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https://substack.com/@shazbotvexed Phish-loving early retired ex-lawyer living in Portugal "Outlive" on Phish.net Been told I am a “one-man woke mob.”
Donald Trump hates our military service members, veterans, and their families And Republicans love him for it
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 12h agoPresident Donald Trump’s administration has detained more than 50 spouses and parents of U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families, an AP investigation has found.
Republicans only believe in states’ rights when the “states’ right” is to enslave human beings.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
It’s almost impossible to overstate how awful the New York Times is and the amount of harm they have done to America over the last decade, encapsulated here in one screenshot.
Republicans are perverts It’s why they want to force genital inspections on children It’s why they elected a credibly accused child rapist as their President And it’s why they continue to keep the Epstein files hidden and don’t care that Blanche gave Maxwell a transfer to Club Fed
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
If markets are so great, why are they so easily fooled by Trump tweets?
Nothing to see here. Just the convicted felon, judicially adjudicated sexual assaulter, credibly accused child rapist, and sundowning Republican President being implicated in money laundering by his former bank The GOP is the party of crime Republicans love their criminal-in-chief
Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · 4d agoThe disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.
Fucking fascist regime arrested a guy for a crime they knew he didn’t commit All to assuage a wannabe dictator’s ego And the NYT and WaPo will sane-wash and normalize it In a sane country Trump would be impeached and removed from office over this (and at least 100 other things)
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 5d ago“Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation.” A major concession from President Trump’s team after he repeatedly claimed the problem was caused by vandals. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Trump and all his MAGA cult supporters have been lying about his destruction of the reflecting pool for weeks They waited until Friday night to drop their bogus case hoping nobody will notice And they’re probably right. Will the NYT cover this? Doubtful. It’ll all go down the memory hole
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 5d ago“Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation.” A major concession from President Trump’s team after he repeatedly claimed the problem was caused by vandals. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Republicans hate children
Matt Shuham@mattshuham.bsky.social · 6d agoThe Trump administration has gone months without paying attorneys who represent unaccompanied immigrant children as part of a years-old, congressionally-funded effort. The latest in a series of temporary bridge contracts ends tomorrow, with no replacement in sight: www.huffpost.com/entry/unacco...
This is a reasonable, empathetic, even moderate position IMO
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3w agoThis morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
Republicans want us all to get sick more often and more severely Republicans are either stupid, evil, or some combination of both
Annie Waldman@anniewaldman.bsky.social · 3w agoThousands of Americans are getting sick from a foodborne parasite, and federal regulators have still not publicly identified the source. So what's been happening in the federal government over the past year that might be a factor in this outbreak? 🧵⬇️
The GOP is the pro-nepotism, anti-merit party
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoGov. McMaster announces that he's picking Lindsey Graham's sister to finish Graham's term
Rubio admits that the USA wasted hundreds of billions of dollars, killed and injured dozens of American service members, murdered a bunch of innocent Iranian school kids, & destroyed the economy only to be in a worse strategic position than when the idiotic regime he is part of started the war
The War Monitor@warmonitor.net · 4w agoRubio admits the latest goal in Iran is to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and return it "back to the way it was" before Trump started the war.
Republicans want you to suffer from horrible, debilitating, but also entirely preventable diseases Republicans voted for this (literal) shit Republicans suck
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4w agoCDC stopped monitoring parasite now causing explosive diarrhea across the country
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Reason number 8,523,962 why I don’t subscribe to the New York Fucking Times
Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · 4w agoInteresting choice by NYT to publish an op-ed bemoaning America’s projected population decline by a guy who’s massively racist against immigrants and compares IVF to “Nazi eugenics.” The “pronatalists” only want more of a very specific kind of person in this country. It gives the game away.
Headlines in every newspaper this week if we had a functioning press in the United States: “Palm Beach Names Airport After Felon and Credibly Accused Child Rapist”
The two parties are NOT “the same.” Exhibit No. 4,372,853
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 4w agoNEW: The Associated Press has called the Colorado GOP Gov primary for ministry leader Victor Marx. Here is my interview with Marx in May about his unsubstantiated claims, the number of people he's killed as a civilian, and the exorcisms he performs.
WIFE: Trump is like all the spoiled children in CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY combined. ME: Yes. And somehow he is also four old people in a bed.
Democratic Centrists Need to Stop Saying “Both Sides” Have “Extremes” Yes, democratic socialists are left of traditional Democrats. But they aren’t remotely as radical—or anywhere near as powerful—as the MAGA right. newrepublic.com/article/2125...
Democratic Centrists Need to Stop Saying “Both Sides” Have “Extremes”
Yes, democratic socialists are left of traditional Democrats. But they aren’t remotely as radical—or anywhere near as powerful—as the MAGA right.
newrepublic.com
The President of the United States apparently thinks that US passports are used by people coming to visit the country and not, you know, Americans leaving the country to go somewhere else
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · last mo.🤦♂️
Not sure how many times the GOP has to act to help criminals and deter crime-fighting before people will finally accept that the Republican party is the party of, by, and for criminals, led by the convicted criminal who keeps pardoning and trying to enrich his fellow criminals
UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □@ukbastard.bsky.social · last mo.Republicans Are Dismantling a Key Tool in the War Against Kleptocrats GOP lawmakers are pushing forward a bill to repeal a vital shell company database—completely undoing the biggest anti-kleptocracy step forward the U.S. has seen in decades. newrepublic.com/article/2118...
