Banana Republicans

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

After several years of seeing, at most, a rustling of marsh grass to go along with their call, I finally got a clear shot of a Virginia Rail! #birds #birding #birdphotography

This is the second time in one year the FBI has visited me over a document I lawfully published. If you want to know why media constantly refuses to publish things, here's why.

Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social · last yr.

The FBI just visited me for publishing the Elias Rodriguez manifesto. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-visits...

I’m only a Juris Doctor, but I diagnose Don Jr. as being a soulless moron.

Not only does this entire article send shivers up my spine, but I learned this morning that Clay was also fired from his job after this article came out. slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Courage to Be Decent

The goal isn’t to police all behavior at all times. It’s to make us fearful to the point that we police our own behavior.

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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

American Robin, Cold Spring Park, Newton MA. #birds

Ruby-crowned Kinglet staying still just long enough to get a shot off. Cold Spring Park, Newton MA. #birds

Blue Jay gathering material for a nest, Cold Spring Park, Newton MA #birds

American Goldfinch, Cold Spring Park, Newton MA #birds

White-breasted Nuthatch, Cold Spring Park, Newton MA. #birds

Well done! Lol.

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Bita Moghaddam@bita137.bsky.social · last yr.

FDA plans to phase out animal testing requirement for drug testing and replace it with “AI-based computational models of toxicity” and organoid toxicity testing www.fda.gov/news-events/...

Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

I got a new camera so expect to see more bird photos on my timeline as I use it as an excuse to get more exercise. This little guy (Eastern Screech Owl - Red Morph) happened to land near me while I was out at a family event with a camera with a flash connected.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

BREAKING: A federal court ruled that Alabama cannot prosecute people for helping others travel across state lines to access abortion care. This is a win for our freedom of speech and our right to travel freely.

‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff

So to be clear: 1) these folks weren’t using the highly secure networks we pay billions to maintain 2) we have no indication if they’re keeping copies of these chats for Federal Records Act compliance 3) a lot of this sounds like classified info 4) ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was accidentally included in a Signal group chat with top Trump administration officials, where top-secret war plans related to Yemen were shared. Full Story: bit.ly/4c4hqW2

I really look forward to a criminal prosecution for the leak of FALSE classified information.

We have arrived at the point where Iran’s supreme leader is critical of the Trump Admin’s record on civil liberties and human rights.

I'm completely losing my mind www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number.

A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.

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Report: A library and opera house that straddles the Canada-U.S. border and has been a symbol of binational friendship for 100 years will have its Canadian entrance cut off by U.S. authorities. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/214...

NEW: According to the @nytimes.com, the Trump administration is planning to argue that its invocation of the Alien Enemies Act allows it to enter the homes of any person who they believe are subject to the declaration WITHOUT A WARRANT. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

Administration Officials Believe Order Lets Immigration Agents Enter Homes Without Warrants

It remains unclear whether the Trump administration will apply the law in this way. But such an interpretation, experts say, would infringe on basic civil liberties.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.

It's a very short trip from "Impeach and remove judges who block Trump's agenda" to "Arrest members of Congress who vote against it."

Fentanyl is very much like a weapon of mass destruction in the sense that Republicans like to lie about finding it and then use that lie as a justification to do ruinous, destructive things

Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

These are the same Senate Democrats who lectured the base for years about the importance of preserving the filibuster so it would still be available when Democrats were in the minority