Shelley Powers
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Writer. Plain. She/her and bite my ass, Trump Burningbird https://burningbird.net
the scariest part of this is the idea of a burrito made at home by a white republican, like some kind of racist sloppy joe on a wet albertson’s tortilla
huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 7h agofor reasons that only make sense if you're insane, a TPUSA kid complaining about burrito costs on xitter has the GOP's biggest divas going for each other's throats.
Dr. Oz vying for Least Self-Aware Pundit award.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoDr Oz: "When you steal money from the federal government, you ought to go jail and go to jail for a long time"
In fact, it is specifically the same god that Jews and Christians worship, and not any other deity. Bonus fun fact: Even though right-wingers love to extol "Judeo-Christian" as some sort of fused religious heritage, it is *Islam* that recognizes Christ as a prophet.
Matty@zagrebista.bsky.social · 3h agoThis reminds me of "Allah" just being the arabic word for "God" and not, as an incredible number of people seem to think, a specific "different" god like Thor or something
ICE has now spent over $2.2 BILLION on purchasing 4 private prisons from CoreCivic, with the company banking half a billion dollars on the most recent sale. Of course, ICE will not actually operate these facilities; CoreCivic keeps the contracts to run these places for the foreseeable future.
AIPAC is explicitly fighting for a Republican Senate majority.
Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 7h agoAIPAC: "Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."
These are the people who've cut SNAP in part on bullshit notions that poor people buy frivolous food.
huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 7h agofor reasons that only make sense if you're insane, a TPUSA kid complaining about burrito costs on xitter has the GOP's biggest divas going for each other's throats.
Not a surprise for a rare book librarian, but what a wonky opinion. Regardless of what we think of AI, the judge was right that what Anthropic did (buying physical copy of book and scanning) was fair use. And has she never heard of archive.org? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training data
theguardian.com
as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6h agoReuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be unlikely to risk transit without paying."
DURBIN: You wrote an article in which you claimed 'Black inmates are most like to become sexual aggressors.' Why should people of color believe you've changed? CRONAN: I co-authored the article. I haven't re-read it in a long time. DURBIN: Do you believe it? CRONAN: I'm not in a position to opine
Q: Did you fall today? A: My existence on the planet within the solar system was such that gravity exerted itself on me, resulting in an abrupt change of situational awareness of my universal position.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoholy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!
This highlights a profound impact of Trump — the further normalization of violence against women. Trump got elected in spite of his long history of violence against women. He is not held accountable when he continues to abuse women. 1/2
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h agoMax Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."
Gonna go out on a limb here and say racist cranks who write for extremist white nationalist websites like VDARE should not, in fact, be confirmed to top roles in the Department of Justice.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoSCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
This is funniest thing you'll see today. Also, Schiff is very good at this.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoholy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!
Whenever one of these freaks goes off on a tangent about their trans conspiracy of the day, the proper response -- from an interviewer or anyone else -- is "well, it seems like you're having some sort of mental breakdown here, so we'll wrap it up"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h 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.
To my fellow Veterans who continue to support this rotting sack of garbage, who posts fake images of himself with Generals Patton and MacArthur - even suggesting he is more decorated - I say this: Did you ever have honor or decency? If you did, what the hell happened to them?
The rank of general is not a costume. It is earned through service, sacrifice and the responsibility of leading troops. Donald Trump avoided the draft five times. Now he posts AI images of himself beside Patton and MacArthur. He can play general. I retired as one. Leadership Matters!!
Since Trump came back into office I've been waiting to see on WHICH case, which instance of abusive prosecution, DOJ first invoked the language in Trump v. US that lets POTUS prosecute whoever he wants. It appears to be @katmabu.bsky.social's case, Broadview 6. emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/d...
DOJ Invokes Trump v. US to Protect Todd Blanche's Fixer, Aakash Singh - emptywheel
In the 18 months that Trump's former defense attorney Todd Blanche has run DOJ, he has yet to rely on Trump v. US, the SCOTUS precedent giving the President unbridled authority to dictate individual p...
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This is why you don't visit Florida, you don't buy anything from Florida, and the next time they get hit with a hurricane, you say, "Tough shit." www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-coup...
Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police
An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.
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We really should start incorporating bananas into our campaign literature going forward.
Because bananas are always forever green...
LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍@lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 5h agoDying at this
I see that Trump is spending all of his time alienating Michigan voters, which I guess is an improvement on discussing granite or red brick pavers.
All of which will be obliterated by a rogue SpaceX rocket
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 9h ago$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore. When your SpaceX rocket hits the moon like a big piece of junk and you don't give a shit, you're a moron.
Michigan: This is the way. Senate control runs through MI. We cannot afford to lose this seat. All the energy that went into the primary- & into offering #takes on the primary (including this AM)- has to go to the election in November. A MI senate seat is the difference between an R vs D Senate.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 16h agoEl-Sayed: There is so much more that unites us, however much we might disagree with our democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. And so to all of our supporters here tonight watching on TV—tomorrow, we begin to mend fences.
Does the Catholic Church or a Catholic Republican attorney general get to decide what a Catholic school's religious exemptions policy on vaccines is? www.osvnews.com/florida-ags-...
Reflecting Pool defendant David Hearn, responding to Jeanine Pirro’s motion to dismiss, seeks dismissal *with prejudice.* Trump’s & Burghum’s conduct after dismissal show case’s political motivation & danger of harassment & re-prosecution. 1/2 www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
They're not even doing the post-Access Hollywood "I wouldn't be able to look my wife and daughter in the eyes if I continued to support him" schtick before eventually caving.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h agoMike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.
There may well be active duty troops in the Middle East right now who have family members locked in ICE jails. Congress authorized Military Parole-in-Place specifically to avoid this situation. But the Trump admin has shown little care to families caught in this situation.
AILA@aila.org · 8h ago"President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda." https://bit.ly/4br4M4m