Sky Marchini (@sky.skymarchini.net) reposted
Don’t just take my word for it “the administration wants to turn the Army on civilians at home while neglecting threats abroad” - it’s official pentagon policy
Sky Marchini (@sky.skymarchini.net) reposted
Don’t just take my word for it “the administration wants to turn the Army on civilians at home while neglecting threats abroad” - it’s official pentagon policy
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
RIP CBS News
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Ok, for whatever reason, I missed the "don't" in "don't believe." You get the idea, though.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Eh, I think he does sincerely believes that white people are superior to blacks and latinos, and that the power of the state should be used to crush "the left". A lot of the rest is just miscellaneous and/or downstream of that
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
What evidence is there that "Reddit Atheism" helped bring about a more enlightened society? Seems pretty obvious that alternative superstitious took the place of normal religious beliefs and the evangelical right easily adapted to the new environment.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Ok, but there is a huge gulf between, "Under no circumstances will I vote to make Gavin Newsome the Dem nominee," and, "Under no circumstances will I vote for Gavin Newsome over JD Vance." The former is objectively reasonable. The latter is objectively pro-fash.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Dude. The actual owner of Twitter boosts Nazi propaganda. Come on.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
All of this was predictable, maybe even inevitable, once the videos starting coming out. Anyone who was not in a state of dread and/or panic about this is a complete idiot at best.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social)
Everything else aside, 10/7 was easily the biggest geopolitical/military miscalculation in my lifetime. Easily worse than Iraq. It directly and indirectly led to the destruction of Gaza, the decimation of Hamas forces and leadership, and their allies, and election of Likud's best friend of all time.
William B. Fuckley (@opinionhaver.bsky.social) reposted
It was also just incredibly shortsighted because if your second or third thought in response to 10/7 wasn’t “oh my god they’re probably going to kill so many fucking people in response to this”, you’re either dumb or awful. I don’t have any special expertise on the conflict and I knew that!
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
they desperately want footage of soldiers shooting americans
Ar-Fredazôn (@thefred.bsky.social) reposted
Remember, folks, if you want to nullify as a juror, don't say you're going to nullify as a juror candidate.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
They should take it to trial, then!
Alex Hern (@hern.bsky.social) reposted
Discovered today that not everyone considers this nine year old viral tweet a seminal text in the field of social media studies but I do
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Also seems like an effect of Dobbs.
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randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely baby brained take. The notion that Democrats should willfully tie one hand behind their back while the GOP knifes them is nothing less than a call to surrender in advance.
Lydia “Massive Prideful Female” (@petticoatshrink.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Some people seem to just want luxurious lifestyles but feel weird about openly demanding that others provide that for them. So they just decide that surely communism could furnish that for everyone and just don’t think too hard about who would be washing the dishes.
Fourth Crown War FPV Drone Operator 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 (@dov.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Obviously no one can pull themselves from poverty by the bootstraps but overcorrect too far the other way and now we have people who think it's a violation of their rights that society wont pander to them not knowing how to cook.
Fourth Crown War FPV Drone Operator 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 (@dov.bsky.social) reposted
Mate this blows but I have found myself thinking more and more about how reductive it was to allow people to believe that personal responsibility is just a right-wing myth.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Putting Roberts in the Supreme Court minority ALONE would have been more than worth it. Instead, we got a right-wing Supreme Court supermajority out of this shit.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Like, imagine all the horrifying shit that would have been prevented by these guys just saying, "ok Hillary may be a triangulating shitbag but you should still vote for her over Trump."
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social)
They're still doing this bit after seeing the results of their totally righteous and moral crusade to facilitate Trump winning again, huh.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, there might be a reason!
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randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Ok, so we're doing the thing where we just redefine terms to mean whatever fits a particular slogan or thread.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
ask yourself: Is declaring declaring badthink to be a war crime going to educate or irritate? If the latter, what is the benefit?
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The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
UTAH… this is not a game…
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
The standard answer is: "I don't know. We know that Trump is a rapist, has made disgusting comments about underage girls including his daughter, and has reportedly walked in on teen pageant dressing rooms, but I don't know that he had any involvement in Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operations."
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Given everything these people are already doing, it's honestly probably a net positive that much of the cabinet are lazy, drunk, degenerates who prefer LARPing to governing.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
(This is also about throwing out slop for the rubes after they pantsed the base on Jeffrey Epstein)
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Seeing as it's a potemkin investigation aimed at harassing people and producing a propaganda report rather than actually proving anything in a court of law, I'd say they're not too concerned with statutes of limitations.
Kathryn Tewson (@kathryntewson.bsky.social) reposted
Yeah, so, remember when I discussed the concerns and potential liabilities involved with being a receiver for a GFM benefiting Palestinians, and a whole bunch of folks were like “that hasn’t happened in the past two years and therefore could never happen”? Yyyyyyeah.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Many people are saying
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Do it.
Astra Taylor (@astra.bsky.social) reposted
Once again, this is a massive public jobs program for fascists. This bill was never just about tax cuts and gutting social services. It's about investing our collective resources in violence and using state power to spread fear and destroy solidarity. We need to resist this with all we've got.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Whipped dogs aren't that happy. Lap dogs is more like it.
Ragathiel (@ragathiel.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
daniel sieradski (@self.agency) reposted
last night the republicans passed a budget to turn america into a nation of roving masked thugs and concentration camps and this is what democrats are doing still on sunday morning news programs instead of telling their interviewers to shut the fuck up and stop changing the subject
Aubrey Gilleran (@aubreygilleran.bsky.social) reposted
Wrecker. As much of a wrecker as the Briahna Joy Gray types.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social) reposted
this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social)
You really have to feel for the people that live in these places and don't vote Republican.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Just like a bunch of anti-bush figures still turned out to suck ass, such as it is again with Trump
Charm City Slicker (@sprawlhater.bsky.social) reposted
The rise of people like Lander and Walz, whose ideologies don't exactly match mine but have the exact right combination of "love thy neighbor" and "fuck you, asshole" attitudes, is massive positive for people who care about left of center politics
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randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Losing weight + hiding chin with beard
JB stan account (@johnbrownstan.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Why? Because people are still going to try to get porn, and many of them are not going to want to upload an ID or whatever. That means a huge boost in demand for ways of getting porn that evade the view of authorities, and if it's illegal anyway you can bet it'll be hosting child porn.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
But he should turn it the other way, and instead of a cat, he should carry a Chihuahua
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Like, what the fuck would having them up on the podium prove? They're not intel guys, structural engineers, or have any new information or insights. They'd just be saying "oh yeah bruh totally the best mission evah don't believe fake news"
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Or Biden!
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Am I missing something? Because that doesn't sound like something to get arrested for.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, it's something he *knows* makes him look stupid.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
To be clear, he's not mad that people are dying or anything like that- he's mad that he announced a super duper Art of the Deal ceasefire without actually getting any agreement from any of the parties involved and it makes him look stupid
Cooper Lund (@cooperlund.online) reposted
No matter what happens when the polls close today, Zohran and Lander have shown a new way forward for fighting the establishment, one that lifts everyone up instead of succumbing to infighting, and I’m going to be grateful for that. medium.com/p/469fc6884708
Matthew Gertz (@mattgertz.bsky.social) reposted
1. Our reporting displeased the world's richest man. 2. He spent $288 million to elect President Trump and other Republicans. 3. Trump's FTC has now launched a meritless investigation targeting us. 4. We're suing to protect the First Amendment. www.mediamatters.org/justice-civi...
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
They need nukes tbh
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Leonid Baezhnev (@rev-avocado.bsky.social) reposted
brain leaking out his ears
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
...shit
southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I am, of course, not the New York Times. But if I was the New York Times, I would take a professional interest in investigating, exposing, and embarrassing the hell out of that law firm and whatever partner made the decision to retaliate on a nazi’s and his federal judge friend’s behalf.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
We currently don't have puppet rulers in Canada and Mexico who loot their respective countries. If we did, I figure the people of Canada and Mexico would be pretty well justified in deposing these rules. Not sure why you're so bothered by Yanukovich getting dumped by his own people.
Casaubon (@zas.bsky.social) reposted
“Republicans are rapists who will kidnap people who don’t look white” is a pretty accurate message!
Brian Cardone (@cardonebrian.bsky.social) reposted
🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
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randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
And Cramer's criticism is pretty muted, but at least he said it was bad and "not even true". Extremely low bar, I know.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Eh, I don't see the whole article, but that paragraph actually looks completely accurate.
Bill McKay (@mckay4senate.bsky.social) reposted
The fact is that in the United States, right-wing violence 1. Is much more common than left-wing violence 2. Furthers the interests of the Republican Party, while what little left-wing violence exists mainly causes headaches for Democrats 3. Is coddled by the Republicans
John Michael McGrath (@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social) reposted
this is the day Donald Trump became president
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social)
Thinking about Nicolae Ceaușescu for some reason.
Pascal (@pascallth.bsky.social) reposted
Europe has replaced US military and non-military aid to Ukraine Although this won't be like for like in terms of capacity and tech level
BeijingPalmer (@beijingpalmer.bsky.social) reposted
there's been something of a tendency since October 7 to believe the *moral* disasters of Israeli action will result in *military* disaster, and that's likely to pop up again. I'm making no predictions here but I'd treat any 'this time Israel will really be in trouble' takes with a grain of salt.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
The gun ownership gap really needs to be made smaller imo. At least the gap in training.
the beastly fido (@theophite.bsky.social) reposted
in a just world open carriers would be domed the moment they stepped outside their front door
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
To be clear, this goes hand in hand with his post a couple of days ago that they'll be calling off raids at meat packing plants and other red state businesses. They're redirecting forces away from places runs by Republican bosses and using them in their war on blue cities.
bill (@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Mike Lee is *threatening you.* He is saying, you’re the CIA agent who’s been stalking me and put a chip in my brain. And whether or not he *personally* really believes that, he is trying to activate the submentals among his followers who *do* believe that.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
More to the point, their Republican colleagues want to kill them.
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
Democratic senators need to stop pretending that GOP senators are their “good friends across the aisle” and realize many of them are just lying sociopaths who are actively fanning the flames of violence against them.
These Shells Are Made for Walking 🇺🇦🟦 (@stayscathed.bsky.social) reposted
ooh edgy (fucking clown)
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
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Proud Bureaucrat (@peeinian420.bsky.social) reposted
This guy and his ilk are not actually allies in the current conflict and the sooner that is processed and they are not allowed the same branding as true leftists who are allies, the better
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social)
Is there anyone who has fallen off harder than Shaun? Just a bottomless well of disappointment and wasted potential.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
This is case in point why you will live out the rest of your days having accomplished none of your stated goals.
Daniel Aldana Cohen (@aldasky.bsky.social) reposted
Two things are happening. The extreme right is doubling down on terrifying violence. And a democratic coalition for life and decency is mobilizing at a massive scale. Whatever else happens in the US this weekend, the No Kings rallies show where the most powerful political energy is surging.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd like for him to confess to everything in a recorded session before he dies.
randomcranium.bsky.social (@randomcranium.bsky.social)
[TOS violation]
Kevin Elliott (@kjephd.bsky.social) reposted
Trump has not only symbolically condoned political violence, he's *materially enabled it* with the powers of his office by officially pardoning the traitors against America of the January 6th insurrection. Every other unhinged right-wing lunatic can see that and do the math