Alex F.
@dr-fox.bsky.social
Bringing the “fresh” to this fresh hell since milk money days
“… [Vice President of El Salvador]Ulloa answered that the Trump administration is paying El Salvador to hold him.”
I really hope that *someone* follows the money here. I believe this would be very illuminating.
I really hope that *someone* follows the money here. I believe this would be very illuminating.
April 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“… [Vice President of El Salvador]Ulloa answered that the Trump administration is paying El Salvador to hold him.”
I really hope that *someone* follows the money here. I believe this would be very illuminating.
I really hope that *someone* follows the money here. I believe this would be very illuminating.
The key is to hold both conflicting viewpoints simultaneously. It doesn’t really help in any material way, but embracing the absurd contradictions at least helps acclimate oneself to a chaotic and indifferent universe. 🦄🌈🫠
March 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The key is to hold both conflicting viewpoints simultaneously. It doesn’t really help in any material way, but embracing the absurd contradictions at least helps acclimate oneself to a chaotic and indifferent universe. 🦄🌈🫠
I’ve kept things even keeled here, free from insults and hoping for constructive discussion. It doesn’t seem like you showed up for something similar.
Have fun out there. Don’t get too dizzy swirling around the drain.
Have fun out there. Don’t get too dizzy swirling around the drain.
March 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I’ve kept things even keeled here, free from insults and hoping for constructive discussion. It doesn’t seem like you showed up for something similar.
Have fun out there. Don’t get too dizzy swirling around the drain.
Have fun out there. Don’t get too dizzy swirling around the drain.
D’s keep taking the high road hoping for a dancing partner that never actually showed up in the first place. So either play hardball and don’t give them an inch, deprive them of oxygen and votes, or continue the farce.
March 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
D’s keep taking the high road hoping for a dancing partner that never actually showed up in the first place. So either play hardball and don’t give them an inch, deprive them of oxygen and votes, or continue the farce.
It’s really no different than what started this pointless thread. R’s don’t engage in the process in good faith (e.g., honesty re: intention or expected outcomes).
March 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s really no different than what started this pointless thread. R’s don’t engage in the process in good faith (e.g., honesty re: intention or expected outcomes).
CR ship sailed. I don’t think it was a good idea to vote it through, but Dems would’ve likely been left holding the bag either way.
March 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
CR ship sailed. I don’t think it was a good idea to vote it through, but Dems would’ve likely been left holding the bag either way.
You wrongly assume the my anger stops with the Dem. caucus.
I’ve presented even-handed comments here (imo). What do you, @muchachoburacho.bsky.social, suggest would have been a more productive posture for the dems to take? More importantly, what would be a more productive posture moving forward?
I’ve presented even-handed comments here (imo). What do you, @muchachoburacho.bsky.social, suggest would have been a more productive posture for the dems to take? More importantly, what would be a more productive posture moving forward?
March 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
You wrongly assume the my anger stops with the Dem. caucus.
I’ve presented even-handed comments here (imo). What do you, @muchachoburacho.bsky.social, suggest would have been a more productive posture for the dems to take? More importantly, what would be a more productive posture moving forward?
I’ve presented even-handed comments here (imo). What do you, @muchachoburacho.bsky.social, suggest would have been a more productive posture for the dems to take? More importantly, what would be a more productive posture moving forward?
As this administration continues to do everything it can to eviscerate the government and cement a position for the U.S. as a global pariah state, we may look back with more admiration for Rep. Al Green and his cane than for any color coordinated outfits or mild objections glued to popsicle sticks.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
As this administration continues to do everything it can to eviscerate the government and cement a position for the U.S. as a global pariah state, we may look back with more admiration for Rep. Al Green and his cane than for any color coordinated outfits or mild objections glued to popsicle sticks.
No one told me, nor did I ever say, that principled protest or any other direct action would change Trump’s behavior in any meaningful way. Civil disobedience can play a role in shaping the discourse, and it should be coupled with a larger strategy that uses traditional political mechanisms.
March 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
No one told me, nor did I ever say, that principled protest or any other direct action would change Trump’s behavior in any meaningful way. Civil disobedience can play a role in shaping the discourse, and it should be coupled with a larger strategy that uses traditional political mechanisms.
A focus on more “kitchen table issues” like egg prices is weak sauce in the face of the wholesale shredding of legislatively enacted public programs via executive fiat and illegal overreach by Trump and co. How would you suggest they counter a malevolent carnival barker?
March 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A focus on more “kitchen table issues” like egg prices is weak sauce in the face of the wholesale shredding of legislatively enacted public programs via executive fiat and illegal overreach by Trump and co. How would you suggest they counter a malevolent carnival barker?
I am not moved to believe that Trump and his enablers are engaging politics and civil discourse with good faith or intellectual honesty. I would love to see evidence to the contrary, if you have some to share!
March 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I am not moved to believe that Trump and his enablers are engaging politics and civil discourse with good faith or intellectual honesty. I would love to see evidence to the contrary, if you have some to share!
But modulating to make room for the not-so-crypto-fascist works and actions of Trump, Musk, and their acolytes? That’s gonna be a hard sell, so whatcha got?
March 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
But modulating to make room for the not-so-crypto-fascist works and actions of Trump, Musk, and their acolytes? That’s gonna be a hard sell, so whatcha got?
We have all become too siloed in our information ecosystems, shunning people and ideas that threaten to undercut the premises upon which our precariously constructed micro-realities are built. I’m certainly guilty of this, though I try to keep this hazardous thumb-sucking myopia in check.
March 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We have all become too siloed in our information ecosystems, shunning people and ideas that threaten to undercut the premises upon which our precariously constructed micro-realities are built. I’m certainly guilty of this, though I try to keep this hazardous thumb-sucking myopia in check.
I very much give a shit about winning elections. But what to do when the words or actions of actions of our elected officials so patently contradict the spirit and, increasingly, the letter of the law?
March 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I very much give a shit about winning elections. But what to do when the words or actions of actions of our elected officials so patently contradict the spirit and, increasingly, the letter of the law?
Apparently, now it’s Fight-Flight-Freeze-Fawn. Sorry, fawning ain’t gonna happen. Not now. Not ever.
March 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Apparently, now it’s Fight-Flight-Freeze-Fawn. Sorry, fawning ain’t gonna happen. Not now. Not ever.
Oop. I meant to say “Fight-Flight-Freeze.”
On principle I want to Fight. The magnitude of the problem makes me want to Flee. Unable to muster the courage to take either course of action, I Freeze.
On principle I want to Fight. The magnitude of the problem makes me want to Flee. Unable to muster the courage to take either course of action, I Freeze.
March 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Oop. I meant to say “Fight-Flight-Freeze.”
On principle I want to Fight. The magnitude of the problem makes me want to Flee. Unable to muster the courage to take either course of action, I Freeze.
On principle I want to Fight. The magnitude of the problem makes me want to Flee. Unable to muster the courage to take either course of action, I Freeze.
I don’t really like being part of a nation-sized batch of frog soup. But, hey, if you enjoy stewing in the broth as it comes up to temperature, then go ahead and continue playing this game.
March 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I don’t really like being part of a nation-sized batch of frog soup. But, hey, if you enjoy stewing in the broth as it comes up to temperature, then go ahead and continue playing this game.
Such a tepid response from congressional dems. I was hoping that Rep. Al Green was kicking things off for an evening of full of the good kind of trouble. They should have continued to “breach decorum,”getting bounced out one by one until no one was left but that orange carbuncle and his sycophants.
March 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Such a tepid response from congressional dems. I was hoping that Rep. Al Green was kicking things off for an evening of full of the good kind of trouble. They should have continued to “breach decorum,”getting bounced out one by one until no one was left but that orange carbuncle and his sycophants.
C’mon! Big money! No whammy! Daddy needs a new constitutional convention….STOP!
March 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
C’mon! Big money! No whammy! Daddy needs a new constitutional convention….STOP!
“Maximizing shareholder return?” asked Milton Friedman?
March 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“Maximizing shareholder return?” asked Milton Friedman?
Meta is not an innocent player in our current political morass. Please consider using a streaming platform other than Facebook.
I am a constituent, ZIP code 97217.
I am a constituent, ZIP code 97217.
March 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Meta is not an innocent player in our current political morass. Please consider using a streaming platform other than Facebook.
I am a constituent, ZIP code 97217.
I am a constituent, ZIP code 97217.
What I take from the OP sharing this old NY Times article is that one should never trust a fascist dictatorial regime, even if they are acting friendly. The snake will eventually bite. It’s their nature.
March 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
What I take from the OP sharing this old NY Times article is that one should never trust a fascist dictatorial regime, even if they are acting friendly. The snake will eventually bite. It’s their nature.