An obscenely wealthy man crashing a rocket into the moon feels like something James Bond or Captain Marvel tries to stop. Also, "the moon has seen better days"? So... it's okay to throw our space junk there? Do we need to put one of these signs on the moon?

SFDB@sfdb.bsky.social · 4h ago

Here's the NASA administrator making the case that Elon's rocket boosters leaving huge crater on the Moon's surface really isn't a "big deal. By the way, Jared is the same knucklehead who flew a vintage military jet over America 250 celebrations in DC despite FAA disapproval.

It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...

tl;dr this should dim our outlook for a post-Trump American revival. www.offmessage.net/p/senate-dem...

Senate Democrats Dodge Last Pre-Election Opportunity To Fight Trump

They won't take a big stand to protect the election, or resist Trump's broader lawlessness, before the midterms.

offmessage.net

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InfoWars@realinfowars.bsky.social · 24h ago

They turned the friggin' frogs gay. Buy one now at store.theonion.com.

I'm not holding my breath for it, but it sure would be nice if Lee Zeldin apologized to the recipients and to the EPA staff who managed the program for treating them like criminals and publicly accusing them of fraud and mismanagement.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h ago

“.. a loss for the Trump administration in one of its earliest efforts to dismantle President Joe Biden’s campaign to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gases ..” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/epa-...

I'm weirdly in awe of this administration's ability to come up with the absolute dumbest explanations possible. Like, there's not a 7th grader alive who would tell you it's only "constitutional war" if a lot of people die.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Sen. Rand Paul: "I've had the debate with this administration ... they told me this isn't a war. I said, why isn't it a war? They said, 'Well, a constitutional war has to have significant casualties' ... initiation or declaration of war is *before* the casualties."

the next president has a duty to the country to prove that “tax immunity” is a completely made up thing that doesnt exist. they need to do this through intense prosecution to signal to future leaders what will happen if they try this

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

I can't find words to express how angry this makes me. It's a crime against the nation and society that he is getting away with this.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

Donald Trump hates real America (the majority who live in cities).

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."

Uh... what the hell? The party of small government strikes again!

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

You should know what is happening to those immigrants being shipped back, since it's being done in our name. crooksandliars.substack.com/p/death-by-d...

Death By Deportation: The Silent ICE Killings No One Is Counting

The death toll is quietly rising behind the ICE deportation machine.

crooksandliars.substack.com

In other words, someone on his staff once couldn't find a parking spot right next to the terminal. So Trump wants a 15-story garage costing probably $1 billion.

Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 2d ago

One part of Trump's $22 billion makeover of Dulles that's been missed is his big, beautiful, world-record 32,000-spot parking garage. That's *way* more parking than recent estimates show the airport needs, and it would tower over the historic terminal: www.notus.org/metro/dulles...

"He grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought" is one of the funniest true things I've heard a Republican say about Trump.

Widow's Bay DSA@gonebabygone.bsky.social · 3d ago

(Reassuringly) the president has the zoomies

He's always so gracious. I like imagining the groveling sycophants who let him win and now have to listen to him gloat about how they're all talentless losers.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Trump: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a 70, & am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m given very little time to practice, bc I’m focused on many other things. It’s called TALENT, and I have it”

Susan Collins is financed by a man who wants to make it easier to create nude pictures of children

Portland Press Herald@pressherald.com · 5d ago

Elon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid

No Newsom, no way in 2028.

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4d ago

Among potential 2028 contenders, Newsom seems the most committed in trying to turn Trump's allies into his own allies, hence constantly kissing the assess of the worst people in the country, like this gift for the Ellisons. Bold strategy, Cotton, let's see how the Dem base likes that.

"How long has it been since you heard birdsong or genuine, unfeigned laughter? No matter—why don’t you admire the gold finishings? So many gold finishings!"

Alexandra Petri@petridishes.bsky.social · 6d ago

I was haunted by Sean Hannity’s suggestion that Lindsey Graham’s heaven includes a mar a lago so here is a piece exploring that concept www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

I don't think they even care about putting on a good show. They all just want to be rich and famous while doing a minimal amount of work, and taxpayer-funded shows and videos are an easy way to promote themselves.

Steve Benen@stevebenen.com · 5d ago

- RFK Jr’s cooking show - Duffy’s reality show - Noem’s endless videos - DHS enforcement/deportation clips Team Trump too often looks less like an executive branch and more like a theater troupe that’s principally focused on putting on a good show. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

The Republican eugenics project continues.

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 5d ago

Today is the last day of public comment on a rule that would force cancer and HIV patients to prove "significant impairment" so they can keep their exemption to Medicaid work requirements. This "will kill people, I’m literally living proof of that," said one patient with a brain tumor.

It's not just advocates who say this. Researchers, studies, and data say it. That's why advocates say it. Reporters can just say it, too!

US push to defund ‘DEI bike lanes’ will make roads less safe, advocates say

Trump administration boasts of cutting $1.73bn already allocated for cycling improvements to city streets

theguardian.com

This is such a stupid idea. Creating a new agency requires congressional approval and all kinds of bureaucracy to set up. Makes one wonder if this is Schumer's way of pretending to do something big without actually doing it. Just put dedicated civil servants back at the agencies that already exist!

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 6d ago

This is the most Democratic Party establishment response ever, we already have an agency to investigate corruption. It’s called THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (and the SEC!)

I know he does 10 impeachable things a day, but this is something he should be impeached for.

Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 7d ago

This is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something

The Fauci hearing perfectly illustrated how living through a once in a century pandemic somehow made Republicans far worse on public health. God forbid we face anything like covid again during Trump 2.0. There will be no Dr Fauci around to try to talk sense to Trump.

This is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?

FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.

President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.

eenews.net

Is anyone more cartoonishly pathetic than the weak little babies yelling at Fauci The saddest YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME toddlers who just couldn’t fuckin pitch in like everybody else

All the Fauci stuff is a modern day version of the POW/MIA stuff after Vietnam - a way to try to rewrite the history of a huge failure of conservative ideology to be instead a story about how liberals and foreigners stabbed us in the back.

I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more attention. I'm no national security expert, but this seems like a pretty huge deal to me.

Steve Benen@stevebenen.com · last wk.

Trump’s three most recent DNI nominees — Jay Clayton, Tulsi Gabbard, and John Ratcliffe — fell objectively short of the statutory qualifications for the position. In all three instances, Senate Republicans, many of whom helped write the statute, decided not to care. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

It's like they saw how much attention it got when Bondi refused to look at the Epstein survivors and are trying to re-create that, except they can't because Fauci was right and the grifters were wrong.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

lmaooooo -- Bernie Moreno asks Fauci to apologize to Laura Ingraham (who is standing behind Fauci) and other right-wing grifters

"I had a million vials of genuine grade-A snake oil ready to go, and Dr. Fauci got the FDA to stop me just because 'it wouldn't do any good' and 'it could actually cause harm.'"

Eleanor Courtemanche@ecourtem.bsky.social · last wk.

This is why they’re going after Dr Fauci: he impeded grifters

There goes more of your and my hard-earned money, to another right-wing criminal.

Steve Benen@stevebenen.com · last wk.

The DOJ just agreed to a seven-figure settlement with an anti-abortion activist who was convicted in 2024 of violating the FACE Act. Larger arc: The DOJ sure has been quite generous lately, agreeing to lucrative, taxpayer-financed settlements with plaintiffs aligned with the White House.