Son, brother, uncle. Teacher, retired bartender, (slowly) improving golfer. RIP E.B. “It’s a fragile thing, this life we lead…”
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Beyond the relentless idiocy, incompetence, and vicious divisiveness, it’s important to remember that this is the most nakedly corrupt administration in the history of the nation. Just a cesspool or self-dealing, conflicts of interest, and distortion of public policy for private enrichment.
Sarge! Whassup buddy?!
Oh, now you’ve done it…
Wow!! How had you traveled there? Seems like those were some of the tensest times since the early 60s!
He read about the Bolsheviks once! Fancies himself in the vanguard…
And these dopes can’t manage to be a dependable coalition partner, never mind “rule” over anyone… Carry on Zinoviev!
It can be hard to keep track! 😉
Tried to enjoy the long weekend before the semester gets going and haven’t checked in here much and thought I’d see if @radiofreetom.bsky.social was still being bombarded over the term “genocide” and - unbeknownst to me - a completely new front has opened in the BlueSky Wars!
Oh god Coco, it’s not THAT bad! Things will get better… I hope…
Remember being in my mom’s Oldsmobile Cutlass (and absolutely massive car) when new of this broke over the radio. Seemed very scary at the time.
Not so bad!
Congrats!
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China didn’t take it. America gave it away.
Fixed it.
As a relatively young kid, those two shows (on reruns) were enthralling! Loved em!!
No big whoop, just Donald Trump pissing away three decades of U.S. diplomacy due to a fit of personal pique. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
She’s got a really strange vibe. And her recent performance has been kind of odd…
Bouie ends the “real or a show?” debate by explaining that it’s both at once. It’s real, a show, and their vision for the future, one that isn’t in place though possibly could be if it keeps going. Don’t fall for the show and take the reality seriously, resisting the vision. All simultaneously.
“Wait until your father gets home!”
"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
Or defense policy, or trade policy, or tax policy, or regulation, or public health policy, or immigration policy, or education policy, or criminal justice policy, or the courts, or political discourse, or electoral politics, or democratic leadership, or Boston traffic, or Williams College, or…
Important, thoughtful thread!
Too smooth! And the Kim Guilfoyle thing…🤢 There’s an inauthenticity issue… I really like Waltz - and was shocked that the GOP could immediately go after a “strength” by attacking his reserve service - and the media allowed it to “stick.” I don’t know. The electorate is so hard to assess. 🤷🏻♂️
Can’t agree more on Newsome. Still think Waltz is saying all the right things but wonder if he’s “tainted” now. But Pritzker is rising to the moment!
Thank god! It’s about time!!!
We’re at the point where we can populate a “Donald’s Inferno “ of various “rings” of increasing intensity with the corrupt, vile, and evil beings at work in this administration. I’d put Miller at the center, maybe Vance, but @ellenbraaten.bsky.social makes a good case for “Bobby Plague Boy,” here…
Definitely! Yeah, really top notch across the board!
Cannot express how fantastic this show was! Extremely high expectations obliterated! 🤘🏻
Amazing show!!’
Early voting starts today, Boston! Find where and when at michelleforboston.com/vote.
From @markhertling.bsky.social — retired Three Star General, veteran of our modern wars. www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
“The tariffs will be a ‘one time adjustment’ that will flow through the economy and will not lead to an increase in inflation.” 👍
It’s a disgrace.
“.. Friday’s ruling extends the suspense over whether Trump’s tariffs will ultimately stand.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It's amazing that the E3 action to start the 30-day clock on sanctions on Iran has gotten so little attention in the U.S. press. Could lead to an Iranian pullout from the NPT; to further war; to a deal on verification and limits; or to... very little. ACA's Kelsey Davenport covers the specifics.
Nine Inch Nails in the TD Garden. Amazing show. One of my few favorites that I hadn’t managed to see over the years. Just incredible! 🤘🏻
Jerry Jones never should have been elected to the NFL HOF. That was always a complete joke, Jimmy Johnson built a dynasty that was so dominant that a moron won a SB after his firing. For 30 years he’s be a horrific GM and the Parsons trade to a rival is a testament to his abject ineptitude. 💩
The epitome of populist garbage. Actually JD, “we” do (and have) allowed accomplished academics and practitioners to make decisions about monetary policy and interest rates, insulated from petty daily politics and unprincipled creeps like you and the fraud with 7 bankruptcies that you work for.
[Bill Cassidy looking down at corpse of chicken he has fucked to death]: That chicken should not have been fucked that hard
Where do they find these nut jobs?
Andrea Kugler stepped down in August, which was disappointing. This isn’t about Cook.
If the Dems had any guts (and sense) they’d throw every single procedural hurdle in front of this ideological hack’s path to the Fed Board. But… that’s obviously too much to hope for with this pathetic and out of touch leadership,
Veterans are oversold as a bloc. Some are extremely proud of what they did, others saw it as a job like any other, some would rather forget it. But the vast majority took the oath seriously, and not doing so offends them. I would hammer that Babbitt is getting a military funeral. Hammer it.
I feel this shit in my bones
When things can’t get more ridiculous…
I’m so sorry. This sucks.
Holy shit? Why?? What happened??
The epitome of populist garbage. Actually JD, “we” do (and have) allowed accomplished academics and practitioners to make decisions about monetary policy and interest rates, insulated from petty daily politics and unprincipled creeps like you and the fraud with 7 bankruptcies that you work for.
Lydia, the 16 year old who is more honest than most of our elected officials and the corporate media who cover the administration
This is both great and… catastrophically terrible…
Oof
Love it!
This was a year ago. And I can't even remember which of our regularly scheduled gun massacres prompted it. Oh well, my number didn't come up today. Might as well go back to the wheel again.
You just gotta believe!!!
"Justin, fact check this for us, because earlier today the President said there's no inflation." Lemme serve up a heaping pile of truth on a bed of context, and do so with a smile.
The erosion of basic principles like due process and the expanding use of our military on domestic soil puts the liberties of all Americans at risk, and should concern democrats and republicans alike.
Funeral honors for an insurrectionist who died trying to break into the House chambers to disrupt proceedings and overturn a free, fair and legal presidential election. Shocking. Disgraceful. A terrible reflection of the state of this nation…
Funeral honors for an insurrectionist who died trying to break into the House chambers to disrupt proceedings and overturn a free, fair and legal presidential election. Shocking. Disgraceful. A terrible reflection of the state of this nation…
I have lost track of how many times I have talked to the media about gun violence but here is once again my advice www.cbsnews.com/boston/video...
School shooting: "You can't legislate against evil. Only Jesus can help." Doge dipshit/Musk blood bag gets beaten up by 12 year olds: "We must bring the entire weight of the federal government to bear to make sure Big Balls never gets wedgied again!!!!!!
Anyone got a toaster they’re not using?
Settle down, you two!
And a new section on using the Guard for trash collection… for some reason.🤷🏻♂️
😂😂😂
Thoughts and prayers to Bridge Colby’s poor assistant frantically inserting “and cleanliness” after every occurrence of “lethality” in the next draft version of the forthcoming National Defense Strategy. 😂
So… tired… of… the… “winning.”
the absolute weapon
Sorry - anyone who thinks this vapid chode is “an intellect” should really be committed or voluntarily do the rest of us a favor and walk into the sea. Just inane, nonsensical gibberish.
Jim Fearon’s head just exploded somewhere!
Wait - they can handle snow?!? Oh definitely getting one!
Okay, great! Now I want a platypus! 😂 Thanks @anjalikdayal.bsky.social!
First day of school for kids in a county where the adults that are supposed to protect them have completely lost their way…
Damnit!
I hope people see how intellectually barren, morally repugnant, and utterly fascistic it is to take the throwing of a sandwich more seriously than the mass shooting of children. Couldn’t be me. If there’s a hell below…..
Hey, getting a red onion in the eye is nothing to sneeze at!
A slap to that forehead might collapse his skull… clearly it’s relatively hollow.
Don’t have kids… Couldn’t agree more! 🥹
Dan is obviously completely right on this, but…🤬
He was great as John Snow’s buddy in “Game of Thrones!”
Had a grad school bud from Tennessee. Old school conservative. But would hope he’d be anti-Trump today. We had long, loud debates over estate taxes, deficit spending, defense policy, etc.* Once I asked, “Is Cracker Barrel worth going to?” “It’s garbage.” Enough said! *Usually over beers.