Alec Mento
@amento.bsky.social
Autistic, union man, author of *This Used to Be the Future* and the three *Penny Rants* books. I drink a cup of nails before every post. No Trumpholes.
This holiday season, remember: spending with corporations that back Trump and his cuts for the rich isn’t harmless—it’s a choice that hurts working-class people. Let’s be conscious of where our money goes.
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Hey, we should be getting new job numbers tomorrow. I wonder why we won’t this time.
December 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Hey, we should be getting new job numbers tomorrow. I wonder why we won’t this time.
Reposted by Alec Mento
*This Used to Be the Future* is out now, and available only at my storefront, Blunt Instruments! (And i.e., not at Amazon. There are reasons.) The title essay, in case you were wondering, describes how America has thoroughly failed the Utopian vision of *Star Trek* over the last half-century.
This Used to Be the Future
Longtime Thieves in the Temple blogger Alec Mento returns with a dozen new essays excoriating the venality of political and corporate “leaders” and...
www.blunteye.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
*This Used to Be the Future* is out now, and available only at my storefront, Blunt Instruments! (And i.e., not at Amazon. There are reasons.) The title essay, in case you were wondering, describes how America has thoroughly failed the Utopian vision of *Star Trek* over the last half-century.
Reposted by Alec Mento
The Newsmax anchor’s desperate questioning in the link below is hilarious.
Newsmax Legal Analyst Andrew Napolitano Destroys Pete Hegseth in Stunning Commentary: ‘Should Be Prosecuted for a War Crime!’
"Everybody along the line who did it, from the Secretary of Defense to the admiral to the people who actually pulled the trigger should be prosecuted for a war crime"
www.mediaite.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Newsmax anchor’s desperate questioning in the link below is hilarious.
Why don't journalists boycott Karoline Leavitt's press conferences? #iveaskedthisbefore
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Why don't journalists boycott Karoline Leavitt's press conferences? #iveaskedthisbefore
“(C)onsiderably more worrying, is...how simple the culture has made it for someone with nothing but themselves on their mind to hurt someone they think they might benefit from hurting."
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
defector.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“(C)onsiderably more worrying, is...how simple the culture has made it for someone with nothing but themselves on their mind to hurt someone they think they might benefit from hurting."
I hadn’t thought of it this way.
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I hadn’t thought of it this way.
I’d say we could have known this the-day-of, but would it really have made a difference? #americansuicide #assholesgonnaasshole
Wow, we all knew but this confirms it.
IT WAS ALL STAGED...
IT WAS ALL STAGED...
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I’d say we could have known this the-day-of, but would it really have made a difference? #americansuicide #assholesgonnaasshole
This act is still funny! “(M)any say” indeed.
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This act is still funny! “(M)any say” indeed.
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Click below to tell our CFPB to withdraw a rule that would let banksters discriminate against borrowers again.
Tell the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to withdraw the rule that eliminates fair lending protections
Trump’s CFPB has proposed a rule that would dismantle foundational protections under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and open the door to widespread discrimination in lending. The proposal eliminates...
actionnetwork.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Click below to tell our CFPB to withdraw a rule that would let banksters discriminate against borrowers again.
It’s a question worth asking!
If Trump Cares About Drug Trafficking, Why Is He Pardoning a Convicted Drug Trafficker?
By pardoning former Honduran leader Juan Orlando Hernandez, Trump will be directly helping out one of the most powerful, corrupt, and prolific convicted drug traffickers.
zeteo.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It’s a question worth asking!
Click the link below to tell your Congressfolk to stop Trump from handing out corporate tax loopholes to his cronies.
Stop the administration’s secret tax breaks for the rich and corporations
The Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax was one of the most important provisions in the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act. It ensures that large corporations reporting more than $1 billion ...
actionnetwork.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Click the link below to tell your Congressfolk to stop Trump from handing out corporate tax loopholes to his cronies.
Painting the ceiling is rather more tiring than I remember.
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Painting the ceiling is rather more tiring than I remember.
Zinger Culture is noxious and evil.
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Zinger Culture is noxious and evil.
Reposted by Alec Mento
More proof that talent and wealth have literally nothing to do with each other in America.
US Senator Jim Justice agrees to pay over $5m in overdue taxes
The West Virginia Republican and coal magnate has previously called the collection attempts "politically motivated".
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
More proof that talent and wealth have literally nothing to do with each other in America.
“How do we message this?”
TELL REPUBLICANS: NURSING IS A REAL JOB
You’re welcome, Democrats.
TELL REPUBLICANS: NURSING IS A REAL JOB
You’re welcome, Democrats.
The Trump-Administration Change That Could Cripple Nursing
A federal cap on borrowing for graduate nursing students and others isn’t just making nurses angry, but it could harm the health-care system.
nymag.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“How do we message this?”
TELL REPUBLICANS: NURSING IS A REAL JOB
You’re welcome, Democrats.
TELL REPUBLICANS: NURSING IS A REAL JOB
You’re welcome, Democrats.
You know how I drink a cup of nails before each post I write on Bluesky? Now imagine a whole book like that, but also unexpectedly personal!
Kidding! You don’t have to imagine it; you can get it below, at my storefront. Click the link below to learn more about *This Used to Be the Future*.
Kidding! You don’t have to imagine it; you can get it below, at my storefront. Click the link below to learn more about *This Used to Be the Future*.
This Used to Be the Future
Longtime Thieves in the Temple blogger Alec Mento returns with a dozen new essays excoriating the venality of political and corporate “leaders” and...
www.blunteye.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
You know how I drink a cup of nails before each post I write on Bluesky? Now imagine a whole book like that, but also unexpectedly personal!
Kidding! You don’t have to imagine it; you can get it below, at my storefront. Click the link below to learn more about *This Used to Be the Future*.
Kidding! You don’t have to imagine it; you can get it below, at my storefront. Click the link below to learn more about *This Used to Be the Future*.
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
AWWWW THE PUDDINS
🥰
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
www.alternet.org/speaker-mike...
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
www.alternet.org/speaker-mike...
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a We...
www.alternet.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
AWWWW THE PUDDINS
I…hadn’t thought of this.
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I…hadn’t thought of this.
I won’t lie, when MTG told right-wing bros “I haven’t suffered enough for you while you post all day behind a screen?” I laughed out loud.
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I won’t lie, when MTG told right-wing bros “I haven’t suffered enough for you while you post all day behind a screen?” I laughed out loud.