Jerry Shaver
@jerryshaver.bsky.social
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Writer. Editor. Layabout. I mostly talk politics, baseball, and movies/TV, particularly Star Trek, Marvel, and related geeky stuff. Unless I actually know you, don't DM me. I have a real quick blocking finger.
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polyesterunis.bsky.social
That's an 8-6-2 GIDP, for those of you scoring at home.
cjzero.bsky.social
what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee
jerryshaver.bsky.social
A 404-foot GIDP. Also a fielder's choice since the batter wasn't put out 😅
jerryshaver.bsky.social
The craziest double play I've ever seen. Unreal.
jerryshaver.bsky.social
I think I've seen that movie. The creature looks familiar 😂
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emigre80.bsky.social
Tell us your yearly physical went badly without telling us that your yearly physical went badly.
atrupar.com
Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."
jerryshaver.bsky.social
Nice to know the military brass is just as clueless as the boardroom dopes.
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simonwdc.bsky.social
The GOP budget is going to be the single most unpopular and destructive budget in modern American history - tariffs/higher prices, exploding deficits, gutting health care, slashing clean energy/higher electricity costs, huge ICE expansion.

Going to be a parade of horrors and they are scared of it.
simonwdc.bsky.social
Where is the Republican budget? By law it was required to be passed and in place by Sept 30th. Anyone seen it? Got any idea what might be in it? Why the f-ck is the House taking a month long vacation without getting their work done?

Dems ready to negotiate. Rs remain on vacation.
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billcorbett.bsky.social
I’m gonna go to a No Kings rally on Saturday and I hope all of you will too! There are more of us than there are fascists and it’s time to remind them.
mehdirhasan.bsky.social
The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.
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kerryreid.bsky.social
If you haven't noticed that older women are the nuts-and-bolts of community organizing, I question how much you're paying attention.
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atrupar.com
"There is, however, one big difference between Trump’s trade policy and China’s. Namely, the Chinese appear to know what they’re doing."
How Trump Is Making China Great
Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides
paulkrugman.substack.com
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emptywheel.bsky.social
It's not the best strategy for the next 2-4 years (or rather, 2-4 years is medium term).

The best strategy for the short term is:
1) Get 3.5% of the population in the streets protesting
2) Peel off 4 Senators and 8 Congresspeople
jonmladd.bsky.social
This is an essential. "Democrats need to beat the Trumpists in elections that we ensure are free" is the best strategy for the next 2-4 years. But it is not a long-term strategy! The only possible long-term strategy is that someone else needs to defeat the Trumpists for control of the Repub Party.
jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism
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pizzmoe.bsky.social
Republicans would love to kill the ACA but that's a smokescreen for why the government was shut down.
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santiagomayer.com
Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.
jerryshaver.bsky.social
Columbus went the wrong way, got lost, and ended up getting credit for something he never did. It's no wonder trump idolizes him.
jerryshaver.bsky.social
Since they're allowing trump to turn around and refuse to spend allocated money anyway, there is zero reason for Democrats to vote for any Republican budget. At least get something in writing after very public negotiations so you can make hay when the GOP reneges on it.
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urocklive1.bsky.social
There is zero chance that US companies continue to eat the tariffs. Smaller companies can't, and the big ones who afford to will place their stock holders over their customers. They've all been holding back, hoping TACO Trump will backtrack or come up with solutions, but they won't do this forever.
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Opinion | It's time to stop promoting people on the basis of their gender or race.

by Bari Weiss and Clarence Thomas
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kidphantasm.bsky.social
If anyone else-
4 Congressional hearings and one Independent Counsel
atrupar.com
Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.
jerryshaver.bsky.social
The city would be better off without them.
jerryshaver.bsky.social
Elections have consequences.
jerryshaver.bsky.social
Free the hostages in Chicago, Portland, DC, and Memphis, and I'll support a peace prize for the great orange dope.
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Somebody tell Trump there's an Argentinian banker in one of these houses.
newseye.bsky.social
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
jerryshaver.bsky.social
Gotta tell you, I'm much more interested in seeing the hostages in Chicago, Memphis, DC, and Portland returned.