Blandsten
@blandsten.bsky.social
“Sidney, siddown, relax, have a sandwich, drink a glass of milk, do some fuckin' thing.”
I have been a critic of Schumer. But I cannot figure out how people who are political junkies think that you celebrate the biggest Dem wave since Watergate by firing the top two Dem leaders in the House and Senate. It. Just. Does. Not. Work. Like. That.
We need someone to be our Grant. Tired of the McClellans and Hallecks.
Hi! I have no idea how Congress or the legislative process work or what the DNC does and I voted for Stein in 2024, but I have many exciting ideas for rearranging the leadership and activities of both today!
I am going to be mad about the Comey Letter forever at Comey, at the New York Times, at everyone who treated this as the biggest national scandal since Watergate I really do believe it swung the election and delivered us all of *gestures broadly* what a world historic disaster
Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”@ryanjreilly.com · last wk.10 years ago this week:
When you realize your sibling got more seeds… Original post
Every midterm since 1980 where Republicans lost control of one or both houses was a direct reaction to actual Republican policy. Every wave election where Democrats lost control was a reaction to a media narrative that blamed extrinsic global macroeconomic conditions on Democrats. Fight me.
In 1969 WMAR-TV reporter Susan White interviewed DON RICKLES on location in Yugoslavia whilst he was shooting “Kelly’s Heroes” (working title at the time “The Warriors”). RICKLES had a reputation for not letting reporters get a word in edgeways, so Susan decided to hilariously turn the tables…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri for Tax Purposes
Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️🌈🚀🦄 📜@lynnemthomas.com · 3w agoAdd “for Tax Purposes” to a movie: Dirty Dancing for Tax Purposes
John Roberts and four other Supreme Court justices have betrayed the U.S. Constitution. The checks are gone. Imbalance prevails. The American experiment in self-governance is imploding in real time.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w agoTrump: "I didn't go to Congress. Remember Sleepy Joe? 'Oh, if they would give me approval in Congress!' You're not gonna get approval. You just do it. You're the president."
This is about Ilhan Omar. But it's also about control, intimidation, & authoritarianism. The message is: we can do this to a member of Congress; no foreign-born American is safe. The administration is using fear as a tactic to discourage people from voicing opposition.
And, once again, I have a moment when the fatalistic stoicism I resigned myself to as everything we warned them would happen happened drains away and I'm left screaming "just what the fuck else did you imbeciles who could have stopped this think was going to happen if you let him win?"
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 4w agoBillions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The fact that Republicans are accusing Ukraine of interfering with US elections by attacking a MOSCOW, RUSSIA data center kinda says it all, doesn't it? Republicans are traitors. Zelenksyy just pulled a W we can't even fathom yet. #OperationQuietPiggy #SlavaUkraini ✊🇺🇦
Spirit Halloween finally found something scarier than the prices.
She did not change, she will not change. Shared one day ago.
It continues to be interesting to me just how many men, when presented with a clear and obvious answer to a test of morality and empathy, will nevertheless choose to "devil's advocate" themselves into a position of complete assholery
