@slauer.bsky.social
Maybe that wasn’t lost on her, but a great deal of fact is. Routinely.
Same suggestion a my last post, just a different failed legacy news outlet.
My only reaction is once again to suggest people support independent, pro-democracy media. If you are inclined, you can start with Democracy Docket. Subscribing is free. Premium membership is $10mo. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
My only reaction is once again to suggest people support independent, pro-democracy media. If you are inclined, you can start with Democracy Docket. Subscribing is free. Premium membership is $10mo. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
This is nuts!
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Maybe that wasn’t lost on her, but a great deal of fact is. Routinely.
Mast’s cartoons about Boss Tweed led to his capture and imprisonment. Tweed had lamented that his voters and supporters couldn’t read, so editorials about his corruption didn’t trouble him, but they understood the pictures.
Seriously, what other president is even remotely in his league?
There was corruption in the Grant and Harding administrations, but the presidents were largely uninvolved. Nixon committed crimes in secret but didn't really line his own pockets.
Trump is like a Thomas Nast cartoon come to life.
There was corruption in the Grant and Harding administrations, but the presidents were largely uninvolved. Nixon committed crimes in secret but didn't really line his own pockets.
Trump is like a Thomas Nast cartoon come to life.
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Mast’s cartoons about Boss Tweed led to his capture and imprisonment. Tweed had lamented that his voters and supporters couldn’t read, so editorials about his corruption didn’t trouble him, but they understood the pictures.
That’s worked for Trump his whole life.
Deflection, distraction and deceit, all to cover up what they are really doing. Enough already, let's finish this sooner rather than later.
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
That’s worked for Trump his whole life.
If they give Donny a cut, they’ll probably get it.
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If they give Donny a cut, they’ll probably get it.
Only this time the religious zealots have GOP following their names.
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Only this time the religious zealots have GOP following their names.
That’s how a real HUMAN should act.
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
That’s how a real HUMAN should act.
You misunderstand the purpose of the demolition. He’s simply exerting power. It’s a developer’s version of marking territory. Like a dog does.
Absolutely no one spends $350 million on a remodel to a house they plan on leaving in three years. No one!!!
October 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You misunderstand the purpose of the demolition. He’s simply exerting power. It’s a developer’s version of marking territory. Like a dog does.
Those “ideas” have supposedly been “on the table” for a decade or more.
CNN: Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans have no healthcare solutions. What do you say to her?
REP. PETE SESSIONS: She needs a couple more years in office and she would learn that we do have ideas on the table
REP. PETE SESSIONS: She needs a couple more years in office and she would learn that we do have ideas on the table
October 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Those “ideas” have supposedly been “on the table” for a decade or more.
I wish they’d leave questions about vaccines and immunizations to “healthcare professionals.”
REPORTER: Should ERs check immigration status before treating a dying patient?
LEAVITT: That's probably not a question for me to answer. That's a question for healthcare professionals and legal experts to answer.
(That's not a no!)
LEAVITT: That's probably not a question for me to answer. That's a question for healthcare professionals and legal experts to answer.
(That's not a no!)
October 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I wish they’d leave questions about vaccines and immunizations to “healthcare professionals.”
That’s what happens when you cater to the most extreme elements of your support. They drag the center of gravity further and further in their direction. They’re never satisfied with anything but “purity” as they define it.
This.
I talked about this yesterday morning with Heather.
People with power grabbing a LOT more power to make their “reign” permanent, and overplaying their hand.
The Federalists in the late 1790s.
Silencing the opposition press.
They never regained national power.
I talked about this yesterday morning with Heather.
People with power grabbing a LOT more power to make their “reign” permanent, and overplaying their hand.
The Federalists in the late 1790s.
Silencing the opposition press.
They never regained national power.
Think in terms of unifying the opposition rather than breaking Trump's support.
Bouie and French mostly agreeing.
A lot of good stuff here.
Bouie and French mostly agreeing.
A lot of good stuff here.
September 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
That’s what happens when you cater to the most extreme elements of your support. They drag the center of gravity further and further in their direction. They’re never satisfied with anything but “purity” as they define it.
When the Catholic Church’s many moral failings in Ireland were revealed over several decades, it lost all its moral standing. The Irish then turned their backs on many positions that the church had used to enforce its will, including same-sex marriage and abortion.
Kirk is not a modern day St. Paul, despite what Cardinal Dolan says. The only thing that such myth-making achieves is fomenting resentment, curtailing dialogue, and stifling action to otherwise prevent this tragedy from happening again, says John Grosso.
Cardinal Dolan calls the late Charlie Kirk 'a modern day St. Paul.' I'm not making this up.
Cardinal Dolan joins the Catholic right's ever growing quest to lionize the late Charlie Kirk as a Christian martyr.
bit.ly
September 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
When the Catholic Church’s many moral failings in Ireland were revealed over several decades, it lost all its moral standing. The Irish then turned their backs on many positions that the church had used to enforce its will, including same-sex marriage and abortion.
He’s really sick.
September 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
He’s really sick.
During the campaign in 2016, Trump claimed that if it came to violence, his followers were better armed than those of his opponent. He anticipated - and welcomed - the situation we find ourselves in now. He also recognized which side has the greater proclivity for violence: his followers.
September 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
During the campaign in 2016, Trump claimed that if it came to violence, his followers were better armed than those of his opponent. He anticipated - and welcomed - the situation we find ourselves in now. He also recognized which side has the greater proclivity for violence: his followers.
Debate itself is not the problem. If the “debaters” don’t want the intellectual engagement that honest debate demands, then they are the problem.
"Resolved: Debate is stupid"
by Aisling McCrea in The Outline from 2018
"Wow, that is correct and there is no counterargument. Debate is indeed very stupid".
theoutline.com/post/6709/de...
by Aisling McCrea in The Outline from 2018
"Wow, that is correct and there is no counterargument. Debate is indeed very stupid".
theoutline.com/post/6709/de...
September 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Debate itself is not the problem. If the “debaters” don’t want the intellectual engagement that honest debate demands, then they are the problem.
I imagine Goebbels said that until 1945.
Yale Law School never beating the “they don’t teach law at Yale” allegations
September 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I imagine Goebbels said that until 1945.
You mean that we desire “mouths to feed” than jobs created.
It’s actually not, because new jobs numbers are weighed against population growth. And the population growth far exceeded 22,000 during that time period. So we added more people than jobs. bsky.app/profile/atru...
VARNEY: Would you admit to being just a little disappointed by this weakened job market?
LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: Well, 22,000 jobs -- underperformed just a bit, but it's still in the positive.
LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: Well, 22,000 jobs -- underperformed just a bit, but it's still in the positive.
September 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
You mean that we desire “mouths to feed” than jobs created.
If Trump cared about the national economy at least half as much as his own, he might be receptive to such a suggestion.
The job market has flatlined, and it’s clear the Trump economy is a loser for American workers. In addition to Kennedy, Trump ought to fire Bessent and Lutnick too before they drag the economy into a recession. None of these cranks have any idea what they're doing.
BREAKING: US job growth slowed to a crawl in August, adding only 22,000 positions. It's another indication the US labor market is stagnating.
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4nlRiu9
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4nlRiu9
September 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If Trump cared about the national economy at least half as much as his own, he might be receptive to such a suggestion.
Putting aside the claim of being “elected,” does she understand that the Labor Department was created to support labor, not business?
Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "I was elected as the Labor Secretary for all Americans"
(She was not elected)
(She was not elected)
September 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Putting aside the claim of being “elected,” does she understand that the Labor Department was created to support labor, not business?
The “complaint” is not the point. Everyone else should conform to their choices.
What I love about these posts is that she could just simply buy the bread she prefers. Much like their larger more oppressive complaints, they could simply choose to opt in or out.
🚨BREAKING:
Bread is now woke, according to Alex Phillips
Bread is now woke, according to Alex Phillips
August 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The “complaint” is not the point. Everyone else should conform to their choices.
Trump’s brown shirts can be deployed to recapture escaped slaves as well.
"The American Slavery 2.0 project is a brilliant conceit precisely because it dovetails so many MAGA governing principles into a single, big and beautiful policy." — @schaller67.bsky.social
Making Slavery Great Again
It's less outlandish than it sounds.
www.publicnotice.co
August 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Trump’s brown shirts can be deployed to recapture escaped slaves as well.
“I wanna try to get as much as I can.” He never spoke truer words.
Reporter: You called Kamala Harris a communist, yet the Biden-Harris administration never proposed nationalizing a private company like you are with Intel. Is this the new way of industrial policy?
Trump: Yes. Sure it is. I wanna try to get as much as I can
Trump: Yes. Sure it is. I wanna try to get as much as I can
August 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“I wanna try to get as much as I can.” He never spoke truer words.
“Deepest, darkest Africa”?!
Trump: “We stopped 3 wars. Go to Africa. They like to say, Oh, you know, I love black people. I did great with the vote of the black people. But they say 'He's a racist, he's a racist.' Really?…The Congo, that's deep into deepest, darkest Africa."
Wut
Wut
August 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“Deepest, darkest Africa”?!
Only if geography outweighs population even within a state.
August 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Only if geography outweighs population even within a state.
Did you equip them with paper towels? If not, you’ll face criticism from the orange man.
I just approved the deployment of California resources to Puerto Rico ahead of Tropical Storm Erin.
We’re glad to help coordinate life-saving response to Americans in harm’s way.
We’re glad to help coordinate life-saving response to Americans in harm’s way.
August 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Did you equip them with paper towels? If not, you’ll face criticism from the orange man.
That’s why EPA no longer needs climate scientists. Every employee has a nose. 🐽
ah yes, the classic Average Layman Smell Test.
you know, how normal people talk
you know, how normal people talk
NEWSMAX: CBS and CNN and others are attributing airplane turbulence to higher temperatures and climate change. Has this come across your desk?
LEE ZELDIN: Listen, this is crazy. And it just doesn't pass any smell test for even the average layman in this country.
LEE ZELDIN: Listen, this is crazy. And it just doesn't pass any smell test for even the average layman in this country.
August 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
That’s why EPA no longer needs climate scientists. Every employee has a nose. 🐽