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Jeff Burtka๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

@jeffburtka.bsky.social

Writing. Running. Outdoors. Anishinaabe & Wyandot Land (Metro Detroit) Writer. Lawyer. Used to blog about the State of Michigan (Lifelong Michigander blog). I blame it on my elegance. #detroit #michigan https://jburtka.journoportfolio.com

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The idea of framing this vainglorious billionaire lot as modern day versions of the gritty, hard-bitten, working class, manual laborers who, for a pittance of wages, risked their lives and used their hands to make real the skyscraper dreams of the wealthy and middle classes isโ€ฆ.lunacy.

12.12.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 994    ๐Ÿ” 253    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 55    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Work for a big co & if there's an ethics/compliance investigation at pretty much any level, in addition to E&C person & other company personnel, the employee can invite a 3rd party person - typically a spouse, partner, or friend - sit in & provide emotional support.

This is bush league.

11.12.2025 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She's a terrible person.

11.12.2025 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?

Noem: We have not deported military veterans.

Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.

11.12.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16718    ๐Ÿ” 5375    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 717    ๐Ÿ“Œ 430

He's doing without the east wing

11.12.2025 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Venezuela decries โ€˜act of piracyโ€™ after US forces seize oil tanker off countryโ€™s coast Footage uploaded to X by US attorney general shows its forces landing on the tanker in major escalation of Trumpโ€™s pressure campaign

"Trump confirmed the operation on Wednesday, saying: 'Weโ€™ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela โ€“ a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever seized actually.'"

Let's start a war so he can deal with his size obsession.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

11.12.2025 03:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If I had a nickle for every undocumented immigrant worker who's outbid a U.S. citizen for a house, I'd have zero nickles.

10.12.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know you're a piece of shit when Piers is calling you a misogynist.

This whole exchange reminds me of Shatner on SNL asking the Trek fan if he'd ever kissed a girl.

09.12.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He just believes everything Stephen Miller and his other handlers tell him and acts based on that information.

09.12.2025 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nothing to see here, just the President of the United States having absolutely no idea who he is pardoning, nor why.

09.12.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1022    ๐Ÿ” 288    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

something you have to understand about Trump & his weird comments about the economy is that the dude hasn't paid for anything like a normal person in decades - never pumps gas, never buys groceries - so he's completely & utterly out of touch with what life is like for most of us

09.12.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5021    ๐Ÿ” 960    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 314    ๐Ÿ“Œ 90

Jimmy Fallon stop platforming terrible people challenge

09.12.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1781    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

We're in the stupidest timeline.

09.12.2025 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.

Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.

08.12.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3541    ๐Ÿ” 1068    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
Photo of Brian Kilmeade of Fox and Friends in a blue suit with a red tie looking like the dumb POS that he is

Photo of Brian Kilmeade of Fox and Friends in a blue suit with a red tie looking like the dumb POS that he is

He's just sitting there fantasizing about killing homeless people.

09.12.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Think of all the actors, crew, and other creative people that could have been hired to film an ad. Instead, these people are bitching while putting people out of work.

09.12.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œA.I. is a tool.โ€

Youโ€™re a tool.

09.12.2025 08:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 232    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A good point people are bringing up โ€” if they need to pretend that making this commercial was hard work to avoid getting yelled at, they are also undercutting the propaganda that A.I. will give you a ton more free time. Which fake story are you sticking to. bsky.app/profile/cult...

09.12.2025 07:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 904    ๐Ÿ” 283    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Once I stayed up all night drawing actual illustrations for a spot that ran nationally on short notice and I would like to tell the people who โ€œhardly sleptโ€ because they were โ€œwriting promptsโ€ that they are soft pathetic babies who can go to baby hell.

09.12.2025 07:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3427    ๐Ÿ” 715    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Lillard is a better actor than that guy who played Jimmie in Pulp Fiction and Mr. Brown in Reservoir Dogs.

But I won't call that actor out by name.

07.12.2025 21:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I thought we reached peak Christmas card cringe when they posed with their AR-15sโ€ฆ but the DHS secret police one that just dropped (still with guns and tactical gear) threatening to deport people of color takes the cake.

06.12.2025 13:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I ho ho hope they end up in prison where they belong.

06.12.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"In the days following the event, the woman says she hasnโ€™t been able to sleep, is in physical pain from the way she was handled by the agents, and keeps reliving what happened. โ€œThe way I was treated left me feeling traumatized, humiliated, degraded, and unheard.โ€"

06.12.2025 14:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 435    ๐Ÿ” 190    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname โ€” a small South American country east ...

"[Admiral] Bradley argued there was still a possibility the drug shipment could have ultimately made its way from Suriname to the US."

It's like Minority Report, except with summary executions. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...

06.12.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The GOP is racist trash for allowing this and so many "anti-woke" policies.

If you feel hurt by MLK Day or Juneteenth, then you're a pathetic little racist. Get over yourself and figure out how to become a better person before sullying our national parks with your presence. Until then, GTFO.

06.12.2025 02:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Infuriating

06.12.2025 02:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Orders DEI Out of National Park Bookstores | KQED A new memo gives the National Park Service two weeks to review bookstores for โ€œequity-relatedโ€ content for removal.

Just depressing. #parkchat

www.kqed.org/news/1206592...

05.12.2025 23:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

these gross fucks. just scum.

05.12.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 944    ๐Ÿ” 163    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Looking at this photo and his recent appearances on camera, I can't believe how many people and institutions are kissing his ass.

Have they seen him? He ain't living much longer.

Maybe wait until we have a younger dictator for an ass to kiss.

Or do they all need pardons ASAP?

05.12.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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