Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
In huuugest deal yet, Trump gives Earth to China in exchange for Outer Space.
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In huuugest deal yet, Trump gives Earth to China in exchange for Outer Space.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
They love when the poor suffer but suggest that we tax billionaires fairly and the suffering is just too much for them.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
The, "It's important to avoid it but it isn't important" argument.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
BREAKING. . . Trump to move center of the universe from Colorado to Alabama.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
“Due to U.S. government cuts, World Vision has been forced to stop emergency humanitarian programs in all regions of the world, over 20 countries, leaving over a million people without emergency assistance,” she told POLITICO. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Healthiest president of all time to make very healthy announcement. . .
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
"Too few people is our biggest threat followed closely by too many people." Very Stable Genius Musk
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
It's just Trump tossing out the statue of Jesus that has been there since 1827.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
What Xi says all sounds good (apart from the bit about multi-polarization) but this is coming from a man who has supported the completely evil and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine. . .
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
While Trump was golfing, China just took over the world: youtu.be/s1ZJzklBQm4?...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Several of the most extreme MAGAs I know are people who were born abroad and got their US citizenship through a "religious worker" scam.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
They seem to be implying that the accident was some sort of revenge for his intervening in the prior incident. Otherwise, the first paragraph is pointless.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
"That’s why it’s so hard to sell the lie that Trump doesn’t collude with Putin: He just goes out and does it again." ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/putin-trum...
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) reposted
Stephen Manning, this guy’s lawyer, is one of the best in the country. It’s very good news that he’s taken this case.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Big Government Is Here! youtu.be/4QUG8czGScU?...
Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
“The Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, which has conducted dozens of trials since it was established in 1999…has 6 active trials; 5 are related to treatment. These are early phase trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of novel therapies for pediatric brain cancers”
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Queue Jumping Illegals The notion that illegal US immigrants have jumped the queue is wrong simply because there is no queue. Not everyone is allowed to emigrate. If you do not belong to a special category then you have to come in via lottery, but your chances of winning are about one in a hundred.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
I wouldn't eat at Bob's Burghers of Calais because I've seen Rodin's sculpture of the miserable-looking customers lining up there. They need to put on some Katy Perry music or something.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
General Paul von Hindenburg the Day Before He Died (Song of the Week) youtu.be/wxn6XRYj13I?...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
The cure for laziness is opportunity.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Gonna make a YouTube channel about my YouTube channel. That seems to be what the cool kids are doing.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
I appreciate the fact that you are trying to communicate and I'm sure that many other do too.
Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias.bsky.social) reposted
More and more people are coming around to the truth they Democrats are now the party that does better when turnout is low, but few have really thought through the implications. www.slowboring.com/p/when-peopl...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump has stuffed the government with very evil people who are committed to fascism, so even if Trump disappeared tomorrow we would still be deep in it, like quicksand.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
MAGA gives huge boost to Chinese auto industry as Musk's well-deserved unpopularity moves Europe to buy Chinese: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
"Absolute shitshow" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
If cutting taxes generates more revenue why don't evangelical churches cut tithes?
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
This is always a part of fascism, the notion that the leaders can tell important facts just by looking -- classically the belief that they don't need courts because they *already know* who the bad apples are. This is essentially the same concept.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Carthage springs to mind.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
This is what the Russians were doing in Borgen! Never would have guessed that the USA would end up doing this in real life.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
If people watch an asteroid hurtling towards them every day for four years and more, and then vote not to stop the asteroid from hitting them, then the real problem is not your "messaging" but your people.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
They thought it was a wrap.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
They thought it was in the bag.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Reminds me of the meetings we used to have when I was in the Moonies and everyone would start by praising Reverend Moon. Okay, MAGA is more extreme than the Moonies but it's a similar vibe.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Christian Nationalism is also an existential threat to Christianity and Christians need to wake up and maybe crack open a Bible occasionally.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Noel Coward left school at the age of nine. Imagine what he could have accomplished if he'd left school at eight and gotten a bit of a head start.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Team Trump will call the sandwich as a witness and have it use facilitated communication to give its testimony.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
A tariff on India that is solely and directly linked to its purchase of Russian oil seems like a good thing to me.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Eric has a puppet master called Lara.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
400 Connections completed, and they said I'd never accomplish anything. . .
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
The crackers had them over a barrel.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
They will do a photo shoot to show how clean everything is under fascism. Classic move.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
The deal was always, "I will let you use the N word and be mean to trans people and all I want in exchange is that you give up on democracy." That was obvious. America bought it. Democracy was not stolen; it was traded by people who just wanted the right to be nasty to others, or simply didn't care.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
I think that probably only an economic collapse can save us and it is definitely possible that Trump will avoid one until it is too late. Even if Trump disappeared tomorrow, he has crammed the US government exclusively with evil people.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Here in Kansas City they will already be wearing them at the mall this Saturday.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
We should tranquilize the whales as soon as they fly out of the water, while they are still out at sea, so they cannot fly over land and into our precious windmills.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
The irony that capitalism creates the modern city, which is then hated by capitalists. It sort of mirrors the tycoon's hatred for his own workforce.
Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) reposted
“The danger inherent in Palantir’s AI-powered super-database on all Americans is connected to the vast wealth and power of those associated with the corporation, and their apparent disdain for democratic institutions.” By Robert Reich, 6/30/25 … 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
"We have learned that our product kills people over time, but not immediately."
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
When I was a child we learned all about brontosauruses. When I grew up I found out that brontosauruses never really existed. Then tonight I found out that brontosauruses got added back into the "things that really did exist" category back in 2015. Brontosauruses -- not a lie after all!
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Working Hypothesis: God invented skulls to keep the stupidity trapped inside but humans invented speech to let it back out again.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
"Vigilante expertise" is like the aeronautical expertise of those guys who used to put on wings and jump from clifftops.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
"Still no proof that Kilmar Abrego Garcia did not sleep with Corey Lewandowski," guest opinion by Bryon Noem.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
"What does Donald Trump have against the homeless?" Walls, dear, and big security dogs, and the entire US military if need be.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
"With whom!" Is there just going to be more fake gold in that room every day until Trump suffocates in it?
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
"Have we underestimated J.D. Vance? Could he perhaps be the next Nero?"
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Like a lot of other pimps, Ghislaine didn't personally witness the activity. I don't call that exoneration!
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Everything is a personality contest for Trump.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Tariffs have already cost John Deere $300 million this year
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is going to end up a very wealthy man!
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
2025 has seen seven of the ten worst US political scandals of the past century: 1. Aid cuts will see millions die 2. Ukraine betrayed 3. Refugees to foreign torture prisons 4. Complicity in Gaza 5. Science/medicine slashed 6. Corrupt Court allows fascist presidency 7. Threats to peaceful neighbors
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Soon we shall see rent-a-crowds enthusiastically welcoming the National Guard as they enter American cities and "liberate" them from the Woke.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
There is nobody less patriotic than a fascist because a fascist will always choose the will of his leader over the needs of his country.
50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 (@50501movement.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump regime is a Russian asset.
Ann Z. Bauer Sc.D. (@autismepi.bsky.social) reposted
Consensus Statement: Paracetamol (#Acetaminophen) use during #pregnancy-a call for precautionary action. Pregnant women should forgo use unless medically indicated at the lowest effective dose for shortest possible time. Consult physician if uncertain. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Bullying is perhaps simply an evolutionary strategy that is successful in some populations/environments; an alternative to altruism. When bullying becomes intellectualized and expressed as a political philosophy, we get fascism. Just my own view.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Trump's weirdly honest remark "I wanna try and get to heaven if possible. I'm hearing I'm not doing well. I am really at the bottom of the totem pole."
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Couldn't Congress just tax corporations 40% of all salaries and bonuses over $500,000?
50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 (@50501movement.bsky.social) reposted
Did you know that soldiers have constitutional protection to NOT obey orders that violate their oath to the Constitution? A group is working to educate soldiers in advance of the possibility of martial law. Learn how you can get involved in this webinar: 📅 8/24 ⏰ 5 - 6:15pm ET 📍 bit.ly/oath0824
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Country is being run by Hitlerists but I saw a kid in a T-shirt that had the word "Whom" used correctly, so I guess that helps balance things out.
Professor Gerdes Explains (@professorgerdes.bsky.social) reposted
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Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Kilmar Abrego Garcia releases short video to thank his supporters: youtu.be/Tdpy8E0vHNg?...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Here's the article: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
And why would they not ask her about a newspaper article from the 1990s that clearly stated that she was regularly supplying Donald Trump with young women?
Jen Mercieca (@jenmercieca.bsky.social) reposted
What Americans Need to Know About the Bolton F.B.I. Search from @asharangappa.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
People on Kristallnacht who called for the destruction of their neighbors would be considered free speech heroes by Trump and Vance.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Wonder why Ghislaine Maxwell wasn't asked about the Daily Express article from the 1990s that said that Ghislaine Maxwell was regularly supplying Donald Trump with young women.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
"US oil and gas production has increased by 40% and consumption by 8%, meaning the estimates are probably highly conservative. The research comes as the Trump administration works to boost fossil fuel production and suppress renewable energy production." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
"You can't put an old dog into a new wine glass." Jesus
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Naples and ye icye creme makre
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from custody in Tennessee while he awaits trial youtu.be/ze01JRE2C5U?...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Pete Hegseth, who was very credibly accused of rape, goes to rape church? Who would have guessed?
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Putin would never have dared attack an American factory if Joe Biden were still president: www.npr.org/2025/08/21/g...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is mixing up wars with bankruptcies.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
The mental illness is so obvious here that I had to check to make sure that it's a real quote.
Clint Smith (@clintsmithiii.bsky.social) reposted
I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Masked raids are tools of fear, not freedom. Despite what this administration wants you to believe, they are not about “safety.” They are about letting ICE agents hide from accountability while carrying out inhumane acts.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Momma Went to Charleston (Song of the Week) youtu.be/uqywnQT71eA?...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Yes, correlation is not causation, but link between maternal acetaminophen use and autism/ADHD diagnoses warrants further study. . . ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
Erasing History: Florida removes rainbow crosswalk honoring victims of Pulse nightclub shooting www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
The most British thing I've ever heard? A lady who said 'Well I'm sorry, but I don't apologise.' - Liz Guterbock When women gossip we get called bitchy; but when men do it's called a podcast - Sikisa I thought I'd start off with a joke about The Titanic - just to break the ice - Masai Graham
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Target is boycotted by both sides like Starbucks and that is a difficult place to be. I personally refuse to boycott anywhere that is also being boycotted by MAGA.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Just writing and recording Born to Run was enough for one person in one lifetime.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
I would sooner just replace those who have disgraced their position and then set up a new, nonpoliticized process for adding future judges. Maybe the former item is not possible without a landslide though.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
Wooden shades with solar panels would be better for the plumbing and wiring though.
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
“Nothing about Epstein, not gonna talk about Epstein” www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/p...
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social) reply parent
"Rumors that Washington DC is under martial law have been grossly exaggerated and anyone who disagrees will be shot."
Graham C Lester (@grahamclester.bsky.social)
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That. www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...