FiatSlug
@fiatslug85.bsky.social
Berkeleyan, UC Santa Cruz alum, husband, father, proud public servant.
They'd use a sledgehammer to kill a fly.
it really is something that no one affiliated or allied with trump seems to have any sense of how to use power with subtlety and finesse.
December 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
They'd use a sledgehammer to kill a fly.
If true, then Bari Weiss is complicit in criminal activity. Period.
Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment.
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
If true, then Bari Weiss is complicit in criminal activity. Period.
This is why Reps and Senators are critical. The Legislative branch was envisioned as the most powerful branch. Late 20th century Democrats abdicated this responsibility for corporate support in favor of a strong Executive. Y'all want to change that? Throw the bastards out of office.
Why do we put up with a system of voting that forces us to wait 4 years to vote again, when we find out that the person voted into office lied?
Why don't we have a system where when the people are betrayed the people can immediately remediate by removing the person harming them?
Why don't we have a system where when the people are betrayed the people can immediately remediate by removing the person harming them?
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is why Reps and Senators are critical. The Legislative branch was envisioned as the most powerful branch. Late 20th century Democrats abdicated this responsibility for corporate support in favor of a strong Executive. Y'all want to change that? Throw the bastards out of office.
"From Hell's heart, I stab at thee."
As applicable today as it was in the movie. Only, now, it takes on a different perspective and hope.
As applicable today as it was in the movie. Only, now, it takes on a different perspective and hope.
Eh, need a comfort movie. STAR TREK II it is.
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"From Hell's heart, I stab at thee."
As applicable today as it was in the movie. Only, now, it takes on a different perspective and hope.
As applicable today as it was in the movie. Only, now, it takes on a different perspective and hope.
This is sarcasm, right?
actually, the democrats can't do anything without control of at least one house of congress, so they shouldn't even try. also they shouldn't say anything, and no one should yell at them
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is sarcasm, right?
I take a kind of sick pleasure from this skeet.
It almost looks like he killed the Stanford tree and skinned it and is wearing it as a pelt
I like Christmas Tree Puddles
December 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I take a kind of sick pleasure from this skeet.
The 25th Amendment is without any sort of enforcement mechanism if the President's party controls Congress.
How can an obviously mentally ill POTUS be removed if his cabinet won't attest to his incapacity and Congress won't impeach him?
How can an obviously mentally ill POTUS be removed if his cabinet won't attest to his incapacity and Congress won't impeach him?
December 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The 25th Amendment is without any sort of enforcement mechanism if the President's party controls Congress.
How can an obviously mentally ill POTUS be removed if his cabinet won't attest to his incapacity and Congress won't impeach him?
How can an obviously mentally ill POTUS be removed if his cabinet won't attest to his incapacity and Congress won't impeach him?
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I’m fucking tired of Trump doing whatever he wants. America deserves better than this. He’s burning this country to the ground!
December 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I’m fucking tired of Trump doing whatever he wants. America deserves better than this. He’s burning this country to the ground!
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The salient question is, "Why are huge swaths of the web vanishing at random?" What that vanishing does to our culture is a secondary question to the question of why.
The article appears to gloss over the vanishing itself as if it's simply unknowable. I find the acceptance disturbing.
The article appears to gloss over the vanishing itself as if it's simply unknowable. I find the acceptance disturbing.
What happens to our culture when websites start to vanish at random?
www.theverge.com/24321569/int...
www.theverge.com/24321569/int...
What happens when the internet disappears?
Huge swaths of the web are vanishing. What does that do to our culture?
www.theverge.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The salient question is, "Why are huge swaths of the web vanishing at random?" What that vanishing does to our culture is a secondary question to the question of why.
The article appears to gloss over the vanishing itself as if it's simply unknowable. I find the acceptance disturbing.
The article appears to gloss over the vanishing itself as if it's simply unknowable. I find the acceptance disturbing.
In the meantime, a waft of eau de onion follows the patient wherever s/he goes.
Researchers investigating alopecia areata found that regular application of onion juice to affected areas of the scalp was linked to visible hair regrowth in some patients. The autoimmune condition is known for unpredictable hair loss and limited treatment success.
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
In the meantime, a waft of eau de onion follows the patient wherever s/he goes.
Personally, I blame instant replay. It's degraded nearly every aspect of officiating and trust in officiating.
every fan in every sport seems to believe the league they watch most closely has uniquely bad referees who are worse than they were at some unspecified point in the past
December 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Personally, I blame instant replay. It's degraded nearly every aspect of officiating and trust in officiating.
I think this is generally accepted, though infrequently spoken.
This failed presidency is worse than his first failed presidency.
December 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I think this is generally accepted, though infrequently spoken.
Johnson will continue to be the weakest Speaker in history as long as he holds the gavel. I don't see anyone else becoming Speaker. Do you?
Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
December 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Johnson will continue to be the weakest Speaker in history as long as he holds the gavel. I don't see anyone else becoming Speaker. Do you?
All of the AI tech bros should be first on board. All. of. them.
I think all of the tech bros should be first to the Mars colony.
December 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
All of the AI tech bros should be first on board. All. of. them.
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Because it’s a smash and grab.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Because it’s a smash and grab.
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Face it any other president would’ve been removed from office by now.
December 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Face it any other president would’ve been removed from office by now.
This is why we should be circumspect about calling someone deranged. Doing so calls into question your motives and sanity.
Would you want to get down in the mud with this guy (pig)?
Would you want to get down in the mud with this guy (pig)?
Asked by a reporter about his crass statement regarding Rob Reiner's passing, Donald Trump offered an encore of his disgusting performance:
“I wasn’t a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned...He was very bad for our country.”
Read more: https://bit.ly/4aY7j6i
“I wasn’t a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned...He was very bad for our country.”
Read more: https://bit.ly/4aY7j6i
December 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is why we should be circumspect about calling someone deranged. Doing so calls into question your motives and sanity.
Would you want to get down in the mud with this guy (pig)?
Would you want to get down in the mud with this guy (pig)?
Something sane and wholesome in this world.
57 days until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training.
December 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Something sane and wholesome in this world.
Narrator: the Cowboys didn't make the playoffs.
I am confused. How will the Cowboys lose in the first round of the playoffs if they do not make the playoffs?
December 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Narrator: the Cowboys didn't make the playoffs.
Senator Paul is correct to insist on a vote by Congress *to fulfill its Constitutional duty.*
That's a check on a lawless president.
That's a check on a lawless president.
Rand Paul: "The president also said, 'Be careful Colombia, you could be next.' I mean, if we're gonna go and topple regime after regime in South America, there's no amount of money that could be printed to pay for that and I don't think lives should be lost without a vote by Congress."
December 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Senator Paul is correct to insist on a vote by Congress *to fulfill its Constitutional duty.*
That's a check on a lawless president.
That's a check on a lawless president.
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He absolutely does not care that your healthcare, is about to run out.
Zero fucks are given.
Zero fucks are given.
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
He absolutely does not care that your healthcare, is about to run out.
Zero fucks are given.
Zero fucks are given.
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This is urgent. Please remove Trump from office. He is totally insane.
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is urgent. Please remove Trump from office. He is totally insane.
Can all of them, just, like, you know, fall off the beam?
All. Of. Them.
All. Of. Them.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Can all of them, just, like, you know, fall off the beam?
All. Of. Them.
All. Of. Them.
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The President of the United States should not be batshit insane.
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The President of the United States should not be batshit insane.