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Patron Saint of Lost Causes, aka Jeff Skrenes

@jskrenes.bsky.social

Unapologetic liberal, dog dad, housing preservationist, practicing Christian, active community member, fan of the Milwaukee Bucks and St. Louis Cardinals, looking for friends at the end of the world.

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After Renee Good was killed, career FBI agents were ordered to stand down from investigating her killing.

Why?

Kash Patel wanted to falsely spin Renee Good as a threat to law enforcement.

02.03.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1985    πŸ” 876    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 44

There are benefits, such as understanding historic documents and developing a unique signature to deter identity theft. But I don't see how that warrants making it a required part of curriculum.

02.03.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought he'd be really into updating his maps after the whole Gulf of America thing.

02.03.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

By asking Chuck Schumer to write a sternly-worded letter provided he can get bipartisan support?

02.03.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also excuse me but how exactly do we stop a country from making IEDs?

02.03.2026 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"We need to abolish ICE and restore immigration enforcement to x department as it was prior to the formation of ICE."

02.03.2026 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why can't we all celebrate that our founding fathers drank a whiskey drink, drank a vodka drink, drank a lager drink, and drank a cider drink?

Then we could sing the songs that remind us of the good times and sings the songs that remind us of the better times.

02.03.2026 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Didn't we pass a Motor Votor law in 1993?

02.03.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cartoon by Emad Hajjaj

02.03.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What if GA comes back and refuses to leave a meaningless game when he's clearly limping and Doc doesn't care enough to override that and he ruptures an Achilles and that fucks over this organization for a decade because we can't re-sign/trade him/defer the cap space? That's more likely than 14-6.

02.03.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it's a bit subtler than that. Like, Biden got shit done without drama, but competence is boring. Same with Mamdani now vs. the scary Muslim socialist who was going to ruin NYC if he got elected. Stories about him just doing his job aren't as easy to write.

02.03.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The media should be equipped by now to describe a man with no empathy for others at all. Instead, at best they just ascribe normal human feelings to him where none exist because they don't comprehend his inhumanity. More likely they are running cover for him.

02.03.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Manfred needs to go.

The Dodgers are why the league needs a salary cap. I genuinely do not care how long baseball is shut down. Two seasons, if that's what it takes. Once this CBA expires, the league needs to figure out how to stop this kind of financial disparity. It's not fun anymore.

02.03.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I gave up hopes that they would fire Doc this season, but if they don't fire him in the off-season then next year is already shot.

01.03.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would wonder how they could put up so few points in the 4th except I was at the Denver game and saw their field goal percentage with my own two eyes.

01.03.2026 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for β€œIAEA” wrong.
They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel
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They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary.
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Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood
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Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly

Post See new posts Conversation Laura Rozen @lrozen Β· 2h From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for β€œIAEA” wrong. They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel Laura Rozen @lrozen Β· 2h They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary. Laura Rozen @lrozen Β· 2h Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood Laura Rozen @lrozen Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly

On top of all the reporting that this war of aggression was planned well in advance, it seems that the reporting also indicates that the US political leadership are quite literally too stupid to understand basic diplomacy. I mean literally not smart enough.

28.02.2026 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 8180    πŸ” 2459    πŸ’¬ 232    πŸ“Œ 238

Flavor Flav is the real deal.

28.02.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
TikTok - Make Your Day

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This guy nails it and the longer segment is spot on.

28.02.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welp

28.02.2026 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 15785    πŸ” 4521    πŸ’¬ 622    πŸ“Œ 163

He is the Ted Cruz of the Middle East.

28.02.2026 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Woke up to news that the same shithole country that shot down its own military drone in El Paso just bombed an elementary school in Iran.

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The entire Democratic strategy debate β€” "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? β€” is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close!
New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

27.02.2026 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7842    πŸ” 2449    πŸ’¬ 343    πŸ“Œ 376

And even if it is upheld 7-2 (with Thomas and Alito willing to co-sign ANYTHING if it's evil enough), taking it up at all is part of the point. Yeah, they protected the blatantly obvious constitutional order THIS time, but they didn't last time and might not next time. That's the message.

27.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I came here to say this exact thing, but in my heart I knew it had already been said.

27.02.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Precisely. The issues of broader institutional control are concerning, no doubt. But what really makes me despair is that significant numbers of Americans either just don't care at all or care but are on the wrong side of basic morality and consitutional order.

27.02.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am not letting individual voters off the hook either. Republican voters had a choice to back up what they said about morality and civic duty being more important than politics, and they showed their true colors.

27.02.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is a great brief and it appropriately ends with a killshot: the simple observation that if trump's meaning held, the birthright clause would not have overturned dred scott, the one thing it was absolutely meant to do.

27.02.2026 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2540    πŸ” 586    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 10

It doesn't help that about 1/4 to 1/3 of Americans are so utterly selfish that they just don't see themselves as part of a shared community. Toxic individuality sells here more than elsewhere.

26.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just tell them you flossed even without doing it right before the appointment. It's one of society's unspoken agreements that they know we're lying, we know that they know, but we agree to pretend this is not the case.

26.02.2026 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0