Interesting thread. In their desperation the Russians might be writing cheques they can't cash.
Rob Shum@robshum.bsky.social · last wk.Cold War II: Attack of the Drones 🗺️
Someone needs his browser history checking.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10m agoRoyce White is now ranting about "transgender sex dolls" during a forum that is supposed to be about agricultural issues. This guy is a serious Republican in Minnesota who had the party's nomination for a Senate seat two years ago. Insanity.
Dave here has obviously never set foot into a produce aisle.
One was a reactionary anti-democrat who nearly caused a constitutional crisis, the other was a lunatic who thought he was a reincarnated Roman.
Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20h agoThis is a man who has a hard time looking in the mirror
I am now imagining Star Wars in South Welsh cadence and accent.
Sky News@news.sky.com · 17h agoStar Wars dubbed into Welsh for first time
A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.
60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals
Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity
mediaite.com
Not content with ruining gaming with microtransactions, they're now just going to set fire to themselves.
Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 19h agoEA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest
If any tone deaf campaigns for flawed candidates want to set money on fire, please call me and I'll do it for a reasonable fee rather than spending it on all that troublesome advertising.
VoteHub@votehub.com · 18h agoMichigan U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Washtenaw County, multiple vote types: 🟣 Abdul El-Sayed – 13,843 (69.6%) 🟠 Haley Stevens – 5,674 (28.5%)
The English language has evolved and spread across the globe over more than 1,500 years all so that the exact collection of words in this headline could exist
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 18h agoJelly Roll announces performing hiatus to 'heal' following divorce from Bunnie XO
Not a fucking chance I'm doing any work for the fed for the next couple of years...
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 18h agoU.S. FEDERAL WORKFORCE MORALE PLUMMETS: NEARLY TWO-THIRDS SAY THEY WOULDN’T CHOOSE PUBLIC SERVICE AGAIN Nearly two-thirds of U.S. federal employees said they would not enter public service again, according to a CBS News report, highlighting deteriorating morale across the federal workforce.
Kansas voters reject GOP-backed measure to directly elect state Supreme Court justices The Republican-controlled Legislature referred a constitutional amendment to the primary ballot after the state Supreme Court had ruled against the party on issues like abortion. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Kansas voters reject GOP-backed measure to directly elect state Supreme Court justices
The Republican-controlled Legislature referred a constitutional amendment to the primary ballot after the state Supreme Court had ruled against the party on issues like abortion.
nbcnews.com
Does government really have to get involved with regulating college sports?
BanmarNJ@banmarnj.bsky.social · 18h agoCruz, Cantwell release college sports bill The bill has the backing of the nation’s two largest athletic conferences but athlete and labor groups remain opposed.
Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters who packed the meeting room — and two overflow rooms — to demand that their voting locations remain open. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage
The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters
democracydocket.com
“These strange, balloon-like anomalies have captivated the public imagination for decades,” chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said of the unusually bulbous vessels officially known as Unidentified Floating Objects but colloquially referred to as “blimps” or “flying sausages.”
Pentagon Declassifies Files On Blimps
ARLINGTON, VA—In what may be the largest-ever disclosure of government data concerning the mysterious aerial phenomena, Pentagon officials announced Wednesday they had begun releasing a trove of forme...
theonion.com
"What an absolute evil bitch for taking an injured child to the emergency room" said no-one, ever.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h agoRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
I somehow do not think "my ex-wife is the bad guy because she took the kid to the emergency room for a broken collarbone" is gonna go the way he thinks.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h agoRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
The fun thing about doing media shots is if you can't be available on a Sunday afternoon with 20 minutes notice, they never call you back.
I still reckon Pritzker is a dark horse for the nomination.
Honestly, Trump is so far up shit creek he should probably accept those terms.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · yesterdayDeal isn’t looking so good it seems…. While Iranian diplomats initially welcomed the proposal because it preserved some control over the strait, Tehran has demanded the right to collect fees, potentially shared with Oman, as well as guarantees against renewed attacks,
You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
