Mary Balkon

That's lovely, Shane! How much do you charge for this kind of commission work, if I may ask?

Sorry to ruin good fun with political snideness, but I totally feel like this should be the theme song playing in the background whenever one of those MAGA barbie women takes the stage . . . .

Here's another good'un.
(Performed here: youtu.be/MGSdYFR50Y8)

When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.

Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.

Funny how that works, huh?

Adam Schiff is right on point.

PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.

LIVE: At least 1 dead after plane crash at Scottsdale Airport, sources say Scottsdale Airport says its runway is closed as emergency crews are on scene of an accident.

Another plane crash
www.azfamily.com/2025/02/10/s...

Pretty damning evidence tipping the scales on the question of whether Musk is pro-apartheid.

Thank you! So, so helpful!

Hi Shane, I don't actually know how to locate news sources that publish OpEds. Do you have suggestions for finding places to do this? Thanks so much for all your knowledge!

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project A Message to the US Senate

A message to the US Senate: America is watching. Patel, Gabbard, and RFK are more than just unfit. They are a danger to our country, and to our people's safety. Use your vote to protect the people you represent. History will remember your choice.

I recently reposted a former congressional staffer who said that when an issue got 20-30 calls it would get representatives freaked out and ready to do something. It takes less than you’d think, because so few people actually take that kind of action

I've just called my representative and both my senators this morning. Thank you so much to everyone who gave me advice about how to do this!😅

@michdragon.bsky.social

Thank you so much, Shane! This is really helpful!

Thank you! That's so helpful!

Truth: I've never called a politician in my life. Ever. Even when terrible things were happening. Could someone who has maybe tell me what it was like and give me some kind of "script" for what I should say and how I should say it to have the most impact? I'd be grateful . . . .

May I suggest something radical? Have mercy on people. Even on here.

What’s happening is unprecedented, so politicians, journalists, public servants etc are doing their best to adjust. Not doing exactly what you think they should doesn’t mean they’re giving up or giving in.

Let's be clear that “Christian” Nationalists aren't Christians.

People who promote hatred, cruelty, oppression and violence, “in the name of Christ,” are literally taking that name in vain.

"By their effing deeds, you will know them . . . ." Matthew 7:16 (expletive mine).

Wow. The irony of David Sacks claiming (without evidence, of course, but it's MAGA, so duh) that DeepSeek stole from OpenAI by using it to train their models. Being all self righteous and outraged by it? After OpenAI blatantly stole from artists and writers in exactly that way? Karma's a bitch, huh?

Seems like the Trump-er-y administration made it pretty clear this week that they are firmly in the goat camp . . . .
( Matthew 25: 31-46 The Sheep and the Goats)

Remember the good old days when someone saying that they're "Christian" meant that, even if they were hypocrites, they were at least nominally in favor of mercy and kindness? Those were good times . . . .

I have to say that this administration's trump-er-y and all the hypocrites jumping on board are weeding themselves out quite nicely. It's becoming increasingly east to know how to vote with dollars . . . . Go Ben and Jerry's! Go Costco!

This is the Ben & Jerry’s video that has folks talking and MAGA losing their shit!

We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀

Just read a post from one of my trumpery FB friends who called the inauguration "a great day for America." I kind of feel like we're in the Buffy episode "Superstar." You know, an alternate reality where people are adoring and admiring a weenie loser?

So you know how they enslave child soldiers by forcing them to do something so morally reprehensible that they have nowhere else to go? That's what Trump has done to every Republican senator who complied in confirming Hegseth. He owns them forever now, because no one will ever trust them again.

Increasingly a Necessity: A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism – BillMoyers.com It’s good to remember the very big, very frightening picture before us, how far we’ve already come, and to consider what recourse we have with complicit and corrupt forces standing in the way. Continu...

A whole bunch of you need to read this.

billmoyers.com/story/increa...

Tip from @snowjob.bsky.social

If you have a whitehouse.gov link you want to access and it is down, try replacing "www.whitehouse.gov" with "bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov"

The national archives is still doing its job for now.

Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’ "People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”

Ope! The bill would make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.” www.wlbt.com/2025/01/22/m...