emigre80

emigre80

@emigre80.bsky.social

I AM ANTIFA. Just like the frog. politics, prog rock, history. maybe even in that order. note: no photo, no posts, no description, no follow. I don't make the rules. oh wait, I do. Crypto is a Ponzi scheme. Instablock if you mention it.

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I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

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Asked how he felt about President Trump suggesting he would have to go through a metal detector, Abdul El-Sayed joked, "He knows I got those Wolverine claws." Mercado Media

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The thing about RFK Jr is that he’s not just a eugenicist who peddles extreme and dangerous anti-science, anti-vaccine conspiracy theories that cause suffering, pain, and death, but he’s also a vile racist piece of s**t

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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There are only two explanations for the NYT's habit of presenting GOP operatives and donors as true swing voters: 1. Their reporters and editors are somehow incapable of running a simple Google searches, showing just a staggering level of journalistic incompetence 2. They want to the GOP to win

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States aren't trophies unless you are a person who only thinks in purely transactional terms

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Let's all get behind Michele Tafoya in MN. She's running a great race. Don't allow them to play with the Votes after the race is over. The Federal Govt will be watching closely. The only way she can lose is if they cheat. We can't allow that to happen, because I won MN three times ... "

Is bribery election considered voter fraud and can I report it for the million dollar reward Asking for a friend

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "Today, the Dept of Agriculture is announcing millions of dollars in new grants toward 10 meatpacking facilities right here in the state of Kansas"

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Trump in Mississippi: "I'm here because Cindy is doing great" (He's there because Cindy is not doing great)

Never thought I'd see the day that JD Vance told the truth at a rally - especially not calling Trump out like that!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "Gas prices are too high ... they skyrocket every time some tinpot dictator decides to throw a tantrum"

They literally piled half the crowd into the bleachers behind him to try and generate some "sizeable crowd" images

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

as a protester disrupts JD Vance's speech in Montana, the camera pans out to show the rather modest crowd he's speaking to

And as a voter, I'm totally fine with stepping up and taking credit for Republican losses. You're welcome.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump says if Republicans lose the election it is voters’ fault

emigre80 reposted

Over 2,000 alumni from Vivek’s all-boys catholic high school in Cincinnati have signed and circulated a petition demanding that he pull the ad and issue a public apology for “ignoring the moral responsibilities” of his Jesuit education. I think he’s pretty cooked.

Micah@rincewind.run

chat I don’t think doubling down on this ad is working out real well for vivek

When dementia finally overtakes me, one thing I will be incredibly grateful for is that I will no longer know who Matt Yglesias is. The second thing is that I will be able to reread Pride and Prejudice and not know that Darcy does in fact reform and actually deserve Elizabeth.

If only there were some way to figure out who is making a fortune from high oil and gas prices. How can we solve this impenetrable mystery.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BERMAN: Who's making a 'freakin fortune' as Trump put it with high oil and gas prices? REP. PETE SESSIONS: You know, I'm not really sure, John

The Supreme Court says otherwise.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Rally speaker: "Mike Rogers is an American. Abdul has a birth certificate. The birth certificate says he's a citizen of America. You know what? a birth certificate doesn't make you an American."

For all those people out there beating themselves up because they're not perfect parents: Read this story and feel SO MUCH better about yourself.

David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social

cool, cool

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Interesting what overseas kids Elon sympathizes with and which he throws in the woodchipper.

NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com

❗️Elon Musk says “the endless slaughter of Ukrainians and Russians must stop” and called for sympathy for Russian conscripts. “Those kids have no choice but to fight and die in drone strikes,” he wrote. His remarks come amid an ongoing dispute over restrictions on Starlink and its use by Ukraine.

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I realize this isn't a perfect bill, but the amount of money they're spending on blatantly dishonest ads about it is jaw dropping. The billionaires would rather spend hundreds of millions to defeat this bill than just pay a fair share of taxes. A vote for it sends a message on the principle.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Just to be clear... Prop 40 is a ONE-TIME retroactive tax. It applies ONLY to billionaires and would tax just 5% of their wealth — which grew 30% in 2025. California's billionaires would still be worth $2T+ AFTER the tax. The revenue will fund healthcare for millions of Californians. Vote YES.

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Just to be clear... Prop 40 is a ONE-TIME retroactive tax. It applies ONLY to billionaires and would tax just 5% of their wealth — which grew 30% in 2025. California's billionaires would still be worth $2T+ AFTER the tax. The revenue will fund healthcare for millions of Californians. Vote YES.

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No, they were middle-aged men wearing powdered wigs, elaborately embroidered hostess jackets, silk hose, and shoes with enormous buckles and substantial heels. In other words, our Constitution was written and signed by drag queens.

Wait till Trump discovers that "incumbent" is spelled with a "b"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump says Alaska’s ballot is illegal because people don’t know what “incumbent” means

With over a decade of evidence about Trump's behavior, how could even the most naive religious leader believe that Trump sincerely wanted their prayers and would not use their presence as a political photo opportunity?

Rich Raho@richraho.bsky.social

“We came in good faith to try to work for the betterment of our fellow human beings, to ease their suffering, to build up the common good, and to pray with a president not to pose for a political photo opportunity to benefit the few. We should never have been put in that position by the White House”

emigre80 reposted

this is total gobbledygook? the process to decide who should be certified as the winner is the election, and there is no federal law that says the courts get to decide who that is.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Blanche on CBS says his suit against Alaska is "asking the court to step in where the Alaska Supreme Court didn't, which is to look at federal law and if necessary to allow a process for Alaska to decide who should be certified as the winner." (So, the voters won't get to decide. Got it.)

"Donald Trump does not understand ranked choice voting" would be an even more accurate statement

Rick Hasen@rickhasen.bsky.social

Donald Trump does not understand that ranked choice voting is much more likely to save Senator Dan Sullivan than to hurt him.

Trump says he did.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

asked if Trump directed him to sue Alaska, Blanche says "I will not talk about communications I have with the president" (So, yes, Trump did)

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Obama: "That well-known evil empire Canada. That historical adversary of ours. Canada! *laughs* It's your neighbor. It's a few minutes' drive over the bridge! These are the people who gave us Martin Short and maple syrup. They are the nicest people! And someone we've gotten them so mad."

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Obama: "Imagine the power duo of Abdul and Elissa. You got a Muslim man, a Jewish woman, fighting for you in the US senate. That's something, Michigan, you can be proud of!"

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hey so quick question if liberals are the new racists who are the old racists

josh boo-erman 👻@bosh.worstpossible.world

just saw this absolutely cracked ad during the michigan game about how thanks to aoc and ilhan omar, white people can't show their faces in public anymore

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This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

New: White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/white-house-weighing-mass-pardons-for-junior-staff