PublicCurmudgeon
@publiccurmudgeon.bsky.social
This government sucks.
"The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.” – Samuel Johnson
Laws make sense of human chaos.
"The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.” – Samuel Johnson
Laws make sense of human chaos.
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Did you know: Omaha, Nebraska, has the largest residential lead cleanup site in the U.S. BUT... this year, the Trump admin tripled the amount of lead that had to be in the soil to warrant a potential cleanup, meaning many families may be out of luck. @chrisbowling.bsky.social
The EPA Was Considering a Massive Lead Cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump Shifted Guidance.
The Trump administration says it will speed cleanups, but residents of the largest residential lead Superfund site worry fewer properties will be remediated.
www.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Did you know: Omaha, Nebraska, has the largest residential lead cleanup site in the U.S. BUT... this year, the Trump admin tripled the amount of lead that had to be in the soil to warrant a potential cleanup, meaning many families may be out of luck. @chrisbowling.bsky.social
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In line with this morning’s FISA briefing, CDT is releasing two new resources urging Congress to confront the serious risks of warrantless surveillance and strengthen protections for Americans’ privacy and civil liberties. 👇
December 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In line with this morning’s FISA briefing, CDT is releasing two new resources urging Congress to confront the serious risks of warrantless surveillance and strengthen protections for Americans’ privacy and civil liberties. 👇
Experts tell US lawmakers that a crucial spy program’s safeguards are failing, allowing intel agencies deeper, unconstrained access to Americans’ data. www.wired.com/story/warnin...
Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers
Experts tell US lawmakers that a crucial spy program’s safeguards are failing, allowing intel agencies deeper, unconstrained access to Americans’ data.
www.wired.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
worth the read.
then read another analysis...and another one.
Make up your own minds.
#Russia #EuropeanUnion #Article122 #RussianCentralBank
then read another analysis...and another one.
Make up your own minds.
#Russia #EuropeanUnion #Article122 #RussianCentralBank
The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
worth the read.
then read another analysis...and another one.
Make up your own minds.
#Russia #EuropeanUnion #Article122 #RussianCentralBank
then read another analysis...and another one.
Make up your own minds.
#Russia #EuropeanUnion #Article122 #RussianCentralBank
I'm happy for #LetitiaJames but she's not out of danger yet. Eventually, #DementedDon is just going jail opposition, courts or not. That's how fascist dicktators work.
2026 is going to be a really tough year. Buckle up!
#DicktatorDon #DeficientDon #DumbbellDon #DonTheDunce #DicklessDon #DopeyDon
2026 is going to be a really tough year. Buckle up!
#DicktatorDon #DeficientDon #DumbbellDon #DonTheDunce #DicklessDon #DopeyDon
DOJ fails — again — to re-indict Letitia James
It’s the second failed attempt in two weeks.
www.politico.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I'm happy for #LetitiaJames but she's not out of danger yet. Eventually, #DementedDon is just going jail opposition, courts or not. That's how fascist dicktators work.
2026 is going to be a really tough year. Buckle up!
#DicktatorDon #DeficientDon #DumbbellDon #DonTheDunce #DicklessDon #DopeyDon
2026 is going to be a really tough year. Buckle up!
#DicktatorDon #DeficientDon #DumbbellDon #DonTheDunce #DicklessDon #DopeyDon
This is not only what patriotism looks like, it's also what the truth looks like.
If you buy into the theory that being an ANTIFASCIST (AntiFa) is unpatriotic & dangerous, you are, yourself, a fascist.
Get your heads out of your asses!
#Iamanantifascist #fuckthefascists #ANTIFA #resistfascism
If you buy into the theory that being an ANTIFASCIST (AntiFa) is unpatriotic & dangerous, you are, yourself, a fascist.
Get your heads out of your asses!
#Iamanantifascist #fuckthefascists #ANTIFA #resistfascism
Exactly where are their headquarters?
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
December 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is not only what patriotism looks like, it's also what the truth looks like.
If you buy into the theory that being an ANTIFASCIST (AntiFa) is unpatriotic & dangerous, you are, yourself, a fascist.
Get your heads out of your asses!
#Iamanantifascist #fuckthefascists #ANTIFA #resistfascism
If you buy into the theory that being an ANTIFASCIST (AntiFa) is unpatriotic & dangerous, you are, yourself, a fascist.
Get your heads out of your asses!
#Iamanantifascist #fuckthefascists #ANTIFA #resistfascism
This is performative; while he needs to be removed from office, this isn't going to happen any time soon. Doing it now, when there's no hope of it accomplishing anything worthwhile, continues to politicize the only viable tool we have for holding a despot accountable for misdeeds.
#DoBetterDems
#DoBetterDems
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is performative; while he needs to be removed from office, this isn't going to happen any time soon. Doing it now, when there's no hope of it accomplishing anything worthwhile, continues to politicize the only viable tool we have for holding a despot accountable for misdeeds.
#DoBetterDems
#DoBetterDems
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
She can be defiant all she wants but karma is real and she's going to face hers eventually.
I hope I'm alive to see it, too.
#karmaandthebitch #fascists
I hope I'm alive to see it, too.
#karmaandthebitch #fascists
Noem defiant as Democrats decry Trump administration treatment of migrants
Several names have been floated as replacements to the Homeland Security secretary amid questions about her future in the Trump administration.
www.politico.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
She can be defiant all she wants but karma is real and she's going to face hers eventually.
I hope I'm alive to see it, too.
#karmaandthebitch #fascists
I hope I'm alive to see it, too.
#karmaandthebitch #fascists
The other day I was craving Ritz crackers. Today I have a hankering for Fig Newtons. Is this what old age is like? Dammit. I'm going to have to go to the market on the night before Thanksgiving.
two pieces of bread stacked on top of each other
ALT: two pieces of bread stacked on top of each other
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The other day I was craving Ritz crackers. Today I have a hankering for Fig Newtons. Is this what old age is like? Dammit. I'm going to have to go to the market on the night before Thanksgiving.
The president of the United States is insane. Full stop.
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Truth 🎤⬇️
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Politicians who make political decisions to deploy the military into situations that get service members killed for no good reason. They need to be held accountable.
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Truth 🎤⬇️
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“When you write your political opinions on social media, you are exercising your freedom of the press, or when you record law enforcement or record anything else you see that you believe to be of public interest, you’re exercising your freedom of the press, whether you’re a journalist or not.”
As Charlotte immigration enforcement fears linger, activists from Chicago offer advice
As federal immigration enforcement departs Charlotte, organizers and advocates share lessons they’ve learned from Chicago’s immigration raids — lessons that could inform responses to future crackdowns...
www.wfae.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“When you write your political opinions on social media, you are exercising your freedom of the press, or when you record law enforcement or record anything else you see that you believe to be of public interest, you’re exercising your freedom of the press, whether you’re a journalist or not.”
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November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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There’s a special election in Tennessee on Dec. 2 for a seat in Congress and we’re #allinforaftyn!
#aftynbehn #TN07
#aftynbehn #TN07
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There’s a special election in Tennessee on Dec. 2 for a seat in Congress and we’re #allinforaftyn!
#aftynbehn #TN07
#aftynbehn #TN07
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When a person needs help, you help them.
That’s exactly what Our Daily Bread – one of Maryland’s largest hot meal programs – has done for over 46 years. All without a single interruption in service.
youtube.com/shorts/05zn-...
That’s exactly what Our Daily Bread – one of Maryland’s largest hot meal programs – has done for over 46 years. All without a single interruption in service.
youtube.com/shorts/05zn-...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
When a person needs help, you help them.
That’s exactly what Our Daily Bread – one of Maryland’s largest hot meal programs – has done for over 46 years. All without a single interruption in service.
youtube.com/shorts/05zn-...
That’s exactly what Our Daily Bread – one of Maryland’s largest hot meal programs – has done for over 46 years. All without a single interruption in service.
youtube.com/shorts/05zn-...
Get this turkey out of the White House.
You know what I would be really thankful for on Thursday? Having a different President of the United States.
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Get this turkey out of the White House.
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National Guard soldiers didn't sign up to be deployed as local police indefinitely as part of someone else's political stunt.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
National Guard soldiers didn't sign up to be deployed as local police indefinitely as part of someone else's political stunt.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
This is absolutely sick!
No one wants the Natl Guard in their cities, but they're following lawful orders. This isn't their fault. Why shoot them?
#DementedDon is 💯responsible for this violence. He's turning our uniformed citizens into de facto representatives of his hate. #DemonDon owns it.
No one wants the Natl Guard in their cities, but they're following lawful orders. This isn't their fault. Why shoot them?
#DementedDon is 💯responsible for this violence. He's turning our uniformed citizens into de facto representatives of his hate. #DemonDon owns it.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump has been briefed and actively monitoring the situation. n.pr/4ood40q
Two National Guard members shot in D.C., suspect is in custody, authorities say
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump has been briefed and actively monitoring the situation.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is absolutely sick!
No one wants the Natl Guard in their cities, but they're following lawful orders. This isn't their fault. Why shoot them?
#DementedDon is 💯responsible for this violence. He's turning our uniformed citizens into de facto representatives of his hate. #DemonDon owns it.
No one wants the Natl Guard in their cities, but they're following lawful orders. This isn't their fault. Why shoot them?
#DementedDon is 💯responsible for this violence. He's turning our uniformed citizens into de facto representatives of his hate. #DemonDon owns it.
To quote another GOP president: There you go again.
#DementedDon, the racist pig of a "president," acts like a schoolyard bully with his taunts & name calling. Maybe if #DumbDon spent more time studying & less time bullying, he'd know the difference between communism & socialism.
#DonaldTheDunce
#DementedDon, the racist pig of a "president," acts like a schoolyard bully with his taunts & name calling. Maybe if #DumbDon spent more time studying & less time bullying, he'd know the difference between communism & socialism.
#DonaldTheDunce
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
To quote another GOP president: There you go again.
#DementedDon, the racist pig of a "president," acts like a schoolyard bully with his taunts & name calling. Maybe if #DumbDon spent more time studying & less time bullying, he'd know the difference between communism & socialism.
#DonaldTheDunce
#DementedDon, the racist pig of a "president," acts like a schoolyard bully with his taunts & name calling. Maybe if #DumbDon spent more time studying & less time bullying, he'd know the difference between communism & socialism.
#DonaldTheDunce
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The fact that Trump is having his DOJ investigate Democrats in the Epstein files it’s a good thing, rumor has it Trump was a Democrat back then.
I don’t care who you are, if you’re a pedophile you need to be jailed.
Pedophiles are the most disgusting/vile humans on earth.
#EpsteinFiles
I don’t care who you are, if you’re a pedophile you need to be jailed.
Pedophiles are the most disgusting/vile humans on earth.
#EpsteinFiles
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The fact that Trump is having his DOJ investigate Democrats in the Epstein files it’s a good thing, rumor has it Trump was a Democrat back then.
I don’t care who you are, if you’re a pedophile you need to be jailed.
Pedophiles are the most disgusting/vile humans on earth.
#EpsteinFiles
I don’t care who you are, if you’re a pedophile you need to be jailed.
Pedophiles are the most disgusting/vile humans on earth.
#EpsteinFiles