January 6 was only 5 and a half years ago, and we’ve already cycled through investigation, indictment, conviction, pardon, and now gleeful promises to do it again only with actual hanging rather than just chants about it. Nice job GOP.
Seth Cotlar
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://rightlandia.ghost.io/
GOP primary voters in Florida’s House district 6 have a choice between a far right extremist islamophobe named Randy Fine; and Dam Bilzerian, a rank antisemite and conspiracy monger with 2.1 million followers on X. One of his followers is the President’s adult son, DJT Jr. What a world.
that's right folks, it's time again for the pomp, pageantry, and performance of the one and only Portland Adult Soapbox Derby
I’m starting to think that this Donald Trump fella is not the economic genius he claims to be.
Marketplace@marketplace.org · 2d agoFor the first time since World War II, the country’s debt is actually larger than the economy itself. Driven by surging federal spending, the government has already borrowed almost $2 trillion in fiscal year 2026 and is on track to borrow even more before the year is over.
I remember when Bill Clinton—a FORMER president—met Obama’s sitting AG on an airplane and it was a massive scandal. Now, here’s Trump’s new AG just doing Trump political rallies like it’s NBD.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoNewly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is speaking at a Trump rally to endorse Bruce Blakeman
Can you imagine what this would look like if she tried to walk, talk, AND chew gum at the same time?
Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 2d agoFirst day in a human body:
To be taught to children in US base schools
Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 2d ago"Historians and educators who reviewed excerpts of the text told The Associated Press it depicts points throughout history in misleading ways, representing Western civilization and Christianity as one and the same and casting Islam as a threat to both." apnews.com/article/defe...
I am not the first to make this point but imagine a woman president obsessing constantly over her “ballroom” as the economy imploded and her war spun out of control
The back of his head is giving VP Ashley Barrett from Season 5 of The Boys vibes.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "The economy is doing unbelievably from the standpoint of Wall Street"
There’s something wonderfully ironic about a Canadian reactionary marketing a lifetime membership to his shitty propaganda mill to Americans by charging $1776 for it.
The term “goyslop” emerged out of online neo-Nazi discourse as a shorthand for the supposed Jewish/Communist conspiracy to use the media, marketing, medicine, & mass consumption to drain white men of their manly essence & lull them into complacency so as to make possible one world Jewish domination.
I’m down for changing the name of Virginia to Viagkna.
Mar Hicks@histoftech.bsky.social · 3d ago🎶my old venecky home🎵
Woah, a court filing says federal agents spied on churches in the Twin Cities! This is a serious allegation & another sign of how the Trump administration is not actually pro-religious liberty:
Josh Kovensky@joshkovensky.bsky.social · 3d agoNSPM-7 Watch: federal agents sent an undercover informant to a Sunrise Movement meeting, obtained years of financial records for labor unions, and spied on churches during and after Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-spi...
Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.
The pundits have completely lost the plot
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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It’s interesting how siblings can sometimes be such opposites of each other, like the way Toulouse-Lautrec had a square, painfully boring brother, Tootight-Lautrec.
My son was five when he looked out the door on a rainy Halloween eve, then down at the basket of candy we were handing out, and asked “why do I have to walk around and ask other people for candy when we have a whole bunch right here?” So I’d say they’re ready by 5.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d agowhat age would you say is appropriate to begin the ruthless criticism of all that exists? asking for a Sweet Baby who loves for her father to read her The Pout Pout Fish and other ideologically dodgy texts
A t-shirt my mother-in-law bought and wore in the late 1970s.
This is a perfect encapsulation of who Trump considers to be indispensable and who is disposable.
Dan Lamothe@danlamothe.bsky.social · 4d agoSCOOP: People on the airport catering truck used to secretly move President Trump off an Air Force One 747 in Turkey included: - Dan Scavino - Walt Nauta - Natalie Harp No Cabinet-level officials were on that truck. wapo.st/3S47ztG
I ain’t reading all that but that sucks for you Chuck or it doesn’t suck for you anymore.
Luke Steuber@coolhand.bsky.social · 4d ago🤣 I can’t believe this is a real article. I read it thinking “I’m sure the point of this will be evident soon” but nope, it’s a NYT piece about a social media post about a vacuum that broke.
It’s so generous of Fox News to help their older viewers try to understand why their adult children might have cut ties with them. Many people are saying that the host of this segment will be wearing a hot dog suit for some strange reason.
This is absolutely WILD. Here's the dashboard video posted by @fritschner.bsky.social. Fast forward to about 1 minute. An ICE officer jumps out of a van and pulls a gun on this woman immediately before lying and claiming she "almost ran us over." *profanity warning if watching in public.
Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · 5d agoVideo of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
these guys need to go to jail for this, theres no coming back from this without it
Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · 5d agoVideo of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
Sean Feucht built a multimillion-dollar empire while becoming a regular presence in Trump’s White House. This profile examines how one of Christian nationalist most influential figures built a political and religious network while remaining a key ally in post–Project 2025 America.
The Many Kingdoms of Sean Feucht
Sean Feucht built a multimillion-dollar Christian nationalist empire while becoming a regular presence in Trump’s White House. As whistleblowers allege financial misconduct and a major donor sues for ...
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The @nytimes hasn't written a single article asking if "voters will think Tom Tiffany is too radical" because he is an election-denying, pro-ICE, authoritarian extremist. Somehow, his position on the political spectrum has disappeared completely from the National and State Conversations™️
Will Wisconsin Voters Think Francesca Hong Is Too Radical? Here’s Where She Stands.
The democratic socialist is the front-runner to win the Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin on Tuesday.
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Hard to believe that some people thought he wasn’t Attorney General material.
I’ll see your diarrhea lettuce and raise you some flesh-eating bacteria.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5d agoNine people have been infected and five have died this year after coming into contact with warm seawater, where the bacteria naturally live, according to Louisiana health officials.
h/t @svdate.bsky.social on the other site: “In other words everyone aboard the real 747 AF1 — crew, guests, press pool — was considered expendable.” what a story
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5d agoBreaking news: An Iranian assassination threat against President Trump prompted an operation in which he flew secretly from Turkey on an alternate military aircraft while the White House said he was aboard Air Force One, The Post has learned.