twostepcub
@twostepcub.bsky.social
A 50-something gay guy from the land of the pork roll. Currently blogging my way through the top-40 hits of the ages, and cooking through all the countries of the world. Found my bear.
Blogging music at twostepcub.blogspot.com
Blogging music at twostepcub.blogspot.com
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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
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For the first time in nearly two decades of our surveys of U.S. Latinos, most say they think the situation of Hispanics in this country has worsened in the last year. And about a third of Latinos say they have considered leaving the country in the last six months. www.pewresearch.org/...
December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
For the first time in nearly two decades of our surveys of U.S. Latinos, most say they think the situation of Hispanics in this country has worsened in the last year. And about a third of Latinos say they have considered leaving the country in the last six months. www.pewresearch.org/...
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I'm blanking on the source -- Harold C. Fleming, maybe? -- but there was a critic of the Kennedy administration's early inaction on civil rights who said their greatest failing was "not realizing you had to be on *somebody's* side in the South"
I see this sort of proud posturing a lot and it's really a wonderful way to loudly demonstrate to everyone you have absolutely no idea what's going on
Music Icon Pharrell Criticizes Political Division: “I Don’t Believe In Either Side”
Pharrell Williams is making his feelings about American politics unmistakably clear.
newzsquare.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm blanking on the source -- Harold C. Fleming, maybe? -- but there was a critic of the Kennedy administration's early inaction on civil rights who said their greatest failing was "not realizing you had to be on *somebody's* side in the South"
Fuck that guy
Trump to holiday shoppers concerned about high prices:
"Look, don't be dramatic."
"Look, don't be dramatic."
December 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Fuck that guy
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After World War II, 3 German U-boat crewmen were sentenced to death for machine-gunning Allied sailors who were clinging to life rafts after their boat was sunk.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
After World War II, 3 German U-boat crewmen were sentenced to death for machine-gunning Allied sailors who were clinging to life rafts after their boat was sunk.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
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The TN-7 special election showed a similar blue shift to the November elections, which means there are a couple dozen incumbent Republicans currently freaking out today.
December 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The TN-7 special election showed a similar blue shift to the November elections, which means there are a couple dozen incumbent Republicans currently freaking out today.
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Zillow, the United States’ largest real estate marketplace, has removed climate risk information from home listings on its website.
Zillow is dropping climate risk scores. Here’s why it matters
Zillow, the United States’ largest real estate marketplace, has removed climate risk information from home listings on its website.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Zillow, the United States’ largest real estate marketplace, has removed climate risk information from home listings on its website.
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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Again, this is the cognitive test that Donald Trump thinks was very hard.
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Again, this is the cognitive test that Donald Trump thinks was very hard.
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According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.
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Guy voted for a rapist and just can’t figure out why his daughters are mad at him. Clearly it must be something wrong with them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Guy voted for a rapist and just can’t figure out why his daughters are mad at him. Clearly it must be something wrong with them.
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HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
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She seems nice
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
She seems nice
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Hernández had been convicted of funneling massive quantities of cocaine into the United States. So much for Trump’s “war on drugs,” lol.
Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for drug trafficking is released from U.S. prison, wife says
President Trump's controversial pardon came as he is simultaneously ordering the bombing of boats in the Caribbean allegedly carrying drugs.
www.cbsnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hernández had been convicted of funneling massive quantities of cocaine into the United States. So much for Trump’s “war on drugs,” lol.
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A private equity fraudster was found guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud 10,000 investors, including small business owners, farmers, and Americans living paycheck to paycheck.
Trump just let him out of prison.
Trump just let him out of prison.
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A private equity fraudster was found guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud 10,000 investors, including small business owners, farmers, and Americans living paycheck to paycheck.
Trump just let him out of prison.
Trump just let him out of prison.
Tonight's dinner: Merluc filet i shkares ( Seasoned Broiled Cod Filets) from the cookbook The Best of Albanian Cooking by Klementina and R John Hysa #hungrybear #bearsinthekitchen #cookingwithbears #cookingaroundtheworld #albania🇦🇱
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Tonight's dinner: Merluc filet i shkares ( Seasoned Broiled Cod Filets) from the cookbook The Best of Albanian Cooking by Klementina and R John Hysa #hungrybear #bearsinthekitchen #cookingwithbears #cookingaroundtheworld #albania🇦🇱
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Brilliant news from the highest court in the EU, meaning same-sex marriages must now be legally recognised in places such as Poland where couples cannot yet marry
The EU Court of Justice just ruled all EU countries must recognise same-sex marriages, saying citizens have freedom of 'normal family life' in other member states
Two men who married in Germany in 2018 and now live in Poland brought the case
The couple's lawyer describes the ruling as 'historic'
Two men who married in Germany in 2018 and now live in Poland brought the case
The couple's lawyer describes the ruling as 'historic'
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Brilliant news from the highest court in the EU, meaning same-sex marriages must now be legally recognised in places such as Poland where couples cannot yet marry
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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Bari Weiss thinks CBS’ path to relevancy is more Alan Dershowitz. We couldn’t make it up if we tried
She also clearly says something we have said for years: all media has a bias. “charismatic centrism” is just her way of being very clear objectivity is a myth as she plans to Newsmaxify the network
She also clearly says something we have said for years: all media has a bias. “charismatic centrism” is just her way of being very clear objectivity is a myth as she plans to Newsmaxify the network
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Bari Weiss thinks CBS’ path to relevancy is more Alan Dershowitz. We couldn’t make it up if we tried
She also clearly says something we have said for years: all media has a bias. “charismatic centrism” is just her way of being very clear objectivity is a myth as she plans to Newsmaxify the network
She also clearly says something we have said for years: all media has a bias. “charismatic centrism” is just her way of being very clear objectivity is a myth as she plans to Newsmaxify the network
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Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
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