Maximus
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@themerciful.bsky.social
· Sep 11
Another f***ed up day in this f***ed up world.
But never lose sight of who's trying to make it better, and who's trying to make it worse.
But never lose sight of who's trying to make it better, and who's trying to make it worse.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Overt racism and misogyny.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Overt racism and misogyny.
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A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
That's exactly what Obamacare is, people buy their own insurance 😒
Trump: I want the money to go into an account for people where the people buy their own insurance. They will feel like entrepreneurs. Call it Trumpcare… anything but Obamacare. Obamacare is a disaster just like he was.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
That's exactly what Obamacare is, people buy their own insurance 😒
Oh, like we hadn't noticed 😒
"D.C. plastic surgeons see surge in requests for "Mar‑a‑Lago Face"
www.axios.com/local/washin...
"D.C. plastic surgeons see surge in requests for "Mar‑a‑Lago Face"
www.axios.com/local/washin...
D.C. plastic surgeons see surge in "Mar‑a‑Lago face" requests from Trump insiders
"[They] want to look like they had something done."
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Oh, like we hadn't noticed 😒
"D.C. plastic surgeons see surge in requests for "Mar‑a‑Lago Face"
www.axios.com/local/washin...
"D.C. plastic surgeons see surge in requests for "Mar‑a‑Lago Face"
www.axios.com/local/washin...
Republicans want to stop democracy.
Johnson: If we lose the majority… They will try to end the Trump administration. He won't have 4 years. He'll have only 2, because they will move to impeach him, probably on the first day of the new Congress in January 2027 and try to systematically unwind all the important reforms that we've done."
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Republicans want to stop democracy.
OMG, AITA for laughing at this? It's both sad and comical at the same time...
The head of the American Healthcare System saw someone collapse and immediately ran out of the room, and the president waited to see how long he could go without looking at the guy lol
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
OMG, AITA for laughing at this? It's both sad and comical at the same time...
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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The guy who has refused to help war-torn Ukraine now wants to “protect Christians” in Nigeria, says he is “rescuing” Argentina on behalf of the West, and is “combating drug trafficking” in Venezuela.
What do all three countries have in common?
They all have abundant oil.
What a coincidence.
What do all three countries have in common?
They all have abundant oil.
What a coincidence.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The guy who has refused to help war-torn Ukraine now wants to “protect Christians” in Nigeria, says he is “rescuing” Argentina on behalf of the West, and is “combating drug trafficking” in Venezuela.
What do all three countries have in common?
They all have abundant oil.
What a coincidence.
What do all three countries have in common?
They all have abundant oil.
What a coincidence.
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I spent some time spelunking in the footnotes of the Oregon National Guard litigation and came to the horrible conclusion that we're watching the record decay in real time under the weight of a right-wing influencer circus www.theverge.com/policy/81340...
Influencers have fractured reality in Portland
Right-wing content creators managed to successfully brand the Portland police as ‘antifa.’
www.theverge.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I spent some time spelunking in the footnotes of the Oregon National Guard litigation and came to the horrible conclusion that we're watching the record decay in real time under the weight of a right-wing influencer circus www.theverge.com/policy/81340...
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"New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant. so hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through ALL OF US."
I had to pause because I was crying too hard to see
I had to pause because I was crying too hard to see
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
"New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant. so hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through ALL OF US."
I had to pause because I was crying too hard to see
I had to pause because I was crying too hard to see
@joedudekjd.bsky.social FYI, the most interesting use I've font I've seen in Federal Court ;)
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Proposed Jury Instructions – #37 in United States v. DUNN (D.D.C., 1:25-cr-00252) – CourtListener.com
Proposed Jury Instructions by SEAN CHARLES DUNN (Silverman, Nicholas) (Entered: 11/02/2025)
storage.courtlistener.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
@joedudekjd.bsky.social FYI, the most interesting use I've font I've seen in Federal Court ;)
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Just when you thought there was no good economic news. #Inequality
October 31, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Just when you thought there was no good economic news. #Inequality
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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what stage of capitalism is this
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
what stage of capitalism is this
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.
October 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.
A wet log will burn if placed in a fire. But if all the logs are wet, the fire will never start. That's how vaccines work.
Here she is.
Tucker Carlson: “If the vaccine is effective and you take it, then why does it matter if I take it?”
Cheryl Hines: “It doesn’t make any sense.”
Tucker: “So ‘my body, my choice’ was not a real thing, it turned out.”
“It’s your body, my choice.”
Cheryl: “Yeah, your body, my choice.”
Tucker Carlson: “If the vaccine is effective and you take it, then why does it matter if I take it?”
Cheryl Hines: “It doesn’t make any sense.”
Tucker: “So ‘my body, my choice’ was not a real thing, it turned out.”
“It’s your body, my choice.”
Cheryl: “Yeah, your body, my choice.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A wet log will burn if placed in a fire. But if all the logs are wet, the fire will never start. That's how vaccines work.
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the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
October 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
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A very incomplete list of things we wouldn't have done if we waited for the normies to care:
- abolish slavery
- child labor laws
- votes for women
- social security
- fdic
- welfare
- medicare
- medicaid
- desegregation
- women's sports
- abolish slavery
- child labor laws
- votes for women
- social security
- fdic
- welfare
- medicare
- medicaid
- desegregation
- women's sports
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A very incomplete list of things we wouldn't have done if we waited for the normies to care:
- abolish slavery
- child labor laws
- votes for women
- social security
- fdic
- welfare
- medicare
- medicaid
- desegregation
- women's sports
- abolish slavery
- child labor laws
- votes for women
- social security
- fdic
- welfare
- medicare
- medicaid
- desegregation
- women's sports
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There are (were) two checks that matter(ed): The elections every two years, and Congress's ability to impeach and remove the President. The latter is gone (for now), and this administration is working to bypass the former as well. It might be gone too in another year.
The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...
The only check-and-balance that actually matters
www.doomsdayscenario.co
October 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
There are (were) two checks that matter(ed): The elections every two years, and Congress's ability to impeach and remove the President. The latter is gone (for now), and this administration is working to bypass the former as well. It might be gone too in another year.
Seems kinda obvious.
"You cannot be explaining your Nazi tattoo and defeat a multi-term incumbent who has consistently punched above her party’s weight in the state. His allies are not doing him any favors if they allow him to believe otherwise."
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/know...
"You cannot be explaining your Nazi tattoo and defeat a multi-term incumbent who has consistently punched above her party’s weight in the state. His allies are not doing him any favors if they allow him to believe otherwise."
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/know...
Know when to fold 'em - Lawyers, Guns & Money
This is no longer a difficult question: Graham Platner, an upstart Democratic candidate running to challenge Republican Maine Senator Susan Collins, reportedly acknowledged that his skull-and-crossbon...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Seems kinda obvious.
"You cannot be explaining your Nazi tattoo and defeat a multi-term incumbent who has consistently punched above her party’s weight in the state. His allies are not doing him any favors if they allow him to believe otherwise."
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/know...
"You cannot be explaining your Nazi tattoo and defeat a multi-term incumbent who has consistently punched above her party’s weight in the state. His allies are not doing him any favors if they allow him to believe otherwise."
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/know...
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