Chris DeSett
@chrisdesett.bsky.social
KS ➡️ DC ➡️ Philly, and back to KC. Guess you could say I took the shortest way home… gay progressive, all opinions are my own.
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just a reminder that the 8 Dems who folded need to vote again later in the week (thanks to dumb senate procedure, unsurprisingly)
light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM
light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM
BREAKING
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
just a reminder that the 8 Dems who folded need to vote again later in the week (thanks to dumb senate procedure, unsurprisingly)
light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM
light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM
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Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Republicans shut down the government 39 days ago.
The last time Mike Johnson held a vote in the House was September 19—50 days ago.
Republicans refuse to come to work and reopen the government.
The last time Mike Johnson held a vote in the House was September 19—50 days ago.
Republicans refuse to come to work and reopen the government.
November 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Republicans shut down the government 39 days ago.
The last time Mike Johnson held a vote in the House was September 19—50 days ago.
Republicans refuse to come to work and reopen the government.
The last time Mike Johnson held a vote in the House was September 19—50 days ago.
Republicans refuse to come to work and reopen the government.
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That’s not how any of this works. Billionaires don’t work 1,000,000x harder than working class people.
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
That’s not how any of this works. Billionaires don’t work 1,000,000x harder than working class people.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Yeah man I think of a lot of dumb stuff too. Like what if we had a Gummi Bear so big you could sleep on it?
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Yeah man I think of a lot of dumb stuff too. Like what if we had a Gummi Bear so big you could sleep on it?
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Why is it that MAGA dudes keep talking about the importance of masculinity, but are afraid of basically all our cities at a time when they're safer than ever (if you ignore ICE kidnapping people off the street, that is).
Bernie Moreno says Cincinnati might be need to put on a "watch list" and claims he no longer visits Chicago and New York City because he's scared of crime
August 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Why is it that MAGA dudes keep talking about the importance of masculinity, but are afraid of basically all our cities at a time when they're safer than ever (if you ignore ICE kidnapping people off the street, that is).
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After an AI was trained to be anti-woke and within hours it became MechaHitler.
July 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
After an AI was trained to be anti-woke and within hours it became MechaHitler.
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Republicans already lining up 'excuses' to cut Social Security: analyst www.rawstory.com/trump-social...
Republicans already lining up 'excuses' to cut Social Security: analyst
President Donald Trump repeatedly promised not to cut essential public programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security on the campaign trail — but he has found a way to propose cuts to Medicare a...
www.rawstory.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Republicans already lining up 'excuses' to cut Social Security: analyst www.rawstory.com/trump-social...
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Violin so small it breaks the Planck length
What a shame. “DOGE affiliated staff, some of whom were responsible for pushing out thousands of federal workers, texted one another on Thursday about whether they would be fired next, according to administration officials.” www.wsj.com/politics/elo...
The Day That Trump and Musk Torched Their Partnership
An afternoon of escalating attacks left the men threatening to wield their power against each other.
www.wsj.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Violin so small it breaks the Planck length
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this might just be the worst tax bill in the history of the USA
CBO is out with its final cost estimate of the tax-and-spending bill passed by the House.
- Revenue ⬇️ by $3.7 trillion over 10 years
- Spending ⬇️ by $1.3 trillion
- Debt ⬆️ by $2.4 trillion over 10 years
- Uninsured pop. ⬆️ by 10.9 million in 2034
Full analysis: www.cbo.gov/publication/...
- Revenue ⬇️ by $3.7 trillion over 10 years
- Spending ⬇️ by $1.3 trillion
- Debt ⬆️ by $2.4 trillion over 10 years
- Uninsured pop. ⬆️ by 10.9 million in 2034
Full analysis: www.cbo.gov/publication/...
Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
As passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025
www.cbo.gov
June 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
this might just be the worst tax bill in the history of the USA
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Trans people: we would like to participate in society.
Anti-trans activists: trans people should not exist.
Politico: both sides are extreme!
Anti-trans activists: trans people should not exist.
Politico: both sides are extreme!
May 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trans people: we would like to participate in society.
Anti-trans activists: trans people should not exist.
Politico: both sides are extreme!
Anti-trans activists: trans people should not exist.
Politico: both sides are extreme!
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I don't want this to get lost: after RFK Jr. finished with his tantrum, he ADMITTED he is blocking BILLIONS in federal child care funding.
That needs to change IMMEDIATELY.
That needs to change IMMEDIATELY.
here's the full clip of RFK Jr losing his shit at Patty Murray today during a hearing so badly that Republican Sen. Capito had to step in and tell him to "hold back"
May 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I don't want this to get lost: after RFK Jr. finished with his tantrum, he ADMITTED he is blocking BILLIONS in federal child care funding.
That needs to change IMMEDIATELY.
That needs to change IMMEDIATELY.
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Reminder on this VE day, we don't tolerate nazis, we punch them.
May 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reminder on this VE day, we don't tolerate nazis, we punch them.
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People assuming that the government doesn't work is the result of ~50 years of nonstop conservative slander and propaganda with minimal pushback. Big Tech guys coming in and expecting to find massive fraud with no real value seems like a case of projection
Interesting piece which reveals a lot of the tech bro ignorance of government: DOGEr comes in, expects to find lots of inefficiency, is at least willing to acknowledge he was wrong unlike the hard core ideologues.
May 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
People assuming that the government doesn't work is the result of ~50 years of nonstop conservative slander and propaganda with minimal pushback. Big Tech guys coming in and expecting to find massive fraud with no real value seems like a case of projection
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Some videos you don’t have to add a thing cause they speak for themselves
Pam Bondi: "We're gonna lock them up forever, and if not we're gonna send them back to El Salvador. And they need to be in a horrible prison where they're never gonna get out."
May 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Some videos you don’t have to add a thing cause they speak for themselves
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BREAKING: Trump has unveiled his proposed budget.
➡️$163 billion in cuts to health care, child care, education, housing, research, clean energy, food banks, and more
➡️$1 trillion for defense and homeland security
➡️$163 billion in cuts to health care, child care, education, housing, research, clean energy, food banks, and more
➡️$1 trillion for defense and homeland security
May 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
BREAKING: Trump has unveiled his proposed budget.
➡️$163 billion in cuts to health care, child care, education, housing, research, clean energy, food banks, and more
➡️$1 trillion for defense and homeland security
➡️$163 billion in cuts to health care, child care, education, housing, research, clean energy, food banks, and more
➡️$1 trillion for defense and homeland security
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"When [DOJ] lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a 'historical wrong' and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights Movement should be reconsidered."
They said desegregation was a "historical wrong."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/u...
They said desegregation was a "historical wrong."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/u...
Justice Department ends Civil Rights-era school desegregation order in Louisiana | CNN
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...
www.cnn.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"When [DOJ] lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a 'historical wrong' and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights Movement should be reconsidered."
They said desegregation was a "historical wrong."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/u...
They said desegregation was a "historical wrong."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/u...
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I started wondering which columnist this is, and it’s the effing editorial board. Embarrassing.
Why on earth would a protest movement against the worst president in US history begin by acknowledging that he's not so bad
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
May 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I started wondering which columnist this is, and it’s the effing editorial board. Embarrassing.
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Every review of youth gender medicine is just, "there's evidence that this helps and no evidence that this causes harm, but here's why that doesn't count."
reading the HHS "gender dysphoria report" summary and this is some truly insidious shit. sure, all the studies SAY the kids are happier, but we bet they aren't actually. they're all hopped up on something we bet probably
May 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Every review of youth gender medicine is just, "there's evidence that this helps and no evidence that this causes harm, but here's why that doesn't count."