MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
While I withdrew my liar comment you are becoming an ass.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
While I withdrew my liar comment you are becoming an ass.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I had read something else, I withdraw my liar comment.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
He will likely fire this guy and ban statistics
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Brutal heat, diminishing water supplies and a grid that can't hold up. I'm surprised TX is doing the intelligent thing.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Lies. Sen Whitehouse has signed the demand of resignation saying kennedy must resign his position.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Big polluters, many financing P25, don't want any environmentally friendly energy sources funded in the US. The Heritage Foundation controls trump's policy thru Russell Vought.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
My daughter and SIL bike all over Portland. We have a wonderful city full of food and spirits, hills and river views, & awesome markets. Downtown went thru a hard stretch after covid but that is finally recovering now. Come visit!
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
My God. Glad he has been released. I can't even imagine what it must have been like for this man.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
It felt like forever.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
There are about 100 of them now. 99% of them are horrified by rfkjr.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
trump can't stand the fact Obama deported 3M immigrants. Under Obama most were given due process unlike this clstrfk.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Proud to see OR & WA join CA and vow to be a source of dependable information. Hope it begins the push for succession.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Musk came on a school visa and never went to school. Melania came on what is often called an Einstein visa - EB1. (LOL) That is when a person carries a specially needed trait, like a super intellect or a super ability for something else. We have all seen her "something else."
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
2 hats indeed. Under their Red Hats lies a White Hood.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump represents the top polluters who are funding P25. Polluters don't want any alternative energy to be funded.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Obama rocked that tan suit.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
This one will likely be fired too, ahead of trump banning statistics altogether.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Israel is creating the next 75 years of terrorists. trump and bibi's beach front properties will never be spared. Netanyahu is a demon and trump recognizes him as like kind.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I am of the belief that when you take physical custody of someone you are responsible for the basics. Food, a place to sleep that isn't the floor, & medical needs like the meds they are on. An environment that won't kill them is important too.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I heard one trump supporting farmer say it didn't matter who farmer's voted for, they get subsidies no matter who is in office. We'll see. Looks like they may have screwed themselves pretty hard.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
All the autocrats, including our own tech bros, want to live forever. They have money, they have power, yet they will end just like every one of the 'little people.' Cold & still, souls passed on to stand before the scale.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
This would be a good time for her to stop supporting trump and the other Rs that won't vote for this bill. Tears are easy...integrity takes some grit.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump should have never had that pathetic parade. It demeaned us in the international arena.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
No other country has anything like China's deep depth robotic program. That is where all the communication cables live, the ones carrying the internet. Their tech has evolved exponentially.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I wish all the financial publications & cable shows would have stepped up before the election. All this can't be a surprise to anyone understanding finance.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
People react emotionally to what they see. They see Ukraine with the lights on ... only occasionally do they see the damage and the front lines. They see starvation & nothing but rubble in Gaza. Not saying it's right, just pointing out human nature.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Extraordinary ignorance is the trump administration's calling card.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Neil Katyal won the case at the appeals court and will be ready to argue in front of the SC anytime. To date he has argued 52 cases in front of the court, more than any other lawyer in history. Go Neil!
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Where were these people before trump was elected? Where was the whole damn financial industry? Too busy buying lube and rolling over?
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
They always got that wrong. It should be The Art of the Steal
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
According to Forbes our exports in '24 were $2T and our imports were $3T. He just throws out ridiculous numbers because his cult doesn't know the difference.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I have been shocked to see how much of our governance was based on 'norms.' trump has never met a norm he hasn't blown thru.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Happy Birthday George. You look so much happier since you got that 110 lb wart removed!
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Sad but likely true
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
The MSM owners see their job as staying in trump's good graces. MSNBC has been doing more in depth reporting. I think they don't care as much about blowback because of the divorce.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Putting out old pictures to say...'see, he's fine' was weird too. Not a peep about that either.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
After all the cases he won for Biden after the 2020 election, I tell people Marc Elias wears a cape.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
What do you want to bet that the numbers joining the National Guard are going to decrease. Ripping them off for their deployment pay and putting them into this situation isn't a great advertisement for joining.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
putin committed an act of war.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Like most of them, he lied all the way thru his confirmation hearing. He didn't care about the dead kids in Samoa from measles, he won't care about a spike in covid deaths here. Like trump he is a pathological narcissist with insane ideas. "I see mitochondria."
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
>>>The only way to find out whether an order is legal or illegal is to obey, or refuse to obey, and see what is decided ... OK, that's more than an individual serviceman should have to deal with. Blows me away. Thank you for the post
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
A striking reminder of how incredible this planet, that is in our trust, actually is.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
As I understand it if a Guardsmen is ordered to shoot protestors they can be prosecuted if they do. The SC may protect trump for giving the order but that doesn't extend downstream. I'm not sure about them just being where they are ordered to be.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I remember getting under the desk to protect us from nuclear bombs. Difference being, we weren't being nuked constantly. The school shootings happen so often you would think we would find some ways to keep guns out of the hands of people who need mental health services.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
The Guardsmen have to obey the orders they are given. They are being abused.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
"The Supreme Court said I don't have to obey laws!"
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
What kind of person guns down a kid for ringing the doorbell? An animal. Animals shouldn't have guns.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
trump was punked. That is obvious by the continued attacks on Ukraine and putin's love fest with Xi and friends. He is always an embarrassment but this is dangerous territory, for trade and for national security.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
WTF is the matter with people? Shooting an eleven year old for ringing your doorbell. JFC.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope they don't mess with the Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Combined with some cream cheese, it makes an excellent side for family gatherings. I don't eat it myself of course, but it is something you know the kids will always eat. It is ok once and awhile...just don't make a habit of it.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
W Virginia votes overwhelmingly Republican. Rs are representing billionaire polluters as well as just the usual racists. Bon appetit.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Burn baby burn
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
trump took food out of the mouths of children to save the expense and still added $$$ to the deficit.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
POWER TO THE PEOPLE...not to billionaires.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I think we should all cut him some slack about his first podcasts. He thought it was a good idea to expose right wing nut jobs to a decent conversation. It caused more crap than it helped. He's better at it now. The one he did with Pod Save America guys was terrific.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Because his mental illness will not allow him to be wrong, failing or losing, he had to change the hurricane map with his sharpie. Now, so that doesn't happen again, he is not sharing satellite info with weather forecasters. Because...screw us all right?
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
He is not only felony ignorant he has shown symptoms of ASPD his entire life. Now, dementia is advancing and it also looks like those Big Macs are catching up to him. Power to the people...not to the billionaires
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Loved the ruling, love her name.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
This is the club fed that they sent Ghislaine Maxwell to.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
If not dead, I think trump will be wandering and wetting himself by then.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Funny, 5 state run grocery stores with lower prices on food is more of a "Socialist" threat than trump taking 10% of intel and Lutnik saying there will be more to come.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I realize Newsom has a few warts. He also has a big brain and a heart full of fight. He's growing on me.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
He also told Gen Kelly he thinks people who serve are losers & suckers. So not just stupid, he's also full of hate and sedition.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm surprised one of them hasn't been shot yet.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Stand with Chicago against fascist overreach.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I was given an eye drop after being diagnosed with glaucoma that was a beta blocker. It caused a heart attack. I lived on nitro for 6 1/2 years. It is not a benign medication.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
He doesn't just want to not negotiate with unions, he doesn't want to pay federal employees at all. The plan has always been to collapse the US from the inside out.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
She has just been trying to reduce the damage.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Just one way the FOX beloved Duh Führer is destroying our country.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Just gorgeous, thank you!
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
We are pretty screwed.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Restoration 1:1 ...and the little comedians shall lead them
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
They must have missed the hospital, journalists and aid workers they were targeting.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Fraud? LOL. This is fraud. A 1994 document, signed by Trump, that pegged his Trump Tower triplex at 10,996 square feet — not the 30,000 square feet later claimed for years on financial statements that were given to banks, insurers and others to make deals and secure loans.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
..and ass snorkeling & fluffing
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
God. It really does take a moron to believe anything that comes from the mouths of these people.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
And in a change of events Pope Francis believed, and now Pope Leo believes, in climate science and its impact on immigration from the southern hemisphere.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in his Confederate uniform with a slave guiding his horse in the background will be rehung in West Point's library, the Army confirmed 2 days ago.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I am hoping that instead of picking up five they put some of those districts in play. I think TX is on the list of the 6 states whose Medicare & Medicaid will be impacted by AI denial of claims. That should be impacting their elections.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Because he is a racist pos
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
If you can believe Caroline, and I do, he was a terrible force on their family, getting some members hooked on drugs as well. She thinks he is a horrible human being.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I lived with a head of a drug abuse program back in the day and helped with evening groups. trump reminds me of a junkie so it was no surprise to me when he and Kennedy became tight. 2 honest to god nut jobs dripping with ASPD just like the junkies in the groups.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe. trump doesn't fire people, that would mean admitting a mistake and he can't do that. I'd say an ambassadorship was in Kennedy's future but I'm not sure about that either. He brought a fair amount of voters with him to the party.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
We will be lucky if this fool doesn't kill us all.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Running on fixing the problems your constituents tell you they want fixed is how politics worked before Citizens United injected so much money into the process that people like you only butt snorkel dudes like Peter Thiel.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Tariffs on fertilizer, farm equipment & parts. Iowa will be in play
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Neil Young's new song...Big Crime
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Vile, hate dripping, putrid souls licking the ass of the useful idiot.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Really love your interviews Kara. Will be nice to have Scott back as well. You both rock.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
No stories this AM about what just happened to Medicaid & Medicare in 6 states. Pilot program to deny and slow pre approvals thru AI. AI company earns $$$ the more procedures they deny. Anyone who got a little thrill thinking it would just be Medicaid denied will soon find how wrong they were.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm hoping he will be taking a dirt nap by then.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
There was a 10 yr old boy interviewed who said his friend Victor dived over him to protect him and took a round in the back. I've been wondering how Victor is doing.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
...he will happily take the credit. He is a petty, spiteful little man.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
trump is all that but I'm not ready to roll over. Despair & hopelessness are tools of the autocracy. We need to go into every state and compete for the down ticket races. We will put up great candidates all the way thru.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
No, he's not. Innovation is how we survive. Besides the wind farm he is building a new generation nuclear facility in WY as well. It needs no water source to pollute, it cools with wet sand.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Gorgeous and affirming shot. The eyes have it.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
Ds have a great back bench. They are coming out now to introduce themselves to both primary & general voters. They are doing what they are supposed to do.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
We are going to need you out there ahead of the primaries, Mr President. Thank you for your service & God Bless.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
I think Criminal Defendant Netanyahu was seeking to pull the US into a wider Middle East war to stay in power & out of court. Hoping even djt isn't that stupid.
MiddlePillar (@middlepillar.bsky.social) reply parent
The Republican Party is dead and gone both in policy and infrastructure. It does not exist. This is the maga party now and needs to be understood as a threat to our democracy.