AJ Szenk
@ajszenk.bsky.social
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We really have to stop talking about how much public services ‘lose’ and should more accurately talk about how much they cost in comparison to other public services. I suspect the usps is a relative bargain.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We really have to stop talking about how much public services ‘lose’ and should more accurately talk about how much they cost in comparison to other public services. I suspect the usps is a relative bargain.
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It’s taken less than a year of Trump being in office for Republicans to embrace being openly racist as policy and as a party.
Fine: "I'm talking to my colleagues about whether we want these fake Somali refugees - who come to our country, add no value, suck our resources, defraud our govt - whether we actually want them here. I don't think Ilhan Omar shouldn't be a member of Congress - I think she shouldn't be an American"
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It’s taken less than a year of Trump being in office for Republicans to embrace being openly racist as policy and as a party.
What a load of absolute horseshit
Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"
December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
What a load of absolute horseshit
This picture makes my brain hurt because the salmon sweater’s arm is backwards.
A growing number of brands are making cashmere sweaters far more affordable. Is this cut-rate cashmere really worth buying, or is it a bad deal — no matter the price? To find out, we selected four inexpensive cashmere sweaters (our maximum budget was $100 a pop). Then we put them to the test.
We Tried Four Under-$100 Cashmere Sweaters. Here’s the One You Should Get.
We pitted four under-$100 cashmere sweaters against each other — and emerged with one soft, warm, luxurious-feeling winner.
nyti.ms
December 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This picture makes my brain hurt because the salmon sweater’s arm is backwards.
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"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
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We really need more town halls with marginalized voices, like the Vice President of the United States and the richest men in the world.
December 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We really need more town halls with marginalized voices, like the Vice President of the United States and the richest men in the world.
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
Coward. There needs to be consequences for breaking the law
WELKER: Massie and Khanna say they are looking at options including impeachment and contempt for DOJ officials. Would you support those steps?
KAINE: I think that's premature
KAINE: I think that's premature
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Coward. There needs to be consequences for breaking the law
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It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
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May the odds be ever in your favor
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
May the odds be ever in your favor
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You’ve lost the plot as a presidential administration when Dr. Oz is on stage handwringing about the cost of balls
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You’ve lost the plot as a presidential administration when Dr. Oz is on stage handwringing about the cost of balls
Every time I see MTG I am reminded that God does, in fact, make mistakes.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Here's the real truth. God only creates two sexes and two genders -- male and female -- and God does not make mistakes."
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Every time I see MTG I am reminded that God does, in fact, make mistakes.
The insanity of this being an actual thing at the White House is staggering.
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The insanity of this being an actual thing at the White House is staggering.
Maybe we shouldn't have fucking slowwalked the whole thing then. Insane that we pinpoint ascentions to power to 2 or 3 pivotal moments where idiots were more worried about perceptions of decorum than doing the right thing.
NEW: Jack Smith told lawmakers he developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn his election loss.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Maybe we shouldn't have fucking slowwalked the whole thing then. Insane that we pinpoint ascentions to power to 2 or 3 pivotal moments where idiots were more worried about perceptions of decorum than doing the right thing.
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Impeach him the second you get a majority, imo. Let this guy lay it all out.
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Impeach him the second you get a majority, imo. Let this guy lay it all out.
So we've finally come full circle on the "We can't even tell jokes anymore" line? Neato
SCHATZ: You think you have jurisdiction over political satire?
FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: My positio---
SCHATZ: It's a yes or no
BRENDAN CARR: We have jurisdiction with respect the broadcast airwaves to ensure their operations are int he public interest
(That's a yes!)
FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: My positio---
SCHATZ: It's a yes or no
BRENDAN CARR: We have jurisdiction with respect the broadcast airwaves to ensure their operations are int he public interest
(That's a yes!)
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So we've finally come full circle on the "We can't even tell jokes anymore" line? Neato
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I’d also like to point out that you cannot surround Venezuela with an armada.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I’d also like to point out that you cannot surround Venezuela with an armada.
His solution to the affordability crisis is to start a war with an oil rich nation to steal their oil. Where have I seen this before?
December 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
His solution to the affordability crisis is to start a war with an oil rich nation to steal their oil. Where have I seen this before?
Get these old feckless fucks out of office.
Schumer: "If they don't release the Epstein documents, there's gonna be such an outcry from one end of America to the other that I think they'll be forced to do it"
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Get these old feckless fucks out of office.
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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Since 9/11, the FBI has spent a ton of resources effectively entrapping angry poor people into pretending they were engaging in a terrorist plot and then "stopping" the plot that never had any chance of being carried out. This is almost certainly another such case.
www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/
www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/
December 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Since 9/11, the FBI has spent a ton of resources effectively entrapping angry poor people into pretending they were engaging in a terrorist plot and then "stopping" the plot that never had any chance of being carried out. This is almost certainly another such case.
www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/
www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.