Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
I don't *think* this is what's going on, but we should at least be aware that close to death rumors can be useful if you need a strong man saved by God moment to buck up flagging poll numbers.
yep. that's a bee. i'm not a bee, but do look good in yellow or black. š§¶
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view profile on Bluesky Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
I don't *think* this is what's going on, but we should at least be aware that close to death rumors can be useful if you need a strong man saved by God moment to buck up flagging poll numbers.
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
āHow will you feel when you wake up one day and learn that he died overnight by choking on a hot dog? šā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
yep. wish there was a counter for blocks here. over at the bad place iād blocked >240,000. natzees, magats, bots, porn, trolls, muskyfanboys ā buh-bye. (yes i realize some are āall of thoseā) āSpent some time blocking trolls. It's one of the great features of Blueskyā
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted
Revoking an entire nationalityās visas is collective punishment and never acceptable ā especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
in over a week - havenāt seen a picture if it without its mouth hanging open. millerferatu is still working on the animatronics controls. ā$50 says thatās Stephen Miller wearing his skinā
Bobby Kogan (@bbkogan.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
And here's what it says now. Strong message that, even when GAO finds the government to have illegally impounded - as it has done many times in the Trump administration - agencies should ignore it and just continue impounding anyway.
Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted
Thread: this is Russ Vought giving himself permission to ignore Congress and the constitution
philaretey.bsky.social (@philaretey.bsky.social) reposted
Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch. Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
why is its grandaughter walking behind it instead of beside it??? āOriginal picture for full reference. This was yesterday when was supposedly golfingā
Eric D. Snider (@ericdsnider.bsky.social) reposted
A writing trick I learned is that you can often delete your first paragraph and start with the second one. That's often because the first graf is unnecessary stage-setting and throat-clearing. But sometimes, as below, it's because the first graf is entirely made-up.
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
i got a stomach ache just reading this āHaving a Slinger, which is hash browns under two hamburgers under four (?) eggs under roughly two gallons of chili. Fifteen bucks. I am the Anthony Bourdain of slop and you cannot stop meā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social)
IāM TREMENDOUSLY FINE! IāVE NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. EVEN WHEN I WAS ENTIRELY YOUNG! pssst - hey kid, if i put a dead squirrel on your head would you pose for a picture pretending youāre me? for a dollar? (which iāll never pay you)
shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) reposted
they are so ill-suited for the moment. we donāt need genteel politicos. we need fucking bomb throwers. no āwork across the aisleā types. iām talking āburn it all down and salt the earthā types.
Dan Immergluck (@danimmergluck.bsky.social) reposted
The Deputy in charge of "Policy Development & Research" has usually been a well-recognized academic or career staffer. This guy is a political hack who had a previous HUD appt but has no housing background otherwise. Now he's fishing for research to cast immigrants as villains of the housing market.
Andi Zeisler (@andizeisler.bsky.social) reposted
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and šššššš
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
lie they lied theyāre liars āFor decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers. Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us. Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work. It was a hoax
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
i assume he arrived at the funeral properly boxed & on time āJosĆ© Antonio Pablo Fexdix Mexico, Guerrero, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1979ā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
never thought it was joking it has no sense of humor taunting & threatening ppl- knock their heads off youāll never vote again push ivana⦠āGavin Newsom is exactly right, is doing everything we told you would do and more. It's time to wake the hell up, America. Authoritarianism is hereā
Los Angeles Times (@latimes.com) reposted
CHP to protect ex-VP Kamala Harris after Trump pulls Secret Service detail, sources say
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Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) reposted
Question: Why did US put big tariffs on India despite major national interest in cultivating a strategic counterweight to China and trying to isolate Russia? Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldnāt go along with the lie. (Seriously, thatās the answer)
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
iām good if that never happens ā needs to post an unhinged, hateful all caps screed as proof of lifeā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
hoping the leeches are on a GPL-1 and have no appetite. andā¦. do leeches suck the blood of their own kind??? āRFK Jr seen rushing to White House with a tray of leeches...ā
Max Berger (@maxberger.bsky.social) reposted
Live your life so that people donāt consider rumors of your death a form of edging.
Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist (@drandrealove.bsky.social) reposted
For those unaware: RFK Jr has been spreading anti-vaccine lies for over 20 years. This is not new. This is not āsince COVID.ā He wrote a 2005 article in Rolling Stone blaming vaccine ingredients for autism. Be aware of this history. He is a millionaire because of the disinformation HE created.
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social)
i donāt believe in heaven or hell. but⦠i like to picture, when āitā happens to itā falling endless falling endlesssss falling may the pit of its stomach be filled with anxiety, fear & the endless feeling of falling. and never feeling the relief of hitting bottom. with a thud.
Benjamin Dreyer (@bcdreyer.social) reposted
I daydream about being woken in the dead of night by the sound of shouts, cheers, and car horns.
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
huh. i heard sheās pretty easy to pick up āTheyād have to notify the wife first and good luck getting her to pick up on a Friday nightā
Mike Drucker (@mikedrucker.bsky.social) reposted
Iām just saying that when it happens Iām jumping out of bed, running to my window, and tossing a coin to a boy to buy the biggest goose in town
News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) reposted
This crime at Social Security might amount to the biggest data theft in human history. Committed by a government against its own citizens. I donāt think anyone has begun to grasp the sheer scale of corruption and institutional destruction that has occurred in the last few months. Era-defining.
Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn.bsky.social) reposted
A lot of politically connected vendors literally made hundreds of millions of dollars off taxpayers through no bid contracts in just two months of Alligator Alcatraz operating. Waste, fraud, and abuse.
josh houtz (@takeittothehoutz.bsky.social) reposted
I just saw someone refer to rfk jr as microwaved mel gibson & i canāt unsee it.
Colin Carlson (@colincarlson.bsky.social) reposted
With O'Neill (apparently) taking over CDC (if they ever get around to firing Monarez), I think it's worth looking back to Project 2025 and asking what they actually intend to *do* to CDC. So, I went to remind myself today. Here's what's in store:
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isnāt normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted
Hearing the the Social Security Admin whistleblower who whistleblew a few days ago has now āresignedā involuntarily. Trying to get additional confirmation. This is the chief data officer of SSA.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Lots of right-wing political pastors and charlatans about to get rich from FEMA money.
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
if i had a nickle for every time i said: jfc or are you serious?!? fckers!!! āāA respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the groupāā
Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) reposted
What a cursed sentence (gift link) āThe A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.ā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
where are all the gop-ers who lied about death panels. their mango mofo cult leader has upped the game on the death,pain & suffering part. āNo one voted for thisā
Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted
Reminder that the US Trump regime conspired to over throw Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, a direct attack on democracy in Ukraine and worldwide.
Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted
If I were charged with a federal crime, Iād hire Pam Bondiās brother as my lawyer. Because I donāt think this is a coincidence.
Rex Huppke (@rexhuppke.bsky.social) reposted
I have a column on this going up in the morning, but I'm telling you folks, there's an immediate need for people to light up lawmakers' phones and clang pots and pans and protest and do whatever the hell can be done to get RFK Jr. booted, or at least constrained. This is a five-alarm fire.
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
nah if it truly wanted to be a big boy and follow its own rules, itād self deport to cecot. now. in august. while the weather is lovely. iād say āenjoy the mosquitoesā but i donāt think they drink alien reptile blood āIf Trump was really the ālaw and orderā president, heād put himself in jailā
Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist (@drandrealove.bsky.social) reposted
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can āsee in kids faces that they have inflammationā Thatās NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
no prob. i cant look at that thing or listen to it. chewing alum foil would be more fun. āThou shalt not listen to a damn thing that RFK Jr. saysā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
uhm⦠no one would be able to hear its reply cuz of all the cheering & clapping about its upcoming demise. āāMr. President, JD Vance says heās ready to take over for you as soon as you die. Any comment?āā
Bill DeMayo (@bdemayo.bsky.social) reposted
So lemme get this straight... This kid who shot up a church posted about doing this online *for a month*? And no one did anything about this? Isn't this literally the point of homeland security, the FBI, the DoJ? Worthless, the whole friggin lot of em.
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
is it too late to call shotgun??? āIāve been told Iām going to hell for excessive use of the word āfuckā⦠Iāve rented a bus if any of yāall need a rideā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
i hope you do forward the info to their employer. knowledge is useless unless itās used
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have āstayed and foughtā, With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr. He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
Piyush Mittal (@piyushmittal.bsky.social) reposted
Jay Carey was arrested and released for burning a flag in front of the White House. The Secret Service is now calling members of his family in what appears to be an intimidation campaign.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
ā.. it seemed like his craving for a military parade had been satisfied. But apparently, thatās not the case.ā @nymag.com @kevinmkruse.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...
Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
ICE agents in DC today appear to be focusing on the North Capitol Street corridor. One is wearing a Texas-themed hat and a āthin blue lineā patch that says SEND ME. Again: Keep an eye out for an unmarked black Ford truck with the Texas plate NTV9211.
Daniel Dvorkin (@danielmedic.bsky.social) reposted
You can still get useful health information from some US government websites, if you know what you're looking for. Here's an example, which I'll explain. š§Ŗ āļø #medsky
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
and WHOās the obedient trained one of these two??? āThis is Parker. He will not eat until he receives a forehead kiss. 13/10 would give him so many smoochesā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
jfc i hadnāt even heard about this- āMuslim chaplain in an Ohio hospital⦠his visa was revoked, and he was arrested and set for deportation. His fellow chaplains protested his removal and gave interviews. Cincinnati Childrenās Hospital, their employer, fired them for their show of solidarityā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
the nationās war against crabgrass continues until defeated āDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth has repeatedly blabbed about how heās turning Americaās soldiers into āwar fightersā and focusing on ālethalityā and a āwarrior ethosā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
you should submit that eye pic for every photo contest you can find!!! "āPat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pikaā
Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) reposted
Flock seeks to add data from private car dashcams to its massive surveillance network. At minimum it seems like data from random cars driving around is going to be added to their system www.404media.co/flock-wants-...
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
you mean the tiny yellow-ish dot thats off center? why is it off center??? āthat little spot in the middle of this image? that is a baby planet! this is the first clear detection of a baby planet in a disk with multiple rings!!!ā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
if by āhereā you mean chicago, thats sorta right. if you mean the entire US, thats definitely right!!! āWe donāt need or want you here, ā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
jfc they really dont care if ppl fie. they WANT it. āOver three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the members of two private contractor crews. The crews were among the 400 people including firefighters deployed to fight the wildfire, the largest active blaze in Washington stateā
Waldo Jaquith (@waldo.net) reposted
I was the executive director of U.S. Open Data, a non-profit that I created at the behest of the Obama White House. I worked as one of the nation's leading experts in open data. Putting open data on the blockchain is a profoundly stupid idea that fails nearly every test of good open data.
Melody Schreiber (@melodyschreiber.com) reposted
Some of these top CDC officials being pushed out had bullet holes in their office windows
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
heās done it before = Samoa. he hss same megalomania the mango mofo has. āWe're gonna have a brutal-ass winter. And people had better hope there's not a Covid surge. Because this admin, just like the first time around, will not do shit for anyone. And RFK Jr. would just as soon watch people dieā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
hey i just thought of something- FCK kennedy !!!!! āBecause the FDA indications have changed, if I prescribe it to you, Iām opening myself up to a lawsuit. He directly signals that⦠A pharmacist is no longer able to prescribe and administer a COVID-19 booster that doesnāt meet indicationsā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
that stupid mango mofo is letting putin manipulate it into a war with denmark. then putin will be the one to grab the spoils of war. cuz the mango mofo is a senile idiot. āIt was the second time in recent months that the Danes have summoned an American envoy over issues concerning Greenlandā
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
šØBREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals REJECTS right wing challenge to Arizona's signature matching process. Another VICTORY for my law firm's clients and the voters of Arizona. www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
He'll likely try this, but I think the real danger comes after the 2026 midterms. Sure, they'll try to sway them with gerrymandering and "emergencies" that shut down polling places in key Democratic areas. But if Dems make real gains the current GOP majority can cry fraud and refuse to seat them.
Michael McFaul (@mcfaulmike.bsky.social) reposted
Communist regimes: Own companies Control their central banks Use tariffs to insulate their economies Use armies, false charges, home raids & arrests to intimidate the opposition Idolize their leaders with posters & praise Sound familiar?
Clay Ranck (@clayranck.bsky.social) reposted
wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kidās āmitochondrial challengesā just by looking at them? This is an insane person.
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
i keep waiting for the hinge on that big head to flop open and reveal the giant alien amoeba thats controlling it. oh yeah. and a big FU to its wife too āHe looks like the guy who would kick off a zombie apocalypseā
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
For Trump's ultra-wealthy donors, fascism is just good business. zeteo.com/p/ice-no-bid...
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
šØBREAKING: California Supreme Court DENIES Republicansā petition asking the court to stop state officials from putting a redistricting measure on the ballot ā the second GOP challenge to the stateās redistricting itās thrown out in one week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
tom, dick & fuckwad are the newest cabinet secretaries. āThank the lord that every tom, dick, and fuckwad can have easy access to firearms in the United States of Gun Violenceā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
and you get a free brain worm with every previously-extinct disease diagnosis! yay?!? āTheyāre going to rebrand it as the Centers for Disease Creationā
Mark Zaid, Esq (@markzaidesq.bsky.social) reposted
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
Patrick Doran (@patrickdoran.bsky.social) reposted
If you are a California voter be on the lookout for anti Prop 50 mailers like this one. I received one of these and Itās a trick that was created by Charles Munger Jr. and a bunch of others. Munger Jr. has spent $10 Million to defeat Prop 50 aka the Election Rigging Response Act.
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
cankles & the teeny tiny purple hand!!!
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Vanity Fair staffers threaten to walk out over a proposed Melania cover: āWe are not going to normalize this despot and his wife⦠if this happens, iām gone, and so is half my team.ā www.thedailybeast.com/i-will-walk-...
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
thats a toof. not everyone can afford braces āWe just needed you to see Cocoa and her spectacular tooth. 13/10 you're welcomeā
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
Convinced that the giant Trump face banners are being hung around Washington just to bait someone into vandalism that would be used to justify continued occupation.
Ryan Marino, MD (@ryanmarino.bsky.social) reposted
CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
millerferatu, noem & the mango mofo will never admit a mistake. the cruel natzy part is for fun. the mistake paused their fun for a moment. āSomeone needs to explain to me like I'm a 5 yr old why the Admin is spending so much $$$ to deport someone they illegally deported in the first placeā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
a pool of pee to dump on its grave? āYou and 70 million other folks! I'm thinking of starting a pool...š¤š¤£ ā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
whoohoo! Newsom hands abbott a plate of crow to eat. a double win. āš¬ Tom Segura's Bad Thoughts (Relocating from Texas)ā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
$$$$$ power $$$$$ power $$$$$ āIāll never understandā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
interesting⦠i can actually picture her scarfing down a live rat, then barfing up the bones* hours later. * to make more room for wine. āfrom the bottom of a box of wine somewhere jeanine pirro screeches like a barn owlā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
sooo⦠multiple benefits!!! āRepublicans would lose their mindsā
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
ājesse waters, not a real manā ššššš itās funny cuz itās true!
tree-bee (@tree-bee-501.bsky.social) reply parent
āpostwar mgmtā= plan to build hotels in gaza. & cheat-a-way golf course and $ pay off $ netanyahu for that privilege āwill host a meeting Wednesday to discuss a plan for humanitarian aid and postwar management in Gazaā