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Mercenary Apothecary

@mercapothecary.bsky.social

Political scientist focused on WI higher ed, elections & conspiracy theories during the day, Scotch and jazz after hours...

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Josh@joshmallow.bsky.social · 2w ago

Nothing he’s saying here should illicit the reaction we’ve see from so many in the admin tonight. He scored a direct hit on something.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Ossoff on why he invoked Natalie Harp during his speech: "We're in wartime. The commander in chief has mired us in this geopolitical disaster. People have lost their lives ... and he retreats into this bubble of West Wing aides who are his security blanket to make him feel good about himself"

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2w ago

The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”

Mercenary Apothecary@mercapothecary.bsky.social · 3w ago

The best part about watching @radiofreetom.bsky.social play Whack-A-Mole with these folks is that it gives me a whole new list of people to block.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3w ago

You can try that approach. (Lord knows, I wrote about it and wish people would see it.) But I'm gonna say it AGAIN: People on the left wore out the words "Nazi" and "fascist" and candidates who use them - even if they're right - will get written off as kooks.

Mercenary Apothecary@mercapothecary.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I have a lot of respect for Mark, but this is the thinking from the institutionalist wing of the Democratic Party that has allowed so many of our guardrails to be overrun.

Mark Zaid, Esq@markzaidesq.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are witnessing MAGA equivalent of destruction of Democratic Party through election of progressive Socialists. If you think this ends well for country, I believe you're sadly mistaken. Extremism on one side simply fuels opposite growth on other side. We need moderates.

Matt Oswalt@mattoswaltva.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NBA is rigged! when Spurs had 29 point lead the game should have been immediately stopped and Spurs declared winner. Instead officials decides to play "4th quarter?" and Knicks "somehow" score enough baskets to win. Fraud!

Ed Burmila@edburmila.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Again: for any big liberal donor who wants to funnel millions into fixing this country's politics, the ROI on buying any struggling paper and simply tasking it with doing real reporting on local news is vastly higher than the same $$ given to some group that does mass ad buys every election year.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The nonprofit that runs the successful, Pulitzer-winning Baltimore Banner is going to take over the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Of all the possible outcomes here, this is likely the best we could have hoped for. apnews.com/article/pitt...

Mercenary Apothecary@mercapothecary.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Reminder #56,413 as to why they will never get another dime from me.

Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC@mattnegrin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Last month the NYT said AOC "struggled" to give an answer on Taiwan and quoted her with "uhs" and "ums" to make her look stupid Yesterday talking about Hormuz Trump claimed he's heard from "numerous countries" and said "uh" four times. The NYT deleted the "uhs" and paraphrased him to look smarter:

NYT on Feb. 13, 2026: The visit also demonstrated the relative foreign policy inexperience of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, who has made a few overseas trips since taking office but does not sit on any House committees devoted primarily to world affairs. She struggled at times to formulate succinct answers at a nighttime panel session, during which she was asked probing and specific questions about how to respond to international crises. Questioned about whether the United States should send troops to defend Taiwan if China invaded the island, she stalled for roughly 20 seconds before offering a substantive response. “I think that, uh, this is such a, a — you know, I think that — this is a, um — this is of course, a, uh, a very longstanding, um, policy of the United States,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said, before saying that the country should try to avoid reaching that point with China in the first place.
Omg. WTF is Happening?@lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · 8mo ago

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
RepJackKimble@repjackkimble.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Pete Hegseth announced that mission command tracked a small one man flying vehicle attempting to smuggle sacks believed to contain fentanyl into the United States last night. The vehicle was engaged and there were no survivors. In addition to the pilot, 8 reindeer were also destroyed.