January 29, 2026
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January 29, 2026
I am completely shocked to learn that Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to prolong this war. Who could’ve seen this coming?
100%
The computer program is just adding more information in an effort to make the image sharper, which can often distort what’s really there.
Important reminder for anyone who thinks you can feed photos of Trump through AI filters and believe you’re getting a more accurate picture of reality.
Celebrity-athletes were invented ten years ago by the rise of social media? I learn something new every day.
Trump this morning. (Andrew Caballero/Getty)
Not familiar with that passage so I'm guessing it's one of the lost gospels
"And then Woody Allen went on Bill Maher's podcast to praise Donald Trump," I mumble to myself as they toss me into the padded room
I’m just excited for when they get his doppelgänger to fix the budget in an afternoon
“It is very important that the Drug Companies justify the success of their various Covid Drugs. Many people think they are a miracle that saved Millions of lives. Others disagree!”
I was all excited to show the civil war ghost who haunts my house cool shit on youtube like metallica and dragon force, but all he wants to hear is turkey in the straw. this fucking guy loves turkey in the straw
MAGA got everything they wanted out of Cracker Barrel and they still want to punish the company anyway. Just about the most predictable outcome you could imagine.
This is one of those fun situations where a president uses a movie to talk about current events but it didn’t work out well for Nixon.
I’m pretty sure it is. But I also think it’s gotten slightly more inaccurate, based on what I’ve read.
Aubrey Plaza is actually a nepo baby. I imagine ur familiar with her father, Rockefeller
I am on the west coast of the U.S. so the timestamp reflects that. He didn’t post it again. It was 9:54 pm his time when he posted it and if you’re on the east coast that’s the timestamp you’ll see on Truth Social.
happy labor day everyone. now more than ever we got to remember what it's about.
Rudy Giuliani happened to be in the middle of one of his favorite pastimes - RESPECTING WOMEN - when he suddenly broke every single bone in his body. Please do not call and ask any questions because his business partner is taking care of him ❤️
I find it fascinating that even hardcore ChatGPT fans seem to be turning on it in recent weeks
The US State Department has instructed its diplomats to refuse most visas for Palestinian passport holders, whether they live in the West Bank, Gaza, or overseas, according to a cable seen by CNN. https://cnn.it/4n6T0iJ
A fair question. Hopefully we get an answer
We learn a couple new things from WaPo about Rudy. Yes, the story about him helping a domestic violence victim is completely unrelated to the crash. Rudy wasn’t driving and the person who hit him is a 19-year-old woman who’s also injured. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
they made a machine that pushes me down and a second machine that points and laughs at me and it's not my #1 complaint here but that does not need to be two separate machines
I have no idea if they were even in the same sorority, as Roger Stone was claiming
For whatever it’s worth, that’s not what I was trying to do. Quite the opposite.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen him post a “good night” before.
Okay here’s the explanation. Roger Stone tweeted Aug 28 that the judge and Lisa Cook are in the same sorority. I have no idea if that’s true or whether that would require recusal. Trump has appointed judges that are hearing his cases (3 to SCOTUS), which seems like a bigger conflict of interest.
I think he’s just losing it. But I also always assume that whenever there’s a link or an image it’s not him personally doing the post. He has an assistant who posts and I assume this might be miscommunication between them. Whatever the specifics of the post here, his brain is not working well.
This is his next post. It’s a link to a story about U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb with the headline: “Federal judge blocks Trump effort to expand fast-track deportations” www.politico.com/news/2025/08... Seemingly no connection to the sorority thing he posted earlier.
I’ve tried googling to figure out what Lisa Cook’s sorority defending her on the mortgage fraud allegations has to do with any judge recusing from a case. Doesn’t seem to be any connection, as far as I can tell.
film flubs: in the movie spartacus (1960), several different characters identify themselves as spartacus. this scene was mistakenly left in the final cut of the film
Trump again claims that prices are "WAY DOWN" (they’re not)
that’s such a kind thing to say
Lots of people on this website seem to be praying for the health of all three men right now. It’s great to see so many people putting politics aside to recognize these cherished elder statesmen.
“They just paid me $16,000,000 for ‘inaccurate’ reporting, now they should pay me more!!!”
The message Trump is trying to quote-tweet there with “NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE”:
“NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE.”
The worst part was that I couldn’t get anyone at IRS to go on the record to give a definitive statement debunking it. Presumably because nobody wanted to have their name attached to “actually Trump isn’t giving out free money” for fear of losing their jobs.
This was a recent one that I saw from the Economic Times which was total bullshit but got pickup on TikTok. There are no "stimulus checks" going out.
The Economic Times looks like a credible news outlet based on its generic name. But it is definitely not reliable in any way.
The top hit for this statement is the Economic Times, which churns out fake AI-generated bullshit. I don't know if the guy has released a statement, but that's a huge red flag for me.
POV: You’re in the whimsical house with the secret rooms.
I don’t think there needs to be any relationship between the type of funding he threatens to pull and the outcome he’s looking for though. I get what you’re saying but he slapped tariffs on Canada over “fentanyl.”
I’m not sure what to make of this line: “This is the only statement authorized by Mayor Giuliani”
rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides
“…before the crash, Giuliani was flagged down by a woman who was a victim of domestic violence. He ‘rendered assistance,’ contacted 911, and ‘remained on scene with her until responding officers arrived to ensure her safety.’ It's unclear how that incident is related to the car crash…”
Rudy Giuliani hospitalized after his "vehicle was struck from behind at high speed"
This all seems reasonable to me. But then I remember Trump is also extracting tens of millions of dollars from media companies and universities through extrajudicial means. There are so many ways for him to accomplish clearly unlawful bullshit by leveraging the power of the state.
Everything here seems true to me but I wonder how SCOTUS and Trump v Anderson (2024) might fit into this. States are supposed to run their own elections. Colorado correctly identified that Trump was ineligible to appear on their ballots under the 14th Amendment. SCOTUS intervened. Why not again?
I realize news outlets are sensitive about defamation lawsuits but this is a pretty clear case. He’s flatly lying about recent history if he says he’s not an anti-vaccine activist. There’s video!
ABC News is still calling RFK Jr. a “vaccine skeptic.” The dude was one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists for decades. There’s video of him in 2023 saying that there’s no vaccine which is safe and effective. You can call him an anti-vaccine activist!
*looking through my Book of Tricks, Sorted Chronologically* that’s the oldest one in here
Yeah this is a really good theory. Part of the need for “sacrifice” when costs go up.
I do like extending the conspiracy theories beyond Trump. Actually everyone in Trump’s orbit is fake too…
I can usually parse the bullshit Trump says but I don’t understand the claim that without tariffs “our military power would be instantly obliterated.” Has he talked about this angle before?
All the photos of “Healthy” Trump this weekend are like the footage in the newsreel in Citizen Kane of the nearly dead Kane on the grounds of Xanadu. “Then last week, as it must to all men…”
this should become a thing, putting up signs like this for every arrest & disappearance in public spaces. it would likely break into lower info, less politically engaged demos and local social media groups
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Sparkle Sooknanan holds an emergency hearing as the Trump admin is reportedly trying—imminently—to deport hundreds of Guatemalan children without required process or access to representation. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71240...
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
It's entirely possible that the photo is old. But it's also very likely that Gruden just golfs a lot and also has a favorite golf shirt.
out on the town having the time of my life with president trump. he's just out of frame, very much alive
I remember learning about a 1967 protest with Abbie Hoffman at the Pentagon that was supposedly an effort to levitate the building. I thought the idea was so stupid. But with everyone around the world thinking about Trump’s health right now I’m suddenly open to anything…
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Where did you see that? Getty has photos from this morning of him leaving the White House in a white hat www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/president-donald-trump-walks-out-of-the-white-house-on-news-photo/2233011272
Fair enough! But the thought sincerely crossed my mind and I did an image search before posting the tweet
I’m just pointing out circumstantial evidence since the thought also crossed my mind it could be an old photo. MAGA influencers were posting photos and videos yesterday of Trump golfing that were actually from June.
I think it might be today for several reasons: 1. He wore a white hat today. 2. I did a reverse image search and that photo wasn’t online before today. 3. He typically takes photos standing next to his golf partners. I think he’s seated because his health is bad and doesn’t want visual scrutiny.
I think it’s just a product of the person to which he’s dictating tweets during the day:
I want to hear more about the terms of this “deal” he supposedly reached with Manfred months before Pete Rose died, while Trump was out of office. What was Trump offering in exchange
I’d bet Trump knows people are posting about how he’s on his deathbed.
“Frankly, I think he has a major lawsuit against Baseball. If it were me, l'd sue them.”
“Called the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation Trust, or GREAT Trust, the proposal was developed by some of the same Israelis who created and set in motion the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) now distributing food inside the enclave.”
Digital tokens. They’re gonna put genocide on the blockchain. Crypto grifter-style ethnic cleansing.
watching YEARS AND YEARS (2019) in the Trump II time is kinda fascinating
To be able to say things like this with a straight face, you have to know with certainty that you are talking to babies
The lesson of the Trump campaigns, and particularly his second term, should be "Wow you can really do anything." Anyone who runs as a Democrat and acts like their hands are regrettably tied is either lying or doesn't have what it takes to win anyway
WELKER: Do you have 100% confidence in Secretary Kennedy? LANKFORD: I believe he's who the president picked. He's challenging some of the assumption - what is it about autism? He seems to be following the science WELKER: The science has debunked links between autism & vaccines for more than 20 yrs
feel like slim and fat chance should be a different amount of chance
These guys can time shit better than anyone based on the data they have. It’s why I think AI could be “unprofitable” but exist for a lot longer than any reasonable person might expect. Imagine the insights OpenAI has from people asking questions like “should I sell my bitcoin” and “second mortgage?”
You will also never be able to time the market like a billionaire who has data beyond your wildest dreams. Thiel co-founded Palantir.
You can make real money in crypto if you buy low and sell high. Unfortunately that’s never how it works out for normal people, who buy when the price is high and hyped up, like it is now. That’s when guys like Thiel cash out and leave everyone else holding the fake money. Rinse, repeat.
Here’s the January 2023 story from the Financial Times that revealed Peter Thiel had sold all his crypto before the big crash of 2022
I thought about this timing recently because there have been some clearly planted stories about Thiel buying crypto. They even use photos from that same conference in 2022. It would be very funny if they’re hyping crypto while he sold at the top again.
I always get a laugh seeing this photo of Peter Thiel because it’s a crypto conference in April 2022. He said crypto was replacing fiat currency. He was then in the process of selling $1.8 billion of crypto before the crash of late 2022. We only learned about the timing of his sales much later.
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
Some reading for those who may be interested in how fascism has historically used the medical system to kill the most vulnerable people: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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the federal workers union for cdc made specific demands to improve security. my question is, will those be completed in two weeks? i doubt it. i think we all know what’s going on here
steven cheung furiously typing "video of president trump holding up today's newspaper" into chatgpt
Trump says he’s doing an executive order on ID requirements for voting. He also says mail-in voting is for the “very ill” and “very far away military.” Trump votes by mail so I guess he considers himself “very ill.” 🤞
When a guy who dresses like this calls something you've done 'tasteful'
The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
I’m not sure why this has taken off (or their motivations for posting it), but there’s nothing to suggest this is true. Colbert previously joked on his show about developing a show for Netflix but I don’t see anything real.
12,000 likes for this. There’s a whole other world of Bluesky that we only see when our posts hit the discover feed.
welp. i just went to try to schedule a covid vaccine at the local duane reade and got this pop-up
I haven’t noticed how frequently the em dash pops up in his posts. But I will say that our video evidence of Trump dictating tweets during the 2024 election was to Natalie Harp, who’s 34 years old. They call it the millennial em dash for a reason.