Chris Butler
@cmbutler.bsky.social
Dad, slow cyclist, and gardener of food. I’ve said too much already. Making awkward situations even more so since 1982.
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DC is so dangerous that the 80 year old out of shape President of the United States is going to “patrol” the streets.
You can’t make this shit up.
But at least we know where one felon will be tonight
You can’t make this shit up.
But at least we know where one felon will be tonight
He said he was a “war hero” and “always wanted to win a Purple Heart.” Now soldier Trump heads out on patrol.
August 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
DC is so dangerous that the 80 year old out of shape President of the United States is going to “patrol” the streets.
You can’t make this shit up.
But at least we know where one felon will be tonight
You can’t make this shit up.
But at least we know where one felon will be tonight
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Trump’s first BLS Commissioner, Bill Beach, calls today’s firing groundless and dangerous.
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
August 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Trump’s first BLS Commissioner, Bill Beach, calls today’s firing groundless and dangerous.
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
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Nothing makes sense, but I'll add this anyway...
When preliminary payrolls numbers overestimated job growth under Biden—and were later revised down—Trumpland claimed this was the BLS trying to prop up the President.
Today he interprets it as the BLS is trying to undermine him.
When preliminary payrolls numbers overestimated job growth under Biden—and were later revised down—Trumpland claimed this was the BLS trying to prop up the President.
Today he interprets it as the BLS is trying to undermine him.
August 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Nothing makes sense, but I'll add this anyway...
When preliminary payrolls numbers overestimated job growth under Biden—and were later revised down—Trumpland claimed this was the BLS trying to prop up the President.
Today he interprets it as the BLS is trying to undermine him.
When preliminary payrolls numbers overestimated job growth under Biden—and were later revised down—Trumpland claimed this was the BLS trying to prop up the President.
Today he interprets it as the BLS is trying to undermine him.
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Statement from the Friends of BLS, which includes former BLS Commissioners appointed by Obama and Trump. bsky.app/profile/aaro...
"...escalates the President’s unprecedented attacks on the independence & integrity of the federal statistical system.
"The president seeks to blame someone for unwelcome economic news.
"...firing Dr. McEntarfer is without merit & undermines the credibility of federal economic statistics..."
"The president seeks to blame someone for unwelcome economic news.
"...firing Dr. McEntarfer is without merit & undermines the credibility of federal economic statistics..."
August 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Statement from the Friends of BLS, which includes former BLS Commissioners appointed by Obama and Trump. bsky.app/profile/aaro...
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even Cynthia Lummis isn't onboard with Trump firing the BLS commissioner
August 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
even Cynthia Lummis isn't onboard with Trump firing the BLS commissioner
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the "made in USA" lie didn't even last two hours
Eric Trump: "Eventually all the phones can be built in the USA."
(so Trump phones are not actually being built in the USA lol ... )
(so Trump phones are not actually being built in the USA lol ... )
June 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
the "made in USA" lie didn't even last two hours
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Fascinating point. Now to look up why Russia was booted from the G8…
Trump with Mark Carney: "The G7 used to be the G8. Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn't want to have Russia in, and I would say that was a mistake, because I think you wouldn't have a war right now if you had Russia in."
June 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Fascinating point. Now to look up why Russia was booted from the G8…
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Russia was kicked out of the G8 in March 2014 exactly BECAUSE it launched its war in Ukraine by invading and forcibly annexing Crimea.
Trump with Mark Carney: "The G7 used to be the G8. Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn't want to have Russia in, and I would say that was a mistake, because I think you wouldn't have a war right now if you had Russia in."
June 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Russia was kicked out of the G8 in March 2014 exactly BECAUSE it launched its war in Ukraine by invading and forcibly annexing Crimea.
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SCHATZ: Is the United States being invaded by a foreign nation?
CAINE: At this time I don't see any foreign state sponsored folks invading
SCHATZ: Is there a rebellion?
CAINE: There are definitely some frustrated folks out there
CAINE: At this time I don't see any foreign state sponsored folks invading
SCHATZ: Is there a rebellion?
CAINE: There are definitely some frustrated folks out there
June 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
SCHATZ: Is the United States being invaded by a foreign nation?
CAINE: At this time I don't see any foreign state sponsored folks invading
SCHATZ: Is there a rebellion?
CAINE: There are definitely some frustrated folks out there
CAINE: At this time I don't see any foreign state sponsored folks invading
SCHATZ: Is there a rebellion?
CAINE: There are definitely some frustrated folks out there
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MURPHY: Do you think it was right to deploy Nat Guard to defend the Capitol on J6?
HEGSETH: All I know is it's the right decision to be deploying the NG in LA
M: So you do not support the decision to send NG to defend the Capitol. That speaks to the worry many have that there's a double standard
HEGSETH: All I know is it's the right decision to be deploying the NG in LA
M: So you do not support the decision to send NG to defend the Capitol. That speaks to the worry many have that there's a double standard
June 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
MURPHY: Do you think it was right to deploy Nat Guard to defend the Capitol on J6?
HEGSETH: All I know is it's the right decision to be deploying the NG in LA
M: So you do not support the decision to send NG to defend the Capitol. That speaks to the worry many have that there's a double standard
HEGSETH: All I know is it's the right decision to be deploying the NG in LA
M: So you do not support the decision to send NG to defend the Capitol. That speaks to the worry many have that there's a double standard
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Stephen A Smith on DEI: "When you're a weekend host on Fox News and now you're the Defense Secretary of the United States overseeing 3.5 million people, that is not qualified!"
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Stephen A Smith on DEI: "When you're a weekend host on Fox News and now you're the Defense Secretary of the United States overseeing 3.5 million people, that is not qualified!"
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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock one second closer to catastrophe, citing the threat of climate change, nuclear war and the misuse of artificial intelligence.
Doomsday Clock Moves One Second Closer to Catastrophe
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shifted the hands of the symbolic clock to 89 seconds to midnight, citing the threat of climate change, nuclear war and the misuse of artificial intelligence.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock one second closer to catastrophe, citing the threat of climate change, nuclear war and the misuse of artificial intelligence.
Tomorrow is Data Privacy Day. But that’s none of my business.
January 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Tomorrow is Data Privacy Day. But that’s none of my business.
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People who call themselves Christians are angry and outraged that a Christian church leader asked the most powerful man on the planet to treat vulnerable people with decency and humanity.
Republicans are talking about boycotting the National Cathedral over a bishop speaking up to Trump in defense of LGBT people and immigrants
January 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
People who call themselves Christians are angry and outraged that a Christian church leader asked the most powerful man on the planet to treat vulnerable people with decency and humanity.
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Trump's crypto grift is a warning. As @molly.wiki explains: “We’re looking at serious risk to the much broader financial ecosystem that is unprecedented for the crypto world.” www.vox.com/technology/3...
Trump coin: Why the crypto industry is mad at the president
The real losers in Trump’s memecoin project? His biggest supporters.
www.vox.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Trump's crypto grift is a warning. As @molly.wiki explains: “We’re looking at serious risk to the much broader financial ecosystem that is unprecedented for the crypto world.” www.vox.com/technology/3...
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If Trump is upset with “love thy neighbor,” perhaps he should stop selling Bibles.
January 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
If Trump is upset with “love thy neighbor,” perhaps he should stop selling Bibles.
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Someone with 34 prior felonies is about to become president
January 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Someone with 34 prior felonies is about to become president
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Fox News fact-checks Trump's misinformation about the New Orleans attack
(h/t @acyn.bsky.social who posted this clip on X)
(h/t @acyn.bsky.social who posted this clip on X)
January 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Fox News fact-checks Trump's misinformation about the New Orleans attack
(h/t @acyn.bsky.social who posted this clip on X)
(h/t @acyn.bsky.social who posted this clip on X)
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Fox after reading statement from Trump: The former president said criminals coming in in his statement meaning into our country. To be clear, the suspect was born in the United States. He served in the United States army. He was a veteran.
January 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Fox after reading statement from Trump: The former president said criminals coming in in his statement meaning into our country. To be clear, the suspect was born in the United States. He served in the United States army. He was a veteran.
Read where #SamHouston has 20+ players in the transfer portal…wonder if one of them is a quarterback…#GeorgiaSouthern could be in the market…
December 20, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Read where #SamHouston has 20+ players in the transfer portal…wonder if one of them is a quarterback…#GeorgiaSouthern could be in the market…
Why do cartoon characters who don’t typically wear pants, put swimsuits on?
a close up of a cartoon cat with the words grrr mad grrr !!!
ALT: a close up of a cartoon cat with the words grrr mad grrr !!!
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Why do cartoon characters who don’t typically wear pants, put swimsuits on?
What a week, huh?
*Jack Donaghy voice* Lemon, it’s Wednesday.
*Jack Donaghy voice* Lemon, it’s Wednesday.
a woman wearing glasses has the word blurgh on her face
ALT: a woman wearing glasses has the word blurgh on her face
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:52 AM
What a week, huh?
*Jack Donaghy voice* Lemon, it’s Wednesday.
*Jack Donaghy voice* Lemon, it’s Wednesday.
What below average quarterback will @patmcafeeshow.bsky.social have on weekly after Rogers finally hangs it up for a OAN anchor spot?
December 10, 2024 at 6:53 PM
What below average quarterback will @patmcafeeshow.bsky.social have on weekly after Rogers finally hangs it up for a OAN anchor spot?
No judgement but why would someone stretch back by the showers in a #gym locker room over the functional area with mats, bands and a floor people haven’t dripped on?
December 9, 2024 at 6:41 PM
No judgement but why would someone stretch back by the showers in a #gym locker room over the functional area with mats, bands and a floor people haven’t dripped on?
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Fight breaks out in Cleveland 😂⛄️
November 22, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Fight breaks out in Cleveland 😂⛄️