I have to admit I have not read the article yet, but if you don't know it by now I am not a great Obama fan. He didn't do what he could when he could. No Democratic president has ever. So, am I glad he's finally grown a pair? Sure. Do I think the relative size of his ballsack will matter? Naw.
Flyer showed up in my mailbox yesterday from the League of Lady Voters. "We are weakening our Democratic Process" and "Now Politicians Want to Destroy our Election Reforms." They mean the Newsom redistricting retribution plan....Ladies, did you send your prissy flyers to all the Texas voters? Cause I don't think they give a flying "f**k" about weakening our democratic process. So why are you going to do about that?
Have you heard about how shocked, harumph SHOCKED California republicans are at this unseemly attempt to disrupt God's own representational with cheating? I say, this sort of thing shall not be allowed!
My rep is kevin kiley, the guy who sent up a bill to outlaw this sort of thing. He was silent about it until Newsom fought back, but now he says he's opposed to Texas doing it, too. I like the shape of my new proposed District 05 map. Current District 03 is all Sierra Nevada counties, but the new one reaches the librul Sacramento 'burbs.
How is this not holding with principle though? That is what I want to know. We do NOT want a fascist state: to correct that we need to nullify the GOP's racist bullshit. California doing this is NOT racist, any redrawn areas will still be heavily white after all, just not, you know, pig fucking conservative.
Ergo, principles be sound, the press, go suck a duck
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𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗢 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 “𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀”; 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗯𝗻𝗯 𝗰𝗼-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁 — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday creating a new post for the government's chief design officer
𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽 𝗠𝗔𝗫, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 — A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users
He's already withholding monies approved by Congress that are earmarked by PA to help colleges and universities. PA is run by a D governor, doncha know! My sib works for a uni in western PA and that money is needed to employ many people as they make improvements, erect buildings, and so on.
Unknown how many of those soon to be laid off workers voted for the current regime to return to power. Well, they got what they voted for, even if they felt good about acting/wilding out for trump, believing that safeguards maintained and even strengthened by Ds would be left alone by Rs. Can you imagine, believing that RWNJ reactionaries actually care about their voters?!?
I hope Colorado is better prepared for the onslaught coming their way from the vindictive, petty Dementia Don/President Epstein.
Also in PA near the MSH Medical Center. (Penn State Medical School)_ Nearly every dept including hospital services is now short staffed due to both funds being withheld and many foreign born staff, medical people, research scientists, and students have bolted after several incidents of ICE patrols and increased local and State police being spotted on-campus.
I'm wondering how much longer either: the congresscritters from all these states stay silent, or the civil war begins. AI isn't helping me with this, either.
On the "who is a true believer, who is a dumbass, who is a cynic using this shit to get ahead" spectrum, I place James Comer firmly in the very, very stupid and also genuinely believing pile. But I don't think he genuinely believes in anything that could be called policy as such, he's not a true believer in the Project 2025 project, he's a true believer in the cult of personality. Trump could do literally anything, no matter how much any two actions might contradict one another, and Comer wouldn't question his faith. The man is in the elementary stages of religion for Trump, a sort of amoebic evangelism.
' US judge orders shutdown of Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention centre '
The ruling stated that the facility was causing severe environmental damage to the Florida Everglades - a Unesco World Heritage Site - and gave the Trump administration 60 days to wind down its operations.
The judge used a preliminary injunction, which temporarily restricts operations at the facility while a lawsuit brought by environmental groups against it is heard.
The state of Florida, which is partnering with the Trump administration in the building of the site, has already filed an appeal.
I know it's all the fad right now, but trust me, 5 years from now you'll be glad you never got one and if you did, it would be sitting in the back of your closet like that Lionel train set we got you last year.
I noticed those pictured were not wearing masks and most had agency identifiers, giving lie to the notion that while out on terror patrols they are a-scared of being dox'ed.
I have to admit I have not read the article yet, but if you don't know it by now I am not a great Obama fan. He didn't do what he could when he could. No Democratic president has ever. So, am I glad he's finally grown a pair? Sure. Do I think the relative size of his ballsack will matter? Naw.
Flyer showed up in my mailbox yesterday from the League of Lady Voters. "We are weakening our Democratic Process" and "Now Politicians Want to Destroy our Election Reforms." They mean the Newsom redistricting retribution plan....Ladies, did you send your prissy flyers to all the Texas voters? Cause I don't think they give a flying "f**k" about weakening our democratic process. So why are you going to do about that?
More like "What are YOU going to do about that?"
Have you heard about how shocked, harumph SHOCKED California republicans are at this unseemly attempt to disrupt God's own representational with cheating? I say, this sort of thing shall not be allowed!
My rep is kevin kiley, the guy who sent up a bill to outlaw this sort of thing. He was silent about it until Newsom fought back, but now he says he's opposed to Texas doing it, too. I like the shape of my new proposed District 05 map. Current District 03 is all Sierra Nevada counties, but the new one reaches the librul Sacramento 'burbs.
The " fifth of eat my ass". Trump's birthday?
That's easy. You flip her the bird.
"Nah, we say let’s be motherfuckers forever and apologize to Republicans on the fifth of eat my ass."
ALL
OF
THIS
How is this not holding with principle though? That is what I want to know. We do NOT want a fascist state: to correct that we need to nullify the GOP's racist bullshit. California doing this is NOT racist, any redrawn areas will still be heavily white after all, just not, you know, pig fucking conservative.
Ergo, principles be sound, the press, go suck a duck
Oh, please, tell me, Jen's, how exactly does one suck a duck?
It's pretty much the same as "sick a dick."
The propaganda machine of the rich, white men (ie. the MSM) is *always* correct.
Don't even call them conservatives anymore. They are reactionaries. All day long.
Reactionaries: Idiots riding backwards on elephants, eating their dung. And the rest of us are obligated to like it.
Oh, they can fucking try.
Quack!
Oh, the massive suck! Partway through warming up sets, lost my balance and tipped over the fresh, full cold mocha-almond milk latte.
Still. 100 slow plank glute-leg extensions, 25 slow reps arm weights.
AS YOU WERE.
Pour one out for the fresh, full cold mocha-almond milk latte.
Oh wait
😺
Services will be held for the full cold mocha-almond milk latte tomorrow at 2 PM.
I am proud to say I have no idea what "full cold" means in this context. And please don't enlighten me.
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𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗢 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 “𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀”; 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗯𝗻𝗯 𝗰𝗼-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁 — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday creating a new post for the government's chief design officer
https://archive.ph/Af4ma [Bloomberg]
"Earlier this year, Trump abolished an Obama-era office known as 18F that worked on digital design projects across the federal government."
But the new guy is one of Musk's DOGE bros, so you know things will improve dramatically.
All about that grift, bout that grift
I'm now absolutely convinced the Dementia Don really has no clue anymore what is going on. It's Weekend at Bernie's but he's not dead.
Russia is the new China. 🇷🇺 🇨🇳
𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽 𝗠𝗔𝗫, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 — A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users
https://www.reuters.com/technology/russia-orders-state-backed-max-messenger-app-whatsapp-rival-pre-installed-phones-2025-08-21/
Pete Hegseth did the beta testing. I'm sure it works as intended.
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RfuA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fmedia_upload%2Fcomment%2F5a4b67ab-f01b-4eff-b136-5b443ee5cd72%2Fc8223cef-9d16-4cf9-a8ad-c59060326bd9.jpeg
Great ears!
Cool! Hope my handler sends me a new phone soon.
Map Max
MAX: think of him as your Big Brother.
"Push the button, MAX."
🤣
I can hear it
Axios: Trump threatens "harsh measures" against Colorado if Tina Peters is not freed from prison [https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2025/08/21/trump-threat-colorado-tina-peters]
Dementia Donnie talks tougher about Colorado than Russia.
I laugh when people tell me he can't pardon state crimes, but he can bully states into doing it for him anyway.
He's already withholding monies approved by Congress that are earmarked by PA to help colleges and universities. PA is run by a D governor, doncha know! My sib works for a uni in western PA and that money is needed to employ many people as they make improvements, erect buildings, and so on.
Unknown how many of those soon to be laid off workers voted for the current regime to return to power. Well, they got what they voted for, even if they felt good about acting/wilding out for trump, believing that safeguards maintained and even strengthened by Ds would be left alone by Rs. Can you imagine, believing that RWNJ reactionaries actually care about their voters?!?
I hope Colorado is better prepared for the onslaught coming their way from the vindictive, petty Dementia Don/President Epstein.
Also in PA near the MSH Medical Center. (Penn State Medical School)_ Nearly every dept including hospital services is now short staffed due to both funds being withheld and many foreign born staff, medical people, research scientists, and students have bolted after several incidents of ICE patrols and increased local and State police being spotted on-campus.
He'll impose eleventy-billion-percent tariffs!
And then there's that shit happening in Texas...and Florida, which is perfectly okay.
A repost from yesterday, but still funny: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cesium.png
Cs-137 has a habit of sneaking out into the world at large: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesium-137#Incidents_and_accidents
Trying to cure cancerous shrimp with radiation instead of throwing it back seems like a terrible way to ensure profitability.
I'm wondering how much longer either: the congresscritters from all these states stay silent, or the civil war begins. AI isn't helping me with this, either.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lwxdodlbnl2a
On the "who is a true believer, who is a dumbass, who is a cynic using this shit to get ahead" spectrum, I place James Comer firmly in the very, very stupid and also genuinely believing pile. But I don't think he genuinely believes in anything that could be called policy as such, he's not a true believer in the Project 2025 project, he's a true believer in the cult of personality. Trump could do literally anything, no matter how much any two actions might contradict one another, and Comer wouldn't question his faith. The man is in the elementary stages of religion for Trump, a sort of amoebic evangelism.
He's empty. Trump gives him something to live for.
I caught amoebic evangelism once ... was in the loo for days!
But quite right ... Comer isn't willfully ignorant, he's just ignorant.
Or as Evan might call him, pig ignorant. Or pignorant.
Morning Nice Time!
' US judge orders shutdown of Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention centre '
The ruling stated that the facility was causing severe environmental damage to the Florida Everglades - a Unesco World Heritage Site - and gave the Trump administration 60 days to wind down its operations.
The judge used a preliminary injunction, which temporarily restricts operations at the facility while a lawsuit brought by environmental groups against it is heard.
The state of Florida, which is partnering with the Trump administration in the building of the site, has already filed an appeal.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3lwze2njo
"But we really, *really* want a concentration camp in the swamp!"
< stamps foot >
I know it's all the fad right now, but trust me, 5 years from now you'll be glad you never got one and if you did, it would be sitting in the back of your closet like that Lionel train set we got you last year.
lol. Clarissa:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNpx4t8S_Hw/?igsh=YzU0cmx4eXZvbzl0
Yowza! I can see why you don't want to get punched by a kangaroo: https://www.instagram.com/thekangaroosanctuary/reel/CkXKK_LpeXq/
This guy never skips arm day.
Yesterday(?) Crooked Donnie did a photo op with some of his jackbooted thugs. https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1440/810/gettyimages-2230540474-scaled.jpg
I noticed those pictured were not wearing masks and most had agency identifiers, giving lie to the notion that while out on terror patrols they are a-scared of being dox'ed.
I'm surprised they didn't learn their lesson on January 6 when they attacked the US Capitol.
It'd be interesting to find out how many of them are pardoned J6ers.
Garbage people. And of course there's that everpresent Burgum idiot--yet another stooge with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.