Wally Ballou!
@wallyballou.bsky.social
What were the Democrats up to during the political career of Trump hero William McKinley? They were nominating William Jennings Bryan, three times. Bryan never won—but he succeeded at destroying the Dems’ competition to their left, the Populist Party. There is a lesson to be learned.
William Jennings Bryan and the rise and decline of the Progressive Era
A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan by Michael Kazin (Alfred A Knopf, New York, 2006), 400 pages
www.wsws.org
February 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What were the Democrats up to during the political career of Trump hero William McKinley? They were nominating William Jennings Bryan, three times. Bryan never won—but he succeeded at destroying the Dems’ competition to their left, the Populist Party. There is a lesson to be learned.
Spotify is going to enshittify its music streaming service unless its subscribers pay a 50% tax for “premium” service—an extra $6 per month, for non-lossy audio. I wouldn’t mind if the money were going to artists not named Taylor, Beyoncé or Kendrick.
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February 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Spotify is going to enshittify its music streaming service unless its subscribers pay a 50% tax for “premium” service—an extra $6 per month, for non-lossy audio. I wouldn’t mind if the money were going to artists not named Taylor, Beyoncé or Kendrick.
archive.ph/q6Yz0
archive.ph/q6Yz0
Anyone who uses the demeaning, retrograde “hard R” will be blocked immediately. Be creative and find an insult that is not a slur.
February 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Anyone who uses the demeaning, retrograde “hard R” will be blocked immediately. Be creative and find an insult that is not a slur.
Everyone should call their local bank to ask the branch manager exactly how the bank is protecting your funds from a “DOGE” smash-and-grab theft.
NYT report: “FEMA Seizes $80 Million in Approved Funding for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters” 👇
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NYT report: “FEMA Seizes $80 Million in Approved Funding for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters” 👇
archive.ph/bWKSl
February 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Everyone should call their local bank to ask the branch manager exactly how the bank is protecting your funds from a “DOGE” smash-and-grab theft.
NYT report: “FEMA Seizes $80 Million in Approved Funding for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters” 👇
archive.ph/bWKSl
NYT report: “FEMA Seizes $80 Million in Approved Funding for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters” 👇
archive.ph/bWKSl
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Oh, noes! Sharing this will make Elon sad! Don’t do it!
Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad.
A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.
www.businessinsider.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Oh, noes! Sharing this will make Elon sad! Don’t do it!
1/ “None of this is to invite into [“out” Treasury Secretary] Bessent’s life the scorn the LGBTQ community is facing ... It’s to name him as a collaborator in the dangers his boss is heaping on vulnerable people. No dominant group survives…
February 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
1/ “None of this is to invite into [“out” Treasury Secretary] Bessent’s life the scorn the LGBTQ community is facing ... It’s to name him as a collaborator in the dangers his boss is heaping on vulnerable people. No dominant group survives…
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I am extremely freaking thrilled to announce that Bad Company is *officially* available for preorder wherever you buy books. (I am linking to Bookshop but buy it wherever!) I worked so, so hard on this book, and it would mean a ton to me if you ordered it. bookshop.org/a/109816/978...
February 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I am extremely freaking thrilled to announce that Bad Company is *officially* available for preorder wherever you buy books. (I am linking to Bookshop but buy it wherever!) I worked so, so hard on this book, and it would mean a ton to me if you ordered it. bookshop.org/a/109816/978...
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social We know it is a scheme. We even know the scheme’s name: Project 2025.
What’s the strategy to defeat it? What tactics will you deploy to defeat it!
Wake the F up. ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
What’s the strategy to defeat it? What tactics will you deploy to defeat it!
Wake the F up. ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
February 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social We know it is a scheme. We even know the scheme’s name: Project 2025.
What’s the strategy to defeat it? What tactics will you deploy to defeat it!
Wake the F up. ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
What’s the strategy to defeat it? What tactics will you deploy to defeat it!
Wake the F up. ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
UrbanDictionary.com “Word of the Day” … the editors seem to be sending us a message
February 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
UrbanDictionary.com “Word of the Day” … the editors seem to be sending us a message
I am BEGGING the Washington, DC, corporate media to do more of this. Much, much more.
thenewamerican.com/us/politics/...
thenewamerican.com/us/politics/...
February 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I am BEGGING the Washington, DC, corporate media to do more of this. Much, much more.
thenewamerican.com/us/politics/...
thenewamerican.com/us/politics/...
@artsymarxist.com
I saw on the other place that you’re in Twitter’s time-out corner temporarily as well. Elno must have ordered a cyber-roundup of suspected scofflaws who offend the indecent. The time-out is a badge of honor. 🏆
I saw on the other place that you’re in Twitter’s time-out corner temporarily as well. Elno must have ordered a cyber-roundup of suspected scofflaws who offend the indecent. The time-out is a badge of honor. 🏆
February 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
@artsymarxist.com
I saw on the other place that you’re in Twitter’s time-out corner temporarily as well. Elno must have ordered a cyber-roundup of suspected scofflaws who offend the indecent. The time-out is a badge of honor. 🏆
I saw on the other place that you’re in Twitter’s time-out corner temporarily as well. Elno must have ordered a cyber-roundup of suspected scofflaws who offend the indecent. The time-out is a badge of honor. 🏆
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White House Announces Appointment Of Virus As Head Of Pandemic Response
February 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
White House Announces Appointment Of Virus As Head Of Pandemic Response
Got dinged on Xitter for my Jan. 7 satirical comment about Greenland. Suspended for twelve hours.
Suspended hot satire on Elon’s online cesspit, which white-lists actual Neo-Nazis. The shame!
Maybe I can get a pardon from the President—or his best friend, the person who really calls the shots.
Suspended hot satire on Elon’s online cesspit, which white-lists actual Neo-Nazis. The shame!
Maybe I can get a pardon from the President—or his best friend, the person who really calls the shots.
February 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Got dinged on Xitter for my Jan. 7 satirical comment about Greenland. Suspended for twelve hours.
Suspended hot satire on Elon’s online cesspit, which white-lists actual Neo-Nazis. The shame!
Maybe I can get a pardon from the President—or his best friend, the person who really calls the shots.
Suspended hot satire on Elon’s online cesspit, which white-lists actual Neo-Nazis. The shame!
Maybe I can get a pardon from the President—or his best friend, the person who really calls the shots.
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NEW: Archived tweets for Gavin Kriger, Musk's 20-something DOGE employee wreaking havoc inside USAID, shows that Kriger has retweeted multiple neo-Nazis including Nick Fuentes, leader of the so-called Groyper movement, and another popular explicit Nazi account recently unmasked by @travisbrown.dev
Gavin Kliger, Elon's DOGE hitler youth shutting down USAID, is now indirectly responsible for the deaths of thousands of children. His Instagram appears to be @gkliger. He's scrubbing his online footprint.
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
February 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW: Archived tweets for Gavin Kriger, Musk's 20-something DOGE employee wreaking havoc inside USAID, shows that Kriger has retweeted multiple neo-Nazis including Nick Fuentes, leader of the so-called Groyper movement, and another popular explicit Nazi account recently unmasked by @travisbrown.dev
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Told you about liberals and y’all skewered me in the comments. I will be vindicated
48 Democrats in the House of Representatives and 12 Democrats in the Senate voted to pass the Laken-Riley Act and as a result send immigrants, refugees, and migrants to a concentration camp.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why are the Democrats so spineless? | Moira Donegan
No wonder the American public thinks of Democrats as out of touch, opportunistic and cowardly. That is because they are
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Told you about liberals and y’all skewered me in the comments. I will be vindicated
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Already rampant inequality about to go off the charts so the #RulingClass - who already pay less taxes than the average worker & who hide wealth in untaxable off-shore accounts - can have more tax cuts.
USA is not a democracy. It's an #oligarchy - and government of, by & for the #RulingClass.
USA is not a democracy. It's an #oligarchy - and government of, by & for the #RulingClass.
House GOP members are figuring out which of Trump's promised tax cuts to propose into law and how to pay for them. Among their targets: slashing benefits for single mothers and the poor who rely on government health care.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & @justinelliott.bsky.social
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & @justinelliott.bsky.social
To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class
A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Already rampant inequality about to go off the charts so the #RulingClass - who already pay less taxes than the average worker & who hide wealth in untaxable off-shore accounts - can have more tax cuts.
USA is not a democracy. It's an #oligarchy - and government of, by & for the #RulingClass.
USA is not a democracy. It's an #oligarchy - and government of, by & for the #RulingClass.
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Elon Musk is terrified of everyone knowing the names of the people who work for him.
So do your work.
So do your work.
February 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Elon Musk is terrified of everyone knowing the names of the people who work for him.
So do your work.
So do your work.
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President Elmo & his teenage minions have breached the personnel file of every federal employee, personal information of every American & confidential information on every gov vendor.
How does this end well for anyone?
#DemVoice1
How does this end well for anyone?
#DemVoice1
February 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
President Elmo & his teenage minions have breached the personnel file of every federal employee, personal information of every American & confidential information on every gov vendor.
How does this end well for anyone?
#DemVoice1
How does this end well for anyone?
#DemVoice1
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Contrary to some info I've seen, 19-yr-old Doge staffer "BigBalls" Edward Coristine did not delete his X account, it's just renamed and is private.
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
February 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Contrary to some info I've seen, 19-yr-old Doge staffer "BigBalls" Edward Coristine did not delete his X account, it's just renamed and is private.
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
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Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
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Don't threaten me with a good time
February 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Don't threaten me with a good time
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HAPPENING NOW: members of Get Free are blocking traffic in front of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the main agency where the Trump Administration and its billionaire backers like Elon Musk have been spearheading efforts to implement MAGA’s Project 2025 agenda.
February 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
HAPPENING NOW: members of Get Free are blocking traffic in front of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the main agency where the Trump Administration and its billionaire backers like Elon Musk have been spearheading efforts to implement MAGA’s Project 2025 agenda.