He's completely incompetent, even apart from being deranged.

The pardons eliminate those. Dropping the conviction does too. So they can rearm and get military pensions.

What's going on with the Oath Keepers' and Proud Boys' seditious conspiracy charges? Let me see if I have this right. Back on April 14th, DOJ filed a motion to vacate the charges with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeal was still active because Trump didn't pardon, he commuted. 1/

bringing this one back because they just keep doing it

Donald Trump promised the war in Iran would end with unconditional surrender. But he never said which country would do the surrendering.

A virus that damages every organ system is not “endemic.” It is unaddressed. There is a difference. Words matter when they’re being used to lie to you.

i'm not on bluesky because i want to live in a bubble. i'm on bluesky because i love reading long manifestos about what's wrong with bluesky by people who don't spend enough time here to know someone does this every 10 days.

The climbdown:

I live in a county that went 81% for Trump, in a representative district that hasn't gone blue in nine decades, in a state with a gerrymandered GOP supermajority, in a country run by a kleptocrat and his compliant Republican cronies, but sure, I live in a bubble because I'm on fucking Bluesky

People who come on here and mistake a lack of desire to argue with a lack of engagement is proof positive that X has broken brains.

I absolutely want to be in a bubble on social media why the fuck else would I use it? I’m a Black woman well-versed in US history I am going to have everyone else’s cultural baggage and perspectives shoved into my life every minute I am not actively resisting; I deserve some goddamn peace

I left Twitter because my threads documenting the history of fascism in the US started doing numbers w/ contemporary US fascists who thought their predecessors were cool, & who would call me a dirty Jew and send death threats when I pushed back. Sorry to Corey that I want to avoid such “engagement.”

Twitter was, for a fleeting moment, a beacon on the hill that sat atop generations of America’s irrational faith in progress. All that came with that — rationality, debate, merit — was realized in a little social media platform. People are never going to let that idea go. They’ll do this instead.

The 'Tories with gay friends' party

They've nearly all fallen arse backwards into a nepo empire or regulatory arbitrage grift to make them rich

Nearly every billionaire is an intellectual crime. Yes Gina, we tax flows, not stocks (no Gina, stocks aren't stonks). I suggest Gina pack up her iron ore business, take it to New Zealand and see how far she gets. These people are morons

Jumping on that One Nation train and riding it all the way to the bank.

Speaking as a 40 year payg patsy … this entitled ‘how dare you tax my capital gains’ crew can drive on someone’s else’s roads. And use someone else’s hospitals. Etc. what a crock this debate is.

like, the whole band?

It’s vascular and airborne. It became mild and handwashy.

Then think how it looks when we see people calling vaccines ‘clot shots’ and covid is still vascular but we have no health messaging.

1/ Remember when - ▶️ you hardly spent any time on social media; ▶️ never read medical research papers; ▶️ expected that if you ever got sick, doctors would believe/help you;

thank you to everyone who sent this to me

one interesting thing so far about loudly hating AI is the way AI lovers are like "wow so you're just totally closed off to hearing another perspective??" as if their perspective hasn't been relentlessly pushed down our throats with no space to push back (particularly in professional settings)

Trump (or Trump Jr) seemingly mistakenly invested $1M-5M in Kura Sushi (sushi restaurant chain) instead of Fujikura that is related to AI industry. Previously, all their investments were related to AI. This is now one of the trending stories in Japanese media.

A very useful way of understanding modern policymaking is to think of it as the result of an endless series of group chats incubating bad ideas

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

I love visuals that show what's actually happening. I wish our military would save us, but I'm starting to think that won't happen.

Right wing populism is not knee jerk, it's pushed by the ruling class for the purpose of maintaining the status quo and it's very deliberate and calculated.

Nothing seems to improve, people seem to be running on a treadmill to nowhere. Leaders do nothing, accomplish nothing, and there is no collective goal to work towards that is offered by most countries these days.

In the late 1900s the future was envisioned by the likes of Star Trek, a hopeful future where we see the stars and accomplish incredible fears off the backs of a rapidly improving global condition at the time. In the 2020s the future is envisioned more as a Cyberpunk dystopia as everything decays,

But the advent of a global interconnected world has distanced those in power from those without in a way that is unprecedented. The implicit threats that discouraged the powerful from overplaying their hands and punished them if they did seem to just not be present anymore.

Holy shit. It's like 2016 all over again, but in clown suits.

Trump’s public schedule is missing Saturday again, with an out of town call for White House Press Pool at noon after he swears in his new lickspittle Fed Chair and a travel back Sunday, is he heading to Mar-a-Lago, Jr’s wedding, the mysterious dentist in Jupiter, FL? MIA POTUS.

Barnaby Joyce apologises for staffer 'shut up' comment to journalist share.google/HVr5i56z8sQ8...

The smallest, most soulless creature to ever be over-stuffed into a human form has thoughts about quality television. With a world and nation in disarray and requiring remedy, the President of the United States feels the need to opine on this passionately. Our republic is so debased.

Enrique Tarrio will get paid off for the same reason Roger Stone has at least one and probably two pardons (and Stone will likely make bank too). Reminder that prosecutors tried to flip him; there are comms where he was repeating clear instructions from the campaign.

I think people are mistaken in their certainty that Trump won't let any of the real thugs get access to his Terrorist Slush Fund. While it's true that big chunks will go to people like Rudy (who presumably has to pay SOME thuggish creature back the $148M he used to pay off Ruby Freeman), ...

Donald Trump has made it impossible to observe that societal norm in which even those we detest are granted an if-you-can't-say-anything-nice silence when they expire. When his stain is wiped off this vale, I'll use all the maledicta I know and dance in the street with the best Americans I can find.

The vested interest venomous attacks on Labor over CGT and -ve gearing continue unabated. Clare O’Neil must continue to call out the “finance bro’s and the Murdoch press who make massive profits from Realestate.com. This is not the time to buckle under pressure!

My people you are allowed to link to the articles and you SHOULD do that because outlets like @motherjones.com and @wired.com and journalists like @mollytaft.com who wrote it all benefit from those visit Don't be like the techbros! www.motherjones.com/politics/202... www.wired.com/story/chevro...

But wait. Podcast Jay was co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which advocated a “let ‘er rip” approach to COVID in order to reach “natural herd immunity” in under 6 months. Not that he’s actually responsible, it seems he’s not so thrilled with that approach. Maybe it was all performative.

Pretty relevant study. Over 700 cases analyzed, myocarditis incidence surged during the start of the pandemic and remained high. Older African American are the most affected ones. Vaccine-associated myocarditis not likely a contributor. Can we really say we are living a post-pandemic era? #COVID

The claim that AI will be used to boost productivity and improve everyone's lives would have just a little bit more credibility if the big tech companies weren't already using AI exactly as every knows they will, which is to fire people and extract more work from those remaining.

Just verifying this as a 1990s teen boy who was a big fan of Ms Williams. Would go to war for her. Checks out.

You know, if I were taking lots of bribes, laundering money, and cheating on my taxes, I probably wouldn’t want the IRS to be able to audit me either.

a company claiming to be worth $1.75 trillion reporting a $4.9 billion net loss on $18.67 billion in consolidated revenue for 2025, all run by a white supremacist fake engineer with a head full of cottage fucking cheese I'm sure it will go fine

hearing the tax minimising trust lobby is even smaller than the zionist lobby so corporate media are giving their whining bullshit more coverage than the actual hardship experienced by millions of people living in poverty.

This is an excellent article by @ronnisalt.bsky.social for @theshot.net.au. It's all hands on decks between now and the next election, folks, to ensure those frustrated by the major parties have proper alternatives to these unconscionable grifters. theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Trump has found his Roy Cohn.