I liked America better when we were forgiving of immigrants and cynical about rich people. I also liked it better when people liked the rebel alliance and hated the Empire.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13h ago

August 4, 2026

Just came back from Spiderman: Brand New Day. Very enjoyable. But one of the highlights was MJ listening to Brian Eno. youtu.be/AZKch8dZ61w?...

St Elmo's Fire (Remastered 2004)

YouTube video by Brian Eno - Topic

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"Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing." -- Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

Heh. It's funny 'cause it's... ...oh god.

Frank Conniff@frankconniff.bsky.social · yesterday

Just about all of the military’s stockpile of precision strike missiles are depleted, leaving America defenseless against reflecting pool vandals.

We've gone from "Time machine to kill baby Hitler" to "Time machine to give Adolf a heads up about Normandy."

Republican Senators are voting to confirm Trump’s lawyer to be AG when it just came out that Capital One shut down Trump’s accounts under suspicion of money laundering and Trump wants exemption from being investigated for tax fraud. THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS.

I don't believe you will find a better, more concise, assessment.

Randy Samples💙@randysamples.bsky.social · yesterday

If America was truly great, Donald Trump would NOT be president.

Once again. It's simple! The only reason that the Epstein files have not been published is that they incriminate the president of the United States, and those others who are in a position to stop them from being released.

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

These people are monsters and worse, without exception.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Downplay a book or movie: Puppy Day Afternoon

k_the_okayest@ktheokayest.bsky.social · 4d ago

Downplay a book or movie: The Okay, the Not Okay, and the Ugly

Again, I'd say that Anthony Fauci needs to leave the United States. These fuckers won't stop until they publicly execute him. thehill.com/homenews/sta...

Louisiana AG says state will investigate Fauci after Senate hearing

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) said her state will investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci after a recent fiery Senate hearing where the retired government scientist pleaded the Fifth Amendment i…

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Daily reminder that we don’t have a president. We have a mob boss masquerading as one.

The White House plan to attract manufacturing businesses with a volatile regulatory environment, new arbitrary taxes (subject to change on a whim), and sending secret police to harass foreign workers has not led to more factory construction in the US. Why didn’t that work? I was told it would work.

The POTUS using the weight of the federal government to target random citizens as he personally defames them has become completely normalized. I guess once the government gets away with blatant murder, anything goes.

I need President Evil to pretend to have a deal with Iran again so I can afford to fill up my vehicle before Terrificon next week!

This rings true because this is the behavior we see day in day out, and have for 11 years now. We don't need an expert character witness to tell us this is true. That is him, those are the things he obsesses about, Dr. Fauci is dead on in his assessment.

Kittens in their natural habitat: Laundry #kittens

Then they hauled Tony Fauci up to Capitol Hill for questioning

Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell.bsky.social · 6d ago

Legend has it that the Pythagoreans murdered the man who discovered that the diagonal of a unit square is an irrational number, upsetting their mathematical philosophy.

Dr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name.

I drew this August 23, 2022, and it’s coming to pass.

This appears to have been the psychological motivation for DOGE: firing the most talented and dedicated public servants so that billionaires could prove to themselves that talent and dedication do not exist

Louis@louisevans.bsky.social · 7d ago

one thing that really defines Trumpism the lived ideology (as opposed to the various Potemkin Trumpisms touted by court philosophers) is the conviction that there are no skills, only sinecures.

man who tried to save millions during a pandemic > men who protect pedophiles and separate families.

I'm reposting this because today's absolute bullshit with Dr. Fauci - a genuine hero - really has me feeling it.

Kurt Weldon@kurtweldon.bsky.social · 2y ago

I always acknowledged the possibility that this nation's decline could happen within the lifetime of my children. But I really did not think it would happen within the lifetime of my cats.

Yep.

Eleanor Courtemanche@ecourtem.bsky.social · last wk.

This is why they’re going after Dr Fauci: he impeded grifters

They know they are inadequate and they hate Black achievement and I’m sick of the fucking lot of them.

Fast • Terrapin@machturtl.wearybones.rest · last wk.

This is like DOGE firing primarily Black women beaurcrats and calling it kkkleaning up. Everything. Anything we do. "Back in the stable".

Mom says it's my turn to break the ceasefire

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · last wk.

At least six Iranian missiles were fired towards U.S. bases in Jordan.