McJulie
@mcjulie.bsky.social
Ruining your workplaces since the early 1990s. Former journalist. Current data scientist. For fun I write books about Cajun werewolves https://www.gothhouse.org/tales-of-the-rougarou/
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McJulie
@mcjulie.bsky.social
· Apr 14
Reporter: And a sense of helplessness because there's nothing you can do about it.
Marche: Oh, we're not helpless. There's lots we can do. It's you guys that are helpless. You have a political system that can't respond to reality.
THIS WAS SUCH AN AMERICAN COMMENT BY THE REPORTER HOLY GOD.
Marche: Oh, we're not helpless. There's lots we can do. It's you guys that are helpless. You have a political system that can't respond to reality.
THIS WAS SUCH AN AMERICAN COMMENT BY THE REPORTER HOLY GOD.
“We’re not helpless… it’s you guys that are helpless”
That hits HARD
That hits HARD
Okay look there are a LOT of things trump doesn’t have (scruples, wisdom, a single morally redeeming quality) but he absolutely does have a fan base! he was a big tv star!
Trump never had a fan base.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Okay look there are a LOT of things trump doesn’t have (scruples, wisdom, a single morally redeeming quality) but he absolutely does have a fan base! he was a big tv star!
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I do my very best to avoid ever interacting with one and I just had to walk out of a bar in *Cambridge, Massachusetts* because I got so annoyed by the people next to me talking about how he’s the greatest president ever and “they” are all criminals we have to deport.
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I do my very best to avoid ever interacting with one and I just had to walk out of a bar in *Cambridge, Massachusetts* because I got so annoyed by the people next to me talking about how he’s the greatest president ever and “they” are all criminals we have to deport.
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At least once a week I see this old man at the store I work at. He wears American flag shorts, a trump shirt, and a trump hat that makes it look like he has trump's hair, and his truck has a profile shot of trump on one of the windows. Trump has fans and theyre fucking weirdos.
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
At least once a week I see this old man at the store I work at. He wears American flag shorts, a trump shirt, and a trump hat that makes it look like he has trump's hair, and his truck has a profile shot of trump on one of the windows. Trump has fans and theyre fucking weirdos.
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For the first time since 1988 the government walks away from World AIDS Day. Decades of commitment tossed aside 🚫. A community still fighting is told to carry the weight alone 🟥. This should shake the walls. Where is the outrage 🔥.
Inside the Federal Gag Order to Forget World AIDS Day
What the Government’s Silence on World AIDS Day Says About Whose Lives It Values
thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
For the first time since 1988 the government walks away from World AIDS Day. Decades of commitment tossed aside 🚫. A community still fighting is told to carry the weight alone 🟥. This should shake the walls. Where is the outrage 🔥.
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Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday
() -The Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities, demanding higher pay and staffing levels at the coffee chain. The walkout,...
www.yahoo.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
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h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
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Free digital version of The Art of KPop Demon Hunters!! theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Free digital version of The Art of KPop Demon Hunters!! theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
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@clairewillett.bsky.social, this visual development art of the morally ambiguous maternal mother figure over 40 is for you
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
@clairewillett.bsky.social, this visual development art of the morally ambiguous maternal mother figure over 40 is for you
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Not a peep from CBS News boss Bari Weiss after Trump called CBS reporter Nancy Cordes 'stupid' at a Thurs n/c. CBS mentions the incident in this piece about Trump's repeated attacks on female reporters but Bari's MIA when it comes to standing up for Cordes.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
Trump lashes out at female reporters, calling them "ugly," "stupid" and "piggy"
President Trump has lashed out at several female reporters who have asked him questions or written critically of him in recent weeks, calling them "ugly," "stupid," and "piggy."
www.cbsnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Not a peep from CBS News boss Bari Weiss after Trump called CBS reporter Nancy Cordes 'stupid' at a Thurs n/c. CBS mentions the incident in this piece about Trump's repeated attacks on female reporters but Bari's MIA when it comes to standing up for Cordes.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
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The only people who could possibly be fooled by saying stuff like this, are executives who don't know how *anything* works or what *any* kind of work looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The only people who could possibly be fooled by saying stuff like this, are executives who don't know how *anything* works or what *any* kind of work looks like.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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Broke: Department of Defense
Woke: Department of War
Bespoke: Department of War Crimes
Woke: Department of War
Bespoke: Department of War Crimes
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Broke: Department of Defense
Woke: Department of War
Bespoke: Department of War Crimes
Woke: Department of War
Bespoke: Department of War Crimes
They’re going to run “AI Trump,” an LLM programmed with everything he’s ever said and all the pictures ever taken of him, for president in 2028 and the SCOTUS ruling that makes this “legal” is going to inadvertently grant personhood to all the other LLMs.
Trump posts an image of him holding a sign that reads, “Trump 2028, yes!”
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
They’re going to run “AI Trump,” an LLM programmed with everything he’s ever said and all the pictures ever taken of him, for president in 2028 and the SCOTUS ruling that makes this “legal” is going to inadvertently grant personhood to all the other LLMs.
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Oh nothing. Just a major conservative activist, former staffer for Chuck Grassley and a former clerk for Justice Neil Gorsuch calling me a "retarded pussy." Fun stuff on X, the everything site.
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Oh nothing. Just a major conservative activist, former staffer for Chuck Grassley and a former clerk for Justice Neil Gorsuch calling me a "retarded pussy." Fun stuff on X, the everything site.
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In support of some of @peterbeinart.bsky.social's points, I'd note that Zohran's own advisers seem to see things similarly. Here's what they told me back in July, in three screencaps:
newrepublic.com/article/1984...
newrepublic.com/article/1984...
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In support of some of @peterbeinart.bsky.social's points, I'd note that Zohran's own advisers seem to see things similarly. Here's what they told me back in July, in three screencaps:
newrepublic.com/article/1984...
newrepublic.com/article/1984...
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I feel like, "Why do Trump's doctors keep administering cognitive exams to him?" is a question the media might want to pursue, if for some reason they were inclined to apply the same standards to a Republican politician that they do to Democratic ones.
There is no reason for anyone to be intimidated by this unpopular failing lame duck whose mental and physical health is circling the drain
Four polls in recent days now have Trump in the 30s, with 3 at 35%-36%: 2/
35%-62% (-27) ARG
35%-56% (-21) High Point University
36%-60% (-24) Gallup
38%-57% (-19) Econ/YouGov
Again, Trump just keeps dropping.
bsky.app/profile/simo...
35%-62% (-27) ARG
35%-56% (-21) High Point University
36%-60% (-24) Gallup
38%-57% (-19) Econ/YouGov
Again, Trump just keeps dropping.
bsky.app/profile/simo...
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I feel like, "Why do Trump's doctors keep administering cognitive exams to him?" is a question the media might want to pursue, if for some reason they were inclined to apply the same standards to a Republican politician that they do to Democratic ones.
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Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
Alarm as Tennessee libraries shut down for Republican 'book purge'
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.For Popular Information, Rebecca...
www.rawstory.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
Check out this amazing leaf that caught my eye while I was putting out the recycling bin.
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Check out this amazing leaf that caught my eye while I was putting out the recycling bin.
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"One of the most striking trends in this year's count is the increase in homelessness among older adults. More than 104,000 people aged 55-64 and 42,150 people over 64 were counted as homeless. Nearly half were unsheltered. Feb 4, 2025"
bipartisanpolicy.org
"40-60% of Americans are homeless"!
bipartisanpolicy.org
"40-60% of Americans are homeless"!
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"One of the most striking trends in this year's count is the increase in homelessness among older adults. More than 104,000 people aged 55-64 and 42,150 people over 64 were counted as homeless. Nearly half were unsheltered. Feb 4, 2025"
bipartisanpolicy.org
"40-60% of Americans are homeless"!
bipartisanpolicy.org
"40-60% of Americans are homeless"!
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This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
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The unifying aim of all Trump pronouncements and actions is to trash the constitution and impose a white supremacist militarized autocracy by EO and truth social decree - the latest attack on naturalization and birthright citizenship is an ugly new escalation of that barbaric aim.
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The unifying aim of all Trump pronouncements and actions is to trash the constitution and impose a white supremacist militarized autocracy by EO and truth social decree - the latest attack on naturalization and birthright citizenship is an ugly new escalation of that barbaric aim.
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unironically i think he wants to impose the conditions of his childhood onto the entire country
JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
unironically i think he wants to impose the conditions of his childhood onto the entire country