My mistake. I still expect the announcement to be something outrageous though.
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My mistake. I still expect the announcement to be something outrageous though.
If the Epstein victims press conference is Wednesday, as you say, then his Tuesday announcement won't be the direct diversion I surmised. But it is still likely to be outrageous. An attack on Chicago or Venezuela are at the top of the list of possible outrages.
No way he resigns. He will announce something outrageous to distract from the press conference of Epstein victims going on at the same time. It's his go-to play.
He will announce something outrageous to distract from the press conference of Epstein victims going on at the same time. It's his go-to play.
Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch. Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
One obvious thing wrong with this conspiracy theory: Why the hell would Putin want to get rid of Trump? Having a Russian asset in the White House has been Putin's greatest achievement. Trump is working to have Ukraine surrender on Putin's terms, and working to destroy NATO, both Russian goals.
Now this is how to write a headline, in an era when Emperor Trump simply declares that he has to power to do anything, and the rest of the media shrugs and goes along with his declaration that he has that right. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Assholes like Navarro simply cannot imagine the a Black person might actually be qualified and have the credentials for the job they are in. Yet they loudly resent being called racists.
Not Pee-Wee Herman?
Trump fucking over everyone, even those doing his bidding? Color me shocked. đ He's only been doing the same thing *his entire life*!
I think he's switching to a Generallisimo Franco hat to cheerlead the upcoming invasion of Chicago.
The first rule of autocracy is You are held to strict rules but We can do whatever the hell we want.
Better identified as America Alone
Dear Leader vanishing for a few days without explanation seems to be common in autocracies. But we can still hope there is a medical reason. đ¤
Last year, Costco (a place I normally like) was selling Christmas trees in August. F#*% that.
Looks like he borrowed DeSantis' go-go boots.
This probably explains it: bsky.app/profile/kate...
What construction is that?
"Trumpâs dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. Itâs like being woken in the night by a burglar wearing a striped shirt and carrying a bag marked âSwagâ: we would assume it was a joke...rather than a genuine danger." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thanks. I'm a guy. I had no idea what you were referring to.đ
Translate please.
âDenmark summoned the head of the U.S. Embassy ⌠after allegations emerged that three Americans with close ties to President Trump were running âcovert influence operationsâ in Greenland.â Is there a Nobel prize for creating a conflict by threatening to seize the territory of a democratic ally?
Stupidity.
Oh HELL no. If you think indigenous people will be treated better under a Trump administration than however they are treated currently, think again.
Waiting for the Democrats to grow a pair and start speaking out on every Media outlet available to protest. So far Newsom, Pritzker, Walz and Crockett are bringing the heat. We need all of them every day speaking truth to power!
If you are talking about individuals trying to protect their nest eggs, then I agree with you. But I interpreted "finance people" as professional traders who can make a killing on bad news, like the Wall St guy who bet, correctly, that the economy was going to crash in 2008 and made billions.
Strange question, Chris. Just like Tim Cook finding ways to suck up to Trump, and Paramount and ABC caving to him, I'm sure there are "smart" trades to be made betting on a Fed takeover, if you only GAF about yourself and not the country. But should we be encouraging that type of thinking?
"What distinguishes Trumpâs version of state capitalism is its randomness. This isnât like the Chinese govt deciding to subsidize solar panel production â even if you donât like the idea of govt exercising that much control, at least there one understands the objective." â @paulwaldman.bsky.social
They would if the board was independent. When Delaware courts, generally very lenient, pointed out that the Tesla board was not acting independently when it approved a $50 Billion (with a B) compensation package for Musk, he got so enraged he moved to change the company's incorporation to Texas.
And Denali. And the Defense Department.
Unfortunately, right wing lawyers built an entire "judicial philosophy" around Nixon's statement , called the Unitary Executive Theory. Six of those lawyers sit on the Supreme Court, which is how they gave Trump a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card in their infamous immunity decision.
Once again, Wilhoit's quote applies: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.â
That was the point. They wanted to identify as Christian without having to follow any Christian principles. So they just redefined what those principles are. Wholesale.
Stop using the phrase "This is not who we are"!!! It certainly is who 30-40 percent of the population are.
Good point. I'm sure in 1934 Germany, life was unchanged for many. That didn't mean then, and doesn't mean now, that the country hadn't changed drastically.
Sarcasm on social media sites is not always obvious. But it helped that I had some idea of Kevin Kruse's political leanings.
Being a spineless weasel is the No. 1 job qualification for working for Trump's Administration.
What percentage of your followers won't recognize this as sarcasm? I'll guess at least 25%.
His Dear Leader wears makeup and a gerbil on his head, and his cult still thinks he's alpha, so Santa Monica Goebbels thinks shoe polish on his head is also alpha.
And just saying a mild version of what you just said, which is obviously true, got Terry Moran fired from ABC.
Yep. I said the same thing to the author of an article on this subject in The Guardian. bsky.app/profile/enri...
one sign that the âunitary executiveâ is less the restoration of an older constitutional order and more the imposition of a radical new one is that allowing the president to act untethered from most legal or congressional limits has largely just served to plunge the country into disorder
@callumj.bsky.social Re your Guardian article, the headline should read "Trump claims he can fire..." Trump likes to make imperial decrees claiming powers he simply doesn't have. Don't help him by assuming he is not, once again, lying. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
To put a finer point on it, Pritzker is being presidential in a way Newsom is not. Newsom is doing a decent job trolling Trump for the lulz, but Pritzker is speaking with the gravitas this situation warrants, promising real accountability, with federal, state and local leaders standing behind him.
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
Whatever the office is called, you've got our support.
Lol. Expect ketchup splatters all over the tacky gold colored crap filling the White House.
Graham Nash, 1971: "Won't you please come to Chicago..." Pritzker, 2025: "Actually, don't"
Lol, of course not. They can gerrymander; we can't.
Thanks! Looks like a useful site.
Ah, thanks. As a Chicago resident, the abbreviation wasn't familiar to me. We have had some smoke drift our way this summer attributed to "Canadian wildfires". Is the smoke in your photo one of those?
GFW=?
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social I know this isn't the WaPo Pitchbot, but boy does this article fit the both-sidesism plague. McArdle can't criticize the obvious lawfare of persecuting Bolton without also claiming equivalency in James' actions against Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
They gaslit you all throughout the election.
Excellent thread.
Another possible explanation: millions of dumb, selfish people were deliberately lied to by a billionaire-funded right-wing propaganda apparatus with the explicit goal of enraging them & hurting the Dem administration. Dumb, selfish people believed lies. Doesn't that ring a little more true?
Don't you sweat even more in those polyester-laden products?
Shakedown? Do you and your fellow billionaires not benefit greatly from loans you can obtain using your unrealized capital gains as collateral? Why is that an asset that should not be taxed?
The ratio of the frequency of use of terms the right-wing claims Democrats use to the actual frequency of use of those terms by Democrats is about 10,000 to 1. (edited for clarity)
The ratio of the frequency of use of terms the right-wing claims Democrats use to the actual frequency of use of those terms by Democrats is about 10,000 to 1. (edited for clarity)
Miller is pushing so hard now precisely to strike while the fascist iron is hot and secure *permanent* rule, well before 2029. #MillerIsaNazi
You are assuming free and fair elections. Everything the GOP and Trump Administration are doing now is towards their goal of having midterms they cannot lose, regardless of public sentiment.
Vance = total dipshit
Not good, of course. But if we're too hard on those seeking to find the facts in the tsunami of crap that washes over us daily, I fear there will be no source at all we can turn to when trying to ascertain the truth or falsity of assertions outside our individual areas of expertise.
I'd love it if these small organizations had the resources of, say, the NY Times investigative reporters. But they don't. So let's not discourage their efforts.
Then I suggest you reach out to them and correct them in the subject matter of your expertise. I doubt they would reject your input.
In a time when we are awash in misinformation and AI, fact-checking is more important than ever. Yet MSM is backing away from this boring but necessary work, in part because right-wing world hates having their lies fact checked. Snopes, at least, is attempting to perform this valuable service.
I, for one, am shocked that giving people money when they donât have money solves the problems caused by them not having money
WTF happened to that guy?
I got a 77 once in a test in school and was given a D. I should have protested that 77 is almost the same as 100.
Every Democratic presidential candidate in 2028 needs to commit to expanding/reforming the US Supreme Court. Absent that the person is full of crap.
Democracy Dies With Billionaire Ownership
Thank you for your straightforward and factual obit.
Housing costs are high because illegals crossing the Rio Grande with just the shirts on their backs to take below-minimum wage jobs are driving up the prices of McMansions? Vance, of course, knows this is absolute bullshit, but he knew illegals eating cats & dogs was BS, and he still said that too.
Housing costs are high because illegals crossing the Rio Grande with just the shirts on their backs to take below-minimum wage jobs are driving up the prices of McMansions? Vance, of course, knows this is absolute bullshit, but he knew illegals eating cats & dogs was BS, and he still said that too.
We agree that they are looking for an excuse to declare martial law. We disagree that they have failed. The deliberately provocative moves they have made so far haven't presented them with their Reichstag fire moment *so far*, but there will be plenty of future opportunities.
Miller is actually Goebbels, but the mental picture of him eating insects was too appropriate to pass up.
Renfield (a/k/a Miller), demented and devoted servant of Dracula (a/k/a Trump), mocks elderly white hippies for not joining him in staving off mortality with a constant diet of insects (with mayonnaise!) đ¤Ž
One of the biggest blunders (when well-intentioned) and betrayals (when not) in Democratic rhetoric over the years is their impenetrable insistence that what voters respond to is somebody who begins by finding common ground with their opponent, no matter who that opponent is or what that ground is.
Translated NY Times: Critics, you know those woke types, call those who stick guns into the faces of people and say "Your money or your life!" extortionists. Lol. What libtards!
Lol! You are much more accurate. đ
What, has he abandoned his previous plan for an alligator-filled moat along the entire length of the wall? I think he's going woke. đ
This is putrid for anyone actually a war hero. But I'd be happy to call him one, in exchange for his immediate resignation.
LOL
@kornetzke.bsky.social This bsky.app/profile/seth... is a great post. Is this from Twitter? If so, a suggestion: Don't post anything on Twitter than you don't also post on BlueSky. We want to avoid Musk-land as much as possible.
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations. The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administrationâs failures.
Is that the Jungle Room?
That was in the pre 6-3 reactionary majority days. All bets are off now.
Before you have the reflexive American reaction of âhaha, the president has no power over this, itâs A Distractionâ, consider that the goal here is not to change anything, but rather to prepare the terrain to declare any election loss as having been rigged.
Watch for Disney's Little Mermaid to be called satanic.
Don't worry. Donald Trump has been served many times.
Slow Horses highly recommended.
Stop. We need all hands on deck to thwart this authoritarian movement. Purity tests are not helpful.
Item 8,533,579,753 in the list of Trump claims that never happened.
Exactly. Being accountable to the public they supposedly represent is precisely what they are working hard to avoid.
When her Dear Leader does the exact same thing (except seriously and not satirically), it is totally dignified, ya see? đ
Six wars he's settled? He must be talking about the War on Immigrants, the War on LA, the War on DC, the War on the Media, the War on Higher Education, and the War on Truth. And only in the last is he close to winning.