ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Everyone favorite part of the constitution for sure.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Everyone favorite part of the constitution for sure.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Aren’t a lot of organizations calling it genocide, including many experts on genocide?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
I guess bone spurs don’t exempt you from being a fascist.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Morehouse?!?! LFG
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Jd complains about journalists because he’s a crybaby loser.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s the second time I’ve thought about cake today. I’m taking it as a sign.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s a tool. Right now the right tool for the job.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
I can’t believe they don’t have the courage to stand with Trump!
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Some entertainment is art and it makes money. Some entertainment is art and doesn’t make money. Some entertainment is not art and it makes money. Then there’s just all round 💩.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
So lower taxes on the wealthy and fewer services via BBB and higher taxes on consumption paid by the average consumer via tariffs. Why is everyone afraid to say that?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
As they should be! This is a democracy.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Is it that or are you exhausting yourself under the delusion that you can change a zealot’s mind with rational discussion. There are folks you just need to block until they see the light.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Is that more or less than having concerns on the Collins meter?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
My favorite review of this movie: couldn’t tell if it was mediocre trash art or appalling pornography. 🎯
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Fox exists to chum the conservative waters. If it’s not wokeness it would be something else. I’m not sure it’s reasonable to think that there’s a real world where fair and balanced is fair and balanced. Do you really think they’d start pushing democrat narratives if they won on merit?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
😍
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
And you can tell me where there’s about 5 million other people just like you that you know will vote for democrats if they stop using that language?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
And the language is an excuse, the truth is that minorities scare them. The language is the excuse.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
I think everyone appreciates your contributions here Tom but I get a strong feeling that you’ve conflated association with causation. I don’t think the words are why. My personal hypothesis. They felt they had nothing to lose and they’re desperate for an excuse to put trans people in their place.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
My goodness, you’re not suggesting they’ll cling to whatever excuse they want to in order to put trans people back into their place are you? I for one am shocked by your lack of civility and cynicism toward your neighbors.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Blue state national guards need to snatch them up.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
So they’re thinking they can win the votes of people who are turned off by the verbiage of gender equality but aren’t turned off by “eating the dogs, eating the pets”… obviously normal people. Can’t possibly be other reasons for why they vote the way they do.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s a caricature of what they’re saying. No I don’t think Dems shouldn’t take throw anyone under the bus. But the people who made this list seem to want to publicly ask the democratic party to do so.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
If it’s something your average real American sees then yes, it’s your place to make sure they’re not confused.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
They have words, they’re just smart enough not to publish them. Frank Luntz has been selling them dog whistles for years. And he’s good at it. Democrats on the other hand they love to dump their purse out in public.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
The word they would rather use is “normal”
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
How come Trump can get non voters to vote but democrats can’t? Your drunk uncle is never going to vote for Hakeem. And having a beer (7 beers and 3 shot of tequila if you want him to make sense) with him isn’t going to tell you anything you don’t already know.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
I might agree but I really feel we exhausted the moderate voter expedition last round. For every dollar they spend trying to get moderates they should be spending ten to get out the Elizabeth Warren esque voters. The answer is on the left. The moderates are just going to leave you at the alter.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Please illuminate is Mark, what is the momentous insights that would garner if we just earnestly tried to understand them?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
The drive should be to give President Warren as much power, latitude and indifferent oversight as Trump enjoys? I agree. Imagine the retribution democrats could enjoy if the went all in progressive.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
What everyone needs to understand is that Trump will pick us all off one by one if we don’t come together. That means everyone getting comfortable with the people who can win, not the people that complete each of us individually.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, while they’re torturing you don’t you dare forget to tell them how right they are about what they’re doing.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s clear that democrats need to bend on the tranny issue. The people of value need to torture 99 trannies to feel like their right about one that might regret their transition. The people of value run the country. If you don’t want all your rights taken away you’ll realize that.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
The real problem is that 43% of your neighbors know he’s lying and they support him anyway.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Just incredible. The things you can do when you’re in the protected class.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
And you intend to hold Hegseth and everyone else to that standard right? Right?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Cut lines?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, can someone remind me what the main character’s job was in the movie 1984?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
I love that they think language isn’t plastic enough to adapt to their exclusions.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
So you don’t want the state to tell you what you can feed your children but you expect the state to get you justice when you don’t listen and harm your own child?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Bummer of an episode for sure, but you knew it was coming.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
So. What if China just wants a piece of Taiwan? They can have the ports, the the airfields and the fab facilities, Trump can do a deal. Just solving problems left and right? “We’ll have Taiwan’s back”, means as much as it does anywhere else under Trump.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Any of you with loved ones in the military. They’re getting stabbed in the back the moment they go abroad. And Lindsay Graham and the rest of MAGA movement is why.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s just your average arrested developed sophomore. With at boat load of money. And we have to suffer it because the wealthy decided giving him power was the best way for them to keep their money.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Because Trump is used to people taking care of things for him. When he shows up he just takes credit for things and that’s the life he knows. When he runs into situations that daddy or his underlings can’t fix for him he does what know knows best, changes the subject.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Assault with a deli weapon. Thanks for the chuckle JVL
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Well Robbie S wanted the Meta AI to be more conservatively leaning so… Mission accomplished.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Never thought I’d see Santoli in a pair of khakis. Looks snazzy. 🙌🏻
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Woke is not anti truth. It means you’re willing to speak truth and decide to do something to move our society towards a more positive sophisticated place. Anti woke is also truth, it’s just that the people who call themselves anti woke are just anti progress. Because the raunchy now benefits them.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
If Trumps wants a end the war and receive a Nobel peace prize he should use the meeting as a ploy to arrest Putin.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it would be a funny alternate ending if they pulled off her mask at the end to reveal Candace Owens or something. And they find the real Kristi Noem locked in a closet at mar a lago. 👩🏻💼🧑🏼💼 But you guys do what you all think is best!!!
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
In a fascinating way, gen z is self withdrawing from the market. Why hire gen z when there’s literally no different between them and AI?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course when you go to get a job and people expect you to know things, that might be a problem. I mean why would I hire you if you’re just going to use ai. Why don’t I just use ai myself?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it should just be a rule that if you’ve had more work than a trans woman, you don’t get to complain about the gender issues anymore.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Getting destroyed by a monster of his own creation. That would be…
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
And… and… his support remains at 41% throughout. It’s a shocking indictment of our society.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Joe and Becky practically wore MAGA hats on air leading up to the election. I don’t want to hear it.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
🤦🏻♀️
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Never forget the true character of a republican politician. For all their campaign rhetoric, they are at their core authoritarians who would sell your liberty for a nickel.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
And I’d like to offer a thought. There’s this idea that cancel culture was wrong because these people just find a new hateful home. Doesn’t that prove society was justified in their cancellation? Why not examine how people react to being cancelled? That’s what tells you the truth of who some is.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
🏴 no quarter.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Normally love your perspective Kara but this was most definitely not worth 3 mins of anyone’s day off.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
I’ll probably get blocked for saying this but if the do this and someone tells me they’re a Trump supporter? I’m punching them in the mouth. 2years would be totally worth it.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
If they do thins and Trump’s support is over 0.0%. I don’t know what to tell you. This is below shameless.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
There’s no tariffs on Epstein island, makes you think doesn’t it???
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
So in a competion where no trans people are competing they’re going to institute a policy that will exclude, if anyone, biologically female competitors in order to encourage more women to compete? 🍿
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Stop the steal.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s is if you’re talking business days.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Concerns Media Group?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
The excess of the 00-2020 rotted this country from the inside out. We hollowed out our middle class, the whole country is a McMansion now. Looks great on the outside but we’ve bankrupted everything that used to make it work. Now it’s just a techno feudalistic idiocracy.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Starmer, Macron, several US senators and representatives, the UN. There’s plenty of people in the west decrying the genocide. It’s possible to discuss this without dehumanizing all of us further with generalizations.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
If winning means staying quiet about genocide then there is nothing to win that’s worth winning.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah…. I don’t think expecting your leaders to speak out openly against genocide is an impossible standard. Just me, maybe I just don’t appreciate the intricacies of foreign policy. If we’re there then I’ll just add this to my list of excuses to be cynical.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
You want an Epstein list? List everyone going to the mat to protect Trump right now. There’s your list.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
All fun and games until you realize he’s setting a precedent that lets Pres Ocasio Cortez arrest Jamie Dimon. The distruction of norms is funny for now.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Balderdash, they answer every question with an attempt to degrade the source. Not sophisticated Mr Bessent.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Their only weapon is pitting people against each other. Be observant.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
They’re all Riley Gaines. They think they’d all be Olympic champions if it wasn’t for a trans person that elbowed them out of 5th place.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
She’s not dumb, she thinks you are.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Please bring back the world where I didn’t agree with Bernie so often!!
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m sort of surprised that even the Epstein deal isn’t breaking the cult’s 43% floor of shame.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
There’s a banality to watching everyone time their jumps.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s not going to happen until the wheels fall off. People are scared of being the first to walk out. But once it starts happening it’s going to be frightening.
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ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m sorry… there’s a Trump knife?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Aaaaand there we go. I was wondering how long it would take.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m going to need you to add my niece to the payroll, and also some friends of ours.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like Marco is due for an another new title. 🙏🏼
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
We’re because not here for a short time. Even shorter if you’re in a red district. But you’ve got Jesus and a tax cut. What else could you possibly expect?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
To understand the dark side of American equality, you must understand the people of value. One of their hobbies is sitting in judgement of rest of us and, in their benevolence, declaring who does it right. Then we all wave our flags on the 4th of July pretending we know what inalienable means.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
In a bid to make him more popular?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
My guess is it’s an attempt to capture people fleeing MAGA. To keep them out of the democrat sphere of influence. It’s an excuse to call yourself something other than MAGA while staying MAGA. But a week before the election they will all come home. 🥱 just a guess.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
I would be suspicious. Now that the wealthy have their BBB tax cut they’ll be looking to distance from Trump and his liabilities. You could potentially create a third party and, in the interim, use it to launder MAGA back into the mainstream. Any number of ways this could go wrong or right.
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
So.. we’re not all fam in the klerb?
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Symbolism vs substance. I do think Trumps value needs to be recalculated. The powers that be have gotten what they needed most from Trump. The liability side of Trump’s ledger has just gotten really really heavy.
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Forgot to post this yesterday, but: Happy Effete, Liberal College Professor Saves The Union Day to all who celebrate
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
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ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
Well Trump country, time to grab those bootstraps…
ghostymcghost.bsky.social (@ghostymcghost.bsky.social) reply parent
By the time voters have a say it will be largely too late.