Sarcastic Fighter Pilot
@sarcasam-and-jp8.bsky.social
Former USAF. Gifted swearer. Third amendment supporter. People get the governments they deserve…Dear Dr Franklin, we are sorry to report we couldn’t keep it. We gave it to a bunch of rich guys instead.
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/947880
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/947880
Phenomenal work by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social which I’ve only found on X. Please watch.
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February 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Phenomenal work by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social which I’ve only found on X. Please watch.
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I like how this is said.
February 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I like how this is said.
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Top Dem on the House Intel Committee Jim Himes says in a statement that he understands that the White House “insisted” on the CIA transmitting the list in an unclassified email
New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
February 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Top Dem on the House Intel Committee Jim Himes says in a statement that he understands that the White House “insisted” on the CIA transmitting the list in an unclassified email
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New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
February 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
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Someone call Sen Tillis. Everyone call Sen Tillis. Ask where he draws the line on enforcing the Constitution. What is Trump actually shot someone on 5th Ave? Is that it?
Yes, Senator, spending freezes run afoul of the Constitution - but no, this behavior is not common. When Nixon did it, Congress passed a sweeping law to prevent it, a law still on the books today. When Trump did it last time, he was impeached.
Sen. Tillis can be reached today at (202) 224-3121.
Sen. Tillis can be reached today at (202) 224-3121.
Thom Tillis says Trump and Musk can have a little bit of unconstitutional behavior, as a treat www.notus.org/congress/tru...
February 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Someone call Sen Tillis. Everyone call Sen Tillis. Ask where he draws the line on enforcing the Constitution. What is Trump actually shot someone on 5th Ave? Is that it?
@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social
Please tell SecState he needs to fire Beattie for his blatant racism. Beattie should not hold any government position.
Please tell SecState he needs to fire Beattie for his blatant racism. Beattie should not hold any government position.
Rubio has just welcomed one of MAGA’s most toxic trolls into his inner circle and put him in charge of the “public diplomacy” of the United States of America
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Marco Rubio's In-House Bigot
Plus: Inside the USAID purge. A personal plea.
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February 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social
Please tell SecState he needs to fire Beattie for his blatant racism. Beattie should not hold any government position.
Please tell SecState he needs to fire Beattie for his blatant racism. Beattie should not hold any government position.
DOGE is not a government agency, Musk does not have any legitimate role in government, and that any actions they take that impact any appropriated funds are all highly illegal.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Trying to do my part.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Trying to do my part.
February 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
DOGE is not a government agency, Musk does not have any legitimate role in government, and that any actions they take that impact any appropriated funds are all highly illegal.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Trying to do my part.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Trying to do my part.
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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay bills - STAT
Thanks, Musk. Shitty Ozymandias strikes again.
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay bills - STAT
Thanks, Musk. Shitty Ozymandias strikes again.
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills — STAT
One scientist texted his landlord to say February rent would be late. Another wasn’t able to pay her credit card bill. Yet another wondered how much longer he could afford his mortgage.
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January 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay bills - STAT
Thanks, Musk. Shitty Ozymandias strikes again.
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay bills - STAT
Thanks, Musk. Shitty Ozymandias strikes again.
Dear America,
Trump’s bullshit about the collision at DCA is bullshit.
Sorry about the redundancy.
Trump’s bullshit about the collision at DCA is bullshit.
Sorry about the redundancy.
January 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Dear America,
Trump’s bullshit about the collision at DCA is bullshit.
Sorry about the redundancy.
Trump’s bullshit about the collision at DCA is bullshit.
Sorry about the redundancy.
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He did say he would break the law ≠ a legitimate defense of lawbreaking
Can’t believe I have to say this. And yet, that’s the moment we find ourselves in.
Can’t believe I have to say this. And yet, that’s the moment we find ourselves in.
January 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
He did say he would break the law ≠ a legitimate defense of lawbreaking
Can’t believe I have to say this. And yet, that’s the moment we find ourselves in.
Can’t believe I have to say this. And yet, that’s the moment we find ourselves in.
To be fair, Americans like the “didn’t come to bring peace but a sword” passages but ignore all the love and be nice to poor people verses.
"The Bishop hijacked the Prayer Service" is like saying "the pilot hijacked the plane"
January 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
To be fair, Americans like the “didn’t come to bring peace but a sword” passages but ignore all the love and be nice to poor people verses.
Holy shit…The Boys, season 4, ep 6. Start at min 44:40 and listen to the character Victoria Neuman’s monologue.
If Thiel, Andressen and Musk had written it, they’d have put it on ft.com instead of in an overly violent, ridiculously sexual show.
All hail the President Musk.
If Thiel, Andressen and Musk had written it, they’d have put it on ft.com instead of in an overly violent, ridiculously sexual show.
All hail the President Musk.
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January 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Holy shit…The Boys, season 4, ep 6. Start at min 44:40 and listen to the character Victoria Neuman’s monologue.
If Thiel, Andressen and Musk had written it, they’d have put it on ft.com instead of in an overly violent, ridiculously sexual show.
All hail the President Musk.
If Thiel, Andressen and Musk had written it, they’d have put it on ft.com instead of in an overly violent, ridiculously sexual show.
All hail the President Musk.
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Dems are still operating in a political paradigm where the public has a set of concerns, roughly reflecting the reality of life in America, and elections are about who addresses them better.
But that is not the political paradigm we’ve lived in, for a long time, and we’re getting further from it.
But that is not the political paradigm we’ve lived in, for a long time, and we’re getting further from it.
January 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Dems are still operating in a political paradigm where the public has a set of concerns, roughly reflecting the reality of life in America, and elections are about who addresses them better.
But that is not the political paradigm we’ve lived in, for a long time, and we’re getting further from it.
But that is not the political paradigm we’ve lived in, for a long time, and we’re getting further from it.
But let me double check…if he was a former president we’re cool with that, right?
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors seek 15-year prison term for former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez for taking bribes and serving as a foreign agent.
January 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
But let me double check…if he was a former president we’re cool with that, right?
Just so everyone is clear, 1/6/21 wasn’t a day of love and they weren’t tourists. It was an attempt to stop the Republic from respecting the results of a free and fair election, by a sitting President. And the GOP sided with the insurrectionists.
January 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Just so everyone is clear, 1/6/21 wasn’t a day of love and they weren’t tourists. It was an attempt to stop the Republic from respecting the results of a free and fair election, by a sitting President. And the GOP sided with the insurrectionists.
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"Some of these same elected officials are now defending the January 6th rioters and calling on Trump to pardon them. And some members of Congress are inviting rioters to Trump’s inauguration, bringing them back to the site of the building they desecrated."
www.thebulwark.com/p/january-6t...
www.thebulwark.com/p/january-6t...
I Was Nearly Killed on Jan. 6th. Four Years Later, I Feel Betrayed All Over Again.
The people whose lives I protected sided with my attackers. But they weren’t the only ones to let me down.
www.thebulwark.com
January 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"Some of these same elected officials are now defending the January 6th rioters and calling on Trump to pardon them. And some members of Congress are inviting rioters to Trump’s inauguration, bringing them back to the site of the building they desecrated."
www.thebulwark.com/p/january-6t...
www.thebulwark.com/p/january-6t...
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"The scariest thing about contemporary American politics is that on January 7, 2021, it was widely acknowledged among American conservatives that Donald Trump’s behavior on January 6th was completely unacceptable." www.slowboring.com/p/four-years...
Four years later
The unapologetic nature of Trump's political renaissance is an ongoing menace
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January 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"The scariest thing about contemporary American politics is that on January 7, 2021, it was widely acknowledged among American conservatives that Donald Trump’s behavior on January 6th was completely unacceptable." www.slowboring.com/p/four-years...
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All together, the nine billionaires tapped by Trump to serve in his administration are worth at least $340 billion – higher than the GDP of 172 countries.
Why any working person would ever think Trump or his administration is looking out for your interests is a mystery to us.
#ResistTrump
Why any working person would ever think Trump or his administration is looking out for your interests is a mystery to us.
#ResistTrump
December 21, 2024 at 12:01 AM
All together, the nine billionaires tapped by Trump to serve in his administration are worth at least $340 billion – higher than the GDP of 172 countries.
Why any working person would ever think Trump or his administration is looking out for your interests is a mystery to us.
#ResistTrump
Why any working person would ever think Trump or his administration is looking out for your interests is a mystery to us.
#ResistTrump
Wait, is this the war on Christmas I’ve heard so much about?
President-elect Trump said Friday morning that it would be better for the government to shut down now, under President Biden’s watch, than to let congressional gridlock result in a politically damaging stalemate after he takes office next month.
Trump Says Shutdown Should Happen on Biden’s Watch, Not His
The president-elect is eager to evade responsibility for the consequences of a potential shutdown even as he blew up a bipartisan deal that would have kept it open.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Wait, is this the war on Christmas I’ve heard so much about?
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Analysis | The vote on tonight’s spending bill could be the first test of Elon Musk’s presidency.
December 19, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Analysis | The vote on tonight’s spending bill could be the first test of Elon Musk’s presidency.
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Brief thread on how we got here: Since the GOP won control of the House 2 years ago they have not passed a single appropriations package into law. Government has operated at funding levels set by Dems 2 years ago via continuing resolutions every few months. This is not normal.
December 19, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Brief thread on how we got here: Since the GOP won control of the House 2 years ago they have not passed a single appropriations package into law. Government has operated at funding levels set by Dems 2 years ago via continuing resolutions every few months. This is not normal.
CNN:
“Of the 83 school shootings this year, 56 have been reported on K-12 campuses and 27 on university and college campuses.”
83 school shootings this year? Clearly “hopes and prayers” aren’t cutting it.
“Of the 83 school shootings this year, 56 have been reported on K-12 campuses and 27 on university and college campuses.”
83 school shootings this year? Clearly “hopes and prayers” aren’t cutting it.
December 17, 2024 at 1:55 PM
CNN:
“Of the 83 school shootings this year, 56 have been reported on K-12 campuses and 27 on university and college campuses.”
83 school shootings this year? Clearly “hopes and prayers” aren’t cutting it.
“Of the 83 school shootings this year, 56 have been reported on K-12 campuses and 27 on university and college campuses.”
83 school shootings this year? Clearly “hopes and prayers” aren’t cutting it.