Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
These are the ancestors of the subterranean telepaths that worshiped the bomb in "Beneath The Planet of the Apes"
Now I am become sarcasm, destroyer of worlds. Cogito ergo sumbitch ipso facto vis a vis hold deez.
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These are the ancestors of the subterranean telepaths that worshiped the bomb in "Beneath The Planet of the Apes"
James Vaughan (@equusonthebuses.bsky.social) reposted
One of the greatest ever political cartoons is 86 years old today. David Low’s ‘Rendezvous’, published in the Evening Standard #OnThisDay 1939
2strong2silence.bsky.social (@2strong2silence.bsky.social) reposted
Erika Kirk was miked up for her Husband’s funeral. I’m sorry is this NFL films? Who the fuck wears a mic to her deceased husband’s funeral & films his “dead body.” Yeah this ain’t smelling right.
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
All my love
But did you Skeet? (@thepassionittwists.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Every single thing in the universe revolves around this one local race. Nothing is more important. Believe in the race. The race is everything. Bow down to the race. One Mayor to rule them all, One Mayor to find them, One Mayor to bring them all and in the revolution bind them
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
Totally normal and in no way Orwellian to celebrate a champion of free speech by suppressing everyone else's right to free speech
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
Manchin said this YESTERDAY???
Sen. Adam Schiff (@schiff.senate.gov) reposted
Blowing up boats in the Caribbean without any legal authority risks dragging the United States into another war, and provoking attacks against American citizens. I'm getting ready to force a vote with @kaine.senate.gov to ensure Congress' power to declare war is not so easily trampled.
Jason S (@jasonswritings.bsky.social) reposted
One thing I can't stand is people that I don't know coming onto a post where there's really not much room to argue with it and then they dump out three to five comments in a row making up a bunch of bullshit because they disagree. Nobody asked you for your opinion nor do I care. Go away.
Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) reposted
Trump's corrupt prosecutions of enemies as "retribution" for legitimate fact-based prosecutions of him are really about the core authoritarian goal of erasing the very idea of legitimate guilt and innocence. This new firing is all about that. Thoughts on this here: newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Eric Gordy (@ericgordy.bsky.social) reposted
When Tr*mp mistreats a journalist at a press conference, all the other journalists should just get up and leave. And they should not need to be told this.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
this thread is a nice reminder that hanania is an extremely poor thinker who benefits from the fact that many commentators are innumerate and can be easily misled with simple data manipulation
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
Van Jones got a message from Kirk?
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
Its the same lie they told when CBS decided to end The Late Show next May. In both instances a corporate merger hung in the balance.
Denise Oliver-Velez (@deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social) reposted
More Trump murders: US kills three in strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean; Venezuela denounces ‘False Flag’ DEA Operation caribbeannewsglobal.com/us-kills-thr...
professorlamb.bsky.social (@professorlamb.bsky.social) reposted
I’m on Professor Watchlist, a project of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA. Kevin Parkinson traveled the US, interviewing professors who faced death threats, harassment after being on Professor Watchlist. Here is a link to “Surviving Turning Point USA.” www.primevideo.com/detail/Survi...
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
TRUMP: That's why I sued the New York Times two days ago for a lot of money KARL: A judge just threw that out TRUMP: I'm winning. I'm winning the cases.
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
Getting thrown around by ICE does not change the fact you're running for a House seat in a district you don't actually live in.
Tawni (@tawni.bsky.social) reposted
This sounds like a job for... @conspirator0.bsky.social!
I may be invisible, but you're transparent. (@invisiblelad7.bsky.social) reposted
This is right on- the same people who stayed home believing "both parties are the same" or voting for Trump to "teach a lesson", did so fully assuming that "lesser of two evils" canard that has now been fully revealed to be an absurd miscalculation as masked troops fill prison camps.
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
When Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Corolla co-hosted "The Man Show" I thought Corolla was a cool guy but never really cared for Kimmel. Kimmel eventually becomes the successful talk show host and the best Corolla can do is a guest interview on FOX News. Funny how things turn out, innit
emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) reposted
Note: The way Kash got through his two hearings was by claiming that child exploitation arrests have gone way up. It'll take some time for some entity w/more staff than me to fact check all his numbers. I'm sure there's a great deal of funny data in his claim (which he made under oath 2X). But--
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
Survey says: WTF?
Lalo Alcaraz (@laloalcaraz.bsky.social) reposted
My latest for CALÓ News: Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has been censored by way of the United States government, and it is extremely illegal and dangerous. This must be reversed. Support this platform at calonews.com/lalodrive #WeArtJimmyKimmel #IamGuillermo
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
FBI Director Kash Patel sitting in a House hearing jotting down personal affirmations like Al Franken's Stuart Smalley character on SNL
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
I think the "No bigs, Jimmy Kimmel's rich he'll be fine" takes are seriously missing the point.
Tyler, from the Internet (@tylerjameshill.com) reposted
ladies and gentlemen and vastly more interesting genders, we gottem
Sen. Maria Cantwell (@cantwell.senate.gov) reposted reply parent
As the Committee with jurisdiction over the FCC, it is our constitutional duty to conduct oversight over this matter and demand Chairman Carr answer for this unprecedented attack on the First Amendment. (2/2)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (@cantwell.senate.gov) reposted
Tonight I sent a letter to Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz requesting he call FCC Chair Brendan Carr to testify before the committee following Carr's threats to use the regulatory power of the FCC to compel ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel. (1/2)
Kelsey Atherton (@atherton.bsky.social) reposted
the president keeps using the military to murder people in boats in the Caribbean, an act that is a crime even before we get to the release of the celebratory snuff film captured on targeting cameras. internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) reposted
It’s been sad this year watching how the White House press corps refuses to back each other up. Here a female journalist is insulted and denigrated and the next male reporter just moves on to a new question. You’re all in this together, folks. Time & again, they won’t stand up for their colleagues.
Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) reposted
“In the Pentagon press room, there’s a wall of photographs under metal lettering that reads ‘Pentagon Correspondents’ with the faces of the men and women who cover the Defense Department for major news outlets. “On Friday, all 30 slots for photographs were empty.”
WBEZ (@wbez.org) reposted
The MacArthur and Joyce Foundations, the Woods Fund Chicago and the Michael Reese Health Trust are among the Chicago-based organizations signing a letter warning that quelling speech that doesn’t align with the White House will “harm all Americans.”
Charles Gaba (@charlesgaba.com) reposted
Want to donate *directly* to Democratic candidates WITHOUT running afoul of Scam PACs? Consider Blue26.org. Not a PAC, just a collection of links to let you donate DIRECTLY to Dem campaigns w/out a dime going to "consultants" etc. 96% to the campaigns; 4% to processing fees; 0% to me.
Tim Weiner (@tim-weiner.bsky.social) reposted
Straight-up Kremlin propaganda.
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
Sure feels this rush to crush free speech is triggered by Trump's fear of what we'll be saying once we get that 218th House vote to release The Epstein Files. Should happen sometime in the next couple of weeks when two more Democrats are sworn in..
Daniel Laurison (@daniellaurison.bsky.social) reposted
Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
Oh, you say Cardinal Dolan is not just a blasphemer. he's also a pedo protector?
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
The Chicago pope needs to excommunicate that fool for blasphemy.
iucounu (@iucounu.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
‘telling your neighbour that god hates them is the best way to love them’ is just Westboro stuff really isn’t it
Gabe Ortíz (@tusk81.bsky.social) reposted
“Despite the fact that the children all have American citizenship, Lettunich testified … that [CBP] officials ‘expedited passports to send children out of the US, their country of birth,’ interrogated them w/out their parents, threatened them w/foster care & separated them from each other.”
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
The stochastic terrorists are not the people who criticize Trump. The stochastic terrorists are the ones who support Trump, work in the Trump administration and/or use their media platforms and social media accounts to harass private citizens in Charlie Kirk's name.
Abigail Spanberger (@abigailspanberger.com) reposted
🚨Virginia, today is the first day of early voting — which means it’s time to make your voice heard in this election. iwillvote.com/va
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@crockett.house.gov) reposted
You can’t talk about cleaning up crime in D.C. while a 34-count convicted felon is running the country.
Rebecca Solnit (@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social) reposted
"First, for all of MAGA’s reverence for masculine self-determination, one of its central tenets is the blamelessness of its adherents. Whatever is going wrong in this country, it is not their fault." Those two sentences explain/define a whole lot.
Seth Masket (@smotus.bsky.social) reposted
9-0 SCOTUS ruling from last year: “Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”
Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted
You could make the argument that The Professor Watchlist was a gimmick that the young Kirk could use to raise his profile and money. But he never disbanded it, even as it was clearly used to harass and intimidate.
Peter Morley ♿️ (@petermorley.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump is turning up the temperature because there is only one more signature left to reach the 218 members needed in the House for the Thomas Massie/Ro Khanna, Epstein discharge petition to supersede Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote. Sources say 218 will come next week.
Ally Sammarco (@allysammarco.bsky.social) reposted
How Democrats fight for families: Affordable childcare, expanded paid leave, well-funded public schools, gun safety, access to birth control and IVF. How Republicans fight for families: Pressure you to have 1000 children. The only true pro-family party is the Democratic party.
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
Is that the article where Politico quotes a bunch of Biden advisers instead of Joe
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
Instead of "says" that headline should say "claims" you'd think AP would do more than just passively repeat Trump's lies
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
The people in power who thought they could go along to get along, all they ended up doing was emboldening Trump to be the worst he could possibly be.
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
I call him Hal with The Good Hair. Mainly because I have absolutely none.
Bob Cesca (@bobcesca.bsky.social) reposted
Hal Sparks returned to my Wednesday podcast: -The origins and twisted politics of Groyper culture -The Charlie Kirk shooter's text messages -The latest on the Epstein Files, and more! @halsparks.com Listen and subscribe: bobcescashow.com www.bobcesca.com/the-bob-cesc...
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
Even Jimmy Cracked Corn rates higher
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
Their screen names are always a giveaway
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
GOAT RODEO. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) just voted to table the vote on Hepatitis B vaccine, because they are COMPLETELY. INCOMPETENT.
xpostfactoid (@xpostfactoid.bsky.social) reposted
KFF has updated its calculator showing how much more subsidized ACA enrollees will pay if the enhanced subsidies expire. 1/ www.kff.org/interactive/...
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
Everybody too busy checking for us instead of checking for themselves
Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The document, supported by 62 member states, calls on the Russian Federation to immediately de-occupy and demilitarize the Zaporizhzhia NPP and return it under full Ukrainian control.
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
They read like they could've all been written by the same person.
Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
And in @spiegel.de: "America is no longer a role model"
Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis.bsky.social) reposted
The Süddeutsche: "Trump plans journalistic coup." Once again, German journalism cover America's fall into fascism better than America's journalism.
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
Sen. Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the FCC: "Chairman Brendan Carr does not have the authority to police speech that he or the President don't personally like. Especially when there is a pending merger with the affected parties in front of the FCC."
Dannie D 🦋 (@dannied.bsky.social) reposted
But her emails. But he’s old. But her laugh. Yeah… but his FASCISM. 🤡
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah I'm sure that's exactly how it would've ended 😏
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
Must be the constant posting of his stupid face on social media lately because I've never noticed it before but Charlie Kirk looks a lot like Hermey the Elf
Lord Businessman II (@lordbusinessman.bsky.social) reposted
Relatedly, don't look up your blocklists, that way lies only madness
BeijingPalmer (@beijingpalmer.bsky.social) reposted
this is something you just have to live with if you are even barely well-known online; people make up elaborate stories about you in their heads. it will always happen and you cannot give a shit about it, only stomp on it if they try to spread these weird tales to anybody you actually know.
Lord Businessman II (@lordbusinessman.bsky.social) reposted
Olivia Nuzzi back at Vanity Fair is an excellent encapsulation of the current state of the press, complete with the journomerta coverage as if she was out for a speeding ticket or a bad post instead of an incredibly gross undisclosed affair with her subject
LOLGOP ❌👑,🤡 (@thefarce.org) reposted
"Chuck Schumer called Speaker Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Thune weak, said the GOP will own any government shutdown and insisted that Democrats shouldn’t agree to fund federal agencies unless Congress clamps down on the administration’s ability to unilaterally cut spending."
Ryan Broderick (@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social) reposted
In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.
Dean Barker (@deanbarker.bsky.social) reposted
From a *UNION* sponsored teacher webinar description (asterisks mine): "help students develop six *critical* AI competencies: Learner, Researcher, Synthesizer, Ideator, Connector, and Storyteller. Learn why students *must* practice using AI *now*"
Cindy Phyillaier (@cphyilla.bsky.social) reposted
John Cole
southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) reposted
This is a clearly impeachable offense he’s reportedly going to finish committing tomorrow. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-poi...
Michael Paulauski♨️ (@mike10010100.com) reposted
Jeffries is finally using the fired up language people wanted and...folks just cannot be normal about it.
Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 (@madisonkittay.bsky.social) reposted
Hundreds of people detained at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration processing center west of Miami, Florida, appear to have vanished. They have disappeared from the ICE online database, and their lawyers and families have been unable to locate them. english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-...
Charles Я. Davis (@charliearchy.bsky.social) reposted
As a Bluesky moderate, I don't think we are destined to live under a thousand-year MAGA Reich, and I don't think every demonstration of arbitrary and capricious state power is #actually a sign of weakness and imminent regime collapse. This means I am annoyed all the time.
just-bob1949.bsky.social (@just-bob1949.bsky.social) reposted
Cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz, Kash Patel at the door.
Dana Houle (@danahoule.bsky.social) reposted
Once again I’ll point out that the allegations that the 2016 nomination was rigged for Hillary don’t explain how the party rigged the nomination by letting Bernie rack up big wins in party-run caucuses, but state election officials, the majority of them Repub, rigged state-run primaries for Hillary
Your Tiny Journalist Friend. (@thewayoftheid.bsky.social) reposted
Hundreds of unemployed journalists and you choose a woman who spent 5,000 words describing how Kellyanne Conway eats pasta. Meth just fucking meth
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm guessing the horse's locomotion is tied to the bike pedals? Cool as hell tho.
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
If white conservatives told Stephen A Smith to put on a clown suit and eat a bucket of shit while standing in the middle of 5th Avenue, he'd do it.
Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) reposted
So on one hand….this really isn’t his fault. But on the other….he did seem to ride hard for Tua during the extension talks.
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
Do not allow journos to retcon history like this. Olivia Nuzzi was fired because her fiance Ryan Lizza and her former employer New York Magazine found out she was sexting presidential candidate RFK Jr while she was reporting on the incumbent president Joe Biden's reelection campaign.
Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted
The left was derided for promoting a cancel culture because they went after predators and those who abused their wealth and power. The right is canceling anyone who dares speak truth to power. Both sides are not remotely the same.
Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social)
So glad we elected a sane governor in Illinois.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.
emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) reposted
Trump's tariffs are killing the auto industry in Crazy Pete Hoekstra's home state (that is, after he immigrated) of Michigan. It would be nice to see some MI politicos (@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social?) calling out Hoekstra on this.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
I’m old enough to remember that slowing growth and rising prices is called “stagflation” and that it’s the worst of all worlds.
Jennifer ✨Get In Good Trouble (@thejenniwren.teamlh.social) reposted
DHS just zip-tied & arrested Brad Lander & 10 Democratic lawmakers for demanding oversight of ICE’s black-site conditions at 26 Federal Plaza NYC. While the regime continues using deflection tactics, we can’t forget about their attacks on immigrants & due process. Stay angry and speak out!