Mark Gutekunst
@markgutekunst.bsky.social
“…and I said nothing, for I was not a gay mouse. Then then they tariffed the penguins…”
Making simple things complicated since 1969.
Reply guy mostly. Sarcasm is default.
Some likes are bookmarks
Making simple things complicated since 1969.
Reply guy mostly. Sarcasm is default.
Some likes are bookmarks
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Mark Gutekunst
@markgutekunst.bsky.social
· Mar 25
I am BEGGING people to frame this properly. The issue here is not one colossal blunder where a reporter got info. The issue is it’s clear these people are all routinely ignoring the most absolutely basic security protocols, and WE HAVE NO IDEA what breaches this has already enabled.
I am glad that Senators are grilling DNI Gabbard and CIA Director Ratcliffe today.
Today should be the start of a 4-year drum beat on Trump's team putting US troops in jeopardy by sharing operational war plans with a reporter before undertaking the operation.
Too much is not enough.
Today should be the start of a 4-year drum beat on Trump's team putting US troops in jeopardy by sharing operational war plans with a reporter before undertaking the operation.
Too much is not enough.
Yeah the takeaway from Watergate wasn’t “burglars shouldn’t be so sloppy and careless and let’s make sure this doesn’t happen again.”
Dems need to be clear (for once!):
- This is a culture of impunity and deceit
- It infects the entire Executive, top-down
- it’s relevant to EVERYTHING they do
Dems need to be clear (for once!):
- This is a culture of impunity and deceit
- It infects the entire Executive, top-down
- it’s relevant to EVERYTHING they do
Wow. My first block ever (incl. the other place.) Dude wants to do community outreach and defaults to “fuck off.” Clearly I was wrong to doubt the project, we’re in good hands here.
April 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Wow. My first block ever (incl. the other place.) Dude wants to do community outreach and defaults to “fuck off.” Clearly I was wrong to doubt the project, we’re in good hands here.
Yes, the issue with the American workforce is that it’s… unbuilt?
MacCALLUM: Will American workers make shirts and garments for the same--? Obviously the labor costs are so much cheaper overseas in those places
CHAVEZ-DeREMER: We're gonna onshore, repatriate some of these companies to invest in America directly so that we can build that workforce
CHAVEZ-DeREMER: We're gonna onshore, repatriate some of these companies to invest in America directly so that we can build that workforce
April 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Yes, the issue with the American workforce is that it’s… unbuilt?
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Lotta people who have spent their comfortable, unbothered lives smugly insisting they "Don't do politics" are about to find out politics have no issue doin' them.
April 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Lotta people who have spent their comfortable, unbothered lives smugly insisting they "Don't do politics" are about to find out politics have no issue doin' them.
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It's been noted that the last time stocks fell this sharply, we were in the midst of a global health pandemic. To which I say, please be patient.
by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It's been noted that the last time stocks fell this sharply, we were in the midst of a global health pandemic. To which I say, please be patient.
by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Weird disparity in neck lengths, looks like they’re doing a vertical take on the Night at the Roxbury thing
The latest guest on Gavin Newsom’s podcast: Anthony Scaramucci
April 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Weird disparity in neck lengths, looks like they’re doing a vertical take on the Night at the Roxbury thing
I think we often forget how much MAGA support is simply “he pisses off people I don’t like” but to be honest it might have applied to Clinton as much or more.
I have a hard time with the way we let Bill Clinton still be a thing.
April 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I think we often forget how much MAGA support is simply “he pisses off people I don’t like” but to be honest it might have applied to Clinton as much or more.
Except in the dumbest possible way bc each one is from an American horse
These aren't tariffs. They are a horse's head in the bed of (almost) every world government and business leader.
April 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Except in the dumbest possible way bc each one is from an American horse
Says the sad boy who thinks he never got hugs because Ivanka & Don Jr. used them all up before it was his turn.
April 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Says the sad boy who thinks he never got hugs because Ivanka & Don Jr. used them all up before it was his turn.
Ok, so here’s what you need to know:
It’s trade deficit divided by imports…
Times Pete Hegseth’s BAC (0.12 is default)
Plus the first two numbers of the street address where you grew up
Minus the number of concerts you’ve seen in the last 12 months
*{flourish}*
and is THIS your card??
It’s trade deficit divided by imports…
Times Pete Hegseth’s BAC (0.12 is default)
Plus the first two numbers of the street address where you grew up
Minus the number of concerts you’ve seen in the last 12 months
*{flourish}*
and is THIS your card??
April 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ok, so here’s what you need to know:
It’s trade deficit divided by imports…
Times Pete Hegseth’s BAC (0.12 is default)
Plus the first two numbers of the street address where you grew up
Minus the number of concerts you’ve seen in the last 12 months
*{flourish}*
and is THIS your card??
It’s trade deficit divided by imports…
Times Pete Hegseth’s BAC (0.12 is default)
Plus the first two numbers of the street address where you grew up
Minus the number of concerts you’ve seen in the last 12 months
*{flourish}*
and is THIS your card??
Re: tan suit, can we just take a second to reflect on what a bullet we dodged in 2012?
If Romney had won, and we’d had to endure four to eight years of magic underwear jokes??
If Romney had won, and we’d had to endure four to eight years of magic underwear jokes??
Whether it's Donald Trump punishing law firms for representing clients he dislikes or Barack Obama wearing a tan suit, Presidents of both parties have challenged important norms.
April 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Re: tan suit, can we just take a second to reflect on what a bullet we dodged in 2012?
If Romney had won, and we’d had to endure four to eight years of magic underwear jokes??
If Romney had won, and we’d had to endure four to eight years of magic underwear jokes??
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Mr @Elonmusk We are hearing that the great Andrew Cuomo could use your support to stand up against the radical left . Please consider offering your powerful support
April 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Mr @Elonmusk We are hearing that the great Andrew Cuomo could use your support to stand up against the radical left . Please consider offering your powerful support
“Abandoning efforts” is me breaking down and eating all the ice cream.
They’re doing exactly what they want.
They’re doing exactly what they want.
The Trump administration dismantled key efforts to combat white supremacist and far-right terrorism, stripping away protections as extremist violence surged. This rollback didn’t just weaken defenses—it gave dangerous ideologies room to grow.
Read more:
Read more:
Trump Administration Abandoning Efforts to Combat White Supremacist and Far-Right Terrorism and Violence
Since Trump returned to office in January, several government programs to combat domestic terrorism from white supremacists, militias, and other radicalized far-right extremists have been curtailed or...
globalextremism.org
April 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“Abandoning efforts” is me breaking down and eating all the ice cream.
They’re doing exactly what they want.
They’re doing exactly what they want.
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Is it performative? Of course.
But there’s a difference between theatrics meant to inspire, and theatrics meant to patronize.
What happens next will tell.
But there’s a difference between theatrics meant to inspire, and theatrics meant to patronize.
What happens next will tell.
This pointless stunt by Cory Booker is accomplishing nothing but drawing attention to the Trump administration’s wrongdoing and delaying the work of the Senate and energizing the Democratic base and, wait, hang on, let me come in again
April 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Is it performative? Of course.
But there’s a difference between theatrics meant to inspire, and theatrics meant to patronize.
What happens next will tell.
But there’s a difference between theatrics meant to inspire, and theatrics meant to patronize.
What happens next will tell.
I think what’s so exasperating about her is not that she lies, but she does it in a way that says “I don’t respect you and shouldn’t have to explain myself to you.” Just dripping with contempt.
REPORTER: The vice president said he was a convicted member of MS-13. What evidence is there to back that up?
LEAVITT: There's a lot of evidence. DHS and ICE have that evidence and I saw it this morning."
LEAVITT: There's a lot of evidence. DHS and ICE have that evidence and I saw it this morning."
April 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I think what’s so exasperating about her is not that she lies, but she does it in a way that says “I don’t respect you and shouldn’t have to explain myself to you.” Just dripping with contempt.
Important? Sure.
Ironic? Hugely.
Too little too late? Almost certainly.
Ironic? Hugely.
Too little too late? Almost certainly.
Even John Roberts's critics on the left can't deny the importance of his effort to protect the rule of law from Donald Trump
John Roberts, the Supreme Court’s Fearless Defender of Democracy
The chief justice’s principled commitment to the apolitical rule of law has been exactly what America needed in this moment.
ballsandstrikes.org
April 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Important? Sure.
Ironic? Hugely.
Too little too late? Almost certainly.
Ironic? Hugely.
Too little too late? Almost certainly.
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I am Jewish.
I have spent literally my entire life on university campuses.
I was the child of two Jewish professors.
Since kindergarten I have spent exactly one year as neither a student nor a professor.
I have, on occasion, experienced antisemitism. But never on a university campus.
I have spent literally my entire life on university campuses.
I was the child of two Jewish professors.
Since kindergarten I have spent exactly one year as neither a student nor a professor.
I have, on occasion, experienced antisemitism. But never on a university campus.
April 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I am Jewish.
I have spent literally my entire life on university campuses.
I was the child of two Jewish professors.
Since kindergarten I have spent exactly one year as neither a student nor a professor.
I have, on occasion, experienced antisemitism. But never on a university campus.
I have spent literally my entire life on university campuses.
I was the child of two Jewish professors.
Since kindergarten I have spent exactly one year as neither a student nor a professor.
I have, on occasion, experienced antisemitism. But never on a university campus.
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The pro-democracy popular front extends from various socialists to Mitt Romney. We’re all going to need a place to communicate with each other that isn’t controlled by fascists.
This is it. Welcome everyone who isn’t a fascist (and dunk on them as needed).
This is it. Welcome everyone who isn’t a fascist (and dunk on them as needed).
April 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The pro-democracy popular front extends from various socialists to Mitt Romney. We’re all going to need a place to communicate with each other that isn’t controlled by fascists.
This is it. Welcome everyone who isn’t a fascist (and dunk on them as needed).
This is it. Welcome everyone who isn’t a fascist (and dunk on them as needed).
Yea, time and inclination have been the twin barriers to my creation of art.
Definitely not my complete lack of talent.
Definitely not my complete lack of talent.
I don't think these people understand just how transparently they're telegraphing their grievances and insecurities upon us, making it our problem. To these people, practicing a craft for the sake of enjoyment and betterment is just another form of "friction" that needs to be optimized and flattened
March 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Yea, time and inclination have been the twin barriers to my creation of art.
Definitely not my complete lack of talent.
Definitely not my complete lack of talent.
To be fair, that’s not a world leader.
Imagine any other world leader saying this about another country.
March 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
To be fair, that’s not a world leader.
@joepisapia.bsky.social yer old mates have done themselves proud!
EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation.
Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:
Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:
EXCLUSIVE: After Kennedy Center cancels LGBTQ+ musical, Guster brings cast on stage in protest
Finn's run at the storied DC venue was axed after Trump took over.
www.thehandbasket.co
March 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
@joepisapia.bsky.social yer old mates have done themselves proud!
But if you've done anything to a couch?
That will be delegated to J.D. Vance's office.
That will be delegated to J.D. Vance's office.
March 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
But if you've done anything to a couch?
That will be delegated to J.D. Vance's office.
That will be delegated to J.D. Vance's office.
Too bad there weren't kidnapped Venezuelans on those trucks; it would have been impossible to turn them around.
They are the cruelest, evilest men we have ever dealt with in our government.
March 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Too bad there weren't kidnapped Venezuelans on those trucks; it would have been impossible to turn them around.
Still wrestling with cognitive dissonance over (1) Pete Hegseth being called “WhiskiLeaks” is objectively hilarious and (2) I too *really* like whisky. Like, a LOT.
March 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Still wrestling with cognitive dissonance over (1) Pete Hegseth being called “WhiskiLeaks” is objectively hilarious and (2) I too *really* like whisky. Like, a LOT.