Steve
@smcbrid51.bsky.social
Old man, Seattle native, PNW in the summer, Palm Springs in the winter, eternal optimist
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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When reporters don’t challenge obvious bad faith, they don’t just miss a moment. They enable it.
The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.
December 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When reporters don’t challenge obvious bad faith, they don’t just miss a moment. They enable it.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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After one stop Harrell saw this out the window of the bus and fainted.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
After one stop Harrell saw this out the window of the bus and fainted.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Just for the record, in 2020:
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA
There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.
He crazy.
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA
There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.
He crazy.
October 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Just for the record, in 2020:
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA
There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.
He crazy.
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA
There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.
He crazy.
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October 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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The Needling is gonna get taken off air for this post and this post alone
KOMO to Air Hour of Sinclair CEO Sucking Off Trump Instead of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’: tinyurl.com/3jzrpt4y
September 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The Needling is gonna get taken off air for this post and this post alone
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For everyone saying this is an impeachable offense and worse than Watergate:
Of course it is. But that doesn’t matter in the slightest, because this GOP Congress has completely abdicated their duty and will never do anything to hold him accountable.
Of course it is. But that doesn’t matter in the slightest, because this GOP Congress has completely abdicated their duty and will never do anything to hold him accountable.
September 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For everyone saying this is an impeachable offense and worse than Watergate:
Of course it is. But that doesn’t matter in the slightest, because this GOP Congress has completely abdicated their duty and will never do anything to hold him accountable.
Of course it is. But that doesn’t matter in the slightest, because this GOP Congress has completely abdicated their duty and will never do anything to hold him accountable.
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Ken Burns (yes, that one) has pointed out recently the obvious parallels between our current politics and another Frank Capra classic, "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946).
Yes, the American people, in their infinite wisdom, have elected to live in Pottersville, rather than in Bedford Falls.
Yes, the American people, in their infinite wisdom, have elected to live in Pottersville, rather than in Bedford Falls.
September 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ken Burns (yes, that one) has pointed out recently the obvious parallels between our current politics and another Frank Capra classic, "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946).
Yes, the American people, in their infinite wisdom, have elected to live in Pottersville, rather than in Bedford Falls.
Yes, the American people, in their infinite wisdom, have elected to live in Pottersville, rather than in Bedford Falls.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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What the country really needs is mandatory mental-health screening for presidential candidates and nominees for cabinet posts. Like, stat.
September 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
What the country really needs is mandatory mental-health screening for presidential candidates and nominees for cabinet posts. Like, stat.
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September 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Why don't reporters tell him to go fuck himself and then walk away?
Trump tells a reporter who asks him about going to war with American cities to “be quiet” and “listen”
September 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Why don't reporters tell him to go fuck himself and then walk away?
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Lisa Kudrow nailed it! This was the best
Republican impersonation I have ever seen, I was even getting upset thinking this was real. Love it!
Republican impersonation I have ever seen, I was even getting upset thinking this was real. Love it!
August 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lisa Kudrow nailed it! This was the best
Republican impersonation I have ever seen, I was even getting upset thinking this was real. Love it!
Republican impersonation I have ever seen, I was even getting upset thinking this was real. Love it!
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Remember Your Heritage
July 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Remember Your Heritage
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A huge immigration operation was going on at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles Mayor Bass was informed & went to the site She told reporters: "They need to leave & they need to leave right now This is unacceptable" Apparently she was talking on the phone to the head of Customs Kudos Mayor
July 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A huge immigration operation was going on at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles Mayor Bass was informed & went to the site She told reporters: "They need to leave & they need to leave right now This is unacceptable" Apparently she was talking on the phone to the head of Customs Kudos Mayor
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Congratulations to the GOP for just losing the midterms.
July 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Congratulations to the GOP for just losing the midterms.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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We the people will have the last word.
The fight has just begun...
The fight has just begun...
Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit.
July 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We the people will have the last word.
The fight has just begun...
The fight has just begun...
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This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
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