Tim
@jtimothyking.bsky.social
Full-time software developer, coffee drinker, music lover. I've trained the algorithm to show me primarily pictures of cats. #AskMeHow
We are not—and have never been—a Christian nation. We are a diverse, secular nation, which guarantees the right of individual conscience. But evangelical Christian nationalists have been waging a long-fought campaign to do away with that right.
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December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We are not—and have never been—a Christian nation. We are a diverse, secular nation, which guarantees the right of individual conscience. But evangelical Christian nationalists have been waging a long-fought campaign to do away with that right.
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Please stop asking whether Donny Orange-Rind "actually believes" whatever story he's telling. It's an irrelevant question. He doesn't care whether the story is true. He only cares whether it's a good story. Not even he knows whether or not he "actually believes" it. Nor does he give a damn.
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Please stop asking whether Donny Orange-Rind "actually believes" whatever story he's telling. It's an irrelevant question. He doesn't care whether the story is true. He only cares whether it's a good story. Not even he knows whether or not he "actually believes" it. Nor does he give a damn.
From @pkrugman.bsky.social's newsletter a couple days ago:
“‘Populist’ leaders like Trump — I don’t like the term, but it has come to mean politicians who have disdain for responsible policy and the rule of law…”
This lit up a lightbulb for me.
“‘Populist’ leaders like Trump — I don’t like the term, but it has come to mean politicians who have disdain for responsible policy and the rule of law…”
This lit up a lightbulb for me.
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
From @pkrugman.bsky.social's newsletter a couple days ago:
“‘Populist’ leaders like Trump — I don’t like the term, but it has come to mean politicians who have disdain for responsible policy and the rule of law…”
This lit up a lightbulb for me.
“‘Populist’ leaders like Trump — I don’t like the term, but it has come to mean politicians who have disdain for responsible policy and the rule of law…”
This lit up a lightbulb for me.
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The GOP is gone. What remains is the Trump cult.
Words & Phrases That Have Lost All Meaning
The year a political party vanished
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December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The GOP is gone. What remains is the Trump cult.
By @thedanrather.bsky.social: steady.substack.com/p/worlds-apa...
“Over the weekend, two senseless shootings were separated by 10,000 miles. During both, innocent people were murdered, but the reaction of the countries’ leaders was as far apart as the deadly incidents.”
“Over the weekend, two senseless shootings were separated by 10,000 miles. During both, innocent people were murdered, but the reaction of the countries’ leaders was as far apart as the deadly incidents.”
Worlds Apart In More Ways Than One
Two mass shootings separated by miles and leadership
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December 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
By @thedanrather.bsky.social: steady.substack.com/p/worlds-apa...
“Over the weekend, two senseless shootings were separated by 10,000 miles. During both, innocent people were murdered, but the reaction of the countries’ leaders was as far apart as the deadly incidents.”
“Over the weekend, two senseless shootings were separated by 10,000 miles. During both, innocent people were murdered, but the reaction of the countries’ leaders was as far apart as the deadly incidents.”
I'm going to start using the word 'catchfart' more now.
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(With thanks to @himself.bsky.social, who used it in a piece earlier this year. I was today years old when I learned that this word exists.)
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(With thanks to @himself.bsky.social, who used it in a piece earlier this year. I was today years old when I learned that this word exists.)
Oxford English Dictionary
The OED is the definitive record of the English language, featuring 600,000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1,000 years of English.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm going to start using the word 'catchfart' more now.
www.oed.com/dictionary/c...
(With thanks to @himself.bsky.social, who used it in a piece earlier this year. I was today years old when I learned that this word exists.)
www.oed.com/dictionary/c...
(With thanks to @himself.bsky.social, who used it in a piece earlier this year. I was today years old when I learned that this word exists.)
Every time I read his name in an article, I substitute the word "Donny." It works wonders! I suggest writers begin doing this themselves so that I don't have to fix it in post.
December 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every time I read his name in an article, I substitute the word "Donny." It works wonders! I suggest writers begin doing this themselves so that I don't have to fix it in post.
The words you want to recite: "Another Republican cover-up."
December 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The words you want to recite: "Another Republican cover-up."
“Anne Frank didn’t die because her world was filled with monsters. She died because enough ordinary people decided that the monsters weren’t their problem.”
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The Mainstreaming of Extremism
This is how the normalization of hatred works. Not with a bang, but with a shrug.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“Anne Frank didn’t die because her world was filled with monsters. She died because enough ordinary people decided that the monsters weren’t their problem.”
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The truth is that Republicans were in a no-win situation, so they rolled over and played dead. But Mike Johnson can't admit that, so he lies.
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Lawrence: Humiliated Trump's dictatorship over Republicans is coming apart with the Epstein vote
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The truth is that Republicans were in a no-win situation, so they rolled over and played dead. But Mike Johnson can't admit that, so he lies.
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Yeah. This was not supposed to be prophetic. 😂
“What do you think about the government now?”
“I think I'm going to go into the private sector.”
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“What do you think about the government now?”
“I think I'm going to go into the private sector.”
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How a Bill Does Not Become a Law - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yeah. This was not supposed to be prophetic. 😂
“What do you think about the government now?”
“I think I'm going to go into the private sector.”
youtu.be/JUDSeb2zHQ0
“What do you think about the government now?”
“I think I'm going to go into the private sector.”
youtu.be/JUDSeb2zHQ0
“What Axios published isn’t journalism. It was just a hit piece disguised as news. It’s a cynical attempt to take down a candidate who scares [those people] who’ve built their careers pretending that Christianity and cruelty are the same thing.”
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Axios tried to shame Christian U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico—and ended up exposing itself
The so-called scandal over who a progressive Christian follows on Instagram says more about lazy journalism than it does about faith or politics
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November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“What Axios published isn’t journalism. It was just a hit piece disguised as news. It’s a cynical attempt to take down a candidate who scares [those people] who’ve built their careers pretending that Christianity and cruelty are the same thing.”
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“Forget ‘moderates.’ There are ‘fighters’ and there are ‘defeatists’”
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Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
Forget ‘moderates.’ There are ‘fighters’ and there are ‘defeatists’
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November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“Forget ‘moderates.’ There are ‘fighters’ and there are ‘defeatists’”
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@katiephang.bsky.social hit the nail on the head today. #NSFW
(Where is the button I can click to "like" this a thousand times?)
(Where is the button I can click to "like" this a thousand times?)
8 Senate Democrats voted with Senate Republicans last night on a handshake deal to break the government funding impasse.
I've got the facts and details about this agreement, who was a part of the deal, and what's next for Americans.
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I've got the facts and details about this agreement, who was a part of the deal, and what's next for Americans.
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Dem Senators STUN Party With SHOCKING SHUTDOWN Vote!?
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@katiephang.bsky.social hit the nail on the head today. #NSFW
(Where is the button I can click to "like" this a thousand times?)
(Where is the button I can click to "like" this a thousand times?)
“I'm confident if you called a drag bar they would help.” -Best Commenter Ever
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A TikToker is exposing churches that refuse to help a hungry baby
Nikalie Monroe’s viral experiment reveals a devastating truth: Many houses of worship preach compassion but practice indifference
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November 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“I'm confident if you called a drag bar they would help.” -Best Commenter Ever
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“But let’s not pop the champagne quite yet… Trump is already plotting his next moves. Here’s what we all need to prepare for…”
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What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“But let’s not pop the champagne quite yet… Trump is already plotting his next moves. Here’s what we all need to prepare for…”
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
“MAGA politicians who, for instance, insist Charlie Kirk’s murder was the result of ‘hate speech’… have no business demonizing and dehumanizing Democrats [or] to flyspeck Democrats’ accurate descriptions of the views and rhetoric of MAGA politicians.”
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Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
‘Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals...’ and antifa too!
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October 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“MAGA politicians who, for instance, insist Charlie Kirk’s murder was the result of ‘hate speech’… have no business demonizing and dehumanizing Democrats [or] to flyspeck Democrats’ accurate descriptions of the views and rhetoric of MAGA politicians.”
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