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Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, whatโs the timeline for the book on how the President went missing like a week after he had weird bruising on his hands?
Speaks for itself if you think for yourself.
I love to post memes and leave derogatory comments about fascists as much as anyone here. At a certain point -- like now, as this guy openly shares the neofascist takeover plan -- memes & one-liners become a waste of time. Next steps need to be a general strike and a new March on Washington.
ARRESTING FIREFIGHTERS??? WHILE THEY'RE BATTLING A WILDFIRE??? How is this not a spark to ignite NATIONAL OUTRAGE??? ARE WE ALL ASLEEP???
From my undergraduate lecture notes on the Weimar Republic's collapse
I mean I don't know how many children the U.S has, or how many people without SS#s. But all things considered, 300 million kinda covers everybody.
300 million Americans ... That's like, almost all Americans.
"All Matter in Universe Decides It's Time to Settle Down, Make a Home"
This feels like an Onion headline
#SCOTUSiscorrupt
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Where are all the corporate media headlines demanding his resignation? Where are the all the assumptions that about specialists visiting the White House meaning the president is dying? They did this daily with Biden. Why not now? Are they covering for their cash cow? Are they paid to cover it up?
Yes I thought about that too. At any rate, it feels like a declaration.
Agreed. Of course there wouldn't be any disorder if all of us goddamn liberals would just obey & submit. ("Revolution will be bloodless if they allow it to be...")
You know what's really a "tragic mishap"? The rise of certain people in power. They are people who claim to care about consequences, but really don't. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/w...
So they caught "El Mayo" eh? Great work! Now he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars ... Unless he expressed loyalty to MAGA and gets a pardon from Trump. Crazier things have happened.
Why do people keep equating the Maxwell transcript with the Epstein files? "Well, they released the whole transcript, so that proves Trump's innocence." Sorry, what??? Release the Epstein files! Release the client list!
Kinda illustrates the meaning of the phrase, "for show."
Edited version... luminoushand.wordpress.com/2025/08/23/i...
Hey, when they're that similar, just be okay with the confusion. Might as well mix up "star," "stab," "stay," I mean who's with me on this???
Amazing
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Still a great post and you have a great eye!
Here, fixed it.
Although now this looks like a Klee to me...I am probably confusing myself!
Great choice for him. I love this phase of his work.
Been aching to see this for a long time ... The aspiring fascist who set the pattern for destroying U.S. universities ... She 100 percent deserves this.
Proud to be the 100th like
So....The 2016 and 2024 elections were miscounted? Okay, let's go back and do them over!
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History will judge.
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"Invade when a Democrat is president. That would be fine!"
Typical CNN headline, doesn't even scratch the surface.
Translation -- Trump said to Xi, "You can do whatever you want after I'm gone. Just please don't invade while I'm in office, it makes me look bad."
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Trump's entire political career was made possible by people like this.
A tale of two vibes.
I'm interested in the differences between drypoint and other drawing media. I mean in terms of the physical experience of the artist and how that might show itself in the work. To the extent it influences gesture and composition, I'm not prepared to say, but this is a beautiful example to study!
My thought exactly! And I know this is a different network, but the same idea applies: luminoushand.wordpress.com/2025/06/13/g...
Pathetic, short-sighted, and cowardly.
I'd like to ask, Why would anyone who calls himself or herself a Libertarian -- or who subscribes to a Libertarian point of view -- continue to support this administration?
Leavitt: "He is widely renowned..." Because to be narrowly renowned (or widely not renowned) is kind of an interesting concept, too.
Great post. A similar perspective... aimargins.wordpress.com/2023/08/09/f...
Beautiful!
Trump on January 6: Nancy Pelosi stopped me from sending the DC National Guard to protect the Capitol. Trump tomorrow: the President of the United States has complete control over the DC National Guard. Make it make sense.
Samizdat Summer โ Margins of Artifice share.google/9NIEhBpmKLD7...
"Or the reverseโa warning label. 'CAUTION: at least one chatbot was used to write this poem. Readers may find it enjoyable. However, no joy was gained or experienced while authoring it and no human emotions were involved in the manufacturing process.'" share.google/FjERRtqVD2Jp...
I still don't really know what a starter pack is.
I'll be the first to admit, zero likes or responses can make me feel I have an L on my forehead... but since that is almost always the case, you're right, why worry? Why give it a second thought? (Of course that invites the question, why post in the first place. If a tree falls in the forest...)
Drain the swamp! Or raise it...
The obvious answer is, "Really really ugly." As in, hideously ugly faces.
You probably don't welcome link-bombing, but when you say "Why would you give this toady air time," you're describing how I feel about other media outlets too: luminoushand.wordpress.com/2025/06/13/g...
I keep thinking the same thing!
Not sure if Roge Rage is the right term, but whatever you call it, we need more of it.
I can definitely see how it ruled ... Or perhaps rolled?
Ya THINK???? A "turn"??? What was it before???
Calling out individual companies and CEOs by name draws Trump's attention to them. He then threatens and bullies them into re-adjusting their prices so that he doesn't look bad. Instead, we need to allow economic issues to come into play against this monster. Let's stop working against that.
Never mind! Yes, I regret asking.
I must be missing something. The "axe for the frozen sea" quote is Kafka, isn't it? So I'm sure I'm being dense, but...Are you saying the quote you included is authentically Kafka, or can be attributed to someone else, or another writer borrowed it for this blurb, or...? I know I will regret asking.
Yes, file under "See It Coming A Mile Away"
DRAIN THE SWAMP...LOCK THEM UP... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/n...
Yes. As my wife keeps pointing out, they were girls, not "underage women"...
Oh my God, this is great!!!
Were mutings experienced? Or were they naive and callow?
It still shocks, very true, and it is still a very bad outcome. You're right that the tendency to buckle is "understandable." To paraphrase everyone's favorite Vulcan, "I said I understand. I did not say I approve."
By @jamellebouie.net in NYT: One of the finest columns, perhaps the best yet, to examine Trump/Vance/MAGA historical blindness -- www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
It was always the simplest explanation. www.wsj.com/politics/jus...
lol
Trump is like a cornered rat. Whatโs his next move?
"Wind changing direction" should not be confused with "which way the arc of the moral universe bends." That arc only bends one way, and it's what most people mean when they say "the right side of history." My apologies, this is a message to opportunists, not good-hearted people.
Right ... Math isn't my strong point, but even a 101% drop is impossible, isn't it? In other words, a 100% drop in price makes the thing free. Or am I insane?
This is a MORONIC opinion piece ("opinion video") from the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/o...
I completely understand. I have a whole blog devoted (more or less) to that concern. Encouraging to see others facing it.
Beautiful! (I mean the art, but I also mean the "No AI")
This is a great resource adoptastation.org?fbclid=PAQ0x...
Not letting this go... #NJ #VisibilityBrigade
Good God -- when you quote Sean Connery, you kinda need to do it verbatim. Anything else falls flat.
A powerful message, thank you ... I hope the central motif will turn out to be an eclipse rather than a sunset.
#BookSky
