@desertjason.bsky.social
Mostly politics with some bitching about Detroit sports. #NAFO fella since March 11, 2025 #NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable
It's going to be wild when Bovino does a Prigozhin-style march on DC
January 27, 2026 at 1:04 AM
It's going to be wild when Bovino does a Prigozhin-style march on DC
The announcement they were paying $40M to distribute a documentary about the first lady is what prompted me to give up my Prime subscription. (well, that and the general enshittification of Amazon)
Just a reminder that the paper is owned by one of the wealthiest men in the world who recently paid $40 million to distribute a documentary about the first lady.
News: The Washington Post is preparing to slash upwards of 300 staffers, incl sports, metro and foreign desks @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports.
“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
www.status.news/p/washington...
“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
www.status.news/p/washington...
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 AM
The announcement they were paying $40M to distribute a documentary about the first lady is what prompted me to give up my Prime subscription. (well, that and the general enshittification of Amazon)
“No, no, Jonathan, that amendment is valid only for supporters of the president.”
Bessent: I'm sorry he is dead, but he did bring a semiautomatic weapon to what was supposed to be a peaceful protest.
Karl: There's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever
Bessent: But he brought a gun!
Karl: We do have a second amendment in this country.
Karl: There's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever
Bessent: But he brought a gun!
Karl: We do have a second amendment in this country.
January 25, 2026 at 8:15 PM
“No, no, Jonathan, that amendment is valid only for supporters of the president.”
If you’re a country that’s not in Europe, how can you guarantee the safety of your players, staff and supporters?
If you are a country that’s in Europe, you’ve seen this movie before.
If you are a country that’s in Europe, you’ve seen this movie before.
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM
If you’re a country that’s not in Europe, how can you guarantee the safety of your players, staff and supporters?
If you are a country that’s in Europe, you’ve seen this movie before.
If you are a country that’s in Europe, you’ve seen this movie before.
$20 bottles of water on top of resort fees will do that.
Seeing a lot of "why is tourism in Vegas down?" pieces and videos and I have to think it's maybe connected to the "why does going to Vegas suck ass now?" pieces and videos I was seeing 2-3 years ago
January 24, 2026 at 8:04 AM
$20 bottles of water on top of resort fees will do that.
Reposted
Hundreds of demonstrators are streaming toward downtown Minneapolis for a march and rally against federal law enforcement, waving signs that read "ICE OUT!"
📸: Kyeland Jackson/The Minnesota Star Tribune
📸: Kyeland Jackson/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 23, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Hundreds of demonstrators are streaming toward downtown Minneapolis for a march and rally against federal law enforcement, waving signs that read "ICE OUT!"
📸: Kyeland Jackson/The Minnesota Star Tribune
📸: Kyeland Jackson/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Is this bad? It seems like it's bad.
“Silver a year ago: $30.45
Silver today: $99.85.”
(via Schwab)
Silver today: $99.85.”
(via Schwab)
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Is this bad? It seems like it's bad.
When even the neofascist is like, "Bruh."
* ITALY'S PM MELONI: THE US IS RAISING A STRATEGIC ISSUE THAT EXISTS CONCERNING THE ARCTIC, THOUGH WITH QUESTIONABLE AND ASSERTIVE METHODS
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:50 PM
When even the neofascist is like, "Bruh."
Of course it happens after @kenwhite.bsky.social has already recorded Serious Trouble
Drake’s legal team has filed an appeal in his dismissed lawsuit against Universal Music Group, arguing that the judge issued a “dangerous” ruling that rap can't be defamatory
Drake Files Appeal Against Dismissal of ”Not Like Us” Defamation Case
The defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group was ...
www.complex.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Of course it happens after @kenwhite.bsky.social has already recorded Serious Trouble
Guillotine. @gregdoucette.bsky.social
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Guillotine. @gregdoucette.bsky.social
Reposted
I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
Newsom: "It was remarkably boring. It was remarkably insignificant. He was never going invade Greenland. It was never real."
January 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
God, Mike Johnson is such a weasel.
Mike Johnson accuses Norway of “making a political decision & not awarding the Nobel Prize to probably the most deserving individual in history of the prize. There are 8 to 10 wars & conflicts that’ve been resolved by President Trump, & he got snubbed.”
(Vid via Manu Raju on X)
(Vid via Manu Raju on X)
January 21, 2026 at 9:30 PM
God, Mike Johnson is such a weasel.
Turns out that his friendship with John McCain was the only thing keeping Lindsey Graham decent.
"Sen. Lindsey Graham delivered a stark message to European allies on Wednesday, telling them not to let their feelings about President Trump stand in the way of the U.S. owning Greenland."
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Lindsey Graham Urges Greenland Deal, Takes Shots at European Allies
Sen. Lindsey Graham delivered a stark message to European allies on Wednesday, telling them not to let their feelings about President Trump stand in the way of the U.S. owning Greenland. The South Car...
www.wsj.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Turns out that his friendship with John McCain was the only thing keeping Lindsey Graham decent.
“Canada lives because of the United States.” —- Me when I take the Fascist USA path in HOI4.
Trump: "Canada gets a lot of freebies from us. They should be grateful, also, but they're not. I watched your prime minister yesterday, he wasn't so grateful. But they should be grateful to us. Canada lives because of the United States — remember that, Mark."
January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“Canada lives because of the United States.” —- Me when I take the Fascist USA path in HOI4.
Good tsar, bad boyars.
Tillis: "To be clear -- I'm not critical of the president. I'm critical of the bad advice he's getting on Greenland."
January 21, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Good tsar, bad boyars.
She and Alina Habba can start a firm that specializes in parking garage insurance.
Halligan was picked for the role by Trump in September only to have a judge two months later rule that the appointment was illegal
Trump-appointed prosecutor who pursued indictments against the president's foes is leaving post
Lindsey Halligan, who as a top Justice Department prosecutor pursued indictments against a pair of President Donald Trump’s adversaries, is leaving her position.
apnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:54 AM
She and Alina Habba can start a firm that specializes in parking garage insurance.
Gonna be totes awkward when they boycott the FIFA World Cup because of the actions of the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize
UEFA and European FAs deeply concerned about Greenland crisis. Informal talks held this week about what a response could look like if things escalate in fast-moving situation. Military aggression likely red line for serious World Cup boycott talk. Story: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Concerned European football chiefs discuss response to Trump over Greenland
European football’s leaders are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump’s wish to annex Greenland and have held initial discussions about how the sport could respond
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Gonna be totes awkward when they boycott the FIFA World Cup because of the actions of the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize
The president is threatening war, and Senate Democrats are putting up a negative WAR*
*to use a baseball term
*to use a baseball term
Reasons why Trump wants to invade Greenland…
A). If you’re going to distract from the Epstein files, you might as well go big.
B). What’s the Mercator Projection?
C). If you can steal a Nobel Prize, why not Greenland?
D). Sadly, all true.
A). If you’re going to distract from the Epstein files, you might as well go big.
B). What’s the Mercator Projection?
C). If you can steal a Nobel Prize, why not Greenland?
D). Sadly, all true.
January 20, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The president is threatening war, and Senate Democrats are putting up a negative WAR*
*to use a baseball term
*to use a baseball term
The problem with Americans finding politics boring is that it means they don’t watch the press conferences, and so they don’t realize the president has gone full Napoleon XIV.
Every network in America should be carrying this right now. People need to see the condition their president is in.
January 20, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The problem with Americans finding politics boring is that it means they don’t watch the press conferences, and so they don’t realize the president has gone full Napoleon XIV.
Sir, could you help? @dicknixon.bsky.social
It would be appreciated if a Richard M could add a reply here
January 20, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Sir, could you help? @dicknixon.bsky.social
Like I'm pretty normie center-left Democrat who thinks the DSA are a bunch of clowns, and even I want @durbin.senate.gov and @schumer.senate.gov to board one of Elon's rockets and be fired into the sun.
“Give us a chance to give [Trump] a way out of this that comes to the right ending. … I don’t know if that’s possible.” - @durbin.senate.gov to Danes in Europe.
Can the Senate Dems sound any more limp, facile and impotent to Europeans across the Atlantic?
Can the Senate Dems sound any more limp, facile and impotent to Europeans across the Atlantic?
![Punchbowl screenshot
“COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A bipartisan group of lawmakers who traveled here on an urgent mission to reassure Danish leaders amid President Donald Trump’s escalating threats to acquire Greenland had a straightforward message.
In an interview between high-level meetings, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin summed it up this way: “Give us a chance to give [Trump] a way out of this that comes to the right ending.”
Durbin added: “I don’t know if that’s possible.”
The four-decade veteran of Congress, who’s been on dozens of CODELs, wasn’t just referring to Trump’s apparent determination to take over the Danish territory at all costs, or Republicans’ hesitation to openly defy him. Durbin was giving a sobering assessment of Congress as a supposedly coequal branch of government.
Over the span of several decades and under the leadership of both parties, lawmakers have ceded their authority to the executive branch on everything from war powers to tariffs to the power of the purse. Hill leaders have prioritized avoiding politically difficult votes or been slow to react – or done nothing – as presidents repeatedly pushed the limits of their own power at the expense of Congress.
“It’s not just this moment or this president,” said Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), who co-led the delegation. “What makes this moment so hard is, if Congress can’t stand up in the face of something where there is no strategic value and lots of strategic harm…is Congress really willing to exert its authority at all?”
That’s what made this particular CODEL so uniquely difficult — and surreal.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cf26plxwia7dxpm6plry3sj2/bafkreibjseyx4567lbf33ldoqqe66czitqhdzl7ppsi4s3swrfyo6dtwsu@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Like I'm pretty normie center-left Democrat who thinks the DSA are a bunch of clowns, and even I want @durbin.senate.gov and @schumer.senate.gov to board one of Elon's rockets and be fired into the sun.
The Soviet regime "defeated fascism" only after first making a deal with the fascists to carve up Eastern Europe between them.
"World War II proves that fascism can only defeated without any alliance with liberals" um about that
January 20, 2026 at 2:20 AM
The Soviet regime "defeated fascism" only after first making a deal with the fascists to carve up Eastern Europe between them.