Guy who shrieked about tyranny when they closed Applebees during a pandemic: Mr President sir I saw a homeless man downtown today please send in the 82nd Airborne
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Guy who shrieked about tyranny when they closed Applebees during a pandemic: Mr President sir I saw a homeless man downtown today please send in the 82nd Airborne
Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment: "To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
Like a 4yo’s birthday when they announce that their favorite color is gold two days before the party.
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
Honestly, good for them.
I didn’t think that Alabama believed in space.
Seconded. Can we call for a stop on the knife-edge scrape on things as proof of crispiness too?
the thing that always baffles me about the bubblesky™️ discourse is that it just makes me feel so sad for the kind of person who has only ever seen social media as a place you must extract tangible value from--political clout, or clicks for your hot takes, or idek what they're doing. I like people.
lol
“Sauces are the key to being happy” is something I just said to the 21yo. I no longer feel shame.
Trump threatens Chicago with ICE, National Guard invasion. My city isn't having it. "Let it be known loud and clear that this isn’t a city you mess with. This is a place of hard work. A place where resistance runs deep." My column: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Everything is so terrifying and dumb.
He’s gonna change the Defense Department name to the Gulf of America.
For sure. I worked there not long after the Kraft and General Foods merger. Probably still have a mug somewhere in the basement.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filling an IV bag from a murky puddle near Trump National's sixth tee. "The president needs parameciums," he tells the assembled media. "It's the only treatment proven to work in real testing." His golf cart is piled high with dozens of dead birds.
It is so gorgeous
Posting from Drafts. We’ve all been there.
If I were alive, I’d simply come out and say hi to the reporters whose job it is to cover my aliveness at all times.
Third try at ciabatta is a success.
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
I feel like this whole weekend went into goblin mode and I love it.
He’s obviously a hero, just like he was on 9/11, on which day he was mayor and a very big hero. Did I mention he was a hero?
More of this.
Dems need to forget all their media training, no matter how ingrained. Saying, “Here are all the ways that I’m ready to work with Trump” doesn’t make you sound reasonable. It makes you sound weak. Point out what he is doing is unconstitutional and beyond the powers of any president. Full stop.
So lovely!
I like my Governor a lot. But the problem with this sensible sounding framing is that Trump will call peaceful protests an insurrection and an emergency. Stop agreeing with their pretext.
Pritzker on Trump's authoritarian takeover: "The playbook is the same. It's thwart the media. It's create mayhem that requires military interdiction. These are things that happen throughout history and Donald Trump is just following that playbook."
Well done!
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
Can’t explain it but the vibes are the official start of spooky season and knitting. My audiobook is THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAS by @isabelcanas.bsky.social. #BookSky
I can
CHICAGO…
Chicago's mayor signing executive order on actions to resist federal immigration crackdown in the city. Live:
The best city!
hOW dO We kNOw iF iT's tHE reAL TRuMP!?
I think it’s fantastic that we all practiced hope for a while. That’s healthy.
Officially starting the body double rumors.
Everyone on Bluesky is poised like we're waiting for the DVD logo to hit the corner of the screen
Look look look. I’m sick to death of Dems being like “Yes crime is an issue and we take it very seriously but Trump’s decision to put military and armed anonymous enforcement in the streets isn’t the answer.” Stop it. Stop acknowledging their pretext. Just say, “FU fascists!” and be done.
Greetings from the hell hole that is Chicago. It’s truly tragic here.
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I said this months ago but I really need a BLUE STATE COMPACT IMMEDIATELY. Bring together all health depts, all education depts, etc... under one umbrella. Collectivize guidance, ensure that disabled students get what they need, etc... An emergency meeting of all Blue State Governors is overdue.
Sounds great to me.
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
Congrats!
Can’t explain it but this is Reno 911! coded. Congrats to the writers’ room.
The big powerful job creators can’t even revamp their logos in Trump’s America.
This is John Roberts’s legacy.
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To Donald Trump and his administration: If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
Congrats!
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It’s a MadLibs machine. WTH guys.
You’d be surprised by this one 🤣
Why are people still acting like Newsom is somehow our only hope for 2028 when 1) it is 2025 and 2) Pritzker is RIGHT THERE
Do not come, Donald Trump. You are neither wanted nor needed here in Illinois.
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago: "If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
"The state of Illinois is ready to stand against this military deployment with every peaceful tool we have. We will see the Trump administration in court." Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks out on Trump’s threat to send members of the National Guard into Chicago.
Adorable!
My son was perfectly fine learning about different families. He was even okay when he learned that chicken came from chickens. But he cried for days when he realized that the dinosaurs didn’t even know their own names.
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It’s gonna be a great day!
4:30am is a very bad alarm to set even if tomorrow is going to be a fun day. Goodnight.
That said, Alexander Skarsgard is fantastic but Whoopi is cringe af.
The Stand: 1994 >>>>>> 2020
Gliding in for a landing
once again, i'll suggest that perhaps the reason the broad public thinks democrats are weak is that when confronted with situations that demands that democrats loudly and proactively stand up for their values, democrats shirk from the fight
Billionaire: Here’s the little rhetorical game I’m forcing you to play for my amusement. Us: No.
I reject the premise.
a golden girls tv/movie crossover event: thread
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
Use your words.
The solution to that is just to talk more about Pritzker. Every leftist I follow has 50 Newsom posts for every 1 Pritzker post. Be the change you wanna see
World Central Kitchen got fired on in Gaza by Israel, had members killed, and went back anyway because people shouldn't have to starve to death. This is an amazing humble bundle.
Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.
Excellent. Thank you.
Today I wrote about a general tendency to accept atrocious premises, and the need to reject fascism's false choices in order to find expansive and imaginative paths forward. Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything. www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
Great thread. I keep saying that it is also abuser’s logic: the violence against you is your fault for doing/not doing/saying/not saying etc.
There are people who meet the moment they are in. This man does not.
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We seem to be the same age so you know what “family values” means in the GOP.
“Family values”
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
Shutting it down for the night. If you haven't followed this story, this is lovely way to close out your night: www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-ma...
Experimenting so you don’t have to. I’m making the viral Dill Pickle Salsa. More to come…
sorry, i know it’s been a while since i’ve given you some space… here, hope this helps 🌌
Why is fantasy such an important and popular genre? “Cemetery Boys” author @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social says when “we’re talking about heavy stuff [...] it eases it a little bit with a little magic and mystery and mayhem.” #VelshiBannedBookClub #Velshi www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
The chicken and dumplings with green beans are great. But don’t look at the dust on the wall kitsch.
Parkour!
I can’t believe that the guy who is famous for making people eat bugs couldn’t predict how this would play out.
Thank you. To be clear, I did not merely “dismiss” AI as mid. My argument is that LLMs 1) are not intelligent 2) average textual responses in a way that is mid 3) most generous use cases are a revolution of middle skills that don’t produce anything ergo LLMs are in every demonstrable way mid.
Flagg’s mullet tho. Hoo boy.
Evergreen sentiment
Trump says: “They’re wearing red hats, African American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, ‘Please, President Trump, come to Chicago.’” Bullshit. The vast majority of Chicagoans hate Trump. He got 22% of the vote in Chicago and 28% in Cook County last year. He needs to stay the hell away.
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