Thomas Shrack
@tshrack.bsky.social
a busted stitch in the patchwork of the flag
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There’s so much I’m grateful not to know, to never have experienced, or to never need to imagine. 🙏
December 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There’s so much I’m grateful not to know, to never have experienced, or to never need to imagine. 🙏
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Look, I'm not "excusing Medicare fraud", I'm simply pointing out the fact that when Republican Rick Scott was caught doing it you silly fuckers elected him to the United States Senate
December 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Look, I'm not "excusing Medicare fraud", I'm simply pointing out the fact that when Republican Rick Scott was caught doing it you silly fuckers elected him to the United States Senate
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tell me if you've heard this one before: a billionaire gets upset for being criticized for saying stupid things on social media, then confidentially concludes the problem is most certainly everybody else
Mark Cuban Says It’s ‘CRAZY’ That 'Real Conversations' Are Easier On X Or Threads Than On Bluesky
Mark Cuban, billionaire entrepreneur and longtime "Shark Tank" star, is stepping back from Bluesky, the social media platform once hailed as a kinder, more
offthefrontpage.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
tell me if you've heard this one before: a billionaire gets upset for being criticized for saying stupid things on social media, then confidentially concludes the problem is most certainly everybody else
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The Russians have tried to assassinate Zelensky many times. Never seems to have bothered Trump.
Trump on a report that Ukraine tried to strike Putin's residence: "I don't like it. It's not good. I heard about it this morning. You know who told me about it? President Putin told me about it ... I was very angry about it."
December 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Russians have tried to assassinate Zelensky many times. Never seems to have bothered Trump.
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"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
www.thebulwark.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
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We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
Greg Gutfeld says he doesn't understand how vaccines work as “a community preventative thing”
Greg Gutfeld says he doesn't understand how vaccines work as "a community preventative thing"
www.mediamatters.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
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Don't stop chewing out your electeds about this. Gender-affirming healhcare IS healthcare, period, and cis kids are allowed the exact same hormone therapies without all the brouhaha. Banning care WILL kill kids, period.
Attorneys General in 20 blue states are challenging the Trump administration's attempts to unilaterally end gender affirming care for youth through executive decree.
That and two other court cases show that the fight for trans rights is just getting started.
That and two other court cases show that the fight for trans rights is just getting started.
Blue State AGs Unite to Challenge Trump’s Assault on Trans Kids — Assigned
Intimidation of doctors and invasion of patient privacy are being fought in the courts. A radical right-wing assault on academic freedom is headed there as well. The week’s top trans news story lines.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Don't stop chewing out your electeds about this. Gender-affirming healhcare IS healthcare, period, and cis kids are allowed the exact same hormone therapies without all the brouhaha. Banning care WILL kill kids, period.
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never taken a dime from a billionaire, I merely *incidentally* profited by publishing a complete horseshit story a billionaire wanted published, on the condition I do it on the platform he owns, so that I could convert the attention into subscribers on a different billionaire-funded platform
a lot of dumb dumbs at the Atlantic, but man, Caitlin Flanagan is on another level
December 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
never taken a dime from a billionaire, I merely *incidentally* profited by publishing a complete horseshit story a billionaire wanted published, on the condition I do it on the platform he owns, so that I could convert the attention into subscribers on a different billionaire-funded platform
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This is the 7th person whose sentence was commuted by Trump that has been rearrested on new charges. And don't pretend Trump cares about fraud in MN. This guy bilked over a $1 billion and Trump let him go.
December 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is the 7th person whose sentence was commuted by Trump that has been rearrested on new charges. And don't pretend Trump cares about fraud in MN. This guy bilked over a $1 billion and Trump let him go.
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Genuinely depressing how many people out there believe this
December 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Genuinely depressing how many people out there believe this
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I was so repulsed by the mockery that I didn't even make the connection to his advocacy for people sickened by 9/11 WTC pollutants. 🚮
Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny
Critics of the Daily Show host say he's a hypocrite.
www.motherjones.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I was so repulsed by the mockery that I didn't even make the connection to his advocacy for people sickened by 9/11 WTC pollutants. 🚮
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sure do wish I could walk down a flight of stairs without fainting after 2.5 years of nonstop rehabbing from what should’ve been a preventable illness; oh well, here’s sports
December 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
sure do wish I could walk down a flight of stairs without fainting after 2.5 years of nonstop rehabbing from what should’ve been a preventable illness; oh well, here’s sports
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
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Also: the Biden administration investigated it years ago and dozens of people have already been convicted
The hilarious thing about this obviously false claim -- which of course has gone viral on the other site -- is that it was the New York Times' story last month that brought this to the attention of MAGA in the first place.
(Also, MSM has reported on this for YEARS!)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
(Also, MSM has reported on this for YEARS!)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
December 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Also: the Biden administration investigated it years ago and dozens of people have already been convicted
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Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny
Critics of the Daily Show host say he's a hypocrite.
www.motherjones.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Also worth noting that Stephen Miller's deranged, racist hatred of any/all solicitude toward the "undeveloped world" again reveals that his deeper radical goal is to destroy the entire human rights/immigration law that the US has admirably (if unevenly) built up since the postwar era:
Compare and contrast this deeply sick Stephen Miller tweet (left) with the rhetoric that was used on people like his ancestors when they immigrated to the United States (right):
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Also worth noting that Stephen Miller's deranged, racist hatred of any/all solicitude toward the "undeveloped world" again reveals that his deeper radical goal is to destroy the entire human rights/immigration law that the US has admirably (if unevenly) built up since the postwar era:
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Trump guys on Twitter are using Grok to “hunt” daycares in their nearest city to see if there are kids in them and, if there are, if they’re Somali.
December 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump guys on Twitter are using Grok to “hunt” daycares in their nearest city to see if there are kids in them and, if there are, if they’re Somali.
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It's been really interesting to watch as this story is just EVERYWHERE on Twitter, but isn't getting much traction on other social sites.
At one point, the two men in this video don’t identify themselves to daycare workers, demand to know where the children are, and then try to yank open the door as the female employees pull on it to keep them out.
December 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It's been really interesting to watch as this story is just EVERYWHERE on Twitter, but isn't getting much traction on other social sites.
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The perfect Yglesias post: declaring “billionaires are good, actually,” as if it was some bold, counterintuitive take.
December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The perfect Yglesias post: declaring “billionaires are good, actually,” as if it was some bold, counterintuitive take.
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I miss the days before covid, when in New York, in Times Square or a crowded subway, you would sometimes see people wearing masks and think, "Why are they wearing those? Oh, right--it's none of my fucking business." Let's get back to that.
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I miss the days before covid, when in New York, in Times Square or a crowded subway, you would sometimes see people wearing masks and think, "Why are they wearing those? Oh, right--it's none of my fucking business." Let's get back to that.
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I don't know if he will enjoy what eventually happens to Nazis who aren't sent to prison, either.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
December 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I don't know if he will enjoy what eventually happens to Nazis who aren't sent to prison, either.
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Writing was wild this year.
Wrote three screenplays my reps hated. One then got 9s on blacklist and is the 6th highest rated script on the site. Parted ways with reps.
Sent out book and got stack of rejections. Book then won best unpublished novel award.
Edging but for a career.
Wrote three screenplays my reps hated. One then got 9s on blacklist and is the 6th highest rated script on the site. Parted ways with reps.
Sent out book and got stack of rejections. Book then won best unpublished novel award.
Edging but for a career.
December 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Writing was wild this year.
Wrote three screenplays my reps hated. One then got 9s on blacklist and is the 6th highest rated script on the site. Parted ways with reps.
Sent out book and got stack of rejections. Book then won best unpublished novel award.
Edging but for a career.
Wrote three screenplays my reps hated. One then got 9s on blacklist and is the 6th highest rated script on the site. Parted ways with reps.
Sent out book and got stack of rejections. Book then won best unpublished novel award.
Edging but for a career.
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RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).