Skotty Skeets
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"The greatest mistake is to imagine that the human being is an autonomous individual. The secret freedom which you can supposedly enjoy under a despotic government is nonsense, because your thoughts are never entirely your own." — Orwell, April 28, 1944
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Always a good time to remind Americans just how bad half of them are at making rational/moral/competent electoral choices.
Good Friday news:
“It’s not a secret. There’s no sugarcoating it. It’s a pending, looming disaster heading our way.”
“We are facing almost certain defeat.”
“The chances are Republicans will go down and will go down hard.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-han...
“We are facing almost certain defeat.”
“The chances are Republicans will go down and will go down hard.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-han...
Trump’s Hand-Picked RNC Chair Predicts Doom
This is not your usual party committee script.
www.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Good Friday news:
I happen to like Jasmine Crockett's feisty personality, but I also want to rid the Senate of John Cornyn. Unfortunately, it's quite unlikely she can do that for sad, but quite obvious reasons.
James Talarico is just as feisty in his own way, and he has a better chance to de-Cornyn Texas. Simple.
James Talarico is just as feisty in his own way, and he has a better chance to de-Cornyn Texas. Simple.
I don’t have to live in Texas to know that Republicans desperately wanted her to enter the race and baited her into doing it.
Do you live in Texas, Tom? Maybe stop thinking you know what us Texans want and let the democratic process play out :)
December 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I happen to like Jasmine Crockett's feisty personality, but I also want to rid the Senate of John Cornyn. Unfortunately, it's quite unlikely she can do that for sad, but quite obvious reasons.
James Talarico is just as feisty in his own way, and he has a better chance to de-Cornyn Texas. Simple.
James Talarico is just as feisty in his own way, and he has a better chance to de-Cornyn Texas. Simple.
Totally agree with this. As a Tapper critic myself, the whole point of genuine criticism of how journalists do their jobs is to urge them to do better.
Unless you're just whining for the hell of it.
Unless you're just whining for the hell of it.
This is not related to the point that I was making, which is that right now, at this moment, Tapper did a good thing that is not done often enough, which is a deep dive on a crazy Trump speech.
Unpopular opinion, but pimping your book about the previous president’s health *while avoiding any discussion of the current president’s health as the current president was turning America into a fascist country* deserved criticism.
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Totally agree with this. As a Tapper critic myself, the whole point of genuine criticism of how journalists do their jobs is to urge them to do better.
Unless you're just whining for the hell of it.
Unless you're just whining for the hell of it.
And most people will never hear of this outrage.
The US voted with Russia, China and N. Korea against most of the civilized world. This is where we are at.
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
And most people will never hear of this outrage.
Oh, last count about half the voters.
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Oh, last count about half the voters.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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Yeah, but despite being a liar, she's a "devout" Catholic. So, the "stupid" charge is still plausible.
It’s important to remember that Laura Ingraham went to Dartmouth. She’s not as stupid as she sounds. She’s just a shameless liar.
December 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Yeah, but despite being a liar, she's a "devout" Catholic. So, the "stupid" charge is still plausible.
I signed this petition. But I'm not confident MAGA Republicans in Missouri won't find a way through the courts to stop it from getting on the ballot. These are bad people acting in bad faith--You know, they're Republicans.
🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
300,000 Missouri Voters Sign Petition To Put GOP Gerrymander to Statewide Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I signed this petition. But I'm not confident MAGA Republicans in Missouri won't find a way through the courts to stop it from getting on the ballot. These are bad people acting in bad faith--You know, they're Republicans.
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everyone wants socialism until theyre told its “socialism”
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
everyone wants socialism until theyre told its “socialism”
"You signed an executive order on looking into the reason so many people get fcked when you fck them. Sir."
Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.
December 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"You signed an executive order on looking into the reason so many people get fcked when you fck them. Sir."
"When democracy returns" is doing some heavy work here.
The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"When democracy returns" is doing some heavy work here.
Farmers, generally, love socialism and hate Democrats. USA, 2025.
Trump on his farm bailout: "This money would not be possible without tariffs ... because of tariffs, this is possible."
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Farmers, generally, love socialism and hate Democrats. USA, 2025.
This is the new MTG. Sounds like the old MTG.
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is the new MTG. Sounds like the old MTG.
This man, Tom Cotton, is a devout Christian.
Hilarious. Who needs atheists?
Hilarious. Who needs atheists?
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This man, Tom Cotton, is a devout Christian.
Hilarious. Who needs atheists?
Hilarious. Who needs atheists?
This appalling document will get very little coverage in the hurricane of shitty news this weekend, but it signals a dramatic American turn toward neo-fascist ideology.
And it likely won't be fixable in the future. Simply put, we are no longer a trustworthy, stable ally of Enlightenment Europe.
And it likely won't be fixable in the future. Simply put, we are no longer a trustworthy, stable ally of Enlightenment Europe.
December 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This appalling document will get very little coverage in the hurricane of shitty news this weekend, but it signals a dramatic American turn toward neo-fascist ideology.
And it likely won't be fixable in the future. Simply put, we are no longer a trustworthy, stable ally of Enlightenment Europe.
And it likely won't be fixable in the future. Simply put, we are no longer a trustworthy, stable ally of Enlightenment Europe.
I'm getting the coveted "Left Foot of Fellowship Award," for outstanding non-conformity. And I've saved only one life: my own, refusing to off myself due to the insanity I see each and every day this man walks the Earth.
December 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I'm getting the coveted "Left Foot of Fellowship Award," for outstanding non-conformity. And I've saved only one life: my own, refusing to off myself due to the insanity I see each and every day this man walks the Earth.
With this thin little man heading the Federal Reserve, shit will get even worse next year. Omfg.
Kevin Hassett on Trump: "He's the best communicator I've ever seen ... he's solving it seems all the world's problems, stopping wars and everything else"
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
With this thin little man heading the Federal Reserve, shit will get even worse next year. Omfg.
Between this appalling spectacle, and the Supreme Court ruling on Texas' racist maps, and the DC Circuit Court's allowing Tr-mp more power over once-independent agencies, I feel like we're just not going to ever right the ship. Ever.
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Between this appalling spectacle, and the Supreme Court ruling on Texas' racist maps, and the DC Circuit Court's allowing Tr-mp more power over once-independent agencies, I feel like we're just not going to ever right the ship. Ever.
This can't be real. Someone tell me this is Beta testing an LLM AI trained on what word should most definitely not follow the word before.
“I became both heroine and heroin to him. And sometimes, a heron, for when we did bird play.”
More Excerpts from Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto
“Forget the sex; the real scandal here is the crime against language.” — Brian Phillips, The Ringer, on Olivia Nuzzi’s new memoir, American Canto, ...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This can't be real. Someone tell me this is Beta testing an LLM AI trained on what word should most definitely not follow the word before.
"The Logan Act bars private citizens from engaging in negotiations with foreign governments without authorization."
Just who would enforce this? Nobody. Same with any other violations.
And the Emoluments clauses? They are laughably dead now.
Just who would enforce this? Nobody. Same with any other violations.
And the Emoluments clauses? They are laughably dead now.
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"The Logan Act bars private citizens from engaging in negotiations with foreign governments without authorization."
Just who would enforce this? Nobody. Same with any other violations.
And the Emoluments clauses? They are laughably dead now.
Just who would enforce this? Nobody. Same with any other violations.
And the Emoluments clauses? They are laughably dead now.
Really? The entire chain of command could be held liable?
Uh, by whom exactly? The pro-criminal Tr-mp Justice Dept? The pro-Tr-mp military, who even if they tried to do the right thing would see a pardon thwart their efforts?
There will be ZERO accountability.
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
Uh, by whom exactly? The pro-criminal Tr-mp Justice Dept? The pro-Tr-mp military, who even if they tried to do the right thing would see a pardon thwart their efforts?
There will be ZERO accountability.
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions could spark investigations for war crimes or outright murder, sources told The Intercept.
theintercept.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Really? The entire chain of command could be held liable?
Uh, by whom exactly? The pro-criminal Tr-mp Justice Dept? The pro-Tr-mp military, who even if they tried to do the right thing would see a pardon thwart their efforts?
There will be ZERO accountability.
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
Uh, by whom exactly? The pro-criminal Tr-mp Justice Dept? The pro-Tr-mp military, who even if they tried to do the right thing would see a pardon thwart their efforts?
There will be ZERO accountability.
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
Musk: “If current trends continue, Whites will go from being a small minority of world population today to virtually extinct!”
World: "If Musk represents Whites, good riddance!"
World: "If Musk represents Whites, good riddance!"
Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again
Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again
And he wants you to know Donald Trump likes him again.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Musk: “If current trends continue, Whites will go from being a small minority of world population today to virtually extinct!”
World: "If Musk represents Whites, good riddance!"
World: "If Musk represents Whites, good riddance!"
The New York Times needs to quickly get interviews with MAGA voters hankering for station wagons with wood on the side.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The New York Times needs to quickly get interviews with MAGA voters hankering for station wagons with wood on the side.
Any Democrat who wants my presidential vote better pledge--on the proverbial Day One--to ceremoniously rip down this profanity.
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength"
-- George Orwell (1949)
-- George Orwell (1949)
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Any Democrat who wants my presidential vote better pledge--on the proverbial Day One--to ceremoniously rip down this profanity.