helplessduck
@helplessduck.bsky.social
Socialist. Atheist. Smart-ass. Disaffected millennial.
I was once called the terror that quacks in the night.
Rage against the political duopoly.
I was once called the terror that quacks in the night.
Rage against the political duopoly.
If millennials were smart, we would have invented a way to put ourselves into suspended animation until the concussion of our parent's reaction to electing an educated Black man wears off.
One more thing to blame us for, I guess.
One more thing to blame us for, I guess.
June 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
If millennials were smart, we would have invented a way to put ourselves into suspended animation until the concussion of our parent's reaction to electing an educated Black man wears off.
One more thing to blame us for, I guess.
One more thing to blame us for, I guess.
I think he's just confused about the weather.
Actual quote from Trump presser: “This country was dead as a door nail. And we are now the hottest country in the world. Everyone is saying it. The hottest country.”
June 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think he's just confused about the weather.
The Senate Parliamentarian just struck a few more provisions from the MAGA Murder Budget:
- Private school vouchers,
- Religious college carve-outs,
- Gun silencers.
They're going to fire her.
- Private school vouchers,
- Religious college carve-outs,
- Gun silencers.
They're going to fire her.
June 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Senate Parliamentarian just struck a few more provisions from the MAGA Murder Budget:
- Private school vouchers,
- Religious college carve-outs,
- Gun silencers.
They're going to fire her.
- Private school vouchers,
- Religious college carve-outs,
- Gun silencers.
They're going to fire her.
Gavin Newsome is suing Fox News [sic] for defamation. I can't stand that man for what he's done to homeless folks, but I wish him the best in taking another chunk out of dippy's propaganda machine.
June 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Gavin Newsome is suing Fox News [sic] for defamation. I can't stand that man for what he's done to homeless folks, but I wish him the best in taking another chunk out of dippy's propaganda machine.
Oh, puh-lease. In a time when our very lives are at stake? This is what they come up with?
Why not do something to actually help your constituents.We need real protections from bigted monsters, not another day for the christo-fascists to hem and haw over. Feckless democrats being feckless.
Why not do something to actually help your constituents.We need real protections from bigted monsters, not another day for the christo-fascists to hem and haw over. Feckless democrats being feckless.
New congressional resolution would make June 26 'Equality Day' celebrating LGBTQ+ victories
A new resolution would designate June 26 as “Equality Day," marking the anniversary of three historic LGBTQ+ Supreme Court victories.
www.advocate.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Oh, puh-lease. In a time when our very lives are at stake? This is what they come up with?
Why not do something to actually help your constituents.We need real protections from bigted monsters, not another day for the christo-fascists to hem and haw over. Feckless democrats being feckless.
Why not do something to actually help your constituents.We need real protections from bigted monsters, not another day for the christo-fascists to hem and haw over. Feckless democrats being feckless.
OTD in 1869, anarchist and social justice warrior Emma Goldman was born.
STRIKE!
STRIKE!
Biography & Facts | Britannica
Emma Goldman, international anarchist who conducted leftist activities in the United States from about 1890 to 1917, when she was arrested for agitating against military conscription and sentenced to ...
www.britannica.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
OTD in 1869, anarchist and social justice warrior Emma Goldman was born.
STRIKE!
STRIKE!
The owner class is now saying the quiet part out loud. These are the people our leadership is really protecting, not you, not me, and certainly not the most vulnerable among us.
Their fear is delicious.
Their fear is delicious.
A Billionaire Trump Backer Is Desperate to Stop Zohran Mamdani
Billionaire Bill Ackman and his rich friends want someone, anyone, to bring down Zohran Mamdani. Their pitch: take our money, it won’t be much time and energy, and maybe you’ll get famous enough to us...
jacobin.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The owner class is now saying the quiet part out loud. These are the people our leadership is really protecting, not you, not me, and certainly not the most vulnerable among us.
Their fear is delicious.
Their fear is delicious.
CAGE MATCH!
If the world weren't falling down around our ears these two losers would make for great comedy.
Amanda Marcotte on a MAGA snowflake bitch fight.
If the world weren't falling down around our ears these two losers would make for great comedy.
Amanda Marcotte on a MAGA snowflake bitch fight.
Joe Rogan vs. Liver King beef shows MAGA male fragility
Far-right masculinity hurts its disciples
www.salon.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
CAGE MATCH!
If the world weren't falling down around our ears these two losers would make for great comedy.
Amanda Marcotte on a MAGA snowflake bitch fight.
If the world weren't falling down around our ears these two losers would make for great comedy.
Amanda Marcotte on a MAGA snowflake bitch fight.
Good morning. Don't let her dainty expression of innocence fool you. Mandibles of death, here.
Mandibles. Of. Death.
Mandibles. Of. Death.
June 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Good morning. Don't let her dainty expression of innocence fool you. Mandibles of death, here.
Mandibles. Of. Death.
Mandibles. Of. Death.
He's doddering on about Hannibal Lecter again, isn't he?
June 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
He's doddering on about Hannibal Lecter again, isn't he?
John Thune is a filthy fucking liar like the rest of them. They know dippy wants it passed and they're all so afraid of that impotent little man that they'll do anything to please him.
Thune insists the Senate won’t overrule the parliamentarian after her latest rulings endangered key Medicaid plans and angered GOP lawmakers.
Thune says Senate won't overrule parliamentarian
Multiple Republicans erupted after Elizabeth MacDonough advised against key parts of the GOP megabill.
www.politico.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
John Thune is a filthy fucking liar like the rest of them. They know dippy wants it passed and they're all so afraid of that impotent little man that they'll do anything to please him.
I love Wonkette.
Emil Bove Emerges From Coffin, Attempts To Get Confirmed As Appeals Judge
Is he Trump's most unethical pick yet? Maybe!
www.wonkette.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I love Wonkette.
Kegbreath gets his pat on the head from dippy.
These are very unserious people.
These are very unserious people.
June 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Kegbreath gets his pat on the head from dippy.
These are very unserious people.
These are very unserious people.
MAGAt morons are so scared of this kid they're trying to appeal to dippy to deport him.
'Time for action': Republicans beg Trump to use obscure law to deport Democratic candidate
New York’s Young Republican Club has urged President Donald Trump's administration to revoke Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s U.S. citizenship and deport him under the Communist Control A...
www.alternet.org
June 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
MAGAt morons are so scared of this kid they're trying to appeal to dippy to deport him.
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hi, cis folks!
so senate’s king nerd struck the trans healthcare bans from the budget bill—that’s good! but the GOP may put it back in, meaning dems need to be ready to challenge it on the floor—that’s doable, but they need to know you want them to!
today’s a great day to call senators: reps.fyi 🧵
so senate’s king nerd struck the trans healthcare bans from the budget bill—that’s good! but the GOP may put it back in, meaning dems need to be ready to challenge it on the floor—that’s doable, but they need to know you want them to!
today’s a great day to call senators: reps.fyi 🧵
June 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
hi, cis folks!
so senate’s king nerd struck the trans healthcare bans from the budget bill—that’s good! but the GOP may put it back in, meaning dems need to be ready to challenge it on the floor—that’s doable, but they need to know you want them to!
today’s a great day to call senators: reps.fyi 🧵
so senate’s king nerd struck the trans healthcare bans from the budget bill—that’s good! but the GOP may put it back in, meaning dems need to be ready to challenge it on the floor—that’s doable, but they need to know you want them to!
today’s a great day to call senators: reps.fyi 🧵
Now taking bets on the alcohol concentration of Pete Kegbreath's tears.
June 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Now taking bets on the alcohol concentration of Pete Kegbreath's tears.
Reposted by helplessduck
As a result, with today’s decision, the Supreme Court has removed one of the only practical ways to stop a state from punishing doctors it doesn’t like by kicking them out of the Medicaid program.
Read @msjpauly.bsky.social's look at the 6-3 ruling.
Read @msjpauly.bsky.social's look at the 6-3 ruling.
The Supreme Court just made it easier for states to defund Planned Parenthood
“Today’s decision…is a dangerous green light for politicians to target any providers they don’t like."
www.motherjones.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
As a result, with today’s decision, the Supreme Court has removed one of the only practical ways to stop a state from punishing doctors it doesn’t like by kicking them out of the Medicaid program.
Read @msjpauly.bsky.social's look at the 6-3 ruling.
Read @msjpauly.bsky.social's look at the 6-3 ruling.
I regret ever having been a subscriber to the NYT.
This is what the Paper of Record™ chose to publish for the 10th anniversary of Obergefell
archive.ph/AqDLU
archive.ph/AqDLU
June 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I regret ever having been a subscriber to the NYT.
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If you do not recognize the difference between DUMB MAGA nuts & DISHONEST MAGA nuts you won't figure out how it works.
It's basically the dishonest leading the dumb. People who know better but are greedy & evil using poor folks who just have no clue.
That's how MAGA operate.
#MSNBC #CNN
It's basically the dishonest leading the dumb. People who know better but are greedy & evil using poor folks who just have no clue.
That's how MAGA operate.
#MSNBC #CNN
June 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
All they need is a simple majority to override the parliamentarian, which they have. Unless a handful of R's stand up for their constituencies, and the whole D caucus actually acts in opposition, the parliamentarian can't save us from the MAGA murder budget.
Senate referee rejects key Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has rejected key Medicaid provisions in the Senate GOP megabill, a ruling that appears to strike a major blow to Republicans’ strategy for cutting …
thehill.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
All they need is a simple majority to override the parliamentarian, which they have. Unless a handful of R's stand up for their constituencies, and the whole D caucus actually acts in opposition, the parliamentarian can't save us from the MAGA murder budget.
This is a catastrophe, but not a surprise.
The Ideologues on the SCOTUS are hellbent on taking us back to the 1940's. GOP controlled states are going to abuse this precedent to defund all manner of providers.
The Ideologues on the SCOTUS are hellbent on taking us back to the 1940's. GOP controlled states are going to abuse this precedent to defund all manner of providers.
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
A divided Supreme Court is allowing states to cut off Medicaid money for Planned Parenthood amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the organization, the country’s largest abortion provider.
apnews.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is a catastrophe, but not a surprise.
The Ideologues on the SCOTUS are hellbent on taking us back to the 1940's. GOP controlled states are going to abuse this precedent to defund all manner of providers.
The Ideologues on the SCOTUS are hellbent on taking us back to the 1940's. GOP controlled states are going to abuse this precedent to defund all manner of providers.
I saw a rumor that L.A. gangs had declared a halt to their wars and are now escorting folks to and from immigration court, standing up to the fascist thugs of ICE, and doing so effectively.
Has anyone else heard or seen this? Any confirmation?
Has anyone else heard or seen this? Any confirmation?
June 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I saw a rumor that L.A. gangs had declared a halt to their wars and are now escorting folks to and from immigration court, standing up to the fascist thugs of ICE, and doing so effectively.
Has anyone else heard or seen this? Any confirmation?
Has anyone else heard or seen this? Any confirmation?
I can tell you what they were effective at:
Convincing the rest of the world that the only way to ward off America's imperial hegemony is to get the bomb. It's set up a nuclear arms race we havne't seen since the cold war.
#USpol #Iran #Trump
Convincing the rest of the world that the only way to ward off America's imperial hegemony is to get the bomb. It's set up a nuclear arms race we havne't seen since the cold war.
#USpol #Iran #Trump
"Low-level loser": Hegseth, Leavitt deny reports that U.S. Iran strikes were ineffective - Salon.com
The Trump administration was left scrambling following a CNN report and a statement from Iranian officials.
www.salon.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Things #Capitalism brings:
●Wealth inequality
●Racism
●Sexism
●Poor Healthcare
●Poverty
●Low wages
●Inadequate housing
And worst of all:
●Militarized police to protect the property of the elite
You only hate #socialism because of CIA propaganda. Stop running defense for the rich.
#TaxTheRich
●Wealth inequality
●Racism
●Sexism
●Poor Healthcare
●Poverty
●Low wages
●Inadequate housing
And worst of all:
●Militarized police to protect the property of the elite
You only hate #socialism because of CIA propaganda. Stop running defense for the rich.
#TaxTheRich
June 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM