Eli Friedmann
@eligit.bsky.social
Guitar player/teacher/photographer in Manhattan.
Pro Trump and other annoying accounts blocked/muted on sight.
Pro Trump and other annoying accounts blocked/muted on sight.
Not great that a super severe flu season lands when millions are at risk of losing their health insurance and anti vax lunatics run the heath system.
Things would be better if Americans could just remember not to allow republicans to win elections.
youtu.be/37giXUey2ic?...
Things would be better if Americans could just remember not to allow republicans to win elections.
youtu.be/37giXUey2ic?...
Severe new flu variant spreading across U.S.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Not great that a super severe flu season lands when millions are at risk of losing their health insurance and anti vax lunatics run the heath system.
Things would be better if Americans could just remember not to allow republicans to win elections.
youtu.be/37giXUey2ic?...
Things would be better if Americans could just remember not to allow republicans to win elections.
youtu.be/37giXUey2ic?...
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From bad to worse: Our premium just jumped from $1,700 to $3,000 a month. For two healthy adults and a daughter in college.
Could we technically scrape the funds together? Sure.
But let’s call it what it is: a shakedown.
2/6
Could we technically scrape the funds together? Sure.
But let’s call it what it is: a shakedown.
2/6
December 31, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Homie should have stocked up on talent.
Then he might not have found himself so disposable.
Sorry Rob, your star was on the wane before most people knew you had s**tty politics.
Again, the problem was that your talent was insufficient.
So now you whine to the Epoch Times.
Sad stuff.
Then he might not have found himself so disposable.
Sorry Rob, your star was on the wane before most people knew you had s**tty politics.
Again, the problem was that your talent was insufficient.
So now you whine to the Epoch Times.
Sad stuff.
The "lost the rest of my barbershop quartet" guy thinks it's his politics that keep the roles away
December 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Homie should have stocked up on talent.
Then he might not have found himself so disposable.
Sorry Rob, your star was on the wane before most people knew you had s**tty politics.
Again, the problem was that your talent was insufficient.
So now you whine to the Epoch Times.
Sad stuff.
Then he might not have found himself so disposable.
Sorry Rob, your star was on the wane before most people knew you had s**tty politics.
Again, the problem was that your talent was insufficient.
So now you whine to the Epoch Times.
Sad stuff.
It’s well known how evil and insane this person is.
But wtf is going on with his dark orange Oompa Loompa thing?
Does he sleep in a broiler?
He makes trump look normal by comparison.
But wtf is going on with his dark orange Oompa Loompa thing?
Does he sleep in a broiler?
He makes trump look normal by comparison.
December 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s well known how evil and insane this person is.
But wtf is going on with his dark orange Oompa Loompa thing?
Does he sleep in a broiler?
He makes trump look normal by comparison.
But wtf is going on with his dark orange Oompa Loompa thing?
Does he sleep in a broiler?
He makes trump look normal by comparison.
Good.
More of this.
More of this.
December 30, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Good.
More of this.
More of this.
Right.
This reveals how the entire business is based on theft.
Inherently criminal.
This reveals how the entire business is based on theft.
Inherently criminal.
“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
December 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Right.
This reveals how the entire business is based on theft.
Inherently criminal.
This reveals how the entire business is based on theft.
Inherently criminal.
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It's almost like Trump expects the world to change the facts to match his lies.🤷♀️
Or that if he tells a lie enough times it will magically become true.
Or that if he tells a lie enough times it will magically become true.
JUST IN: Israel's president denies telling Trump a Netanyahu pardon is "on its way"
Israel's president denies telling Trump a Netanyahu pardon is "on its way"
According to the Israeli president's office, Trump invented a conversation between them.
trib.al
December 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It's almost like Trump expects the world to change the facts to match his lies.🤷♀️
Or that if he tells a lie enough times it will magically become true.
Or that if he tells a lie enough times it will magically become true.
So true.
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
So true.
The entire idea of a "healthcare saving account" makes no sense tbh.
You may not get sick for 20 years.
Or you may get cancer next year.
When you need healthcare you NEED it.
Whether your "account" has $1000 or $10,000.
Neither of which is enough to treat cancer.
Which is the whole point of the ACA.
You may not get sick for 20 years.
Or you may get cancer next year.
When you need healthcare you NEED it.
Whether your "account" has $1000 or $10,000.
Neither of which is enough to treat cancer.
Which is the whole point of the ACA.
Unless these vouchers are 100k a year, you are screwed if you ever actually get ill
or injured.
And if you get seriously sick?
Better make it 200k.
A “health savings account” doesn’t mean shit if you get cancer, Dan.
republicans have no plan.
Besides “be rich”, that is.
Otherwise?
Death.
Bankruptcy.
or injured.
And if you get seriously sick?
Better make it 200k.
A “health savings account” doesn’t mean shit if you get cancer, Dan.
republicans have no plan.
Besides “be rich”, that is.
Otherwise?
Death.
Bankruptcy.
Rep. Crenshaw on the Republican ACA replacement plan: "You give the poor vouchers. We want to put that money into health savings accounts."
December 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The entire idea of a "healthcare saving account" makes no sense tbh.
You may not get sick for 20 years.
Or you may get cancer next year.
When you need healthcare you NEED it.
Whether your "account" has $1000 or $10,000.
Neither of which is enough to treat cancer.
Which is the whole point of the ACA.
You may not get sick for 20 years.
Or you may get cancer next year.
When you need healthcare you NEED it.
Whether your "account" has $1000 or $10,000.
Neither of which is enough to treat cancer.
Which is the whole point of the ACA.
Interesting.
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.
December 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Interesting.
The pipe bomber was a 2020 election denier.
Just like Trump.
In case anyone cares anymore.
Just like Trump.
In case anyone cares anymore.
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The pipe bomber was a 2020 election denier.
Just like Trump.
In case anyone cares anymore.
Just like Trump.
In case anyone cares anymore.
Unless these vouchers are 100k a year, you are screwed if you ever actually get ill
or injured.
And if you get seriously sick?
Better make it 200k.
A “health savings account” doesn’t mean shit if you get cancer, Dan.
republicans have no plan.
Besides “be rich”, that is.
Otherwise?
Death.
Bankruptcy.
or injured.
And if you get seriously sick?
Better make it 200k.
A “health savings account” doesn’t mean shit if you get cancer, Dan.
republicans have no plan.
Besides “be rich”, that is.
Otherwise?
Death.
Bankruptcy.
Rep. Crenshaw on the Republican ACA replacement plan: "You give the poor vouchers. We want to put that money into health savings accounts."
December 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Unless these vouchers are 100k a year, you are screwed if you ever actually get ill
or injured.
And if you get seriously sick?
Better make it 200k.
A “health savings account” doesn’t mean shit if you get cancer, Dan.
republicans have no plan.
Besides “be rich”, that is.
Otherwise?
Death.
Bankruptcy.
or injured.
And if you get seriously sick?
Better make it 200k.
A “health savings account” doesn’t mean shit if you get cancer, Dan.
republicans have no plan.
Besides “be rich”, that is.
Otherwise?
Death.
Bankruptcy.
The fact that this brain damaged sociopath gets to weigh in on public policy is not healthy.
His thoughts on who the FDNY commissioner is are not valid or useful.
His thoughts on who the FDNY commissioner is are not valid or useful.
Elon Musk warns ‘people will die’ after Mamdani taps Lillian Bonsignore as FDNY commissioner
Elon Musk warns ‘people will die’ after Mamdani taps Lillian Bonsignore as FDNY commissioner
Elon Musk threw cold water on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pick of Lillian Bonsignore as the city’s FDNY commissioner, warning it would have dire consequences because she lacks firefigh…
buff.ly
December 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The fact that this brain damaged sociopath gets to weigh in on public policy is not healthy.
His thoughts on who the FDNY commissioner is are not valid or useful.
His thoughts on who the FDNY commissioner is are not valid or useful.
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Pelosi: "Right now, Republicans in Congress have abolished the Congress. They just do what the president insists that they do. That will be over as soon as we have the gavel."
December 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Pelosi: "Right now, Republicans in Congress have abolished the Congress. They just do what the president insists that they do. That will be over as soon as we have the gavel."
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A lot of good folks in North Carolina voted the right way. For the Black lady. And they’re getting screwed too.
That’s the problem.
Trump voters didn’t just vote against themselves, they dragged the rest of us down with them. Including the people who warned them, showed up, & did everything right.
That’s the problem.
Trump voters didn’t just vote against themselves, they dragged the rest of us down with them. Including the people who warned them, showed up, & did everything right.
BREAKING: Trump has SCREWED his own voters in North Carolina. Out of the hundreds who applied for FEMA relief after their homes flooded in storms, he refused to approve a SINGLE payout…
You get what you vote for!
Enjoy. 😎✨
You get what you vote for!
Enjoy. 😎✨
December 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A lot of good folks in North Carolina voted the right way. For the Black lady. And they’re getting screwed too.
That’s the problem.
Trump voters didn’t just vote against themselves, they dragged the rest of us down with them. Including the people who warned them, showed up, & did everything right.
That’s the problem.
Trump voters didn’t just vote against themselves, they dragged the rest of us down with them. Including the people who warned them, showed up, & did everything right.
One day we will all agree that the “save (insert name of wife of horrible person) trope is useless.
Katie Miller isn’t being forced to stay married to her fascist husband.
She is no better than he is.
She has no desire to be “saved”.
She’s living her best life as far as she’s concerned.
Katie Miller isn’t being forced to stay married to her fascist husband.
She is no better than he is.
She has no desire to be “saved”.
She’s living her best life as far as she’s concerned.
“Woman Enjoying Career Literally Made Possible by Feminism Declares Feminism a Failure”
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
One day we will all agree that the “save (insert name of wife of horrible person) trope is useless.
Katie Miller isn’t being forced to stay married to her fascist husband.
She is no better than he is.
She has no desire to be “saved”.
She’s living her best life as far as she’s concerned.
Katie Miller isn’t being forced to stay married to her fascist husband.
She is no better than he is.
She has no desire to be “saved”.
She’s living her best life as far as she’s concerned.
Just like we said would happen:
ICE raids appear to be 100% responsible for the current housing crunch in south Texas. Indeed, they have brought residential construction to an end.
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org
December 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Just like we said would happen:
A tragedy that this horrible person still exists.
Putin already rejects anything but surrender ahead of the DJT/Ze meeting at MAL
December 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A tragedy that this horrible person still exists.
Suing artists into entertaining you won’t work.
You can’t force people to play a gig they don’t want to play.
If you try, they’ll spend years writing material about what a shitbag you are.
You can’t force people to play a gig they don’t want to play.
If you try, they’ll spend years writing material about what a shitbag you are.
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
n.pr
December 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Suing artists into entertaining you won’t work.
You can’t force people to play a gig they don’t want to play.
If you try, they’ll spend years writing material about what a shitbag you are.
You can’t force people to play a gig they don’t want to play.
If you try, they’ll spend years writing material about what a shitbag you are.
Lack of proportionality is one of the worst qualities of the politics of the maga era.
Everything is flattened.
A minute issue is exponentially exaggerated to feel world ending.
A large issue is shrunk down to feel of the same importance as the minute issue.
Everything is flattened.
A minute issue is exponentially exaggerated to feel world ending.
A large issue is shrunk down to feel of the same importance as the minute issue.
December 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Lack of proportionality is one of the worst qualities of the politics of the maga era.
Everything is flattened.
A minute issue is exponentially exaggerated to feel world ending.
A large issue is shrunk down to feel of the same importance as the minute issue.
Everything is flattened.
A minute issue is exponentially exaggerated to feel world ending.
A large issue is shrunk down to feel of the same importance as the minute issue.
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Respected? Trump has killed our domestic tourism industry. I stayed at a high end hotel in Houston last weekend and the employees told me that business was way down this year because they had no international guests .
December 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Respected? Trump has killed our domestic tourism industry. I stayed at a high end hotel in Houston last weekend and the employees told me that business was way down this year because they had no international guests .
These public displays are not helpful imo.
Trump preening for the cameras, playing dominance games.
Trump preening for the cameras, playing dominance games.
Zelenskyy shares that the meeting with Trump will not be behind closed doors, but rather public - in front of cameras and media.
December 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
These public displays are not helpful imo.
Trump preening for the cameras, playing dominance games.
Trump preening for the cameras, playing dominance games.
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Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
Some places complain because they don’t get enough snow plows.
We’re getting too many.😂
It’s like “guys, give it a chance to accumulate. 10 passes an hour is overkill! You’re going to scrape off all the blacktop!”
We’re getting too many.😂
It’s like “guys, give it a chance to accumulate. 10 passes an hour is overkill! You’re going to scrape off all the blacktop!”
December 27, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Some places complain because they don’t get enough snow plows.
We’re getting too many.😂
It’s like “guys, give it a chance to accumulate. 10 passes an hour is overkill! You’re going to scrape off all the blacktop!”
We’re getting too many.😂
It’s like “guys, give it a chance to accumulate. 10 passes an hour is overkill! You’re going to scrape off all the blacktop!”
Immigration is being used as a proxy for race.
Notice how they are desperate to encourage white immigrants from South Africa.
Also, they realized that immigration hysteria was a convenient political cudgel.
Like using the word “woke”.
Vague enough to apply to whatever the listener dislikes.
Notice how they are desperate to encourage white immigrants from South Africa.
Also, they realized that immigration hysteria was a convenient political cudgel.
Like using the word “woke”.
Vague enough to apply to whatever the listener dislikes.
It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).
December 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Immigration is being used as a proxy for race.
Notice how they are desperate to encourage white immigrants from South Africa.
Also, they realized that immigration hysteria was a convenient political cudgel.
Like using the word “woke”.
Vague enough to apply to whatever the listener dislikes.
Notice how they are desperate to encourage white immigrants from South Africa.
Also, they realized that immigration hysteria was a convenient political cudgel.
Like using the word “woke”.
Vague enough to apply to whatever the listener dislikes.