) Gavin Newsom has problems and I likely wouldn’t vote for him in a presidential primary. 2) Gavin Newsom is meeting the moment in a way most Democratic leaders aren’t, and I appreciate what he’s doing. We’re long past running the playbook of yesteryear and always “go[ing] high”.
This is the way!
The fewer people that see what she does, the better. Fewer, more loyal toadies is what you want when you’re corrupt, incompetent, compromised or some combination of the three.
Absolutely no chance at all.
“Made to look terrible”? No, no. No one is *making* anyone look terrible for jumping on Trump’s bandwagon any more than they’re making someone who rolls around in the mud look dirty.
This looks good, but the part about the plot being hidden, I don’t know… I guess I’ll have to read it learn about the hidden parts because there’s a lot happening in plain sight
Bonus, there’s a RoadRunner site as well!
The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.
Meanwhile, Jeanine…
Trump's attempt to militarize and federalize D.C. is an incredibly dangerous acceleration of his fascist takeover of the nation AND It's clear he's pursuing it to distract from the Epstein Files His craven personal self-preservation is driving this escalation and that makes it all the scarier.
The White House. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
He fixed the border? I thought that required a giant wall? Amazing that he figured out how to do that without one. And zero illegals? Amazing! What a stable genius.
Very sorry for the loss of your people. It’s long past time for the world’s leaders to speak out against Israel’s crimes against humanity.
Trump is taking notes, even he didn’t think he could simply bomb journalists he didn’t like.
Seems like a well-known journalist—whom I’m *sure* they have a great deal of proof of his being a terrorist, right?—should be easy enough to bring to justice without *any* collateral damage.
… minor enjoyment. I’m not just talking about those who (naively, I think) imagine they’re fighting the good fight there. They are just on it for selfish reasons. There are countless examples of this.
She’s not just talking about GOP voters. American culture has evolved (or been pushed) toward individualism over collective good. People aren’t willing to sacrifice much for the greater good. I know plenty of liberals still on Twitter. They are willing to support an actual Nazi just to get some
He blocked me ❄️
“Clash” is a cute, both-sidesy way of putting it. Nice job, Bezos must be proud *pat on the head*
Google also has ethical baggage, which I wrote about. And they’re cheaper because you’re not the customer, you’re their product (your data) and eyeballs for ads for their real customers
Unfortunately Apple and Google have both been kissing the ring. And we don’t really have much of a choice, which I wrote about back in February bruiserblog.com/2025/02/18/t...
The most jarring thing about the capitulation of American universities is that I used to think they’re defenders of free speech (tenure and all) but it turns out they’re just real estate and patent-generation empires scrapping their way through an amoral administration for narrow advantage.
Most of the crime in Washington, as far as I can tell, is happening in the White House and other federal buildings.
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These guys always tell on themselves by being the biggest projectors on the planet. Political weaponization? That’s Kash’s fucking full time job, what he was picked to do.
I’ve been wondering that as well. GOP controls more states but Dem states tend to be more populous and thus have more seats. Unfortunately Florida and Texas are big and red.
As repugnant as it is, if they’re going to do it we have to do it, too. Of course it would be better if no one gerrymandered, but we have to fight fire with fire. Otherwise we can take the high road all the way to the end of our Democracy and the American experiment.
Despicable.
Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Says the lazy slob who golfed on 428 days, nearly one in three days of the 1,461 days of his first presidency.
Familiar except it seems their Supreme Court will actually do something about it.
He is in fact the most transparent in his corruption.
That and the same formula applied to their first only posts.
In a vacuum those two profiles might look legit at first glance. But when they come in rapid succession like this, the fakeness is obvious. I’m not sure what their game is but assume some kind of scam.
Bluesky has a real issue with authentic users, or rather lack of them. Despite having over 300 followers I get minimal engagement on original skeets, compared to replies on other people’s skeets. And I think the majority of my followers are fake.
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
It’s not just Trump, it’s Trumpism. The entire GOP establishment, including the Supreme Court, lined up behind him to embrace fascism. You can’t work with people like that to create a better anything. If we don’t exact a price for what they’ve done—including violating many laws—history will repeat
…who somehow are both stealing their jobs and also lazy and living off the government dime. Trumpists are stacking the courts, targeting political opponents with government power, and gaslighting the country. You don’t “policy” or “nice guy” your way back from here.
And how do you do those things without aggressively going after that cancer that is Trumpism? Half the voting population has been systematically hoodwinked into believing that Dems are communist pedophiles bent on destroying the country and making everyone trans, that immigrants are criminals
We need a new crop of Democratic leaders who aren’t afraid to take the gloves off and get into some bareknuckle brawls. And who aren’t, incidentally, addicted to that stream of wealthy donor money and afraid to rock the boat.
Democrats’ insistence on decorum and holding to the mores and traditions that the GOP have now completely abandoned means they’re playing by 2 different sets of rules, and the GOP’s give them a huge advantage. Dems will ride the high road all the way to a fascist failed state.
How dare you be happy about anything on here?!
Every Trump appointee that can conceivably be removed should be. The whole lot of them are rotten to the core.
This is more a Yes, and thing
If we don’t we’ll just find ourselves right back in the same situation in a few years. Failure to punish wrongdoing and claw back what was lost (as much as possible) would be the death knell of the party.
This is the answer, it’s not a binary choice
Yes Yes No* Yes *Universities should not be punished or forced to adopt “liberal” policies but should be required to follow laws regarding discrimination, protection, accessibility and inclusion.
This is such a stupid headline that years ago I would have said was beneath the NYT, but these days is spot on.
This 💯, the same thing I say when idiots mouth off about shooting in Chicago despite tough gun laws. Last I looked there are no walls around the city or border checkpoints. We’re only as strong as our weakest gun laws.
Happy birthday to @wilwheaton.net , my first celebrity crush! ❤️ 🎂
They supported Trump while hundreds had signs at his rallies reading “Mass Deportations Now” but told themselves that meant deporting other people, the Latinos they don’t like.
Well if you define “possession” *extremely* loosely, I once held a gold bar in the vault of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York worth a few hundred thousand dollars.
It reminds his addled child brain of strippers
I get the sense people may have forgotten or missed some of the details of allegations against Ghislane Maxwell but they’re considerably more awful than I at least had expected and we’re about to do refreshers on all of them
“Food comes from Uber Eats, not a kitchen!” *orders a $12 cold brew delivery from Starbucks* “Ugh, why am I always so broke?!”
I hate to see good friendships torn apart. I hope these two can be reunited soon.
Seems obvious how they can relate to Trump… 3 peas in a pod
“Why oh why aren’t smart people taking our ideas seriously?” 😐
Has* (for now)
He had the highest rated show in his time slot.
Quite a grift for her!
Lots of things need fixing if we survive all this. One among them is reducing the power concentrated in the leader of the majority in each house of Congress. One man should not be able to shut down the House for months.
His brain is total mush.
They’ve realized it won’t blow over, so they’ve decided to make a show of it. They’ll miraculously uncover involvement only from Trump’s enemies. He already issued a mob boss like threat and she seems to believe he is going to “save” her. Pardon for testifying against his enemies?
Considering she was convicted and sentenced in a federal court there is literally 0 chance the DOJ has never “reached out” to her. They charged and convicted her.
This is a great example of how conservative grievances are with society overall rather than government. It’s not even like a teacher told her; another student did! The only way around it is to police society so much that no child anywhere could learn about lesbians from anywhere and tell their kid.
This is … not how you use an LLM like ChatGPT. It’s not capable of actually analyzing performance.
Big challenge for the mainstream press today: stay on the Epstein story AND give serious attention to Trump's vile attempt to change the subject by threatening a former President.
I don’t know that he’s ever faced any real consequences for his actions.
Them
He’s more of a conservative ideologue than Trump but is not likable and can’t hold together the cult of personality propping up Trump.