rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
I honestly don't know which ranks higher with that slug-- skin color or gender?
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I honestly don't know which ranks higher with that slug-- skin color or gender?
Vman29397 (@vman29397.bsky.social) reposted
#PuertoRico If you want to stand in solidarity with the Puerto Rican community there will be marches across the US for Puerto Rican independence. Cites are as follow 1)Spanish Harlem NYC 1pm 2)Worchester MA 10am 3)Chicago IL 1pm 4)Jersey City NJ 10am 5)Orlando FL 3pm 6)Cleveland OH 11am
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Cleveland really feels like an odd choice here...
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
This has to be the best dressed, most respectful pit I've seen.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
But DO THEY know his first name is George?
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
or fat guys "slim".
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social)
I'm glad he's expanding his resume with different work and not getting typecast as a horror actor after his turns in the "Pet Sematary" remake and "Thanksgiving".
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www.reddit.com/r/news/s/BKC...
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
That olā New York-London spread isnāt just for market geeks anymore. 𤔠@joncooper-us.bsky.social
NBC News (@nbcnews.com) reposted
Mexico said Wednesday its postal service was suspending package shipments to the United States ahead of an end to the exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages by the Trump administration.
Michael Clemens (@mclem.org) reposted
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted
CHICAGO!!!! Our Punks for Progress show is TONIGHT!!!! Weāve got a great show, cool merch, and an outlet for anyone else who is unbelievably angry and determined to make a better world. Get your ticket at katforillinois.com/concert
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
and probably the most Chicago name since Chicago.
852dude (@852dude.bsky.social) reposted
The Toxic Avenger is clearing medical debt as marketing for the movie.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social)
my only gripe is that the list really should be in alphabetical order.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
but is she moderately, mildly, or seriously concerned?
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
"moderate Republican and sometime Trump critic"? Bit of a stretch, innit @nbcnews.com ?
anonabel.bsky.social (@anonabel.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
If today's media environment existed then, Nixon would still be "President" because the Republicans would have done this decades ago.
Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social) reposted
this picture of a mom shoes off sprinting to the Mpls school: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
I saw @renduhofficial.bsky.social talk about it earlier. This is just an awesome collab.
Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox.bsky.social) reposted
This post is less, ah, explicit than it could be. Siri is an OnlyFans performer and sex worker advocate who can speak from the leading edge of labor organizing and civil liberties. The creator class a leading edge of the working class and sex workers are the front line of that.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
āMy friend got hit in the back⦠my friend Victor saved me, he laid on top of meā¦ā We are failing them.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Somebody here on BSKY referred to him as "Grossferatu", and now I can't think of calling him anything else.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
That boy smoked the rest of the pack like they were hot links.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
That was the doggie equivalent of a Haka.
CALL TO ACTIVISM (@calltoactivism.bsky.social) reposted
MAGA: "Government healthcare is socialism!" Also MAGA: "YAY, government-run trains!"
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
He was my intro to the blues back in the late 90s. Even though he could SHRED, I've always liked his slower stuff better. And the "in session" album with Albert King... well, there are moments when I'm listening where I can't tell Stevie from Albert playing.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
If DR knows who these men are (and from the article, seems like they do), then let's name names. High time the gloves come off. They have no problem doing this to others. Wanna FA? Let's see how they like a dose of their own medicine.
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Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter.bsky.social) reposted
Donāt let them tell you heās joking. Heās putting armed troops in the streets. Not a joke. Not a drill.
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rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
You know that. I know that. We know that. But it plays really well in 'Murica, and that's really all that matters.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
Gov. Pritzker: āDonald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents, and score political points. If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is: a dangerous power grab.ā
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News (@froomkin.bsky.social) reposted
The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms wonāt touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
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.
Pissed Childless Cat Lady (@lavendarsmudge.bsky.social) reposted
I can't understand why Dems don't point out the obvious and let the Grand Old Peds control the false narrative.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
No. They don't. Not even as a joke. Neurosyphilis is a real bitch, innit?
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Shuffles off this mortal coil works better for me.
Thom Hartmann (@hartmannreport.com) reposted
The last moments to resist are slipping away, and history shows once fascismās grip tightens, it rarely loosens⦠hartmannreport.com/p/welcome-to...
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh yeah. I hope it gets under āļøhead Donny's skin (and the š š©'s too) REAL fast.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly. I don't think people have thought this through.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
I think that this is fake (it has to be, right? GN is a public servant at the moment. He-- or his staff-- wouldn't play with political fire like this. Would they?), but it doesn't take away from it being funny as hell.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Seth Masket (@smotus.bsky.social) reposted
I know the Third Reich analogies are overwrought, but come on
Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) reposted
Trump: "They gave me $600 billion. And thatās a gift... Thatās not a loan... Thereās nothing to pay back. They gave us $600 billion that we can invest in anything we want.ā European Union: Me: āHe didnāt get a pennyā White House spox: āPointless nitpickingā www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/p...
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
And the MFer gets away with another one.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
FWIW, he's singing* better than Vince Neil.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
suddenly I picture Paul Blart...
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
What a smarmy, arrogant, douchey piece of š©.
Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports.com) reposted
NEWS A federal judge finds that Alina Habba's appointment as "special attorney" for the District of New Jersey is UNLAWFUL. Ruling storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Background www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErH2...
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
For a party big on states' rights they sure don't like it when states exercise said rights.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Best (well, really scariest) part of all this is they actually suggested she remove it. Kinda says it all, doesn't it?
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social)
Someone please make it make sense...
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
I... I.. I just can't...
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Kinda like if you're a smart person you don't need to go around telling everybody you're smart.
Isabel Santos (@isabelsantos.bsky.social) reposted
This is a basketball game where the refs have just stopped calling fouls. So the other side is just punching us in the face. And we're looking at the crowd saying 'isn't this awful?' But the other side just keeps punching us... so it's time to punch back and that is what Gavin Newsom is doing!
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
This game went from basketball to hockey, and one side is still playing basketball. They need to strap on some skates, grab their sticks and start checking these fools. When they go low, you knee them in the š„.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
N@zi Caillou better STFU, 'cause he does not want to really wake up that beast.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
thanks for that warning, because I would have done a spit-take right onto my work computer.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
that makes sense. Thanks!
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
A quick 10% price hike out of Pepsi ā but donāt worry thereās no inflation. 𤔠@livesquawknews.bsky.social $PEP www.beverage-digest.com/articles/128...
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sorry, that's crap. Living in the area where you are running for political office should be a requirement. He wants to FA with combover caligula to try and get more votes? Then let's rename the bridge back to the Tapp.
Jason Dogwood š š³ļøāš š± (@jasondogwood.bsky.social) reposted
The Interstate Obscenity Definition Act is creeping through the Senate. āObscenityā will be redefined. Porn banned. LGBTQ content erased. It starts with what offends them & ends with what you arenāt allowed to see, say or be. MAGA isnāt about greatness. Itās about control. First they came forā¦.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
to quote John Bender-- "If he gets up, we'll all get up! It'll be anarchy!"
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
TSF?
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
that was pretty interesting. Thanks for sharing!
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
same.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social)
What desperate men resort to...
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
That smacks of utter desperation. And I wonder... why is he so intent on getting back in office? Is there something I'm missing here? Also, getting chummy w/the FIC is a weird move, & a smarmy one at that. Wanna FA? Ok, let's "unname" the bridge BACK to Tappan Zee. Nobody liked the renaming anyway.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Unfortunately, too many of those with the ability to check his ego-stroking EOs have already acquiesced.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social)
This dipshit has ZERO sense of humor. And he's notoriously telegraphed his intentions every single time. So people better be paying attention, because this moron has no intention or desire to leave. "The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now."
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
"that's good"???? WTAF
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social)
with some minor tweaks to costuming guidelines, I think this can-- and should-- be included in at least singles' figure skating. I know I can's be the only one that wants to see a person on a chicken doing a double salchow or a triple toe loop.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social)
This individual (I can't bring myself to use "man") has telegraphed his intentions & moves every. Step. Of. The. Way. And each time too many people are either not paying attention, or just poo poo it. Let's hope they're paying attention to this one.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
It's still mind-boggling to me how it can be that high still.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
This is fantastic! "combover Caligula" will henceforth be my go-to.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, the surveillance bugs aren't going to plant themselves.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Sure looks like it. Even moreso since he knows English.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm... conflicted? On one hand, he WAS caught on video at Gumbyās Cigarette & Beer World (gotta love the name) in an act of "sexual gratification." On the other, he's a radiologist who went against party on (i'm oversimplifying) a vaccine exception bill b/c it would violate his oath to do no harm.
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
The same Republicans and conservatives who have spent the past few days insisting we donāt mention Jan 6th because āit was four years ago!ā have also spent the past few weeks obsessing over the *2016* election and indicting Obama for treason.
Espresso Cyborg (@6cats4adomino.bsky.social) reposted
Much love my friends @oldliberalfart.bsky.social and @roxineking.bsky.social š„thank you for sharing the loveš¤love the loveš
Steve Semick (@newarsenalofdemocracy.org) reposted
Here's a montage of Trump talking about cutting Social Security and Medicare. It would be a shame if everybody shared this on Social Security's 90th birthday, today! #HandsOffOurSocialSecurity
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Name one (not named Fetterman).
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
what a despicable, lying piece of shit.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
At least they're not shrinkflating.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
He always does. And too many people don't pay attention or think it's just grandpa talking again.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
THIS is the problem.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social)
WTAF.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social)
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
And him putting this out there is further laying the groundwork for (& a way to make the idea less jarring or abhorrent) a declaration of martial law to some degree (might not be total, at least not at first). This is something that should be on every newspaper front page & leading item on tv news.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Shut up about it? This MFer would become even more insufferable (if that's even possible), bringing it up at every turn, no matter how irrelevant.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Just weeks?
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
1. You don't have to like or agree with Newsom to be able to appreciate this top quality, grade A campaign. 2. I just realized that, in a biopic, Newsom will be played by Luke Wilson.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social)
Bit of a timeline cleanse. Enjoy the pupper.
rcarmstrong (@rcarmstrong.bsky.social) reply parent
Meanwhile, he's getting endorsed by David Patterson, who, let's face it, isn't the most well regarded governor NYS had in recent memory. Maybe it's because he doesn't want to be seen as a quitter if he drops out, but also doesn't really want to win. š¤·āāļø