Looks bad for trump--come on, people, we can do worse.
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I came here to garden and punch Nazis, and I'm all out of plants. Married so long we're now in the Smithsonian. No DMs unless I already know you; no $ requests. Sober-ish when I wanna be. Old enough to know better, old enough not to give a crap. PNW.
"According to an old military maxim, amateurs talk about strategy, professionals talk about logistics. But these days we need a third category: Immature, insecure guys think that war is about acting tough and looking cool..." K-THUG STRIKES AGAIN paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-misery...
The Misery Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Why Trump is eviscerating the military
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If your party ain't this lit, don't bother inviting me
And revoke any immunity from IRS audits, audit his tax returns, and collect what he owes the U.S. Treasury, with penalties and interest.
Brant Reeves@bireeves95.bsky.social · yesterdayOne of the First Things that Should be Done…
I guarantee you that already trump has asked Blanche to do unethical and illegal actions.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · yesterday"He is absolutely lying." @saletan.bsky.social on AG Todd Blanche's claim that Donald Trump will never ask him to do something unethical or illegal.
I’m sorry but this is bat shit crazy, in what universe???
Lead, follow, or get out the fckin way, Hakeem. If your House caucus is in favor of M4A, then you'd better choose one of those three lanes. 60% of Americans favor it. Get a clue, my dude
Khashoggi's Ghost@urocklive1.bsky.social · yesterdayI just can't believe that we can't do better than this.
I guess "support the troops" really is just an empty slogan for Fox News. Good to know
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterday🚨 FOX MOCKS SAILORS: Fox News host Joey Jones lashed out at U.S. sailors speaking out about dire conditions aboard the USS Lincoln, calling them “weak” and warning America has “nothing left.”
"...Put it this way–in 1847, Ireland had 8.5 million people. In 1901, it had 4.4 million people. Of course migration was much of that, but...The famine itself killed about 1 million people..." www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/08/this...
This Day in Labor History: August 16, 1845 - Lawyers, Guns & Money
On August 16, 1845, potato blight was first reported in the United Kingdom. This plant disease had probably already spread to Ireland, causing massive upheaval, famine, migration, and the globalizatio...
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One of my daily reads: "...Harvard-educated, the author of seven books, and a professor of history at Boston College, Richardson is a preeminent scholar of 19th-century American history..." Definitely worth your time, if you're not already reading her. balloon-juice.com/2026/08/16/r...
Yup
@debbie156@debbie156.bsky.social · yesterdayThese two both need to be removed & put in prison. Even their incompetence should be considered a crime. Our soldiers deserve better, but when the Commander in Chief and his Nazi loving defense secretary don’t give a shit about them, they will never be treated right. #ProudBlue #Pinks #OneV1
"...[W]hen a white U.S. citizen is shot by an immigration agent, or when white people in Kansas wake up to find out that they no longer have a valid ID — in a sense, to find that they are now undocumented in their own country..." FASCISM IS HERE www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...
Opinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)
Is Kansas just the beginning?
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Todd, your "belief" doesn't outweigh the Constitution. Any competent AG would know that.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayFOX NEWS: Why not just go to Congress for the ballroom? BLANCHE: We don't believe we have to go to Congress. We believe Congress has already given us the authority to do what we're doing.
How much clearer does he have to make it? RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW IN THEIR ENTIRETY digbysblog.net/2026/08/16/y...
“Young Beautiful Girls” - Digby's Hullabaloo
Human dignity creates a psychological boundary that reads: “I don’t have to dominate you to be of value.” But if your only route to feeling valuable is dominating others, as is the case for malignant ...
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