Just posting this because, as of yesterday, the US national debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time. The GOP: the party of fiscal responsibility. 🥴
John Berry
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Former manager of 2 comic shops, now trying my best to manage life in Oregon. I enjoy my Grandkids, Movies, Comics, Snoopy, Uncle Scrooge, Music, good Sci-Fi shows, Powells Bookstore and more.
I wonder why backers of the Paramount merger are resorting to shady astroturf operations like "Neighbors for Strong Communities," a fake organization with an address in Washington, DC that's a nondescript black door next to an Italian restaurant texting ppl in California about "Hollywood jobs"? Oh.
California AG Rob Bonta Says David Ellison Is “Desperate” and “Grasping at Straws”
In an expansive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Bonta laid out his strategy and took aim at the Paramount chief and emerging legal rival. “He cannot flee accountability.”
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Mark Ruffalo@markruffalo.bsky.social · yesterdayThis is the kind of BS we have to all call out hard. We are being played by the oligarchs and this is how they do it. Disinformation and fake grassroots movements.
Looks like the GOPiggies are really spooked about Talarico.
Trump to attend both nights of GOP's midterm convention in Dallas
Trump said today that he will be at both nights of the Republican Party's midterm convention in Dallas next month. “For the first time EVER, Republicans from
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Beware of lots of Starlink satellites appearing suddenly all over Texas as the election gets closer.
WIRED@wired.com · 7h agoSources tell WIRED that Elon Musk is expected to spend up to $200 million in the midterms. It could be a big boost for GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who’s struggled to raise cash. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
I enjoyed it. It's entertaining and the film grabs you enough that the time flies by. Plus, you have Anne Hathaway fighting dinosaurs. It's a good popcorn movie. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Making the Dodgers visiting the White House look even worse.
Baseball Enthusiast@iluvbaseball.bsky.social · 2d agoI don't know what to say anymore ICE is a dangerous institution and must be abolished
When you have no chance of winning fair and square, just claim "voter fraud." It's the Republican way.
Texas AG Paxton claims widespread noncitizen voting. Three people have been charged.
Among 53 cases that were referred for investigation, at least five people were listed as American citizens in previous court records, according to an NBC News review.
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Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.
More lying per the usual. In this case, grifting credit for things done by others.
Not even days in office and already violating the useless Hatch Act.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL! MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS SO USELESS THESE DAYS!!!
FelixTCat@felixtcat.bsky.social · 5d agoI didn’t know this happened. Did you know this happened. This is some BS for sure.
the brainwashing is mind boggling 🤦 #DrFauci #AnthonyFauci #covid #vaccines #science #vaccinessavelives #pandemic #vaccineswork #healthcare
Call every member of Congress. This is a fucking disgrace beyond measure. Switchboard phone number and call script in thread.
The US just told the world they weren't accepting their shipments unless the shippers figured out a way to remit the duty ahead of time... And then a US based company called Zonos just happened to be available for them to use. So the world increased their costs for Americans to cover the tariffs.
1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.
Trump's list of survivors and decoys or to quote singer/songwriter Jerry Reed, "When you're hot, you're hot when you're not, you're not. "
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · last wk.We can now divide Donald Trump’s cabinet into two categories: 1.) Those Donald wants to live (one person); and 2.) Those Donald doesn’t care if they live or die (the rest).
Well........we have a llama that rides the MAXX (he has a pass), so f it, why not? It's Portland. Besides, those goats might have had tickets for the Hollywood theater to see "The Odyssey" in 70mm. Do you even know how hard it is to get tickets to see it in 70mm in this town? I applaud you goats!
Steve Lieber@stevelieberart.bsky.social · last wk.There’s the PDX I miss. www.instagram.com/reel/Db8ytKn...
I'm sure this is just an odd coincidence, but big-budget remodeling is a notorious cover for money laundering.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last wk.WaPo Exclusive: The Trump admin is now set to spend at least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds. The price tag is much larger than previously reported, according to a Post review of confidential contracts. Taxpayers would cover most of it.
THIS!!!
Marie 🇨🇦@pawbaby2.bsky.social · last wk.Call it the MITCH Act. If a U.S. Senator can disappear from the job for months and still collect a full paycheck, working Americans shouldn’t have to choose between getting well, caring for family, and paying the bills. Paid leave for ALL. 🇺🇸 #USDemocracy #RisingBlue
Share this everywhere. This is no way to treat our men and women in the military.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · last wk.SHOCK REPORT: Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment, as families sound the alarm over severe mental health struggles, exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, + more, per Military Times.