Trump Shares Own Experiences As Victim Of White Genocide WASHINGTON—Saying the plight of white South African farmers affected him on a deeply personal level, President Donald Trump issued a statement Thursday in which he shared his own experiences as a vict...

consider the source:
theonion.com/trump-shares...

Steven Pinker, a conservative psychologist who's criticized Harvard, has also defended the university against the Trumpster.

real what?

How much would it "save" the recipients of these programs? Nothing: instead they will lose, to help the GOPsters finance big tax cuts for the rich.

I don't think he'll impose martial law until after he knows he has the Supreme Court completely on his side.

The good news is that Crypto is a bubble, so unless they get out now, they're very likely to lose their ill-gotten gains.

He is saying that we're in a war like WW2 -- or some kind of serious emergency. Should we expect him to impose martial law next?

that reminds me of when the US was invading Iraq in 2003, a newsperson asked a Bush #2 official a hard question about that invasion -- and he answered "there's a slogan in the US: 'These colors don't run."

now I understand what you were responding to, but it should have been easier. (There were two threads. My first response was to the first one.)

I can't reply to you because I don't know what you were replying to. BlueSky is really bad on this.

thanks!

Social Movements constrained Trump in his first Term – Much more than People Realize By Kevin A. Young, UMass Amherst (The Conversation) - Donald Trump’s first term as president saw some of the largest mass protests seen in the U.S. in over 50 years, from the 2017 Women’s March to the...

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Investigating claim of Colin Powell's name being removed from Arlington Cemetery website Some people alleged U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth oversaw the removal of Powell's biography from the cemetery's website. Here are the facts.

www.snopes.com/news/2025/03...

which Hussein? the late King Hussein of Jordan?

Having a living person on US currency or stamps became illegal in the late 19th century. (I believe this was because Salmon P. Chase used his presence on US currency to promote his political ambitions.) Of course, that law could be changed to serve GOPster brown-nosing.

I wish it were easy to tell what I was responding to.

On Bluesky, how do I figure out what this is a response to?

she would be replacing Johnny Depp as Captain Sparrow?

since he's such a popular guy, his advertising should be very successful. (Sarcasm intended.)

I hope that the cutbacks in this Department's budget hamstring the investigation of "dozens of colleges."

more popular art

popular art

L'État, c'est moi!

what about them?

what is the "
post-religious right"?

Thousands protest Trump acts Thousands protest Trump acts

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Before Crash, an Alarming Pattern of Near-Misses Between Planes

If they treated these workers better, they'd do a better job, and the skies would be safer.

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FAFO?

Artists' utopia in ashes: How a little-known 'misfit community' called JJU burned down in Altadena John Joyce University wasn't a university but rather a tight-knit counterculture collective that drew painters, composers, poets and more. Their houses and converted garages burned, but residents are ...

This is where our son lived until the fire:
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Did the same combination create Henry Ford?