Who's the rogue nation now?

Went over to RealClearPolitics.com to see what drivel they're promoting today. Learned that if Trump's a war criminal, FDR is too! So there! "Trump Confounds Critics Again" spectator.org/trump-confou...

American capitulation and humiliation are better than nuclear war and Iranian genocide. But Trump has never taken humiliation well. And he's increasingly demented. The terror and war crimes will re-escalate soon. In Iran, maybe, or Cuba, or the next target Trump dreams up. Impeach. Now.

Imagining conversations that didn't happen, telling children to sell his autograph on eBay, telling a fable about Joe Biden's autopen... Not the most important things, sure. But he really is stark raving mad. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-6-20...

I think I'm pretty privacy and security focused, but somehow I've always been using built-in DNS settings. I learned: 1. You should always encrypt your DNS requests, so your ISP can't track the sites you're visiting. 2. Services like AdGuard offer a DNS server with ad and tracker blocking.

"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union" "We hold these truths to be self evident" "A house divided against itself cannot stand" "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" "Ask not what your country can do for you" "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards"

92 million people are begging for their civilization to be wiped off the planet. Says genocidal maniac. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-6-20...

Good Friday ... Easter Sunday ... Genocide Tuesday On the third day He was resurrected. On the fifth, 92 million people were nuked back to the Stone Age.

Love Dave Barry. This piece, about pooping in space, was LOL funny. Does Dave have a Bluesky presence, other than this mirror?

I paid $3.48 for E15 gas yesterday, vs. $3.55 for standard E10. E15 has 1.7% less energy content than E10, so this was a wash. Advocating E15 as a solution to Trump's energy crisis is like putting a band-aid on a severed limb.

I truly believe we'd be better off as a country if members of Congress were randomly selected out of the population. Like jury duty. Or a draft. Serve for a year, then move on. The electoral system rewards lobbying and corruption, and elects geriatric lawyers. Convince me I'm wrong.

"'If you import The Third World, you become The Third World!' — AND THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS LONG AS I AM PRESIDENT. President DONALD J. TRUMP" He must be doing OK. Totally normal insane post a minute ago. Unless someone else is crazy posting for him...

Put on speed dial for your outer space plumbing needs. @colbertlateshow.bsky.social

Kinda hard to get excited about a good jobs number, when 1) the data is so noisy and 2) the initial number frequently gets revised down. finance.yahoo.com/economy/arti...

Hilarious Olaf robot fail. Or, miming the end of the Mad King's reign? youtu.be/FBHhCp7itSw

Good headline on Yahoo Finance. Trump's address last night didn't calm markets. His reckless war has put the global economy at the mercy of Iran.

FDR built the East Wing bunker. Trump destroyed it. "'all of the subterranean structures,' including the PEOC, heating and air utilities, and underground facilities for the White House Military Office and US Secret Service Uniformed Division, 'all of that seems to be gone'" No bunker for Donald. 😂

In the distant days of my youth… 16-year-old: “Mom, can I get a motorcycle? All the cool kids have them. You won’t have to shuttle me around as much. I promise I’ll be safe!” Mom: “Over my dead body!” 1/

I see I'm a "Selective Networker: Has built a solid audience while being selective about who they follow, showing good content and engagement strategies." Aw shucks. Not really any strategy here, but the rest seems pretty accurate. From bskycheck.com/userinfo.php

Traders getting nervous before the weekend. Trump does his craziest, most destructive stuff when markets are closed.

Trump decides that Bill Maher is the least bad of political comedians, will receive award despite previous claims it was FAKE NEWS.

This is a good take. The US is against renewable energy. The US is also idiotically disrupting the supply of fossil fuels. The likely outcome is that China, the leader in renewables, wins. And the rest of us also win, because under Chinese energy policy, maybe we can save this planet.

"*their grief is real and justified*" "the primary thing they have gotten wrong is the unique and singular evil that it represents" "'*my* pain is unlike anyone else’s' that tends to curdle one into conspiracy-driven hatred" Excellent thread. Replies and quote posts disabled, so screenshotting.

"Until [Stephen Miller's] ejected from the White House, all our rights are in danger." 🎯 Doesn't matter who's the putative secretary of DHS. Noem, MarkWayneJoeBob, Snoopy. Miller is the source of the evil, inhumane, criminal treatment of immigrants. No funding unless he's out.

Colorado snow pack now 56% below average. This fire season is gonna be ugly.

ICE's last three Bluesky posts are about arrests of US citizens. Quietly admitting that aspiring citizens aren't the "worst of the worst" after all. Aspiring citizens commit crimes at a lower rate than ICE agents.

Negotiating the next Trump-Witkoff billion-dollar business deal, of course. Although now that Trump provoked Iran to spray missiles and drones all over the Middle East, the Saudis, UAE, and Qatar might be rethinking future bribery.

Not clear to me how they chose the 13 airports to deploy ICE as TSA. Houston Intercontinental has some of the worst wait times (as long as 4 hours!), but ICE is going to Houston Hobby instead? 🤦‍♂️

NYT: "The United States views Iran through a prism of global responsibilities and strategic goals." 😂 Counterpoint: Trump and Hegseth love blowing shit up, consequences be damned.

Damn. These results are scathing. And keep in mind that the federal workforce has already been culled, with (in theory) only the more loyal employees remaining.

CNN has been one of the best MSM news outlets. But "Trump says..." should never be your top story. What "Trump says" is, sadly, consequential. Newsworthy. But the reality, what's really happening, should be the top story. Not whatever lies or muddled thoughts Dementia Don is spewing today.

NYT: Figures on Iranian missile strikes "have not changed in more than a week, underscoring the weakened Iranian regime’s resilience." 🤦 This only shows the Department of War Propaganda didn't update their made-up numbers. Strikes may be down. Or up. We're not going to learn the truth from DoWP.

Kat's advocacy and campaign are inspiring. She came very close to winning, fighting against our big-money, Citizens United, elite-controlled political system. Thank you Kat. We need hundreds more candidates like you.

I wouldn't condemn any individual service member for following unconstitutional orders. It's gotta be damn hard to refuse an order. But I absolutely condemn the US military as an extremely sick organization, when not even *one* of the 1000s in the Middle East has upheld their oath of enlistment.

On the one hand, it seems strange that Puerto Rico has its own team in the WBC, separate from the United States. On the other hand, Puerto Rico has a population around 3 million, similar to Arkansas and Kansas. AR and KS would get destroyed. So cool that Puerto Rico made the top 8!

If you haven't seen what Bam Adebayo did last night, this highlight reel is well worth watching. Five times he's finished in the top five for NBA *Defensive* Player of the Year during his career. And he went off for the second-most *offensive* points in NBA history.

With a demented madman killing schoolgirls and disrupting shipping, no one knows how to price oil. Up 50%, then back down by more than a quarter:

Trump: I will not sign any new bills until voter disenfranchisement passes. Americans, exhausted of awful legislation like the OBBBA: Hallelujah!

"The $100 oil level was seen by many on Wall Street as a breaking point for the economy unless the war is resolved quickly and prices retreat. "The war showed little signs of easing despite Trump’s claim it was 'already won'..." Yeah. We're screwed.

Everyone knows President Stephen Miller is the one calling the shots on deportation. Noem, Markwaynejoebob whatever, they don't matter. They're just Senate-confirmed figureheads to be the front for Miller's dirty work. Kristi Noem won't be remembered for anything. Maybe puppy killing. At most.

Just wanna say... I'm also undefeated as an MMA fighter. I do plumbing too.

Markwayne "can't tell Iraq from Iran" is the replacement for Noem "shot my dog, deserved it, but look at me in costume at CECOT. Aren't I amazing?" 😂 Can't make this shit up.

👀 Must-read report on 9 secret ICE facilities in Colorado. No beds/cots. "a bench, some access to potable water, and a drain in the floor." "3,182 individuals were held... The oldest was 91-years-old; the youngest was a 1-year-old girl. Many detainees were held for weeks at a time"

Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? I see masked federal agents looking at me. Red bird, red bird, what do you see? I see Tomahawk missiles looking at me. Schumer sounds like he's telling a bedtime story, putting our republic to sleep.

My god. His comms people actually posted this video of Chuck listlessly reading from sheets of paper. Yes, the Trump War on Iran is insanity. Equally insane: Schumer is the Senate "opposition leader". 🤮🤦‍♂️

Best succinct explanation of the Trump War in Iran below. It's about stealing the mid-terms and enriching Trump, using the military as his own personal mercenary force to be rented out for profit. But really, it all comes down to personal profit. Winning the election is worth many $ to Trump. 1/

Shows the short-sightedness of the criticism of AOC's statement on Taiwan. Trump has backed himself into a corner and likely wouldn't have the military capacity to defend Taiwan. President AOC wouldn't be fighting a war of choice in Iran, and would have options regarding Taiwan's defense.

"This war with Iran is not really about freeing the people of Iran. Why would Trump give a flying F@@## about the brownish Muslim people of Iran? ... "The U.S. Military is now a personal mercenary force of Donald Trump’s — both here and abroad." 🎯💯 open.substack.com/chat/posts/9...

Thoughts and prayers for US service members (who are following illegal orders). No thoughts or prayers for the 150+ Iranian elementary school girls they killed.