Richard Eiker is just one Kansas City worker who will no longer get paid sick leave. He's works in fast food, but couldn't afford to take a day off to care for his mother when she wasn't feeling well. His mom ended up having a stroke while he was at work, and was in a coma for three days.
Shit. What did we fuck up here? Manifesting on the wrong old white bastard from New York. So close yet so far.
Yeah, which is why I said, “in theory.” So. Okay.
The thing the American people worry the most about in 2025 is Roger fucking Clemens
Even if you could set aside the genocidal and ethnic cleansing aspects of it all, this is so repulsive and undemocratic. The US used to stand against this kind of atrocity, at least in theory.
The Democratic brand from the Clinton-era forward rewards the wrong personality types for the times. Mark Warner and his comms staff are used to making written arguments that persuade point-by-point. Great when debating policy on the merits. Sucky as hell for online attention and winning elections
Education and capitalism do not have combinable interests
Caveat: I’m not a doctor; but kidney disease took out my dad a few years ago. He had a lot of bruising on his hands, swollen lower extremities, mobility issues. Dad was an FDR-style liberal, didn’t resemble Trump otherwise, but Trump reminds me of how my dad looked in the year prior to his death.
All I can think of looking at that is only through Donald Trump can the least interesting and least talented attention whores find a semi-willing audience that allows them to act out their most childish narcissistic fantasies. As Tim Walz said: weird.
It’s mind-blowing that Trump II won’t expand and streamline the visa programs until you remember the economic components of tariffs aren’t the point. Indulging in racism is the point.
I just saw someone refer to rfk jr as microwaved mel gibson & i can’t unsee it.
darth I don’t really think so. Probably not materially. My info was exposed in the Equifax one from last fall. I have kept my files locked with all bureaus since then and check all three reports regularly.
Hey @schumer.senate.gov, are your GOP colleagues pretending to hope that SCOTUS will strike down the tariffs, and are you pretending to believe them?
If it happens today, I’m flying this flag in celebration. Been sitting in a box in my closet for too long.
@joshtpm.bsky.social has extolled the virtues of establishing a shadow DOJ to document the crimes of Trump II, which I think is a brilliant idea, but I think maybe we need a shadow Dept of Health and Human Services much more urgently
Do you think he wanted to know or *already* knew? I can’t help but lean towards the latter. I’ve posted it a few times in the last 24 hours, but will say again, I think he’s a mass murderer and like many eugenicists is eager to do things that cull (who he thinks are) the weakest members of the herd.
I don’t know, man, this is god damned funny to me, like maybe one of the funniest AI-caused problems I have seen yet. I can’t stop laughing at the text and the photo here. JFC, lmao so much
Come on, now, that’s really disingenuous. If Trump had managed the initial outbreak and response effectively, the number you’re ascribing to Biden wouldn’t be anywhere near that. For example, Biden encouraged masking and more importantly, managed the quick and effective distribution of the vaccines
Now that they're engaged, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding should be the Super Bowl halftime show. Love it or hate it, you know I'm right.
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Is this a distraction from the Epstein files, or whut?
Bro, all you need is a decent supply of syringes and Clorox. Chill, it’ll be fine.
I’m just gonna leave this here. In memorium, I guess
bsky.app/profile/prof... I mean, if you really want to get a count, there’s a tool for that
what a fucking stupid time to be a person who cares about other people
Serial killer, maybe mass murderer potential, I don’t know, it just all freaks me out. I hope Bill Cassidy is having a hard time living with himself.
Many people have been saying this
Tomorrow, Trump will be asked this directly and declare he could do it if he wanted to, which would be Stephen Miller’s cue to have whatever lackeys report to him write up the talking points, er, uh, craft the policy, and draft the EO.
I’m scrolling through the Discover feed like a weirdo, posting that RFK is all that you say he is, but also is a homicidal whack-job. He’s like a Mengele without the medical credentials
I also think Kennedy is basically homicidal, but that’s just, like, my opinion.
It is increasingly convincing that the Republican Party intends to carry out and/or allow a purge of the humanity under its control, in all the various and sundry ways they can imagine. This shit with RFK gets weirder all the time. I think he’s homicidal.
Dads - if you aren’t doing it this way, then you’re doing it wrong.
This simply makes me feel ill.
I have noticed that both the thoughts and the prayers are not saving people from being torn to bits by easily available weapons. Has someone told Karoline that despite what tens of millions of Americans try to achieve with thoughts and prayers, it’s not working?
Genuinely wonder if Donald Trump will ever grasp how much and how badly Putin and the Russians have played him. Just atrocious all around.
Whatever. Just do the gerrymandering - then STFU, Gavin @governor.ca.gov If you can find your way back to giving a shit about the feelings of trans people and the homeless population, then you get on your high horse. Until then…STFU and do the gerrymandering.
If you haven’t checked it out yet, Isthmus, based out of Madison, was a great one. They’re still publishing, I believe, but they had some great writers back in the day. Tom Loftus was one of the best music writers to ever do it, imo.
@profanity.accountant how am I doing with profanity?
Oh, we will make sure that happens. I don’t know what her reasons are for doing this other than she maybe feels held hostage, but I am sure this is not the way. I am also relatively sure Jeffries and Schumer will take the worst possible cues from this. We need to primary the hell out of this party
Two children were killed and seventeen people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country. Our priorities remain idiotic.
Oh, okay, Jesus is the person who loved them most in this construct…so, not their families, who will never see these kids again. They don’t matter as much as Jesus in this situation. Or any? I guess. Man, what a fucking piece of shit that guy is.
I’m no Cracker Barrel expert, but did some time managing insurance programs for restaurant operators, so some insight, and have major doubts that they would have invested in the physical marketing collateral if they were just stunting. I drove by physical billboards on I-70 in Missouri last weekend
Like he always does, Trump telegraphed yesterday that the GOP will fire up with right wing echosphere with a message of “we’re so tough on crime, we’re calling in the Dept of War!” Meanwhile, crime is not even in the top 10 concerns for voters. Democrats will still find a way to overreact to it tho
Staring at my kitchen table right now, wondering why the Democratic Party is so worried about focusing on a damn table’s issues
Y’all could just say nothing and let her run full speed into the brick wall, helmet off. What are y’all even doing talking about her alternatives
Yeah yeah yeah, I’m trying to preach to comms staffers. I know Amy ain’t reading BlueSky replies, I get it, but y’all doing this copy/paste routine need to tell your bosses to wake the fuck up and get out in the streets every day
Okay. So what are you gonna do about it when Democrats retake power, Senator? I don’t think people appreciate posts like this in the way you think they do. They’re expecting you to do something about this. Just naming the problem isn’t enough, though it seems that is all Democrats can muster.
It’s so weird to see takes like “don’t order food delivery in DC because it puts workers in danger,” because the people who scratch out a living doing it will get laid off post-haste and earn less, so, like, I know this is a petty point to make, but we may wanna try to reformulate that idea.
I really wish we could feel confident that Hakeem Jeffries could prove you wrong. Nonetheless.
Until we see a 20 post thread about the history of gloves in menswear, I’m going to believe you are being facetious
Oh, shift. How banal.
That’s bad, right?
Oh shit, that is weird
I hope for their sakes that they have a franchisee co-op that pools its advertising dollars, but then again, no I don’t. lol. I only have empathy for the people working there and hustling to make the rent
I don’t have the slightest idea who made this meme, but it’s just an all-time banger. I don’t really save memes on my phone, but this one has had a shelf-life
I bet they take the hint. No shortage of old timers in this area who seem to really get off going to service businesses so they can complain about terrible everything is. I can imagine a lot of aging white guys would want to let their server know about the Woke, if not speak to the manager
Billboard I saw on I-70 in Missouri was analog, as the kids say
I’m in the Kansas City area, drove to Columbia, Missouri and back last weekend. Can confirm there are billboards on Interstate 70.
That last sentence there is a m succinct summary of Trump’s entire life, basically.
So. What can we do (legally and without violence) to speed it up? I’m not feeling great about the wait over here. Anything? Anyone got an idea?
I wish I was kidding bsky.app/profile/thet...
It’s an illegal attempt to dismiss her, outside of his authority, as SCOTUS just ruled on. Why can’t you just say this? EOs do not have the force of law. I hate this so much. You people are awful.
Republicans: we shall cleanse the Earth of Democratic scum. We intend to smite them all, starting with immigrants, brown-skinned people, and trans people. Jain: I get confused by trans people; plus, using the word "Republican" as a slur is not really a great image to have for a general election!
In response to this post from President Short Fingered Vulgarian, I hereby nominate this entire ‘Cracker Barrel affair’ for stupidest possible outcome resulting from dictatorship in the 21st Century. We are not yet 25% through the century, I know, but I feel confident this will remain a contender.
Okay, so this is 1,000% insane. Great.
“I saw on Star Trek TNG that Mr. Data eventually got to have feelings so this large language model must also be able to feel things”
Oh, shut the fuck up with this fantastical bullshit. Kindergartners have more sense than to ask this banal, completely unintelligent and uninteresting premise. For fuck’s sake, why? The answer is “no,” btw. Assholes.
Nope 👎 That’s not how any of this works.
Why is this Leonidas W. Steel account all over BlueSky right now? I just blocked this dumb fuck sock puppet troll because that shit routine is stale as fuck and annoying as hell. Some people engage with the dumbest shit to entertain yourselves.
If you saw the clip, watch the whole 12 minutes. This is it. Electeds—everyone around Pritzker is knowingly putting themselves at risk—meeting the moment. It’s not glib, it’s not a meme, it’s clear-eyed, brave, & necessary. www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
Amidst all the other transparent bullshit in this letter, the idea that Trump cares in any way at all about potentially fraudulent financial statements is beyond belief.
Tbh I think Pritzker’s hair can compete with Newsome’s hair all day long. #Pritzker #Chicago #Newsome #NationalGuard
I don’t want to hand it to you for this quip, because the reality it imparts is painful, but nonetheless.
There is not a fucking chance in hell this is the result of hand-shaking. I think it’s past time for James Comer to investigate the WH physician.
My god, he is the most willfully ignorant, and stupid, man alive. We are so fucked. This is not a statement of defeat, just an acknowledgment of the hole we’re now in, but damn, we are fuuuuuucked.
I should say “continuing to be a homophobe,” but, yeah.
I know many people hate it when someone posts that some tidbit of knowledge they’ve just acquired is “not a surprise,” but Snoop turning out to be a homophobe certainly falls into that category for me.
I was also totally confused.
Something something about if someone has to explain the joke
It’s important that Americans have public conversations about what words to use, and who can use them, and in what manner, and to what ends. But I remain totally unconvinced that these conversations have an impact on the outcomes of our electoral politics.
I get it, and I have reacted, but don’t feel triggered so much I just think these people are super-annoying and unhelpful to the cause of defeating the Republican Party. I also completely grasp that Third Way does not have defeating the Republican Party on its priorities list.
“Trump is awful in every way and is certain to leave the country and the world in ruins, but sometimes leftist academics say things in an annoying way, so I must not vote for Harris!” is something no gettable swing voter ever said.
noses and caucusing together ~successfully for decades and decades. If you wanna join this coalition, all we ask of morons and assholes like Longwell and Nichols is to not be bigots. For example, don’t shit on trans people, which is to say practice misogyny. But they can’t even fucking manage that 🖕
It just fuckin figures that the Bulwark wants to fluff Newsome. There are lots of annoying things about this and I won’t list them all, but one that really pisses me off at this particular moment is the center left, liberals, socialist Democrat, and yeah, most of the far left have been holding our
Kamala Harris did not lose the election because she voiced support for trans rights. If you believe that you’re a moron and an asshole. Have a nice day.
How
Steve Shirley escaped the Holocaust as a child & went on to found one of the earliest software startups. The really impressive part? She employed women programmers who had been pushed out of the workforce after having kids, & allowed them flexible, family friendly, work from home jobs—in the 1960s!
What do the 1930s have to do with it? I don’t intend to simply contrarian with this comment, it’s just that it’s 2025, and Rufo lives in the United States. This is textbook 2020s American fascism.
Friend, there is a world of difference between democratic socialism and extortion/bribery, and I wonder if you need to work on your understanding of that delta
Jesus, this is absolutely insane
I’ve come to believe that all of it matters, and also all of it is distracting from the things that matter. It can be both, and regardless, it’s all just a firehose of shit.
Again, I appreciate what you do. I think you’re a valuable ally. You probably think this is helpful. But it’s not. It’s really not. Almost every comment to this post should clue you in.
I think y’all bring YOUR baggage about lefties to this. You still can’t let some of your priors go for some reason. Maybe despite the fact that you also hate Trump, you still don’t spend time talking with actual Dem voters in every day settings. Focus groups don’t count for knowing real people.
An annoying habit with you and some people working at your outlet is that, for some reason, y’all seem to think it’s okay to act like all liberals talk like this. This language is mostly spillover from the cloister of academia, and that that doesn’t make into normal everyday people’s mouths.
I appreciate a lot of what you do, but no one in authority positions within the Democratic Party actually talks like this, and certainly I can say I never fucking do. I get it, you’re not wrong, but don’t act like everyone in electoral politics to the left of Mitt Romney is going around doing this
I’ve had three thoughts throughout: 1) Newsome is a cruel bigot and no good acts can change that fact, but 2) I would support the gerrymandering effort regardless of who is Gov in CA, and 3) additional bonus, this should inspire 2028 rivals to step up, and he will be eclipsed before the primaries.
It’s crazy to think, but what they’re saying is, when people are having financial issues that blow holes in their household budgets, if they get a bit of extra money, they can plug those holes and not lose their dwellings? That is WILD 🤯
This take is disturbing.
