Paul
@blueamerica.bsky.social
Liberal rabble-rouser from New York, transplanted to North Carolina and generally sick of the GOP's crap.
Would just like to point out that Congress has not repealed the ban and that Oracle and Akamai are still brazenly violating US law.
This isn't about Donald Trump, it's about the stupidity of Congress. And TikTok is not getting "turned back on" next week. It's shutting down in the US and that is not going to change until the law is repealed.
This is a ploy so they can shut it down on Sunday, blame it on Biden, then turn it back on in 1-2 days so Trump can play the hero and claim credit. It’s sad to see that the Chinese Communist Party is working with Trump so closely to deceive app users and the American people.
March 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Would just like to point out that Congress has not repealed the ban and that Oracle and Akamai are still brazenly violating US law.
This isn't about Donald Trump, it's about the stupidity of Congress. And TikTok is not getting "turned back on" next week. It's shutting down in the US and that is not going to change until the law is repealed.
This is a ploy so they can shut it down on Sunday, blame it on Biden, then turn it back on in 1-2 days so Trump can play the hero and claim credit. It’s sad to see that the Chinese Communist Party is working with Trump so closely to deceive app users and the American people.
January 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
This isn't about Donald Trump, it's about the stupidity of Congress. And TikTok is not getting "turned back on" next week. It's shutting down in the US and that is not going to change until the law is repealed.
I'm sure the chart is great but we don't need one. Elon Musk can't balance the federal budget because he's not *in* the government. He's a civilian. No power whatsoever. You don't need to go any further than that, you really don't.
Repeat after me: Congress writes the budget.
Repeat after me: Congress writes the budget.
"The notion that the federal government is hopelessly bloated due to waste that every reasonable person wants to eliminate is an appealing myth, but it’s a myth."
www.vox.com/policy/38738...
www.vox.com/policy/38738...
Why Elon Musk can never balance the budget, in one chart
Elon Musk wants to slash trillions in “waste.” Good luck, buddy!
www.vox.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm sure the chart is great but we don't need one. Elon Musk can't balance the federal budget because he's not *in* the government. He's a civilian. No power whatsoever. You don't need to go any further than that, you really don't.
Repeat after me: Congress writes the budget.
Repeat after me: Congress writes the budget.
LOL no, DOGE (not DODGE) is not a government agency. This is high school-level civics: new government agencies (think Department of Homeland Security) can only be created by an act of Congress. DOGE is nothing but an imaginary civilian advisory panel. Nothing more. It's powerless and always will be.
January 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
LOL no, DOGE (not DODGE) is not a government agency. This is high school-level civics: new government agencies (think Department of Homeland Security) can only be created by an act of Congress. DOGE is nothing but an imaginary civilian advisory panel. Nothing more. It's powerless and always will be.
Screecan-quoting this because some people get REALLY mad mad when you point this out: this isn't a terrorist attack *yet*. There's no evidence of it being one. A requisite component of a terrorist attack is the public definitively knowing *why*. That's the entire point of terrorism.
January 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Screecan-quoting this because some people get REALLY mad mad when you point this out: this isn't a terrorist attack *yet*. There's no evidence of it being one. A requisite component of a terrorist attack is the public definitively knowing *why*. That's the entire point of terrorism.
A federal law setting term and age limits for Congress would be unconstitutional. A law "criminalizing lobbying" would be a laughable violation of the First Amendment.
MAGA people don't know the first thing about how this country works.
MAGA people don't know the first thing about how this country works.
Mike Johnson may have his first official challenger in the Speaker’s race.
December 26, 2024 at 9:37 PM
A federal law setting term and age limits for Congress would be unconstitutional. A law "criminalizing lobbying" would be a laughable violation of the First Amendment.
MAGA people don't know the first thing about how this country works.
MAGA people don't know the first thing about how this country works.
Suing him is exactly what we should do. Democrats need a liberal version of Ken Paxton, an attorney general who will sue the Trump administration over every single thing it does in a friendly jurisdiction with a liberal judge and a liberal appellate court. Get an injunction and stall for four years.
Yeah, because they own the courts and there is nothing to stop them from destroying the institutions of our democracy.
Trump’s executive action strategy: Go ahead, sue me www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s executive action strategy: Go ahead, sue me www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s executive action strategy: Go ahead, sue me
Even proponents of unilateral moves such as restricting birthright citizenship and rejecting federal spending measures expect them to face litigation. That’s part of the plan.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Suing him is exactly what we should do. Democrats need a liberal version of Ken Paxton, an attorney general who will sue the Trump administration over every single thing it does in a friendly jurisdiction with a liberal judge and a liberal appellate court. Get an injunction and stall for four years.
That was the point of all their BS about the weaponization of government. Blame your enemies for your plan, so when you carry it out it gets ignored as "I know you are but what am I".
This was the plan all along: weaponize government against liberals.
This was the plan all along: weaponize government against liberals.
Reading the pardon coverage...I don't think the significance of the Gaetz/Patel/Bondi nominations has sunk in. People still aren't getting what a politicized DOJ and FBI, with the power to arrest/bug/harass anyone for any reason, would be able to do.
December 3, 2024 at 11:42 AM
That was the point of all their BS about the weaponization of government. Blame your enemies for your plan, so when you carry it out it gets ignored as "I know you are but what am I".
This was the plan all along: weaponize government against liberals.
This was the plan all along: weaponize government against liberals.
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NOT THE TIME APPLE
November 6, 2024 at 1:40 AM
NOT THE TIME APPLE
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Remember when the big conservative “free speech” issue was that Twitter was politically biased bsky.app/profile/nyti...
Elon Musk plans to spend election night with Donald Trump, giving the former president direct access to the person controlling X, a key information platform, on what could be a chaotic evening.
Musk to Spend Election Night With Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Elon Musk has spent $119 million on a super PAC supporting Donald Trump and held events on his behalf. But his ownership of X is especially valuable.
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Remember when the big conservative “free speech” issue was that Twitter was politically biased bsky.app/profile/nyti...
I'm not AT ALL interested in how Hillary Clinton did in 2016. Not in PA, not in New Hampshire, not anyplace. She got sandbagged at the last minute by the FBI and she was already fairly toxic just being a Clinton. There's NO predictive value looking at her performance ANYWHERE.
November 5, 2024 at 8:35 PM
I'm not AT ALL interested in how Hillary Clinton did in 2016. Not in PA, not in New Hampshire, not anyplace. She got sandbagged at the last minute by the FBI and she was already fairly toxic just being a Clinton. There's NO predictive value looking at her performance ANYWHERE.
Am sitting here thinking tonight how if Republicans had run DeSantis or dang near anybody else, Biden doesn't get pushed out and the GOP candidate probably wins tomorrow without too much trouble, with much lower turnout all around.
November 5, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Am sitting here thinking tonight how if Republicans had run DeSantis or dang near anybody else, Biden doesn't get pushed out and the GOP candidate probably wins tomorrow without too much trouble, with much lower turnout all around.
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NEW: Of the approximately 2,500 voter registration forms that officials in Lancaster County, Pa., flagged as suspicious, 57% have been verified as valid, 17% confirmed as fraudulent and 26% are still being investigated, Ray D'Agostino, a county commissioner, said at a meeting
November 4, 2024 at 4:17 PM
NEW: Of the approximately 2,500 voter registration forms that officials in Lancaster County, Pa., flagged as suspicious, 57% have been verified as valid, 17% confirmed as fraudulent and 26% are still being investigated, Ray D'Agostino, a county commissioner, said at a meeting
I find last minute endorsements very revealing. First, this is Sheldon Adelson's widow, and based on this endorsement she's as horrible a person as her husband was.
But why wait until 3 days before the election when endorsements no longer matter? Coward?
www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/dr-m...
But why wait until 3 days before the election when endorsements no longer matter? Coward?
www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/dr-m...
DR. MIRIAM ADELSON: The right man for the job
There is simply no alternative to the courage, protectiveness and clear-sightedness that Trump evinces with such peerless energy.
www.reviewjournal.com
November 3, 2024 at 7:45 AM
I find last minute endorsements very revealing. First, this is Sheldon Adelson's widow, and based on this endorsement she's as horrible a person as her husband was.
But why wait until 3 days before the election when endorsements no longer matter? Coward?
www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/dr-m...
But why wait until 3 days before the election when endorsements no longer matter? Coward?
www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/dr-m...
In an alternate universe where James Comey doesn't interfere in the election with a few days left to vote..
In an alternate universe where Democrats don't run a toxic candidate that maximizes GOP turnout..
There were larger real life things at play than a small social media site.
In an alternate universe where Democrats don't run a toxic candidate that maximizes GOP turnout..
There were larger real life things at play than a small social media site.
October 6, 2024 at 8:52 PM
In an alternate universe where James Comey doesn't interfere in the election with a few days left to vote..
In an alternate universe where Democrats don't run a toxic candidate that maximizes GOP turnout..
There were larger real life things at play than a small social media site.
In an alternate universe where Democrats don't run a toxic candidate that maximizes GOP turnout..
There were larger real life things at play than a small social media site.
MAGA users of Lie Social are turning out to be a bonanza for financial scammers. It turns out they are extremely gullible and very easy to con. Shocking! gizmodo.com/truth-social...
Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams
Read the complaints submitted to the FTC by users of Donald Trump's social media platform.
gizmodo.com
October 6, 2024 at 7:49 PM
MAGA users of Lie Social are turning out to be a bonanza for financial scammers. It turns out they are extremely gullible and very easy to con. Shocking! gizmodo.com/truth-social...
Republican Elon Musk's Republican mom is openly advocating vote fraud on Twitter. I don't expect it to stay up, but she is currently Community Noted for it (and correctly so.)
October 6, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Republican Elon Musk's Republican mom is openly advocating vote fraud on Twitter. I don't expect it to stay up, but she is currently Community Noted for it (and correctly so.)
Like the dude who spent 300 laps getting the lead but gets passed with two to go.
Trump tells on himself in his first reaction to Joe Biden dropping out. He's no longer in control and wants to speak to the manager.
The American people didn't want a Biden-Trump race, but only one candidate had the honor and humility to listen.
The American people didn't want a Biden-Trump race, but only one candidate had the honor and humility to listen.
July 21, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Like the dude who spent 300 laps getting the lead but gets passed with two to go.
I don't believe in bullshitting, so no, Kamala Harris does not have more experience than Donald Trump. Trump was President for four years, that beats four years as VP. Of all the arguments against him and for her, that's one of the worst. There are better arguments to make!
July 21, 2024 at 9:57 PM
I don't believe in bullshitting, so no, Kamala Harris does not have more experience than Donald Trump. Trump was President for four years, that beats four years as VP. Of all the arguments against him and for her, that's one of the worst. There are better arguments to make!
I like Jeff Jarvis a lot but right now he's a shining example of why you should never get emotionally invested in politicians. It's way too easy to fall into the traps of tribalism and cultism. Biden got us here and nobody else. This is not sports and Joe Biden was not your team.
July 21, 2024 at 8:48 PM
I like Jeff Jarvis a lot but right now he's a shining example of why you should never get emotionally invested in politicians. It's way too easy to fall into the traps of tribalism and cultism. Biden got us here and nobody else. This is not sports and Joe Biden was not your team.
What's the source of this stupidity? Republicans believe free speech means the ability to speak without being criticized, which is not at all a protection that the First Amendment provides nor is it within the spirit of the law. Free to speak, not free to not be criticized.
June 12, 2024 at 7:31 AM
What's the source of this stupidity? Republicans believe free speech means the ability to speak without being criticized, which is not at all a protection that the First Amendment provides nor is it within the spirit of the law. Free to speak, not free to not be criticized.
Twitter's paid userbase under Elon Musk is so incredibly toxic that they want to hide their likes? Musk has been burned by this more than anybody I can think of and I think that's probably at the heart of it, rather than his racist, moronic fanbase.
June 12, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Twitter's paid userbase under Elon Musk is so incredibly toxic that they want to hide their likes? Musk has been burned by this more than anybody I can think of and I think that's probably at the heart of it, rather than his racist, moronic fanbase.
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just two weeks ago Elon Musk told users to post their family photos on X instead of on Instagram, which he compared to a strip club
now:
now:
June 4, 2024 at 3:23 AM
just two weeks ago Elon Musk told users to post their family photos on X instead of on Instagram, which he compared to a strip club
now:
now:
I'd like to be able to say that indys approving of Trump's convictions 57-30 is a death sentence, and if every one of those people refuses to vote for him then it will be. But you can't infer that. WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK IF THIS HAS CHANGED HOW THEY WILL VOTE? Actual polling malfeasance right there.
June 4, 2024 at 12:37 AM
I'd like to be able to say that indys approving of Trump's convictions 57-30 is a death sentence, and if every one of those people refuses to vote for him then it will be. But you can't infer that. WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK IF THIS HAS CHANGED HOW THEY WILL VOTE? Actual polling malfeasance right there.