James Ciriaco
@jamesciriaco.bsky.social
Roleplaying, especially in online forums. Poetry, especially Japanese tanka and haiku. Erotica, especially BDSM. Unrepentant about the above.
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The America First geniuses managed to send hairdressers and soccer players into a gulag and *import* a triple murderer into the US. Nice work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
Convicted Murderer Released by Trump From Venezuelan Prison Is Free in U.S.
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The America First geniuses managed to send hairdressers and soccer players into a gulag and *import* a triple murderer into the US. Nice work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Damn right, it’s political.
July 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Damn right, it’s political.
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Corporations aren’t people, money isn’t free speech, and we need to End Citizens United.
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July 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Corporations aren’t people, money isn’t free speech, and we need to End Citizens United.
Repost if you agree.
Repost if you agree.
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I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
June 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Los Angeles a “city of criminals” and not a city of immigrants. But like its name, Los Angeles is a city of angels. We protect and look out for one another, especially the most vulnerable.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Los Angeles a “city of criminals” and not a city of immigrants. But like its name, Los Angeles is a city of angels. We protect and look out for one another, especially the most vulnerable.
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Trump is using LA as a testing ground for tyranny, spouting dystopian babble about the ICE protests. His unhinged lies are a threat to America.
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Trump is lying about the LA protests. He wants violence. | Opinion
President Donald Trump wants you to believe the second-largest city in America is in ruins, destroyed by 'insurrectionist mobs.' It's a dangerous lie.
www.usatoday.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Trump is using LA as a testing ground for tyranny, spouting dystopian babble about the ICE protests. His unhinged lies are a threat to America.
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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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 2:13 PM
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/...
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Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
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Can't help but feel we're living through an increasingly existential war between spectacle and substance with spectacle winning battle after battle after battle.
May 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Can't help but feel we're living through an increasingly existential war between spectacle and substance with spectacle winning battle after battle after battle.
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It's bad that the president is a crazy person who will in the middle of the night name a new set of Bad People and demand an investigation into them based on bullshit pretexts. Also bad that his DOJ/FBI appointees were picked because they'd say yes to such demands.
May 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's bad that the president is a crazy person who will in the middle of the night name a new set of Bad People and demand an investigation into them based on bullshit pretexts. Also bad that his DOJ/FBI appointees were picked because they'd say yes to such demands.
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Springsteen should hold a massive free concert in the Washington, DC, area on the day of Trump’s stupid birthday parade and we’ll see who draws more people.
After attacking Taylor Swift, Trump attacks Bruce Springsteen and threatens that he “ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the country.”
May 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Springsteen should hold a massive free concert in the Washington, DC, area on the day of Trump’s stupid birthday parade and we’ll see who draws more people.
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MAGA seemed fine using 86 when not talking about Trump 🤔
May 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
MAGA seemed fine using 86 when not talking about Trump 🤔
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BREAKING: A sweeping ProPublica report reveals the U.S. State Department is interfering with foreign countries on behalf of Elon Musk.
Officials in both Washington and Gambia have aggressively pushed for the West African country to approve a license for Starlink, of which Musk owns a $150B stake.
Officials in both Washington and Gambia have aggressively pushed for the West African country to approve a license for Starlink, of which Musk owns a $150B stake.
Musk Used State Department to Force Another Country to Get Starlink
Elon Musk is turning the U.S. government into his personal PR firm.
newrepublic.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
BREAKING: A sweeping ProPublica report reveals the U.S. State Department is interfering with foreign countries on behalf of Elon Musk.
Officials in both Washington and Gambia have aggressively pushed for the West African country to approve a license for Starlink, of which Musk owns a $150B stake.
Officials in both Washington and Gambia have aggressively pushed for the West African country to approve a license for Starlink, of which Musk owns a $150B stake.
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This is the definition of how you get bad intelligence: Fire officials who tell you things that you don't like
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Gabbard fires leaders of intelligence group that wrote Venezuela assessment
The director of national intelligence fired officials weeks after their group wrote an assessment contradicting Trump’s rationale for deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This is the definition of how you get bad intelligence: Fire officials who tell you things that you don't like
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Jeffries on J6 officers: "This Republican Congress has refused to comply with the law. It's time to honor those heroic officers. It's unconscionable. It's unpatriotic. It's unfathomable. It's unacceptable. And it's un-American."
May 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Jeffries on J6 officers: "This Republican Congress has refused to comply with the law. It's time to honor those heroic officers. It's unconscionable. It's unpatriotic. It's unfathomable. It's unacceptable. And it's un-American."
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Stephen Miller doesn’t fear outrage. What really rattles him is being laughed at.
For someone obsessed with power and relevance, nothing stings more than being dismissed as a punchline.
So, let's get to work.
Add your Miller mockery below. 👇👇
For someone obsessed with power and relevance, nothing stings more than being dismissed as a punchline.
So, let's get to work.
Add your Miller mockery below. 👇👇
May 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Stephen Miller doesn’t fear outrage. What really rattles him is being laughed at.
For someone obsessed with power and relevance, nothing stings more than being dismissed as a punchline.
So, let's get to work.
Add your Miller mockery below. 👇👇
For someone obsessed with power and relevance, nothing stings more than being dismissed as a punchline.
So, let's get to work.
Add your Miller mockery below. 👇👇