I like Gausman just fine, but Marquee doing a 20-minute interview in the middle of play is uncool

Stop the false equivalence. No other President sued his own government to secure immunity for himself and his family, created a fund to reward cop beaters, and demanded prosecution of his political enemies. Trump’s weaponization of DOJ is unprecedented and you just endorsed it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Tillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"

People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit

If you need to speak to Mitch McConnell he has been sitting in our bingo room for the last two months.

Folks, don’t do this to your loved ones. That phrase now has one meaning and one meaning only.

Erika Bakse@erikabakse.bsky.social · 2w ago

My husband texted me "IT HAPPENED" but it turned out to be about LeBron going to the 76ers. I had 2 minutes of beautiful serenity.

Esteemed friends, neighbors and colleagues, you do not need to start a letter with “My name is…” Really, you never do. That’s what the signature is for.

One of the most beautiful sights in town: the lights of Mario’s on a summer’s night.

making art@marigoldmagic.bsky.social · 2w ago

always necessary and better with friends

Bluesky knew the strait of Hormuz, Graham Platner, and AIPAC democrats were all cooked months before the experts did. Meanwhile Twitter was convinced Spencer Pratt would win and the Odyssey would bomb. Which site is the not-real-life echo chamber again?

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 2w ago

extremely funny to me that analysts whose entire job is to think about these possibilities are only now catching up to Bluesky Consensus

This shit with Taylor Farms is exactly what I’m talking about when I say you may say you “don’t do politics,“ but politics are more than happy to do you. The microbes political bribes got out the door and into your intestines don’t particularly care that you find it all beneath you.

What I'm watching for: Don't be party to his claims of voter fraud but do report the hell out of them. Treat it as a big story, but not the one he wanted. The main character is the American voter, not a renegade president. For the free press we're entering a danger zone. Use it or lose it.

When things are going great

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 3w ago

Pro tip: it's spelled d-i-a-r-r-h-e-a.

A few decades back, half the Republican homes in America, including my grandma’s abode, had this rendition of a blue-eyed Jesus hanging on the wall. I don’t remember a single Middle Eastern group kicking up a fuss and insisting that they were being “disrespected.”

What nobody wants to hear is that Democrats would have done a lot more progressive shit under Biden if there had just been more of them.

caring about victims of sexual assault is a feminine-coded concern, and there are some left wing men who seem like they'd prefer being called a misogynist by a woman on the left than a betacuck soy boy by a man on the right

Playing badminton with Mitch McConnell. We talked about the midterms and Iran. I took the first game 15-0 because he is unresponsive and lying on the ground.

i have been trying to unpack why the i told you so’s here feel so legitimate despite the horrific seriousness of the allegations. i think bc it’s so enraging that he was allowed to make it this far. that poor woman was forced to traumatize herself in public because pundits are too fucking stupid

rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 4w ago

normally i find this sort of crowing to be in poor taste because of what’s at stake. but i know a lot of pundit ass pundits follow me on here and i want every one of you to know i was right and you were wrong

And burnt the hell out of the topless towers of Ilium

Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 4w ago

Ol' Kit Marlowe would've written that this face launched a million bajillion ships

Look if you think it’s fine for Trump to corruptly get a red card revoked (or “suspended”) bc FIFA is already corrupt, maybe you understand the MAGA mindset better than you think. “All politicians are corrupt so it’s ok for Trump to be corrupt” is a very common maga rationalization

haha, thats a great post. unfortunately you phrased it in a way that allowed me, a moron, to misunderstand it

It should probably go without saying, but if you for any reason are calling for a public policy that involves sterilizing people, it's time to take a step back and ask yourself where the fuck you went wrong.

There is some small comfort in how Trump absolutely, positively refuses to give his enablers the smallest fig leaf of dignity.

Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · last mo.

No, see, "overruled 90 years of precedent in order to expand presidential power" is the way *critics* describe it. *Your* side says: resisting intrusion into core executive functions, protecting the sanctity of the separation of powers, and acknowledging that the precedent has been whittled away.

Saw a guy with a bumper sticker that said "good people dont defend the suffering of others" and also "i eat glue" We contain multitudes.

21st century America is a multiracial democracy whose commerce, culture and cuisine reflect the influence of immigrants from every country on earth. The only people seemingly unable to assimilate into this society are white Republicans.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."

It blows when you’re talking to your favorite CSO usher at the bus stop after the concert and apropos of nothing, she starts slamming various Black politicians and defending Trump. But I’ve been a big girl for a long time, so I enjoyed yelling NOPE and briskly walking away as bystanders laughed

The Supreme Court believes that there are exactly two forms of racial discrimination that the law must prohibit: Black people going to college, and Black people voting

Jameel Jaffer@jameeljaffer.bsky.social · last mo.

Compare Alito's description of Trump's racist statements (on the left) to Justice Kagan's anthology of Trump's racist statements (on the right). These are passages from this morning's opinions in Mullin v. Doe.

a big flag that says “SHAME” on it but just to fly when the Supreme Court issues rulings

Reminder: If you're the kind of person who complains about how "divided" we are, but not the actual reasons for that division, you are always welcome to adopt someone else's better and smarter opinions in the name of unity. :)

Check out this sword stuck in a stone!!

Finally, a politician who speaks for the owners of S corporations and other passthrough entities

Black Aziz Anansi@blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

This is some boomer shit lol.