Ace Combs Art
@acecombsart.bsky.social
Steam-, Diesel-, and Atom-punk artist. Born Democratic💙. Proud father and partner to rabid left wing nut-jobs. A bookish pasty-faced stay-at-home. Retired, but still making art in wood, metal, and pixels.
The Trump Haircare Gauge was in the rough yesterday. It looks a lot like the roof of a Wildberries warehouse at the moment of impact.
Stalin, Mao, and Kim Jong-il, through famine and purges, each killed millions of their citizens. They died of natural causes themselves and their regimes continued. Does Trump think the IRGC, heading an autocratic theocracy which exalts martyrdom, is going to buckle in the face of economic downturn?
Fuel Shortages and Banking Paralysis Deepen Iran’s Economic Crisis | Alhurra
A severe fuel shortage, a crippled banking sector and rapidly accelerating inflation have pushed Iran’s economy deeper into crisis as the war drags on, exposing the country’s growing fi…
alhurra.com
There's antebellum, bellum, and postbellum. There's no such thing as interbellum or semibellum. War is war.
Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3d ago
✨ SUPER SUNDAY PACK ✨ What if we all decided to do ONE thing, apart from Bluesky, just one thing that benefits the midterms. Phonecalls, door to door, protest, handing out flyers... Anything. Deal? And please, follow these great resisters. All vetted accounts 👣🫂 #WeThePeople #StopTrump #resist 👊🏼
Only the stupidest people would join the Trump train, because anyone who looks at his record knows he shafts everyone in the end. Can you point to anyone in the current crop who is capable? If they were any good at it, the minute they kissed the ass ring, any ability got crushed like the East Wing.
Trump dings longtime ally Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case
The president said he disagreed “100%” with the top Washington prosecutor after her office abandoned vandalism charges for the former Olympian.
politico.com
and I'm a sucker for literary gimmicks "Inherent Jest" (footnotes), "4321 (parallel lives), "Time's Arrow" (reverse chronology) so I was very taken by Daniel Kraus' "Angel Down", and the narrative is propulsive and the gimmick works to speed it along and it's grim and gross and somehow uplifting,
The polling community seems to have always accepted the maxim that "Trump's polling has a floor, but it might not have a ceiling." Bullshit. The floor is giving way. The question now is, how low can he go?
Trump’s Approval Rating Is Now Smashing Its All-Time Lows
For a moment there, it looked like Trump's approval rating might actually recover a bit. Now it's exploring new all-time lows.
jezebel.com
Coupla thoughts. Windfall profits tax on petroleum industry to restore the EV credit. Price gouging penalties on grocery chains to restore lost SNAP benefits. War profiteering fines against Trump's circle to give Ukraine the wherewithal to finish the job. Make the punishments fit the crimes.
"Overwhelming demand"? The world mostly hates Trump, so you can imagine passport control's reaction to his mug staring angrily out at them. Unless, of course, these passport-holders want full cavity searches. Which might be the case.
More passports with Trump’s picture are coming soon, State Dept. says
Citing “overwhelming demand,” officials say they will issue 250,000 of the “Patriot Passports,” more than previously planned, and expand access to them.
washingtonpost.com
Most articles about polls bury the lede. This one gets it right. Strong disapproval generally means an unwavering opposition. Strong disapproval voters are more likely to vote. The rest is noise.
Record high strongly disapprove of Donald Trump in new poll
In a new CNN/SSRS poll, President Donald Trump gets a 34% approval rating. The portion of Americans who strongly disapprove is at a career high.
usatoday.com
The guy behind him is what's known in WH circles as a "down-winder".
Scarlet Hood@scarlethood.bsky.social · 7d agoBillionaire's disease. Kind of like Legionnaires Disease except instead of killing hosts it attacks everyone who isn't rich. The symptom is a belief that you can opine about anything, even countries you don't live in, people you know nothing about, and politics you don't understand. It's a plague.
CafeOlait 🇺🇦 ☮ 🟦 🇪🇸@cafeolait.bsky.social · last wk.Why did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century? | Fortune fortune.com/2026/07/27/s...
Almost the entire history of US foreign policy for the last 40 years has been the GOP doing stupid shit in the Middle East and Dems having to pull our asses from the fire over and over again.
Which one of these guys had confidence in Hegseth? I can't believe anyone except maybe Trump ever did. He was a shitshow from day one.
GOP senators warn confidence in Hegseth eroding as Iran war drags on
Republican senators say that confidence is waning in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leadership of the U.S. armed forces as the war with Iran drags on without an end in sight. They are also …
thehill.com
Keep your eye on Tucker Carlson. If he flips for Ukraine, you'll know Putin is out of cash.
'What is happening?' Yet another MAGA talking head flip-flops in stunning about-face
On Monday, July 20, far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer took a swing at the movement that she has aggressively championed: MAGA, complaining that some MAGA Republicans are "so ignorant" and sla...
alternet.org
And these are people who know where that hand has been...un-fucking-believable.
Chris Ahuja@chrisahuja.bsky.social · 2w agoAt tonight’s #WHCD, Trump shook hands with the Wall Street Journal team honored for its Epstein reporting—despite suing the paper. The ceremony also noted a reporter was reportedly doxxed during the legal fight. You can’t make this up. #Trump #JeffreyEpstein #ChrisAhuja
I think, in fact, it has been proven that RFK Jr will fuck anything and keep a diary about it.
Waldo Jaquith@waldo.net · 2w agoThe claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.
The next Democratic administration must immediately cancel every government contract this Nazi holds.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w agoAt one point she notes that AfD, the German political party that Musk supports, has "real neo-Nazis." Musk literally just shrugs.
Militarily dominant countries act with impunity because they can keep wars from their doorstep. Except when they can't. The US, Russia, and Israel all brought their wars home with them and their citizens are learning there is a price to pay for hubris and complacency. Wars should cost something.
Opinion | Trump, Netanyahu and Putin Have All Blundered Into Dead-End Wars
The quick-fix fantasies of the world’s strongmen.
nytimes.com
The enemy of my enemy can still be my enemy. We're not friends just because we share an enemy.
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2w agoIt's so awkward when awful people you deeply dislike say something you 100% agree with.
The Trump Haircare Gauge is in mixed territory today. Is that a structured 'do or an abstract one with its mix of planar surfaces? Product here, product there, and then fuzziness. Confusing, especially those ear fenders. Swoopy but goopy.
David Pakman: #SenileSatan woudn't leave. #WorldCup #Spain
Is there a way to edit him from existence? If AI could do that, I'd withdraw most of my objections.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w agoSpain edited Trump out of its celebratory photo.
These are what are commonly referred to as "acts of God". Instead of adding yet another tariff onto the backs of the American people, we should tax the churches until He stops. They obviously aren't praying hard enough.
Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2w agoIs King Canute in the White House going to impose tariffs on the oceans or punish the skies for the climate crisis? He should be tariffing the massive emitters but that's not going to happen. He is just looking for an excuse to attack his neighbours in Canada. www.cnn.com/2026/07/18/w...
Since the Iran war appears to be heading toward a "forever war", now would be a good time, if you're shopping for a car, to consider EVs. Iran is threatening to close the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait which chokes Red Sea and Suez canal shipping in the southern end. 7% of the world's oil comes through there.
I wasn’t ready for this. ☠️ 😭 Low T Pete will never live this down.
“One thing that I love about numbers...is they don’t lie,” Markwayne Mullin, White House plumber and DHS Secretary said. One thing that I love about plumbers...is they don't lie. Said no one ever.
DHS secretary doubles down on Trump’s baseless 2020 election claims
Markwayne Mullin at presser repeated many of Trump’s unverified claims from controversial primetime speech
theguardian.com