ZP
@zombiepresident.bsky.social
American Studies enthusiast - I post mainly, but not exclusively, about the insanity that is American Conservatism.
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Van Der Beek dead at 48, leaving his family (SIX kids and a wife) broke because of the evil insurance system THIS fucking hag took a leading role in perpetuating
After an entire WEEK in the hospital, Mitch was released
Kentucky’s McConnell discharged from hospital after ‘experiencing flu-like symptoms’
Kentucky Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell was discharged from a hospital Tuesday and is working from home, according to his office.McConnell had checked himself in last week “after experiencing fl...
www.newsfromthestates.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Van Der Beek dead at 48, leaving his family (SIX kids and a wife) broke because of the evil insurance system THIS fucking hag took a leading role in perpetuating
Jesus fucking Christ...
Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
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www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for James Van Der Beek's Family, organized by Jason K
James Van Der Beek was a beloved husband, father, and friend who touched the lives of … Jason K needs your support for Support for James Van Der Beek's Family
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February 12, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Jesus fucking Christ...
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one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
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- ICE-leider Todd Lyons zegt dat agenten te maken hebben met het 'dodelijkste operationele klimaat in de geschiedenis van de dienst', maar critici wijzen erop dat de laatste dood van een deportatie‑officier in 1949 was.
Trump dag 388: National Guard weg uit DC, Portland en Chicago, ICE huurt in het geheim 150 extra locaties, Huis stemt in met SAVE Act, Trump krijgt ‘undisputed champion of beautiful, clean coal’ award, Republikeinse staten weigeren overhandiging kiezerslijsten: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-38...
Trump dag 388: National Guard weg uit DC, Portland en Chicago, Border Patrol krijgt toegang tot miljarden verzamelde foto's, ICE huurt in het geheim 150 extra locaties, Huis stemt in met SAVE Act, Her...
Nieuwe besluiten van Trump en consorten, en nieuwe fallout. Een overzicht van dag 388. – De Trump-regering heeft alle gefederaliseerde […]
reportersonline.nl
February 12, 2026 at 8:13 AM
- ICE-leider Todd Lyons zegt dat agenten te maken hebben met het 'dodelijkste operationele klimaat in de geschiedenis van de dienst', maar critici wijzen erop dat de laatste dood van een deportatie‑officier in 1949 was.
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looks like crypto schadenfreude's back on the menu, lads!
Platforms limiting or halting withdrawals is reminiscient of the 2022 crypto crash, when falling crypto prices exposed crypto firms that had been engaging in highly risky or sometimes illegal behavior.
BlockFills crypto lender halts withdrawals
February 11, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=blockfills-crypto-lender-halts-withdrawals
February 11, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=blockfills-crypto-lender-halts-withdrawals
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 AM
looks like crypto schadenfreude's back on the menu, lads!
Standard fare in American Conservatism.
I called up one of the White House's "special government employees" involved in the Fulton County FBI raid.
I ended up on the phone for almost two hours hearing about the "deep state" "cabal," "Satanists," poison soda, and the "pure evil" of "gay pride." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
I ended up on the phone for almost two hours hearing about the "deep state" "cabal," "Satanists," poison soda, and the "pure evil" of "gay pride." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
February 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Standard fare in American Conservatism.
Very normal times in a very normal country.
Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump's second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and polling firms that portray him negatively.
February 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Very normal times in a very normal country.
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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Both these options sound objectively amazing, why do racists keep assuming everyone's racist?
February 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Both these options sound objectively amazing, why do racists keep assuming everyone's racist?
To millions of American Conservatives Trump is a messianic figure, their savior from communists and conspiracies that exist only in their fevered imaginations.
Millions of American Conservatives are in fact deeply, deeply stupid people. Just absolute rock bottom intelligence.
Millions of American Conservatives are in fact deeply, deeply stupid people. Just absolute rock bottom intelligence.
TRUMP: We can grow at 15 percent. I think more than that!
KUDLOW: Well, 15 is a big number sir
TRUMP: But Larry, you can do it. We used to grow at 15 percent because we had spirit. Today we have a lot of communism
KUDLOW: Well, 15 is a big number sir
TRUMP: But Larry, you can do it. We used to grow at 15 percent because we had spirit. Today we have a lot of communism
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
To millions of American Conservatives Trump is a messianic figure, their savior from communists and conspiracies that exist only in their fevered imaginations.
Millions of American Conservatives are in fact deeply, deeply stupid people. Just absolute rock bottom intelligence.
Millions of American Conservatives are in fact deeply, deeply stupid people. Just absolute rock bottom intelligence.
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I swear to God, Bluesky is a text based social media app where a significant portion of the userbase functionally cannot read
February 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
I swear to God, Bluesky is a text based social media app where a significant portion of the userbase functionally cannot read
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“Since AI was added to the device the FDA has received unconfirmed reports of at least 100 malfunctions & adverse events…Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads”
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
“Since AI was added to the device the FDA has received unconfirmed reports of at least 100 malfunctions & adverse events…Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads”
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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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- Onderzoek van de onafhankelijke Tax Foundation toont aan dat de importheffingen van Trump vorig jaar gemiddeld 1.000 dollar per huishouden hebben gekost.
Trump dag 386: Trump dreigt opening brug Canada te blokkeren, wil ‘endangerment finding’ intrekken, 7000 mensen in ICE-detentie al langer dan half jaar vast, minder dan 14% arrestanten heeft strafblad, importheffingen kostten al 1000 dollar per huishouden: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-38...
Trump dag 386: Trump dreigt opening brug Canada te blokkeren, wil 'endangerment finding' intrekken, meer dan 100 transportvliegtuigen naar midden-oosten, 7000 mensen in ICE-detentie al langer dan half...
Nieuwe besluiten van Trump en consorten, en nieuwe fallout. Een overzicht van dag 386. – Het ministerie van Justitie vraagt […]
reportersonline.nl
February 10, 2026 at 8:01 AM
- Onderzoek van de onafhankelijke Tax Foundation toont aan dat de importheffingen van Trump vorig jaar gemiddeld 1.000 dollar per huishouden hebben gekost.
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Every Republicans either diddles kids or protects someone who diddles kids.
If they didn’t, they’d demand the resignation of the entire Trump Administration.
If they didn’t, they’d demand the resignation of the entire Trump Administration.
February 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Every Republicans either diddles kids or protects someone who diddles kids.
If they didn’t, they’d demand the resignation of the entire Trump Administration.
If they didn’t, they’d demand the resignation of the entire Trump Administration.
American Conservatism is vile.
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
American Conservatism is vile.
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If Bad Bunny was serious about uniting Americans, he would have given his Grammy to Donald Trump.
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
If Bad Bunny was serious about uniting Americans, he would have given his Grammy to Donald Trump.
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When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
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If the current moment has taught us anything, it is about the uselessness of libertarianism.
The image sums it up perfectly. The Gadsden flag was all out during the Obama era. How often do you see it now? Most of the principled libertarians were happy to trad their principles for Trumpism.
The image sums it up perfectly. The Gadsden flag was all out during the Obama era. How often do you see it now? Most of the principled libertarians were happy to trad their principles for Trumpism.
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:25 PM
If the current moment has taught us anything, it is about the uselessness of libertarianism.
The image sums it up perfectly. The Gadsden flag was all out during the Obama era. How often do you see it now? Most of the principled libertarians were happy to trad their principles for Trumpism.
The image sums it up perfectly. The Gadsden flag was all out during the Obama era. How often do you see it now? Most of the principled libertarians were happy to trad their principles for Trumpism.
American Conservatism.
“I’m being censored for my conservative beliefs”
You’re being censored for wanting low taxes?
“No”
You’re being censored for wanting a small government?
“No”
Then what?
“I’m being censored for saying Puerto Ricans are anti-American immigrants who threaten the blood and soil of my nation”
You’re being censored for wanting low taxes?
“No”
You’re being censored for wanting a small government?
“No”
Then what?
“I’m being censored for saying Puerto Ricans are anti-American immigrants who threaten the blood and soil of my nation”
February 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
American Conservatism.
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In the first episode “Hater Season” @edzitron.com is joined by @davidgerard.co.uk to talk about Openclaw/Clawdbot/Moltbot, how seemingly smart people keep being “one-shotted” by AI, and why we’ve been headed toward a calamity in the markets since 2008.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
February 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
In the first episode “Hater Season” @edzitron.com is joined by @davidgerard.co.uk to talk about Openclaw/Clawdbot/Moltbot, how seemingly smart people keep being “one-shotted” by AI, and why we’ve been headed toward a calamity in the markets since 2008.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...