@janswift0000.bsky.social
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Arguably the US president can and should the most informed person on the planet, and yet our geriatric president spends his time wrapped tightly in a rightwing media bubble that he is so detached from reality yet is making decisions based on fiction pumped out constantly by Fox News
What happens when Grandpa Trump stays up too late and watches the incendiary and misleading news on Fox? In this case, it's troops in a major U.S. city, and a constitutional crisis
The 79-year-old man with reality issues...and the nuclear football. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The 79-year-old man with reality issues...and the nuclear football. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Grandpa Trump watches too much Fox News | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Hegseth covers up U.S. war crimes... from 1890.
www.inquirer.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Arguably the US president can and should the most informed person on the planet, and yet our geriatric president spends his time wrapped tightly in a rightwing media bubble that he is so detached from reality yet is making decisions based on fiction pumped out constantly by Fox News
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NEW on Press Watch: Why is the national media ignoring this revelatory quote? I'll tell you why. presswatchers.org/2025/09/trum...
Trump: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?' | Press Watch
Trump's Second Term
presswatchers.org
September 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
NEW on Press Watch: Why is the national media ignoring this revelatory quote? I'll tell you why. presswatchers.org/2025/09/trum...
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EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.
I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.
September 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.
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What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
September 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
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What an elegant, compassionate, heartbreaking message. I am devastated for these two young people
Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
June 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
What an elegant, compassionate, heartbreaking message. I am devastated for these two young people
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
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Vietnamese artist Diem Chau sculpts incredibly detailed figures on the top of Crayola crayons #WomensArt
May 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Vietnamese artist Diem Chau sculpts incredibly detailed figures on the top of Crayola crayons #WomensArt
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Correlation is not causation.
Maybe the worm ate that part out of his brain.
Maybe the worm ate that part out of his brain.
Spurious Correlations
Correlation is not causation: thousands of charts of real data showing actual correlations between ridiculous variables.
www.tylervigen.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Correlation is not causation.
Maybe the worm ate that part out of his brain.
Maybe the worm ate that part out of his brain.
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Everything is bad except for dogs
April 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Everything is bad except for dogs
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Some should start/advertise a podcast that explains the explosion Trump is causing in real terms.
Maybe @warren.senate.gov?
Maybe @warren.senate.gov?
April 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some should start/advertise a podcast that explains the explosion Trump is causing in real terms.
Maybe @warren.senate.gov?
Maybe @warren.senate.gov?
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It’s great.
We’re great.
Everythings great.
Again.
We’re great.
Everythings great.
Again.
April 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It’s great.
We’re great.
Everythings great.
Again.
We’re great.
Everythings great.
Again.
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It took a lot of stupid to get here but we did it
Congratulations, boss, you've done it: You're bigger than covid.
April 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It took a lot of stupid to get here but we did it
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"What I found when I started looking into Tesla was that nothing about them was real. Their technology was not real. Their commitment to the environment was not real. They were scamming a government program to make themselves rich." @niedermeyer.online #teslatakedown
March 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"What I found when I started looking into Tesla was that nothing about them was real. Their technology was not real. Their commitment to the environment was not real. They were scamming a government program to make themselves rich." @niedermeyer.online #teslatakedown
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“It's really come as a shock to me that there's this level of hatred and violence coming from the left,” Musk told Sean Hannity. “I always thought the left, the Democrats, were supposed to be the party of empathy, the party of caring.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-p...
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-p...
Snapshot: Poor Elon Can’t Understand the Anger
Tesla owner Elon Musk says he's "shocked" by the "hatred and violence" from the left and claims he's "never done anything harmful"
www.americaamerica.news
March 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“It's really come as a shock to me that there's this level of hatred and violence coming from the left,” Musk told Sean Hannity. “I always thought the left, the Democrats, were supposed to be the party of empathy, the party of caring.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-p...
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-p...
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On Jesse Watters’ show, Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, tells viewers they should buy Tesla stock.
“I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla. It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap. It’ll never be this cheap again.”
“I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla. It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap. It’ll never be this cheap again.”
March 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
On Jesse Watters’ show, Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, tells viewers they should buy Tesla stock.
“I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla. It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap. It’ll never be this cheap again.”
“I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla. It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap. It’ll never be this cheap again.”
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@juddlegum.bsky.social's MuskWatch rolls out the DOGE tracker, showing that $96B of DOGE's claimed savings are bullshit.
doge.muskwatch.com
doge.muskwatch.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
@juddlegum.bsky.social's MuskWatch rolls out the DOGE tracker, showing that $96B of DOGE's claimed savings are bullshit.
doge.muskwatch.com
doge.muskwatch.com
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There are two transgender girls in the state of Maine competing in girls’ sports.
There are now SIX federal agencies investigating the state.
Here is our latest @propublica.org story with @bangordailynews.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/main...
There are now SIX federal agencies investigating the state.
Here is our latest @propublica.org story with @bangordailynews.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/main...
Two Transgender Girls, Six Federal Agencies. How Trump Is Trying to Pressure Maine Into Obedience.
Maine said it wouldn’t break state law to follow President Donald Trump’s order barring transgender girls from playing girls’ sports. Then came a barrage of investigations and threats targeting the st...
www.propublica.org
March 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
There are two transgender girls in the state of Maine competing in girls’ sports.
There are now SIX federal agencies investigating the state.
Here is our latest @propublica.org story with @bangordailynews.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/main...
There are now SIX federal agencies investigating the state.
Here is our latest @propublica.org story with @bangordailynews.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/main...
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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You should print out your Social Security Statement. Elon and who knows how many countless others now have access to your private information, so it'd be wise to have a record of it.
February 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You should print out your Social Security Statement. Elon and who knows how many countless others now have access to your private information, so it'd be wise to have a record of it.
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“Actually it’s good that a bunch of teenagers are unilaterally firing thousands of government employees because they have ChatGPT”
i can’t get over how unfathomably stupid the average SF venture capitalist is
i can’t get over how unfathomably stupid the average SF venture capitalist is
February 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“Actually it’s good that a bunch of teenagers are unilaterally firing thousands of government employees because they have ChatGPT”
i can’t get over how unfathomably stupid the average SF venture capitalist is
i can’t get over how unfathomably stupid the average SF venture capitalist is
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"Baffling." Hoo-boy, #BrokenPost. Such strong language. Are you sure you want to go that far?
FFS, even the #MurdochJournal calls it "dumb". Do better.
FFS, even the #MurdochJournal calls it "dumb". Do better.
February 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"Baffling." Hoo-boy, #BrokenPost. Such strong language. Are you sure you want to go that far?
FFS, even the #MurdochJournal calls it "dumb". Do better.
FFS, even the #MurdochJournal calls it "dumb". Do better.
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Yes, he is your party’s president and leader. You have supported him in the past and you support him now. He is tangibly hurting people in Maine, and you will prattle on, act concerned, and do nothing. You will own everything he does to hurt Mainers and everyone else.
February 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Yes, he is your party’s president and leader. You have supported him in the past and you support him now. He is tangibly hurting people in Maine, and you will prattle on, act concerned, and do nothing. You will own everything he does to hurt Mainers and everyone else.
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I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history
January 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.