Alt Kelly š„·š§š»āāļø (@kellybdevoe.bsky.social) reposted
Oh yeah give me that conspiracy shit
Alt Kelly š„·š§š»āāļø (@kellybdevoe.bsky.social) reposted
Oh yeah give me that conspiracy shit
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
The media's basic assumption that crimes only count if they happen in secret has been Trump's saving grace throughout his two terms. He keeps blabbing about them -- here, he's posting a video of a targeted assassination of civilians -- but because he's so brazen they assume it's no big deal.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
Ok letās see if Hot Shots Part Deux holds up
Reconstructionist (@unavaleable.bsky.social) reposted
eleven people???
Emma (@mayorseidel.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I know we have gotten used to some pretty unrestrained uses of force in the past 25 years, but suspected terrorists are at least, suspected of being a legitimate military target. These guys are doing things that would not mark them for death even if theyāre guilty.
muscular baby jeb lund (@mobute.bsky.social) reposted
you'd think the governor of illinois basically going "we're being invaded by an authoritarian" would be something you'd see real easy on the front page of most everything an hour later
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
Bargain basement Mathew Fox in Bone Tomahawk looking motherfucker
Angry People in Local Newspapers (@apiln.bsky.social) reposted
The Aussie press not holding back when it comes to its coverage of neo-Nazis.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
We could have all these guys who ended up being wannabe operators sipping mojitos and wooing Chinese-Cuban drug barons instead. Look at what they took from us.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
We are still living with the consequences of Miami Vice (2006) not being a hit.
Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) reposted
Wow, House Republicans are going to a lot of trouble not to force the release of the real Epstein files. The real files, the ones that we know Donald Trump features in, since FBI agents working at the direction of Bondi and Patel spent a lot of time redacting his name.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
To the extent weāve invented impossible standards that basically no women have. āYou must be at least six six to applyā fuck off nobody says that
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
The Coast Guard are better than the SEALS because they do both have to do a bunch of insane physical training but you can trust the Coast Guard with a boatload of cocaine and you very much cannot say that about the SEALS
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
The person Will is quoting explicitly ties class to salary though, which I agree is nonsense. In America at least, class is aesthetics and culture, which is why electricians making six figures are working class but lawyers making six figures are not.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
I think the funny thing is it gets you closer to solidarity than people who would be mad about it want to admit
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
Is Mina 12 in this one?
Bill DiFilippo (@billdifilippo.bsky.social) reposted
it is worth mentioning that this is so obvious that anyone against the idea of impeachment is actively empowering and encouraging all of it. this includes many elected members of the democratic party.
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) reposted
Nice to see Pritzker act like the problem with an armed invasion of Chicago violating peopleās rights based on lies is that itās armed invasion of Chicago violently violating peopleās rights based on lies, rather than saying the problem with an armed invasion is a gallon of milk costs 25 cents more.
Grudgie the Whale (@grudgie.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Because on the merits thereās no reason to stop the drumbeat. Nothing exculpatory has come to light. DoJ hasnāt released anything. Trump hasnāt explained himself. In fact the opposite! They rewarded Epsteinās primary accomplice!
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
I maintain the tradition by brutally killing my houseplants on a regular basis
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
My great grandfather was an illiterate Irish dirt farmer who immigrated to the US. His son was a teacher with a masters degree and his grandson was a lawyer. Immigration is a human right.
Joel (@snufkinlib.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I can only remember the coldest post of all time
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
I had this āAleister Crowley, normie libā joke locked and loaded and then it turns out I misremembered the thelemic principle and the āan it harms noneā part is actually Wicca
James Bennett (@ubernostrum.bsky.social) reposted
Once again, āat least threeā and the follow up ādonāt play gamesā show why Joe-Biden-Thought is undefeated.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Iām not at all being facetious here. I love this movie in all its deranged hubristic failure and it deserves the midnight movie treatment
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
We need to get this thing in theaters because unlike the Morbius re-release I think it would actually do numbers
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
DJ Khaled, for one
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
One of the more difficult to comprehend things for me is that Trumpās orbit contains so many people obsessed with their image, who get tons of plastic surgery and wear tons of makeup and yet none of them can find makeup to match his skin tone.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Functionally indistinguishable from the disc horse bot
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
Pretty cool that this is accepted as proof heās fine and compos mentis while it would be all anyone needed for a quick exercise of the 25th Amendment in any other administration. And this is one of the most mildly insane things heās ever said.
mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) reposted
it would be funny if he was actually fine all weekend and then had a stroke at 1:30 today
William Shakespeare (@shakespeare.lol) reposted
Produce the bodies, be they alive or dead.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
Remembering for no particular reason that part in The Locked Tomb where the worldās first necromancer gets paid a bunch of money and uh other considerations in exchange for puppetting the presidentās corpse around in a kind of undead Dave scenario
Zach Rabiroff (@zachrabiroff.com) reposted reply parent
Reassuring message from the president's website
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Motherfuckerās gonna come out more juiced than Bane
Too Big to Fail (@toobigtofail.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump is now 15 minutes late for his scheduled Oval Office announcement.
Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) reposted
I'd like to assure the reporters and editors at ABC News that no bad people will hurt you, and you won't have to pay another $16 million, if you fact-check (in real time) something that the president of the United States just made up. abcnews.go.com/US/58-shot-w...
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
Sometimes a personās inner truth is that theyāre an asshole and actually they should not pursue that
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
I actually am kind of in favor of renaming it (though I donāt especially care one way or the other) because I feel like if weāre going to have this massive military without having fought a war on American soil in almost a hundred years (and even then only kinda) we might as well be honest re its use
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
I donāt even get what the angle is though. Like, I understand the St George Cross has been co-opted by the far right and flying it outside of England sporting events etc is perhaps divisive but I dont get how the flag of the country theyāre all citizens of has become a political football this way.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
They donāt see PMCās as being on their side though because they have forced themselves into seeing everything through an extremely narrow class lens.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Ok, legit what the fuck is happening over there
post malone ergo propter malone (@proptermalone.bsky.social) reposted
both here and there the intention is to make sure everyone knows that itās impossible to rely on the life you built in the respective country. something of an open question why that should be a national goal
Micah (@rincewind.run) reposted
they can prop him up all they want but he hasnāt blathered into a camera for days now, thereās no way heās doing well if heās not talking to the press
Cooper Lund (@cooperlund.online) reposted
Infinite TsukoyomISRT Gigan (@gigansprogress.bsky.social) reposted
The Heavyside Layer folks, thatās what itās all about theyāre talking about it more and more, donāt go they say Mr Trump, but thatās where all the Jellicals go, weāre gonna do it the Heavyside Layer, no oneās ever done it. Grisabella very nasty and mean she lies she said but she didnāt
Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) reposted
The mental fitness of elderly Presidents has been such an important issue for the media lately, so I expect wall-to-wall coverage of how President Trump has once again thrown a fit about one of his own signature policies, showing no awareness of how it arose or who executed it.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
How much was this poor woman paid to act surprised at all this bullshit
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
āHeās very much alive!ā is definitely the kind of thing you say when heās very much alive.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
I think Casino Royale is the best but Quantum is the second best bond film.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
āChino Hillsā
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted
This āexplicitā is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. Itās not ambiguous.
William Adler (@williamadler78.bsky.social) reposted
600 children. I am constantly astonished by just how evil this administration is.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Pauldrons are awesome but I mean he looks like heās wearing ray bans
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Iām not into wargaming or miniatures but Trench Crusade is such My Shit I may need to start
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
I like that the gold demon priest or whatever is rocking a sick pair of hater blockers
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
The conception of rule of law we need to strive for is that, for the individual, everything is permitted unless expressly prohibited; for the state nothing is permitted unless expressly provided.
Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85.bsky.social) reposted
The near total disinterest in Trumps v obviously deteriorating physical health & mental acuity from the same press that went into a feed frenzy over speculations about Bidens health--to the point of inventing conspiracy theories--has been one of the most cynical things I think I've ever witnessed.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
The mayflower one reminds me of Hong Kong which isnāt bad necessarily but kind of is if itās accidental and is just weird if it isnāt. I dig the turkey feathers
Matt Ortega (@mattortega.com) reposted
Again, it must be asked, if this administration were trying to sabotage the country and intentionally screw over its own citizens, what would they do differently?
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Strong Marion Ravenwood energy
The Pines (@thepines.bsky.social) reposted
If more new people don't run for office as Democrats and win, these tribunals will never even be considered. Not with this Democratic Party.
Chris Kluwe (@chriswarcraft.bsky.social) reposted
This is literally someone playing an RTS and hearing āyou must construct additional pylonsā and then they start killing off workers while facerolling the keyboard
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
It all seems exhausting and mostly just embarrassing for everyone involved
ghosty (@ghostymost.bsky.social) reposted
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
So why is everyone posting like āobviously we know it hasnāt happened but what if it diiiidā¦ā all of a sudden
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
As for your point about mass shootings with semi-autos, yes that can be done but I think things like magazine capacity and preventing conversions mitigate the damage. Again, I think āban all gunsā is a much easier to legislate policy from a drafting perspective, but not from a passing perspective.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah thatās why I said activist is probably not the right word, but I take them at their word that they are pro gun control. I disagree that it doesnāt matter much because it should be illegal to convert a semi to a full auto and to make that illegal you need to be clear about your definitions.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Like, I think saying āall guns should be illegalā is a totally coherent viewpoint and itās also not gonna happen in the US anytime soon. Once you get into regulation though, itās important to know a bit about the things youāre regulating.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Activist is maybe not the right word because I donāt think that is their primary thing but I was first introduced to this discourse by seeing Sky Marchini getting flamed for saying an AR-15 is semiautomatic and not automatic and that that matters when laws regulate the two differently.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
The āKennedy Curseā is that your family will collapse and everyone around you will die but America will, sometimes inexplicably, love you unconditionally
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
They both look aggressively facetuned and Superman has lockjaw
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
This is inspired by a gun control activist saying that itās important to know about the things you want to regulate.
K. Chen (@tznkai.bsky.social) reposted
Trump purported to give the American electorate Spend! NO TAX. Only spend and a lot of them fell to it for the same reason they always have
timoconnorbl.bsky.social (@timoconnorbl.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Regrettably, Sideshow Bob was right.
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted
People are often surprised to learn that Lee was an officer who never made it past colonel. The purported promotion to general was awarded by a treasonous cabal calling itself the "confederate states of america" which was put down by force by the Union army, which also had superior generals.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it behooves activists to know of the things they advocate for will result in the outcome they desire. That requires some subject matter knowledge.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah I was out of country for a couple days and I have no idea whatās going on
post malone ergo propter malone (@proptermalone.bsky.social) reposted
if we made immigration work how people think it works that would be the biggest liberalization of immigration in American history
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
God this is actually really pissing me off
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
$500-$600 a night for two adults and a child is certainly not chump change but is also not totally unreasonable for a visit to New York. Is it affordable for everyone? Obviously not, but it seems to be for this family so wtf
Coach Finstock (@coachfinstock.bsky.social) reposted
Brady and cheatin ass Belichick and a Gitmo Shuttle holy hell Pats really the most evil franchise ever lmao
Catherine šā⬠(@catherinetheok.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The placement of these two posts on my discover feed are perfect
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Pritzker has an honest face. Gavin looks like he would shank you in a back alley for loose change.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Ever so slightly too nice
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Quick question, if all these women were lying how come your man resigned in disgrace
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
Game on.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
Every hour an impeachable offense
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social)
Your manās about to drop dead on the schoolyard why would you share this
Seth Cotlar (@sethcotlar.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This nostalgic vision of what the American Party wanted to "restore" in 1970 might sound familiar to folks who follow the MAGA right in 2025.
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
What is an exclusively male coded way to talk about that?
Doctor Benway (@docbenway.bsky.social) reply parent
Itās hard to express this without sounding at best MRA adjacent but thereās definitely a strain of the culture that demonizes men in general and I wonder if that ends up leading to āmen are suspect, men who love men doubly soā
Democracy Action Network (@democracyactionnet.bsky.social) reposted
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his familyās lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work. A 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout was installed as interim president of USIP
Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) reposted
They're going to spike everyone's energy prices. Your energy prices are going up and it's Trump's fault. Plain as day.
Adam Gurri (@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com) reposted
This is the kind of choice that leads to a military that tells you youāll take Kyiv the first day
Hunter Walker (@hunterw.bsky.social) reposted
Hard not to read this and wonder why the New York Times observed these weird cash payments at Adams events for weeks without reporting on it at all. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/n...