The Painting Chemist
@paintingchemist.bsky.social
I'm still trying to figure out this thing, but hey. Enjoy some randomly painted models while you wait!
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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Why did Senate Democrats finally cave in the government shutdown fight?
Trump was willing to make millions of people suffer. Democrats didn’t have the stomach for it. www.huffpost.com/entry/why-de... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social @delaneyrules.bsky.social
Trump was willing to make millions of people suffer. Democrats didn’t have the stomach for it. www.huffpost.com/entry/why-de... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social @delaneyrules.bsky.social
Why Democrats Finally Caved In The Government Shutdown Fight
Donald Trump was willing to make millions of people suffer. Democrats didn’t have the stomach for it.
www.huffpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Why did Senate Democrats finally cave in the government shutdown fight?
Trump was willing to make millions of people suffer. Democrats didn’t have the stomach for it. www.huffpost.com/entry/why-de... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social @delaneyrules.bsky.social
Trump was willing to make millions of people suffer. Democrats didn’t have the stomach for it. www.huffpost.com/entry/why-de... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social @delaneyrules.bsky.social
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bitch, you can't even use SNAP for TAMPONS. No one is using it to get their nails done.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
bitch, you can't even use SNAP for TAMPONS. No one is using it to get their nails done.
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Bring on the war crimes
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
September 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Bring on the war crimes
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yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.
Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."
September 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.
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Trump is now claiming to have ended eight wars since he entered office, up from seven last week
September 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Trump is now claiming to have ended eight wars since he entered office, up from seven last week
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As a former gamer, I cannot overstate how big of a deal this right-wing takeover of Electronic Arts is.
Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?
Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?
September 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
As a former gamer, I cannot overstate how big of a deal this right-wing takeover of Electronic Arts is.
Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?
Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?
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SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.
NEW — I wrote about my confirmed scoop from last night that Disney hastened Kimmel's return because of a planned Disney+ streaming price increase announcement coming on Tuesday:
Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase
The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky
www.thehandbasket.co
September 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.
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added some sound
September 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
added some sound
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Donald Trump is going to wage war on American cities over a fake crisis that isn’t happening involving a fake “terrorist organization” which doesn’t exist, so he can stop us from talking about the real child sex trafficking files he’s very much in.
September 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Donald Trump is going to wage war on American cities over a fake crisis that isn’t happening involving a fake “terrorist organization” which doesn’t exist, so he can stop us from talking about the real child sex trafficking files he’s very much in.
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Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are going to shut down the United States government so they do not have to release the Epstein files.
Shutting our government down, hurting Americans, to protect pedophiles.
How this isn’t the biggest scandal in American history is beyond me.
Shutting our government down, hurting Americans, to protect pedophiles.
How this isn’t the biggest scandal in American history is beyond me.
September 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are going to shut down the United States government so they do not have to release the Epstein files.
Shutting our government down, hurting Americans, to protect pedophiles.
How this isn’t the biggest scandal in American history is beyond me.
Shutting our government down, hurting Americans, to protect pedophiles.
How this isn’t the biggest scandal in American history is beyond me.
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Free speech in the US. Now a university has banned all mention of trans people and is encouraging abusive misgendering.
conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
ASU to Put New Transgender Policies in Place
Transgender discussions, language to be hounded off college campuses in Texas, following orders from Trump, Abbott.
conchoobserver.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Free speech in the US. Now a university has banned all mention of trans people and is encouraging abusive misgendering.
conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
I canceled mine, do your part. Hurt them the only way they understand, their wallet. Every one may be a small dent, but we can make it large!
Cancel Culture CUTS IN TWO DIRECTION.
CANCEL HULU, DISNEY+ subscriptions. FIGHT BACK !!!
Make them pay for taking away our 1st. Amendment Rights. Cancelling Jimmy Kimmel for what? What did he say that was so bad. The TRUTH???
BRIAN KILMEADE still working and on FAUX NEWS.
youtu.be/NYrwJEkjgh0
CANCEL HULU, DISNEY+ subscriptions. FIGHT BACK !!!
Make them pay for taking away our 1st. Amendment Rights. Cancelling Jimmy Kimmel for what? What did he say that was so bad. The TRUTH???
BRIAN KILMEADE still working and on FAUX NEWS.
youtu.be/NYrwJEkjgh0
ABC Cancels Kimmel... Trump’s NEXT MOVE Is TERRIFYING
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I canceled mine, do your part. Hurt them the only way they understand, their wallet. Every one may be a small dent, but we can make it large!
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Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
In 1983, 50 companies controlled 90% of the U.S. media market. That number is now down to 5.
September 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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Today's edition of Congress' continued abdication of its power and responsibility to check the executive.
NBC: Do you think it's appropriate for Brendan Carr to threaten companies if they didn't take action?
JOHN THUNE: *walks away*
JOHN THUNE: *walks away*
September 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Today's edition of Congress' continued abdication of its power and responsibility to check the executive.
Hello friends and fiends, how do you do in this fresh hellscape we live in day to day?
September 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hello friends and fiends, how do you do in this fresh hellscape we live in day to day?
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The State Dept is warning immigrants not to “praise” Charlie Kirk’s death - with the power to revoke visas or deport. A tragedy is being weaponized into policy. Violence, then censorship. Step by step, dissent is being recast as disloyalty.
September 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The State Dept is warning immigrants not to “praise” Charlie Kirk’s death - with the power to revoke visas or deport. A tragedy is being weaponized into policy. Violence, then censorship. Step by step, dissent is being recast as disloyalty.
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“It would be inappropriate, unethical and impractical for museums to ask staff, volunteers or visitors about birth sex and gatekeep who can access services, events and toilets.”
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Not just museums, though.
This applies to all service providers.
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Not just museums, though.
This applies to all service providers.
The MA has responded to the EHRC Code of Practice consultation following the Supreme Court ruling on sex and gender.
We raised concerns that the Code of Practice focuses on exclusion rather than inclusion.
Read our response: www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/ad...
We raised concerns that the Code of Practice focuses on exclusion rather than inclusion.
Read our response: www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/ad...
Our response to the EHRC Code of Practice consultation - Museums Association
The Museums Association has responded to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Code of practice for services, public functions and associations:
www.museumsassociation.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“It would be inappropriate, unethical and impractical for museums to ask staff, volunteers or visitors about birth sex and gatekeep who can access services, events and toilets.”
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Not just museums, though.
This applies to all service providers.
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Not just museums, though.
This applies to all service providers.
Amazing
Trump’s crackdown got too real, now he’s scrambling to carve out exceptions for hotel staff and farmhands.
The truth? He broke the machine. And now the people who funded him are begging for duct tape.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
The truth? He broke the machine. And now the people who funded him are begging for duct tape.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump vows changes to immigration crackdown to protect migrant farmers, hotel workers
President Trump said he plans to make changes to his administration's aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration to address worker shortages.
www.usatoday.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Amazing
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holy shit -- GOP Rep. Mike Turner tries to "help out" Hegseth by getting him to confirm that the Pentagon does not in fact have plans to take Greenland by force, but Hegseth instead more or less testifies that yep, they have devised plans for that
June 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
holy shit -- GOP Rep. Mike Turner tries to "help out" Hegseth by getting him to confirm that the Pentagon does not in fact have plans to take Greenland by force, but Hegseth instead more or less testifies that yep, they have devised plans for that
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www.publicnotice.co/p/mike-waltz...
At a cabinet meeting commemorating Trump’s 100th day in office, administration officials indulged in a sickening orgy of sycophancy as they attempted to top each other in preposterous praise of the orange gasbag in chief.
At a cabinet meeting commemorating Trump’s 100th day in office, administration officials indulged in a sickening orgy of sycophancy as they attempted to top each other in preposterous praise of the orange gasbag in chief.
Mike Waltz and government by sycophantic clowns
Elect Trump, expect a circus.
www.publicnotice.co
May 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
www.publicnotice.co/p/mike-waltz...
At a cabinet meeting commemorating Trump’s 100th day in office, administration officials indulged in a sickening orgy of sycophancy as they attempted to top each other in preposterous praise of the orange gasbag in chief.
At a cabinet meeting commemorating Trump’s 100th day in office, administration officials indulged in a sickening orgy of sycophancy as they attempted to top each other in preposterous praise of the orange gasbag in chief.
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You forgot to mention she resigned in protest in January after you killed her cartoon about your plutocrat owner.
The Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and
commentary goes to @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for various works that appeared in The Washington Post.
This is her third Pulitzer recognition.
commentary goes to @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for various works that appeared in The Washington Post.
This is her third Pulitzer recognition.
Ann Telnaes
Ann Telnaes was an editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post. She won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 2001 and was a finalist for the prize in 2022.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
You forgot to mention she resigned in protest in January after you killed her cartoon about your plutocrat owner.
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Pete Hegseth getting cooked in the community notes
April 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Pete Hegseth getting cooked in the community notes
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Take It Down Act is a total censorial mess. And yet, a ton of "progressive" Dems are supporting it, even as it will enable the highly politicized and weaponized FTC to go after websites and demand content be removed from the internet. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/c...
Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act
Here’s a puzzle: How do you write a law that’s so badly designed that (1) the people it’s meant to help oppose it, (2) the people who hate regulation support it, and (3) everyone …
www.techdirt.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Take It Down Act is a total censorial mess. And yet, a ton of "progressive" Dems are supporting it, even as it will enable the highly politicized and weaponized FTC to go after websites and demand content be removed from the internet. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/c...