I have a question. Are the citizens of the United States going to reject a dictatorship or not? I know it looks like a trick question, but it's not.

The weather dude on TV last night said it's going to be 99 degrees today. I'm demanding that he be fired and replace with another dude that will forecast a high of 82. Am I doing this right?

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What am I missing? Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer to a dorm-style, women's only minimum security prison. Granted it's getting COVERED by the NYTimes, & CNN, etc., but not nearly at the level I expected. I don't get it.

"Ghislaine, now it is important to TELL THE TRUTH, about who DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. And, no, we can't guarantee that YOU'LL GET A PARDON or a COMMUTATION or anything. And how is prison life?"

The indispensable Joyce White Vance reminds of this bit of prophesy. You should subscribe to her Substack. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet

Filling out an online form about my dog but I apparently put my own name somewhere instead of the dog's name. I most enjoyed the question, "Is Dale Wisely spayed?" which I answered "Not yet."

I think I will fire someone for extremely suspect reasons and then continue to pay them big money to talk about me to 2.5 million people for 10 months.

I have strong feelings about "innocent until proven guilty." Yet, I just read this explainer about James Craig, the former dentist on trial for poisoning his wife to death. And I said to myself, this dude is SO guilty. I suspect his defense attorneys are having no fun at all.

I never wrote a picture. I never drew a letter.

JUST IN: The Justice Department's bid to relesae Epstein grand jury info comes with a huge caveat that it will seek to redact not just victim info but other "personal identifying information." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

July 18, 2025 The indispensable Heather Scott Richardson with a summary of where things stand with Trump/Epstein. Among other aspects of this matter, it's a mistake to dismiss the evidence of the birthday letter or it's implications. Assess the evidence that Trump wrote it. Then read it carefully.

July 2025: Fighting with Trump? Elon Musk, much of MAGA, Rupert Murdoch, the Wall Street Journal. Enabling Trump? Paramount/CBS News, much of MAGA, ABC News, the Supreme Court.

Colbert cancelled! I wonder if this could be in any way related to Colbert criticizing Paramount for $16 million paid to Trump. I mean, like ANY way related. Like, at ALL.

WH briefing: reporter asked about Trump's false story about his uncle teaching the Unabomber. Leavitt said "with all that's going on" she was surprised a reporter would ask that question. Trump posted yesterday that he had been on the phone w/ Coca-Cola convincing them to use cane sugar in Coke.

Elderly Woman Keeps Mind Active Justifying Trump’s Actions — theonion.com/elderly-woma...

This is after Trump dismissed a half dozen questions in the last week by insisting the reporter was "evil" or "bad" for daring to ask such a thing, and it's a sign that they've got absolutely nothing to say in their defense. If we had a functioning press corps, this would be blood in the water.

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At this juncture, I find myself unable to even.

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Fuck it, they killed him live.

Oh. Well. We don't want to be bad people. We want to be good people. So we'll cease & desist being interested immediately.

Wow. Unless I'm missingi something, all the big, sturdy, well-staffed news organizations got scooped by a handful of WIRED reporters. www.wired.com/story/the-fb...

Just read a piece in THE ATLANTIC re: how John Kelly, during his time as Trump's Chief of Staff, talked Trump down from provoking Kim Jong Un into what could have easily been a nuclear exchange.Trump is ignorant, stubborn, and unstable. Given his power, none of us is sure to survive his Presidency.

REPORT: Most seizures of fentanyl occur at U.S. points of entry, not via migrants. In reality, U.S. citizens are the primary smugglers.

Do you think there is a master list of people who once were associated with Trump’s administrations who either have turned against him, or who Trump has turned against? Then maybe business associates? Family members? Wives?

"We don’t make enough money to put up with this." Last year, US K-12 schools opened short 55,000 teachers. Between book bans and political attacks on schools and educators, it's looking like this year's shortages will be even more dire, especially in red states. newrepublic.com/article/1967...

I highly recommend Nick Cave's Substack, "The Red Hand Files." www.theredhandfiles.com

I want Bluesky to be successful.

Never pay attention to anyone who claims to have an IQ over about 165. Also never trust anyone who claims to know their IQ. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

How many people today have wondered if the X/Twitter outage was caused by falling SpaceX debris?

It's a good thing I'm not President because I'd do nutty stuff like push for higher taxes on the rich and then not dismantle the federal government. Also, I'd not give a massive amount of power to a guy who does a bunch of ketamine and wields a chainsaw in public. I'd be one boring POTUS.

Basically, all of Kash Patel's hearing was like this: Dem Sen: You said on the "Tightest Whitie Podcast," quote, 'I'm going to use the FBI to hunt down Trump's enemies, period, full stop, it's as simple as that, no more, no less." Is that your intent? Patel: That was taken out of context.

David Brooks on stupidity. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/o...

You know who must find Pete Hegseth's confirmation absolutely hilarious? Al Franken.

Seen elsewhere on social media: Those who believe Elon Musk was doing something other than a Nazi salute, get someone to take a picture of you making that same gesture and post it on social media.

RE: Jan.6 pardons: I work hard at trying to understand conservative viewpoints that I don't share. I'm often successful. But there is no way, no how, no POSSIBILITY of successfully defending these pardons. Period. Full stop. Anyone who does is flat wrong. Completely, indefensively just plain wrong.

I wonder what motivates Zuckerberg. I can't imagine he wants more money. Some business owners love providing jobs. That doesn't seem to be it. He could easily just walk away from Meta. What is his deal?

Paul Simon is our greatest lyricist. The line that runs through my head a lot lately is “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.”

Dedicated account for Ambidextrous Bloodhound Press: ambidextrouslit.bsky.social

Anyone available to code a couple of Bluesky feeds?

Here's an idea. How about if we not gas people to death? www.al.com/news/2025/01...

If Zuckerberg was mayor of some major city: Hello. Effective today, we are eliminating garbage collection. Be warned: It's going to get smelly, rat-infested, and disease-y out there.