occurs to me that some of those annoying pundits who like to say bluesky is boring have been blocked by so many people that their timeline is actually pretty darn sparse 🤷

Why does she want her sentence commuted? From what I hear about the treatment she's receiving now, being set free and checking into a 5-star hotel would be a lifestyle downgrade for her.

I don't know when I'll write it up, but among the things Rudy Giuliani got pardoned for is destroying the lives of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

I wish he’d sue them over Mrs Brown’s Boys. Now that would be a contribution towards a better world.

A federal judge just slammed the government for "sending threatening letters on a Saturday night" demanding states "undo" SNAP payments. "It's hard to see how this is not being used as a leverage point," the judge said. "People are hungry right now." cc @courthousenews.bsky.social

I came to pay my respects in person. Yes, really.

Earthquake Prediction Flowchart xkcd.com/3165/

Jason Brown, you say?? Jason Brown?? I thought hhe was getting ready to compete at Skate America!

Don't suppose he ever heard that line about how faith without works is dead

ok so now I understand why Shaheen and gang were so desperate to end the shutdown

entirely possible some senators experienced some flight issues getting home and decided selling out the entire American healthcare system for the poor was a reasonable trade for fixing it

Dick Durbin wanted his legacy to be killing your mother because she can’t afford cancer treatment.

Joyce Carol Oates currently leading authors in the 100-Words-Or-Fewer "Elon Musk Should Touch Grass" Essay Contest. Looking forward to reading the other entries.

ED Violated First Amendment in Partisan Out-of-Office Messages, Judge Rules https://bit.ly/4hW8Mvy #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

My husband planned to retire in December. I'm not eligible for Medicare until Aug so I planned to get an Obamacare policy. I found one in Oct that was $800/month. Now it's $2000/month. So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

Sounds about right…

I get angry with dems at times because I expect better out of them. I dont expect an ounce of decency, decorum, or dignity out of the gop. I'll always fight to elect democrats period. Repubs are the culprits for this mess we are in, however I'm tired of dems always having to save the day. #RantOver

Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is

I don’t care if Schumer voted no. If he’s unable to wrangle the caucus, he’s not an effective leader. I’ll continue to push for the caucus to elect a new one.

the democratic party only really makes sense when you understand that their high dollar donors do not want good things to happen

Kim Davis who tried to get the #SupremeCourt to overturn same sex marriage now owes a gay couple $360k — Fabulous 🏳️‍🌈

What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump. @nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com

Rep. Hinojosa never wanted to run for office—and once even made her husband promise he never would either. But things began to change when the state threatened her kid’s school with closure. Now she’s running for governor👇

sure it will grandpa, now follow the signs back to the Oval Office

For now.

And Lucy said, "Charlie Brown, I promise I'll hold the football this time while you kick it. Am I not a woman of my word?"

Oh, that's what this is! For a second I thought it was ice dancers doing their Rhythm Dances from two seasons ago!

There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely. *If all goes by the regular schedule

One key thing that we all should be remembering right now is that disordered personalities DO NOT CHANGE. Trump will not change. Fetterman will not change. There is no way to convince or mollify Stephen Miller. The only option is to organize to remove disordered people from power forever.

We finally have Trump on the ropes with the election last Tuesday, but this capitulation is just going to embolden him yet again! All your senators and members of the House should be hearing from you this morning! They still have to vote! ☎️☎️

Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything." For once, I believe him.

He's dangerously gullible.

My local rural school district is set to lose over $700,000 a year under the new school funding formula, while the Governor is funding private religious schools with taxpayer vouchers. What a scam…

#BlueCrew #Resisters #Democrats #RedCrew #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFilesUnredacted #DoUrJob #TrumpEpsteinCoverup #CoverUp #holdthemaccountable #StopTheAbuse

Every time you capitulate to a bully, they'll come back at you twice as brutally. If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.

Trump is using the gov shutdown to pump up his illegal moves to shutter DOE. He’s shriveling agencies for civil rights, special ed, K-12, tribal colleges and HBCUs. He’s cutting staff, ending grant programs, cancelling contracts and moving the gutted functions to other federal agencies.

If you look up 'small dick energy' in your Funk & Wagnalls, you will find a picture of this one. JFC.

A loan shark and convicted drug trafficker who was freed from prison by Trump in 2021 was sentenced to 27 months in prison for repeatedly violating the terms of his federal release.

The US Supreme Court has acted like it's one of Kim Davis's many husbands and kicked the "Marriage is Sacred, Y'all!!!" hypocrite to the curb. Glory!

Tapper: You sell trump kneepads— Newsom: Signature series. Sold out at the moment. Because people have sold out and because universities have been selling out, because law firms have been selling out, because corporate leaders have been selling out, people are selling out this country.

Your tax dollars at work in Chicago yesterday

The server I keep my “Imagine If Biden Had Done This” file on is using more energy than all AI models combined.

A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.

NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs. So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract. Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson: