Mark
@mudrmdb.bsky.social
Staying on X but on here too. Two is one, one is none.
He apparently followed the common advice to do it only till you need glasses.
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
He apparently followed the common advice to do it only till you need glasses.
It should come as no surprise that Arab leaders, who view government as a tool with which to enrich themselves, their families, and friends, have an affinity for Trump, and vice versa.
October 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It should come as no surprise that Arab leaders, who view government as a tool with which to enrich themselves, their families, and friends, have an affinity for Trump, and vice versa.
Damn….hitting them while they’re down.
Reup: I did a post on ICE goons called, "Butt Cracks and Beer Bellies." Then someone suggest we do a 12-month calendar.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/b...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/b...
Buttcracks and Beer Bellies: Is Trump Failing on Immigration because ICE Creates Negative Spectacle? - emptywheel
I suspect that a big reason Stephen Miller has turned immigration into a losing issue for Donald Trump is because Miller's goons create an endless supply of negative spectacle that goes viral and seed...
www.emptywheel.net
September 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Damn….hitting them while they’re down.
Can? How about will…..
I’m worried it can still get stupider
September 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Can? How about will…..
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To contextualize this week’s political commentary, of the 2,647 identified extremist violent offenders in the US since 2000, far-right extremists were more than 7 times more represented in the data than far-left extremists.
* No, this isn’t to negate the abhorrent shooting this week.
* No, this isn’t to negate the abhorrent shooting this week.
September 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
To contextualize this week’s political commentary, of the 2,647 identified extremist violent offenders in the US since 2000, far-right extremists were more than 7 times more represented in the data than far-left extremists.
* No, this isn’t to negate the abhorrent shooting this week.
* No, this isn’t to negate the abhorrent shooting this week.
Two things can be true: Democrats have thoroughly screwed up response to crime and Trump is showboating and overreacting to that failure.
September 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Two things can be true: Democrats have thoroughly screwed up response to crime and Trump is showboating and overreacting to that failure.
A citizen who reports a crime is called a witness. A criminal who snitches on fellow criminals is called an informant.
September 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A citizen who reports a crime is called a witness. A criminal who snitches on fellow criminals is called an informant.
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Gonna level with you. I'm not really sure it's a civ-mil problem so much as a "one party views their political opponents as enemies to be cowed into submission through the threat of force" problem. It's sort of a different lane tbh.
August 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Gonna level with you. I'm not really sure it's a civ-mil problem so much as a "one party views their political opponents as enemies to be cowed into submission through the threat of force" problem. It's sort of a different lane tbh.
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Gosh, turns out the things repeatedly cited for "RFK Jr makes some good points" were all bullshit, he's not doing squat about pesticides nor ultraprocessed foods, nor will he make fresh food more accessible and affordable.
Huge surprise from a sociopathic con artist in a GOP admin, I know.
Huge surprise from a sociopathic con artist in a GOP admin, I know.
Draft of White House Report Suggests Kennedy Won’t Push Strict Pesticide Regulations
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Gosh, turns out the things repeatedly cited for "RFK Jr makes some good points" were all bullshit, he's not doing squat about pesticides nor ultraprocessed foods, nor will he make fresh food more accessible and affordable.
Huge surprise from a sociopathic con artist in a GOP admin, I know.
Huge surprise from a sociopathic con artist in a GOP admin, I know.
Who wouldn’t have faith in a guy who believes heroin is a performance enhancing drug?
every attempted explanation this guy gives for his decisions is total nonsense. just gobbledygook. www.scrippsnews.com/health/rfk-j...
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Who wouldn’t have faith in a guy who believes heroin is a performance enhancing drug?
It’s a small world. Just bumped into someone on our cruise I recognized from X but is more active on this app now. I walked up and showed him his profile and said, “recognize this guy.”
July 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
It’s a small world. Just bumped into someone on our cruise I recognized from X but is more active on this app now. I walked up and showed him his profile and said, “recognize this guy.”
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Critical element for success.
We have decent doctrine and we have H2F cadre to assist with program design, injury rehab, and identifying other needs. It would be great if leaders leveraged this info and these resources instead of doing the same BS that Army units have wasted their time with since the last millennium.
April 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Critical element for success.
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If you want to understand DOGE. Start here.
The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
www.notesfromthecircus.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If you want to understand DOGE. Start here.
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This is an exceptionally evidence-based and important thread from @mattashby.com debunking some biased nonsense published in the Grauniad by Amnesty International.
Thread is a perfect primer on predictive policing.
Thread is a perfect primer on predictive policing.
The head of Amnesty International UK claims in this Guardian article that "The evidence that [predictive policing] keeps us safe just isn’t there". But that's simply not true.
Let's look at what the best-available evidence on predictive policing shows …
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Let's look at what the best-available evidence on predictive policing shows …
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK use of predictive policing is racist and should be banned, says Amnesty
Exclusive: rights group says use of algorithms and data reinforces discrimination in UK policing
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is an exceptionally evidence-based and important thread from @mattashby.com debunking some biased nonsense published in the Grauniad by Amnesty International.
Thread is a perfect primer on predictive policing.
Thread is a perfect primer on predictive policing.
Understand Trump’s pathology. The core of every narcissist is deep feeling of inadequacy. His most humiliating experience was being made fun of by Obama at the WH Correspondent’s dinner. It’s all about proving to himself that he’s better than Obama.
February 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Understand Trump’s pathology. The core of every narcissist is deep feeling of inadequacy. His most humiliating experience was being made fun of by Obama at the WH Correspondent’s dinner. It’s all about proving to himself that he’s better than Obama.
@chiefmlt.bsky.social what did you do to get him ranting about sporks?
February 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@chiefmlt.bsky.social what did you do to get him ranting about sporks?
Based on a near majority of Americans electing a geriatric adolescent to the Presidency I’m thinking this problem may not be isolated to one generation of Americans.
I read the article and it's about how expensive housing is. Older generations complain about this too but show little interest in fixing it. There's always moving to a cheaper metro though (if your job/career will let you).
"bypassing traditional milestones" is a funny way of saying that most of us can't afford to buy a house with multiple jobs, won't have children because we can't afford them, most of our degrees are useless, and we are the poorest generation among all current living generations
January 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Based on a near majority of Americans electing a geriatric adolescent to the Presidency I’m thinking this problem may not be isolated to one generation of Americans.