Statement says "ICE operations are having a massive chilling effect" and "are a costly and unnecessary impact to cattle producers already suffering from unwelcome political interference" Who is causing this "chilling effect" & "political interference"? 95% of Cattleman's 2024 PAC $$$ went to Rs

Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social · yesterday

The Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, Kansas Livestock Association and Texas Cattle Feeders Association say ICE operations are disrupting agricultural communities across the three states and could have ripple effects throughout the beef supply chain. www.news9.com/oklahoma-cit...

Maybe don’t treat everything he does like it’s “news” in the first place

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 5d ago

Three major wire services, NY Times and Washington Post among news organization that are not publishing any photos of today's POTUS event until 00:00 EDT in a show of support for CNN, MSNOW and Politico, which were banned by the White House.

In order to thrive in the Black MAGA grift you don’t have to be particularly talented. Any mediocre person can do it. You just have to have a shamelessly high capacity for embarrassment as you perform for the most openly anti-Black President in modern American history. Tim Scott has that.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

there are no words for how over the top Tim Scott's Trumpapalooza performance is. it's an SNL cold open

Donald Trump if he isn’t interior decorating

everyone is missing the boat on this harp thing fwiw. it's not an affair and she is not a nurse. it's way worse: she's elder abusing him. tale as old as time a psychotic weirdo striver has attached herself to an elderly dotard and is wormtonguing him. our american rasputin

Honestly, this is just a fucking child’s view of the world. “Send diplomats” no fucking way, damn, that’s crazy, why didn’t anybody think of that before. Minsk II isn’t real and it can’t hurt me

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Remnick: So we shouldn't send weapons to Ukraine? DSA co-chair Megan Romer: No! Remnick: So, just allow Russia to overrun Ukraine entirely? Romer: We should be sending huge teams of diplomats. We should figure out how to negotiate.w

The COVID Lab leak theory debunked by Paul Offit 1. Started in the Hunan wholesale seafood market (Southwestern section). The first few cases were there and spread out. 2. The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is 9 miles away from that seafood market, on the other side of the Yangtze river. 🧵

He has always sounded like a kid giving a book report without having read the book. “This one had it all, the characters, the different various settings, the PLOT, talk about a plot….”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Trump, sitting next to Zelenskyy: "Putin is a difficult character and this guy is a difficult character"

In every thread about Platner there were people declaring, "redemption arc!" I'm somewhat of a connaisseur, so I kept asking, "Yes, yes, redemption arc, but where is it, exactly?" That's where conversations started to end.

Yep. I said this last year and I think it still holds.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 3mo ago

The very things he said in his defense told you who he was. The "can't people change" crowd never really addressed why he wasn't acting like someone who was ashamed of his actions, and instead was trying to imply that everyone else needed to be ashamed for asking the question.

The funniest thing is people who defended platner with like zero reasons to do so

Find a community of nerds who understand you.

Trump famous for never complaining

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Trump: "Guys like me built the country. I watch all these ingrates, they're always complaining, complaining. They didn't build anything, they couldn't build anything. Look at what's happened in Minnesota. Somalia."

“It’s amazing how good we’re doing in the papers.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Trump: "Behind the scenes I must tell you Iran can't believe the press they get. They can't even believe it. And they told me. They said, 'It's amazing how well we're doing in the papers. We're not doing so well--' They're negotiating with us to make a deal."

@emmavigeland.bsky.social good luck hosting tomorrow.

Can’t believe the NBA Spencer Pratt’ed the Spurs, smh

It’s from the cow shit in the milk

Kyle Pfannenstiel@pfannyyy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Idaho health officials are investigating how nearly 60 people got sick after drinking raw milk in the past two weeks. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says they didn't name two dairies potentially linked to the outbreak “because this is a potential risk for any raw milk producer.”

Platner acting surprised and disappointed that his political opponents would focus on his personal life supports my thesis that he’s a big dumb guy.

Good job carrying that scorpion around I guess

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Ouch.

Given the state of the world I’m happy to see we’re getting to the bottom of the most pressing political issue: whether god has a peanus.

“The most successful World Cup from the standpoint of what’s happening.” It’s incredible that he’s reached these heights by speaking *exclusively* in this kind of BS vagary.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Trump: "I call it soccer. You know, it's just easier to do, because we have football and they have two footballs."

Irony is a guy who looks like an aggregate composition of every pedo mug shot in history saying this. That's the face of a man who volunteered to go on Cub Scout camping excursions even though he has no kids of his own

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

RNC Chair Joe Gruters: "Tala-freako is a creep. He's a vegan. He thinks God is nonbinary. He wants to mutilate children."

It's so easy to forget that people, even elected officials, can at any moment simply choose to do the right thing.

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Absolutely nothing is stopping John Cornyn, Tillis, Murkowski, & Paul from caucusing immediately with Democrats & giving them control of the Senate. The same is true of Thomas Massie & any 2 retiring GOP Reps in the House. It is a choice to continue caucusing with the authoritarian personality cult.

Out of all the things that didn't happen, this didn't happen the most.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Trump on his cognitive test: "It had a question like, 'pick a number, sir, any number.' Okay. 203. 'Multiple by 9. Divide by 2. Add on 1,324. Subtract 1,292. Sir, multiply it out one more time by 19. What is the answer, sir?' I got it right."

Profiles in Courage

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Thune on Trump's taxpayer-funded J6 slush fund: "Not a big fan"

Still funny that in the year of our lord 2026, reporters are still asking Trump questions like he knows what they’re talking about

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Q: On Taiwan, the '82 assurances that President Reagan gave said the US would not consult with China on arms sales to Taiwan. But it sounds like you consulted China on arms sales TRUMP: Well I think 1982 is a big far distance away. We discussed arms sales in great detail & I'll be making a decision