Dan Meeps
@onekneedjacks.bsky.social
Generally set apart from a sentence by an explanation point (or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong).
Kash Patel's been such a disaster that John Ratcliffe, whom even Republican Senators rejected as DNI nominee during Trump's first term, has been able to fly under the media radar at ten CIA all year.
Just as hackish as expected. Lovely.
Just as hackish as expected. Lovely.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Kash Patel's been such a disaster that John Ratcliffe, whom even Republican Senators rejected as DNI nominee during Trump's first term, has been able to fly under the media radar at ten CIA all year.
Just as hackish as expected. Lovely.
Just as hackish as expected. Lovely.
If I were on House Foreign Affairs like @juliejohnsontx.bsky.social, I might want to investigate whether denying refugee admissions from Afghanistan or expelling admitted Afghani refugees were discussed in Trump's surrender talks with the Taliban.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
If I were on House Foreign Affairs like @juliejohnsontx.bsky.social, I might want to investigate whether denying refugee admissions from Afghanistan or expelling admitted Afghani refugees were discussed in Trump's surrender talks with the Taliban.
Gonna be fun when NVDA starts leasing/BNPLing GPUs to other companies using the lessees' other assets as collateral.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Gonna be fun when NVDA starts leasing/BNPLing GPUs to other companies using the lessees' other assets as collateral.
Welp, gonna miss Semien. Not so much his "I'm a Californian who moved to Texas" radio ads for Globe Life though.
At least with Nimmo the Rangers lineup gets even more left-handed?
At least with Nimmo the Rangers lineup gets even more left-handed?
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Welp, gonna miss Semien. Not so much his "I'm a Californian who moved to Texas" radio ads for Globe Life though.
At least with Nimmo the Rangers lineup gets even more left-handed?
At least with Nimmo the Rangers lineup gets even more left-handed?
Mamdani met Trump not as a supplicant but as a champion. He knocked out Cuomo twice! Trump can't help but admire that the same way he admires Putin and Xi and Orban and MBS.
OTOH, Democrats and foreign leaders who want federal funding or advanced weapons or tariff relief are bugs to be squashed.
OTOH, Democrats and foreign leaders who want federal funding or advanced weapons or tariff relief are bugs to be squashed.
a significant reason Mamdani can get away with this and other Dems can’t is less that he’s charmed Trump and more that he’s charmed you, dear reader, which is why you’re not yelling at him for being a collaborator or an appeaser right now
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Mamdani met Trump not as a supplicant but as a champion. He knocked out Cuomo twice! Trump can't help but admire that the same way he admires Putin and Xi and Orban and MBS.
OTOH, Democrats and foreign leaders who want federal funding or advanced weapons or tariff relief are bugs to be squashed.
OTOH, Democrats and foreign leaders who want federal funding or advanced weapons or tariff relief are bugs to be squashed.
The highest-profile victims of 2025 food price jumps (beef, bacon, bananas, coffee, candy, canned goods) largely aren't Thanksgiving staples.
The 16% reported drop in frozen turkey prices is interesting, though. That's the big driver. As others have suggested, might be a strategic loss leader.
The 16% reported drop in frozen turkey prices is interesting, though. That's the big driver. As others have suggested, might be a strategic loss leader.
This post is going to make people INCANDESCENTLY mad but here we go: the annual Farm Bureau survey of a Thanksgiving meal (using the same basket of goods over time) priced out at $55.18 for 10 people this year, -5% YoY. In real terms (delf w/ CPI) it's the cheapest Thanksgiving meal ever.
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The highest-profile victims of 2025 food price jumps (beef, bacon, bananas, coffee, candy, canned goods) largely aren't Thanksgiving staples.
The 16% reported drop in frozen turkey prices is interesting, though. That's the big driver. As others have suggested, might be a strategic loss leader.
The 16% reported drop in frozen turkey prices is interesting, though. That's the big driver. As others have suggested, might be a strategic loss leader.
1) Less crowding out from A-listers going viral throwing down predictable dunks on Cheeto Man's vulgarity and comical ineptitude.
2) Trump and his crew are a hell of a lot more mean-spirited this time around, ravaging homes and communities and celebrating the harm they visit. Folks don't like that.
2) Trump and his crew are a hell of a lot more mean-spirited this time around, ravaging homes and communities and celebrating the harm they visit. Folks don't like that.
Trying to come up with a theory on why anti-Trump culture has been so much better this go around
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
1) Less crowding out from A-listers going viral throwing down predictable dunks on Cheeto Man's vulgarity and comical ineptitude.
2) Trump and his crew are a hell of a lot more mean-spirited this time around, ravaging homes and communities and celebrating the harm they visit. Folks don't like that.
2) Trump and his crew are a hell of a lot more mean-spirited this time around, ravaging homes and communities and celebrating the harm they visit. Folks don't like that.
Lotta folks bought the pitch that high prices under Biden flowed from lax border policy, "mandates" for cleaner energy and wasteful federal spending, all of which Trump campaigned on reversing. He also said tariffs would bring in jobs and money.
For those who don't know economics, that's appealing!
For those who don't know economics, that's appealing!
The baffling part is how many people were giving him the benefit of the doubt in January and now don't approve. They got new information and changed their mind. But he was already president before! How did you not already know he sucks??
Presidential approval polling average approaching Hungry Ms. Pac Man Territory.
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Lotta folks bought the pitch that high prices under Biden flowed from lax border policy, "mandates" for cleaner energy and wasteful federal spending, all of which Trump campaigned on reversing. He also said tariffs would bring in jobs and money.
For those who don't know economics, that's appealing!
For those who don't know economics, that's appealing!
Curious whether the artifellatio covers only Musk himself and his purported successes or *all* of his ideas.
What does Grok say about the Cybertruck versus an F-150 Lightning? Or an Abrams tank? Can it serve briefly as a boat?
What does Grok say about the Cybertruck versus an F-150 Lightning? Or an Abrams tank? Can it serve briefly as a boat?
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Curious whether the artifellatio covers only Musk himself and his purported successes or *all* of his ideas.
What does Grok say about the Cybertruck versus an F-150 Lightning? Or an Abrams tank? Can it serve briefly as a boat?
What does Grok say about the Cybertruck versus an F-150 Lightning? Or an Abrams tank? Can it serve briefly as a boat?
Sen. Jack Reed and Rep. Adam Smith need to call a joint press conference today to discuss Trump's fitness as commander-in-chief.
Force the issue into the news and put Trump and Hegseth on defense before they pull the trigger on illegal action in Venezuela.
Force the issue into the news and put Trump and Hegseth on defense before they pull the trigger on illegal action in Venezuela.
Good. Dems not backing down in the slightest in the face of Trump's call for their execution. Keep this up, Dems. Treat Trump like *he's* the violent criminal and the real threat to our Constitution order. Because he is.
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sen. Jack Reed and Rep. Adam Smith need to call a joint press conference today to discuss Trump's fitness as commander-in-chief.
Force the issue into the news and put Trump and Hegseth on defense before they pull the trigger on illegal action in Venezuela.
Force the issue into the news and put Trump and Hegseth on defense before they pull the trigger on illegal action in Venezuela.
Can't comment on Judge Smith's discussion of the factors considered for injunctive relief, but it's pretty sad that he keeps returning to The Most Obvious Reason For Redistricting Is Partisan Gain when Judge Brown's opinion hinges on the explicit race-based considerations DOJ and Abbott invoked.
Judge Jerry Smith's dissent from the decision that Texas' redrawn congressional map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander is now available.
And holy shit it goes hard.
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And holy shit it goes hard.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Can't comment on Judge Smith's discussion of the factors considered for injunctive relief, but it's pretty sad that he keeps returning to The Most Obvious Reason For Redistricting Is Partisan Gain when Judge Brown's opinion hinges on the explicit race-based considerations DOJ and Abbott invoked.
Imagine losing a 12-figure court judgment back home because your fusion-powered race realist robots can't stop honking Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman slander at every icy rock on Ganymede.
Good news everybody: Grokipedia will contain all knowledge about the universe and will be distributed periodically throughout the solar system
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Imagine losing a 12-figure court judgment back home because your fusion-powered race realist robots can't stop honking Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman slander at every icy rock on Ganymede.
I'd argue that Trump's graft and Vought's anti-Constitutionalism are the same leg of the MAGA stool, the third leg of which is actually Hegseth's bullshit murderous bravado, now being inflicted domestically and abroad.
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'd argue that Trump's graft and Vought's anti-Constitutionalism are the same leg of the MAGA stool, the third leg of which is actually Hegseth's bullshit murderous bravado, now being inflicted domestically and abroad.
Dennis Reynolds Seal of Approval
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Dennis Reynolds Seal of Approval
The complaint that Harris didn't run on cost of living elides two crucial things she actually failed to do:
- Name an economic villain (beyond vague "price gouging")
- Reject Trump's compelling—but wrong—narrative that Biden caused inflation via excessive spending and lax border policy
- Name an economic villain (beyond vague "price gouging")
- Reject Trump's compelling—but wrong—narrative that Biden caused inflation via excessive spending and lax border policy
Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run on kitchen table issues?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The complaint that Harris didn't run on cost of living elides two crucial things she actually failed to do:
- Name an economic villain (beyond vague "price gouging")
- Reject Trump's compelling—but wrong—narrative that Biden caused inflation via excessive spending and lax border policy
- Name an economic villain (beyond vague "price gouging")
- Reject Trump's compelling—but wrong—narrative that Biden caused inflation via excessive spending and lax border policy
Jeffries, Schumer, and other Dems/candidates need to attack this Trump/GOP retreat. Tie it to the ACA debate!
The message: From beef and coffee to healthcare, Trump and Republicans drove costs higher. Now they're walking back the economic extremism we always opposed. They're bad for your finances.
The message: From beef and coffee to healthcare, Trump and Republicans drove costs higher. Now they're walking back the economic extremism we always opposed. They're bad for your finances.
The Republican "affordability" plan is to undo some of their own bad policies that made costs go up. So much winning.
Trump Readies Tariff Cuts, Trade Deals in Affordability Push
US President Donald Trump is readying substantial tariff cuts designed to address high food prices and a series of new trade deals — including framework agreements with Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvad...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Jeffries, Schumer, and other Dems/candidates need to attack this Trump/GOP retreat. Tie it to the ACA debate!
The message: From beef and coffee to healthcare, Trump and Republicans drove costs higher. Now they're walking back the economic extremism we always opposed. They're bad for your finances.
The message: From beef and coffee to healthcare, Trump and Republicans drove costs higher. Now they're walking back the economic extremism we always opposed. They're bad for your finances.
"ended up" good grief
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"ended up" good grief
Redundancy aside, I thought closing the border solved the fentanyl crisis... or was that all hogwash?
Pete Hegseth announces Operation Southern Spear.
There doesn’t seem to be reporting yet on what this means. But I assume it’s not good.
There doesn’t seem to be reporting yet on what this means. But I assume it’s not good.
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Redundancy aside, I thought closing the border solved the fentanyl crisis... or was that all hogwash?
Can't prove mens rea if you talk about it openly via email
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Can't prove mens rea if you talk about it openly via email
To be clear, he says he's a yes *on the floor* and *not* joining the discharge petition.
Don Bacon says he's going to vote yes on the Epstein files discharge petition
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
To be clear, he says he's a yes *on the floor* and *not* joining the discharge petition.
Three eggs&
Glass of milk&
Bagel&
Avocado.
Glass of milk&
Bagel&
Avocado.
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Three eggs&
Glass of milk&
Bagel&
Avocado.
Glass of milk&
Bagel&
Avocado.
I hope @jamestalarico.bsky.social puts out a video explaining how Walmart and Doordash are currying favor with the White House by cherry-picking "inflation" stats to suggest falling food prices. Naked corruption to benefit the billionaire class.
@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social
@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I hope @jamestalarico.bsky.social puts out a video explaining how Walmart and Doordash are currying favor with the White House by cherry-picking "inflation" stats to suggest falling food prices. Naked corruption to benefit the billionaire class.
@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social
@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social
Hope everyone here enjoyed their daily three-egg avocado omelette bagel sandwich with a glass of milk.
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hope everyone here enjoyed their daily three-egg avocado omelette bagel sandwich with a glass of milk.
Incredible galaxy brain idea: teach kids to read by inferring words from accompanying illustrations. Surely that will serve them well as they encounter verbal material later on.
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Incredible galaxy brain idea: teach kids to read by inferring words from accompanying illustrations. Surely that will serve them well as they encounter verbal material later on.
Senate Democrats can defang the Republican line that enhanced ACA subsidies are a giveaway to health insurance companies:
Tie extending the credits to a higher minimum medical loss ratio requirement, say 87.5%. (Also, deduct claims paid to subsidiary providers from MLR numerator and denominator.)
Tie extending the credits to a higher minimum medical loss ratio requirement, say 87.5%. (Also, deduct claims paid to subsidiary providers from MLR numerator and denominator.)
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Senate Democrats can defang the Republican line that enhanced ACA subsidies are a giveaway to health insurance companies:
Tie extending the credits to a higher minimum medical loss ratio requirement, say 87.5%. (Also, deduct claims paid to subsidiary providers from MLR numerator and denominator.)
Tie extending the credits to a higher minimum medical loss ratio requirement, say 87.5%. (Also, deduct claims paid to subsidiary providers from MLR numerator and denominator.)