Same with ICE raids - he'll have them rounding up POC around election time, detain them until after the vote.
Still trying to hang on to my sanity in today's world.
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Same with ICE raids - he'll have them rounding up POC around election time, detain them until after the vote.
“.. with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
I don't know if this is anything significant, but why did Trump put his golf shoes on at the White House? Who puts on their golf shoes at their home before driving to the golf course? He couldn't wear regular shoes in the limo then put on his golf shoes at the course?
Who puts their golf shoes on BEFORE driving to the golf course?
These are my patients. Kids dying of brain cancer. Kids and families desperate for treatment and hoping to find a cure through experimental therapies. Trump is dismantling science and children with brain tumor are the victims. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
And to get them some $$$.
Widespread Verizon outage.
Thanks, I thought it was just me. I thought I messed up my phone somehow by puttingit in and out of airplane mode too quickly.
Well, he won't. Now what?
The resignation letter that the government does not want you to see
They cannot handle criticism
Jon Stewart tackles the GOP's refusal to address gun violence unless it's carried out by a non-citizen
Looks like @nickpaultaylor.bsky.social broke this story a few days ago for Fierce Biotech, a B2B-focused outlet.
"Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out" "A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding." 🎁🔗 Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
"AI" has become a catch-all term that's getting used by people that know nothing about the technology.
New, from me: America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism. This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
She seems clueless most of the time. I can't tell if it's an act or she's just that dumb. Maybe a bit of both.
Well, don't forget that Trump also has some "very fine people" "standing back & standing by." I'm sure he'd find a way to add more bodies to his personal army.
People WILL die. Covid-19 is endemic and still highly transmissible. People won't wear masks, so millions will get it and transmit it to others, and those people will transmit it to more people and so on. And since Trump got rid of any Covid data gathering, the public won't know the truth.
"Guns aren't the problem" is what they always say, but they refuse to cite any legitimate research to support their claims, and refuse to even consider reallocating money from the police to social workers who actually can help & prevent violence - police are only trained to respond (with violence).
"Influencer" is not a job. It's also not the title of a journalist, so why the fuck are they there? (Don't tell me, I know the reason, I'm just sick of idiots running our society).
They hate trans people SO much.
God wants those kids to die. They were obviously sinners. Don't you know how Christianity works? God smites the evil and rewards his faithful followers with big trucks and McMansions.
"Tens of millions of Americans...believe that prayer works." What about the tens of millions Americans that believe gun control works? Fuck 'em, and all the kids shot dead, I guess.
Shuler: This is the choice working Americans have been given: chaos, or the same broken status quo. We wanted cheaper groceries—and we got tanks in our streets. We wanted affordable health care—and instead, 16 million Americans are about to be kicked off their coverage
Shuler: Thirteen billionaires in one picture—four of whom now run agencies of our federal government. If you’ve ever met someone who says the word “oligarchy” is too confusing or too complicated, well, you can explain it with that one photo.
They don't care. If some of their constituents die from covid, that's "acceptable losses" to them. They're agressively gerrymandering so they need fewer votes. They also have a huge propaganda machine that will deflect blame, saying what the "real" cause of those deaths will be. No morals, no regret
Anyone else notice a pattern in the government officials Trump is firing?
Where are your checks coming from, Torres? Israel?
I came here to echo this. Rep. Torres trying to defend genocide by parroting Netanyahu.
More states are controlled by GOP legislatures, & many Dem states have more barriers to redistricting, plus GOP controls more courts. So GOP has an advantage in gerrymandering, even if they do come against the limit, & Texas shows they haven't reached it yet. They gave Blacks 1/5 the vote of whites.
No, it means they're going gerrymander even HARDER.
If Dems ever get back in control, they have to completely overhaul the system to prevent this from happening again. And those are both big "ifs."
Which is exactly the GOP is rigging future elections by gerrymadering & supressing voting - closing polling places, abducting POC, putting election deniers in charge of voting, etc. They can't win without cheating, lying and denying people rights. It's only going to get worse.
Nothing'll happen to Trump. Doesn't matter what comes out or when. His supporters never cared about his lack of morality - they championed it. As long as Repubs hold on to power & keep getting what they want, Trump will be there. Only when he outlives his usefulness to them will he be tossed aside.
Get your masks ready, because covid is here to stay, but RFK Jr says you can't get a booster to help you AND everyone around you from getting it. Stupid dumbshit addict motherfucking nepo baby.
Bullshit. Covid-19 is ENDEMIC now, meaning it's like the flu - we need annual shots jusy like the flu shot in order to lower the chances of not only catching it, but to make the symptoms less severe if we do contract it. It also lowers transmission rates, as covid is HIGHLY transmissable.
“The hiring of an election conspiracy theorist with no election knowledge or expertise is the culmination of this reversal,” said David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation & Research. “DHS now appears poised to become a primary amplifier of false election conspiracies.”
I can explain it: Cracker Barrel changed their shitty logo to a cleaner logo, Republicans made up a reason to get mad about it (blamed Dems, said it was "woke,") then Cracker Barrel chsnged it back because Repubs are the ones who keep them in business. It's stupid.
100% HE has to sign a pre-nup. Not exactly a display of dominance by Kelce.
Satire and intellegence actually go hand-in-hand - who knew?
You just know that barrel has a hole in the back for Uncle Herschel's dick...
Lets be honest: it's a shitty logo. The barrel is ok, but even up close, you can barely tell what that blob next to it is supposed to be.
Republicans are getting exactly what they want. They'll never stop and are putting in assurances that no one will wver be able to stop them. They're terrified of what will happen when white people become the minority in the US and are rigging things so they stay in power when it happens.
Trump: "The line is that I'm a dictator, but I stop crime. So a lot of people say, 'You know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator.'"
A DOGE whistleblower revealed that employees uploaded a Social Security database—containing full names, dates of birth, and addresses of hundreds of millions of Americans— to a cloud server without “independent security or oversight," creating “enormous vulnerabilities" to hackers. trib.al/7uCDiHZ
Nixon said this almost exactly in his interview with David Frost. It was the most damning thing to come out of Watergate, shifting public perception of his guilt. But today, it's just another soundbyte to be ignored, said by a career criminal being allowed to engage in authoritarianism.
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."
Target cities should hold military takeover referendums. Get the population on record on whether this is what they want. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/think...
The first “removal” (if this stands) of a Federal Reserve Board Governor in the institution’s 112 year history. Totally unprecedented. No due process. A totally authoritarian move.
"The Rohingya, Gaza, and Two Genocides the World Refuses to End" As I watch Gaza, I can't help but think about what's been inflicted on the Rohingya in Myanmar and the role Israel has played in it, writes Burmese activist Maung Zarni for Zeteo:
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)
Thank you. I wss wondering why they're referring to 18 year olds as minors.
Can they clarify why they're including 18 year olds in their classification of "minors?" Last I checked, 18 is an adult.
Taco Trump strikes again. First sign of resistance and he balks.
I think it's the other way around - Trump is the lackey for Miller.
MSM got themselves into this, both-sides-ing it for years because they wanted money. Now they're scared of Trump pulling their licenses/funding, using the govt to exact revenge for his hurt feelings. We're past the point where they should've/could've done something. Consequences are much bigger now.
Yeah, the article says they're ending it for "those under 19," which would include 18 yr olds, whi are legally adults. I don't understand the cutoff at 19, but 18 yr olds aren't minors.
EXCLUSIVE: In response to threats of criminal prosecution from the Department of Justice for performing gender-affirming care, the University of Michigan hospital system will tomorrow announce they are ending gender-affirming care in the UM hospital system. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/univers...
The prolonged public torturing of a single man because the state cannot admit to its errors is not something that occurs in a free country
Yet another reason why we should all be afraid. This is why due process was created and why they're ignoring it.
He'll never leave the White House, even after he dies. The GOP will have rigged/cancelled elections so that they control everything and they'll entomb him in a gold-plated sarcophagus, right behind the Rose Garden parking lot.
This guy supposedly has a Bachelor's Degree in economics from U of Pennsylvania, studying at the famed Wharton School of business.
"Strongly condemns." Reminds me of "A Few Good Men" when Demi Moore's character "stenuously objects" and Kevin Pollack's character rips into her:
How many times do we need to say that if Biden didn't know something like this, he'd be raked over the coals by the press? The double-standard allowing for Trump's idiocy existed before, but it's way worse now that the MSM are scared of being the target of his revenge just for reporting the truth.
Hey @npr.org, maybe say that these XOs are illegal - he can't create a new National Guard unit that just acts as the police in cities, can't prosecute for burning a flag, etc. Not that it matters anymore, the press, congress & courts haven't been doing their jobs. govfacts.org/explainer/ho...
I don't believe Netanuahu - he won't even stop targeting innocent civillians. They just bombed another hospital in Gaza: bsky.app/profile/reut...
When is someone going to hold Netanyahu responsible for these obvious warcrimes? Israel keeps targeting civilians over and over and nothing is done about it.
It’s wild, absolutely wild, how for EVERY. SINGLE. CITY. Trump wants to militarize I can post data showing how crime is plummeting in all of them without any federal invasion… … and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines. Infuriating.
"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
I was following a white woman who started lecturing her white followers to stop posting memes with POC in them, even to not use any emojis that didn't match your ethnicity because "a Black woman" told her it was "cultural appropriation." I immediately stopped following her.
I really feel these dententions are going to be used as voter surpression. The GOP's fed their party lies about "illegals" voting & "stealing" elections, so that'll be their excuse for increasing detentions around election time. They'll use any excuse to round up people who might vote Democrat.
The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority. There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social does it. (And, yes, he's an American citizen).
Not sure if it's clear, but they're mobilizing 1,700 troops in 19 (mostly red) states - AL, AR, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, LA, NE, NV, NM, OH, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, & WY. Some states are only deploying a small number to help with admin functions. Still bad, though. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The problem is that there are more states with Republican controlled legislatures than Democratic ones. Plus, many Dem states have more mechanisms in place to prevent mid-decade redistricting.
That isn't true. The majority of Americans do not support Trump or Putin. The problem is that the far-right Republican party has taken control and ignored/broken the laws in order to gain more control, which goes against what the majority of Americans want. www.konsyse.com/articles/gal...
You mean to say "the already illegally gerrymandered TX Senate, controlled by the GOP, has forced through new, more extremely gerrymandered maps in an attempt to steal additional House seats to continue their illegitimate minority rule so they can strip all Americans of their rights," right?
Exactly. States like Mississippi need helpful resources even more than "blue" states because their governments are more restrictive. Even thinking of states soley as "red" or "blue" is a mischaracterization of demographics. As soon as we write off "red" states, that's when we become two countries.
Human rights activists say female political prisoners in Belarus are often singled out for abuse and humiliation, threatened with losing their children, and having medical problems ignored.
We need an effective world-policing organization, one that will hold leaders of countries responsible for inhumane treatment and misdeeds. It feels like we're regressing as a society, or at the very least, not progressing.
Would it be possible to code a site that does age verification and have it redirect to bluesky?
They need to make their cornbread sweet. I've never had bland cornbread like theirs before. It's an abomination.
Idk, have you seen some cops?
The fact that several of these officers enforcing immigration are POC shows that this isn't all white people, which is another problem. Either these POC don't consider immigrants worthy of due process or they're just in it for the money - either way, it's a shame.
And keep your miltary out of our cities.
Totally misread this headline, thought Elliot Gould was making waves again.
We’ve got armored personnel carriers roaming the streets of DC, “investigations” of political enemies, masked secret police brutalizing immigrants and U.S. citizens, SCOTUS rubber-stamping unconstitutional orders, GOP reps gerrymandering at the president’s order. America is an authoritarian state.
"I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am. we are." -JB Pritzker youtu.be/WN1c6mCitIk?...
Kudlow and Kash know this (well, Kudlow at least, not sure about Kash). It's just more bullshit to feed the MAGA crowd.
Workers under cover of night removed a rainbow crosswalk outside of the former Pulse nightclub, apparently as part of state and federal transportation officials’ aim to wipe “political banners” from public roadways. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/21/r...
It's frustrsting that the police: A: Do not even bother with "lesser" crimes B: Don't do a good job solving cases of "worthy" crimes C: Do very little to prevent crimes Why do we keep throwing money at them? It feels like we're paying "protection money," like for organized crime.
What?! Militarization of the courts now, too??
New developments in the AI-ificaiton of the US government. In my view these are further steps toward building an evil computer that auto-funnels your tax dollars directly to the broligarchy. You be the judge. Here's the evidence 🧵
So I can carry a rifle and walk back and forth in front of her house, good to know.
I was raised Catholic, but fortunately, my parents believed in science and didn't just go along with whatever the church/Pope said. I even went to Catholic school, though I think that did more to disuade me from continuing with the faith.
Simple reason: she's still a name people recognize and she's still "pretty" - from lots of cosmetic procedures, but that doesn't matter to people. She also fits the "dumb blonde" stereotype. Middle-aged guys still want to fuck her, so she's on TV.
Pretty sure anyone cutting through that cheap fence doean't need to touch it. Also: GLOVES.