Arthur
@arthur1954.bsky.social
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Nancy Mace gets wrecked by a community note
July 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Nancy Mace gets wrecked by a community note
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I don’t really care what this place is or isn’t. Alls I know is it’s been great for the business of The Onion and that both Zuck and Musk have experience cooking and/or hiding the books on their own traffic. Doesn’t really matter if there are more page views if they’re not real people.
Both X and Threads have far more users than Bluesky. But X is a Nazi pit and Threads is exceptionally boring—and if you're looking to drive traffic, Bluesky outperforms both. So don't feel anxious that you're missing out by using this smaller platform. If you enjoy it, happily continue to do so.
July 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I don’t really care what this place is or isn’t. Alls I know is it’s been great for the business of The Onion and that both Zuck and Musk have experience cooking and/or hiding the books on their own traffic. Doesn’t really matter if there are more page views if they’re not real people.
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Okay, well if you can sue judges, who wants to file a lawsuit against Aileen Cannon with me?
JUST IN: Never seen this before — the Justice Department is suing ... the entire federal district court bench in Maryland over its standing order requiring an automatic two-day stay in habeas cases. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Okay, well if you can sue judges, who wants to file a lawsuit against Aileen Cannon with me?
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Here's your periodic reminder that political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.
June 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Here's your periodic reminder that political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.
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PALLONE: With regard to vaccines, are you just afraid to receive public comments on proposals? There's been no public process
RFK JR: We have a public process for regulating vaccines. It's called the ACIP committee.
PALLONE: You fired the committee!
RFK JR: We have a public process for regulating vaccines. It's called the ACIP committee.
PALLONE: You fired the committee!
June 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
PALLONE: With regard to vaccines, are you just afraid to receive public comments on proposals? There's been no public process
RFK JR: We have a public process for regulating vaccines. It's called the ACIP committee.
PALLONE: You fired the committee!
RFK JR: We have a public process for regulating vaccines. It's called the ACIP committee.
PALLONE: You fired the committee!
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It’s deeply disturbing that FAA Administrator nominee Bryan Bedford refuses to commit to upholding the 1,500-hour pilot training standard.
After the DCA crash and surge in near-misses, now is NOT the time to weaken flight training requirements for pilots.
I’ll be voting no.
After the DCA crash and surge in near-misses, now is NOT the time to weaken flight training requirements for pilots.
I’ll be voting no.
June 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It’s deeply disturbing that FAA Administrator nominee Bryan Bedford refuses to commit to upholding the 1,500-hour pilot training standard.
After the DCA crash and surge in near-misses, now is NOT the time to weaken flight training requirements for pilots.
I’ll be voting no.
After the DCA crash and surge in near-misses, now is NOT the time to weaken flight training requirements for pilots.
I’ll be voting no.
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Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
161. The Court's Disastrous Ruling in the Third-Country Removal Case
The majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
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If you’re not outraged by this, you really should be.
June 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
If you’re not outraged by this, you really should be.
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“ICE in just a few weeks has transformed itself into the closest thing that the US has ever had to a ‘secret police,’ with more seemingly culturally in common with the Klan nightriders of Reconstruction than their federal agency brethren like the FBI or ATF.” @garrettgraff.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“ICE in just a few weeks has transformed itself into the closest thing that the US has ever had to a ‘secret police,’ with more seemingly culturally in common with the Klan nightriders of Reconstruction than their federal agency brethren like the FBI or ATF.” @garrettgraff.bsky.social
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Breaking:
BOSTON (AP) - Judge halts Trump administration effort to block Harvard University from hosting international students.
BOSTON (AP) - Judge halts Trump administration effort to block Harvard University from hosting international students.
June 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Breaking:
BOSTON (AP) - Judge halts Trump administration effort to block Harvard University from hosting international students.
BOSTON (AP) - Judge halts Trump administration effort to block Harvard University from hosting international students.
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"Wearing their Illinois National Guard uniforms, Axel and Andres Reyes arrived with their mother at the immigration office Tuesday morning.
"The men, 19 and 24, watched their mother, who has been in the U.S. for more than 24 years, enter the office..."
chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
"The men, 19 and 24, watched their mother, who has been in the U.S. for more than 24 years, enter the office..."
chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
National Guard siblings escort mother to ICE facility, where Reps. Krishnamoorthi, Jackson are ejected
The Reyes brothers, both members of the Illinois National Guard, came to the facility as U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Jonathan Jackson tried to tour the building at 2245 S. Michigan Ave., where ...
chicago.suntimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Wearing their Illinois National Guard uniforms, Axel and Andres Reyes arrived with their mother at the immigration office Tuesday morning.
"The men, 19 and 24, watched their mother, who has been in the U.S. for more than 24 years, enter the office..."
chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
"The men, 19 and 24, watched their mother, who has been in the U.S. for more than 24 years, enter the office..."
chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
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I am glad that Mahmoud Khalil will be released and finally meet his son, but he never should have been taken in the first place.
Our Constitution guarantees the right to due process to everyone. We will continue fighting to defend that right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
Our Constitution guarantees the right to due process to everyone. We will continue fighting to defend that right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
Mahmoud Khalil Must Be Released on Bail, Federal Judge Orders
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I am glad that Mahmoud Khalil will be released and finally meet his son, but he never should have been taken in the first place.
Our Constitution guarantees the right to due process to everyone. We will continue fighting to defend that right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
Our Constitution guarantees the right to due process to everyone. We will continue fighting to defend that right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
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For those unconditionally cheering the attacks on Iran, remember that our early strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq were “successful”. But we ended up getting dragged into costly wars that created more terrorists than we killed. The American people haven’t forgotten that.
June 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
For those unconditionally cheering the attacks on Iran, remember that our early strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq were “successful”. But we ended up getting dragged into costly wars that created more terrorists than we killed. The American people haven’t forgotten that.
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honestly one of the most encouraging recent developments is the naked opportunism of Governor Gavin Newsom, and I pray that there are copycats
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
‘Come and get me’: Gavin Newsom has entered the meme war
Locked in an online showdown with Trump over the L.A. protests, Newsom is styling himself as an internet-era champion of the left.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
honestly one of the most encouraging recent developments is the naked opportunism of Governor Gavin Newsom, and I pray that there are copycats
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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A powerful message to opposition leaders, dissidents, cooperators, operatives and allies in Iran, Russia, and around the globe. After you are done risking your life to help us, we will sell you out and screw you over. Because the current govt will use you and discard you.
June 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
A powerful message to opposition leaders, dissidents, cooperators, operatives and allies in Iran, Russia, and around the globe. After you are done risking your life to help us, we will sell you out and screw you over. Because the current govt will use you and discard you.
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Most people define this behavior as .......CULT.....
June 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Most people define this behavior as .......CULT.....
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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen and others were tackled by security, then dragged out of today’s HHS budget hearing. RFK Jr’s response was to snicker.
May 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen and others were tackled by security, then dragged out of today’s HHS budget hearing. RFK Jr’s response was to snicker.
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But investigating auto-pen.
"Is that it?" -- Trump did that thing again today where he signs a bunch of executive orders but doesn't seem to know what he's signing and needs to have it explained to him
May 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
But investigating auto-pen.
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Pete Hegseth, constantly paranoid about someone in the Pentagon talking to the press about the crazy shit he’s doing on a daily basis, issues a new set of rules for the media restricting access to the building. Why are they constantly trying to hide everything from the public?
May 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pete Hegseth, constantly paranoid about someone in the Pentagon talking to the press about the crazy shit he’s doing on a daily basis, issues a new set of rules for the media restricting access to the building. Why are they constantly trying to hide everything from the public?
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“Everyone has to make everything in the United States, or else!” he yells… as his family signs deal after deal for golf courses in other countries… and he accepts hundreds of millions in crypto bribes from unidentified foreign actors…
May 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“Everyone has to make everything in the United States, or else!” he yells… as his family signs deal after deal for golf courses in other countries… and he accepts hundreds of millions in crypto bribes from unidentified foreign actors…
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In my worst nightmares the teenagers at DOGE take over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and, yup, here we are.
The White House just dropped an executive order significantly shaking up operations at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the government’s nuclear safety regulator widely regarded as the “gold standard” for global nuclear power safety operations.
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
May 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In my worst nightmares the teenagers at DOGE take over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and, yup, here we are.
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The White House just dropped an executive order significantly shaking up operations at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the government’s nuclear safety regulator widely regarded as the “gold standard” for global nuclear power safety operations.
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
May 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The White House just dropped an executive order significantly shaking up operations at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the government’s nuclear safety regulator widely regarded as the “gold standard” for global nuclear power safety operations.
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
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i think it’s interesting that random podcasters are “the left” but none of these people seem to care that JD Vance actively pals around with internet nazis
Someone definitely has Main Character syndrome these days.
(Also, he won't name who the podcaster is or where this happened.)
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
(Also, he won't name who the podcaster is or where this happened.)
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
Jake Tapper Says Liberal Podcaster Made Racism Jab After He Revealed Son Wants To Be a Cop: ‘This Is Why You F**kers Are Losing Elections’
Jake Tapper argued the left's reaction to him revealing his 15-year-old son wants to be a police officer is the exact reason they are losing elections.
www.mediaite.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
i think it’s interesting that random podcasters are “the left” but none of these people seem to care that JD Vance actively pals around with internet nazis