JByrdMarshall
@jbyrdmarshall.bsky.social
Politics and culture with a bit of technology. I know a good bit about two of those things, and imma get real weird about it.
I will continue saying it until I completely lose my mind -
They don't know that they're the BAD GUYS. And that's a criminally under - analyzed part of our stupid, stupid discourse.
They don't know that they're the BAD GUYS. And that's a criminally under - analyzed part of our stupid, stupid discourse.
July 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I will continue saying it until I completely lose my mind -
They don't know that they're the BAD GUYS. And that's a criminally under - analyzed part of our stupid, stupid discourse.
They don't know that they're the BAD GUYS. And that's a criminally under - analyzed part of our stupid, stupid discourse.
Democrats want to fund police departments so that their jobs are easier and safer.
Republicans want to go outside of the legal system to open concentration camps because they think law enforcement doesn't know how to do their jobs.
I feel like the politics of this are super easy, you guys.
Republicans want to go outside of the legal system to open concentration camps because they think law enforcement doesn't know how to do their jobs.
I feel like the politics of this are super easy, you guys.
July 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Democrats want to fund police departments so that their jobs are easier and safer.
Republicans want to go outside of the legal system to open concentration camps because they think law enforcement doesn't know how to do their jobs.
I feel like the politics of this are super easy, you guys.
Republicans want to go outside of the legal system to open concentration camps because they think law enforcement doesn't know how to do their jobs.
I feel like the politics of this are super easy, you guys.
Local news CAN Be a force for good!
This kind of clear, direct explanation of what’s happening is basic journalism and yet it’s surprising to hear it stated so forthrightly in this mealy-mouthed era.
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Local news CAN Be a force for good!
"How many kids have to die before we do something about this?!"
Is fun, because depending on the issue, the answer is "one" or "infinite". There's NO middle answer.
Is fun, because depending on the issue, the answer is "one" or "infinite". There's NO middle answer.
May 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
"How many kids have to die before we do something about this?!"
Is fun, because depending on the issue, the answer is "one" or "infinite". There's NO middle answer.
Is fun, because depending on the issue, the answer is "one" or "infinite". There's NO middle answer.
These unbelievable assholes are really from a different century, aren't they?
"Do you want to go home and eat a bag of these tonight?"
Yes?
Yes?
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said while he's been focused on protecting kids from the proliferation of THC products, he’s also against adults buying them.
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May 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
These unbelievable assholes are really from a different century, aren't they?
Here's the thing. How many clicks did the Biden press conferences get? How much ad space did they sell around the promise of a pending Biden press conference?
Love how the press keeps praising Trump for press availability where he constantly reveals that he has no earthly idea what is goin on in his admin and the press does nothing with it.
May 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Here's the thing. How many clicks did the Biden press conferences get? How much ad space did they sell around the promise of a pending Biden press conference?
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The more people who are denied care and left to die, the more profitable it is for health insurance companies.
Your reminder that for-profit healthcare isn't healthcare.
It's an exploitation of sick people and transfer of wealth from the working class to the mega-rich.
Your reminder that for-profit healthcare isn't healthcare.
It's an exploitation of sick people and transfer of wealth from the working class to the mega-rich.
May 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The more people who are denied care and left to die, the more profitable it is for health insurance companies.
Your reminder that for-profit healthcare isn't healthcare.
It's an exploitation of sick people and transfer of wealth from the working class to the mega-rich.
Your reminder that for-profit healthcare isn't healthcare.
It's an exploitation of sick people and transfer of wealth from the working class to the mega-rich.
He's not President anymore.
No one in his immediate orbit is going to be President.
That being said, if all this bullshit means that the political operatives who pushed him to run AT ALL in 2024 lose their careers, then let's just ruin their careers forever really quickly, okay, @democrats.org?
No one in his immediate orbit is going to be President.
That being said, if all this bullshit means that the political operatives who pushed him to run AT ALL in 2024 lose their careers, then let's just ruin their careers forever really quickly, okay, @democrats.org?
May 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
He's not President anymore.
No one in his immediate orbit is going to be President.
That being said, if all this bullshit means that the political operatives who pushed him to run AT ALL in 2024 lose their careers, then let's just ruin their careers forever really quickly, okay, @democrats.org?
No one in his immediate orbit is going to be President.
That being said, if all this bullshit means that the political operatives who pushed him to run AT ALL in 2024 lose their careers, then let's just ruin their careers forever really quickly, okay, @democrats.org?
Root for injuries.
Analysis | The New York Post judges The Fact Checker
After a scathing editorial, we re-examined three fact checks to see if they stood the test of time.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Root for injuries.
Fuck this guy so, so hard.
They don't actually have to do this. Biden will NOT be an issue in the 2026 midterms or the 2028 election (if it happens).
This is a clear opportunity for the GOP to just be decent. Be human. And they're just... NOT doing that.
It's disgusting.
They don't actually have to do this. Biden will NOT be an issue in the 2026 midterms or the 2028 election (if it happens).
This is a clear opportunity for the GOP to just be decent. Be human. And they're just... NOT doing that.
It's disgusting.
Rick Scott on Biden's cancer diagnosis: "It doesn't make sense. I mean, we all get PSA tests and so it's hard to believe-- I hope he gets better. It doesn't seem to make much sense."
May 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Fuck this guy so, so hard.
They don't actually have to do this. Biden will NOT be an issue in the 2026 midterms or the 2028 election (if it happens).
This is a clear opportunity for the GOP to just be decent. Be human. And they're just... NOT doing that.
It's disgusting.
They don't actually have to do this. Biden will NOT be an issue in the 2026 midterms or the 2028 election (if it happens).
This is a clear opportunity for the GOP to just be decent. Be human. And they're just... NOT doing that.
It's disgusting.
I am so, so fucking tired of reading this take today.
Why the actual hell does every Democrat have to respond when every other Democrat farts?
There is exactly zero pressure on Republicans to respond to any of the lunacy that a lot of folks in their camp believe -
Why the actual hell does every Democrat have to respond when every other Democrat farts?
There is exactly zero pressure on Republicans to respond to any of the lunacy that a lot of folks in their camp believe -
May 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I am so, so fucking tired of reading this take today.
Why the actual hell does every Democrat have to respond when every other Democrat farts?
There is exactly zero pressure on Republicans to respond to any of the lunacy that a lot of folks in their camp believe -
Why the actual hell does every Democrat have to respond when every other Democrat farts?
There is exactly zero pressure on Republicans to respond to any of the lunacy that a lot of folks in their camp believe -
We gotta keep tormenting them with gay race communism even harder now.
Dang.
Dang.
She Called a 5-Year-Old the N-Word
And the online right rallied to her side.
open.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
We gotta keep tormenting them with gay race communism even harder now.
Dang.
Dang.
An interesting point inspired by maybe the stupidest thing I read today -
Democrats have to explain to people WHY the existence of billionaires is bad.
Something more inspiring than #billionaires @democrats.org #bad
Democrats have to explain to people WHY the existence of billionaires is bad.
Something more inspiring than #billionaires @democrats.org #bad
May 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
An interesting point inspired by maybe the stupidest thing I read today -
Democrats have to explain to people WHY the existence of billionaires is bad.
Something more inspiring than #billionaires @democrats.org #bad
Democrats have to explain to people WHY the existence of billionaires is bad.
Something more inspiring than #billionaires @democrats.org #bad
It occurs to me that Democrats say "bring manufacturing home!" as an appeal for a return to the time for when one factory job (plus a union!) could support an entire family.
Republicans say it because they're deranged xenophobes.
Not the same. Often portrayed as the same.
Republicans say it because they're deranged xenophobes.
Not the same. Often portrayed as the same.
May 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It occurs to me that Democrats say "bring manufacturing home!" as an appeal for a return to the time for when one factory job (plus a union!) could support an entire family.
Republicans say it because they're deranged xenophobes.
Not the same. Often portrayed as the same.
Republicans say it because they're deranged xenophobes.
Not the same. Often portrayed as the same.
I want to do a cooking show where stone - cold sober me does all the prep, and stoner me has to figure out what TF to do with all... that.
May 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I want to do a cooking show where stone - cold sober me does all the prep, and stoner me has to figure out what TF to do with all... that.
Answer - it's all about the hierarchy.
If you think of the world as "us" and "them" and "winners" and "losers", no amount of moral deprivation and ethical compromise is too much to maintain your place in the hierarchy.
If you think of the world as "us" and "them" and "winners" and "losers", no amount of moral deprivation and ethical compromise is too much to maintain your place in the hierarchy.
The unspoken rules of MAGA womanhood
How Kristi Noem and Karoline Leavitt offer two visions of conservative femininity.
www.vox.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Answer - it's all about the hierarchy.
If you think of the world as "us" and "them" and "winners" and "losers", no amount of moral deprivation and ethical compromise is too much to maintain your place in the hierarchy.
If you think of the world as "us" and "them" and "winners" and "losers", no amount of moral deprivation and ethical compromise is too much to maintain your place in the hierarchy.
Roughly 7% of the population caring about "inflation" as a purely partisan cudgel absolutely checks out.
Deeply unserious people.
Deeply unserious people.
You can smell the desperation in the headline Trump state media used for this delightful poll.
April 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Roughly 7% of the population caring about "inflation" as a purely partisan cudgel absolutely checks out.
Deeply unserious people.
Deeply unserious people.
While this is... nice, it's a symptom of a larger problem - it doesn't address the civilian complaint about student loan forgiveness at all.
"If you take out a loan, you pay it back"
Is stupid, but legion among regular people when confronted with this issue.
"If you take out a loan, you pay it back"
Is stupid, but legion among regular people when confronted with this issue.
April 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
While this is... nice, it's a symptom of a larger problem - it doesn't address the civilian complaint about student loan forgiveness at all.
"If you take out a loan, you pay it back"
Is stupid, but legion among regular people when confronted with this issue.
"If you take out a loan, you pay it back"
Is stupid, but legion among regular people when confronted with this issue.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall when they came up with "You gotta ricotta" as an ad slogan.
Just pure, beautiful genius.
Just pure, beautiful genius.
April 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Oh, to be a fly on the wall when they came up with "You gotta ricotta" as an ad slogan.
Just pure, beautiful genius.
Just pure, beautiful genius.
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the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time
April 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time
You're overreacting?
But the thing is this.
If essays like this ARE an overreaction - and I hope it is - things are going to be okay. No harm, no foul.
So really, we need a LOT more people overreacting as that's going to be the only thing that will stop every word of this from coming true.
But the thing is this.
If essays like this ARE an overreaction - and I hope it is - things are going to be okay. No harm, no foul.
So really, we need a LOT more people overreacting as that's going to be the only thing that will stop every word of this from coming true.
The point of no return:Only days left to stop a totalitarian state in the US — Crooked Timber
crookedtimber.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
You're overreacting?
But the thing is this.
If essays like this ARE an overreaction - and I hope it is - things are going to be okay. No harm, no foul.
So really, we need a LOT more people overreacting as that's going to be the only thing that will stop every word of this from coming true.
But the thing is this.
If essays like this ARE an overreaction - and I hope it is - things are going to be okay. No harm, no foul.
So really, we need a LOT more people overreacting as that's going to be the only thing that will stop every word of this from coming true.
More optimistically, I wonder if the French nobility of the late 18th century saw the peasants getting crankier by the day and just thought "This is fine. Everything is fine.".
I wonder if Roman elites watching the fall of their empire also thought: “This is so stupid.”
April 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
More optimistically, I wonder if the French nobility of the late 18th century saw the peasants getting crankier by the day and just thought "This is fine. Everything is fine.".
If only there was an opposition party in Florida that could capitalize on this brazen corruption that happens to be a shining example of Republican values.
April 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If only there was an opposition party in Florida that could capitalize on this brazen corruption that happens to be a shining example of Republican values.
It's... almost like the average person has NO IDEA how "the economy" actually works, but they think it's BAD, and they just mindlessly blame whoever's President.
It's a big riddle wrapped in an enigma how one could make the economy "good", but we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!
It's a big riddle wrapped in an enigma how one could make the economy "good", but we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!
April 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It's... almost like the average person has NO IDEA how "the economy" actually works, but they think it's BAD, and they just mindlessly blame whoever's President.
It's a big riddle wrapped in an enigma how one could make the economy "good", but we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!
It's a big riddle wrapped in an enigma how one could make the economy "good", but we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!