J Erlanson

J Erlanson

@jerlanson.bsky.social

Views, Opinions, and Expletives my own. #PNW #COYS #12 #SEA #CUBS #IDX

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I'm at a rare loss for words on this one. It's not like both haven't shown who they are, but... damn. I've shown this to ~6 people with the warning "please don't throw my phone."

Max Berger@maxberger.bsky.social

X is a fascist propaganda website.

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The killing of Iranian children during an illegal war is an impeachable offense (not to mention a grave crime) and Congress should really act like it. 15 Republicans in the Senate could end this nightmare before it somehow gets even worse.

Here's the thing: I want to believe. I think if we can just limp through this campaign without relegation then we can all take a deep breath, understand how/why we're here, and recover. If we fail that... I really worry about the future. #COYS

I think one of the most fascinating things of Andor is the method of torture. They have every physical object at their disposal. What's the most effective? The dying sounds of an entire race they killed. That is... something.

I'm not sure, but I might get fired tomorrow. Thing is... I'm not sad on principle (yes, I'm terrified on finance.) I just feel that if, after more than a fucking decade, I don't have the right to speak, then nobody does. I'm going to let the chips fall where they may.

Sometimes I have trouble meditating under certain contexts/circumstances. A thousand thread's ceaseless barrage. Then I find it suddenly the easiest to deal with. For, the many can be drown out as one, and focus can pierce the illusion of confusion. Or, I'm just drunk. Both okay.

Translation: he has no fucking clue. All he knows is that he gets fun boom-booms on the TeeVee, and Benny and MBS are happy. That's it. Also, someone told him there might be oil. Most simpleton creature on the planet.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Trump: Combat operations continue at this time in full force, and they will continue until all of our objectives are achieved. We have very strong objectives.

I think the most obvious example is coming together as an entire friggin planet to end CFL use. The hole in the Ozone layer that I grew up with was resolved faster than any other global (non-political) crisis I'm aware of. Y2K might also qualify.

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I guarantee 100% that if MR drove around, and then got out and walked around, Minneapolis for... maybe an hour? Alone. No sct. svc. No suit. Just plain looking dude. He'd be met with two things: a) love, respect, and inclusion by locals; and b) detainment by ICE. No question.

northsidejo.bsky.social@northsidejo.bsky.social

Secretary Rubio, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but you ain’t White. If you think you’re new White Nationalist buddies aren’t going to come for you you’ve got another think coming. Neither 🇪🇸 nor 🇨🇺 are considered Aryan, and that’s the only direction this is headed.

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Is there a national health reporter out there who can help amplify what’s happening in Eugene, Oregon? We are the 2nd largest city in Oregon (180K+), home of the state’s flagship university, and we have NO HOSPITAL or EMERGENCY ROOM. @muckrack.com bit.ly/4aqvvwg

bit.lyEmergency doctors planning to leave PeaceHealth 'disaster'PeaceHealth’s decision to replace Eugene Emergency Physicians at Sacred Heart Medical Center RiverBend has led 41 medical professionals — 32 doctors and 9 physician assistants — to not work under a ne...

Good.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.

Sent with no subject. Seriously.

Eric Deggans@edeggans.bsky.social

Days after Washington Post laid off 300 journalists, publisher Will Lewis -- conspicuously absent during the notifications to those whose jobs were cut -- is stepping down. Attached is Lewis' memo to staff, courtesy of my NPR colleague David Folkenflik. READ: https://loom.ly/vZyjS90

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This is really crucial in understanding today's right wing: it is an arena in which you can get attention, and become famous, without any skill or insight or knowledge. All you have to do is say outrageous shit. So it's become a collection bin for all these failed, flailing narcissists.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social

Learned from the Posting Through It podcast just how many MAGA-era influencers turned to politics after failing at more glamorous pursuits — theater, comedy, fashion, TV, movies, music. Knowles, if I’m not mistaken, had dreams of Broadway.

Worse still: doesn't "Lip Service" Mikey have a law degree? SMDH.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases: "Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"

This is a fantastic article, and should be read by anyone trying to understand how we've gotten to this point with regard to these agencies.

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social

As the House prepares to fight over how much of DHS to shut down, I encourage you to pick your favorite factoid from this @vermontgmg.bsky.social report on CBP/ICE criminality and send it to your MoC. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

Even with the 5' 3.25" Itsy Bitsy Nazi sent back to his hole, it seems ICE actions haven't let up in Minneapolis. Who would have thought that Homan would also be a piece of shit.

Don't believe a word out of this corrupt shitheel. He's been outspoken about assaulting colleagues, citizens, and anything else he's been instructed to dislike for many years.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."

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Even under SCOTUS's dubious reasoning in Trump v. U.S., there is no scenario in which maneuvering billions of dollars to an offshore account to keep it out of reach from Congress and courts is an "official act." This is all criminal and impeachable.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"

As a sports fan it would be heartbreaking, but given the state of things I really think countries should boycott both World Cup and Olympics. I don't see how people would be safe. Anyone bitching at this can refer to us doing the same to a previous fascist host.

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Disgusting. ICE needs to be abolished. Now.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻@longtimehistory.bsky.social

ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement. "I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish. Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature. Minneapolis, MN

Absolutely love this.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Jones to Hannity: Shame on you. Your children will be ashamed of where you stand. I’m going to pray for you. Tell Trump to put down the pardon pen and pick up a mirror if he wants to go after criminals.

Absolute. Fucking. Moron. This idiot hasn't had an original thought, or learned anything new, since sometime in the mid-80s.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: What goals do you have for '26 in Congress for your agenda? TRUMP: I have great executive orders. Like, water coming out of a sink. The water wouldn't come out. They had all sorts of restrictions. I took them off. Straws. They don't have to be paper anymore. I'd like to have all that confirmed.

This is the correct take. The amendment is utterly fucking useless unless there are both a) sane enough people to invoke it, and b) the same people are more concerned with the general good than their own power/profit. Neither of those, sadly, are ever true.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. After one president who went senile in office and another who is nuttier than a Payday candy bar, we can only conclude that the 25th Amendment of the Constitution is just there for decoration.” @nationalreview.bsky.social www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...

Not even just isolation, but retaliation in the face of a mad wannabe dictator on the global stage. That is what the incompetent child in the WH brings to the table.

Nicolai von Ondarza@nvondarza.bsky.social

Looks like the EU-US trade deal is now dead, with all three major groups in the EU Parliament calling at least for suspension. The downward spiral has already begun.

Seriously, can a Press Secretary be impeached? At least with Spicer we got hilarious memes. This dumbass generates nothing but my desire to shoot the TV.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Americans for generations have fought and died for democracy. Are you saying the president finds the idea of canceling elections funny? LEAVITT: Where you in the room? Only someone like you would take that so seriously

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The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made

Another loss of the Public Good under Trump. How much more are we willing to tolerate? Because I'm so far past the end of my rope that I can't even see the ship anymore.

Grace Panetta@gracepanetta.bsky.social

Inbox: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board has voted to dissolve the organization following Congress pulling its federal funding

"I want what you've got" as foreign policy. This admin. (at the whims of a mad man, and dereliction by congressional R's) is destructive, rogue, and puts us ALL in danger every day. Both domestically and abroad.

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

One of most remarkable US presentations at UN Security Council I've ever seen. - No reference to UN Charter legal justification - Claims Panama as precedent (which the UN condemned) - Energy reserves ⤵️ as justification is illegal - Sharp contrast with US Ambassador Pickering presentation in 1989

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How are voters meant to understand how serious things are if in lieu of shouting fire AND going into building with hoses, you're simply posting fire safety suggestions on social media? Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.