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As an antidote, here's a gift link to nine former CDC directors warning about the immense dangers of RFK Jr. replacing medical science with literally medieval superstition, with no false equivalences between apples and rat poison www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Tom Bartlett never learned the term “false equivalency “. Aren’t there any editors at The Atlantic? I don’t recall Michelle Obama ever advocating for ending vaccines. Kids eating their vegetables, that was her.
Hey Congress – make Alex Acosta's testimony public and televised. There's absolutely no ethical reason for it to be private and transcribed. Nefarious AF. We need to hear your questions. We want to see him squirm. We need to see him squirm. Yet another sign of a cover-up.
Thank you on this labor day!!
I've seen two gun kooks post [paraphrasing] - "He doesn't know what the Bible says! Jesus would've been for guns!" If you believe anything slightly close to that stupidity, you are officially broken to the core. www.kare11.com/article/news...
I can figure out what size pants to wear. The Trump regime largely sided with corporations over consumers, cutting back regulations and weakening watchdog agencies that had been created to prevent financial abuse, unsafe products, and environmental harm.
“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
"How Silicon Valley Groomed JD Vance to Replace Trump and Usher in the Broligarchy" Vance has been groomed by Silicon Valley oligarchs to replace Trump and establish a techo-fascist utopia for the world's wealthiest men who want to conquer space and live forever. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Here is property crime last year. At a 64 year low.
Yeah. I almost feel bad for him. His culture is dead. He's an old school republican. His world is gone. And so he has to come to bluesky and share his silly ideas here. I feel the same way when I think about the city I organized in getting gentrified beyond recognition. Sad man. No excuse though
An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” @johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
But they’ve got to drive the gauntlet through the noble North Shore. Not a single patriot in NC, Waukegan, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, watch out Highwood-they’re on your route-same for you Highland Park, nor Deerfield or the Cook County suburbs should sell these people a crust of bread or a gal of gas.
What a shithole country. Great response, Zohran. Respect ✊
If prices skyrocketed like this as a result of Biden policies, the press would be all over it for weeks. For Trump, nothing.
I've been gobsmacked at food prices. We need to talk about them more – about how folks are getting squeezed from every angle with no relief in sight. That's why it's so important to have regular folks with regular experiences in these races.
An 11-year-old boy who was shot while playing the “ding dong ditch” prank in Houston on Saturday night has died, the authorities said.
Execute the asshole who shot him.
Wait till you see what Vance and Theil will do to unions. Say goodbye. The neoliberal Dems and asswipes like Sean O’Brian sure as hell isn’t.
“They Will Attack Every Organized Worker in America” A powerful warning from the head of the largest federal employees union. Trump’s attacking federal workers and their unions now. But it’s only a matter of time before the most anti-labor president in history attacks every union—and every worker.
Michelle Obama: Kids should eat more vegetables at school! RFK Jr: Kids should get every disease!
It’s all a matter of degree. Ideologically they are the same. All the elements have always been there. Trumpists ARE ideological Republicans. Just like the Dems do have Marxists, they also have neoliberals. It’s all a spectrum. Unfortunately, I don’t see much of a spectrum on the right now. Fascists
Ah, yes. I remember when Michelle Obama ravaged the NIH and CDC, killed off vital vaccine research and denied inoculations to millions for reasons of pure BS. I remember this because I have Pundit Memory™️, an exciting new product that makes you able to both-sides and whatabout anything!
Except when it comes to Israel. Experts, eye witnesses, aid workers, doctors, journalists, nothing matters. Arrogantly defending an authoritarian apartheid state engaged in ethnic cleansing and genocide as self defense! It ridiculous on its face.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
They’re already among the most ignorant people on the planet.
Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist murdered in 2018, was born on October 13, 1958 in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
We’re aware.
OPINION by @velshi.com: “For decades, we’ve been told that prosperity trickles down. But it hasn’t, it’s been sucked upward.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
If we’ve learned anything this past decade it’s that intelligence doesn’t mean much to willfully ignorant Americans…and it’s seemingly impotent when it comes to extricating us from this quagmire.
What would convince you that it’s genocide?
Not a bad way to pass the time.
Remember, Thiel wants to weaken democratic institutions, empower tech-capitalist elites, and use right-wing populism as a tool to achieve a post-democratic, innovation-driven order — one where the state is either subservient to or replaced by private power.
Yes! This is so true!
Stop laundering power with sloppy phrasing: Lisa Cook is not fired. The president is trying to oust her illegally. Use the right words.
This twisted fuck is mentally ill. She’s a danger to society. Lock her in Alligator Alley and throw away the key.
She was arrested on the morning of Feb. 20 at her home in Charlotte while caring for her three younger siblings — the youngest of whom has autism — while her mother was at work.
Governor Pritzker requested proof of life yesterday. 🤔
This pig is US Park Police officer named Patrick Jude Michael O’Hanlon. I hope people don’t find out where he lives.
There are around 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the USA. Everything is carceral. You cannot interact with the government without interacting with police; this includes walking outside.
Yes! This argument has been made countless times. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C. had approximately 702,250 residents as of July 2024. Wyoming has around 587,618 as of 2024. I don’t hear a peep from Dems about this.
Vance and Thiel are taking his measurements for the casket. ⚰️ They pose an even greater threat, not only to the United States, but to humanity as a whole. Trump dying does little to extricate us from this.
Bernie Sanders just demanded RFK Jr. resign as Trump’s health secretary — accusing him of waging a “war on science” and endangering millions. 💉⚠️🇺🇸
Is raping children normalized now?
Around 10 ICE agents showed up at Malcolm X Park to detain an unarmed man peacefully sitting on a bench. Wouldn't it be great to see them raking leaves instead of harassing innocent, harmless people and using the National Guard for free maintenance labor? What a total disgrace. #OnYourSide
California stepping up.
WHY THE FUCK IS EVERYONE acquiescing! Is there NO resistance?
🚨 The Smithsonian quietly erased Trump’s impeachments from history—then claimed it was just a design issue. No warning, no vote, no accountability. Only after public outrage did they promise to fix it. Who decides what counts as history—and what gets deleted? open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
This fucking lunatic WANTS the end of humanity. He’s a psychopath. He needs to go away. Permanently. He’s orders of magnitude more dangerous than Trump or any of the deplorable Trumpsters.
That’s not how this shithole works. The next, possibly worse wave is already In motion. Trump and his gallery of evil clowns will be celebrated as heroes, while the worst people in the world plot the end of humanity.
Sorry, I should have been more precise. Yes, Trump’s approval is falling; below 40%. That’s good. But it’s not enough. We need to get him down in the 20’s before Congressional Republicans will start to stand up and buck him. What Noem is doing here is shoring up his vibes and approval.
Kristi Noem is on TV to lie about DC and LA to get everyone to calm down while they quietly stuff fascism down our throats. Schumer and Jeffries are both staying quiet and—critically—pressuring the other Senators and Reps to stay quiet.
I am absolutely a broken record but: Trumpers are well on their way of convincing a majority of the public that everything is normal and fine. And that is because @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social are not out in public shouting about the occupations of DC and LA.
Life for Palestinians in Gaza has gotten worse under Trump, not better. So where are Jill Stein and Cornel West now? They aren’t leading protests in DC outside the White House, no rallies. Almost like the whole 2024 thing was just performative.
A millionaire CEO snatched a US Open hat meant for a kid. The internet tracked him down. The tennis star stepped in. 🎾🧢💥
@nealkatyal.bsky.social: “You’ve got the president who's imposed the largest tax increase on American consumers since 1993 … and he did it without Congress saying one word. That is not our constitutional structure.”
if, God forbid, there’s a terrible tragedy, it seems highly likely the president’s conspiracy-minded base will weave Vance into the plot
Lots of horrifying aspects to Vance. The scariest is that Peter Thiel functionally becomes president if Vance ascends.
@kenmartin.bsky.social Do you and the rest of the controlled opposition have any plans whatsoever for the techno fascist/J.D. Vance’s planned takeover? Out goes one useful idiot, and in comes another.
Because they protect Israel just like the GOP. Israel is the only constituency that both parties serve.
www.cbsnews.com/news/how-jew...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Birmingham, Michigan SHOWED up to where Mike Johnson was staying. Looks like he isn't getting much sleep.....
Of course, you already know the answer to that question. There are more Never Trumpers, including academics, strategists, and state-level politicians, than almost any other demographic on this platform.
Dear @governor.ny.gov & @massgovernor.bsky.social - PLEASE do this too, ASAP!
Put down the fucking ice cream and endorse Mamdani. You are bought and paid for by the pro-Israel lobby. Gillibrand is the sixth-largest recipient of donations from pro-Israel organizations (2023–2024 election cycle), totaling $610,771. AIPAC contributed $470,614 to Gillibrand's campaign.
Neil Young remains both an activist-artist & a man of principle. Good to know there are still a few out there.
“They were punishing us for being on a hunger strike by weaponizing food, by setting food in front of us.” Activist Chris Smalls on the racism and mistreatment he endured in Israeli detention after being arrested for trying to deliver aid to Gaza. zeteo.com/p/chris-smal...
I remember unions! Are they still a thing? I thought we heard the last of them when Teamster boss Sean O’Brien fucked over his members by appearing at the Republican National Convention, and they did absolutely nothing about it.
Unfortunately, this is inevitable on any platform. Expect criticism, but don't engage with unfounded ad hominem attacks.
Stop giving these attention whores attention. He's not wrong here, but he's a sad closeted clown, and this is all about wish fulfillment, not anything new.
🚨 Donald Trump lashes out at his own supporters for questioning his ties to Jeffrey Epstein — despite decades of allegations, lawsuits, and Epstein’s own claims that fuel their suspicions. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-sava...
People are saying Trump rapes children. People are saying Trump raped a 13-year-old. Ivana Trump said Trump raped her! Maybe we should not ignore this. Perhaps we should investigate Mike Johnson and his questionable religious affiliations.
Peter Thiel is racing to seize America, crushing democracy in favor of anti-progressive, libertarian, anti-state rule. A ruthless technofuturist who treats life as expendable, he accelerates transhumanism. O’Neill at the CDC hastens our march into dystopia.
My favorite piece of music. I listen to it multiple times a day. Far more than any other piece. I even listen to it continuously while I sleep! It fits any mood.
Who profits? Follow the money.
Yeah, so, did you hear? People are saying that Donald Trump raped children! I could not care less about disgusting media whores like Lively or Kelly. Stop wasting everyone's time on this.
“Good” and “bad” are meaningless. Character is relative. Policy doesn’t matter; Americans have fruit-fly attention spans. MAGA elected the planet’s most ignorant buffoon—twice—and still adore him. Facts, reason, evidence—irrelevant. Most people can’t be persuaded. The few that can are the minority.
What is their rationalization for this? I get that the true motivation behind it all is no more complicated than to "own the libs," but how do they justify this officially, and what role do the "lost cause" southerners in Congress play?
I wish it mattered. Americans are willfully ignorant sheep. They hate expertise. They love bullshit heroic cartoonish brands that stroke their greed/fear reward centers.
Expertise in America is no longer trusted because it’s been weaponized into a partisan wedge. Fauci was smeared, RFK Jr. peddles his own junk science, and climate change is denied, all feeding an ‘elite vs. people’ narrative that corrodes truth itself.
Hillary was a true policy wonk; Harris, less so. But it hardly mattered. Many Americans, steeped in the exceptionalism myth and Hollywood’s toxic masculinity tropes, resent complexity. Instead of engaging with hard truths, they back the candidate who flatters them with shiny promises.
Sad, but true. Nothing says America more than the triumph of style over substance.
Wonderful as always. Thank you for helping to expose the links and root cause of the seemingly chaotic tsunami of shit descending on us at this bleak moment in history. I don't have much faith in humanity, but I am grateful that people like you still exist.
Sucked into a vortex that is transporting us all back to the dark ages.
Maybe don't re-elect someone who views you as disposable and worthless.
Yeah, we all know that the right is chock full of racists who would bring back slavery if they could get away with it. They also have no loyalty to any nation. This is a mafia state, only concerned with self-enrichment. Hey BTW: People are saying that Trump rapes children. Let's talk about that.
People are saying that Trump rapes children. I don't give half a shit about Taylor Swift!
New interview! On Trump, all the terrible things happening, and the institutional complicity that made it possible: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CaI...
WTF! Where is the honor? The Air Force is ok with treasonous scum getting full military honors? This dishonors the service and sacrifice of non-traitors. The entire United States has feet of clay!
Who’s the one person in the world that believes this?
Ok. Time to put down the prayer mat.