TGIF Thank God It's Forty-eight hours until a friendly reporter drops optimistic news about the Iran War ending just hours before markets open.
Amy Gibson
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Dog lover, Jersey Girl by birth, Californian by choice. Interested in science and nature and society and people who do weird cool things. She/her.
This does not feel like a healthy, functioning democracy. To be fair, at least two of them have dropped out since the ballot was printed.
So now Pete Hegseth has fired the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Staff of the Army, both in the middle of a war, both with no public or known explanation? Seems fine.
I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals
Ari Berman@ariberman.bsky.social · 6mo agoSo much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out
I hate gerrymandering with the white-hot heat of a thousand suns, but I voted for it in CA. Republicans started this whole stupid fiasco and someday hopefully we can finish it for good.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6mo agoRemember, Democrats have repeatedly advanced measures to ban partisan gerrymandering and Republicans have voted against them time after time. This is the game Republicans wanted to play. OK, then.
This is where you see the value of a functioning press, and what we lose when we don't have one. This would have been a great question!
Sam Youngman@samyoungman.bsky.social · 7mo agoIf I was still a WH correspondent I might have been tempted to ask the DoorDash driver about Trump’s gas prices.
National humiliation. The sundowning president and useless secretary of state are at a UFC match while the village idiot of a VP and a couple of ignorant billionaires fail at ending the stupidest war.
Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social · 7mo ago"As Mr. Vance was detailing the impasse in negotiations, President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were at a sports arena in Miami for UFC 327, watching a video montage of past fights." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon! 🌕 💛
I posted this pic in reply to something but I love it so much I think it deserves a post of its own. This is Lucy. We adopted her a year ago, when she was ~1 year old. She'd been brought into a high-euthanasia shelter as a stray, and was thankfully sprung by Labs and More, a local rescue.
@onlypadres.bsky.social almost an immaculate inning -- so close!
One of the most brazenly corrupt events in history will take place tomorrow when Jared Kushner represents the U.S. in critical negotiations with Iran to end the war while he accepts millions in fees (and billions in investments) from the Saudi gov’t which has been lobbying Trump to continue the war
A few years ago I'd never heard of Bill Ackman and that was such a sweet, sweet time in my life. Billionaires are a policy failure.
The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · 7mo agoOne of Trump’s billionaire backers just made an eye-watering bid to purchase the music label behind one of the president’s fiercest critics.
I fucking hate it here. Every billionaire is a public policy failure.
The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · 7mo agoOne of Trump’s billionaire backers just made an eye-watering bid to purchase the music label behind one of the president’s fiercest critics.
Eating right and exercising so I can outlive Pete Hegseth and piss on his grave.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 7mo agoNEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.
Trump is saying a different thing every time someone asks him because his brain is fucking melting and he can't hold the same thought for more than a few moments at a time. Being manipulated by whoever the last person he spoke to was. It's really not more complicated than that.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 7mo agoTrump is urging advisers to bring an end to the Iran war in the coming weeks.
I had already decided I didn't have bandwidth to pay attention to this tempest in a teapot, but I have to admit, now I'm really curious how you document *not* receiving money.
The Woke Ginger@thewokeginger.bsky.social · 8mo agoI’ll reiterate: I did not accept $1,500. I have financial documentation confirming that. My focus is on real issues affecting everyday Americans—not rage bait from social media influencers. I’ll share more about the funding networks around Kat after Tuesday.
The tough life of a southern California dog... Morning walk, noon sunbath, afternoon agility class to come. #dogs #rescuedogs
I cannot express how disgusted I am by the worlds 3rd-richest man being such a avaricious asshole. Imagine having billions more than you could spend in this lifetime and not being willing to give 5%, once. Fuck off, Sergey Brin. Oh, and Gemini sucks. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Billionaire Brin Now Bets on a Republican to Govern California
Sergey Brin is spending millions of dollars to influence California politics, bankrolling two rival gubernatorial candidates and other political efforts, just months after ditching the state for Nevad...
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He forgot to do the little air quotes around "inadvertently" and "error."
Aaron Parnas@aaronparnas.bsky.social · 8mo agoFox News admits to airing an old dignified transfer video on its program this morning, one that did not show Donald Trump wearing a white ball cap.
I would not want to be the man handing stuffed animals to the Canadian hockey team during this medal ceremony. I've seen a lot of disappointed silver medalists over the years but these guys are next-level.
Find yourself a candidate who holds their sign up high, and not sideways.
Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 8mo ago✨ It’s a yes or no question ✨
