@xmljim.bsky.social
Geek, social scientist, cook, not in any order at any particular time. Staunchly pro small-d democracy.
Last I saw, tarrifs _might_ bring $2.2T - over 10 years.
16.08.2025 01:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Why, yes. So overjoyed that instead of throwing flowers, they're throwing footlong subs.
15.08.2025 22:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My understanding is that DC law prohibits that type of mutual assistance. Is that correct?
15.08.2025 22:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has vowed to find out from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement who theyβre arresting in her city and why.
But despite repeated efforts to get answers, federal immigration authorities have refused to provide even basic details
@swin24.bsky.social mira aqui
www.twz.com/air/u-s-mq-9...
As long as they buy the next round π
15.08.2025 21:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You do you, boo. No way I'd want the equivalent of Alexa "listening in" on my thoughts. That's too close to Minority Report territory.
15.08.2025 20:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0These are strange times.
15.08.2025 20:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"I think on some level, conservatives know perfectly well that liberal American cities are quite safe. Thatβs why they have to work themselves into such paroxysms of hysterical cowardiceβto give themselves permission to inflict violence on the Americans they hate." prospect.org/justice/2025...
15.08.2025 18:03 β π 1165 π 383 π¬ 36 π 45Don't underestimate this administration's ability to invent more
15.08.2025 18:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The SPEAKER implies.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
ππ― We've already totally lost the public National Conversationβ’οΈ battle by treating the invented authoritarian unconstitutional nonsense as part of a two-sided "debate" about this. Again.
15.08.2025 15:18 β π 263 π 46 π¬ 5 π 4I mean, it's not cheap to get all those botox treatments to maintain that Mar-a-Lago look. We wouldn't want her face to met again, would we?
15.08.2025 17:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Noem may be living rent free in your head but she's also living rent free in the military base residence reserved for the head of the Coast Guard wapo.st/4mike5W
15.08.2025 16:11 β π 1010 π 303 π¬ 85 π 45if Trump's order to keep open fossil fuel plants that are scheduled to be decommissioned is followed, it will cost US ratepayers between $3-6 billion per year earthjustice.org/press/2025/i...
15.08.2025 17:03 β π 85 π 47 π¬ 9 π 3Wowwwww. Regression to the mean: they're still fighting the Civil War.
15.08.2025 16:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Trumpβs delegation to the Alaska summit looks loaded for..:economic deals. Bessent, Lutnick, Witkoff, and even Rubio have been talking up deal making. Itβs a tell. Theyβre making clear whatβs really on their minds.
15.08.2025 11:55 β π 394 π 152 π¬ 46 π 14this person should get a lawyer, and, if they don't have a lawyer, my number is easy to find
14.08.2025 22:45 β π 3791 π 1278 π¬ 40 π 46It's still above the Mendoza Line, so we got that going for us.
15.08.2025 03:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hold my beer. You aren't a Rockies fan.
15.08.2025 03:21 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. will begin losing legal protections Friday without action from the Trump administration, leaving them vulnerable to possible arrest and deportation.
www.wsj.com/us-news/ukra...
It's no longer hyperbole. MAGA is out to strangle your vote, your voice, and your rights. There won't be another election of consequence if they rig congressional districts.
15.08.2025 03:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The MAGA Siege of DC
15.08.2025 02:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.
14.08.2025 14:52 β π 4091 π 1664 π¬ 162 π 259Jesus. Pam Bondi just purported to replace the DC police chief and revoke guidance from earlier today that instructed police to continue to comply with DCβs sanctuary laws β laws duly passed by our city council, elected by our voters.
Even more radical than weβd feared.
Donβt know how many times we have to say it:
Social Security is an EARNED benefit.
We must protect it for the generations to come.
Itβs gone completely under the radar but Trump is set to start kicking out Ukrainians who came here legally under Biden as part of a program for people fleeing the war.
15.08.2025 02:06 β π 939 π 455 π¬ 20 π 17"You hit white balls for batting practice..." - Bull Durham
15.08.2025 02:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Now if more Americans would do this...
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