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@wellthats.bsky.social

Almost as funny as I think I am. Dog dad. Marvel. Star Wars. Disney. Philadelphia Eagles. And, like, democracy. Orlando adjacent.

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dan sinker@dansinker.com · 3h ago

One thing that the last few years has made abundantly clear is if you're the CEO of a trillion dollar company you've got a surprising amount of time on your hands.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d ago

Yeah, that's how you prosecute war crimes, Whiskey Pete. You start with the people who ordered soldiers to violate the law and then you work your way down the chain of command to prosecute the ones who pulled the trigger. So glad you're starting to get how this works. Enjoy jail!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Hegseth: "Put the secretary on trial today, and the men and women who carried out those orders tomorrow. If they want to come for the warriors, they're going to have to come through me."

Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 2d ago

I dislike the argument that you use LLMs whenever you google stuff, Google blew up a product everyone uses to normalize shit like that and it sucks ass and is cannibalizing the rest of the internet. They fucked up the one thing they made money off of so that people could make that argument.

Matt Brown@mattbrown.bsky.social · 2d ago

I could be wrong! But man, the 24-team CFP *feels* like a step towards college football 'enshittification' that will be hard to walk back. Almost nobody *really* wants it. Benefits don't pass to consumers. Eventually, schools won't even really enjoy them. And for what?

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 2d ago

the narrative that the first impeachment helped trump is kind of undermined by the fact that he lost his first reelection bid after it

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 2d ago

Impeachment of Trump has never “triggered a backlash” or made him more popular, wtf are you guys all talking about. How is it possible that we just swept through the Senate and House and WITHIN A WEEK all of you are convincing yourselves that the smart thing to do is to avoid pressing Trump directly

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d ago

Right on cue, and I'll spare you all the trouble: the column both-sides the issue (pic 1), when the objective reality (pic 2) is that this problem has been caused by GOP tax cuts, no other factor comes close, not even COVID. He also never mentions "tax the rich" as an obvious way to mitigate.

Your reporter writes a debt scolding once or twice a decade. He has taken pains over the years to express equal disdain for both political parties, neither of which has wrapped itself in fiscal glory. If the Democratic takeover says anything about the nation’s budgetary mood, it might have little to do with Democrats. In what has somehow become a forgotten footnote to this election, a sitting president offered $5,000 checks as a perk if his party won, but voters went in a different direction. They probably didn’t take the offer seriously. Or maybe they’re just tired of debt-funded gimmicks.CBPP chart, "We estimate that if the Bush tax cuts and their extensions and the 2017 Trump tax cuts had not been enacted, the deficit would be $540 billion, or less than one-third the current deficit ($2 trillion)." From https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/federal-policymakers-should-raise-revenue-to-address-fiscal-and-investment
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d ago

BARRON’S: This year, “the interest bill is likely to be $1.1 trillion .. A decade from now, it will be $2.1 trillion ..” @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/con...

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · 2d ago

It really does shock me how many “why did the Democrats win” round-ups I’ve been seeing in major outlets that don’t even MENTION ICE. If you’re trying to explain Blue Texas and aren’t even bringing up ICE’s terror campaign against Latinos, you’re either stupid or have a very suspect agenda.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 3d ago

i think this is a key, depressing essay from @hollybfletcher.bsky.social. because here's the thing: white evangelicals didn't start voting dem. they just stayed home. that latent bloc of authoritarian nutjobs is still there, and will continue to exert a malign influence on our politics

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 3d ago

“Make no mistake, white evangelicals will be back. They haven't changed their theology, their cultural attitudes, their informational insularity, or their certain belief in their own righteousness. They comprise the most pro-authoritarian subculture in our country, and that's not a recent thing.”

Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · 3d ago

Trump just posted an animated video of Dana White and his goons beating up and kidnapping journalists in the White House press briefing room. This is the sitting POTUS calling for violence & kidnapping of journalists. But please, let's ask Abdul more questions about whether he condemns Hasan Piker