R. J. MacReady
@macreadything.bsky.social
Cowboy helicopter pilot, arctic research team member, flamethrower expert, thing killer. Opinions are my own? Arctic Tundra (a.k.a. Minnesota)
All this talk of "getting even" or payback or whatever. It's not "getting even". It's enforcing the law. Say that. Correct that. Don't fall into that trap. There's absolutely no reason to.
The people trying to force their religious beliefs on others are not Muslim.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoTrump: "We call the United States the House of God"
It isn't a difficult standard: Federal law enforcement actions that follow proper procedure and have considerable evidence of crimes = not weaponization Federal law enforcement actions that ignore proper procedure and lie to manufacture charges against people the president dislikes = weaponization
Whoever that reporter was, can we please get him to every press meeting? Please and thank you.
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 3w agoReporter: Do you believe that 5 deaths, potentially 6 from measles in Pennsylvania-- Staffer: We're not gonna talk about measles-- Reporter: He's the highest ranking health official in the country, he can answer that question. He's a Cabinet Secretary.
The owners of the oil tanker Minerva Zen travelling from St Petersburg to the US East Coast say it is actually carrying liquid fertiliser not oil.
Not only should brooks and others shut up. But Ossoff is the best example in the country of a Democrat playing dominance politics and using it to control the whole terms of his race.
Watch for the "Midterm Surprise!", will be wild!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump: "My Rally crowds & enthusiasm are unbelievable! Nobody has seen anything like it. We are flipping races all over... the Dumocrats never counted on this. Thanks you to the great Networks covering the Rallies in full. They are being rewarded with BIG RATINGS. Watch for the 'Midterm Surprise!'"
A third aircraft carrier and a second Marine division has now been sent toward Iran, the WSJ is reporting. Looks like Trump wants to empty those stockpiles completely.
One of the biggest media failures (among many) of the past year has been the failure to cover the Venezuela "operation" for what it was--a smash-and-grab mafia state theft by the U.S. that violates international law and the rights of Venezuelans while achieving very damn little for the U.S.
These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time.
As if we needed more examples that demonstrate what we (Minnesotans) already know: that Emmer is a hypocriticial POS.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · last mo.L - Tom Emmer in 2024 on the House subpoenaing Hunter Biden. R - Tom Emmer today on why the House shouldn’t investigate Don Jr: He’s a private citizen.
How did we ever get along without snipers looming over a cemetery?
This all feels like Last Days of Rome stuff. Trump has totally lost control of everything.
If I just stop spending $500 a month at the grocery store, I'm saving $500 a month! That's just math!
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2mo agoHis dad definitely paid someone to take his SATs.
You can become a journalist to be a TV star or to join the elites or to write an American canto or you can become a journalist to challenge power and advocate for the powerless.
Built over decades, destroyed by Iran in days. This national security disaster is one for the history books…and all on Trump and Hegseth.
The devastation of NSA Bahrain is a national security warning
Opinion: If NSA Bahrain is not reconstituted to pre-attack capabilities, it will fundamentally change how the U.S. Navy operates, the author of this op-ed writes.
militarytimes.com
The UN’s International Maritime Organization says around 6,000 seafarers aboard roughly 400 ships are still stranded in the Persian Gulf, unable to safely exit through the Strait of Hormuz. This is Trump’s problem now, right, as America “owns” the Strait?
And if it was just diplomacy, why have an intelligence chief and no actual diplomats?
Spoiled child Trump will smash things if he can’t get his own way.
Trump administration says it might demolish the Kennedy Center if court blocks renovations
The DOJ attorneys called the Kennedy Center “structurally unsound, fundamentally unsafe, and embarrassing to the Nation’s Capital.”
nbcnews.com
standard. SCOTUS allows Trump to continue to create literal facts on the ground while they 'consider' his his meritless challenge. nothing is more important than reforming the court and ending its corruption.
Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 3mo agoJohn Roberts allows Trump to continue building his ballroom for now as the justices consider a legal challenge. @amarimow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
My sympathy is reserved for the victims of harm not the facilitators of harm.
TofuNYG 🏈🏳️🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊@groguspeak.bsky.social · 3mo agoNah, keep mocking the shit out of her
shorter trump: we're reducing tariffs to reduce the price you pay for ordinary stuff 🤔
Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3mo agoSocialism? Communism? Wut?
What folks miss is MAGA doesn't care if people think Trump cheated for the 1900th time. What worries is the image of an 80 yr old man wildly dependent on a clincially fangirlish 30-something who he appears to use as a kind of human emotional support blanket as his faculties & political power fade.
Senior IRGC official General Mohammad Reza Naqdi: “Victory is not enough. Iran wants revenge for Khamenei, and the Basij has been ordered to expand operations abroad.”
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have a public exhibition displaying downed aircraft from the war, including a US F-15E and several MQ-9 Reapers, as if the humiliation wasn’t enough already.