Bob Melusky
@plumbbobm.bsky.social
Retired. Spending my time gardening, hiking, and doing volunteer Lithuanian genealogy work. Lots of trail photos and when I recover, political snark.
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Scott Bessent doesn’t have screw worms on the brain, he has them in the brain.
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Scott Bessent doesn’t have screw worms on the brain, he has them in the brain.
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Trump filed lawsuits over jokes, tweets, and news articles, but not once over any of the countless allegations of child rape. I feel like more people should mention that.
November 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump filed lawsuits over jokes, tweets, and news articles, but not once over any of the countless allegations of child rape. I feel like more people should mention that.
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FACT CHECK: TRUE
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
FACT CHECK: TRUE
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You can probably skip this Lifetime movie.
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
You can probably skip this Lifetime movie.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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(AP) — A confidant of Bill Pulte .. provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials .. who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates.
apnews.com/article/fann...
apnews.com/article/fann...
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
(AP) — A confidant of Bill Pulte .. provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials .. who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates.
apnews.com/article/fann...
apnews.com/article/fann...
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NEW: DHS launched a $200mln+ ad campaign, featuring, Kristi Noem, aimed at stemming illegal immigration.
We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem.
@justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem.
@justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
NEW: DHS launched a $200mln+ ad campaign, featuring, Kristi Noem, aimed at stemming illegal immigration.
We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem.
@justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem.
@justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Informative discussion about Argentina this morning and guess what? Scott Bessent is a liar. Yesterday he said the the 20 billion was not a “ bailout” but it precisely met the definition.
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Informative discussion about Argentina this morning and guess what? Scott Bessent is a liar. Yesterday he said the the 20 billion was not a “ bailout” but it precisely met the definition.
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@kaine.senate.gov If you cave -- and up to now I've admired and appreciated you -- I will do everything in my power to support any Democrat who would primary you. DO. NOT. CAVE.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
@kaine.senate.gov If you cave -- and up to now I've admired and appreciated you -- I will do everything in my power to support any Democrat who would primary you. DO. NOT. CAVE.
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
I was a real hipster as a kid with a Peter Gunn haircut and never knew it.
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I was a real hipster as a kid with a Peter Gunn haircut and never knew it.
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Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’
Sleepy and skeezy
Getty Images releases photos of Douche bag Drumpf falling asleep during yesterday's Oval Office meeting.
Imagine if President Biden had done this. The media narrative for years was that Biden was too old to do the job & now Trump is literally passing out behind its desk, all we hear is crickets.
Imagine if President Biden had done this. The media narrative for years was that Biden was too old to do the job & now Trump is literally passing out behind its desk, all we hear is crickets.
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Sleepy and skeezy
DOJ should have indicted the ham sandwich and not the man who threw it!
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
DOJ should have indicted the ham sandwich and not the man who threw it!
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Ukraine is the only true enforcer of the sanctions against ruZZian oil industry.
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ukraine is the only true enforcer of the sanctions against ruZZian oil industry.
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This is delusional. Does any serious economist believe this? The president is off his rocker, and the GOP is too scared to acknowledge that.
Trump: "If I didn't have tariffs, the entire would be in a depression."
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is delusional. Does any serious economist believe this? The president is off his rocker, and the GOP is too scared to acknowledge that.
Alito is an asshole
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Alito is an asshole
Looks like Trump blamed Republicans for the shutdown. Who will tell him? At one time that was the role of the court jester.
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Looks like Trump blamed Republicans for the shutdown. Who will tell him? At one time that was the role of the court jester.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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Who still wants to know who paid Brett Kavanaugh's $92k country club balance, $200k credit card balance and $1.2 million mortgage, buying themselves a Supreme Court injustice -- and the 5th vote to overturn Roe v Wade?
#WomensRights #RapeCulture #ChildRape #AbortionIsHealthcare #RoeVWade #SCOTUS
#WomensRights #RapeCulture #ChildRape #AbortionIsHealthcare #RoeVWade #SCOTUS
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Who still wants to know who paid Brett Kavanaugh's $92k country club balance, $200k credit card balance and $1.2 million mortgage, buying themselves a Supreme Court injustice -- and the 5th vote to overturn Roe v Wade?
#WomensRights #RapeCulture #ChildRape #AbortionIsHealthcare #RoeVWade #SCOTUS
#WomensRights #RapeCulture #ChildRape #AbortionIsHealthcare #RoeVWade #SCOTUS
@susancampbell.bsky.social
Sean Duffy just said that the US airspace may have to be closed (to protect the Epstein Files)
Sean Duffy just said that the US airspace may have to be closed (to protect the Epstein Files)
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@susancampbell.bsky.social
Sean Duffy just said that the US airspace may have to be closed (to protect the Epstein Files)
Sean Duffy just said that the US airspace may have to be closed (to protect the Epstein Files)
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...