Jeffrey Siminoff
@jmssanfran.bsky.social
SF-based, former NYC. 🍽️🥃🍷✈️🏝️🏳️🌈 ☮️ ⚖️
Happy #Pride from US DoD (Milk was, among many things, a Navy vet.)
🙄 😡 🏳️🌈 ⚓️
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Hegseth orders renaming of ship named after gay rights icon Harvey Milk | CNN Politics
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the secretary of the Navy to rename the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk, according to a defense official.
www.cnn.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Happy #Pride from US DoD (Milk was, among many things, a Navy vet.)
🙄 😡 🏳️🌈 ⚓️
www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/p...
🙄 😡 🏳️🌈 ⚓️
www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/p...
“The President’s lawyers,” as Administration officials refer to the private law firms that have conceded to the Administration in various ways, should reflect on what is set out here.
How Trump Worship Took Hold in Washington
The President is at the center of a brazenly transactional ecosystem that rewards flattery and lockstep loyalty.
www.newyorker.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“The President’s lawyers,” as Administration officials refer to the private law firms that have conceded to the Administration in various ways, should reflect on what is set out here.
Reposted by Jeffrey Siminoff
Elon Musk fancies himself some kind of maverick technologist superhero.
But he’s no Tony Stark. He’s PHONY Stark.
He’s the one the Avengers defeat at the end of the movie.
But he’s no Tony Stark. He’s PHONY Stark.
He’s the one the Avengers defeat at the end of the movie.
February 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Elon Musk fancies himself some kind of maverick technologist superhero.
But he’s no Tony Stark. He’s PHONY Stark.
He’s the one the Avengers defeat at the end of the movie.
But he’s no Tony Stark. He’s PHONY Stark.
He’s the one the Avengers defeat at the end of the movie.
Reposted by Jeffrey Siminoff
JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.
February 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.
What she said. And also, what an idiotic way to “govern” and communicate.
February 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
What she said. And also, what an idiotic way to “govern” and communicate.
⤵️ (as the Administration talks about inclusion efforts as a “spoils system” that degrades “merit”)
Now that we’ve dispensed with DEI, we can finally put the best, most qualified people in charge. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
January 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
⤵️ (as the Administration talks about inclusion efforts as a “spoils system” that degrades “merit”)
Reposted by Jeffrey Siminoff
I wrote about why I think social media is killing democracy and electing fascists. Unfortunately the second half is paywalled, but you can read a lot of it! (And you can always just subscribe to Mehdi's site) zeteo.com/p/the-intern...
The Internet Made Donald Trump
Liberal democracies must fight back against social media, or perish.
zeteo.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I wrote about why I think social media is killing democracy and electing fascists. Unfortunately the second half is paywalled, but you can read a lot of it! (And you can always just subscribe to Mehdi's site) zeteo.com/p/the-intern...
This dude.
January 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This dude.
January 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is bonkers. So lame.
Tommy Tuberville tells CNN that he doesn't think Republican senators should really vet Trump's nominees at all because Trump did it for them
December 5, 2024 at 9:39 PM
This is bonkers. So lame.
Only the best. Incredible. 🙄
BREAKING: Trump names Kash Patel as FBI director
November 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Only the best. Incredible. 🙄
Reposted by Jeffrey Siminoff
Sorry but yes, absolutely.
Democrats Weigh Dumping Jerrold Nadler for Jamie Raskin in House Judiciary Committee
Some House Democrats want to oust aging committee leaders like Representative Jerrold Nadler in favor of younger lawmakers who they see as better suited to take on the president.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Sorry but yes, absolutely.
Leave the drama behind for a few hours and see. Just amazing.
November 25, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Leave the drama behind for a few hours and see. Just amazing.
😂
Someone help me out here-- is it a good sign when you've been relegated to doing Cameo videos?
November 22, 2024 at 9:44 PM
😂
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Nancy Mace’s former communications director who has spoken out against her before and basically fled her office because Mace is just a horrible, awful person.
November 21, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Nancy Mace’s former communications director who has spoken out against her before and basically fled her office because Mace is just a horrible, awful person.
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Breaking News: Percival Everett won the National Book Award for fiction for “James,” a retelling of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
Percival Everett, Author of ‘James,’ Wins National Book Award for Fiction
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.”
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:32 AM
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Worst. Just the worst.
NEWS
GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace is introducing a resolution to ban transgender women from using women’s restrooms at the U.S. Capitol.
First reported by Fox News.
GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace is introducing a resolution to ban transgender women from using women’s restrooms at the U.S. Capitol.
First reported by Fox News.
November 19, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Worst. Just the worst.
“America now has an unelected defense contractor sitting in the White House doing ketamine and twiddling the algorithmic knobs of an influential right-wing echo chamber while fulminating against traditional standards-based journalism … What could go wrong?“
The Verge Editor-In-Chief Nilay Patel breathes fire on Elon Musk and Donald Trump's Big Tech enablers
"All of these men are now hopelessly trapped in a problem their own platforms and algorithms created."
www.status.news
November 19, 2024 at 12:13 AM
“America now has an unelected defense contractor sitting in the White House doing ketamine and twiddling the algorithmic knobs of an influential right-wing echo chamber while fulminating against traditional standards-based journalism … What could go wrong?“
The word “mandate” is doing a lot of work these days. 🙄
November 18, 2024 at 1:11 AM
The word “mandate” is doing a lot of work these days. 🙄
