But wait, I thought Thomas said Gerrymandering was fine, as long as it’s clearly not racially based. (It can be politically or anything else based, just not racially based.) TX is clearly racially based, so clearly Originalist Integrity-Justice Thomas will hate this… Oh, wait…

I was looking for a specific example of what an illegal order would look like for a decision I recently had. I guess I could have just said “For instance, exactly what Pete Hegseth is accused of doing very recently.”

Ok, yeah, this one is pretty good…

Completely consistent and logical. Y’all just can’t see the seven dimensional quantum chess that he’s playing…

He’s openly admitting he wants to give (or is currently giving) illegal orders? Got it got it…

I’m confused, I thought evil foreign countries paid the tariffs, how will this fix anything?

Schumer must resign. Preferably yesterday, but today will do…

What amazes me about this shut down is that Democrats are calling for things that will help Republicans politically. It could save them in the midterms… And republicans are saying no, because it would feed poor children… Let that sink in. That’s where we are…

Guy who is part of the White House whose party runs all branches of government “can’t implement the programs they want?” Note to Scott: “Having someone’s back” means not voluntarily turning on policies that will shoot them in the face economically. Just FYI…

This, opening my checkbook. We’re all sick of this, Dems need to start using the tony amount of leverage they have…

Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past…

Seems pretty obvious to me…

What sad news to hear; Scott was a pleasure to record with, and great fun to listen to. Please go donate if you can.

This, all of this, and that is the order yes. -Guy who absolutely hates Netanyahu

This always drives me a little nuts. Half of people didn’t die “by 35,” nearly half were dead before 10. If you lived past 10 your chances of hitting 60 or 70 weren’t too bad (assuming no wars, etc.). Most of the low life expectancy before then was infant mortality, not that everyone died by 40.

I love how instinctually, at his most basic level, when he’s cornered and scared, his knee jerk response is basically “Ok, but we can still hate the successful black people over here right? We don’t agree on it all, but we can still do that right?” Racists are gonna racist…

Housing first works…

Hey Bluesky universe, can anyone point to an account that tracks/posts videos of non-uniformed officers kidnapping people off the street? A Fox News watching family member doesn’t believe me when I’m saying this is happening. Apparently Fox is claiming this is a “hoax” and it’s being faked…

Wait, he backed down?! What a surprise! -No one, ever

Reaffirmed!

The hate flows through me. By some counts this bill will kill almost as many people as the Vietnam War…

File under “Did anyone still think this wasn’t a cult?”

When Trump won in 2016 I said to a friend “Well, that’s it, Obamacare is dead.” Then, against all expectations, one man put his thumb down on the floor of the senate and saved it: the man who Obama defeated in 2008. All is not lost. Keep calling your representatives and senators. Fuck this bill…

File this one under dark humor.

I mean, what did the guy say? NYC has the largest Jewish population outside Israel; if he’s some secret anti-Semite and no one has noticed yet, Republicans are gonna have a great night in November. I feel like “he’s anti-Semitic” might just be code for “He’s Muslim, and we’re Islamaphobes” but ok…

Ok, everyone needs a frog in a flower every once in a while!

@murderpod-diaries.bsky.social is it bad that I’m just waiting for the next episode to drop?…

That wild feeling you get when an author you love that you’ve been reading for years shares your meme… I think I can die now…

Can anyone confirm that Israel has taken over Iranian state TV and is playing footage from within Iran of women’s protests that state media wouldn’t cover? I’ve heard this from some Israeli outlets and I’m wondering if any major US news sources (or the BBC) has confirmed this.

Why were there three people next to him. When Obama announced Bin Laden he walked out alone. It was a pretty baller look. This guy clutching the podium with his security blanket entourage just screams “I’m insecure and can’t remember what day of the week it is…”

The MAGA faithful seem to be taking this well…

Only if you have any sense of propriety, ethics, and decorum…

He could dust off the Authorization for the use of Military Force (in Iraq). That seems (ir)relevant…

I keep seeing Pride display pics in places and not yet have seen one with @naomialderman.bsky.social ‘s books. Her stuff is pretty gay people, let’s step up our game here…

This is nauseatingly cute 🥰

I used to say we as Dems should do better, cooperate on what we can and vote no on the rest. That time has passed. If we get a normal Republican again someday, maybe, but this regime is deferent…

It kind of strikes the exact right tone in his second term, fucking asshat fuckwad…

That’s nice, but no. The law states any member of congress can show up, unannounced, at any time. Members of congress, do your job…

Not true actually. It’s mentioned for legislators in Article I, meaning the founders had thought of it and applied it to legislators. And overtly and intentionally NOT applied it to the president…

I mean yes and no. He didn’t actually write it, for instance… And he’s clearly been bad a deals for decades. If he were a baseball player he’d have a batting average of .125 at best…

Wow, Idaho is pretty red…

If there’s one group of immigrants you’d think should be off limits forever it’s fucking Afghans who helped us in war… FFS ICE, what TF are you doing?! Abolish ICE used to poll horribly. I’m honestly curious what that polling would look like now…

It’s not “his army” asshole… That military belongs to the people of the United States, and is sworn to protect the Constitution of the United States. Exactly none of it belongs to him…

It seems in every video (at any age) that’s he’s animated by hate, anger, and rage. Like he’s just really mad, about everything. And I’m like “Bro, if you hate it here so much, move to a redder state, or a more conservative country that has way less diversity.”

His trolling has been so good lately; I’m almost starting to like him again… almost…

They discovered tax evasion? Inside the “violent mob?” Really? Heard it here first folks…

PSA: Throwing rocks or attacking police is counterproductive and illegal. Use your phones to record what they’re doing. Remind them they need warrants with names to enter buildings or take anyone. Don’t give them a pretext to escalate this. Peaceful is crucial, without it, we lose the high ground.

PSA. Reminder to all our troops: Your job is to follow *legal* orders. If you feel you’re being asked to do something that’s illegal or in violation of the constitution, your duty is to disobey, and defend the constitution and the law.

So DOGE did ~8% of the cuts they claimed they would do... The deportations are about ~8% of what they promised… The Ukraine war was going to be over before inauguration, we’re on Day 140-whatever and it’s not… So…much…winning, it’s exhausting.

I mean, they hate any sort of collective action that works for the greater good, so at least they’re being internally consistent. I’m just wondering why it’s taken his voters so long to notice his policies are killing them (and in the case of Medicaid cuts that’s literal).