@bcro.bsky.social
Having seen every episode of The Pitt, I'm qualified to say that the more doctors you have working on you, the closer you are to death.
(Except for 0 doctors. That's bad too.)
(Except for 0 doctors. That's bad too.)
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Having seen every episode of The Pitt, I'm qualified to say that the more doctors you have working on you, the closer you are to death.
(Except for 0 doctors. That's bad too.)
(Except for 0 doctors. That's bad too.)
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It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
USIP's name is literally in statute.
If Trump really wants his name emblazoned across our buildings and institutions, he should get a law passed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
If Trump really wants his name emblazoned across our buildings and institutions, he should get a law passed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
USIP's name is literally in statute.
If Trump really wants his name emblazoned across our buildings and institutions, he should get a law passed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
If Trump really wants his name emblazoned across our buildings and institutions, he should get a law passed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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There’s a word we used to say. They don’t let you say it anymore, but I think it’s a beautiful word. We call it: dialectic. You have the thesis, and then the antithesis, and if you put them together it’s a synthesis. Very powerful. We’ll be looking into that. Very materialist, the theory of history
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
There’s a word we used to say. They don’t let you say it anymore, but I think it’s a beautiful word. We call it: dialectic. You have the thesis, and then the antithesis, and if you put them together it’s a synthesis. Very powerful. We’ll be looking into that. Very materialist, the theory of history
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
@davejorgenson.bsky.social, this you?
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@davejorgenson.bsky.social, this you?
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"Homeland security investigators worked approximately 33 percent fewer hours on child exploitation cases from February through April compared to their average in prior years"
A tragic shift with real consequences - just one horrifying example:
A tragic shift with real consequences - just one horrifying example:
November 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"Homeland security investigators worked approximately 33 percent fewer hours on child exploitation cases from February through April compared to their average in prior years"
A tragic shift with real consequences - just one horrifying example:
A tragic shift with real consequences - just one horrifying example:
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
Yes. Any budget deal that doesn't address rescissions/impoundment is worthless.
Still upset about no power of the purse language. You truly do hate to see it. The Trump admin undertook the most expansive set of illegal budgetary actions of any president in history, and broadcast as loudly as possible they’d keep doing it, and nothing. Budgetary lawlessness.
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Yes. Any budget deal that doesn't address rescissions/impoundment is worthless.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
Listing back pay here as something the deal is addressing is weak given that it's already law (as the @kaine.senate.gov statement notes). Negotiating over back pay like this will make it leverage against Dems to be used again and again.
“Um well there aren’t even any Senate Dem Press releases saying they support the deal”
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Listing back pay here as something the deal is addressing is weak given that it's already law (as the @kaine.senate.gov statement notes). Negotiating over back pay like this will make it leverage against Dems to be used again and again.
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Pre-shutdown I heard from a bunch of federal employees who would lose income and maybe jobs and so on who basically all wanted Dems to fight (such as www.gravityisgone.com/shut-it-all-...). They also tended to expect them to cave. Anyway.
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Pre-shutdown I heard from a bunch of federal employees who would lose income and maybe jobs and so on who basically all wanted Dems to fight (such as www.gravityisgone.com/shut-it-all-...). They also tended to expect them to cave. Anyway.
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not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
As a constituent, it's very frustrating to not be able to reach @kaine.senate.gov office on a weekend or after work hours when things are happening. Rep. Beyer's and Sen. Warner's offices have it figured out, so it's a choice, not a tech issue. If constituent opinions matter, this doesn't show it!
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
As a constituent, it's very frustrating to not be able to reach @kaine.senate.gov office on a weekend or after work hours when things are happening. Rep. Beyer's and Sen. Warner's offices have it figured out, so it's a choice, not a tech issue. If constituent opinions matter, this doesn't show it!
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“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly.” — recently retired federal judge
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly.” — recently retired federal judge
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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“Most of the days the federal government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was the president.”— @howtoreadthisch.art
www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“Most of the days the federal government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was the president.”— @howtoreadthisch.art
www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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That a judge has to order this in the United States in 2025 …
Next, ICE must provide the most basic requirements of personal hygiene.
- People have to be given soap, toilet paper, and toothbrushes.
- If held for multiple days, people get a right to a shower.
- ICE has to clean the toilets, so people aren't constantly exposed to filth.
- People have to be given soap, toilet paper, and toothbrushes.
- If held for multiple days, people get a right to a shower.
- ICE has to clean the toilets, so people aren't constantly exposed to filth.
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
That a judge has to order this in the United States in 2025 …
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Terrible scenes just minutes into the new socialist regime in New York as literally hundreds of billionaires discover mamdani already living rent free in their heads
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Terrible scenes just minutes into the new socialist regime in New York as literally hundreds of billionaires discover mamdani already living rent free in their heads
The conditions outlined here are shameful.
WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."
U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. …
"It has really become a prison."
"It has really become a prison."
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The conditions outlined here are shameful.