bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
His actions have solidified the BRIC relationship
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
His actions have solidified the BRIC relationship
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
They don’t care
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s the prequel to Hunger Games
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
Starting in September, Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers will make it even harder in Texas to prevent school shootings, suicides, and murders by domestic abusers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Here’s what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
If another president allowed a war criminal with Cold War spy experience to meet on American soil and be driven in the presidential vehicle with the president, there would be an outcry. How stupid is the secret service?
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s making the actions “normal” and desensitizing people. Then it will continue unabated
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Beyond North Korea shit
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Peas in a pod
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Only bc that troll can literally push the pen of the sitting President
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Ouch
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
I do not support or trust this admin. What is eye opening though is that it takes draconian action to get things done in Washington. Goals set and then action to make them. Other parties take note: bold action ideally with better compromise but do not expect that part. Politics has changed.
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Bull shit
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
US BUDGET DEFICIT SOARS The deficit jumped 19% to $291B in July. This is despite $21B collected from Americans due to higher import taxes, which led to higher costs on goods like furniture, footwear, and auto parts. The deficit for 2025 is already $1.63 trillion, up 7% from the last year.
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Trolling the troll. Gotta make him berserk
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
She is not the future
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
EU can’t promise how each country will behave
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Note. Don’t waste time out money. Wasn’t gonna happen: if the opponent wasn’t enough to push votes her way, don’t think it could have happened
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Just to say: this is not the direction of the Democratic Party for the future. Need to step up, new blood, more enthusiasm. Temper the woke shit ( gonna lose if don’t). Separate Israel the State from Jewish religion then take a stance. Better start grooming now.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Lutnick a few days ago: “No extensions.” Trump today: “We have agreed to extend, for a 90 Day period, the exact same Deal…”
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Talarico speaking on Rogan: I'm a Christian, and I think there is no more dangerous form of government than theocracy—because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they’re on a mission from God.
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Watching Designated Survivor and it’s uncanny how the topics in those episodes relate to today’s political climate
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
UTAH… this is not a game…
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Too dangerous
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Pam Bondi in February: The Epstein client list is sitting on my desk right now to review. Pam Bondi today: There is no Epstein client list and no "further disclosure" of Epstein-related material "would be appropriate or warranted."
danielwalbert.bsky.social (@danielwalbert.bsky.social) reposted
Many people claim to belong to Jesus, but Jesus does not claim them. "I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness." Mathew 7:21-23.
Graphic Granola (@graphicgranola.bsky.social) reposted
Perfect timing for this sort of review. The Declaration of Independence complaints: • Exclusionary immigration policies • Barriers to world trade • Taxes without our consent (Tariffs) • Corrupt the rule of law • Impair due process • Using the military improperly • Threaten the judiciary
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith Legislators have the statutory authority make unannounced visits to state run facilities, but the DeSantis regime is REFUSING us entry into 'Alligator Alcatraz'.
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Media too scared
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
This is bullshit
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
And how to incorporate the Karen Read case into your syllabus
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
🙄
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s exactly the minutia that will result in the difficulty to provide medical care to those in need. States have developed systems to help & yes these should be looked at & the system improved. Cutting the services by hiding indirect cuts undermines states and the ability to provide those services
Deborah Jurges (@lottesenkelin.bsky.social) reposted
202 224 3121 Congressional Switchboard resist.bot/petitions/PE... @resist.bot #GOPcorruption #noem #GOPdarkmoney #resistbot
Amy K (@amyklassen.bsky.social) reposted
Politico (@politico.com) reposted
A group of 17 Republican governors asked Thune and Johnson to remove a 10-year moratorium on enforcing state and local AI laws from the megabill.
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
He knows
Politico (@politico.com) reposted
Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation that the Senate GOP’s planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like the “mistakes” that we supposedly learned during World War II
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
"Rewarding Emil Bove with a judgeship would be an affront to the rule of law," writes former U.S. attorney Harry Litman.
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
And reinstate the son of the shah . History repeats itself Sure this time it’ll work
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
No legitimate claim unless there are external forces to make it happen
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
First the tone of the post is unprofessional at the end. EVERYONE WANTS THIS- no one wants trafficking and ridding society of this scum idle great! Do not insinuate that anyone is against THIS use of policing!!
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
You got the info right- the landing zone a bit off. Maybe the number of tankers should have been a clue: reports say K46’s (10k more gallons) I know nothing about these but saw a report.. it’s done no matter.
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
slippery slope rē privatization: wording suggests use for housing- now the inference may be PUBLiC housing but much of the land is NOT near cities and that housing would be hard to place in most of it. But, housing in the form of a resort!! Now that could be placed and make people $$. Do not pass
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
"The media continues to cover politics as if it is still the 1990s. 'Both parties are basically center-right or center-left parties.' The journalism infrastructure in our country wants to pretend that that’s the world that we live in. The instinct is to treat everything politicians say as valid."
emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) reposted
As you read CATO's report on how 65% of the people ICE has detained committed no crime, remember that @padilla.senate.gov was asking why Kristi Noem always invoked the same 6 cases when Noem's goons assaulted him. That's why. www.cato.org/blog/65-peop...
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Been saying this for weeks!!! 💯 the BBB may give the executive cabinet the same Get Out Of Jail Card
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Members of the administration are playing a cosplay; they are children in the role of adults and just cannot help it
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
Sen. Alex Padilla responds to JD Vance: "He knows my name. Look, sadly, it's just an indicator of how petty and unserious this administration is. But he's the vice president of the United States, you think he'd take the situation in Los Angeles more seriously." @msnbc.com
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
The media is frozen. Half run by those complicit with the administration and half fearing the same administration
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Not acceptable
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Please send the trained ICE and Homeland and Border Patrol to now back up the Marines in the Middle East- this will allow them to show their technical military prowess.
Larry Hochman (@larryhochman.bsky.social) reposted
The amount of rationalizing you have to do to justify this to yourself, your family, your fellow citizens must be astounding. I have no sympathy for anyone involved in this. You moved past too many off-ramps for this kind of behavior.
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Waste of taxpayer’s money- nothing for them to do
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Bullsh!t
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Expecting a “clear and detailed” plan from this administration is wasted time
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted
LMAO so quiet the only thing you hear is the squeaking tanks😂
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
No surprise
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Good to see passive protest by the military during the parade: not goose stepping and actually going out of their way to be slightly off cadence. Brilliant! Plausible deniability
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
☹️
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep!!
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
That won’t happen- family relatives and those “invited” and the military deserves the respect - just unfortunate that it’s on this day and he will use as his own bday present
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
No doubt he set up the distraction and, because he (sorry, Israel) eliminated those making negotiations hard, thereby setting up for another try with a weaker position. When meeting doesn’t work, k!ll the other side (?)- guess that works
Secret_Squirre1 (@secretsquirre1.bsky.social) reposted
The new low www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
…costing taxpayers lots of money to have them there. For nothing.
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Police were at Sen Hoffman house first then went to Rep Hortman where they exchanged gunfire w gunman but he got away. Not sure if Sen Hoffman alerted police to go there perhaps after the gunman said something(?). Police found manifesto list w names on it.
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Could just fall into a line of police actually looking, blend in (may even be one they “know”) and vanishes into the wind. The car may be the only real link
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
💯 talks trash, does not have what it takes to be in that position
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
How? Spineless lemmings
Denver Riggleman (@denverr.bsky.social) reposted
Since I know how the United States Capitol Police (USCP) works, legislation needs to be introduced and passed that guarantees protection for all congressional representatives… which means that USCP should arrest and detain any DHS or other LE that assaults or attempts to detain any representative.
House Judiciary Dems (@democrats-judiciary.house.gov) reposted
Why is Secretary Noem so afraid of answering a U.S. Senator that she would have federal agents forcibly drag him out of her press conference? In a democracy, officials answer questions. In a Gangster State, they send armed agents to wrestle Members of Congress to the ground and handcuff them.
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course his audience WAS selected white nationalists….🫤
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted
Seems worth noting that Noem's story is that "no one knew who" Padilla was. Hmmm. You're in CA with US marines in LA. CA.... I think two senators? You don't know what one of the state's two senators looks like?
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Send the fn military home and start thinking about the whole Iran situation. uSA cannot sell all our munitions to Israel especially since we cannot replenish supply while China holding back certain sales necessary for them. Mr President, you have put us into a pickle. A parade makes us look foolish
Kimberly Atkins Stohr (@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social) reposted
Sen. Padilla: “If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question…I can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country.”
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Since courts re established the Governor as being in control of the National Guard in Cali, will they listen!?!
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
SEN. PADILLA: “Saying I lunged is a lie, but that’s par for the course for this administration… I was behind the cameras listening, and at a certain point hearing Noem say they had to rescue LA from the Governor and Mayor was too much to take. So I raise my voice to ask a question.”
KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) reposted
Stop this authoritarian regime now! youtu.be/ncpTqBZDgbM
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
They lie about everything
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s a two bit FOX reporter, cut him a break
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Democrats need to voice a clear position on illegal immigration. The border bill previously nixed by the Repubs set this election up. A strong immigration policy will be critical as polls show 50% approve of control. Utter a strong but fair plan to implement and thereby entice the nonvoting 36%
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Young and patriotic and gullible and wanting to use their training…persuasion from highest upper ranks is predictable. It’s middle ranking that needs to instill true patriotism
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
USA needs to open its eyes. Sometimes friends need to honest with each other
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Do something about it
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
But, more does happen at night and that’s what gets attention. Honesty, if those protesting literally went home got sleep and came back it would actually be a stronger flex. Leave the military to stand it sleep in the pavement and show the world that’s it’s a waste of time money and angst
Bob Mann (@robertmannbooks.com) reposted
"Sen. Bill Cassidy's deadly gamble: With one pivotal “aye” for RFK Jr., he sacrificed the nation’s vaccine shield to immunize his own political future." New, by me. open.substack.com/pub/robertma...
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
See you next Tuesday
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s working to some degree
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Troops for no reason $135M.
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social)
Does he really know what tar and feather means and how cruel of a torture it was? Since we are nitpicking words here and there…
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Acting like children. They don’t want to say
bsbud.bsky.social (@bsbud.bsky.social) reply parent
Assuming the governor was in agreement of course