*Some* ambassadorships. Small tropical islands usually get the donors, places like the PRC, hardship and danger posts (you know places billionaires don't want to live), and important allied usually get professional FSOs.
One of his real innovations is taking little bits of entirely legal and commonplace corruption that we all acknowledge—in this case ambassadorships being largely a spoils system for friends and donors—and making them way tackier
Let's see what's happening in the Senate...
Oh, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.s' former fiancée, is getting her nomination hearing for being Trump's ambassador to Greece.
Oh, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.s' former fiancée, is getting her nomination hearing for being Trump's ambassador to Greece.
July 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
*Some* ambassadorships. Small tropical islands usually get the donors, places like the PRC, hardship and danger posts (you know places billionaires don't want to live), and important allied usually get professional FSOs.
Of course
The new top voting lawyer at the Department of Justice was until recently an attorney and activist for a leading anti-voting legal group that has worked for years to spread fear about illegal voting and press election officials to tighten voting rules 👇
DOJ’s New Top Voting Lawyer Worked for Leading Anti-Voting Law Firm
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Of course
Reposted by Kayak Man
The new top voting lawyer at the Department of Justice was until recently an attorney and activist for a leading anti-voting legal group that has worked for years to spread fear about illegal voting and press election officials to tighten voting rules 👇
DOJ’s New Top Voting Lawyer Worked for Leading Anti-Voting Law Firm
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The new top voting lawyer at the Department of Justice was until recently an attorney and activist for a leading anti-voting legal group that has worked for years to spread fear about illegal voting and press election officials to tighten voting rules 👇
After today, it's likely safe to say that Bears are an endangered species in Russia.
June 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
After today, it's likely safe to say that Bears are an endangered species in Russia.
Clearly the problem is the people reporting on the plan, not the plan itself.
May 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Clearly the problem is the people reporting on the plan, not the plan itself.
Pardon John Brown!
Sign the Petition
Honor their fight against Injustice: Pardon John Brown and His Raiders, Albert Hazlett, John Copeland Jr., Shields Green, Aaron Stevens, and Edwin Coppock.
chng.it
May 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Pardon John Brown!
"Don't worry, Trump has a plan!"
The Plan:
The Plan:
May 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"Don't worry, Trump has a plan!"
The Plan:
The Plan:
Even children don't buy Hegseth's bullshit answer about Signal chats.
April 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Even children don't buy Hegseth's bullshit answer about Signal chats.
I wonder who at NPR was included in the group chat....
BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I wonder who at NPR was included in the group chat....
When I lived in Russia, there was a common joke about having to bring a paper to government offices that proved you were not a camel.
April 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When I lived in Russia, there was a common joke about having to bring a paper to government offices that proved you were not a camel.
Chat, is this what liberation looks like?
April 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Chat, is this what liberation looks like?
Important read here
The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich.
THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.
Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.
THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.
Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.
April 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Important read here
Chat, is "Sike!" a valid trade policy?
April 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Chat, is "Sike!" a valid trade policy?
The "I waited till the last minute to do the assignment" energy is massive.
OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The "I waited till the last minute to do the assignment" energy is massive.
@mike10010100.bsky.social kinda says it all.
This pointless stunt by Cory Booker is accomplishing nothing but drawing attention to the Trump administration’s wrongdoing and delaying the work of the Senate and energizing the Democratic base and, wait, hang on, let me come in again
April 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
@mike10010100.bsky.social kinda says it all.
Ahahahahahah
March 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Ahahahahahah
SecDef be drunk texting his ex
March 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
SecDef be drunk texting his ex
Something I don't understand here - can't Greenland/Denmark just tell them to fuck off at the border and not admit them?
Greenland’s prime minister said a planned trip by Trump administration officials this week was “highly aggressive,” and other officials sharply criticized the proposed visits. President Trump has vowed to make Greenland part of the U.S. “one way or the other.” Follow the latest updates.
Trump Live Updates: Anger in Greenland Over Plans for U.S. Officials' Visit
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Something I don't understand here - can't Greenland/Denmark just tell them to fuck off at the border and not admit them?
C'mon man....
March 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
C'mon man....
Something something price of eggs....
February 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Something something price of eggs....
I'd like to congratulate everyone who thought voting Jill Stien or Trump was a way to stop this from happening.
February 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'd like to congratulate everyone who thought voting Jill Stien or Trump was a way to stop this from happening.
I still think that Letters of the Marque is the way to go here.
The authorities in Norway have seized a Russian-crewed ship that is suspected of damaging an undersea cable in an act of sabotage in the Baltic Sea, the Norwegian police said on Friday.
Norway Seizes Russian-Crewed Ship Suspected of Cutting an Undersea Cable
The authorities said they believed the vessel may have been involved in damaging the cable, the latest act of apparent sabotage in the Baltic Sea.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I still think that Letters of the Marque is the way to go here.
So maybe we take the train from now on.
January 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So maybe we take the train from now on.