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Bravo, @rosannecash.bsky.social, bravo.
Dear other celebrities:
⏵ Are fan follower counts worth a piece of your soul? I’m asking for the planet.
Trump’s Plan to Spend $2 Billion to Cancel Offshore Wind Farms
With the buyouts of these wind projects, the U.S. is losing enough generation to power more than 3 million homes. And it is only going to cost taxpayers $2 billion.
https://factkeepers.com/trumps-plan-to-spend-2-billion-to-cancel-offshore-wind-farms/
RESEARCH QUESTION. Please reply if you can afford the 5.5 seconds to answer.
On your mobile device (aka, your phone), how many apps, social or other, do you flip between at least once in a typical day or two?
I fear we’re reached a point of no return. We’ve institutionalized stupidity, disinformation and “alternative facts” to such a degree, I don’t see how anything less than a 100 years of reeducation can reboot the Enlightenment. Humanity has royally fucked itself.
Everything JD Vance wanted is slipping away
The vice president’s disastrous week reveals that he’s in a trap of his own making.
https://www.vox.com/politics/485633/jd-vance-orban-iran-trump-bad-week
On a day when Our wantonly corrupt Supreme Court just ratfucked us for another generation or two. This is really the perfect meme to distribute.
https://bsky.app/profile/itwasgg.bsky.social/post/3mkndegwrd22b
RE: https://mastodon.green/@JustinGerdes/116545846657356632
I’m an American. But I dream of living in a modern country someday. A place where they still have the kind of government (that we helped invent) that supports and nurtures progress for its citizens. ::sigh::
‘People Are Not Buying It’: Trump Loses Right-wing Lindell TV With Latest Stunt
The right-wing Lindell TV network refused to take President Donald Trump at his word after he claimed an image of him as Jesus was really meant to present him as a doctor.
https://crooksandliars.com/2026/04/people-are-not-buying-it-trump-loses-right
Look, it’s just people suffering, what’s the big deal? Trump has pointless wars to wage. Let Trump be Trump. You have nothing to lose but your country. And maybe your life.
Happy Saturday! Forgive me for ruining it for you.
“A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it.”
Spoiler: because billionaires that own most of the media don’t want you to hear about it. Simple as that.
The world is at this madman’s mercy
His ego got him in and it prevents him from leaving.
https://www.editorialboard.com/the-world-is-at-this-madmans-mercy/
Obama’s top Iran negotiator on Trump’s screwups
Wendy Sherman helped Obama reach a deal with Iran. Here’s what she thinks Trump is doing wrong.
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/485719/us-iran-talks-trump-obama-jcpoa-wendy-sherman
Shameless Sean Duffy Tries To Lay Spirit Air Liquidation On Biden
When you can’t defend the indefensible, do what Republicans always do — blame Biden.
https://crooksandliars.com/2026/05/shameless-sean-duffy-tries-lay-spirit
John Roberts Is Either Dumb or Racially Obtuse. And He’s Not Dumb.
After the Supreme Court struck down school integration, guess what happened in the schools? The same thing that’s about to happen with congressional districts.
https://newrepublic.com/post/209847/john-roberts-voting-rights-racially-obtuse
Back in the day, Ana Marie Cox dubbed the #WHCD “Nerdprom.”
As I recall, she’s not proud of it. But in any event, today I am comfortable calling it “Turdprom,” in honor of the absolutely execrable judgment of those journalists attending.
The hidden power keeping wages low.
Eonomists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it’s everywhere, and a new book argues it’s key to understanding inequality.
https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/21/g-s1-118071/the-hidden-power-keeping-wages-low
RE: https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/116439500515747489
Regardless of cause, we’re getting stupider. And it’s becoming a matter of national security. A country this fucking dumb is a danger to itself and everyone around it.
The American experiment has been infected by oligarchs
How our tax system guarantees extreme wealth concentration.
Colleges find removing small obstacles can help students who dropped out to reenroll.
https://apnews.com/article/college-enrollment-scholarship-stopout-a71c7629db127051223f2052857cc553
PUTIN THANKS YOU, MAGA!
Russian Oil Revenues Nearly Doubled in March.
The surge in revenue provided a critical lifeline for Moscow, which has struggled to fund the war in Ukraine amid record-high deficits.
John Morgan (of Morgan & Morgan) promises $100K for anyone who can name his new Florida political party.
Is “Another3rdPartyFailure.com” taken?
The Supreme Court could legalize moonshine, and ruin everything else
McNutt v. DOJ could allow the justices to seize tremendous power over the US economy.
https://www.vox.com/politics/485664/supreme-court-moonshine-commerce-clause-mcnutt-doj
Trump’s Humiliation in Orbán Defeat Stunner Is Only Just Beginning
For Viktor Orbán’s epic loss in Hungary to have real meaning in America, Democrats and liberals need to proclaim themselves part of the global anti-authoritarian movement.
https://newrepublic.com/article/209001/trump-orban-hungary-defeat-humiliation-beginning
You ignorant cultist twatwaffle. Is it news to you that he hasn’t been seen in the company of ANY women on a personal level for his entire career? You people are so fucking desperate to defend the cult. Fuck off.
I guess I was an impressive volunteer yesterday, because two different teams want me now. The set designer needs creative help with designing new rails, and the master carpenter needs “anyone who can run a drill driver and a track saw.” I live for such jobs.
My recent thread on Threads about Ben Sasse really made some people quite perturbed. But I think many often confuse empathy with sympathy. They are very different things.
And when I said I “admired his courage and candor,” I was only referring to his being so public about a disfiguring terminal disease. If you’ve known anyone in that position, as I have, it’s a very hard thing for anyone to do.
RE: https://macaw.social/@andypiper/116403015255633865
Good luck in your next chapter, Andy. Thank you for your service.
Now that’s an amusing prank.
Plastic dicks for some real dicks.
https://stzl.ink/tvirzd
Trump Whines We Have To Re-Examine NATO Because They Wouldn’t Help Us Attack Iran
The idiot in charge is clueless about NATO’s function.
https://crooksandliars.com/2026/04/trump-whines-we-have-re-examine-nato
Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would largely be missing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-midterm-elections-takeover
U.S. soldier involved in Maduro raid charged with betting on the operation
The special forces soldier allegedly made more than $400,000 on Polymarket as a result of the bets, prosecutors say.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/soldier-charged-over-maduro-raid-bet-rcna341710
BTW, I don’t want to suggest that my entire Threads’ thread about Ben Sasse was just people celebrating his misery. There were several hundred replies, and many from people who agreed with me that this wasn’t something to be enjoyed. Some quite eloquently.
