The Web Optimist
@weboptimist.bsky.social
Retired Search Engine Optimization Analyst (SEO) and former journalist living out my golden years (hint: there ain't no gold) in the desert paradise of Palm Springs, CA. #VoteBlue 🏳️🌈
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NEW: The Times got the Fulton County grand jury transcripts. Lindsey Graham told the grand jurors “if you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
In Secret Testimony, Republicans Derided Trump’s Stolen Election Claims
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
NEW: The Times got the Fulton County grand jury transcripts. Lindsey Graham told the grand jurors “if you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Disgusting.
🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us.
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Disgusting.
Time to boycott Ford.
January 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Time to boycott Ford.
He lies you know...
Trump lies: "Grocery prices are starting to go rapidly down. Rent is down. Airfares are down. Hotel rates are down. Cell phone prices are down."
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
He lies you know...
Yep. CBS News is history to me.
CBS News lost one-fifth of its audience in just four days.” 👏
January 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Yep. CBS News is history to me.
My congressman.
Ruiz: I think that ICE funding should be reevaluated given their performance in terrorizing US citizens and non-criminal immigrants and it should be used as a way to make them stop this illegal practice.
January 13, 2026 at 9:44 PM
My congressman.
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⚽️ @pabloreports.bsky.social on how Trump is ruining the World Cup: migrantinsider.com/p/the-empty-...
Why would anyone come to this event, or the Olympics, under these circumstances?
Why would anyone come to this event, or the Olympics, under these circumstances?
January 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
⚽️ @pabloreports.bsky.social on how Trump is ruining the World Cup: migrantinsider.com/p/the-empty-...
Why would anyone come to this event, or the Olympics, under these circumstances?
Why would anyone come to this event, or the Olympics, under these circumstances?
Must be something really harmful to the Felon in those files. We've got to keep fighting for their release!
January 13, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Must be something really harmful to the Felon in those files. We've got to keep fighting for their release!
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The URGENCY
For all of us
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO CALL YOUR SENATORS
202 224-3121
Millions of Americans are at risk
Seniors, Children, Disabled, and Veterans
HEALTHCARE is a HUMAN RIGHT ...Not for just the wealthy ....
Please WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE that NEEDS OUR HELP ...PLEASE CALL
For all of us
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO CALL YOUR SENATORS
202 224-3121
Millions of Americans are at risk
Seniors, Children, Disabled, and Veterans
HEALTHCARE is a HUMAN RIGHT ...Not for just the wealthy ....
Please WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE that NEEDS OUR HELP ...PLEASE CALL
🚨BREAKING 🚨 A Senate motion to overturn the Trump Administration's rule, which will push 1.8 million Americans off of their health insurance, just failed in a 47-52 vote.
January 13, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The URGENCY
For all of us
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO CALL YOUR SENATORS
202 224-3121
Millions of Americans are at risk
Seniors, Children, Disabled, and Veterans
HEALTHCARE is a HUMAN RIGHT ...Not for just the wealthy ....
Please WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE that NEEDS OUR HELP ...PLEASE CALL
For all of us
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO CALL YOUR SENATORS
202 224-3121
Millions of Americans are at risk
Seniors, Children, Disabled, and Veterans
HEALTHCARE is a HUMAN RIGHT ...Not for just the wealthy ....
Please WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE that NEEDS OUR HELP ...PLEASE CALL
Trump voters did this...
I buy coffee in a bundle of 6 ...see below
Last order was a couple months ago, spent 59 dollars for it. This time it's $84. You are doing one helluva great job Pedofuhrer
Last order was a couple months ago, spent 59 dollars for it. This time it's $84. You are doing one helluva great job Pedofuhrer
January 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Trump voters did this...
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Apparently, it is now acceptable to attain a new status in life, simply by proclamation.
I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
January 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Apparently, it is now acceptable to attain a new status in life, simply by proclamation.
I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
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“.. Iran has long threatened to attack or blockade oil shipments from the Persian Gulf as they pass through the Strait of Hormuz to the Indian Ocean. Military analysts think it has the ability to follow through, if it feels sufficiently threatened.”
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...
@barrons.com
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January 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
“.. Iran has long threatened to attack or blockade oil shipments from the Persian Gulf as they pass through the Strait of Hormuz to the Indian Ocean. Military analysts think it has the ability to follow through, if it feels sufficiently threatened.”
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...
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Every day we pull three Verge stories out of the paywall for 24 hours, and today we're starting with a banger from @lopatto.bsky.social:
X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?
www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?
www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
January 13, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Every day we pull three Verge stories out of the paywall for 24 hours, and today we're starting with a banger from @lopatto.bsky.social:
X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?
www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?
www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
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Sending jack-booted thugs to invade American cities.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
January 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Sending jack-booted thugs to invade American cities.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
Yep. Same as Venezuela. He wants oil and, in this case, minerals.
There's oil and minerals under Greenland. That's why the deranged, greedy fuck wants it.
January 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Yep. Same as Venezuela. He wants oil and, in this case, minerals.
Trump voters did this...
EPI: “.. In this report, we examine 47 of the most significant actions Trump has taken in the first year of his second term to make it harder for working families to afford the cost of living.”
@epi.org @deanbaker13.bsky.social
www.epi.org/publication/...
@epi.org @deanbaker13.bsky.social
www.epi.org/publication/...
January 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Trump voters did this...
Trump supporters did this...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
Food Prices Were Stubbornly High Last Year
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Trump supporters did this...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
OMFG! It's ONLY 53%? WTF is wrong with you people?
53% of Americans think the ICE agent should face criminal charges for shooting and killing Renee Nicole Good.
January 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
OMFG! It's ONLY 53%? WTF is wrong with you people?
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Well, yes, I did say that: ‘It’s Going to Get Worse’: Charlie Sykes Cites Trump Order In Ominous Prediction About ICE
www.mediaite.com/media/news/i...
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‘It’s Going to Get Worse’: Charlie Sykes Cites Trump Order In Ominous Prediction About ICE
Later in the episode, Sykes also discusses his decision to leave MS NOW as a contributor, asking to get out of his contract early
www.mediaite.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Well, yes, I did say that: ‘It’s Going to Get Worse’: Charlie Sykes Cites Trump Order In Ominous Prediction About ICE
www.mediaite.com/media/news/i...
www.mediaite.com/media/news/i...