Back in June he claimed that the vandalism occurred "in the dark of night."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h agoTrump: "Everybody saw the vandalism. All you have to do is look at the tape." (There is no tape. Trump is nuts.)
Matthew Shadle
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Theologian, ethicist, higher ed administrator. USCCB Representative to National Council of Churches Faith and Order Convening Tables. Interrupting Capitalism (2018). The Origins of War (2011).
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago
Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
lol he keeps taking credit for people winning literally uncontested primaries bsky.app/profile/trum...
TrumpReposter@trumpreposter.bsky.social · 19h ago
Senator Banks calls the Supreme Court’s decision not to change the law on birthright citizenship “the worst Supreme Court decision of my lifetime.” Keep in mind that he was born and lived his entire life under the legal interpretation of the 14th Amendment the Court kept in place.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdaySen. Jim Banks refers to American citizens as "the babies of invaders" and compares them to Nazi spies and terrorists
When people get thrown under the bus like this, I wonder if they ever think back and ask, “Was he bullshitting about the other stuff, too?” Unfortunately, I think I know the answer.
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · yesterdayCBS confirms that Jeanine Pirro's big white box has all the evidence that the reflecting pool was Trump's contractor's fault. Which will be of interest for @normeisen.bsky.social, just so he can make sure he gets it all. 🤣 www.cbsnews.com/news/pirro-b...
“Crumbled” falsely implies that at some point they had apparent solidity.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · yesterdayPresident Trump has lashed out at U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after she dropped vandalism cases and blamed damage at the Reflecting Pool on rushed and flawed work. The pool’s problems are sparking tirades from Trump inside the White House.
Let’s not forget that, in general, the president shouldn’t be thinking at all about what US Attorneys are doing.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d ago“.. The president is ‘furious’ with Pirro, one of the sources said, telling CNN that he fumed about her all weekend.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
I also think in general people aren’t very good at weighing what actually happened against what *would have* happened. We like to weigh the former against the status quo ante, even if it was no longer tenable.
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d agoit’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy
The fact that the stated goal of the solicited ideas is to "pressure and punish Iran" further goes to show what I've been saying all along: this admin sees the path to victory purely in attritional and punitive terms. 1/2
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2d agoA senior officer in US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) intelligence branch emailed a broad group of military analysts seeking “new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran.” A second source indicated a similar request went out the prior week.
absolutely baffling image. like it clearly implies only the Muslim fish (?) has a chance of beating the fascist one
"A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online."
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
theguardian.com
ICE agents threatened to beat up a Seattle small business owner, married to a citizen, with NO criminal record unless he signed a "voluntary" departure. I'm told there were cameras in the room. I'm demanding any video and that Eduardo be brought home immediately.
Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · last wk.On Thursday, ICE needlessly detained Eduardo Aguirre Esparza, a local Seattle small business owner with no criminal history. This is a man who is married to an American citizen and with deep ties to our local community who was working hard to pursue a legal pathway to lawful permanent residence.
Korn guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch and Mike Huckabee performing “Blind” on Huckabee (2019)
The only known photo from Weezer and Slipknot's planned co-headlining "Sleezer" tour. The tour was canceled after Shawn 'Clown' Crahan punched Rivers Cuomo in the chest while the singer/songwriter was rehearsing "Across the Sea". (2002)
Repeat after me: I am not purer than Matt Yglesias. I am not purer than Lowtax. I am not purer than Adam Sandler. I am not purer than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But if I stand back and watch and learn, I will be purer than I am.
What gets me is the idea that Lindsey Graham is designing heaven. Huh?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Hannity: "My President, Lindsey probably has a heavenly version of Mar-a-Lago. It may even be a little bigger. I wouldn't be surprised if he added one big beautiful ballroom and an arch somewhere on the property. Because he would want to obviously duplicate his dearest friend in life. You."
In fact, the very term “prayer closet” comes from the King James Version translation of this passage.
karl rove knausgård@uhactually.bsky.social · last wk.he almost literally said to do that lauren
If I’m reading this correctly, Americans think Christians, atheists, and Muslims together make up over 100 percent of the population.
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · last wk.This actually explains something about how people talk about the Jewish community.
India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party calls off its nationwide protests as the country’s education minister resigns and the government agrees to a number of the activist movement’s demands.
‘Cockroaches won’: India’s youth protest leaders declare victory as minister resigns
India’s government has accepted all the major demands of protesters who took to the streets under the banner of the Cockroach Janta Party, the movement says.
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Actual mediæval knight: I may fight and kill as my calling, but I am not so uncouth, so foul, as to enter into the Presence of Our Lord bearing weapons of violence. “Trad” Priestfluencers: It’s ya boi Father C coming strapped with tha AR before the sanctuary! Don’t forget to like and subscribe!
Ordinary (Ruined) Catholic@ordinarycatholic.bsky.social · 2w agoUnreal..... I think this is photoshopped.... But the audacity.
Rogue OpenAI agents are leaving notes to themselves on company servers to help them escape their test environments (!!!) www.reuters.com/business/its...
For a very long time there was an international taboo on assassinating foreign leaders even of countries you were at war with, and the Trump administration thought it was because people were pussies not because "now they're gonna try to kill YOU"
Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 2w agoI’m sorry, but like, did they think that the enemy in a war would not actually try to kill them?
The varying marginal utility of money means there is no objectively correct answer here
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 2w agoIf you had a choice between instantly receiving £50,000 or a 50% chance to win £1m, which would you pick? £50,000: 73% 50/50 chance of winning £1m: 21% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
Also setting up the easiest economic boom ever for a Democratic successor.
Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 2w agoThe geniuses Trump's handers convinced him to hire, because they're grifting off of his dwindling cognitive abilities and pointless culture war issues that obfuscate the reasons behind wide-spread economic hardships, have decided to increase your cost of living finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...
Reminder if you are not Catholic do not say top o' the mornin'