The Dark Optimist
@handmethesoma.bsky.social
Omnivorous reader, lover of good cigars and strong coffee, open to discourse but allergic to ignorance.
1/20/2025 - Welcome to Thunderdome
1/20/2025 - Welcome to Thunderdome
Behind every great fortune is a crime(s)
August 31, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Behind every great fortune is a crime(s)
FBI Director waking up from 5 day booze blackout in existential angst
August 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
FBI Director waking up from 5 day booze blackout in existential angst
Story doesn't mention that Friedrich left Germany in part to avoid mandatory military service. When he returned to Germany, he was essentially deported for failing to serve.
You can't make this stuff up. Drumpf Family Values
You can't make this stuff up. Drumpf Family Values
TRUMP REDECORATES THE WHITE HOUSE IN WHORE HOUSE STYLE TO FEEL MORE AT HOME
Trump family fortune began in a Canadian brothel-hotel
globalnews.ca/news/1107984...
Trump family fortune began in a Canadian brothel-hotel
globalnews.ca/news/1107984...
The Trump family fortune sprang from this Canadian hotel-brothel - National | Globalnews.ca
Friedrich Trump called his business in Bennett, a town that sprang up because of the Klondike Gold Rush, the Arctic Restaurant & Hotel.
globalnews.ca
August 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Story doesn't mention that Friedrich left Germany in part to avoid mandatory military service. When he returned to Germany, he was essentially deported for failing to serve.
You can't make this stuff up. Drumpf Family Values
You can't make this stuff up. Drumpf Family Values
Fuck Abbott
August 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Fuck Abbott
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Federal judge strikes down most of DeSantis’ book ban law saying it is over broad.
“To be sure, parents have the right to ‘direct the upbringing and education of children,’ but the government cannot repackage their speech and pass it off as its own.” the Judge stated.
#ProudBlue#Voices4
apple.news
“To be sure, parents have the right to ‘direct the upbringing and education of children,’ but the government cannot repackage their speech and pass it off as its own.” the Judge stated.
#ProudBlue#Voices4
apple.news
Federal judge guts major portion of Florida’s book ban, in a blow to DeSantis — MSNBC
A judge said a law allowing parents to challenge books over purportedly pornographic content was overbroad and unconstitutional.
apple.news
August 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Federal judge strikes down most of DeSantis’ book ban law saying it is over broad.
“To be sure, parents have the right to ‘direct the upbringing and education of children,’ but the government cannot repackage their speech and pass it off as its own.” the Judge stated.
#ProudBlue#Voices4
apple.news
“To be sure, parents have the right to ‘direct the upbringing and education of children,’ but the government cannot repackage their speech and pass it off as its own.” the Judge stated.
#ProudBlue#Voices4
apple.news
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Asset meets with his handler
August 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Asset meets with his handler
Pretty much sums up this scam
Holy Crap look at the posted job applications for Alligator Auschwitz! The amount of money these so called Guards will be making is insane! 🤬🤬
July 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Pretty much sums up this scam
He's betting on ignorance, like he always has.
Walmart has increased prices up to 51% in response to Trump's tariffs.
July 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
He's betting on ignorance, like he always has.
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People seem to forget that Putin is also popular in Russia as is his agenda.
July 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
People seem to forget that Putin is also popular in Russia as is his agenda.
I expect ICE to be at theaters in full force to round up little blue beings
July 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I expect ICE to be at theaters in full force to round up little blue beings
"I love the poorly educated" is the 21st Century's "Veni, Vidi, Vici"
July 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"I love the poorly educated" is the 21st Century's "Veni, Vidi, Vici"
"It's been one of my basic political axioms that the United States is the greatest country ever devised in which to be completely out of your mind."
Charles Pierce
Charles Pierce
July 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"It's been one of my basic political axioms that the United States is the greatest country ever devised in which to be completely out of your mind."
Charles Pierce
Charles Pierce
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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#ProudBlue #Resist
I found this on another site, so I checked out the story! Not surprisingly, it was real! I watch news from all over and never saw this mentioned. I can’t imagine why! Can you?
I found this on another site, so I checked out the story! Not surprisingly, it was real! I watch news from all over and never saw this mentioned. I can’t imagine why! Can you?
July 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#ProudBlue #Resist
I found this on another site, so I checked out the story! Not surprisingly, it was real! I watch news from all over and never saw this mentioned. I can’t imagine why! Can you?
I found this on another site, so I checked out the story! Not surprisingly, it was real! I watch news from all over and never saw this mentioned. I can’t imagine why! Can you?
DOGE kills
After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
July 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
DOGE kills
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani, moments ago, talking about how he’s going to fix NYC.
This guy sounds presidential.
This guy sounds presidential.
June 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani, moments ago, talking about how he’s going to fix NYC.
This guy sounds presidential.
This guy sounds presidential.
Which is a greater terrorist threat:
Iran?
SCOTUS?
Iran?
SCOTUS?
June 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Which is a greater terrorist threat:
Iran?
SCOTUS?
Iran?
SCOTUS?
That he can't control what he can't primary hasn't found purchase in his stable genius
June 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
That he can't control what he can't primary hasn't found purchase in his stable genius
He carries his 224 lbs so gracefully
June 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
He carries his 224 lbs so gracefully
All of the above
June 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
All of the above
We're not even Great adjacent
June 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We're not even Great adjacent
