Benjamin Thompson

Let’s get a shout out to everyone who was supposed to get raptured today but didn’t.
Guess y’all gotta ride out the sh!t show you helped set into motion with the rest of us sinners.
Here’s your hand basket.

Picture from today’s #CharlieKirk #memorialservice in Arizona.

Trump’s military takeover of D.C. is even more appalling when you see it up close and in person | Jenice Armstrong If nothing else, the president's actions make the stalled case for D.C. statehood even more imperative.

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At this point it wouldn’t surprise me at all to learn he was sending the #NationalGuard to charge the @crackerbarrell.bsky.social restaurants back.

a man in a suit and white shirt is sitting in front of a red wall . ALT: a man in a suit and white shirt is sitting in front of a red wall .

Putin’s reaction to Trump’s tough talk…

Donald Trump’s Self-Own Summit with Vladimir Putin Even the puffery-prone President couldn’t alchemize his non-deal with Russia into Trumpian gold.

Putin played Trump for a fool; which... admittedly... is an easy thing to do. But Lord... how embarrassing.

Seaworthy: Confessions of a Rag Sailor — Cruising World Two shirts, 20 years and a boatload of memories: How a wardrobe of wreckage became my badge of honor.

I am also a fan of clothes that have the “worn out” & “lived in” look…

Republican Ex-Candidate Sentenced to 80 Years in Prison for Shooting Plot

Another ReichWing plot...

@johnleguizamo.bsky.social... those SUPERMAN royalties aren't paying-out enough to cover dude's rent & cheeseburger habit.

Popular Kentucky Whiskey Distilleries Are Filing for Bankruptcy—Here's What to Know This is a disturbing trend.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests she may abandon the Republican party — Guardian US Georgia congresswoman declared in an interview that she feels the GOP has lost touch with its base

Question: If #MTG abandons the #RepublicanParty will she still be an asshole?

We Must End the Scourge of Tech Pants Nobody has ever looked good in “performance chinos.” It’s time for the sloppy, synthetic simulacrum of trousers to go the way of the dodo.

Agreed…

The DOJ Told Trump He's in the Epstein Files: Report The Justice Department told Donald Trump in May that his name appears in the government's Jeffrey Epstein files, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Boom...

It’s a helluva thing when you find yourself agreeing with Ann F**king Coulter.

Trump’s Rage at Obama Explodes, Unnerving Experts: “We’re in Trouble” As President Trump’s threats to prosecute Barack Obama fly off the rails and experts in democracy grow more alarmed, a scholar of democratic breakdown explains how we know authoritarian rule is now up...

Circling the drain, folks…

Canary in a coal mine…

Cancelling Colbert, bribery, an $8bn deal: what’s going on at Paramount? The fallout from the Trump payoff comes as a merger threatens the company’s integrity and A-list talent, such as Stephen Colbert, have already been sacrificed

“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state & corporate power.” ~ Benito Mussolini

Hawley Aims to Roll Back Medicaid Cuts He Voted for Just Two Weeks Ago

Ugh. This asshole. "Look... I didn't read the f**king bill, okay? I didn't realize what I was voting for. I didn't realize how outraged my constituents would be."

h/t @occupydemocrats.bsky.social

This is nothing to worry about. Hey! Look… there were floods in Texas that are probably Biden’s fault. Don’t worry about the Epstein Client List…

Epstein client list doesn't exist, DOJ says, walking back theory Bondi promoted The Justice Department will not release more files related to the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking investigation despite promises from Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Liars gonna keep-on lying...

Heya. Just a reminder… two Democratic lawmakers were shot in Minnesota last week. One died, as did her husband. The other is still in critical condition, as is his wife.
But we’re not talking about that anymore, I guess.

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Democratic Sen. Padilla forcibly removed from DHS press conference in Los Angeles Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.

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Fact-check: Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg contained lies and conspiracy theories about LA The US president reiterated falsehoods and misleading statements to troops at the North Carolina military base

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