A. Boettger
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A. Boettger
@aboettger.bsky.social
· Oct 4
I only get to watch football on two screens today 😢!
I got so spoiled last weekend!
I got so spoiled last weekend!
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PAINFUL to watch. There’s a clear Trump judicial nominee loyalty test.
They must forever deny, deny, deny that he lost the 2020 presidential election.
Fragile.
They must forever deny, deny, deny that he lost the 2020 presidential election.
Fragile.
December 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
PAINFUL to watch. There’s a clear Trump judicial nominee loyalty test.
They must forever deny, deny, deny that he lost the 2020 presidential election.
Fragile.
They must forever deny, deny, deny that he lost the 2020 presidential election.
Fragile.
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He's lying. How do we know?
Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
Hegseth on the second Sept 2 strike: "Of course we're not going to release a top secret full unedited of that to the general public"
December 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
He's lying. How do we know?
Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
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This graphic could not be either a). funnier to me. or b). a better representation of the "inside you there are two wolves" of my college football fandom.
December 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This graphic could not be either a). funnier to me. or b). a better representation of the "inside you there are two wolves" of my college football fandom.
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Imagine being the Reiner family and going thru this not just with the media attention it already would attract but then with the added layer of the president of the United States reveling in the supposed hilarity of your gruesome loss
December 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Imagine being the Reiner family and going thru this not just with the media attention it already would attract but then with the added layer of the president of the United States reveling in the supposed hilarity of your gruesome loss
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This professional wrestler has a stronger moral and ethical grounding than the leaders of most civil society institutions, and I think it’s worth reflecting on why.
Mick Foley has parted ways from the WWE because of their close ties with Trump.
December 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This professional wrestler has a stronger moral and ethical grounding than the leaders of most civil society institutions, and I think it’s worth reflecting on why.
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Yeah so Moore is:
1. No longer EiC of Christianity Today (he's Editor-at-Large now).
2. Has been publicly and *prominently* critical of Trump since his 2016. In fact, Trump personally attacked Moore online back then because of the criticism. It was a Whole Thing that became several other Things.
1. No longer EiC of Christianity Today (he's Editor-at-Large now).
2. Has been publicly and *prominently* critical of Trump since his 2016. In fact, Trump personally attacked Moore online back then because of the criticism. It was a Whole Thing that became several other Things.
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yeah so Moore is:
1. No longer EiC of Christianity Today (he's Editor-at-Large now).
2. Has been publicly and *prominently* critical of Trump since his 2016. In fact, Trump personally attacked Moore online back then because of the criticism. It was a Whole Thing that became several other Things.
1. No longer EiC of Christianity Today (he's Editor-at-Large now).
2. Has been publicly and *prominently* critical of Trump since his 2016. In fact, Trump personally attacked Moore online back then because of the criticism. It was a Whole Thing that became several other Things.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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Trump doubles down on his Rob Reiner attack: "I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person... He became like a deranged person, Trump Derangement Syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country."
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Trump doubles down on his Rob Reiner attack: "I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person... He became like a deranged person, Trump Derangement Syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country."
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This is the fifth GOP congressperson I’ve seen criticizing Trump’s post on Rob Reiner, and the first who isn’t either leaving the House (MTG, Bacon), a frequent critic (Massie), or in a swing district (Lawler).
December 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is the fifth GOP congressperson I’ve seen criticizing Trump’s post on Rob Reiner, and the first who isn’t either leaving the House (MTG, Bacon), a frequent critic (Massie), or in a swing district (Lawler).
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"i voted for a guy because of his heinous tweets and i wish he would stop"
December 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"i voted for a guy because of his heinous tweets and i wish he would stop"
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Wow! This man is a hero.
Watch him wrestle the rifle from one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
Watch him wrestle the rifle from one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
December 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Wow! This man is a hero.
Watch him wrestle the rifle from one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
Watch him wrestle the rifle from one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
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Gonna be a D+14 electorate by November
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Gonna be a D+14 electorate by November
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TSA Giving Passenger Lists To ICE For Deportation Efforts: Report
TSA Giving Passenger Lists To ICE For Deportation Efforts: Report
TSA Giving Passenger Lists To ICE For Deportation Efforts: Report
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December 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
TSA Giving Passenger Lists To ICE For Deportation Efforts: Report
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Also I saw Rece Davis suggest David Shaw as head coach for Michigan and respectfully what in the smoking blue hell is that as a concept
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Also I saw Rece Davis suggest David Shaw as head coach for Michigan and respectfully what in the smoking blue hell is that as a concept
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so many of our current problems stem from americans not being able to comprehend that a guy they know from tv might actually be stupid
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
so many of our current problems stem from americans not being able to comprehend that a guy they know from tv might actually be stupid
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Trump's cratering domestic position will impel him to generate even more chaos in the US and the wider Western Hemisphere yet a large swathe of UK media will still treat claims that he is a populist master strategist on the cusp of remaking the global order in his image seriously
Note: Trump's plummeting rating on the economy has pierced the crucial Darwin Threshhold...the point at which his approval rating on handling the economy (31 percent) is actually lower than the number of Americans who do not believe in evolution (33-37 percent), the once solid core of Trump support.
There's still room to drop further. "Trump’s handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling" apnews.com/article/trum...
With CUSMA negotiations w/Canada & Mexico, as well as the renewal of the one-year tariff truce w/China in 2026, expect more market-moving new tariffs next year.
With CUSMA negotiations w/Canada & Mexico, as well as the renewal of the one-year tariff truce w/China in 2026, expect more market-moving new tariffs next year.
December 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trump's cratering domestic position will impel him to generate even more chaos in the US and the wider Western Hemisphere yet a large swathe of UK media will still treat claims that he is a populist master strategist on the cusp of remaking the global order in his image seriously
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Turns out that the gangster level threats to strip Indiana of all federal funding isn’t playing in Indianapolis.
Proof that you *can* tell this deeply unpopular failure of a president to stuff it. It’s possible!
Proof that you *can* tell this deeply unpopular failure of a president to stuff it. It’s possible!
Indiana Senate Republicans have just rejected the new congressional maps in defiance of Trump’s redistricting push per AP
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Turns out that the gangster level threats to strip Indiana of all federal funding isn’t playing in Indianapolis.
Proof that you *can* tell this deeply unpopular failure of a president to stuff it. It’s possible!
Proof that you *can* tell this deeply unpopular failure of a president to stuff it. It’s possible!
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Immigrants who had received letters inviting them to a citizenship ceremony in downtown Louisville were turned away at the door Thursday. All are from countries deemed “high-risk” by President Donald Trump. From @lpm.org's Roberto Roldan
Ready to become citizens, some immigrants in Louisville turned away at the door
Immigrants who had received letters inviting them to a citizenship ceremony in downtown Louisville were turned away at the door Thursday. All are from countries deemed “high-risk” by President Donald ...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Immigrants who had received letters inviting them to a citizenship ceremony in downtown Louisville were turned away at the door Thursday. All are from countries deemed “high-risk” by President Donald Trump. From @lpm.org's Roberto Roldan
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More people need to just call them on their lies immediately. They melt like this guy.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
More people need to just call them on their lies immediately. They melt like this guy.
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In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
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“AI is a bubble and it will burst. Most of the companies will fail. Most of the data-centers will be shuttered or sold for parts,” predicts Cory Doctorow (link below). At present, seven AI companies accounting for more than 1/3 of the stock market “endlessly pass around the same $100b IOU.”
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“AI is a bubble and it will burst. Most of the companies will fail. Most of the data-centers will be shuttered or sold for parts,” predicts Cory Doctorow (link below). At present, seven AI companies accounting for more than 1/3 of the stock market “endlessly pass around the same $100b IOU.”
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My dad was a state judge and made me take the KERRY EDWARDS bumper sticker off my car in 2004 because the title was in his name.
When I was a judicial law clerk in Montana, Pres Bush flew into the Billings airport for a rally.
I wanted to see Air Force One and asked the judge I clerked for if I could go. He said no, that it wouldn’t be appropriate.
And I was just a clerk. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
I wanted to see Air Force One and asked the judge I clerked for if I could go. He said no, that it wouldn’t be appropriate.
And I was just a clerk. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
Judge Emil Bove Faces Ethics Complaint for Attending Trump Rally
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My dad was a state judge and made me take the KERRY EDWARDS bumper sticker off my car in 2004 because the title was in his name.
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NEW: Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law.
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
www.lawdork.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
NEW: Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law.
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork: