More and more, my initial reaction to news stories is “WTF is wrong with people?!”
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ICE snipers is just not a thing I want to see ever anywhere
Ossoff: "It's been extraordinary to see the Speaker of the House reduced to lying in order to cover up sex crimes"
It's just a sports ban. It's just a bathroom ban. It's just a healthcare for kids ban. It's just a military service ban. It's just a federal jobs ban. It's just a university housing ban. It's just a passport & visa ban. It's just one Constitutional right. It's just your status as free citizens.
Do not, DO NOT allow RFK jr to cherry-pick data. That is not science – that's religion.
Aaaaaand there it is. The Trump regime confirms what we all knew. Pam Bondi and the DOJ will redact all Republicans and Republican donors from the Epstein files and send Congressional Republicans only Democrats and Liberals per DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt.
In my view, Amy Coney Barrett kicking off her book tour by doing a sold-out event with Bari Weiss and publishing an exclusive excerpt in The Free Press should end the "Supreme Court justices are not motivated by ideology" discourse once and for all ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
“Oh my god, that’s so mean, he has a medical condition!” Bitch so does my 80-year-old immune compromised aunt who lives in Florida and you’re just cool with killing her with your gross unvaccinated selves so forgive me if I have zero remorse for mocking the guy who’s trying to bring back the plague.
"I am all for it. Every time a certain Demographic is involved in a mass shooting everyone in that demo loses their right to own guns. The vast majority (95%) of mass shooters have been white male baptists. Let’s start there." bsky.app/profile/ebco...
The Pro-Plague Party going all-in to harm children.
And her qualifications for that position are what exactly?
The @nytimes.com ran a whole story about the murder of Venezuelan civilians on a ship as if it were a military matter and we were at war with Venezuela. It was a crime. The story never mentioned that Trump ordered a criminal act and the Navy followed an illegal order. This is a major event.
National Guardsmen now stationed outside our DC building confirmed that the only thing they can do if they witness a crime is call 911. The have no more authority than my office mate to intervene. Despite the handcuffs, they can't make arrests. They are very expensive mall cops.
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
"Why should I care about U.S. Space Command being transferred to Alabama? I hate the military-industrial complex. We spend too much money on defense. Why does it matter which rich people get richer off it?" There are a number of reasons you should care, but you really only need one. (thread)
Hey Siri, what is exactly the opposite from what an innocent person would do?
In the coming days, we expect to see what's playing out in LA and DC happen in Chicago. These efforts are not about fighting crime or making communities safer. This is about Donald Trump testing his power and producing political drama to cover up his own corruption.
The news networks should refuse to air these Trump “announcements” and purported press conferences live. They should tape them and air after-the-fact only to the extent he says anything actually meaningful. No more free airtime for his retread campaign diatribes.
Aren’t the Epstein victims also planning a press conference for tomorrow? If so, sounds like Trump is simply trying to distract from that.
This is now two consecutive popes who have loudly stood against fascism and general malfeasance by the far-right -- both elected, in part, by conservative cardinals within the Catholic Church. It's almost as though God is trying to communicate something here.
I feel like losing my mind every time we do another round of Covid discourse because I live in Bergen county NJ, I saw the freezer trucks full of dead people with my own two eyes
Are we sure that is not just a cardboard standee?
The Savannah Bananas’ marketing is getting out of control. 😄
“The claim that trans people are disproportionately responsible for mass violence in America comes up every few months. It has never been true.” USA Today fact check from their extremism beat reporter www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
That sounds blatantly unlawful price-fixing/anti-competitive actions. If only we had governments agencies that actually enforce existing laws ….
Now, will Chicago PD actually enforce this and arrest ICE thugs, etc. who ignore the new law?
It’s long past time you all stopped using “Congress” when you mean “Republicans”. Not a single Democrat voted for this hot mess of an appointment. This endless grind to maintain a non-partisan tone, despite the partisanship of our fascist reality, is willfully blind, & a betrayal of your country.
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
Ukraine needs a missile that can reach the Kremlin.
Time for all blue states to do everything possible to counter this - not just on a 1-for-1 basis, but gerrymander MAGA out of existence.
Two thoughts: 1. Trump views the military as indentured servants who have no choice but to carry out his whims; e.g., they cannot just quit. 2. At this point, nobody should be enlisting in the U.S. armed forces under this Commander in Chief.
regardless of what happens to the tariffs, they're doomed from the start because the average conservative holds all three of these positions at once: — virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing — against increasing the minimum wage — buys foreign imports because they're cheap
It’s going to be so satisfying when Taylor swift bankrupts Mark Zuckerberg
Trump is illegally ripping away bipartisan funding approved by Congress. Today, it's defunding efforts to end hunger and sickness. Tomorrow, it could be abolishing the Education Dept. Republicans can’t be trusted to honor a budget deal while they’re rigging government funding.
Everyone using AI in their job is basically training AI to eventually eliminate their job and replace them.
"Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who made a series of conscious, ill-advised decisions to engage in treasonous behavior, and she got exactly what she deserved. She was a traitor. She was a threat to national security. There is no nuance needed here."
Why couldn’t they just leave the box sealed and put it in the new building?
I do wish people would treat transphobia as the serious red flag it is, because if someone is repeating bullshit pseudoscience talking points from right wing cranks, that's just as bad as conceding to anti-vax nonsense and undermining trust in science and medicine, alarm bells should be sounding!
While the children were literally praying.
Going to be funny when ChatGPT has the Eagles running the tush push play on 4th & 25. 😄
The Trump/MAGA strategy is to never admit to a mistake, no matter how blatant. Instead, deny, deny some more, and then double-down.
Odds that Trump had any clue who Roger Clemens is before someone on his staff wrote this for him?
I’m seriously going to block anyone who insists their favorite Dem is now established as the one and only choice for 2028. Focus on this moment. It needs all our attention.
Agreed. This not the time for anointing a “chosen one” for 2028. Everyone should be focused on the period now through the 2026 mid-terms, and doing everything possible to stop MAGA from wrecking the country.
But that also “taxes” working peoples’ IRA accounts, etc. at the same rate as the wealthy. Plus, raises a ton of questions about how the government regulates Intel compared to other non-gov owned companies. Simpler and fairer plan is to just tax the wealthy directly.
All of this makes Watergate look like a charming little gaffe. We are never going to untangle all of this bullshit.
Who’s gonna tell @tedcruz what @jimacosta.bsky.social said was exactly right?
The Trump administration has upended “any presumption of good faith by flinging weightless accusations of criminality at those who challenge it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/o...
Hmmm, maybe the US military should not be treating a US city like a war zone?
This was inevitable in Texas www.khou.com/article/news...
8/23/25 Where is legacy media? Where are the editorial boards calling for resignation or impeachment? Another reason “trust” in journalism is low - is the extreme sanewashing of Trump by “omission” and “commission”. #FrontPages of every newspaper gaslight Americans. bsky.app/profile/atru...
This breaks my heart and should horrify anyone who considers themselves pro family or pro child. Just abominable
There has to be somebody in possession or in a position to leak copies of ALL of the Epstein files once and for all. The GoFundMe for that person’s defense against any charges from the Administration would be astronomical.
Like a two-bit mob boss demanding a “piece of the action.”
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
Elizabeth Warren: "The one thing I want to remind everyone is when Democrats get in power again -- and we will -- we've got to change the rules. We've got to change the rules on the impact of money in politics and we've got to pass the voting rights act again and make sure there is true protection."
Now do proper background checks an all members of the Trump Administration. Guaranteed there is a higher incidence of crime and other wrongdoing.
To Newsom and all blue state politicians, time to gerrymander MAGA out of existence!
So Trump is sending in the military to enforce jaywalking laws in DC, but cutting IRS staff who enforce that the wealthy do not commit tax fraud? Steal a little and they throw you in jail, Steal a lot and they make you king. - Bob Dylan, Sweetheart Like You
We really need to start drug testing any MAGA before they speak to the public, because they must be high.
The days of the U.S. being the leader of the West are slipping away due solely to Trump and the Heritage Foundation.
Ukraine needs a missile that can reach the Kremlin.
Who is voluntarily signing up for the U.S. military these days, knowing there is a very real chance the Commander in Chief will order you to fire on your fellow citizens? The damage Trump is doing to the armed forces is going to take years to undo.
I remember when women couldn't have credit cards, before 1974. This is why education is important. All must remember... none of this is ancient history.
Is there nobody left in a position of authority willing to tell Trump to f*ck off when presented with illegal orders?
Good stuff here from @passantino.bsky.social and @status.news www.status.news/p/trump-puti...
Trump is doing everything he can think of to provoke violence so he has a pretense for declaring martial law.
Trump got his marching orders from Putin, then Putin said enough of this fool, let’s go home.
Trump receiving his new orders and being reminded of the consequences should he fail.
The Beast is now security compromised because you know Putin did not squander the opportunity to plant a bug(s).
Wasn’t it Coach Herm Edwards who always told his players to keep themselves out of trouble off-field because nothing good happens after 2 AM? 😄
Also, Conservatives are incapable of admitting a mistake, no matter how obvious it may be. Instead, they deny and double down on the mistake. That has been Trump’s M.O. his entire life.
You can’t say “no” to that face. 😄
You have a permit for that sandwich? 😄
Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire"
Trump’s longtime tells for when he is just making up sh*t.
How are our military leaders not issuing an immediate stand-down for these illegal orders? They owe allegiance to the country, its citizens and the Constitution, not blindly following a treasonous orange weasel.
You could play MadLibs with “_____ has gotten much worse since he became president” and pretty much any word would make it an accurate statement.
At what point do Trump and his administration cross the line from stupid policy decisions to full on treason?
Yes, so human drivers know to give it a big buffer.
1/The headline in the WSJ read “White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision.” It continued, “Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
