martin george
@martingeorge.bsky.social
I read the news today, oh boy...
Trump is punishing blue states with ICE; God is punishing red states with ice.
January 23, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Trump is punishing blue states with ICE; God is punishing red states with ice.
Bret Stephens did something unheard of in journalism: he described a Republican as what he IS, rather than describing what he DOES. He called Trump an "unhinged president." How about more: decrepit, deranged, corrupt, without morals, lewd, crude, predatory: "unhinged" doesn't scratch the surface. /1
January 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Bret Stephens did something unheard of in journalism: he described a Republican as what he IS, rather than describing what he DOES. He called Trump an "unhinged president." How about more: decrepit, deranged, corrupt, without morals, lewd, crude, predatory: "unhinged" doesn't scratch the surface. /1
This whole $3 a meal thing made me realize some months I spend nearly as much on food as I do my mortgage. That's kind of wild. Of course, my mortgage is fixed, whereas food prices are subject to the whims of crazy politicians and the greedy corporations who put them in power.
January 21, 2026 at 8:35 PM
This whole $3 a meal thing made me realize some months I spend nearly as much on food as I do my mortgage. That's kind of wild. Of course, my mortgage is fixed, whereas food prices are subject to the whims of crazy politicians and the greedy corporations who put them in power.
The entire point is Obama and Biden didn't, and wouldn't, do it.
"While waiting outside the [NYC] courtrooms for these so-called 'targets,' the agents could be overheard discussing the recent blowback they have received across the country following the crackdown in Minneapolis. 'If Obama or Biden had done this, they wouldn’t be protesting,' one scoffed."
ICE in NYC courts: Inside Federal Plaza, masked agents keep the pressure on immigrants attending hearings in 2026 – amNewYork
The mood inside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan is far less raucous than the ongoing ICE raids in Minnesota — but no less tense.
www.amny.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The entire point is Obama and Biden didn't, and wouldn't, do it.
Assuming this peace board idiocy actually happens, this will mean the U.S. gives Israel another $billion, which Israel then gives to the "peace board." Even ignoring the grotesqueness of Israel joining at all, the entire thing is farcical.
BREAKING: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation from United States President Donald Trump to join the “Board of Peace” aje.news/hw7tfo
January 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Assuming this peace board idiocy actually happens, this will mean the U.S. gives Israel another $billion, which Israel then gives to the "peace board." Even ignoring the grotesqueness of Israel joining at all, the entire thing is farcical.
If he ran again, he'd get at least 45% of the vote. The problem goes deeper than Trump.
Rachel Maddow: The people, by and large, stand in opposition to Trump — his approval ratings have fallen through the floor & then down into the basement & then through the basement floor into the bedrock — He is just despised as a political leader in this country in almost unprecedented terms
January 20, 2026 at 12:04 AM
If he ran again, he'd get at least 45% of the vote. The problem goes deeper than Trump.
Next to Trump, the single most glaring sign that we live in a diseased age is the prominence of the Mr. Beast person. WTH is that about?
January 18, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Next to Trump, the single most glaring sign that we live in a diseased age is the prominence of the Mr. Beast person. WTH is that about?
"My Generation." I stopped listening to new music in the late 90s, but has any song made such a defiant statement of arrival and change since then? It seems to me that popular music has become a mindless cash grab since. Rap is an exception, but even that has been swallowed by the money machine.
January 18, 2026 at 1:01 AM
"My Generation." I stopped listening to new music in the late 90s, but has any song made such a defiant statement of arrival and change since then? It seems to me that popular music has become a mindless cash grab since. Rap is an exception, but even that has been swallowed by the money machine.
I'm getting -- almost -- the same sense of inevitability about Greenland as I did about Iraq. Lies, bad reasoning, and an obvious lust to do the thing, rather than the advantages that doing it will bring.
January 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I'm getting -- almost -- the same sense of inevitability about Greenland as I did about Iraq. Lies, bad reasoning, and an obvious lust to do the thing, rather than the advantages that doing it will bring.
The Lord of the Flies Administration.
January 16, 2026 at 11:08 AM
The Lord of the Flies Administration.
USA Today did a photo spread on Trump's visit to the auto plant; not a single mention of the "Pedophile protector" guy. Once again, I can only imagine how the press would have handled it if a Democrat were on the business end of such a stunt. "Joe The Plumber" comes to mind. They turned him into /1
January 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM
USA Today did a photo spread on Trump's visit to the auto plant; not a single mention of the "Pedophile protector" guy. Once again, I can only imagine how the press would have handled it if a Democrat were on the business end of such a stunt. "Joe The Plumber" comes to mind. They turned him into /1
If a Democrat did this, how long would it dominate the news coverage? What would that coverage look like? Of course, no Democrat with Trump's sordid past could even sniff the presidency, but the question is still useful.
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
January 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
If a Democrat did this, how long would it dominate the news coverage? What would that coverage look like? Of course, no Democrat with Trump's sordid past could even sniff the presidency, but the question is still useful.
Here is a thought experiment that goes straight to national values. Let's suppose the U.S. debt, currently sitting at $38 trillion, was magically erased. Would the windfall be used to, say, establish a national healthcare system, or would it go straight to tax cuts for the rich? I think I know.
January 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Here is a thought experiment that goes straight to national values. Let's suppose the U.S. debt, currently sitting at $38 trillion, was magically erased. Would the windfall be used to, say, establish a national healthcare system, or would it go straight to tax cuts for the rich? I think I know.
"Basic human dignity" is important ... when it comes to how people treat cops. When it comes to how cops treat the public, welllllllllllll there are all sorts of caveats.
By the way this press release you’d think the LASD deputy got attacked by a barista. Instead, it’s about someone allegedly drawing a pig on the deputy’s cup.
January 12, 2026 at 6:55 AM
"Basic human dignity" is important ... when it comes to how people treat cops. When it comes to how cops treat the public, welllllllllllll there are all sorts of caveats.
Trump wants to bomb Iran to support protestors, while in the U.S., he wants to bomb the protestors. 2026 is going to be a hell of a year.
January 11, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Trump wants to bomb Iran to support protestors, while in the U.S., he wants to bomb the protestors. 2026 is going to be a hell of a year.
The Pennsylvania Dutch population is heavily seeded with Hessians who stayed in America after the American Revolution because they much preferred it here over the war-torn despotic hellhole that was Europe. What a difference 250 years makes!
January 10, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The Pennsylvania Dutch population is heavily seeded with Hessians who stayed in America after the American Revolution because they much preferred it here over the war-torn despotic hellhole that was Europe. What a difference 250 years makes!
What kind of "independent" voter still supports Trump at this point?
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 AM
What kind of "independent" voter still supports Trump at this point?
To a MAGA, anything to their left is "liberal." The more extreme leftists, on the other hand, hate centrists as much as they hate the right, but they recognize centrists exist. It's really an odd thing.
January 10, 2026 at 6:26 AM
To a MAGA, anything to their left is "liberal." The more extreme leftists, on the other hand, hate centrists as much as they hate the right, but they recognize centrists exist. It's really an odd thing.
The American public is what it is. You can pretend the public is different, wish it were different, try to change it, but if you ACT like the American public isn't what it is, you'll find out the hard way that you shouldn't have. And then these same people will indignantly blame you for losing.
“What would it take for these freaks to voice objection to the actual fact of state terror happening right in front of their faces, rather than raising limp procedural qualms over Trump not having filed the proper paperwork to inflict it with sufficient bipartisanship?”
Why does the mainstream Democratic response to authoritarian violence always have to be abstracted like this? defector.com/how-hard-is-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The American public is what it is. You can pretend the public is different, wish it were different, try to change it, but if you ACT like the American public isn't what it is, you'll find out the hard way that you shouldn't have. And then these same people will indignantly blame you for losing.
I think I found a new Happy Warrior.
Just left the House floor after we passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!!
January 9, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I think I found a new Happy Warrior.
Trump, corrupt thug, and Maduro, corrupt thug. Ideally, they would be defendants in a joint trial.
January 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Trump, corrupt thug, and Maduro, corrupt thug. Ideally, they would be defendants in a joint trial.
VHS dominated home the home movie market for about 17 years. DVD for about 10 years, and since then, maybe 15 years, it's been streaming. Basically, the internet destroyed the physical viewing media industry in a few years. You can see the progression, but I'm not sure it's progress anymore.
January 6, 2026 at 9:34 AM
VHS dominated home the home movie market for about 17 years. DVD for about 10 years, and since then, maybe 15 years, it's been streaming. Basically, the internet destroyed the physical viewing media industry in a few years. You can see the progression, but I'm not sure it's progress anymore.
Films were better in the 1950s and early 1960s, and it isn't close. Fresh ideas, no reliance on CGI or everything going boom all the time. Just better.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Films were better in the 1950s and early 1960s, and it isn't close. Fresh ideas, no reliance on CGI or everything going boom all the time. Just better.
George Will: "It's extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is."
Welcome to the America of the "extraordinary ordinary person."
Welcome to the America of the "extraordinary ordinary person."
January 6, 2026 at 4:11 AM
George Will: "It's extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is."
Welcome to the America of the "extraordinary ordinary person."
Welcome to the America of the "extraordinary ordinary person."
Our for profit media is turning into a for the profit of the techocracy billionaires, and their idea of profit isn't necessarily about ad revenue.
January 4, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Our for profit media is turning into a for the profit of the techocracy billionaires, and their idea of profit isn't necessarily about ad revenue.