They'll be fine w/ it. They want the dictator part, obviously, & Vance isn't as uncouth as trump. Maybe Vance wouldn't be as obvious on the corruption and maybe he would rescind the tariffs. Or at least he would understand he's could consolidate powers for a while if he pretends to be a saner trump
He TURNED ON THE VALVE!
I don't believe it. trump wouldn't work extremely hard on this, he would delegate and go to MAL.
Is that data true? a) car jacking was declining no matter what and b) there aren't that many for the data to be statistically significant after one month.
Nope
Facebook is trying to force feed me Babylon Bee content (and I'm not giving any reasons to do so). But they got a chuckle out of me with their "refs invalidate Trevor Kelce's proposal as his knee wasn't fully touching the ground". Only time
Go Bruins
You know how the gold appliques in the oval office are home Depot items that were spray painted gold? Well, the limestone in the Rose garden...
Didn't heckuva job Brownie resign? Bush became toxic politically. Contra: Hegseth leaks war plans to journalists -> still here to hang traitor Lee's portrait at West point Noem delays response to TX floods 3 days Kennedy destroys CDC.... And trump has a 40 % floor he can't go under.
They worry about his bloated face, neck, cankles, but I'd worry more about the young girl getting in the car with Epstein's buddy.
Search for trump's Pulse Shows Uneasy Mix of His Vindictive Agenda with Congestive heart failure.
NYT: with his passing, trump is sidestepping the traditional bounds of vitality.
The fact that 2 of the 8 nominated by Dems voted to give trump that authority means that the SCOTUS ruling will be 6-3. If 2 D-nominateds on this panel can find some grounds to give him the authority, you bet that the 6 MAGAs on the SCOTUS will as well.
Zuck started his career with a hot-or-not website that used the likeness of female Harvard student, didn't he?
Hegseth didn't resign after unintentionally sharing war plans with a journalist. Noem didn't resign after delaying response to TX floods for 3 days. Kennedy won't resign after destroying the CDC. Highlighting their evilness and incompetence is the only way to put pressure on them.
Love you Liz, but the issue isn't as much raising cost for American families as it is, you know, defending the Constitution, the law and defending from an authoritarian take over. It seems you're saying: "we're fine with a fascist dictator as long as it doesn't increase the cost of eggs?"
Actual exchange on bsky: Me: "we should unite to fight trump" Lefty: "how did that work for you in'24. You lost' Me: "I lost? Congrats on winning and destroying the country" L: "Your candidate didn't acknowledge minorities, it's your fault so you own trump and YOU won."
It's not ok to baptize babies with Gatorade, yet.
It's more lawless than illegal, since the Scotus gave him immunity to do all kind of stuff that would be immoral, repugnant, fascist but still authorized by their laws.
Prince at the DNA lounge, late show
They're playing the 1000-year-Reich game
Air quotes God forbid
Follow the trail of Ronny's little helpers
Let's ask Jake Tapper what are they hiding about trump's health.
Trump administration: what if we put in in charge of denying medicare claims?
d) ... illegal The Fed is independent of the elected officials for a reason.
If @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is not making hay of trump buying appliques at Home Depot and spray painting it gold for the Oval office, they're fumbling it. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/08/ok-w...
This is exposing the phoniness of the trump rational.
I liked the echo makers better, even flew to Kearney, Nebraska to see the crane migration. The overstory is a great book, and Powers tie in the trees into the narrative brilliantly, but it falters beyond setting up the roots (his word) for the story. Ambitious but tries too much.
Outside of the racism pointed out by Media Matters, it's interesting to see Watters point out that Fox's audience is similar to Cracker Barrel, old and white, and that Fox is in the business of selling them crap. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...
If you can grant a path to citizenship to people who put their life on the line fighting for you, you've lost your moral compass
Wait, he's defying constitutional norms again?
I observe the reverse issue: some lefty will attack the current vocal leader of the Ds (Booker after his filibuster, newsom after his redistricting speech, JB after his promise to prosecute) for not being pure enough.
Why not impeaching trump? There's tons of reasons to impeach him
Maybe if you had asked for Bobby Jindal on the AI prompt, you'd had gotten Obama?
Bonny Doon ?
The military secured the guerilla's armories, including Subway, Quiznos, Togo's and Krispy Kreme for good measure.
They're trying to put the @nytpitchbot.bsky.social out of business
What they expect fascism to look like/when at it looks like:
You have anti fascist in your bio! Hilarious!
You won because you lost. Hard to argue with that. Ok then.
"contained" means killed himself
Would the NYT use defy? "a desire to implement his idiosyncratic vision of legal norms"
Lidar: there's a train barrelling towards this crossing Camera: don't see it Lidar: there's a stroller crossing the street! Camera: where? Lidar: this fire truck is parked in the right lane Camera: come on, it's a freeway, no one stops here! Elon: who wins?
Oh, I get it, didn't realize you were slow. I only mentioned Harris because you told me I lost in 2024, implying you won. Now you're telling I won, because consistency and rationality are not your strength. But yeah, go fight liberals on bluesky while trump tear down the country. Priorities.
Newsom wasn't on the ballot in 24. Point out where I demonized minority. Point out where Harris demonized minorities. I bet you can't. You know who demonized minorities? "They're eating cats, they're eating dogs", the guy you elected.
I didn't achieve trump's victory. Obviously you did, because you're telling me I lost (and I did, the country lost). Harris was anti trans? That's a new one. You make no sense.
Lidar: there's a train barrelling towards this crossing Camera: don't see it Lidar: there's a stroller crossing the street! Camera: where? Lidar: this fire truck is parked in the right lane Camera: come on, it's a freeway, no one stops here! Elon: who wins?
Muni is $2.85 per ride and unless you get a monthly pass, you prolly don't know what's your monthly cost.
Except there's the built-in assumption on the media that norms only apply to Democrats
AOC/Bernie always had the fight but they're not viable candidate. I wish AOC could appeal across the aisle, she's fantastic, but way too new York leftie to win in the general.
Why? Because he was the only one with a fight. JB is stepping up. Booker had that fighter mantle back in the spring, then dropped it - I don't understand why. If it's a matter of "not left or right, but right or wrong", why not keep up the fight?
You won and you are destroying this country, trans included. Good job
I believe it's taytay's exes, so yeah, men.
You'd be competing with Marjorie Space Lasers' boyfriend, it's not a fair fight
Oh, Gustave and his gueuloir...
To bé fair, SF and LA have had solidarity before this disaster - say facing wildfires or earthquakes and stuff. And the Giants/Warriors and Dodgers/Lakers all have chips this last 20 years, but were never good at the same time.
They're renaming it the Department of Lethal War Fighting (and Trash Collecting)
National security emergency indeed
Oh, a "Palo Alto scientist" is opposed to redistricting. Regular people, with regular concerns, I see. Wait, he's the chairman of the Santa Clara county Republican party and the heir to a $3B fortune. Regular guy indeed www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Not "claiming the powers of Supreme Ruler," but "expanding the reach of the executive beyond the traditional interpretation of the Constitution".
Instituting martial law in US cities is a "political feud". The media has chosen its camp, and it's not pro-democracy.
In two weeks, then
One key difference is that Ds stabbed Biden in the back due to his alleged unpopularity, while Rs support trump even more and pretend he's the best thing since sliced bread.
Sound like the Monty Python's biggus dickus
Google paid $25B n taxes over the last 12 months so even if Stanford/Brin/Page got the patents, the US for a nice return on that investment. And that's true of most of the revenue generated by IPR from research funding! macrotrends.net/stocks/chart...
This article states with a straight face that Tesla is trying hard to not raise price of model Y, but may have to due to skyrocketing demand. "Prices may go up, my friend, you should buy now" is not exactly what a car salesman says when demand is skyrocketing... www.teslarati.com/tesla-consid...
DC safer than Seoul? That guy's on crack
What are they hiding about his health and where is Jake Tapper?
If I were to try to go over that bridge, I'd do it under cover of the night, you know, to sneak in discretely. Also, I would not touch the wall, but the ladder I'd put against the wall. It's so dumb it's funny.
But Democrats should not use these words either, according to the third way. Complying with the fascist is the best way to defeat them, according to them. Can't see the flaw in the logic
Disagree. A quiz on canvas is simple, the results are automatically in the grade book, super easy. Grading? Students uploads the papers to canvas, I assign to readers, grades are there. Would I go back to submitting hard copies of the homework and then finding a way to get them graded? Hell no
I've donated to Booker in '20 but he hasn't followed up with his Mr Smith goes to Washington filibuster speech. Waltz? Where did he disappear? JB? No idea what he's doing Mayor Pete: great on tv but no practical impact Even freaking Obama is so quiet with democracy on the line
You do that, but do me a favor and find a better candidate that will fight trump... I'm not in the Gavin fan club (even if I have nice memories of his gay marriage advocacy and probably voted for him a governor) but show me a candidate that does something
If Gavin redistricts CA and gives a majority to Ds in the midterms, would you be better off? Or are you happy with Mike Johnson? That's the only thing that matters now.
Part of the reason they're weak is that they have a weak hand. Newsom objective to the deployment of the CA national guard, vocally, loudly, and through the legal process. Yet it didn't stop anything. I agree that should be loud against it, but if they're steamrolled, what's the point?
Ann Coulter is still on tv????
They gaslit you all throughout the election.
I have to admit that whatever JB is doing is not getting to me. I see some nice speeches, but I'd love to hear more. What is he doing practically to oppose trump? I liked Waltz but he kinda disappeared to.
Mean tweets are fun, but the real meat is the CA redistricting. That's a tangible, real leadership and a real action against dictatorship I'm not entertaining this conversation either. Good luck to you.
Amen
I understand gavin worries you. My advice is to get someone else take the leadership in the flight against trump/authoritarianism, rather than kneecapping the one who does. There's plenty of time until'28 but not so much time that the fight can wait until then. As you say, it's not a game.
I was in SF in 2004 & that's not true. It was absolutely not a cynical career boosting move. It was illegal at the time, it was courageous and he got excoriated for it. Kerri (and the D establishment) blamed him for the '04 loss saying he started a key culture war battle that torpedoed his campaign
The best strategy is to make sure another candidate is the nominee! I will say I'm guilty of ignoring Gavin's rhetoric since here in CA there's no anti-trans legislation that I'm aware of and I'm old enough that I remember him as a very pro LGBT politician. But people change.
Current administration is transphobe, and aggressively so. If it happens, a '28 Gavin administration would be a) much less transphobic and b) restore democracy so that non- transphobe candidates can be elected in the future. It seems qualitatively very different to me.
The alternative could be Vance, which makes no difference.
My take is: trump runs, people object it's unconditional, it goes to Scotus which, by a 6-3 majority says that "let the voters decide" - kinda what they did with the 14th amendment
Not endorsing anyone yet, but Ii's annoying that some people are saying, if Gavin is the nominee on '28, I'll sit that election out. As if trump or Vance would be more trans friendly. Same as "can't vote for Harris, bad on Gaza" and now we got full fledged genocide. How did that work out?
If some potential voters were turned off by Harris' "I love guns" strategy, then they got Pete Lethal Weapon Hegseth instead and how is that an improvement? They were dumb. Too far to predict '28 but saying I won't vote newsom is as dumb, considering the alternative would be trump.
Setting aside the structure of the sentence, comparing anything to 9/11 is pretty tasteless.
If the choice is: Dems praising trump (along with Rs who have evicted all who don't fetishize him from their ranks) so that he wins pretty much unopposed in '28 or not having elections in '28, so that trump stays in power unopposed. It's head I win, tail you lose. Cuban is turning maga I see
We're reaching the point where the news is giving tips like: when you go buy milk, take your passport or your birth certificate in case ice tries to deport you to Uganda. And aside from the no kings day, it's pretty much business as usual.
And hardly any from the Democrats on Congress. MTG or Bobo had articles of impeachment filed on a weekly basis, but Dems are, nah, can't do nothing.
Impeachable, illegal, corrupt
Did they pass? Biden had a trifecta in 2020, did these laws pass? You prefer trump to something that is purely hypothetical. Do I prefer trump to eating unicorn poop? No, because trump is a fascist wanna be dictator and I'll never eat unicorn 💩 anyway.
How low has this country fallen that CNN is providing explainers on what to do when you are witness or part of an ICE intervention. www.cnn.com/2025/08/23/u...
Pretty good. But have you thought of: "Search of Bolton's Home Shows Uneasy Mix of Retribution and Law Enforcement" ? I know, even the NY Times would not go with "uneasy mix" as a euphemism, that's too much. But you're a parody account, you can!
In their defense, the NYT editorial board seems more interested in "who's next" rather than "this is a freaking impeachable abuse of law enforcement to attack political opponents"