Throne Bird
@thronebird.bsky.social
Used to be a Virgo, now retired; happy to be godless; sunrises my specialty, mid-morning naps a close second
created November 12, 2024
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Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
He, and the rest of the old guard that are clinging to the old ways, need to take a page out of Jerry Nadler's book and step out of the '26 race. If your blood's not boiling you're obviously not ready to spill it in the fight against fascism
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
This has not worked for last 20+ years and sure as sh*t isn't working now.
Isabel Santos (@isabelsantos.bsky.social) reposted
Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
...yeah, well, whoever's doing it is learning to blend better. Soon they'll be adding contour to minimize the cartoon fat finger look.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow, he really looks whacked out in that pic.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Sheee-it, wish I'd written this.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey, give the girl a break. I'm sure with all the Republican gerrymandering going on, it's hard to know just where a district stops or starts.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
If it's a red tie rolling up, that's when I'll be dancing in the street singing "Ding Dong..."
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey, he needs to cut the secret service expenses somewhere to pay for the exorbitant room rates he charges them when they go golfing at his tacky clubs
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
And thank you for your attention to this matter
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm particularly concerned about this...armed with a fully loaded CVS bag
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey, there are plenty of us old farts out here that can see the rot in the party establishment. We're on board with Mamdani, with Crockett, with AOC, with Frost...
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
It's all about the sliiiiiide. That's the fun part.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't think there was an ounce of warranted self-respect at that table...delusional self-respect, certainly, but not warranted, no way, no how.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social)
Absolutely love this guy, he's got a 60s soul for our current crisis
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Picture, please. Love birbs. Miss my Luce the cockatiel 😥
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
John Hurt as Caligula was amazing. But then the whole cast was fabulous.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social)
Ideas for Morse code bracelets? 10 letters (that includes spaces). F*ck Trump, obviously, but more, I need more 😁
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Definitely getting one, but any more great messages in 10 letters?
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
It wouldn't hurt to have leaders not beholden to AIPAC. And, yes, the younger gen is making itself heard but leadership are still the guiding hands of the party & the closer we get to the midterms (assuming we have fair elections) the more we need that leadership to be clear and forceful unlike now.
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Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, part of a post carding group here and I've heard the stats and it is effective but there's a feeling of looming futility when I wonder if they're even going to allow fair elections. The 🍊💩 will just claim 90% of the vote a la Putin and skip merrily along to his next outrage
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Not to be a total downer, but it's only going to get worse. It's so bizarre living in a city with an occupation force - from our own government. I've been angry and concerned up to this point but now that is tinged with fear. Mainly fear that we do not have the collective will to fight back
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
"...Cain runs through..." Runs? Really? Unless they shot this in slo-mo to highlight the incredible feat of speed and agility, I'm thinking this ICE vid is going to bring in some (more) total losers. ("Runs my ass," she mutters as she sidles away.)
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
The Capitol's been expanded several times in its history, nothing says we can't expand it to accommodate a much larger house. Uncap the House.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
And, they need to remind their buddies still on active duty that their oath requires them to defend the Constitution, not any one 🍊💩
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
So when, oh, when, are members of the military going to stop and remember their oath to "support and defend the US Constitution against enemies both foreign and DOMESTIC"? Huh?
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah, yes. Remember the good old days of the tan suit?
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, yes, thin skinned, and maybe a tad crapey to boot.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
F*ck that, you q-tip headed fascist. Go stick your head in the 🍊💩's ear and get out of this city that you know nothing about.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Aw, geez, wish I'd written that. The poetry of slim mold in black and white.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
In this town you're more likely to get: "Read the Constitution, you twit."
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Are you going to run again, Jess? Next time around get 35%+? Please say you're not done;-)
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
That guy is good. You know, tho, that what he said isn't going to sway TX lawmakers because they are solidly in the pockets of the magat in chief and the Heritage Foundation Nazis and honor and truth have no place in their black hearts.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Oldster #3 right up there with you
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
My feeling is that if the magat thugs are going to drill down to the likes of me then we are all in their sights. Might as well stand up at the start.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Never been impressed with Jeffries, but his comments and withholding of support/endorsement for Mamdani has cemented my dislike of him. I would support, wholeheartedly, a contender such as Crockett, Frost or AOC for leader in the next Congress.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Call social services on Stacy, quick. This is one astoundingly stupid and cruel individual.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Where's tRump's left hand? I can see his right, but where's his left, huh? Vlad is smiling weirdly
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
That picture of Vlad really shows off his latest plastic surgery/injection/peel/whatever. It is what the well-sculpted mar-a-lardo male face will be looking like soon to go with the creepy female faces already ballooning in the ballroom.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, geez, he really does have the hots for Vlad
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Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
I donno, I think if CA goes for 5, TX should count itself lucky they aren't going all in as a delayed response to TX's blatant gerrymander for years.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
You're back, you're back!!😁 I hadn't checked in a while, almost gave up hope, but today, there you are 😍. Thank you.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Bit of cognitive dissonance going on here. Didn't back done on DEI but is backing down on abortion pills? Something more is going on.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
I donno, but sound like that would make you an easier target...one less thing to fiddle with to get you out of the car. Hmmm
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, gee, as a lefty this really concerns me (duh). All those feds upping the arrest numbers (those heinous sandwich assault crimes will go down:-0) and prove him and his thugs right. There is nothing that justifies this invasion, nothing
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
I think Rep. Crockett should be sitting back with a smug look on her face. The 🍊💩, in his back-assward way, has acknowledged her superior intellect by trying to impugn it. He is soooo stupidly transparent.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh,my dog. I totally sympathize with you Cong. Burshit. I grew up in DC (Southeast DC!!!), and living with that constant fear stunted my growth. It stunted my whole family's growth. We're all short. Most of my cousins are short. There's no way to explain it but the crime in DC, for sure, really...
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
The minute Vlad touches down he'll have a minion plant a Russian flag and reclaim Alaska with the oh so reasonable rationale that they weren't paid enough; he wants compensation for all that gold in them thar hills
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, and apologies to the poor artisans at the WH who were forced to do that. I have an image of them horking with every putto placement
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Can't remember who (Sarah Longwell, maybe) but paraphrasing: Looks like Michaels threw up in the Oval Office. It is soooo overdone and fakey looking
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Geez, what petty, small dick behavior. The only thing big in Texas is the inflated sense of self of the white male magat population.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't think you've got this right. "The Pres, VP, & all Civil Officers shall be removed...on impeachment..." Think the way this is worded and interpreted is that all those offices are subject to impeachment not that if the pres goes so go they all. If 🍊💩 is impeached the couch humper takes over
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
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Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
I've heard the very weak argument that the Capitol bldg is too small to seat an uncapped House. Between added seating and using the gallery the House can fit a lot more than the current 435 voting members. Also, the bldg itself has been expanded several times since the 1800s, so no excuses.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social)
Yeah, well we can hope
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
It's going to have to unless we all just shrug and give up to authoritarian rule.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Next thing you know, the National Archives will be reported to be receiving copious amounts of Wite-Out (or Ecru- to match the parchment).
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Enforcing what laws? Not U.S. laws. Someone needs to edumacate these chucklefucks about due process and birthright citizenship. Sheesh
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
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Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
To-may-to, to-mah-to. As a DC lifelong resident (except for 3 rather foggy years in NOLA) I am so sick of no voting rep. Thought of moving just to get the vote, but we need people to stay and fight for our rights
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
I like Alice Roosevelt Longworth's take on that: "If you don't have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me."
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Or like They Shoot Horses Don't They, they'll take a gun to the head. Maybe, a sense of delicacy will prevail and they'll take them out to the gravel pit so you don't have to watch.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social)
Note to Dems: when we're back in power include, AND ENFORCE, serious price gouging penalties for retailers that keep prices high as part and parcel of economic repair and reform.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Understood, but a Dem can dream can't she (and statehood for DC and PR, too)
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, but we still have the (current) roadblock of a Senate controlled by sycophantic grifters like Rick "Medicare Scam Lurch" Scott and folksy"Fuck the Folks" Lindsey "Lady G" Graham. Between the Senate and the electoral college there is no thumb big enough to plug the cracks in this system.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Someone, pls check that that horse hasn't been taken out to the gravel pit. Wouldn't put it past Burshit
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
He's really pushing those puppies out, think more like an A.5
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Where are you, B? You are being intensely missed. Your curated pics and videos are the best. Please come back 😢
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Or maybe like a surgeon taking home leftovers
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Donno, but think maybe referring to him as a "man" may be a step too far...pond scum or salted slug face, maybe, but, man? Certainly not.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
With the lead up to every horrible bill, every dog-awful executive order and every other sorry excuse for a nominee I've told myself the spineless, bloviating Rs are going to vote in no one's interests but the project 2025 zombies and the 🍊💩, but still I rage. Am anticipating raging yet again 🤬
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
He thinks everyone is a stupid as he is so that he tries these ham-handed attempts at changing reality and is surprised when he gets called out. Thank you, Jerome Powell.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Just add the South Park tiny penis googly eyes and the picture would be complete
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah-mazing 🤣.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
I was just going to call him a greasy haired, sleazoid and say I hate him and be done with it, but I think you put it better.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
2/ any less a stricture on 1st Amendment rights than yelling fire in a crowded theater. Saying there is no method to fix the damage done by the likes of Fox and News Max is tantamount to obeying in advance. The effort needs be made.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Willful distortion of the news, if not outright fabrication, should be subject to current FCC rules against broadcasting distortion of the news, however, haven't heard that this rule has been applied in a while. Similarly, why wouldn't willful dissemination of outright lies and distortions be 1/
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
So much to do when we oust these chucklefucks: add "fix the media" to the growing list, e.g., re-enact a fairness doctrine, but stronger, develop (and enforce) ownership strictures to keep billionaires looking for favors away from any sort of news outlet. That's a start
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social)
Monday. Yes, Monday. I can tell because of this:
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
He's so good at sitting he's given himself some serious edema (awww, ;-)
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
DONALD TRUMP IS A PEDOPHILE AND A RAPIST!!!! DONALD TRUMP IS A PEDOPHILE AND A RAPIST!!!! DONALD TRUMP IS A PEDOPHILE AND A RAPIST!!!! DONALD TRUMP IS A PEDOPHILE AND A RAPIST!!!! DONALD TRUMP IS A PEDOPHILE AND A RAPIST!!!! DONALD TRUMP IS A PEDOPHILE AND A RAPIST!!!!
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
The top turd should be pleased as punch with the name Commanders, adopted while Snyder was battling a sexual harassment suit and Roe was getting overturned. Borrowed the name from The Handmaid's Tale, he certainly didn't choose it because the fans liked it (we didn't)
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, and let's get going on DC's statehood
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, expanding the SC...
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
It may be more that we need the content as much as like. These are dark times, keep 'em coming 😊
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, Lisa, I'm sure you're real surprised at how this turned out. Just remember, it was Susan Collins turn to vote her "conscience."
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
So, what you're saying is karma exists? Cool.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Ok, so, here's what I'm wishing: Stephen spreads himself far and wide with podcasts, tiktoks, YouTube's, and, my most fervent hope, late night on PBS. PBS can't be bought since they've already been shafted 😁
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Not what I wanted to see with my morning coffee. Got enough conflict in our lives right now 😕
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, well, maybe that's just how they roll.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah, ha! Very good.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
The 🍊💩 lies, but he's also likely to evade with a "technically" truthful statement. Ever see or hear about him doodling or drawing (except on hurricane maps)? So I can see him directing an underlying to create the card & him signing it.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
At least we hope he and his band of merry writers land somewhere. They are too good and too conscious not to continue being our comic conscience.
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Morning routine: coffee, pull up Stephen, go watch sunrise. Thanks, 🍊💩. You motherfucking sorry excuse for a turd pile on the hot sidewalk just made the future even more dystopian. And, you, paramount, you bunch of curdled milquetoasts in service to the destroyer of civilization, fuck you all 🤬
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social)
Pics from DC rally: #GoodTroubleLivesOn
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
...can we hear it for pulmonary embolism 😏
Throne Bird (@thronebird.bsky.social) reply parent
Just the way Canadian stores label products by their county of origin. USA product sales took a nosedive 😁