Kansas City Mo showing up in force. #nokings

thedishwasher.blog/2025/05/16/h... @dblesky.bsky.social How much of this (terrific) analysis would apply equally to the Royals’ hitting?

RETWEET if you stand with Judge Hannah Dugan!

Market crashing again today, down 1,600 points. Meanwhile, on Fox News (which stopped showing the market ticker last week)…

If they're this careless with their own personally identifiable information, imagine how careless they are being with yours.

Gonna date myself here but Trump running away from mRNA vaccines is like Dexys Midnight Runners running away from “Come on Eileen”

Schumer’s decision is an unconscionable surrender that shows he does not have what it takes to meet this moment, and the charade he pulled yesterday makes it even worse. Time for new leadership in the Democratic Party.

Leopards eating more faces—this from a recently fired IRS worker here in Kansas City.

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!

Former Capitol police officer Michael Fanone when confronting Proud Boys insurrectionist Enrique Tarrio: “You are a traitor to this country.” RETWEET if you stand with Officer Fanone!

“Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand.” @aoc.bsky.social

The Mariner’s Revenge Song by The Decemberists comes to life. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/w...

@cleaver.house.gov How about you do this?

EMERGENCY PIECE: Previous reports that Musk's DOGE programmers only have "read only" access is inaccurate. I can confirm what @wired.com first reported at 1 AM today that they have Read & WRITE access with a source in BFS referring to this as "apocalyptic" www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...

I just saw that Congressman Dan Beyer is going to the USAID office to find out precisely what is going on. So I called my congressman, @cleaver.house.gov to ask what he’s DOING. I was told he’s “actively monitoring” the situation. Hell, I’m doing that. He needs to show some spine and DO something.

It will take years to repair the damage that Trump and Musk have done in less than two weeks. And it’s going to take a lot of hard work to make sure we even get the chance.

Sorry, Mexico and Canada, we elected a dimwitted shitheel

From the president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, Marc Murphy @murphycartoons.bsky.social www.leoweekly.com/news/ann-tel...

Here’s a question: If a president can’t be prosecuted while he’s in office because doing so will distract him from his duties, why can he be in the courts to appeal a criminal conviction while he’s in office? Why doesn’t it work both ways? Why can’t the appeal be stayed during his term?

“Cheer up, someday you’ll attend my funeral.”

We sometimes forget the courage it took for these two to never cave to Trump and his cult. So few Republicans in Congress have had the patriotism and decency to put what was right and just in front of the politically expedient path, which was to grovel at Mango Mussolini's feet. #ResistTrump

It’s weird to think that Elon Musk will end up having paid far less for the United States Government than he did for Twitter

This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

RFK Jr. meticulously documented his 37 affairs in a single year, driving his wife to suicide. 5 affairs in 4 years is rookie numbers among that crowd.

Korea Expert here. I’ll explain what’s going on over there because the Orient can be confusing to Westerners. In Korea, there is a concept known as “the law.” (법) This is a set of rules which are enforced to encourage prosocial behavior and ensure stability which leaders aren’t allowed to break.

Don’t worry a modern first-world democracy can’t fall to an authoritarian takeover [reads news feed] okay fine but THIS first world democracy can’t fall to an authoritarian takeover, our traditions and institutions are too robust and oh lol look at that weird dude wrapped in a flag carrying a cross

Alternative "social sell" for this story: "During the campaign, we steadily passed along at face value Trump's efforts to distance himself from Project 2025. Our "fact-checking" exercises criticized Democrats for saying there was a connection. Now, ... "

So a reminder: It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom. It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president. It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child. For the record.

Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.

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When I first joined twitter in 2015, it was to share leadership principles, provide national security input based on experiences, and try to be an optimistic contributor. I strayed from that, but on this new platform I will try to regain that approach. Thanks for all who have joined me.

Sound off if you’re still adamantly and unapologetically PRO Ukraine and PRO NATO 🇺🇦

What should we do? Immediately deport everyone who in this country illegally who has a violent criminal record, give a pathway to citizenship to all here who don’t have criminal records, secure the border, fix our broken asylum process, and make it easier for people to become American citizens.

If Pete Hegseth doesn’t have the character to be Secretary of Defense, then Donald Trump doesn’t have the character to be Commander in Chief.

Gaetz is definitely gonna become a youth pastor now, isn’t he

This is, quite honestly, a rather depressing read. There’s a lot of gray in terms of what the military can do, meaning we’d have to rely upon the courts to check abuse. That’s not exactly cause for optimism if one lives in a red state whose governor would presumably welcome federal troops.