pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
This cabinet was assembled for this very purpose. They certainly weren’t chosen for their expertise. Follow the money…
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
This cabinet was assembled for this very purpose. They certainly weren’t chosen for their expertise. Follow the money…
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s coming with infrastructure and the concept of a health plan.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
In other words: Trump is pissed he was the central player in the Xi summit and is going to exact revenge for being excluded. Tough not sitting at the “Cool Kids” table.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
I read it three times trying to figure out what he was saying and decided to circle back to see what the comments say he said. I guess I was right - he didn’t say anything.
mary angela perna (@maryangelaperna.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I’m telling everyone, these D.C. media types, regulars on shows like Morning Joe, are not only not made for this moment, in many ways, they’re obstacles to the kind of bold, clear-eyed coverage this moment requires.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
The most expensive deployment for landscaping which is normally done by those sentenced to community service.
ChurchLady (@baltmom.bsky.social) reposted
I'm expected to put myself between my students and a gunman, but this douchecanoe won't face his constituents in a town hall. Coward.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
You win the internet today!
Home of the Brave (@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social) reposted
Mike Fanone: "There's no justification for using federal law enforcement and National Guardsmen as political pawns...It's imperative that officers conduct themselves professionally—and that starts with showing their faces." @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
You win.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
BRILLIANT
Jay in Kyiv (@jayinkyiv.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump admin is now pushing Ukraine to REDUCE the size of its military as a condition for "peace". Trump is purely Putin's whore.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Scott Bessent should have been embarrassed when he took a position in Trump’s administration.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
Let’s see how her career will survive now … tf
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
A bit like the United States Supreme Court ???
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
Seems like the right play for her would be to thank the National Guard for their professionalism under the spurious circumstances extant. Then reiterate the pride and confidence she has in the Metro PD and the community for their patience and temperance under the stressful conditions.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Seems like the right play for her would be to thank the National Guard for their professionalism under the spurious circumstances extant. Then reiterate the pride and confidence she has in the Metro PD and the community for their patience and temperance under the stressful conditions.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
I notice prices going up significantly but then put on “SALE” to cushion the blow (at still a higher price than previous).
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
Simulacra says it all.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Not a surprise…
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s scary enough that the next President of the United States is so power craven to adopt this ridiculous philosophy. It’s even made worse when you realize he’s vaunting Trump. So the next President of the United States is also a POWER CRAVEN IDIOT.
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers. n.pr/4n46GLs
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
"A grand jury would indict a ham sandwich," then-Chief Judge of New York's Court of Appeals, Sol Wachtler, said in 1985. Oh. The. Irony.
Jeong Park (@jeongpark.bsky.social) reposted
There aren't many stories that prompt gasps at our editors' daily budget meeting. But this was one.
Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell.bsky.social) reposted
Trump owns all of it.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
Aaah - But we are no longer a capitalist regime. Trump has ended capitalism. Capitalist will now be punished for not supporting the whims of the dictator - cause the dictator is a really smart guy whose uncle taught at MIT.
NO KINGS IN AMERICA… 😎 🌊🐾🌴🌈✨ (@jerasikehorn.bsky.social) reposted
Never forget, and ‘Pass it on’…👇 Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
Laura Bassett (@lebassett.bsky.social) reposted
Pretending not to hear the whole room chanting “shame” at her is the most Susan Collins things ever
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
Team Trump getting ready for the Olympics.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Right over his head.
Mark Andrew Price (@pricelaborecon.bsky.social) reposted
Everything the rich have ever wanted is being delivered, a further weakened labor movement, a gutted regulatory regime, a public sector being strangled in a puddle. The rest was hokum invented by academic scribblers searching for a logical rationale for the rich to be more dominant.
Carter P. Hayes (@allchronology.com) reposted
Constituent: “You talked about abuses in Medicare & Medicaid… so why did the President pardon someone who defrauded Medicaid for $1.3 BILLION?” Silence. 🦗
Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted
Going to be wild to have Clarence Thomas and other members of the court write that even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient to allow the President to remove Federal Reserve members from office, and then head off to Harlan Crow’s yacht
Marie 🇨🇦 (@pawbaby2.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
people.com/politics/pro...
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
Well, didn’t Trump say something about being offensive???
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
So the guy who wants the Nobel Peace Prize and claims to end wars wants to call the DoD the War Department? Mmmkay.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Constituent: You need to take your head out of Trump’s ass.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
“ROE v WADE is the law of the land…”
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
AMEN
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
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.
Stella Scott, AstroCoach, ♊️♓️♑️, 🔮, 🇸🇪💙💛🇺🇦, 🏳️🌈, 🚺, ❤️🔥 & Opera Singer (@stellascott.bsky.social) reposted
I don't know how many times I've told people that Trump is a symptom of the disease that is at the base of the USA since day one! He is not the problem; he is the core made visible. And then comes Oliver Kornetzke and turns it into poetry! Published By @keithedwards.bsky.social on YT today. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
TRUMP: “A lot of people are saying maybe we’d like a dictator.” He’s saying it. Are you listening? 🇺🇸
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
The problem is,even if you get rid of Trump,the puppet masters(whoever they are)have handily picked a replacement ghoul.The problem is Republicans in Congress & USSC. But,the damage is done.Breaking the system so it c/n/b fixed was the point.ACA/SS/Medicaid gone.Regulation by EPA/FDA/SEC gone.
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
Still waiting for someone of prominence to admit it was not about eggs.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, that’s right … he/she will lose access. They need to be at the top of the list even if it’s for an autocratic regime.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Why doesn’t the interviewer just say “cut the shit, JD! You know that’s not what happened. WTF is wrong with you??? Are you that frickin stupid or just power craven insane”???
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
No doubt. Wouldn’t be surprised if the entire conversation was scripted.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
FREE MARKET THEORY??? How does the US government become a stakeholder in Intel without having a self-serving conflict of interest in the regulation and law enforcement of the chip industry?
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
FREE MARKET THEORY??? How does the us government become a stakeholder in Intel without having a self-serving conflict of interest in the regulation and law enforcement of the chip industry?
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
It’s additional DISTRACTION
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
FREE MARKET THEORY ???How does the us government become a stakeholder in Intel without having a self-serving conflict of interest in regulating and law enforcement in the chip industry?
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
FREE MARKET THEORY ???How does the us government become a stakeholder in Intel without having a self-serving conflict of interest in regulating and law enforcement in the chip industry?
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
FREE MARKET THEORY ???How does the us government become a stakeholder in Intel without having a self-serving conflict of interest in regulating and law enforcement in the chip industry?
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
FREE MARKET THEORY ???How does the us government become a stakeholder in Intel without having a self-serving conflict of interest in regulating and law enforcement in the chip industry?
Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal.bsky.social) reposted
Taps the sign The institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
It’s coming with his Infrastructure Bill and Healthcare Plan.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Just the usual pump and dump crowd…
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
With his BONE SPURS??? Sure there won’t be a golf cart involved???
Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal.bsky.social) reposted
What Danielle said. According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2% Let me put that another way. President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
On the cusp of being a boomer, I missed out on being a hippie in the 60’s & 70’s. I’m proud to join the party now. Change is coming again…Buckle up.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
Stephen Miller does an excellent job of recruiting for the resistance. Keep it up, Goebbels…
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
No we won’t because they will all come running for a bailout …
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Capitalism at work - opening a door for entrepreneurs. Of course, those businesses that benefit will be based in Mexico…
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump didn’t host diddly squat. Foreign leaders told him “we’re here whether you like it or not.” A publication of your reputation should not be kowtowing to an authoritarian regime.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
Trump taking WORLD LEADERS to the White House Grift Shop trying to sell hats is pathetically funny for him. For US, it’s pathetically embarrassing.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
This is f*cking embarrassing.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
Trump didn’t host diddly squat. Foreign leaders told him “we’re here whether you like it or not.” A publication of your reputation should not be kowtowing to an authoritarian regime.
David Pepper (@davidpepperoh.bsky.social) reposted
The decision of European leaders to all join Zelensky in his White House visit was one of the savviest diplomatic moves I’ve seen in a long time. Historic. THAT is how you unify for democracy.
public health guy (@publichealthguy1.bsky.social) reposted
i’m 6’3 and the man is enormous. the abe lincoln of global health in terms of sheer bigness
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Bingo
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Somehow hitting the “heart” button seems wrong for this. Maybe it should be a “tear” shaped button…
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
How about MAGA/Heritage vs. Real America???
ACLU (@aclu.org) reposted
President Trump’s domestic deployment of the military creates legal and ethical jeopardy for troops, and threatens a core democratic principle that the military shouldn't police civilians. Elected officials and retired military leaders are speaking out against this dangerous abuse of power.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
The same people that said it’s ok for the elderly and infirm to die from Covid…
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
I know he was Catholic & met the pope once(business trip 🙄)but never did he speak of god or God’s word. I still like to remember him that way and he wd/b horrified at what is going now.My husband is not so sure I’m right. Anyway,f*ck the Heritage & TechBro Cabal-we all leave this world the same way.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
During the auto & bank bailouts I asked him how he felt about them.He replied capitalism economics wd tell you to let them fail. But,it wd hurt too many wd/b hurt so we have to do it.I had viewed Heritage in that light,market driven not religious.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
The in-laws wd always be on the phone together wishing HB to all in our family each & every birthday.He was a WW2 & Korea vet who rose to C suite corp ranks.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
My FIL died 7 yrs ago.He was a member of Heritage.When he died I found a couple of rosaries and numerous prayer/meditation bks in his desk.Only time he went to church in 40 yrs was his son’s wedding & 3 baptisms for our children.HE once called me from his office when I was pregnant and home sick.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
But our unemployment numbers will be down to zero 🤪
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep. This “leadership” will definitely motivate me … to pull my hair out or cry. 🤨
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
bsky.app/profile/just... @radiofreetom.bsky.social A great read.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
That was obvious with Covid-sure we have a vaccine but it’s ok to let the old and weak die off.The strong will survive.RFK’s vision to have us all working in the fields and fed will leave us healthy enough to survive and serve the landlords. We will once again be a feudal society.
Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Also raising @josemarichal.bsky.social's piece, which contemplates this phenomenon: www.techpolicy.press/ai-isnt-resp...
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
OMG - what an excellent read. Thank you.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
On another note Prof. Tribe Please tell us who has standing to file a Writ of Mandamus to compel the so-called federal agents to take off their masks and identify themselves? This practice is not only dangerous to the people and democracy, it just doesn’t seem right. Please. Thank you.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
I understand why Putin would want to take our country down this way-it’s the cheapest war he’s ever fought.But WTH is the Heritage Foundation’s reasoning?Are these business geniuses so arrogant that they don’t see the real market damage they are doing?I know they don’t care about collateral damage.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
I understand why Putin would want to take our country down this way-it’s the cheapest war he’s ever fought.But WTH is the Heritage Foundation’s reasoning?Are these business geniuses so arrogant that they don’t see the real market damage they are doing?I know they don’t care about collateral damage.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social)
@tribelaw.bsky.social Please tell us who has standing to file a Writ of Mandamus to compel the so-called federal agents to take off their masks and identify themselves? This practice is not only dangerous to the people and democracy, it just doesn’t seem right.
Milan Markovic (@profmarkovic.bsky.social) reposted
I am a bit of a broken record on this, but are local DAs going to let this continue indefinitely? The ICE agents didn't have any kind of warrant, didn't identify themselves, and then recklessly started firing. Let them argue federal immunity.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
I sure as hell hope they don’t plead about sh*t to that …. I would hope that their intelligence services would have some embarrassing/illegal Trump behavior which they are finally willing to go public with. Bully the bully.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Officially throwing in the towel. Disgraceful.
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Dear Senator Blumenthal, You were an excellent Attorney General for our state. I would imagine you’re up on your ConLaw. We could use a loud voice on Due Process and State’s Rights among many other rights being trampled on by this administration. THIS is your bailiwick - Get Loud. Be A Leader. Fight
pjconway.bsky.social (@pjconway.bsky.social) reply parent
Legitimacy is what Trump says it is. Who needs a Constitution to protect us when we have Trump? Just ask the Supreme Court.