smithjb65.bsky.social
@smithjb65.bsky.social
created November 19, 2024
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smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Too many people have been brainwashed to think “lazy, greedy union workers have it too easy and are costing me money”, instead of realizing that having more unions makes conditions better even for non-unionized workers.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣🤣🤣🤣
David Combest (@decombest.bsky.social) reposted
Chicago keeping art alive:
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
What the actual fuck?
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
100%
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Brilliantly summarized.
The Daily Show (@thedailyshow.com) reposted
Jon Stewart tackles the GOP's refusal to address gun violence unless it's carried out by a non-citizen
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Feel what you need to feel. If this is crushing for you, it just means you gave your friend the best love you could.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reposted
The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it. ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures. Losers with power become the most dangerous kind. (c/o Caroline Codsi)
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Great point.
JoJoFromJerz (@jojofromjerz.bsky.social) reposted
As Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
Voters of Tomorrow (@votersoftomorrow.org) reposted
Voters of Tomorrow statement on shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Your prayers after the last school shooting are just as helpful as your prayers before the next one.
Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot.bsky.social) reposted
During a school shooting, children hide under their desks. After a school shooting, Republicans hide under theirs.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Cool. “Cromulent”!
CityGirlie (@oaktownhappy.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Russia.
Kernel Korn (@kernelkorn420.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
“winter blows”? More like you blow - horseshit, just like your day-glo deity.
🌎 🌳💧🧬 ✨ 🪐 (@curiousearth.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
I was scanning the comments to make sure I didn’t make the same comment redundantly!
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup. T***p will just ry to use both as a way to pump up his ego and "prestige". He truly is f'ng insufferable.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder how that day-glo douche in the White House will be celebrating...
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Words are not adequate...
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
This guy, I swear.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Very good point - they will have it out for him until one way or the other he's put away in a foreign country for good. Because they are petty, spiteful assholes.
John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted
This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
That was an exciting ending to a rollercoaster match (also, it's "Müller", BTW).
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
The DoJ needs to stop playing games and protecting Trump. Release all the Epstein files.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
CAKE (@thebandcake.bsky.social) reposted
Ahem
Eric Topol (@erictopol.bsky.social) reposted
The Damage Report projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.” But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people. Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
By the time we get to Nov. 2026, Trump will have federal agents and the national guard in many, if not most, blue cities.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Damn that’s funny!
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup - creepy AF…
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, great point. The marketing didn’t give anything away - and boy, did it make me tense up… caught me by surprise!
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
I think that’s an awfully on-point description.👍👍
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Long time fan of Sam Neil’s acting. Just finished watching him in the first season of Netflix’s untamed - always a treat.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
I found the supernatural aspect much more frightening than the xenomorphs in the Alien franchise (though they also scared me, but in a different way).
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow! I still distinctly remember being disturbed as F while watching it in the theatre all those years ago.
Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
She gets this on top of Secret Service protection. Is she saying they arent up to the job? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Me too - but I just try to respond with logic (unless they give me a really good reason to unload…🤷🏻♂️😁
Eric Topol (@erictopol.bsky.social) reposted
Covid accelerates vascular aging An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants —Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging —Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid —Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning. The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
"Kegsbreath"! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social)
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smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social)
“Saying slavery was an atrocity and slave owners monstrously ran concentration camps from their pretty villas is only divisive if you’re a racist.” - Thomas Lecacque (The Bulwark), opining about Trump’s attempts fascistisize the Smithsonian
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
"When today’s historians write about the historical effects of climate change or about the ways pandemics shape societies or about the lives of trans people in centuries past, we’re not 'inventing' these things, we’re just paying new attention."
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
After his trial runs in LA and DC, Trump is now reportedly planning to permanently keep 600 National Guard troops on standby to deploy into any American city facing protests. This is the stuff fascism is made of.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social)
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smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
"Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it."
CAKE (@thebandcake.bsky.social) reposted
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
RFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
An estimated 38% of the total corporate cash savings created by Trump and Republicans’ budget bill will flow to just four Big Tech companies: Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Alphabet. Just so happens that each donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. Talk about a return on investment.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
WTF?!
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
This is not a coding error.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
The anti-science fascists that are destroying research make me want to vomit.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
It drives Jonathan Turley crazy when I remind everyone that he is just Mike Lindell with tenure. So, please make sure not to amplify this message.👇 Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣That was the first thing I thought of as well!
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Get Big Money out of politics - I have to think that should be the one thing that people of all political stripes must be able to agree upon.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
I enjoyed chatting with Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show." My thoughts on how we save our democracy are the same today as when we last spoke on "The Colbert Report" in 2010. We must get big money out of politics.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
When it’s difficult to tell the difference between what’s actual and what’s parody, you know there’s a problem…
The Daily Show (@thedailyshow.com) reposted
MAGA has always obsessed over Epstein's involvement with Democrats, but who’s gonna tell them about Trump?
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: A higher up at the Bureau of Prisons WAIVED Ghislaine Maxwell's sex offender status in order to transfer her to a minimum security camp in Texas, per source. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Maps are being drawn and legislators are being lobbied. Get it done, @governor.ca.gov! www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/t...
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
F this fascist thug. He should be wearing a brown shirt. Charge him with assault - at least they’ve got a clear shot of his face.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
ICE GOON forcefully grab activists filming outside the immigration court and forcefully knock her phone out of her hand.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
“crumbling schools” - just how they like it…
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
Please pay attention.👇 We cannot afford to leave our democracy in the hands of a process that requires this DOJ to act in good faith. We must act now to harden our election systems. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Hmm... What are you implying?
Jason Berlin (@jasonberlin.bsky.social) reposted
Listen to @PaulaPoundstone.bsky.social It costs nothing to register to vote. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Grab a clipboard, grab a friend, help @FieldTeam6.org fill this country with voters! Register. Volunteer. Vote. It's cheaper than gas—and way more powerful. #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/cHIL6v3X
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Good. Fuck Putin.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
At a political conference in Maryland two years ago, Trump told hundreds of his supporters that he would be a tool of vengeance should they return him to the White House. “I am your retribution,” Trump said before repeating it again for emphasis. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
Antfarmer (@antfarmer.bsky.social) reposted
Finally climate change being taken seriously by the courts. Big ruling. www.smh.com.au/environment/...
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
An economic genius is in the White House...
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
As the week ends, my law firm is litigating 50 voting and election cases in 24 states. The fight for free and fair elections is essential to maintaining our democracy. I am proud of the work my team does every day in courtrooms around the country to protect the right to vote!
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣
CAKE (@thebandcake.bsky.social) reposted
Liar
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Overheard: I'm surprised the nickname “Pedofuhrer" hasn't caught on yet.
Dale Ryder (@kryton3298.bsky.social) reposted
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
The amazing thing about brave people speaking out is that it inspires others to do the same by creating a permission structure. Since I published this article 4 hours ago, I've heard from multiple sources confirming what's in it. www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, in Trumpty Dumpty's case it's because he's a fucking idiot and a complete asshole (no offense to assholes - they serve an important function, unlike shit-for-brains Bonespurs...).
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
There’s always a tweet! This one from Junior is from just two years ago.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
The illegal population is disproportionately working-age and disproportionately employed. In other words: the opposite of “takers” and “parasites.” The nativists arrive at racism via factual errors. Or maybe it isn't about economics.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
1. Tomin Lahren is a dipshyt. 2. “…the other place…”, 🤣🤣🤣
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump administration’s ongoing purge of the Department of Justice (DOJ) continued over the weekend with Attorney General Pam Bondi firing the department’s top ethics adviser. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course she did, of course she did… Ethics? Who needs ethics?
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this how American taxpayers want their dollars spent? On MAGA’s version of the Gestapo/Stasi/KGB? To turn their country into a police state? Because I’m pretty sure immigrants won’t be their only targets once they really get going…
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
I thought it looked familiar. Heading there very soon - road trip!
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
WT actual F?! His idiocy knows no bounds.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣Love it!
Paul Gino (@paulgino.bsky.social) reposted
I wish him well in this endeavor.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
RFK is an anti-science POS.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes.
smithjb65.bsky.social (@smithjb65.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣🤣🤣
Repugs R Stinky (@artfulscribe.bsky.social) reposted
Noem dismissed FEMA crew when she thought water was receding. And, of course, that didn’t end well.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
sound up