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Bill Shea

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Ex-journalist writing a shitty novel. Key West literary beach bum. Anti-fascist Leftist. Cleveland guy in Detroit. Filled with japery, rage, soup. Libertine degenerate descended from Welsh coal miners. Unhinged. No gods, no kings. Essays: Billshea.com

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · Aug 22

This is a long, meandering essay about an ugly but thankfully brief mental health breakdown I had last week over fucking sock. It was rooted in many things, like the relentlessly bleak news. If a privileged mediocre white guy like me can break down, then millions more are enduring much worse.

How an ankle sock (and tacky fascism) drove me into therapy

I had an brief but ugly mental breakdown last week over something extremely trivial, but it was a sign to get help because this world isn’t going to get better any time soon. No one is coming…

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

Diane Keaton was one of the absolute greats, in movies of course, but also in displaying and popularizing a personal fashion that befit modern women. people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The Oscar award-winning actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' ...

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 1h

They're panicking

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

Trump says he’s ordered Hegseth to pay the troops during the government shutdown.

“We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS.”

Trump: Chuck Schumer recently said, "Every day gets better" during their Radical Left Shutdown. I DISAGREE! If nothing is done, because of
"Leader" Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th. That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS. I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown. The Radical Left Democrats should OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, and then we can work together to address Healthcare, and many other things that they want to destroy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 2h

Pulte, the ultimate nepobaby, is well known in metro Detroit for making people share their personal hardship stories on Twitter in hopes he might tip them a few scraps. Zero shock this loathsome imp because one of Trump's eager corrupt stooges.

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 2h

Before targeting Trump foes, Pulte practiced on his own family, per @
Brian Slodysko and Chris Megerian. He accused his grandfather’s widow of insider trading, was tied to a website trashing an aunt as a "fake Christian" and called another relative "a fat slob." apnews.com/article/trum...

How Bill Pulte learned the art of the attack, from his own family to Letitia James

Bill Pulte has become a significant player in the Trump administration. Known for his aggressive online persona and bitter public fights with several family members, Pulte currently serves as director...

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 2h

Yes

Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 2h

Son, this is Bluesky. You think anyone here knows the difference between a soldier and a marine?

Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 6h

The snoozler

Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 6h

The gourds are being shunted aside already by Christmas and it's only Oct. 11, motherfuckers

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19d

IT IS TIME.

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 7h

This is why the Tigers lost last night

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 7h

The greatest weakness of fascism is that it cannot stand being ridiculed, because it's the ideology of the dangerously insecure. DHS is being humiliated nightly by people dancing in inflatable suits -- it exposes their lies about our cities. It's an optics nightmare for the regime.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Trump’s Albert Speer-style German Arch of Triumph now planned for DC.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17h

Douthat is laundering hard core white Christian supremacy into the mainstream, with the NYT's blessing.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 19h

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

Douthat: So that’s the first purpose of your political project, for America to stop making God angry.

Wilson: Yes. And most people think that when they are confronted with that project, they think that we want to get our tentacles into everything and start controlling everything. I actually think we need limited government. The government should be significantly smaller than it is, and we need to curtail a lot of the busybodyness that we have. That’s why I would call myself a theocratic libertarian. There is a true libertarian element in this, and yet, the transcendent grounding for what we’re talking about means that we acknowledge the authority of God.

We have racked up quite a body count of awful crimes, and I believe the only way out is for us to repent and turn to Christ. This would be things like no more Pride parades, no more drag queen story hours, no more abortion on demand, no more legalized same-sex unions — all of that, done. That’s the repentance part.

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 15h

What ... what if the game just never ended? It's just played in perpetuity. Life goes on around it. Groundhog Game.

Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 18h

The emperor's clothing is the most gorgeous in all of history

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 18h

Trump in 'exceptional health' after Walter Reed visit, doctor says

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Trump in ‘exceptional health’ after Walter Reed visit, doctor says

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 18h

Damned Beatniks!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 19h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Bryan Craves @bmcraves.bsky.social · 19h

easily one of the most punchable faces in the solar system

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 19h

Joe Dirt meets Joe Exotic

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 19h

I mean I'm glad Trump didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize but I am not super excited that the person who did win it has been going "Mr Trump please murder more Venezuelan fishermen with American missiles" since it was announced

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 19h

Trump is clearly cognitively impaired but the GOP majority will not remove him. He's a useful vessel for their messaging and policies.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 21h

My four seasons currently. My therapist tells me I have PTSD, which is the least surprising thing I've heard in a long time. But nice to put a name to it.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22h

going by the decor, is this not TGI Fridays?

Someone on Twitter posted a photo of themselves doing a happy dance as they receive a hot plate of fajitas. Then "Raw Egg Nationalist" on Twitter retweets them, writing: It's incredible that these people exist, but they really do. These are the people who justify the demographic replacement of Western countries in terms of the variety of street food and how many different kinds of fried-meat-and-vegetables in flatbread they can buy.

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 1d

In February, for the 20th anniversary of his death, I wrote about the absence of Hunter S. Thompson and his writing in the dismal age of Donald Trump. And things have grown so much worse since this published.

Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · Feb 21

I wrote about the late Hunter S. Thompson and how is record of political journalism and other writing fares in the neo-fascist age of Trump and MAGA.

RIP, Hunter S. Thompson. You’d hate Donald Trump’s America

The Gonzo journalist, whose writing warned us of the ugly and stupid fascist nightmare of the Trump years, died 20 years ago today

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 22h

I'm sure the brave domestic warfighters of the Department of Fatherland Security will have evidence they'll produce right away, and they're not just mindless, lawless brutes eagerly doling out cruelty on behalf of an illegitimate fascist regime bent on creating Confederate Gilead.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 22h

Watched the final scene again just yesterday to show someone that had never seen it. That musical number terrified me when I saw that movie way too young (age 6 or 7), and it still haunts me today. But I think it's one of the best musical numbers ever on screen.

Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 23h

I am in luck then.

Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 23h

There is nothing--nothing--better than a Bad Writer

Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 1d

The regime's masked loyalist gunmen at work. Justice will come.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.