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The “That’s No Ballroom, It’s a Space Station!” Edition

Trump is taking Washington hostage, I screwed up, and what’s to worry about Democratic Socialism?

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h ago

Trump: “The very complex and expensive structure, being built for the Military, at the White House … Also rising is the desperately needed Ballroom, something which former Presidents have wanted for 150 years, which sits under the elevated DronePort, and is paid for by Patriots — No Taxpayer Money!”

"don't make enough money" is a fig leaf All those degree programs--social work, art, etc.--have disproportionately female student bodies. This is designed to make it harder for women to attend college--college education being a key factor in women's autonomy from men & left-leaning voting pattern.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Working the market for Monday again.

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4d ago

Trump’s entire statement is a lie. It’s just this week’s walkback of a threat he isn’t willing to actually carry out. What incentive does Iran have to negotiate in good faith? The 30th “fire and fury” message from Trump simply doesn’t hit the same.

The main reason I’m not entirely convinced by the idea that Bernie Moreno is on the downlow and being blackmailed is because I don’t buy the premise that there needs to be a secret reason a Republican politician doesn’t care about his daughter getting abused

I don’t want to minimize Ukraine’s suffering, but using an ENTIRE BALLISTIC MISSILE to kill 9 people in a strategically-valueless building is just Russia showing the world it’s losing. Hitler’s V-weapons did more damage.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4d ago

Russian ballistic missiles killed at least nine people in Kyiv, officials said on Saturday. Ukraine’s supply of Patriot missile interceptors is dwindling, and on Friday, President Trump backed away from his promise to let Ukraine make them itself. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/w...

We're all a lot closer to becoming like those poor migrants lost at sea than we are to being roguish billionaire explorers. It may not feel like it from the relevant comfort of our lives such as they are right now but it's the truth.

The willingness to allow certain people to die

It’s a horrifying and disgusting contrast

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Black people and college-educated Whites are the highest-propensity voters in America, and trying to disenfranchise them just pisses them off.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 5d ago

"A new analysis of Black voters in the South indicates that Republican attempts to dilute their political power is driving them to the polls in larger numbers and shifting their counties further left."

The second Confederacy isn’t seceding; it’s expelling the Union.

Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 7d ago

This is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something

Terminal, brain dead institutionalism. Is corruption bad? Yes! Will Trump figure out how to use this new agency and its authorities against his enemies? Also yes!

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 6d ago

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) is set to introduce legislation to create a new federal agency to investigate corruption in response to President Trump’s administration ahead of the midterm elections.

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Whenever I hear about how many Americans don’t know how they’d come up with $500 for an emergency, I ponder their Venn diagram overlap with owners of kitted-out AR-15s. I need to add a new circle.

When my Boy Scout troop went camping, we backpacked into the woods and pitched tents. When my sister’s Girl Scout troop went camping, they slept on cots in a barn. I became an Eagle; she quit. End the Girl Scouts and finish the merge.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w ago

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “When the Boy Scouts of America voted in 2017 to welcome girls into its core programs, I described Cub Scouts to my Girl Scout troop of 10 girls,” Erica Song writes. “Seven of them made the switch and have never looked back.”

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Obscene.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2w ago

FFS 🤦‍♂️ The Pentagon removed the names of 4 servicemembers who died in Jordan from their official list of casualties. They explain that this is because "their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

John Carl Baker@johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 9mo ago

It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.

“Sometimes, after a long day of posting and getting bribes, it’s nice to commune with the image of another president who liked raping underage girls.”

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2w ago

President Trump installed a statue of Thomas Jefferson in the Rose Garden last week, according to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the yet-to-be-announced move — continuing Trump’s effort to remake the White House and Washington.

Trump is so glum to have to be doing this thing where everyone is booing and nothing is about him.

Hegseth wants the US military to be more Spartan, which does unfortunately involve being beaten up by the Persians

People really don’t want a guillotine in Piccadilly.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w ago

From @theathletic.com: England defeated France, 6-4, holding off a furious comeback to win third place in the World Cup.

This enhances patriot and SM-6 resupply how?

Widow's Bay DSA@gonebabygone.bsky.social · 3w ago

The fact that the military appears to be trying to specifically recruit Thomas Crooks does make me kind of see where people who think Butler was an inside job are coming from

This is entirely Pete Hegseth’s doing.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w ago

Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona is set to report a political treasury of nearly $25 million across his federal accounts, emerging as one of the Democratic Party’s top fund-raisers as he considers a potential presidential run.

MSU is up! Trump is taking DC hostage, I was wrong about Graham Platner, and there’s no reason to fear the DSA. open.substack.com/pub/morestab...

The “That’s No Ballroom, It’s a Space Station!” Edition

Trump is taking Washington hostage, I screwed up, and what’s to worry about Democratic Socialism?

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morestableunion.substack.com/p/the-critic... Critical Asshole Theory remains the best thing I ever wrote. www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

The "Critical Asshole Theory" Edition

In which I create a whole new theory of social science—but trigger warning, this one has language!

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Man, that sounds really bad in a country where practically any psycho can easily get their hands on a gun and where all our kids have to do active shooter drills, and no one has more power to do something about that than the person talking.

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 3w ago

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told lawmakers Tuesday that a sharp increase in threats targeting her and other justices is increasingly encroaching on their personal and family lives. https://to.pbs.org/4f1DhjZ

We want so very hard to believe (and probably are mostly right) that the NG guys really don’t want to be out there, while the ICE/CBP guys all signed up for this. We’ll definitely have a “Myth of a Clean Army” when this is over.

Ben Plume@pittbaster.bsky.social · 3w ago

I have been shook by how little traction the Memphis Guard shooting got here in particular. Seems tailor-made for this platform to rage about, but I barely saw anything. And it got coverage! But “US Military shoots US Citizen dead on US soil” seems like it ought to dominate the news cycle.

Have you ever heard the Tale of Darth Mitch the Wise? It is not a tale the Democrats would tell.

(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve@braak.bsky.social · 3w ago

McConnell on his deathbed, reaching out and snatching Lindsay Graham's lifeforce so he can keep going for another six months.

👨🏻‍🍳💋

chris “bluesky” poster@chrisrd19.bsky.social · 3w ago

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

Israeli Settlers Demonstrate They Are Exactly Who Democrats Say They Are.

Adam Gurri@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 4w ago

This does not strike me as an action likely to reverse the loss of support among Democrats for Israel www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...

I hope Trump Admin employees never plan to take a Viking River Cruise in retirement, because they’ll all have multiple extradition warrants waiting the moment they step outside the U.S. better buy your winnebagos now!

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4w ago

Mexico will request criminal charges over 17 Mexicans who died in ICE custody or during immigration enforcement operations by the Trump admin.

Want to know how long it took German higher learning to recover from 12 years of Nazism? Never. 81 years after WWII, still not back.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 4w ago

The US global dominance in higher ed & scientific innovation was based on strong govt investment and an ability to attract top international talent. Trump is weakening both: "In this century, overall, the émigré fraction for U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry and medicine now stands at 40 percent."