also seems bad! The Biden administration estimated repairs to 2 fountains in Lafayette Park, across from the White House, would cost $3.3 million. But the Trump administration gave a $11.9 million no-bid contract to Clark Construction for the work - and then raised it to $17.4 million.

This person is definitely on Bluesky

Anxiety! In The Oil Markets

Replies to this have taught me there are a lot of low trust mouth breathers who will defend any antisocial garbage their hero says as long as they can pretend he was joking.

republicans will yowl and piss and moan and that to my mind is all the reason to do it

Drivers are such pissbabies that if we don’t give them what they want they’ll just start doing stupid shit that kills people. Seems like the problem is drivers tbh

The number of Republicans crashing out about getting nakedly gerrymandered is, unironically, a sign that we need to do more of it. You guys are correct! This shit sucks! Welcome to the party, pals! We can all stop doing it any time you like!

Starting a mid-decade redistricting war only to end up with -1 seats is the same fine strategic genius and subtle grasp of game theory that brough us the Strait of Hormuz.

The next administration must make clear that any immigrant, refugee, or asylum seeker wrongly deported, exiled, or otherwise mistreated by this administration will be readmitted with an expedited path to citizenship. Send a plane to get them. We can't undo the damage. But we can do something.

I’m sorry, but bluesky is THRIVING…

¡Olè!

Only way to return the straight of Hormuz to the open status it had 6 months ago is either invade Iran to install regime change or surrender by giving in to every demand the now hardline government makes of us in perpetuity. Anything else is just diddling around to avoid acknowledging this reality.

What is the intellectual foundation of the conservative legal academy? Nothing but rum, sodomy, and Kurt Lash.

This language of "representation" in re the Pope reminds me of the Unclear and Present Politics discussion between @jamellebouie.net and @lioneltrolling.bsky.social. This lady fundamentally misunderstands the way the Catholic Church works. The Pope *doesn't* "represent" you, and never will!

The intersection between "privacy advocate" and "traffic safety" is either "put a governor in every car" or "just abolish cars".

Happy DC Emancipation Day!   Today, we honor the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the District and the liberation of more than 3,000 enslaved people.   We also reflect on the ongoing work to build a DC where freedom is fully realized—through equity, opportunity, and dignity for all.

I for one believed this to be a Ralph Lauren ad due to the nearly identical logo and overall aesthetics. This belief made me think less of and be less inclined to purchase Ralph Lauren.

they don't want you to know this but you can improve the nation's fiscal health and imprison Trump's criminal buddies with this one neat trick: give ICE's budget to the IRS

This Thread! w t f 🤯

rem voice: thats me as a doctor/ thats me in the spotlight, blaspheming your religion

Italian government to Trump…

I sit in traffic in my car. The light turns green. I inch forward. I brake. The light turns red. I inhale deeply as the cycle begins again. This is true freedom.

was once New Amsterdam.

To the Discover tab with Mr Hater, where, accosted by a great many Repliers, I did lay about me with a great Stick til I bruised them greatly, which brought me some pleasure. Thence to Quiet Posters, where my wife awaited me, most displeased.

6AM M-F vs 6AM Saturday

Jesus Christ was ultimately unable to stop the bleeding, and Charlie Kirk died from his wound.

And my child, when you only saw one podcast mic in the stand, that is when I owned you with facts and logic.

this is dumb but obviously comes from someone too young to know who marc rich is

Apropos of nothing: Trump was constitutionally ineligible to be president

Charisn'tma

Why'd the Confederates fight? They told us

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

MRS. ANARCHISM: Why are you putting on your running shoes, dear? ANARCHISM: Well, honey, today I'm gonna

Ahmari and the other Christian fascists (Douthat, Dreher, etc.) are starting to try to distance themselves from the bargain they struck with Trumpism.

to all who celebrate...

You can't talk about the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army at Appomattox Court House #OTD in 1865 without also mentioning the fact that roughly 4,600 African Americans, who lived in Appomattox County gained their freedom that day. #CivilWarMemory

Reminder that Xena: Warrior Princess lasted longer than the Confederacy.

Bingo. There is a right to democracy that people simply possess because they were born with it.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor lets Brett Kavanaugh have it: “I had a colleague in that case who wrote, you know, these are only temporary stops. This is from a man whose parents were professionals. And probably doesn’t really know any person who works by the hour." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

It is time

RIP. I will never forget the police brutalizing him — and then that one cop stopping the other cop from helping him

“Family and friends like Eyni Mancia saw him at the hospital and took pictures and videos of his injuries. 'I was able to see him for five minutes,’ Mancia said. Mancia said not long after the short visit, they were asked to leave the hospital.” #AbuseofPowerWatch

There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel has been bombing Lebanon non-stop since last night. If anything Israel is expanding its war on Lebanon. You are being lied to

Headline: The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; Why It Matters: The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; The Big Picture: Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand

Very good short thread. This is true even in reflections on WWII- the destruction wrought by non-nuclear strategic bombing in Japan was not morally different and killed more people than nuclear weapons. There is no comfort if we use conventional bombs to commit genocide.