Frances Badger
@teatime4frances.bsky.social
Retired writer and active misanthrope. FFS, don't DM complete strangers out of the blue.
❌️ Using USPS to mail your ballot this fall ✅️ Using an official ballot drop box for your local municipality, or taking your ballot directly to your county elections office
#TuckFrump@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · last mo.Trump again asks supreme court to restrict mail-in voting as midterms loom #TheGuardian
In the swirl of media speculation and scandal around Trump aide and "human printer" Natalie Harp, I caution that Harp isn't the one Ossoff or anyone else should be directing their darts at. Remember who holds the power and is making the calls here. Harp is just a deluded cultist. Don't Lewinsky her.
Why Did Trump Lose It Over Natalie Harp—and Who Is She, Anyway? Unfortunately, I’ve Learned Too Much.
It’s not anything so obvious as an affair. It’s somehow worse.
slate.com
Don't forget that Russell Vought is evil.
Congress rejected some of Trump’s proposed budget cuts. OMB is making them anyway.
President Trump and the Office of Management and Budget are accused of violating the separation of powers by attempting to unilaterally withhold funds that Congress specifically appropriated.
thehill.com
Man contacts outside world to complain about lack of contact with outside world 🤔
It is so refreshing to watch a soccer match with no theatrics, no flops, no whining...just playing It's the women. I'm watching a women's game
I followed her vlog daily. I haven't been able to get excited about the World Cup much, but I sure did love seeing Kelsey Pfendler crush those waves and pull into Ala Wai Harbor, escorted by moonlight and the aloha of thousands waiting for her. Congratulations to Ms. Pfendler, you are amazing!
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 3mo agoKelsey Pfendler, 32, says she hopes her solo 2,400-mile trek across the mid-Pacific inspires other women to take risks
I won't believe it until I have proof that rigor tortoise has set in. 💀🐢
For the 250th birthday of the U.S., something from one of my first favorite authors.
Al Jazeera says police "sparked a confrontation with Egypt’s national team director Ibrahim Hassan, as players posed for a photo with a young fan at their hotel in Dallas." The one thing DPD had to do was not cause an international incident. And yet. Here we are.
US Police staff spark altercation with Egyptian players posing with fans
US Police sparked a confrontation with Egypt's national team as they posed with fans at their hotel in Dallas.
aljazeera.com
Real men don't even use a pot, they put the cold soup into their mouth & then put their head on the stove/fire to boil it directly inside their skull!
My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from a guy who knows a kid who's going with the girl who saw the Ayatollah pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I think it's pretty serious.
We’re bribing Iran with hundreds of billions of dollars for an outcome that our intelligence community assesses Iran isn’t even going to agree to. Absolute clown show.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee: “Things may get a bit spicy in the neighborhood soon.”
Cats love nice music. My cat rolls over for jazz. She tries to grab the notes out of the air.
“And about four hours after our deadline, Bari Weiss sends an email to my boss, Tanya Simon. Two of the things in the email include, can we make the protesters look more violent?” …”And the other thing, Renee Good’s car. You need to describe her as driving toward the officer.” NYT #Gift
Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’
nytimes.com
Agreed. We wouldn't be dealing with all the nonsense had the press properly covered Trump from day one.
White House: "President Trump remains in excellent health."
For #worldbeeday, a beeg guy picking up groceries in a camellia at the Morton Arboretum outside of Chicago, August 2025. (I'm guessing it's a camellia. Not remotely an expert.)
The most accurate portrayal of the pro-Jim Crow, white nationalist Roberts Supreme Court I've seen yet.
The yellow-bellied marmots at Palouse Falls are very entitled. I didn't have any treats with me, so I got this look.
PS: As I like to say, I don't have an issue with Trump falling asleep. My problem is that he keeps waking up.
