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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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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 3h

Also argentina immediately used this windfall to slash export taxes so they could replace American soybean farmers' China exports, and USAID was a major buyer of food from US farmers. Should be the easiest issue in the world for Ds to outflank trump

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3h

We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · May 29

Trump just nominated Paul Ingrassia to run the Office of Special Counsel. Ingrassia is a former far-right podcast host and election denier who once shared an article calling for “martial law” to keep Donald Trump in office following his loss in the 2020 election. He's 29.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 7h

nothing like Republicans reacting to Bad Bunny, an American who was born in the United States and has lived his whole life here, by creating an "All-American" alternative Super Bowl halftime show

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 7h

LOL but also, LMFAO

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12h

Turning Point USA announced it will host counterprogramming to the Super Bowl halftime show, called “The All American Halftime Show,” as MAGA critics have been enraged over the selection of Bad Bunny as the 2026 headliner.

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming hosted by the group that Charlie Kirk founded spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 7h

At least make them pick up trash and rake leaves like they did in D.C.

Earn that work party pay.

Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 7h

Nightmare blunt rotation. The lack of any Palestinian panelists is on-brand for this endeavor.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 8h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h

There are certain hypotheticals you simply never get to test out. This seems to be an exception. How will a judge and later a jury treat an indictment if you had to fire multiple prosecutors before you could find someone to bring an indictment. I guess we'll find out! www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department | CNN Politics

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in federal court on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two source...

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 10h

This is all batshit madness by dangerous imbeciles in charge of a democracy in free fall, but notice Rubio sitting there yet again obviously aware that he sacrificed everything for power under a regime led by stupid, bad men. The flicker of shame isn't enough for him to quit, however.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

Autism antibodies are stored in the foreskin.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 10h

Pam Bondi was publicly told by the president to go after his political enemies, and she is following those orders without question -- the hallmarks of a fascist regime.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 10h

EVERYONE TELL THE EMPEROR HIS CLOTHES ARE THE BEST AND HIS COGNITION IS SO HOT

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "I also did a cognitive exam. Which is always very risky because if I didn't do well, you'd be the first to be blaring it and I had a perfect score. And one of the doctors said he's almost never seen a perfect score. I had a perfect score. That made me well good ... not the easiest test."

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 11h

Republicans: Our constituents must simply die and should be honored to sacrifice themselves for our mad oaf-king!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 16h

Imagine publicly debasing yourself in such a humiliating manner on behalf of a convicted rapist, felon, racist, bigot, fascist, imbecile, and quite possibly a child molester.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Sen. Daines: "I'm reminded, those words of 'blessed are the peacemakers,' those are the words spoken by Christ in northern Israel over 2,000 years ago. And President Trump has blessed the world with his peacemaking ability."

Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 17h

MAGA: The pope has no business spouting this woke antifa rhetoric taken straight from the New Testament!

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 17h

American white nationalist "Christians" are gonna be outraged that that Pope Deep Dish is passing along the basic core message of Christianity.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h

Pope Leo XIV placed the poor at the center of the Christian message in his first major document, which was released on Thursday, urging people to defend and protect the most vulnerable as Jesus did while carrying out acts of charity like almsgiving.

Pope Leo Calls on Christians to Care for the Poor in His First Teaching

The message signaled a continuation of one of the priorities of his predecessor, Francis.

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 18h

There's never a shortage of cruel mindless brutes eager to follow any order, no matter how sadistic

Slate @slate.com · 21h

“There were folks describing ICE as the Gestapo and asking people why they were signing up to join the Gestapo. And the applicants were just sort of laughing at them and walking away.” slate.trib.al/L1BX4NI

The People Joining ICE

Unaffected by the shutdown, with a massively increased budget, ICE is one government agency that’s flourishing.

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 20h

This is how fascism seeps through a democracy -- institutions are captured by the regime and willingly do weird gross shit like rename a street after the president's favorite dead reactionary charlatan podcast host. Horst Wessel Avenue.

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 21h

Again, the Trump regime and its far-right kangaroo court are the Confederacy's revenge

Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 1d

This term, the Supreme Court could pave the way for states to oust 19 Black and Brown members of Congressmen by demolishing the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais

Which would cripple minority representation at the federal level

And gerrymander up to 27 districts for Republicans in total

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 21h

Good morning.

In case you were wondering.

(Narrator: I’m sure you weren’t.)

Liam NissanT™ @theliamnissan on X:

The reason you never see ICE
arresting the Proud Boys is the same reason you never see Miley Cyrus hanging out with Hannah Montana

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 21h

And he goes through such inconvenient and harsh travel to get to the Overlook and gets murdered almost immediately. His ghost should haunt that place pissed.

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 21h

It is such a well-done movie, and the dry humor is brilliant. The hospital scene in the hallway at night, the long shot, is absolutely terrifying.

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Grant @gdubbstl.bsky.social · 1d

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 1d

This is probably the best time to be in organized crime since before the repeal of prohibition in 1933. I mean if you wanted to commit high level non-immigrant related crime, now is the time to go hog wild.

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