Paul
@underdun.bsky.social
Here for humor and the pursuit of truth. Against neglect of humans, animals, and resources (natural, spiritual, fiscal).
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A joke for the history buffs:
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
January 18, 2026 at 1:56 PM
A joke for the history buffs:
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
I heard Acting President of the U.S. Putin congratulated Acting President of Venezuela Trump on his new title.
January 16, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I heard Acting President of the U.S. Putin congratulated Acting President of Venezuela Trump on his new title.
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We have lost 68,000 manufacturing jobs since Trump took office.
We have lost 161,000 blue collar jobs.
We need new economic leadership that doesn't concentrate wealth & power in the hands of the few.
An economy that works for all Americans.
We need a new economic patriotism.
We have lost 161,000 blue collar jobs.
We need new economic leadership that doesn't concentrate wealth & power in the hands of the few.
An economy that works for all Americans.
We need a new economic patriotism.
January 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
We have lost 68,000 manufacturing jobs since Trump took office.
We have lost 161,000 blue collar jobs.
We need new economic leadership that doesn't concentrate wealth & power in the hands of the few.
An economy that works for all Americans.
We need a new economic patriotism.
We have lost 161,000 blue collar jobs.
We need new economic leadership that doesn't concentrate wealth & power in the hands of the few.
An economy that works for all Americans.
We need a new economic patriotism.
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This is a jaw-dropping piece about ICE recruitment.
The article appears to be partly paywalled and I would encourage anyone who can afford it to subscribe, Slate's got a hell of a sale going right now and subscriptions are how they can afford to pay freelancers for articles like this one
For my fellow brokies, though:
For my fellow brokies, though:
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
web.archive.org
January 13, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This is a jaw-dropping piece about ICE recruitment.
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Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.
January 11, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.
Excellent analysis done by the NYT.
Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Excellent analysis done by the NYT.
This is a perfectly succinct summary. Imagine if another country decided it didn’t like this administration, which is already easy to do, and decided to remove it by force with no plan other than exploiting our resources. Un-American, illegal, and an insult to our constitution.
The invasion of Venezuela has nothing to do with American security. Venezuela is not a security threat to the U.S..
This is about making Trump's oil industry and Wall Street friends rich. Trump's foreign policy - the Middle East, Russia, Venezuela - is fundamentally corrupt.
This is about making Trump's oil industry and Wall Street friends rich. Trump's foreign policy - the Middle East, Russia, Venezuela - is fundamentally corrupt.
January 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This is a perfectly succinct summary. Imagine if another country decided it didn’t like this administration, which is already easy to do, and decided to remove it by force with no plan other than exploiting our resources. Un-American, illegal, and an insult to our constitution.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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They were told that by elites
After a year in which Trump has bombed ...
- Venezuela
- Nigeria
- Iran
- Yemen
- Syria
- Somalia
- and civilian boats in international waters
... I’m thinking about the voters who convinced themselves that Trump was the candidate of foreign policy restraint.
- Venezuela
- Nigeria
- Iran
- Yemen
- Syria
- Somalia
- and civilian boats in international waters
... I’m thinking about the voters who convinced themselves that Trump was the candidate of foreign policy restraint.
January 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
They were told that by elites
“Let me reiterate: I do not approve of the mayor locking the doors of the mall and igniting a bus full of C4 in the food court. I may have worn a shirt that said, VOTE FOR THE MAYOR WHO WILL BLOW UP THE MALL FOOD COURT, but that was just my fun way of saying I only cared about the bowling alley.”
My favorite McSweeney's piece this year (although there were soooo many good ones)
Our 2nd most-read piece of 2025 is by the forever funny @mikedrucker.bsky.social, and we have no idea what he was getting at here, but it seemed to have struck a nerve with many, many readers.
January 2, 2026 at 2:57 PM
“Let me reiterate: I do not approve of the mayor locking the doors of the mall and igniting a bus full of C4 in the food court. I may have worn a shirt that said, VOTE FOR THE MAYOR WHO WILL BLOW UP THE MALL FOOD COURT, but that was just my fun way of saying I only cared about the bowling alley.”
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Why we should aspire to eat less meat like it’s 2019. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
One of the most impactful resolutions you can make in the new year
Why we should aspire to eat less meat like it’s 2019.
www.vox.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Why we should aspire to eat less meat like it’s 2019. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
This is chilling
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is chilling
Shocking and incomprehensible that this man is not in prison.
Read @davidmcswane.bsky.social's original 2024 investigation into Dr. Weiner here:
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Shocking and incomprehensible that this man is not in prison.
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NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
One man brought us beloved movies and characters and united us with engaging, enduring stories. The other can’t make a move without stealing from Americans, trespassing on our freedoms, or committing sexual assault. He probably committed several crimes before his first Big Mac today.
He's just lost it. Now saying Rob and Michele Reiner caused their own murder because they didn't support him.
So sick.
So sick.
December 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
One man brought us beloved movies and characters and united us with engaging, enduring stories. The other can’t make a move without stealing from Americans, trespassing on our freedoms, or committing sexual assault. He probably committed several crimes before his first Big Mac today.
Love this!
When the eyeglasses come off, you know it's about to get serious.
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Love this!
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Damn good questioning here.
FBI operations director Michael Glasheen says antifa is the government’s “primary concern” as “the most immediate violent threat” domestically. Bennie Thompson asks where antifa exists in the US and how many members it has.
“Well that’s very fluid.”
A remarkable exchange. Full:
“Well that’s very fluid.”
A remarkable exchange. Full:
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Damn good questioning here.
Tl;dr. “I’m losing my marbles and I’m taking the country with me.”
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Tl;dr. “I’m losing my marbles and I’m taking the country with me.”
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going door to door making people hate the administration
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
going door to door making people hate the administration
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Rabbiatu Kuyateh is a peaceful woman who escaped to the U.S. 30 years ago. This treatment of harmless immigrants is unconscionable and unAmerican.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Rabbiatu Kuyateh is a peaceful woman who escaped to the U.S. 30 years ago. This treatment of harmless immigrants is unconscionable and unAmerican.
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ADDITIONAL STORY TODAY: What the Trump administration’s videos from the midnight Chicago raid *didn’t* show:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
ADDITIONAL STORY TODAY: What the Trump administration’s videos from the midnight Chicago raid *didn’t* show:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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US national debt hit $38 trillion. The deficit this year will be between $1.7 trillion and $2.2 trillion.
For 6 straight years, we’ve run deficits over $1 trillion.
The IMF projects the US will have the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the world by 2030.
For 6 straight years, we’ve run deficits over $1 trillion.
The IMF projects the US will have the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the world by 2030.
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
US national debt hit $38 trillion. The deficit this year will be between $1.7 trillion and $2.2 trillion.
For 6 straight years, we’ve run deficits over $1 trillion.
The IMF projects the US will have the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the world by 2030.
For 6 straight years, we’ve run deficits over $1 trillion.
The IMF projects the US will have the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the world by 2030.