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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

He did the meme.

September 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM

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Jeff Tiedrich

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social

DING-DONG DONALD TRUMP (LUNATIC!) MUST HAVE A "BONE SPUR" IN HIS BRAIN BECAUSE HE CLAIMS THREE HUNDRED MILLION AMERICANS HAVE DIED FROM DRUGS. MATH, HOW DOES IT EVEN WORK? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO JEFF TIEDRICH'S VERY STRONG, VERY POWERFUL POST EXPLAINING THIS. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4mna03F

lastly, let’s check in with the fuckwit who knows more about numbers than all the number-counter-thingy people.

reporter: “the president of Venezuela called the strike on the boat illegal. are you concerned that Maduro might escalate something?”

Donny: “what’s illegal are the drugs that were on the boat, and the drugs that are being sent into our country, and the fact that 300 million people died last year from drugs.”

dear lord. can somebody please get Donny a pudding cup and help him to bed? he’s sundowning again.

I have a question for President Math Whiz, and it goes like this: if the United States has a total population of 340 million people, and 300 million of them die from illegal drugs, leaving 40 million people, and then the price of prescription drugs is lowered by 1,500%, what is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?

this is probably a good place to note that my What The Fuck Is Wrong With You Challenge™ is now in its 1,994th day.

September 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM

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Jeff Tiedrich

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social

here's today's post: "Lindsey Graham pines for the good old days of ‘traditional political violence,’ whatever the fuck that is" — your Sunday show round-up.
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Lindsey Graham pines for ‘traditional political violence,’ whatever the fuck that is

your Sunday show round-up

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September 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM

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Jeff Tiedrich

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social

here's today's post: "just lie back and enjoy your military occupation, peasant" — also: is Donny ‘the Hitler of our time’? the answer may surprise you.
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just lie back and enjoy your military occupation, peasant

also: is Donny ‘the Hitler of our time’? the answer may surprise you

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September 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

It was all just a locker room creepy letter.

September 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

This week brought wins on all fronts: Catelin Drey flipped a Trump district in Iowa and broke the GOP’s supermajority in the state senate. A federal judge protected Kilmar Abrego Garcia from deportation. And yes, even ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is about to be empty. Not bad for one week.

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August 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

She’s a singular sensation!

August 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

Perfection.

August 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM

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MoveOn

@moveon.org

From public schools to private campuses to universities, no one is safe from gun violence. The only thing that will save lives is common-sense gun laws.

August 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

Oh, Andy Borowitz. What a gem you are.

September 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

I like the rebrand.

September 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM

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Jeff Tiedrich

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social

SO SAD! CHICAGO'S "HERO" MAYOR JOHNSON JUST TOLD DONNY FASCISTPANTS TO STICK HIS POLICE STATE WHERE THE SUN "DON'T SHINE"! JOHNSON WON'T COMPLY WITH SMELLY DICTATOR DONNY. BOO HOO HOO! MANY ARE THANKING YOUR FAVORITE WRITER, JEFF TIEDRICH (ME!) FOR HIS POST ABOUT IT, WHICH IS HERE —> bit.ly/4lTj5kq

the poet Carl Sandburg famously described Chicago as the ‘City of the Big Shoulders.’ he also called it

‘Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler.’

if old Carl were writing that poem today, he’d have to add a new line — because Chicago has now become the City of Go Fuck Yourself, Donny Convict.

oh look — America’s Mad King isn’t the only person who gets to sign executive orders.

The mayor of Chicago has signed an order detailing how the city will resist a potential immigration crackdown threatened by the Trump administration.

“We do not need nor want an unconstitutional and illegal military occupation of our city,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat. The order directs city agencies on how to respond to possible immigration enforcement actions.

do not fuck with the Hog Butcher for the World, Donny. they’re busy Stacking Wheat and Making Tools. they don’t have time for your fascist bullshit.

good for the mayor. he’s making plans. he sees what’s going on in DC, and what went on in Los Angeles, and he’s getting all proactive. most importantly, Mayor Johnson has ordered the Chicago Police Department not to aid and abet Donny’s storm troopers.

August 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM

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Jeff Tiedrich

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social

here's today's post: "Chicago cordially invites the Mad King to go fuck himself" — Chicago will not comply with Donny’s police state fascism.
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Chicago cordially invites the Mad King to go fuck himself

and why is Donny hiding from the press?

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August 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM

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Zone Left

@zoneleft.bsky.social

I was gonna say I think Patel and Bondi are getting a contact high

August 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM

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Ghost Goat

@ghost-goat.bsky.social

Not a single person there is one iota of sober

August 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM

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MoveOn

@moveon.org

The plan? Jack up grocery bills so Trump’s billionaire donors can get bigger yachts.

August 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM

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Jeff Tiedrich

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social

here's today's post: "sex-offender sleazeball did nothing wrong, claims sex-trafficking sleazeball."
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sex-offender sleazeball did nothing wrong, claims sex-trafficking sleazeball

concerning!

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August 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM

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Indivisible Park County, MT

@indivisibleparkcty.bsky.social

Sen. Daines touts his “Big Beautiful Bill” — but most tax cuts help the rich, Medicaid work rules cut coverage, and SNAP changes hit rural families. A $50B rural fund sounds good, but health access will shrink. A bad bill for working families— Montanans deserve the full story. #obbb

Reports: Medicaid cuts in 'Big Beautiful Bill' will leave Montana residents without insurance • Daily Montanan

Reports by several organizations show that Montana will be disproportionately hit by cuts to Medicaid in the massive Congressional budget bill, with as many as 38,000 people losing insurance and healt...

dailymontanan.com

August 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM

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Indivisible ❌👑

@indivisible.org

Republicans want to rig Congress and gerrymander their way to a permanent majority. If the GOP guts fair maps, blue states can’t just sit back. It’s time for Democrats to fight fire with fire: www.bluestatedefiance.org/redistrictin...

August 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM

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Jeff Tiedrich

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social

from today's 'this week in stupid': Mike Collins misspells 'Georgia' in his new campaign ad, and all the other idiotic clownfuckery that went down this week.
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4leR7zl
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)

you remember Mike Collins. he’s the MAGAfied rage-muppet who got elected to Georgia’s 10th district in 2022 on the strength of a campaign ad wherein he treats a voting machine the way Kristi Noem treats a frisky puppy. Mike AR-15’d the shit out of that machine to prove that ‘Dear Leader actually won in 2020,’ or some such ludicrous fever-swamp bullshit.

well, the King Of All Dumb-Ass Ads is back — and now he’s running for Senate.

I’m not going to bother to show you the entire ad Mike’s brain trust cooked up to announce his candidacy, because seriously, it’s 37 seconds of who gives a shit. it’s just a bunch of nonsensical MAGA mumbo jumbo.

instead, let’s just sit back and enjoy the ad’s final five seconds.

“Georiga.” Christ on a crepe suzette, how on earth did you imbeciles manage to fuck up the spelling of your own state?

August 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM

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Jeff Tiedrich

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social

here's today's post: "my pedo bestie stole my teenage girl, whines elderly degenerate" — why would Donny call attention to this?
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my pedo bestie stole my teenage girl, whines elderly degenerate

why would Donny call attention to this?

bit.ly

July 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM

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The Siren

@thesirennetwork.bsky.social

12 House Democrats joined together in a lawsuit on Wednesday against ICE, attesting that the agency denied them Congressional Oversight into detention facilities.

July 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

He’ll Kash you outside.

July 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM

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Rachel Maddow

@maddow.bsky.social

“For one thing, why would the United States trade nine defendants who are alleged to be high-level members of MS-13 for $3 million? Is that a good deal for the United States?”

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/n...