Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
yep, bingo. up til now it's been all, "while I theoretically support my constituents, let me just ask them all not to do anything that I wouldn't do..."
the bio is in another castle...
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view profile on Bluesky Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
yep, bingo. up til now it's been all, "while I theoretically support my constituents, let me just ask them all not to do anything that I wouldn't do..."
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
just like former cabinet member(??!!) Michelle Obama
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
yeah, and in the aftermath of Clinton's Telecom. Act, the number of different companies owning the nation's TV stations went from over a thousand to less than a dozen, within THREE YEARS. needless to say, that dozen was subsequently condensed down further, to where, now, it's only four companies.
The Original D Rex (@danmcdaid.bsky.social) reposted
They have had another go at this, and it's still wrong. Bear in mind, this is a simple sum, and the computer cannot do it because its calculations are based on vibes
Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 (@liz.sheshed.rocks) reposted
Protestors have been projecting the innocent victims illegally kidnapped and detained by ICE on the side of the Los Angeles Detention Facility!! Los Angeles has a spirit Trump can’t crush. Los Angeles will crush him instead!!
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
[Batman '66 announcer voice] What's THIS--? a Poncy, Porous Plimsoll..?? **BING**
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
[Batman '66 announcer voice] What's THIS--? a Poncy, Porous Plimsoll..?? **BING**
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
what a lousy, flat name for a show tho -- the clash in paris. like, they employ writers. ~~fury de lis~~ there. first try.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
every aew fan i know dips in/out of wwe -- watches the royal rumble + wrasslemania -- without following it consistently. like, nobody i know who's seen last week's dynamite is also making time to watch the clash in paris today... a live wrestling show at noon is pretty appealing tho, so who knows.
The People's Fabric (@peoplesfabric.com) reposted
“I found Black Mirror so inspiring” – capitalists
eke (@eke.bsky.social) reposted
yo this guy is cooking
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
and who won't be able to easily get their doctor's note? the poor + service industry ppl. once again, it's a class-based eugenics program.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
they're losing The Cute One?? they'd better pull their thumbs out and find a new Cute One, like, pronto. or it'll be 1995 all over again.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
an unlistenable podcast that he'll be paid a quarter of a billion dollars for. to be clear, i still support this career change.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
yeah, like, they couldn't even *invent* a plausible excuse to stuff him into the dungeon, but they were still happy to do it. maybe they figured, if the court doesn't stop us we can just keep the guy locked up, charges schmarges. y'know, like how you do in a "developed country."
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social)
here comes Summer all over again, gettin on em. stay on em. specifically, Abolish ICE and detain every one of those abject weasels, pending investigations into their violence and various breaches of the contract that most of us know as the US Constitution. simpering fuckin goons.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
Kenny Loggins The Return to Pooh Corner Tour, 1994 🍯😎🍯
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
i can't wait for Zob Zombie's ALIEN, when we'll get to see what a fucked up childhood the xenomorph queen had
The Associated Press (@apnews.com) reposted
BREAKING: The Israeli military says its strike on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people, including five journalists, was aimed at what it believed was a Hamas camera.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
i've non-ironically needed more transitions into side headlocks in my wrestling for **lord knows how long** excellent stuff
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reposted
you never see a tree growing at the pinnacle of a mountain. and yes, i did reverse-engineer that observation from: "the apple doesn't fall far--"
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social)
so, what is Urban Cowboy actually *about?* just a dumb guy...?
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
🎯
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
fascists are, at the end of the day, people who want easy answers to complex questions. so, yeah, the Rogans ('les Rogen'..?) of the world.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
his form is truly Jerry-Lewis-level.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
they've achieved a truly all-encompassing level of self-deception. and they don't mind being lied to in the course of maintaining it. so, the rest of us are treated to all the same lies they've solicited. as if they ordered the world's shittiest appetizer and said it's for the whole table.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
but when he tries to take a sip out of one of those gaudy fuckin things -- choosing poorly -- then it'll all be worth it.... you'll see.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
that logic... "Ralph Nader's bitching about auto safety is why car crashes happen!" like......??
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social)
hey real quick-- how come Kim Deal hasn't opened up a casual dining spot called One Divine Hamburger?
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
has all the cards in the form of *some* of the nuclear warheads
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social)
this post begs the question: why haven't we seen John C Reilly play Ben Franklin??
Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith.com) reposted
I don’t even want the sitting governor of my state to have a GOOD podcast
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted
Watch this life-long DC resident describe Secret Service and CBP hassling him tonight because he “fit the description of a robbery”
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
🤝!
Robert Saint Lawrence (@robertsaintlawrence.social) reposted
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social)
[pov] you've just pulled the trigger and gotten your reprieve, in the form of a dull *click*, so the only thing to do is to hand the revolver back to Him...
Status Coup News (@statuscoupnews.bsky.social) reposted
BOMBSHELL: EPA SURVEILLED SICK East Palestine Residents & Independent Testers, Ordered SILENCE LIVE NOW: youtube.com/live/Hsda-0L...
Social Security Works (@socialsecurityworks.org) reposted
On it's 90th birthday, today is a perfect day to remember Social Security is an EARNED benefit.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
reminds me of an anecdote that the head of my dept. would tell -- these stories invariably include descriptions of other ppl laughing uproariously at his jokes.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
"you know, we spend so much on ballistic missiles. we need to look at how many buildings there are to blow up, right here in american cities..."
Nick Kodama (@nickkodama.bsky.social) reposted
Ahahahahahahhahahhahahhahahahahahhahhhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahh
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
and avoid that specific vomiting nun
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social)
FINALLY, DC Comics has their own bWo..! @bluemeaniebwo.bsky.social
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
incidentally, here's some fun Big Dave content from the latest wrestle me! newsletter...
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
heck the fuck yes
Godspeed You! Space Cowboy (@dochaus.bsky.social) reposted
Like all conservative comedy you can see where halfway through writing this they got mad at the premise of their own satire and stopped trying to make it funny.
Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) reposted
“Sarah thought she was being kidnapped,” said a friend. “They didn’t really explain anything to her at first, they just kind of quietly took her and her son and immediately put them in like an unmarked white van.”
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
the only socialists here who have any public presence AT ALL are Democratic Socialists.
JCP⭐Designs 👺 (@jcpxdesigns.bsky.social) reposted
For every cop that's chomping at the bit for the new opportunities to harass people, I really do think there's at least a few who are bored and miserable about doing this busywork and being ripped on. Keep it up folks.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
ehhh i need to run a cost-benefit analysis of having an open heart.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
turns out, it's a socioeconomical impossibility for a billionaire to 'keep it to yourself.'
Jessica Pishko (@jesspish.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This is unfortunately a situation where Democrats walked so Trump could run. libertiesjournal.com/online-artic...
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
because gr0k lacks the capacity to reflexively ignore/hand-wave/brand as "fake news" any information that makes it feel bad
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
ICE GOONS in Burbank have been seen tearing down cameras, breaking doors, and shattering windows at a restaurant.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
primaries are Best of Five, right...?
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social)
speedrunning us twd living in that DS9 episode where they visit the mid-21st century and everyone who isn't rich is fenced in, all together except for the cops, obv
Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) reposted
The Trump administration threatened to assume ownership of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of patents from Harvard University, accusing the Ivy League college of failing to comply with the law.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
corruption that you could see from outer fucking space
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
that dude's always been a crybaby punk.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
the fucking BALLS to be named Mr Loeser, and still step up to Trump.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
it's always a good time to remember: never, ever trust anyone who uses the phrase "like a boss" in a complementary way.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
continue to think that one of pritzker’s political assets is that he is a bit paulie walnuts coded
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
thx so much! now have a nice, lying, bootlicking, fascist day! PS the only thing tacked onto my vision board is that i'll live to see those responsible for this attempted dissolution of civil rights dealt with in a way that befits traitors to the Constitution, which is what you are.
NBC News (@nbcnews.com) reposted
A former “Alligator Alcatraz” worker says detainees are subject to “inhumane” conditions — packed by the hundreds into cages without sunlight, with overflowing toilets and limited access to showers.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
wow, had no idea NANCY creator Ernie Bushmiller was from Thebes..!
Gabriel Hardman (@gabrielhardman.bsky.social) reposted
I've wanted to make a Batman/Green Arrow/The Question comic since I was literally a teenager. GA was my favorite character growing up. The Denny O'Neil/Denys Cowan Question book made a huge impact on me. I'm also really enjoying getting back to making comics! ARCADIA issue 1 is out in November.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social)
when I decide to watch a Paul Thomas Anderson film, I do so with the knowledge that, at some point in the movie, I'll be forced to ask: does PTA... not know what happens when you cum...?
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
the single dumbest, seat-sniffingest, least curious shitbag among a whole punditverse of dumb shitbags
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
CONTENT WARNING: Bill ends up still being alive
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
mainly ratboy tho
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
TKO probably runs background checks on prospective company officers, to make sure they've abused at least one woman.
NightSkye27 🏳️⚧️ | Mobian/Sonic VTuber (@nightskye27.bsky.social) reposted
This is the weirdest cheer I've ever heard in a cartoon. It's from Gilligan's Planet.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
"I will... for as long as y--" "Right, then, let's get going."
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
Don's retirement plan: hold the moon for ransom, with a nuclear reactor aimed at its face
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
what i don't understand is how it's possible for *that guy* not to be chomping down on a cigar.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
wuh oh, sounds like Walmart Goggins better watch out for his spot.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
[i imagine it and my face goes all Ellen Burstyn, when she's fully, blissfully checked-out at the end of Requiem...]
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
yes regardless
Jess Calarco (@jessicacalarco.com) reposted
Go, a college student, has a dependent visa (her mother, an Episcopal minister, is here on a religious worker visa), which doesn't expire until Dec. But when she tried to renew it early, ICE nabbed her and sent her halfway across the US to a detention center. www.wthr.com/article/news...
Vicky ACAB (@vickyacab.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Of course it's been weakened and threatened over the decades of austerity, but if you truly disorganize the federal government, the US will function just like any other state, which is to say commands and cash from the top dissolve under corruption, bureaucratic failure n and resistance
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social)
"Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist now..."
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
i'll go even further out on a limb: the NYT board should fire everyone, to the last person, and give the building away to their former employees, before sailing themselves away to the Gray Havens.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
co-signed.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
he's finally ready to defend the title of Ultimate Himbo..!
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
i mean, it's certainly possible that that's the worst treatment Alan Dershowitz, specifically, has received.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
yeah, if the fascists are selling fascism as an IMMEDIATE SOLUTION, then you have to call their bluff by proposing *real* immediate solutions.
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
they think it's unfair that THEY have to share any space, anywhere, with trans ppl pants-wetting crybabies
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
or, as Trump once put it, "the beautiful boat people."
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
otherwise how are you gonna get it all over yourself??
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
that Demon spread--!! unholy shit!!
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
reminds me of how Henry Rollins described a mid-day Marilyn Manson set at an outdoor festival as a "zombie cookout"
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
they'll never be able to take away Walter Payton chasing Shawn Michaels around the ring @ Summerslam '94
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social)
should probably get a memory foam mattress, but there are certain things* that just aren't the same without those springs under you, y'know? the bounce?? *crying really hard
Samuel Paul (@samuelpostpaul.bsky.social) reply parent
and, of course, there's the high probability that the libs would all rather continue to campaign against fascism, as opposed to actually ridding our society of it.
Enjoy Wrestling (@enjoywrestling.bsky.social) reposted
TODAY ONLY! $15 TICKETS! We’re returning to Velum Fermentation in Pittsburgh’s South Side on September 6th at 7PM. And, today only, tickets are just FIFTEEN BUCKS! Oh, and did we mention that EFFY is going to be there? So get your tickets today at enjoy-wrestling.com!
emily sunshine (@threnody.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
i couldn’t have gotten my last job without setting up a linkedin i had to delete due to anti trans harassment. so, when i lose my job because of AI or an emboldened bigot getting mouthy about me, my options are: stay unemployed or rejoin another platform where it’s fair game to degrade trans folks.