Circumspectral
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Here’s former Canadian MP, Charlie Angus, pushing back against establishment centrist handwringing over Mamdani’s statement on the genocide in Gaza and its chief perpetrator. open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
Shot Across the Bow
Mamdani calls out the war criminal Netanyahu.
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Wow. Considering a little over 58,000 American soldiers died in all of the Vietnam War, that number for one month is incredible.
WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social · 5d agoRussia lost 42,860 troops in July, a 2026 record, per Ukraine's General Staff. Also hit all-war records in destroyed vehicles and fuel trucks at 13,998 units, with near-record losses in air defense, artillery and MLRS.
Once the facts came to the surface, they had no choice.
Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 5d agoAre you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?
DOGE, tariffs, ICE terror squads, boat murders, rising prices, stalled job numbers, unprovoked wars and invasions, threatening NATO, attacking the trans community, dismantling environmental protections, stopping green energy initiatives… All these things ARE, in fact, terrible for the country.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoBASH: You and your fellow Democrats have used some heated rhetoric against the president. Do you think twice about that when something like that happens? RASKIN: What rhetoric do you have in mind? BASH: That he's terrible for this country and so on and so forth
Vance Says Bears Should Be More Careful When Shitting In The Woods
David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social · 4mo agoSomeone had fun with this headline.
Read this first before you’re tempted by cheap fares between Canada and Mexico. Make sure you check the itineraries. A lot of them make stops at American airports. Everyone’s a possible target now.
A Mother, A Child and Niemöller's Warning
News reports tell us of Canadian Tania Warner, age 47, being held in a Texas ICE detention centre with her seven-year-old autistic daughter.
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Is there a word for people who deliberately degrade their own country’s military capabilities?
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 4mo agoIran destroyed a US Air Force E-3 Sentry in an airstrike on a Saudi Arabian base. There are only about 15 of these aircraft, valued at approximately $500 mill each, and losing one is a serious hit to the U.S. ability to detect and track threats at long range. And there’s a Russia connection… 1/2
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I wrote about Tlacolula’s Sunday Market. A tour blending history, advice and experience. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @nedbeaumontjr.bsky.social @zombierotten.bsky.social @redoubtagain.bsky.social
Eight Centuries In The Making
A Guided Tour of Tlacolula’s Sunday Market
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As with Winston Churchill, history will remember Donald Trump’s Ironed Curtains speech.
Paul Krugman@pkrugman.bsky.social · 5mo agoTrump just held a press conference about war with Iran, and spent much of it talking about drapes and his ballroom. I guess those are the drapes of wrath???
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Been thinking about this. Trump’s belligerence towards Muslims & Latinos and his willingness to promote violence has long been obvious. It was other people calling him the peace candidate. Either to justify voting for him or NOT voting for Harris. Either way they all have blood on their hands,
NY Times Pitchbot@nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 5mo agoHow it started. How it's going.
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This guy is absolutely the dumbest US senator, at least until the next time Ron Johnson or Tommy Tuberville open their mouths.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 5mo agoMullin: We are not wanting regime change, but the person that's leading this effort is the ayatollah. Remember in 1979, when he came to power, he was saying that he wanted to be a nuclear Iran
Yup. All that strategy and training and skill and it comes down to pond hockey to decide a tournament.
Bancroft Sutherland@bancsutherland.bsky.social · 5mo agoAlthough at 3x3 it actually looks like they are on regular Olympic size ice now.
This also should be highlighted. The Biden=Open borders narrative was never anything but GOP gaslighting helped along by the corporate press.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6mo ago👀 CATO INSTITUTE: “Biden didn’t cause the border crisis… Many believe Biden caused this increase in migration by reducing border enforcement. However, data challenges this narrative — the crisis began before Biden took office and ended before he left.” www.cato.org/blog/biden-d...
Letting a nuclear treaty expire while he’s posting racist memes and wanking off to new monument plans into the wee hours is also an impeachable offense.
Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 6mo agoNYT: Trump weighing building more nuclear bombs and restarting long dormant underground testing.
These guys keep stepping on their dicks.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo agoKNOTT: Why is it that there is so much tension in Minneapolis/St Paul right now? SCOTT: Because paid agitators are actively trying to stop law enforcement action. Without that, you wouldn't even have any idea most of these arrests were taking place
Trump will now sue NBC $10 billion for broadcasting a language other than English.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Super Bowl was a stark reminder of the Two Americas. Bad Bunny provided an uplifting halftime set with a message of unity and hope, the first to be performed completely in Spanish. Racist Grandpa then put out a message on Truth Social which said “nobody understands a word this guy is saying”.
A character closely based on Whiskey Pete is almost obligatory if they ever make a sequel of “Dr. Strangelove”.
James F. McGrath (ReligionProf)@religionprof.bsky.social · 6mo agoAt National Prayer Breakfast, Hegseth Says US Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for ‘Christian Nation’
Proud Boys and The Oath Keepers are gearing up to storm the Oscars.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 6mo agoIMDB has flagged Melania the documentary for “unusual voting activity”. Someone is trying to pump up the viewer ratings after critics said it was a worthless piece of shit.
She defended that lie like a rabid porcupine for four years while Trump was indicted for several serious felonies and involved in a lawsuit over a rape allegation which he lost. This woman is nothing more than a lying opportunist who, if anything, thinks MAGA isn’t extreme enough.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6mo agoICYMI — Marge: “I think people are realizing MAGA was all a big lie for the people. What MAGA is really serving in this administration is the big donors.” Gotta be disorienting to have voted to “drain the swamp” only to realize you installed the biggest swamp monster ever.
