Bomberpete
@bomberpete.bsky.social
Disheveled Patriot, contrarian, and democracy fan. Straight-shooter, but I prefer background checks.
Like Kevin McCarthy before him, Trump's little johnson puts the vile in servile. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Trump Administration Live Updates: House Plans to End Session Early Over Epstein Pressure as Philippine Leader Visits U.S.
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Like Kevin McCarthy before him, Trump's little johnson puts the vile in servile. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Motorhead: Cuomo's behavior is more suited to a 23-year-old suburban punk than a 67-year-old politician living on Sutton Place.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/28/s...
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Speed Governor: Leadfoot Cuomo Appears to Run Red Light After Midtown Confab - Streetsblog New York City
Cuomo, who already has two speeding tickets on his record, was caught on camera driving through a red light on Wednesday.
nyc.streetsblog.org
May 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Motorhead: Cuomo's behavior is more suited to a 23-year-old suburban punk than a 67-year-old politician living on Sutton Place.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/28/s...
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/28/s...
Don't wait too long. Learn Argentine tango now.
May 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Don't wait too long. Learn Argentine tango now.
#NYC People: I'm not willing to accept that #AndrewCuomo is the best we can do in a mayor. Let's think for ourselves and please take this quiz. projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-ma...
Take the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025
Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.
projects.thecity.nyc
May 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#NYC People: I'm not willing to accept that #AndrewCuomo is the best we can do in a mayor. Let's think for ourselves and please take this quiz. projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-ma...
Me on the radio: We're fighting NYC Parks Dept's plan to cut down up to 78 trees. I went on WBAI-FM's "Living for the City." Fighting City Hall incurs legal fees, so if you believe in what we're doing please donate at www.friendsoffortgreenepark.org
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WBAI Radio Archives
wbai.org
May 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Me on the radio: We're fighting NYC Parks Dept's plan to cut down up to 78 trees. I went on WBAI-FM's "Living for the City." Fighting City Hall incurs legal fees, so if you believe in what we're doing please donate at www.friendsoffortgreenepark.org
wbai.org/archive/prog...
wbai.org/archive/prog...
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Shout out to the disabled community for always showing up, always being on the right side of history and justice, always willing to put their bodies on the line, all for the cause of making sure *everyone* has the basic dignity of health care.
BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
May 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Shout out to the disabled community for always showing up, always being on the right side of history and justice, always willing to put their bodies on the line, all for the cause of making sure *everyone* has the basic dignity of health care.
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So basically, Trump is sacrificing his safety so that he can have a palace in the sky instead of the White House in the sky.
I don’t care, do you?
I don’t care, do you?
May 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
So basically, Trump is sacrificing his safety so that he can have a palace in the sky instead of the White House in the sky.
I don’t care, do you?
I don’t care, do you?
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And I stand by my assessment after years of coverage that Mark is indeed a shriveled soul.
a woman with green hair and a necklace says i mean every word of it
ALT: a woman with green hair and a necklace says i mean every word of it
media.tenor.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
And I stand by my assessment after years of coverage that Mark is indeed a shriveled soul.
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Boy, is Meta desperate or what? Om Malik is a pioneer in tech media entrepreneurship and I wrote some freelance pieces for Vanity Fair a decade ago. You’d think their high priced lawyers were smarter. www.theverge.com/politics/666...
Meta’s beef with the press flares at its antitrust trial
One prominent tech journalist called Mark Zuckerberg a “small little creature with a shriveled soul.”
www.theverge.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Boy, is Meta desperate or what? Om Malik is a pioneer in tech media entrepreneurship and I wrote some freelance pieces for Vanity Fair a decade ago. You’d think their high priced lawyers were smarter. www.theverge.com/politics/666...
This piece makes clear why Cuomo is likely to be another terrible NYC mayor. I still don't get why this famous control freak would want such a relatively powerless job. He could wait another 6 months, go after Kathy Hochul, and maybe even win. nymag.com/intelligence...
Andrew Cuomo Is Going to Hate His Next Job
He campaigns like he’s barely interested in being mayor.
nymag.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This piece makes clear why Cuomo is likely to be another terrible NYC mayor. I still don't get why this famous control freak would want such a relatively powerless job. He could wait another 6 months, go after Kathy Hochul, and maybe even win. nymag.com/intelligence...
More news from the gang that can't shoot straight.
Kristi Noem’s Bag, With Security Badge and $3,000, Is Stolen
The homeland security secretary was dining at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She also lost her passport and keys.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
More news from the gang that can't shoot straight.
It irks me that J.D. Vance was Pope Francis' last official visitor.
April 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It irks me that J.D. Vance was Pope Francis' last official visitor.
Nothing can echo back what you're feeling better than an emotional support parrot.
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MSN
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April 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Nothing can echo back what you're feeling better than an emotional support parrot.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
Heads I win, tails you lose. These supposed geniuses thought they could outwit Don, Don, King of the Con? The only thing that keeps them from being as foolish as the rest of us is their wealth.
Tech C.E.O.s Spent Millions Courting Trump. It Has Yet to Pay Off.
With inauguration donations and Mar-a-Lago visits, leaders of the biggest tech companies sought favor with the president in an attempt to steer regulation and tariffs, to little avail.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Heads I win, tails you lose. These supposed geniuses thought they could outwit Don, Don, King of the Con? The only thing that keeps them from being as foolish as the rest of us is their wealth.
Judge Ho's ruling was the only step he could take and it means little. The marketplace is deciding the political fate of Mayor Eric Adams. I'd say he's now akin to fish bait on a hook, with piranhas in the water.
Judge Ends Eric Adams Case, but Says U.S. Cannot Use Charges as Leverage
The judge, Dale E. Ho, refused to let the government leave open the prospect of reinstating corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams. But his decision recognized the president’s power to determine ...
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Judge Ho's ruling was the only step he could take and it means little. The marketplace is deciding the political fate of Mayor Eric Adams. I'd say he's now akin to fish bait on a hook, with piranhas in the water.
Very pleased that Nicole Rosenthal of the NY Post did a good job explaining why NYC Parks Department's plan to cut down 78 healthy trees in Fort Greene Park is rightfully under legal attack.
nypost.com/2025/03/31/u...
nypost.com/2025/03/31/u...
Brooklyn residents fight plan to chop down 78 healthy trees in Fort Greene Park, saying it’ll create a ‘summer frying pan’
Plant-loving locals are looking to block the city from chopping down 78 trees in Fort Greene Park – a move they say would turn the greenspace into a “summer frying pan.”
nypost.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Very pleased that Nicole Rosenthal of the NY Post did a good job explaining why NYC Parks Department's plan to cut down 78 healthy trees in Fort Greene Park is rightfully under legal attack.
nypost.com/2025/03/31/u...
nypost.com/2025/03/31/u...
Arrogant, mean braggarts, just as Trump likes 'em.
This is a pretty extraordinary admission, made by people who know there will be no consequences.
Well, at least they look the part of competent leaders.
This is a pretty extraordinary admission, made by people who know there will be no consequences.
Well, at least they look the part of competent leaders.
Trump Live Updates: Tariffs, Federal Layoffs and Greenland Backlash
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Arrogant, mean braggarts, just as Trump likes 'em.
This is a pretty extraordinary admission, made by people who know there will be no consequences.
Well, at least they look the part of competent leaders.
This is a pretty extraordinary admission, made by people who know there will be no consequences.
Well, at least they look the part of competent leaders.
I've survived 5 recessions. He won't break me on this one.
March 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I've survived 5 recessions. He won't break me on this one.
Here in NYC we want to stop Eric Adams' turgid mayoralty. We may not have to worry about that. But returning to the Machiavellian machinations of @andrewcuomo.bsky.social would probably be our Fresh New Hell. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/n...
Is Eric Adams Running for Re-election? Signs Point to No.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has taken few concrete steps to launch a serious re-election campaign, even as he faces a growing field of prominent challengers.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Here in NYC we want to stop Eric Adams' turgid mayoralty. We may not have to worry about that. But returning to the Machiavellian machinations of @andrewcuomo.bsky.social would probably be our Fresh New Hell. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/n...
50 years ago in March 1975, a 33rpm LP vinyl record album cost $3.99 plus tax. In today's money, that's $23.60.
March 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
50 years ago in March 1975, a 33rpm LP vinyl record album cost $3.99 plus tax. In today's money, that's $23.60.
Trump appointees heard and ignored what US Agency for International Development warned them about people dying. They ignored it, because the cruelty is the point.
link.propublica.net/view/61b8284...
link.propublica.net/view/61b8284...
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimated. The programs were cut anyway.
link.propublica.net
March 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Trump appointees heard and ignored what US Agency for International Development warned them about people dying. They ignored it, because the cruelty is the point.
link.propublica.net/view/61b8284...
link.propublica.net/view/61b8284...
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Cleveland on the Ukraine invasion anniversary
March 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Cleveland on the Ukraine invasion anniversary
27 hours until Buy Nothing Friday
February 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
27 hours until Buy Nothing Friday
"But the Musk/Trump betrayal of America’s international principles is having an unintended result: Europe’s democracies, which as a group remain one of the world’s economic superpowers, are rousing themselves to fill the vacuum."
Europe: Is the Force Awakening?
A potential superpower realizes that it can’t rely on America
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"But the Musk/Trump betrayal of America’s international principles is having an unintended result: Europe’s democracies, which as a group remain one of the world’s economic superpowers, are rousing themselves to fill the vacuum."
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Since I have defended and supported the WaPo in the months since the election and the infamous pulled endorsement, I feel obliged to say: this is very, very bad. A dear friend at a Post vet says it's the worst thing to happen to the Post in its long history, and I can't argue.
February 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Since I have defended and supported the WaPo in the months since the election and the infamous pulled endorsement, I feel obliged to say: this is very, very bad. A dear friend at a Post vet says it's the worst thing to happen to the Post in its long history, and I can't argue.