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"So that you will learn by experience that I do not tolerate interference, I will now detonate the nuclear warheads in the two missile silos. Let this action be a lesson that need not be repeated." AI has always haunted our nightmares. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Promises made. Promises kept.
That’s a good point. Fashion doesn’t seem to be a big focus in a zombie apocalypse hellscape.
I honestly can’t follow a pattern to save my life. I’m so bad at it.
Drawing down our presence in Europe to focus on the Indo-Pacific would reflect a recurring American error: our repeatedly misplaced confidence that we can predict the next war and optimize for it in advance. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/withdrawin...
NEWS: Trump and House Republicans' budget cuts seek to eliminate the HOME affordable housing program that’s built/rehabbed 1.3M homes in 30 yrs, including 540k in rural areas. 84% of those homes are in districts that voted for him. Rural families now face losing their lifeline.
Thank you @adamkinzinger.substack.com Trump cares so much for our National Guard....NOT!! Puts them on orders for 29 days only so they are not paid housing allowance or health insurance Adam Kinzinger on X ⬇️⬇️
Donald Trump's newest push to reform voting mechanisms is getting poor marks from a fellow Republican in politics.
"I look forward to watching the videos of soldiers entering Chicago" An American government official actually said this.
Well, this is the best way for stupid people to think that anyone will listen to them. “I’m just as smart as the people who spent most of their lives studying a topic. But I’m just as smart because I learned the word ‘mitochondria.’”
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
VA is a disaster right now. I generally don't trust the private sector with my healthcare, yet had wrist surgery three weeks ago at Baylor Scott & White in Dallas because VA couldn't handle it. First time I've had a major procedure or serious condition treated outside the military or VA since 1996.
Same. He was beyond creepy.
This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire). But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.
40% of Missourians vote for Democrats, and this is the Congressional map the Republicans are pushing for.
Oh, poor Onions!
Donald Trump incited a violent coup to overthrow the 2020 election and hold onto power. It will never be ok that he was not held accountable, including banning him from ever again holding public office.
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?
I would contribute.
I can’t believe how stupid a time this is. And I generally have very low expectations so I’m kind of hard to disappoint.
I’ve started doing that on certain things, especially the teenagers stuff. But it does take up a lot of space.
“My deepest fear is that we are close to a tipping point where even if a significant majority of Americans decide that they want to change course, they won’t be able to. The cascade will have doomed liberal democracy.” www.thebulwark.com/p/democracy-...
Gotta love that MAGA screamed bloody murder about masking during the pandemic, claiming it was tantamount to torture... ...but Trump's MAGA brute squad out there occupying our capital and disappearing people to concentration camps? Masked to the eyeballs every day.
I will never understand people who do that.
I often talk about the fact that MAGA does not access the same news as the left wing. I present to you Exhibit A. Dr. Daskalakis’ resignation letter excoriated RFK Jr. and shared that RFK Jr. was lying to the public, manipulating data, and ordering unethical actions. This what Fox News served.
GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : “Facts are stubborn things… Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas…. Alabama is a top 3 murder state. Where is the President? — He isn’t focused on crime & violence. It’s about an expression of authoritarianism.” (H/T @acyn.bsky.social )
A smidge earlier www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
He’s laying the groundwork to fuck with & overthrow the 2026 election. He’s laying the groundwork to stay in the White House after the 2028 election. Donald Trump is America’s enemy. It must be said. He is an enemy to this country. And he must be stopped.
'Horrifying': Senator lays into 'nutcase' RFK Jr for 'dismantling' public health
They said it was about personal choice. It was really about making sure you can't get vaccines.
Donald Trump recently said that he has “the right” to do anything he wants—not unlike the antagonistic Homelander of the TV show "The Boys"—and his followers are determined to prove him right. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Do we still trust the government's numbers?
Trump DISHONORS All Military Members! youtu.be/hn9UL7xKq7E?...
RFK Jr is driving this country towards an almost certain public health disaster. If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in. Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.
They're now saying it out loud: The Administration's goal is to undo the political independence that Congress granted the Fed, so that the President can directly set rates.
Vance on undermining the Federal Reserve: "I don't think we allow bureaucrats to make decisions about monetary policy and interest rates without any input from the people that were elected to serve the American people...POTUS is much better able to make these determinations."
A months-long investigation estimates that the profits from the Trump family's ventures in private clubs, hotels, golf courses, crypto currencies, NFTs, and other businesses has raised President Trump’s net worth by billions of dollars.
So if you assault an officer with a flagpole, taser or bear spray, you get praised and might even get the Air Force to honor you. But if you throw a sandwich at an officer, they keep trying to come up with new charges for you when the grand jury tells you to fuck off with the felony charges.
NEW: Judge Boasberg has GRANTED our preservation order for Musk's phone records in our FOIA case against DOGE. The request was made by the other plaintiff in the case - First Amendment Coalition - as they propounded the FOIA. You can read the ruling here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is telling: People I spoke to are talking about CDC in the past tense. www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
This is so clearly wrong — and it helps explain why Trump’s approval numbers are in the toilet. Anyone who thinks this young woman deserved to be treated this way can go fuck themselves.
Outside the CDC, people are chanting “USA, not RFK.” They are fed up with having one unqualified person dictate the nation’s health. #USANotRFK
When the military steps in to fill the void left by under-resourced civilian institutions, democracy is what’s at risk. Veteran voices like Chris Purdy’s are sounding the alarm. www.ajc.com/news/2025/08...
Good for the CDC staff
Same. So overrated.
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That is a “pistols at dawn” honor impugning offense.
I’m a steakholder as often as possible.
So. Much. Stupid.
I needed to see tiny birbs today. It is equal parts dark and stupid today and I don’t have room to hoard more coffee and tea.
And it is an excellent descriptive words in that context. But it is gibberish that doesn’t connect when you’re talking to people outside that world.
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
Because they are married to the annoying harridans, probably. As someone in the wife age group for these ads, I feel attacked. I may be a shrew, but not an annoying harridan.
They will pry the Oxford comma out of my cold, dead hands.
Grateful for amazing lawyers like @markzaidesq.bsky.social and Abbe Lowell who are fighting for truth and transparency. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
2/For this reason, we reject notification Dr. Monarez has received as legally deficient and she remains as CDC Director. We have notified the White House Counsel of our position."
1/Our client was notified tonight by White House staff in the personnel office that she was fired. As a presidential appointee, senate confirmed officer, only the president himself can fire her.
BREAKING: Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appear to be conspiring to kill as many Americans as possible. The CDC Director has been ousted.
Do you want this guy who thinks he can do this judging care for your neurodivergent children?
Same. It has been a steady stream of blocks from commenting on @radiofreetom.bsky.social threads this week. Which saves me a lot of time and effort, so I thank them.
And also masquerading as being calm.
Yep. Winning and making an effort to fix the situation was never one of the goals.
That is a pretty ironic moniker for this little ball of social media delight.
Adorable, really.
I mean, I said it so often in my head at these times, so why not?
Part of their charm.
I don’t get it either. Just basic communication—know your audience and address your audience if you’re trying to convince people. A lot of people seem more like they want to maintain an exclusive club than convince people to join in a worthy cause like defeating a wannabes dictator and his minions.
I'm getting "progressively" angrier. Sitting in Canada, where socialists, liberals and centrists joined together to say no to a Trump wannabe in the last election, its so frustrating to see Democrats break into a million pieces arguing over policy when the only important issue is defeating Trump.
A federal-state partnership that monitors for foodborne illnesses quietly scaled back its operations nearly two months ago. As of July 1, the critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight, a spokesperson for the CDC says.
Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.
BREAKING: Judge Xinis issues order barring Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia “until further order of the Court.” The admin stated earlier that it would not deport him during this habeas consideration. Also per today’s order, the habeas hearing is set for Oct. 6.
Staff files questions and rule drafts for SB 6 implementation to change planning for large AI loads; ERCOT lays out grid transformation vision; minor energy efficiency rule moves to comment period, bigger changes delayed again, increasing risk of outages. www.douglewin.com/p/large-loa...
I may or may not have stockpiled an embarrassing amount of coffee and my favorite tea from the UK the last few months. Desperate times and all.
Oh, this batch of crazy seems more like they came from Sam’s.
Oh, I am not weighing in on the “f-word” topic again. Nope. Not today, Satan.
Neutered is a job requirement.
So, so many entries today.
This is my bad, but i never expected the apocalypse to be this stupid
Definitely worst poker player ever. The “sir” stories, the accordion hands, the slapping his thigh when he’s standing or walking. Just a million little tells.
Me, too! That sounds amazing.
How did they get this information?
Worth wondering how these members of trumpworld got this information about trumps political enemies
Worth reading this www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...
Yep. One thing about this guy is that you can tell what is on his mind because of the random free association spews he does.
This is fucking insane. My husband survived cancer because he caught it early. I have so many friends still here because of early detection. I’ve seen the opposite with others who were doctor skeptical like your mother. Fuck cancer and anyone who says this.
Message discipline is on if the things that the Republicans do that the Democrats don’t. I believe that they are given a list of talking points weekly & you can tell what they are because all of them repeat the same thing even down to the phrases in lock step. Creepy, but effective.
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
Me, too. He got on my radar a year or two ago and I like what I’ve seen so far.
I have both cats and dogs. Always heard that you need a dog to treat you like a deity and a cat to remind you that you’re not. Can’t remember who said it but it’s true.
Just received this statement from Lisa Cook: "President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022."
John Roberts, my man. He was always going to keep testing you. You laid down a marker, and he passed right on by. Your move.
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I've always said that Donald Trump is entitled to due process, whatever outcome that might produce. It's noteworthy that he doesn't think anyone else is entitled to it.
Also: if anyone inside DoJ, or a court reporter, or a clerk, wants to leak the names of the AUSAs who did this, my signal handle is in my profile.
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But what do you do if that is all we have. The only option is giving up.
I get that. And I don’t dislike it and see that you want to defend your rights. But I desperately care about people like my friend and you. It is a major flaw in our political system, but sometimes that is the choice we have. We “play the game we’re in” or we automatically forfeit to active evil.
In addition to magnets supposedly being part of a two-decade-long Chinese conspiracy plot, Trump also believed that they stopped working underwater.
Trump said he is removing Fed governor Lisa Cook, citing allegations that she submitted fraudulent information on mortgage applications.