He and team are aware of the rumors he’s dead or dying, and are owning the libs by trolling with fabricated “clues”. Thing is, even if this is the case, the guy still is old and sick and may indeed be on his way out.
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He and team are aware of the rumors he’s dead or dying, and are owning the libs by trolling with fabricated “clues”. Thing is, even if this is the case, the guy still is old and sick and may indeed be on his way out.
Good quote but not by Lewis.
It’s all of a piece, isn’t it…hyper-individualism. There is a disdain for the fact that we all live together in a society and there is a social contract to care for one another, thanks to years of being told they’re victims of a cartoon villain version of anyone not MAGA.
So can we please stop tiptoeing and call it what it is? We are now a fascist government. Maybe we will be different in the future, but we are here now, by all metrics.
Takes a lot for me to side with John Bolton.
Humiliating. If I live to 100 I will never understand how his supporters say they like trump because he’s “strong.”
“Mel Brooks said it best: ‘If you can make Hitler funny, you’ve won.’ Fascism can’t survive without fear. Mockery robs them of it.”
“Mel Brooks said it best: ‘If you can make Hitler funny, you’ve won.’ Fascism can’t survive without fear. Mockery robs them of it.”
Swine Before Pearls.
“Putin would eat you for lunch.” Today, exactly that happened.
…and he went from being democratically elected to being a dictator in just a few weeks.
Food for thought: How much do we look for societal explanations for these atrocities when we should be looking at the influence of one person? Stephen Miller is a straight up, brutal, white supremacist with massive power. Without him in Trump’s good graces, would we have ICE behaving this way?
How about “Convicted sex trafficker and purjurer Maxwell said she saw no wrongdoing by Trump”
Suggested rewrite; BREAKING: Source reports that convicted sex trafficker and purjurer Maxwell said she saw no wrongdoing g by Trump in conversation with Blanche.
Question: Why does it have to be one thing? Trump has a coalition of groups he lied to. How about, Epstein takes down the QAnon-friendly Deep State haters. The economy takes down the swing voters/bro voters/independents/Biden-to-Trump voters. Immigration takes down Latino voters.
Sadly “American companies” have no power do so anything about it. It’s all Trump. Nice of the minister to think we’re a normal country, tho.
What in all that is holy…? You screwed up. Just apologize now and don’t do it again. Please don’t double down on your poor judgment.
Missouri Senate president pro tem Cindy O’Layghlin says that a special session to redraw the state’s congressional map is ‘likely.’ missouriindependent.com/2025/08/02/m...
They put her up in a cushy prison because he’s afraid to do it now. So she’ll cool her heels until he is out the door and he’ll pardon her that day.
Trump was impeached, twice. Considering posting this every day until the Smithsonian corrects its exhibit. Feel free to join me.
@piperformissouri.bsky.social thoughts? This Jeffco guy who has been flying flags for years just added a “legends never die” banner. “Die.” My take? MAGA is preparing for Dear Leader’s demise in light of his health and political issues to lay a groundwork for continunuing their fascist movement.
Why are GOP congress members finally cracking over Epstein? a. Someone who saw the Epstein files leaked to them that the Trump stuff in there is really bad. b. Their constituents are feeling duped and taking it out on them. c. They think Dear Leader is gonna die soon. d. All of the above
South Park is getting canceled after this lmao.
🚨NEW: We uncovered multiple photos of Jeffrey Epstein at Donald Trump‘s wedding. Photos of the pair together earlier that year at an event. And video of Epstein Stein and Trump at the 1999 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/p...
What do you think is the role in all of this of the intermediaries? I’m referring to the podcast bros who *are* talking about this and are pissed. Do they convince the base they’ve been had? Or do they get back in line? IMHO they may be the key to how this turns out.
“Nobody has FUN anymore!!!”
Know who watches 6.1 hrs of tv a day and sits on his a** not working?
Yes! And cults come to an end at some point. Not always pretty…often catastrophic. In any case I don’t think this MAGA sh*t has the goods to endure but predictions are fraught. Hell, the Third Reich only made it 11 years and they were a lot smarter than this crew.
Maybe. Even cult followings end at some point. I’ve messed up many predictions in the Trump era so I will never say never.
Every Republican who goes on the Sunday shows tomorrow should be pressed to denounce this illegal and authoritarian proclamation from the president. And none of this "I didn't read the tweet" bullshit.
The topic of this thread was about not inflicting pain on children for the transgressions of their parents. Obama rarely separated families, and not as a matter of policy. Trump intentionally does so and has separated thousands. Here are the facts: apnews.com/article/arch...
Agree. At the same time our political opponents are deporting babies born here of undocumented parents. Also not the kids’ fault. How do we communicate the value of the grace we extend vs the lack of similar grace on their side?
With no publicity at all, HBO quietly released the George Clooney - produced documentary about the Ohio State scandal. Gym Jordan is an absolute disgrace.
Love how responsible you are :-) I always think back to the 2017 Sean Spicer presser when he flat-out lied about inauguration crowd size...it was an early harbinger of the level of propaganda we have had to live through. It has made me double down on truth and accuracy as table stakes to democracy.
What I believe she said is that it is a descriptive statistic of past successful movements; but there's no knowing what it means now, as it is being used as a prescriptive statistic...iow, if people try to shoot for 3.5%, the effect may be weaker than it happening organically.
Btw - here’s an excellent podcast on why 3.5% (12 million) is an important number re: protests/movements open.spotify.com/episode/6Znc...
Thanks - IMHO I’d look for additional support for this number before hanging my hat on it. I’m a data nerd :-) and this doesn’t seem reliable (not an official logistics organization, no methodology cited), but I sure hope I’m wrong!
It’s STL_from_above
Can you post the reference? Everything I’ve seen so far says 4-6mil.
Parade cost of $45m divided by 10k attendees = $45k per person. What a bargain.
St. Louis showed up! (sorry, don’t know who took the photo - wanted to give atttribution).
More provocation. The protests are a tad too peaceful for their agenda so they’re going to keep pushing and pushing until the dam breaks.
One of my protest signs.
@aoc.bsky.social you are consistently two or more steps ahead of your Dem peers. So many are just not getting it. Please keep leading - we need your smarts and your voice. Thank you for all you’re doing.
The LAPD says there was no violence and they had things under control. The National Guard never even made it to their armories no matter clearing the streets. He’s declared victory and thinks he can dictate masks are illegal. This is a 2:41 AM lunatic post.
@karaswisher.bsky.social thank you for addressing the unhelpful “distraction” framing on Pivot. It makes it sound like the things they’re doing are trivial and should be ignored (eg, LA). Just because these things distract, that doesn’t mean they’re not serious.
Please, for all that is holy, stop using the “distraction” framing. It makes it sound like the things they’re doing are trivial and should be ignored. They are not. They’re terrible actions and need to be addressed. Just because they distract, that doesn’t mean they’re not serious.
The threat is there to provoke a response to start the escalation. Now, of course,we protesters will show up in masks and they’ll try to arrest us, and we’ll win in court, and on and on the attempted power grabs go. As if we don’t have anything better to do in America like solve our actual problems.
Fascists want to provoke violence so they can justify crackdowns and get some good footage to distort for state propaganda outlets
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Trump is dealing with Elon drama. He needs to drive media to a new narrative! For chrissakes did we learn nothing in 10 goddam years?
Legislative chaos! Need to drive media to a new narrative! For chrissakes did we learn nothing in 10 goddam years?
Elon drama! Need to drive media to a new narrative! For chrissakes did we learn nothing in 10 goddam years?
Elon drama! Need to drive media to a new narrative! For chrissakes did we learn nothing in 10 goddam years?
Shots of the gentleman’s face:
It’s 2 am and we’re still marking up massive cuts to Medicaid. While their constituents are asleep, Republicans are trying to take away health care from 13.7 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. They want you to tune out. Don’t ⬇️ x.com/i/broadcasts...
When people say they voted for him because of the economy, and they’re not upset because he’s wreaking the economy, it was never about the economy.
When people say they voted for him because of the economy, and they’re not upset because he’s wreaking the economy, it was never about the economy.
When people say they voted for him because of the economy, and they’re not upset because he’s wreaking the economy, it was never about the economy.
Takes being a major a-hole to kill one pope and piss off another.
Marco is the new Jared.
Speaking of fascism, here’s my latest 2-sided protest sign.
Every ignored “joke” softens the ground. Everything we dismiss as a “distraction” becomes deadly serious. We didn’t “survive” his first term. All the guardrails were weakened in prep for 2024. It’s been 10 years. Why don’t we get it/have figured out a way to combat this?
Folks I respect like Tom Nichols think it’s a deadly NoNo across the board.
What are your thoughts on primarying Dems ala’ David Hogg? OTOH he’s right that Ds need to infuse new blood into the party. OTOH is this the right way to do it? What are other options?
Two words/concepts he has no idea about: patriotism and duty.
Not right. With all due respect, we make a mistake calling these “distractions.” I get what you/others are saying, but all of these things are terrible. It’s more about prioritizing/planning. When we dismiss the lesser sins as mere distractions, we move the Overton window and normalize it all.
Not correct. With all due respect, we make a mistake calling these “distractions.” I get what you/others are saying, but all of these things are terrible. It’s more about prioritizing/planning. When we dismiss the lesser sins as mere distractions, we move the Overton window and normalize it all.
Bravo! ..and I’m pretty sick of this whole “distractions” framing. We make a mistake calling these “distractions”. All of these things are assaults. It’s more about prioritizing/planning, and pushing back. When we dismiss this as a mere distraction, we move the Overton window and normalize it all.
I was told that protecting due process couldn't be a winning political issue because a poll from before this gained wide publicity showed people weren't already upset about it.
If someone farts in the elevator, and I call it out, I may be accurate, but I’m still being a bit of a jerk. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor.
I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
small but significant thing I've noticed on Fox Business on days when market is tanking & Trump is president - they only show the Nasdaq ticker in the corner, not the Dow, to give people the impression the market isn't down as much as it actually is (the Dow is currently down more than 1,100 points)
I was honestly shocked to see no fewer than 9 outta 10 drivers passing our protest in very red Jeffco Missouri giving us enthusiastic thumbs ups and cheers. Felt amazing despite the cold rain!
#HandsOff in Arnold, Missouri in the glorious rain!
Not to mention, Homan is implying that a brutal gang and the federal government are expected to be held to the same standards of behavior. In what world does that make any sense?
Link please, Sir?
Is anyone hearing scuttlebutt about a possible boycott of the 2028 Olympics?
What about the fact that Bluesky doesn’t rely on algorithms as does X? I’ve been hoping this will be a differentiator.
Can you add some analysis? Thanks!
An (unintended?) metaphor for privitalization of every damn thing.
Watched the coverage from my hotel room in Austria so caught more local and UK coverage. The word “credulous” was made for moments like this.
This seems pretty simple: It’s the wrong job for you. Resign. I don’t care that you didn’t “sign up for this.” It has become this (and many of you helped make it so). So do your job or get out.
Think less pragmatic and more ideological with a heavy duty religious bent. They think having a white Christian nation is what God intended and poof! prosperity will magically follow.
The goal isn’t savings. It’s dismantling the administrative state. This has been the project of Bannon and the Project 2025 ideologues who want to roll back our democratic system. Read Curtis Yarvin (who Vance cites when explaining the project).
“Bloated, fat, disgusting.” Always projecting, this guy.
Fun to see who is *not* trying to be BMOC in this meeting. Marco, Vance, keeping their heads down.
Does anyone else get to speak at this meeting? Elon is holding court and everyone else is mum.
Bravo! ..and I’m pretty sick of this whole “distractions” framing. We make a mistake calling these “distractions”. All of these things are assaults. It’s more about prioritizing/planning, and pushing back. When we dismiss this as a mere distraction, we move the Overton window and normalize it all.
Not correct. With all due respect, we make a mistake calling these “distractions.” I get what you/others are saying, but all of these things are terrible. It’s more about prioritizing/planning. When we dismiss the lesser sins as mere distractions, we move the Overton window and normalize it all.
Not right. With all due respect, we make a mistake calling these “distractions.” I get what you/others are saying, but all of these things are terrible. It’s more about prioritizing/planning. When we dismiss the lesser sins as mere distractions, we move the Overton window and normalize it all.
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
“Honestly, I’m not looking for a partner…I’m looking for a front man, cuz we’re gonna cut sh*t close to the bone…it’s gonna get nasty, so I need a pain sponge…when I’m under the hood doing [noises] …” - Matsson to Tom or possibly Elon to Trump youtu.be/bmj0RA9QLJc?...
