@sam-anthashepp.bsky.social
Please remember that much of the world is smarter than average Americans, and infinitely more politically aware. They know that Trump isn’t an aberration. He’ll be gone soon, but our knuckle-dragging, moronic electorate will elect another monster instead. We can’t be trusted.
Between the catastrophic floods in Nepal and Na’alehu, it is no longer a question of whether we can’t stop climate change but whether we can mitigate the worst risks to most vulnerable communities.
Not Eminem, too! 😭😭😭😭😭 EVERYBODY LOVED DOLLY!!!!
Feeling resentful lately that I need as much sleep as I do (following this June autoimmune flare, the stress of this job market, problems with my landlord, the neverending horrors) working hard to remind myself that rest isn't just a good idea, it's a requirement to keep myself able to keep going
SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️@skwinnicki.bsky.social · last yr.Friendly neighborhood stress physiology enthusiast here to remind you to be gentle with yourself and members of your community! To some degree everyday is unprecedented for your body (that’s how time works) but these times have some especially unprecedented stressors. We need care! Tips: 1/14
INCREDIBLE STORY. Everyone should read about Colonel Fred Vann Cherry.
Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 6d ago⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Maj.(later Colonel) Fred Vann Cherry was a career U.S. Air Force officer and pilot who became the first and highest-ranking Black pilot captured and held as a P.O.W. during the Vietnam War. Pull up a seat🪑my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
‘Utter insanity’: Jaws drop as details spill on Trump admin’s Canada demands #FQtrump www.rawstory.com/trump-canada...
‘Utter insanity’: Jaws drop as details spill on Trump admin’s Canada demands
Onlookers were left stunned Sunday as new details emerged regarding the now-collapsed U.S.-Canada trade negotiations, details that include a series of extraordinary demands from the Trump administrati...
rawstory.com
I feel like a guy who regularly attacks and strategizes on how to take down Democrat candidates, while having clandestine meetings with Republicans to figure out how to work with them, is... Not a Democrat? But what do I know.
Your regular reminder that if not for the Trump and Bush tax cuts, federal revenues would keep pace with federal spending indefinitely. Instead, these tax cuts have added at least $10 trillion to the debt. The so called "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.
SAD: The average American makes enough money in one lifetime to pay for 22 seconds interest on Trump crushing national debt.
It’s official: the Nerd Reich podcast is getting banned from YouTube….the week of my book launch! Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism. They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work. Buy the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
I was marginally curious about the so called Patriot Games, and there was American Ninja Warrior course-but much easier, plus Dave and Busters basketball! Thanks, Myron, for the recap!
Author Myron J. Clifton@deardean22.bsky.social · 2w agoHere’s your recap of the Patriot games. I watched so you didn’t have to lol
once again this is useful for demonstrating that the media that spent 25 years using "gotta support the troops we love the troops do you support our brave troops" as a cudgel against anyone opposed to war were full of shit this entire time. they never even cared a little tiny bit about the troops
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoQ: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln TRUMP: No they're not Q: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough.
"I’m hoping that now we’re through primaries, we can shift from the argument about who might theoretically be electable to just, well, electing Democrats, but also pushing them to articulate how they’ll solve our problems." (gift link)
Perry: Can moderates actually fix our problems?
It seems like the biggest and best ideas are coming from the further left, David M. Perry writes.
startribune.com
Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.
The pundits have completely lost the plot
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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I think part of the pundit crack-up has been that they missed the big call of their lifetimes about which was the bigger threat to America: wokeness or authoritarianism. And rather than admitting that, they are doubling down on wokeness, while ignoring an authoritarianism that does not threaten them
Sam Ulmschneider@samulmschneider.bsky.social · 2w agoNormally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.
Every so often a politician does the unimaginable—Obama in 2008, AOC in 2018. Dr. Abdul El Sayed is doing it again in Michigan, and corporate media is wholly missing the moment. He's united Michigan and struck enough fear into MAGA Mike Rogers that he so far won't debate him. Let's Address This.
Dr. Abdul El Sayed Is Doing Something Historic That Corporate Media Is Ignoring
Despite an unprecedented level of attacks, he's on the cusp of making history—and corporate media turning a blind eye is a detriment to all of us
qasimrashid.com
The Russians are quickly learning the lessons Ukrainians are teaching them the hard way, on the battlefield. If Western armies don't swallow their pride and also learn from Ukrainians in easier conditions, they'll end up like France and Britain versus Nazi Germany in 1940.
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
vox.com
There's no reason a politician should have a better healthcare plan than any of their constituents regardless of military service. I say this as a Veteran.
@rain-singer.bsky.social · 4w ago
France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼
The world's first trillionaire received 38 Billion Dollars from the US government. But, no, we won't have enough money to pay for school lunches for your kids. Or give you healthcare. Reposted again... Don't buy Tesla cars etc etc
Imagine devoting your life to public health, responding to two major pandemics, and then having to talk with these dipshits
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
The website still says 14. One of the service members not being counted is Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad from Queens. She was married to a woman she met in the Army, and one of our podcast listeners pointed out that fact was not acknowledged at a recent memorial service. So I am acknowledging it here.
Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · last mo.As of this morning, Trump's Pentagon still only counts 14 service members as having been killed in the War in Iran. The Pentagon claimed last night it was a tech error. It has not been fixed. They are refusing to count four service members. You can see it here: dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/conflic...
Morally, legally, economically the war on Iran is disastrous and the disaster goes on for years no matter what happens now. But what cannot be overstated is that in pure national security terms it is also an unmitigated catastrophe.
