Mike G.
@mestizoqueso.bsky.social
🇲🇽🇺🇸 Historian, Professor, Dovahkiin, Sci-fi novel and strategy gaming enthusiast. My wife said I can join your gang as long as I am back home by dinner.
Robin Hood Men In Tights: Witty Gaze
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Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 4h agoThe United States has removed counterterrorism sanctions from two aircraft and three airlines with links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to details posted to the U.S. Treasury Department's website on Wednesday. ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
"So facts can't persuade him by definition." That in itself is the definition of MAGA.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h agoIt's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...
I'll be disappointed if Stevens wins, but mostly what you should take away from tonight is that the coalition really is divided between factions with lots of genuine support, we can't wish the other side away, and we're all going to have to learn to live with each other if we want to win.
TBH Skinner did it better.
Principal Skinner: Am I Out Of Touch? No, It's The Children
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 15h agoTrump: "Then they say, 'On the economy, Trump is at 42%.' I shouldn't be at 42%. We have the greatest economy maybe in the history of the world."
It doesn’t look like Dearborn has been counted yet, so it seems like El-Sayed will win. But, he has a lot of work to do in the next three months. A lot.
G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 16h agoLooks like a 10-15 point polling miss in Michigan regardless of who wins. And people have been writing a lot of electability takes using this data. It’s dangerous out there folks be safe
So the stock market jumped up at the hope of deal that has been tried already?
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · yesterdayDeal isn’t looking so good it seems…. While Iranian diplomats initially welcomed the proposal because it preserved some control over the strait, Tehran has demanded the right to collect fees, potentially shared with Oman, as well as guarantees against renewed attacks,
Ellison is hemorrhaging cash, partially because he and Weiss believed that they could lean right and 1. Pull viewers from Fox News and 2. Keep their centrist audience. Neither has materialized and I can’t see a scenario where it ever happens.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · yesterdayDavid Ellison defended his deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in a op-ed in the New York Times, claiming that Democratic state attorneys general are fighting him in court because of false perceptions about his politics and stewardship of news organizations.
Not being a market guy, you would think that it would stop reacting to shit like this at some point, right?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayBessent: "We've seen President Trump last week threaten what would have been the largest military campaign since World War 2 against the Iranians, and now because of that we are in talks with the Iranians. I think there's a chance we may have a deal today or tomorrow to open the strait."
Election season is on full swing here in TX, which means that it’s time for Republican campaign ads where they promise to save Texas from the past thirty years of Republican Party rule.
I guess that well publicized family reunion was short lived.
Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 2d agoIt’s August 2026 and Aaron Rodgers is having a full blown meltdown about Anthony Fauci.
There's a chunk of right-wing media desperate for a "quieter" immigration strategy (see the disappearance of "mass deportation" language on Fox www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...) but also a bunch of extremely loud voices demanding deranged maximalist policies.
Fox stars dropped “mass deportation” language months ago
President Donald Trump’s Fox News propagandists walked away from describing his immigration policy as “mass deportations” weeks or months before a top White House aide reportedly urged House Republica...
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Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d agoWhat triggered MAGA was Markwayne Mullin saying we should fix agricultural visas. The real transgression was Mullin admitting immigrants can help the economy, and that reform can *actually achieve this.* MAGA wants migration to be seen as fundamentally unmanagable. newrepublic.com/article/2138...
At the risk of sounding naive, what is to stop Blanche from saying “lol jk” and paying out the J6ers after he’s confirmed?
CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoRepublican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Monday they will advance Donald Trump's nominee after he rescinded the president's "anti-weaponization" fund. https://cnn.it/4bZYuZv
Notice there is not a single mention of prices. Evidently, even his delusions have limits.
Max Boot@maxboot.bsky.social · 2d agoA report from an alternative universe where Trump’s poll numbers haven’t cratered and he hasn’t lost the Iran war.
There is no plan other than to cull the herd.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoBASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?
Significant development in the Max Miller saga in #OH07, with Sen. Bernie Moreno - Miller's former father-in-law - finally speaking out against Miller *and* his re-election campaign. Keep in mind that unsubstantiated rumors have floated around that Miller has dirt on Moreno.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d agoSen. Bernie Moreno finally speaks out on Rep. Max Miller: “If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them. He should not serve in the House of Representatives.”
Patrick Stewart's Mild Shock Reaction
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Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 3d agoIran state media report Tehran has rejected a US-backed Qatari proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, denying reports that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accepted the deal. gulfnews.com/world/mena/u...
Two things: 1. Above all else Kennedy is a narcissist and he absolutely hates getting called out. Always has. 2. He’s definitely running in 28.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoRFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking
Here in El Paso hospitals were setting up tents to treat patients and freezer trailers were rented by the city to preserve the dead.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoRFK Jr: Trump wanted to end lockdowns. In Fauci's diary, he talks about how the president was calling him trying to get him to reopen the country BASH: The lockdowns were down by governors K: They cited Fauci B: Govs were hearing from hospitals that their ICUs were overrun K: That's not true
Texas has a large middle class that doesn't vote at high rates. Not because it is difficult to register but because it all seems pointless. Turnout as a function of GDP/capita is 2nd lowest (Hawaii). This isn't "voter suppression" like you'd imagine 1/
Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d agoThe questions are no longer about whether Talarico is ahead and can he win. The answers are clearly yes and yes. Even Fox News now has him over 50%. The question is whether Texas Republicans can successfully suppress enough votes to swing the election. They are taking active measures to do so now.
He dumped water we needed in LA to fight the Palisades wildfires into the Central Valley just to fuck us over and it wasted water they needed for the grow season. No one remembers this either. It's insane.
Stephen Judkins@stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 4d agoIt's pretty infuriating that Trump is denying disaster aid to Oregon for political reasons and I have barely heard anything about it, while Biden was falsely accused of doing the exact same thing to North Carolina and millions of people believed that
And he would absolutely approve of it
Michelle@michelleroy78.bsky.social · 4d agoOnly 3 more days until Mitch McConnel is declared dead.
This will likely lead to new charges being filed next week, regardless of how quickly they get thrown out of court
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is truly a sick individual.
Trump couldn’t even get Morris Day to perform at his shitty party.
The boxes of wine in the greater DC area have no idea what kind of weekend they’re in for.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 5d ago🚨 BREAKING: The DOJ is moving to dismiss the indictment against David Hearn in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case and is admitting the damage was the result of a flawed, botched installation job, not vandalism.
oh is it caravan season again it always comes around so fast
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump: "If we're not in office our country will be invaded at levels that make Spain look small time. That's gonna be a talking point for the midterms."
