Retired middle management, #woodworking enthusiast, occasional 17th century reenactor, and of course, Lulu and Emerson’s Dad. #17thCentury #woodturning Slava Ukraini
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trying to imagine firefighters getting dispatched to this house and the absolute nightmare that would be
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
"MAGA" Signs in Los Angeles
The streets of New York Playground Edition 🛝
NEW: Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will hand out $67 BILLION to companies next year to "incentivize" research these companies did YEARS ago. That means next year, the federal government will spend five times more on these handouts than what it spends annually on child care.
Pour one out for Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s clerks this Labor Day weekend
Philly DA goes off: "Republicans are actually TERRIBLE at public safety"
M-orons A-re G-overning A-merica shorturl.at/Y5yPL
Good news from Utah: Judge Dianna Gibson blocked the state’s GOP-controlled legislature from enacting their gerrymandered congressional map, declaring it unconstitutional. This comes as Texas and California are locked in a heated gerrymandering battle, egged on by President Trump. trib.al/caYhCCY
In defense of Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops in the nation’s capital, the White House has put out a “fact sheet” of scary statistics on crime in Washington, DC. It’s about what you’d expect: a bunch of lazy, easily disproven garbage. The latest from @radleybalko.bsky.social:
Do you remember the Volkswagen emissions test scandal? Watch here for a helpful analogy: youtu.be/o1mMSRZQyk8
Question asked Question answered.
Fan submitted
Instagram influencer Adventorin goes viral after demonstrating how simple it is to climb over the U.S. Border Wall.
We’ve been to two Tex-Mex restaurants in the past week and both were doing a small fraction of their usual business.
Whacky Racers
I wonder why Trump imposed secondary tariffs only on India for buying Russian oil while not caring about all the other countries who buy Russian oil?
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week. newatlas.com/energy/large...
I think there’s only one sentence u need to understand Stephen miller, excesses and all, and that is: He is a Jew whose preferred immigration policy is an American law from the 1920s that famously made the holocaust deadlier and more dangerous for Jews
"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
Now now, they also use profits to buy their own stock and thus artificially inflate their own holdings.
I loved this film…
Apropos of nothing, I loved this movie…
okay but no one’s more excited than Melania right now
Crime Spree in DC - Yes, this is a real event. No, it’s not sarcasm. Lmao. Your taxpayer dollars are at work.
Cool!
Big props to whoever came up with the idea of calling Trump “Metamucilini”
BREAKING | Appeals court blocks Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ orders and deems them illegal
This.
Punchability seems to be a primary job requirement in this regime.
We have a path to win the House AND the Senate in 2026. Fight. Organize. A better country is possible.
Our poodle turns out to be a ventriloquist…. #dogsofbluesky
This is illegal. www.gao.gov/blog/what-po...
My video about how LLMs are not search engines has led to many, MANY comments telling me that I should be using Perplexity. Some insisting that Perplexity does not hallucinate. Out of a list of 26 papers it just provided me (in "Research" mode) 4 were real. FOUR. 85% hallucination rate.
Hey, I know this fort we could hole up in…
NEW QUINNIPIAC POLL: Trump approval rating: 37% Trump's handling of: Crime: - 12 Russia/Ukraine: -12 Foreign Policy: -16 Economy: -18 Trade: -18 Israel/Hamas/Gaza: -19 Sending weapons to Israel: -28 National Guard to DC: -15 Epstein files: -48 Smithsonian: -27 poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
On Friday, the U.S. is ending its de minimis rule that made it easy for cheap goods to reach consumers. The change will affect roughly 4 million such packages processed each day.
Reporter: The ouster of CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez followed clashes that she had with RFK Jr. around vaccine policies. Dr. Monarez has said she has been following the science when it comes to policies. We then saw other top CDC officials saying that they are leaving the agency in solidarity
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
…and this one…
I’d forgotten about this video, quite timely…
This one is a bit more obscure, but very timely (esp the video).
I’m old?
I recommend this one…
Texas Republicans are forcing a vote on their rigged election maps. If they knew they could win the election — they wouldn’t be stealing 5 congressional seats. This is a blatant, racist power grab.
Bitch should have waited for the punchline- now it’s HILARIOUS!
Stand down, boys—they didn’t get the indictment. 🥪
It’s not often that I have unquestionably good news to share these days in our politics. But the Iowa special election results are amazing! And yes, I see them as a sign of something big afoot, with some important takeaways to consider. My happy write-up in the replies!
Jones responds to Ogles…
Fact check: true
A high profile conservative lawyer (and the ex-husband of former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway) is calling Donald Trump’s political strategy what it is: “authoritarianism.” “We have never seen anything like this in America." trib.al/Av6VV4h
Donald Trump just baselessly called for George Soros and Alex Soros to face criminal charges for politically opposing him.
Republicans: Mass shootings: “it’s the price of freedom. Send thoughts and prayers” Homelessness: “Deploy the National Guard”
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
We just flipped SD-01 and ended the Republican supermajority in Iowa. Next up? Defeating Joni Ernst
I’ve lived here for 33 years, and it’s a flat-out lie that half the restaurants have closed because of safety. But restaurants will close because you have troops with guns and federal agents harassing people, making people afraid to go out.” Agree 💯!
Celebrity chef and D.C. icon José Andrés pushed back on Trump’s propaganda in a post on X, writing: “I understand why you are confused… all your time in D.C. you haven’t eaten ONCE outside the White House or your own hotel.
Every single major medical association in America has denounced conversion “therapy” for what it is: a cruel, harmful, and unscientific practice. As a member of the @equality.house.gov, I joined 186 Members of Congress in calling to uphold state bans on these cruel practices for minors. 🏳️🌈
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
"I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States," he declared. It’s no surprise that Trump, who has systematically undermined the country’s checks and balances, feels this way. He even jokingly called himself king. trib.al/ZsSGnFE
Rachel Maddow reacts to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's speech…. "Shoot that right into my veins!": Maddow on IL Gov. Pritzker's speech
So when we first showed up at the Union Station today, we ran ICE off as soon as we got here.
This is what resistance looks like.👇
Our new report connects the dots showing that the Trump administration has launched a campaign to undermine American elections. bit.ly/46ETsQp
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"It's going to be dangerous if the financial markets perceive that Donald Trump, of all people, the most erratic man on the planet, is in charge of monetary policy."
Lying or dementia?
Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this? DOJ: Yes.
That one person in the zombie movie who doesn't tell the rest of the group they got bitten.
Worst. Petting. Zoo. Ever.
Exile.
I knew he was lying as soon as he said he had friends.
Trump: "A lot of people are saying maybe we'd like a dictator."
That’s hilarious 😆
@tribelaw.bsky.social brings it. " ... Gerken calls it “uncooperative federalism.” States don’t have to actively resist. They can simply refuse to help. And without state cooperation, much of the federal government’s agenda becomes unenforceable." cmarmitage.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
The Trump Admin has launched an assault on clean energy jobs, costing the U.S. 64,000 jobs. That is 64,000 people who lost access to good-paying jobs, benefits, and the ability to put food on the table. This is the reality of Trump’s policies. Real people are losing jobs, and we must fight back!
Is this really about “preserving and protecting the integrity of American elections”? Read the FULL article here: www.npr.org/2025/08/22/n... #ElectionSecurity #ElectionIntegrity #Voting #Democracy #NPR #VerifyTheVote #SecureTheMidterms #HandCountPaperBallots #TheMathAintMathin #ProofisinthePaper
The article reads: “The potential withholding of funds over policy differences — combined with other recent election security cuts — has many wondering whether the [administration] is prioritizing election security the way it claims it is.”
Yesterday, NPR reported an exclusive covering the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) ultimatum to the states: "follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money".
www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-eu-...
With all the kvetching and histrionic pearl clutching from maga snowflakes over boy cheerleaders, it’s worth noting that over the last 50 years more Republican presidents have been cheerleaders than have seen combat. The more you know… 🤩
Does JD think Trump can negotiate Putin into blowing his brains out?
THIS IS IMPORTANT
"Pew Research now has reducing money in politics as the number one concern after the 2024 election." Could that cause be popular enough to propel a constitutional amendment? Jeff Clements joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in the latest episode of How To Fix It:
Love this guy…
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
BREAKING NEWS: Federal judge in Miami orders Alligator Alcatraz, the concentration camp in the middle of the Everglades, to be dismantled within 60 days and blocks any new detainees from being brought into the facility. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...