L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
You try to educate someone that they are spreading lies and get called a troll. This is what Blue Maga looks like. Avoid it.
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You try to educate someone that they are spreading lies and get called a troll. This is what Blue Maga looks like. Avoid it.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Not a troll, I legitimately came here to inform you and you said you're too busy to take 30 seconds to read one link... but you can take the same 30 seconds for a snarky reply. Impressive.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
That is the lamest cop out ever. Since you seem to believe whatever you see on social media without independent fact checking, just believe me when I tell you it's fake.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Well you should if you bothered to read the link in my first reply.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Sure, which is why they do and say enough dumb REAL things that we do not need to create and circulate fake memes.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
I voted for the independent citizens redistricting commission over a decade ago and I WILL be voting YES on redistricting now.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Pro-life unless you're a struggling farmer or a kid in public school.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
Yep, this will 100% happen.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
The key part of their findings left out of this selected quote is SUSTAINED. It is 3.5% engaged in sustained protests. So not going to one and being done, 3.5% actively engaging in rebellion and protest every day for a lengthy period of time.
Clever Resistance (@cleverresistance.bsky.social) reposted
Aug 22-25: People Over Billionaires, national week of action, actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns Aug 24-Sept 6: Workers' Labor Day events, workerslaborday.org Sept 1: Workers Over Billionaires protests, fiftyfifty.one Sept 6-19: We Are America March, Philly to D.C., wareeamericamarch.com
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Right, but we don't need a hot mic to prove that...Pam Bondi TOLD Trump he is in the files.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
Folks...I'm begging you to spend literally 30 seconds googling your memes to fact check them BEFORE posting them. I don't always have time to get on Bluesky and do it for you.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
Another FAKE MEME bites the dust. The truth: "Treasury’s Epstein file details 4,725 wire transfers adding up to nearly $1.1 billion flowing in and out of just ONE of Epstein’s bank accounts." Those weren't all from Trump, there were just that many TOTAL wire transfers to that one account.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This isn't exactly true. "Treasury’s Epstein file details 4,725 wire transfers adding up to nearly $1.1 billion flowing in and out of just ONE of Epstein’s bank accounts." Those weren't all from Trump, there were just that many TOTAL wire transfers to that one account.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This isn't exactly true. "Treasury’s Epstein file details 4,725 wire transfers adding up to nearly $1.1 billion flowing in and out of just ONE of Epstein’s bank accounts." Those weren't all from Trump, there were just that many TOTAL wire transfers to that one account.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This isn't exactly true. "Treasury’s Epstein file details 4,725 wire transfers adding up to nearly $1.1 billion flowing in and out of just ONE of Epstein’s bank accounts." Those weren't all from Trump, there were just that many TOTAL wire transfers to that one account.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
This feels very relevant right now, lots of folks have despair they should be channeling into making the world better instead of attempting to bury it.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
As if they will need them with Trump in office, he'll be more likely to "make them a deal" and give them Taiwan.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
What an environmental nightmare... please spray them with spray paint instead.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Yea, that's the problem with the white house press pool being stacked with sloppy knob polishers instead of actual journalists.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
He sounds like he is smoking the grass, and not the good kind, like sod.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Here’s what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
This is FAKE, reposting it just for the reach on the FACT CHECK. Please save me time and fact check memes that seem too good to be real BEFORE you post them. Snopes.com share.google/ueNjMK15PoH6...
Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) reposted
You probably pay more in federal income taxes than some of America’s biggest, most profitable corporations. It’s not right — and we cannot afford to let it continue.
Nick Knudsen (@nickknudsenus.bsky.social) reposted
🚨 BREAKING: Republicans are lashing out at the creators of this new ad. They're TERRIFIED. It must have struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as pedophile-protectors. You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE! #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
First they dismantle the education department, and now this new attack on public education.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This is fake, please fact check memes that seem too good to be real. Snopes.com share.google/ueNjMK15PoH6...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This is fake, please fact check memes that seem too good to be real. Snopes.com share.google/ueNjMK15PoH6...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This is fake, please fact check memes that seem too good to be real. Snopes.com share.google/ueNjMK15PoH6...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This is fake, please fact check memes that seem too good to be real. Snopes.com share.google/ueNjMK15PoH6...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This is fake, please fact check memes that seem too good to be real. Snopes.com share.google/ueNjMK15PoH6...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This is fake, please fact check memes that seem too good to be real. Snopes.com share.google/ueNjMK15PoH6...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This is fake, please fact check memes that seem too good to be real. Snopes.com share.google/ueNjMK15PoH6...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
Despite the #cannabis industry collapsing in California, #GrassLands at #OutsideLands was thriving with as many brands as ever. With #Ludacris, #DojaCat, #Beck, and other cannabis-influenced artists performing, cannabis took center stage at this year's #OSL. @yourgreenstate.bsky.social
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm betting because it very likely appears to be a scam. The OP comments all seem like bot comments to hype something. I'm not willing to take the risk in clicking the link since it's setting off yellow/red flags a scam is likely.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
The media is only "liberal" if we're talking about free market liberalism.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This is why I am glad I still have my own copy of the Constitution, they can never edit my hardcopy.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep, just include "&udm=14" in your search and it filters out the AI results.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
You 100% should go and ask him a question.
Doremus Jessup (@doremusjessup.bsky.social) reposted
“They’re supposed to redact. That’s clearly not redaction — that’s pulling all the material out that matters,” talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...
Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
1/DOJ is investigating whether Obama officials violated fed’l law while investigating Russian involvement in the 2016 election. Revisiting 10-year-old events, thoroughly investigated by a special counsel appt’d by Trump & a GOP-led Senate Cmte w/out any prosecutions smacks of political interference.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Do journalists and other writers, like me, who had our copyrights violated to train their LLM get stock options too? Otherwise, nope.
LLLwry (@lglly.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Plus,Trump is Petty & never gets over being parodied either youtu.be/-_r6iojNnYg?...
Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) reposted
So Rep Cory Mills doesn't seem like a very nice guy. www.theblaze.com/news/miss-un...
Luminous Blue (@luminousbluesphere.bsky.social) reposted
🚨This needs greater attention! thebradentontimes.com/stories/miss...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Yea, other than legalizing medical cannabis and releasing the Epstein files, nothing else polls this high.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Berman: Was the President right about the polling? Enten: No. If we are comparing him to other presidents at this point in their presidencies, he is the second lowest on record compared only to himself.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Any new sittings or updates? My wife and I have been sitters for over a decade and that is the worst fear right there. I'll be in SF for a sit on Thursday and happy to keep an eye out if Wily is still MIA.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This might sound silly now but remember, the US originated the war on drugs domestically and then through the UN made it global.
Jasmine Crockett (@jasmineforus.bsky.social) reposted
Republicans complain about Texas Democrats “fleeing”—yet just days ago, they themselves fled D.C. to avoid voting on the Epstein files. Why? To protect a convicted felon sitting in the Oval Office. One side dodges accountability. The other fights for democracy. Repost @djmelodie
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
California, by definition, cannot be a gerrymander because we currently have an independent redistricting commission which has actually cost democrats seats out here.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Add open primaries, public funding for elections, and proportional representation and I think you've got a pretty comprehensive list of needed reforms.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
You get a job, and you get a job, EVERYBODY GETS A JOB!!!!
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
I had the pleasure of meeting him and working with him on the Prop 19 campaign in 2010 then again as a teacher at Oaksterdam, one of my favorite bosses I ever worked for.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
One of the lesser known heroes folks have to thank for adult use cannabis legalization in the US. Between founding Oaksterdam and sponsoring the Prop 19 campaign he had a big role in getting us to where we are today.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
The Guardian, are you The Daily Mirror now?
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
#2 can just be "Cheating." They cheat at golf. They cheat on wives. They cheat in elections.
Elizabeth Warren (@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social) reposted
The Big Beautiful Bill gives Meta a $15 billion check. That’s more than our federal government spends on child care in an entire year. If we invested that much in child care & early childhood education, we’d create stronger futures for everyone, not just Mark Zuckerberg.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
I love the (usually older white men) who post things that are clearly an attack on your person/ideas, and when you call them out for that default to "why are you being so bitchy?" I dunno man, maybe because some old white dude I have never met came at me at an 11/10 from left field.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
Can't fight corruption with con tricks They use the law to commit crime I dread to think what the future'll bring When we’re living in gangster times. Don't offer us legal protection They use the law to commit crime I dread to think what the future'll bring When we're living in real gangster times.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Great. Trump will just send him back to Ecuador in exchange for the government letting him build a golf course on the Galapagos.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
Meanwhile in America, they are gutting the post office.
Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
Oh remember Vance Boelter, the extremist Trump supporter who had a hit list of 70 people and killed 2 people? Glad people haven't forgotten. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
"If this can happen to Colbert and a storied franchise, this can happen to anyone": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
So in another timeline we're all playing Soul Calibur 7 on Dreamcast 5 and the world isn't a dumpster fire? Sign me up.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Only the worst people are mean to dogs.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Definitely would have helped save my sanity though. Humor does a lot to help us talk about topics we otherwise would not or could not talk about.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
I think everyone who bakes with sourdough should name their starter. Mine is Sour Dough, but the h is silent. Doug for short.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
“This is purely a financial decision." Yea, we get that 100%. This must have been an off the books requirement to make Trump's bullshit lawsuit go away, and that lawsuit was expensive and making it "go away" for cheaper by firing Colbert clearly is a "financial decision."
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
"Democrats were irate" sounds like a great inscription for democracy's tombstone.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
I think I'd fail a CAPTCHA where I had to decide which photo was Pam Bondi and which was Karoline Leavitt.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
I think someone needed to explain to Trump that "high-energy biscuits" are something you eat, not something you burn for energy.
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
Quick question. There are still almost as many troops in LA right now as there were at the end of Afghanistan. Why exactly? Also where are the mass deportations of white illegals, like from Russia?
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Some, they also use oceanbound plastic.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm pretty sure this is how the jackelope was created.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
The Constitution Doesn't Matterhorn.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Agreed that kids need freedom in the right ways and the right contexts. Disagree that we need more parents letting their kids do whatever wherever. I keep having to parent other people's kids for them and that isn't my job (I'll stop them from running into the street but it should be their dad).
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Can we also get warnings when bands are created by the label?
JLRoberson (@jlroberson.bsky.social) reposted
Nazis would often steal the possessions of Jews who they allowed to emigrate. They would often have to leave with nothing. www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
If you haven't read The Magic Goes Away by Niven it would be a great number 5 if you like high fantasy used as an allegory for resource scarcity. Even though it got him known as a climate denier, I found Michael Crichton's State of Fear to have some interesting pro-climate change info in it.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
What kind of packaging do you need? I'm a big fan of Sana Packaging, their focus is on sustainable packaging for the cannabis industry. sanapackaging.com
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Ohhh Douglas Adam's is a great one I forgot but yea... the Hitchikers Guide series is that long.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
There's a ton more but not everyone has written five or more books. JRR Tolkien Max Barry Albert Camus Philip K. Dick Neil Gaiman Michael Crichton Dr. Seuss R.L. Stine Ray Bradbury Larry Niven
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
This seems like the right thread for this PSA. Similarly, no one should ever say "fake news" unless they are similarly explaining that it is anglicized version of a Nazi attack on the free press. www.haaretz.com/us-news/2017...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
I appreciate that selfies and tiktok challenges have created new ways to thin the herd of idiots in the modern era.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
And here's the link for people who need it: pll.harvard.edu/course/ameri...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Unfortunately, Trump's DoJ has bigger and more awful projects in mind than continuing the cannabis rescheduling process begun under Biden/Harris. Ultimately, what really needs to happen is descheduling, complete removal from the CSA (like alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine).
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Remember back in 2007 when hundreds of pets died because of contaminated ingredients? Then the following year there was a massive baby food recall? I sure do and getting rid of regulations will get us more like that. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_pe...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
The main federal law which makes cannabis illegal is the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Other federal laws have been passed since then that criminalize other related activities to what the CSA covers. www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
What's really messed up is it will be the students who actually pay for this through a new fee increase.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
As much as I appreciate the word play of "Hit the Bongino," he's definitely part of my nightmare blunt rotation.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social)
It's 710 on 710!
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
Parasitic, flesh-eating worms? I am pretty sure that is what RFK Jr. had in his brain so I guess they are already here, and in the White House.
L'esprit de l'escalier (@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social) reply parent
If it goose steps like a Nazi goose, and squawks about goose Hitler, that goose might be a Nazi.