I see the Dems are already being outmaneuvered on the budget. Schumer and Jeffries *puffing chests*: "We're standing up for healthcare!" Vought: "Lulz, fine. When we starting firing more federal employees, we'll blame it on you and see if your position holds up (it won't). Thanks for playing."

This weekend will probably be peak for most of the main spots in Colorado's high country. Peak *may* hold on until next weekend as well (Oct. 3-5), but this weekend appears a slightly safer bet. #COwx

What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.

1,800 people missing...

This is a key point: We need to recognize how dangerous, how precarious this moment is - but without perpetuating the Trumpists' assertions of strength and dominance. The gap between their authoritarian aspirations and the reality of American society remains vast. That's where the counter happens.

Cold, but fair.

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Another absolutely unhinged day in the books. Well done, fam.

“In California [the prevalence of autism] is really bad.” —Trump Oh really? You’re saying the people who figured out how to make sand think might be autistic? Bro, what a revelation.

youtu.be/bWnmGq1hZdE?... We’re here

We're proud to announce a new streaming service, Trump Make Good Word™️. For a low monthly fee of $14.99, our nation's one and only intellectual vanguard will read off prescription drug names, ad infinitum.

"Folks, autism is caused by <insert word salad>"

As America's most pro-business leader in a generation, I will choose one company each week and accuse them of witchcraft

Nothing to see here. Just a key figure in the regime going full Goebbels. Everything is fine.

Bengals are cooked. They're built entirely around an offense that's now a bust.

This. Assume free and fair elections are a thing of the past and start thinking about alternatives.

Someone should set up a loudspeaker outside of his home and/or office and read off these replies. No way they're getting past his social media team.

Incredible. If you want to jump straight to the pith, the TeleMessage insanity starts around 17m.

This is the first thing that came to mind when the H1B news broke.

Key and Peele sketch where a player scores a touchdown then proceeds to give every teammate, coach, staff member, and fan a custom celebratory handshake as onlookers wait for hours in dismay.

Quarterbacks should use googly eyes instead of eye black.

I've been chewing on a simple, low effort, nonviolent way for people to get involved. One idea is an anonymous, nationwide mailer campaign. Provide participants with guidance or flyer templates and have them send them to random home addresses in red/purple districts.

Hep A/B series completed. Next up: yellow fever. My mere presence will sanitize kitchen countertops by EOY.

If you haven't canceled your Disney+ and Hulu, please do it today and tell your likeminded family and friends to do the same. We need millions of cancellations. Disney caved to totalitarian threats for now reason. Jimmy Kimmel did nothing wrong. And we can protect him by standing up.

looooooooooool

The brain tricks us constantly. It mistakes scrolling and "seeking information" for DOING THINGS. That is not doing. You have to act.

the history will continue until morale improves

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“Freedom is often lost under mountains of paperwork and crippling fines rather than in a cinematic showdown with a dictator.”

A very simple step you and I can take right now to combat authoritarianism: control personal spending. 👇

Months ago, I stumbled across a response somewhere on the Fedi from a Russian expat recounting her learnings from Putin's takeover. The one learning that stood out to me: the opposition wasted their time and energy predicting what Putin would do next, instead of figuring out how to fight back.

😂 almost nailed it.

"This is an ancient evil shooting its shot right now" 🎯

Banger

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@bsky.app needs a warrant canary, stat. If the feds designate this platform as some kind of terrorist apparatus and show up at a server room to forcefully retrieve user data, it sure would be nice to have a heads up.

Chuck Schumer, glancing over his reading glasses, plotting his next brilliant gambit: "The perfect opportunity to discuss energy costs for the average American household."

You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.

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Fall flu and COVID shots in the bag ✅

Saying this again. Continuing to incessantly call attention to the contradictions, lawlessness, disregard for truth, etc — we the resistance are still waging a battle lost long ago using tools that are no longer relevant. We’re only communicating with ourselves.

Everyday Americans coming to the realization they may no longer be living in a democracy.

We are so fucked.

LOL

TIL that the Church in 10th Century Rome is commonly referred to as “the pornography” because of the disorder, corruption, and violence of the period. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pornocr...

Lord the Giants are terrible.

When I say I'm not as worried about AI misinformation, this is what I'm talking about. Bespoke realities are nothing new. Select information feeds, social polarization, and the like have already been doing this to great effect for a long time.

Welp. Turns out he's in a rival faction, so this prob won't happen.

BlueSky needs a "catch me up on the latest insanity" feature.