Hey everybody, I'm going to claim that an apple is the same as an orange and let's all pretend that comparison is really insightful.
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Around 2,000 protestors returned to the Country Club Plaza on Saturday for another No Kings rally. The focus this time was on recruiting people to canvass, phone bank and register voters ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3.
Thousands of No Kings protesters return to Kansas City with a new focus: getting out the vote
Organizers said their focus was on recruiting people to canvass, phone bank and register voters ahead of Election Day. D
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Lincoln: “This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom” Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you” Reagan: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Trump: "I examined his ass"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump on Jon Husted: "I examined his ass"
Don't worry, Ted. There are plenty of moderate cisgender Christians who also hate Trump.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTed Cruz: "Right now, if you are left-wing transgender witch, you hate Donald Trump"
Had a good turnout for the Kansas City No Kings - Get out the Vote Rally.
Demonstrators return to Mill Creek Park and elsewhere around the metro on Saturday for another No Kings rally. Organizers say they're focused this year on recruiting people to canvass, phone bank and register voters.
No Kings protests in Kansas City seek to mobilize voters ahead of midterm elections
Demonstrators return to Mill Creek Park and elsewhere around the metro on Saturday for another No Kings rally. Organizer
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Add "for Tax Purposes" to a movie: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure for Tax Purposes
Peter Sagal@petersagal.bsky.social · 5d agoAdd "for Tax Purposes" to a movie: The Accountant For Tax Purposes
Vance would say same things about Jesus. Then they'd livestream his crucifixion
A night behind bars might be what he really owes considering Marshall multiple times had people who owed him money sent to jail.
A Senator Facing Re-Election Settles a Bakery Bill, 6 Years Later (Gift Article)
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in a difficult race, paid an old campaign debt for cookies, muffins and brownies after a baker’s story went viral online.
nytimes.com
It’s long past time for the U.S. to get a new president.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Trump: “I think it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president”
It's almost as if the committee is purposely trolling Trump.
Le Monde in English@english.lemonde.fr · 2w ago2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South Africa's Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Former REPUBLICAN governor. Also, I think the last Republican I ever voted for.
The Kansas City Star@kansascity.com · last mo.The former governor says Roger Marshall has turned his back on the people he’s supposed to represent. | Opinion
Translation: Venezuela is now OUR socialist dictatorship.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.RADDATZ: You attacked the Maduro regime as a "socialist dictatorship." Delcy Rodriguez was the VP of that regime. Why do you trust her? CHRIS WRIGHT: We have a lot of leverage over Venezuela. We control the sale of oil outside of their country. Right now they are forced to work in partnership w/ us
RADDATZ: You attacked the Maduro regime as a "socialist dictatorship." Delcy Rodriguez was the VP of that regime. Why do you trust her? CHRIS WRIGHT: We have a lot of leverage over Venezuela. We control the sale of oil outside of their country. Right now they are forced to work in partnership w/ us
this is ... in a narrow sense, accurate. but it is only another way of saying that one of the "benefits" of immigration crackdowns is reduced economic growth. So ... yay?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoBessent on the latest bad jobs report: "After the deportations that we've seen and the closing of the border, we don't need to produce as many jobs"
Because the markets are run by people want to make money after many months they understand that all the Trump admin talking heads are doing nothing but gaslighting about the state of the Iran War and the economy.
Why Treasury Secretary Bessent's moves to calm the bond market haven't worked so far
Interest rates rebounded Thursday despite efforts by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to put a lid on longer-term borrowing costs.
apnews.com
Not really the kind of answer one would want from the Secretary of the Treasury
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoBessent: "We've got a spike in oil prices today that I don't really understand"
Let me tell you I failed Macroeconomics 101 without telling you I failed Macroeconomics 101.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoBessent on the latest bad jobs report: "After the deportations that we've seen and the closing of the border, we don't need to produce as many jobs"
Can't get over the hodgepodge of conflicting messages. Gas prices aren't high, no prices are high, but they're coming down, no, green energy is responsible, no, it's patriotic to pay for high gas prices and stop whining.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoChris Wright claims preposterously that Democrats' "foolish green energy policies are at least as responsible for high energy prices as the conflict with Iran"
The secret to being treated well is to have evidence to use as leverage that Trump is a rapist and pedophile.
M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social · 2mo agoWelcome To Chumplandia.......
As Blanche has no ethical lines, what he says is technically true.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoWELKER: Can you pledge the DOJ will always act independently of the WH? BLANCHE: No, I'm not going to pledge that WELKER: So if the president asked you do to something that you feel crosses an ethical or legal line, would you do it? BLANCHE: He would never do that. He never has. He never will.