Fartin Van Buren
@fartinvanburen.bsky.social
#8 in Presidents, #1 in flatulence
@reckless.bsky.social I’m so sorry
SCHATZ: You think you have jurisdiction over political satire?
FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: My positio---
SCHATZ: It's a yes or no
BRENDAN CARR: We have jurisdiction with respect the broadcast airwaves to ensure their operations are int he public interest
(That's a yes!)
FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: My positio---
SCHATZ: It's a yes or no
BRENDAN CARR: We have jurisdiction with respect the broadcast airwaves to ensure their operations are int he public interest
(That's a yes!)
December 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
@reckless.bsky.social I’m so sorry
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Batya might be just fine with a dudetrustme basis for a terrorist designation, but Americans with a functioning moral compass actually expect a plausible public rationale for who is to be treated as a terrorist in our name.
December 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Batya might be just fine with a dudetrustme basis for a terrorist designation, but Americans with a functioning moral compass actually expect a plausible public rationale for who is to be treated as a terrorist in our name.
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
Say what you will. But at least this clearly wasn’t written with ai
good god this is bad. this person is a junior in college? how did she get that far writing like a sixth grader?
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Say what you will. But at least this clearly wasn’t written with ai
Fired. And then prosecuted
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Fired. And then prosecuted
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Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
It’s kind of breathtaking sometimes how conservative or even reactionary some urban “leftists” can be.
Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It’s kind of breathtaking sometimes how conservative or even reactionary some urban “leftists” can be.
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Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
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Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
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Leave our breweries alone.
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Leave our breweries alone.
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Smith, Klobuchar voted no
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Smith, Klobuchar voted no
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NEW: Buried in 141-page text of the latest draft text of the Senate's ag appropriations bill is a restriction on hemp-derived THC products w/ >0.4mg per container—an effective ban on the existing market. Would go into effect 1yr from passage: www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
NEW: Buried in 141-page text of the latest draft text of the Senate's ag appropriations bill is a restriction on hemp-derived THC products w/ >0.4mg per container—an effective ban on the existing market. Would go into effect 1yr from passage: www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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New Yorkers should call and leave messages for both of our frequent sellouts:
Schumer's DC office: (202) 224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office: (202) 224-4451
I also don’t see why everyone can’t call those two (especially Schumer) since this deeply effects all of us.
Schumer's DC office: (202) 224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office: (202) 224-4451
I also don’t see why everyone can’t call those two (especially Schumer) since this deeply effects all of us.
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
New Yorkers should call and leave messages for both of our frequent sellouts:
Schumer's DC office: (202) 224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office: (202) 224-4451
I also don’t see why everyone can’t call those two (especially Schumer) since this deeply effects all of us.
Schumer's DC office: (202) 224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office: (202) 224-4451
I also don’t see why everyone can’t call those two (especially Schumer) since this deeply effects all of us.
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Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
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ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
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This is also a problem in the non-profit sector, where people think that leadership making six figures is a sin against the public interest, not realizing that means you’re getting leadership that is either inept or independently wealthy.
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This is also a problem in the non-profit sector, where people think that leadership making six figures is a sin against the public interest, not realizing that means you’re getting leadership that is either inept or independently wealthy.
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Dems just need to find a candidate named Bob America to run in 2028 and they’ll be set
Two big opposing rallies in Hungary today.
Orban’s pro-Russia one got fewer than 30k.
His rival Peter Magyar got more than 200K.
Orban’s pro-Russia one got fewer than 30k.
His rival Peter Magyar got more than 200K.
October 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Dems just need to find a candidate named Bob America to run in 2028 and they’ll be set
If you are of leftist inclinations and have wondered why Obama was a disappointment you could do worse than starting your analysis here
The networks took the much smaller Tea Party movement so seriously they broadcast a Tea Party rebuttal to Obama’s 2011 SOTU on top of the normal GOP one.
Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
If you are of leftist inclinations and have wondered why Obama was a disappointment you could do worse than starting your analysis here
This is the only time I will ever give kudos to Purdue
Incredible. If you grew up in Indiana, you know what a big deal this is.
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is the only time I will ever give kudos to Purdue
This doesn’t seem like a small deal
"It was unclear why Adm. Holsey is leaving now, less than a year into his tenure....But one of the U.S. officials...said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This doesn’t seem like a small deal
I’m a simple man. I see far side, I share
October 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m a simple man. I see far side, I share
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A must-read OpEd by @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social on why Democrats need a new shutdown strategy along similar lines to what I’ve laid out about the need for a contrasting vision.
It’s short so you should definitely read the whole thing.
www.vox.com/politics/463...
It’s short so you should definitely read the whole thing.
www.vox.com/politics/463...
October 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A must-read OpEd by @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social on why Democrats need a new shutdown strategy along similar lines to what I’ve laid out about the need for a contrasting vision.
It’s short so you should definitely read the whole thing.
www.vox.com/politics/463...
It’s short so you should definitely read the whole thing.
www.vox.com/politics/463...
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you are about to see the nation’s beer distributors—aka “the toughest lobby you’ve never heard of”—lose their fucking minds
* TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RESTRICTING COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSES FOR NON-U.S. CITIZENS, USDOT SAYS
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
you are about to see the nation’s beer distributors—aka “the toughest lobby you’ve never heard of”—lose their fucking minds
Somewhere in Venezuela there is an action movie plot playing out where an evil intelligence operative is demonstrating to a gang leader that he can have the US government destroy their rivals boats at will
Trump releases video of a 3rd boat blown up in international waters. He again claims it was a drug boat and the 3 killed were gang members. And again we’ll all just have to take his word for it. taskandpurpose.com/news/us-thir...
September 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Somewhere in Venezuela there is an action movie plot playing out where an evil intelligence operative is demonstrating to a gang leader that he can have the US government destroy their rivals boats at will
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Trump releases video of a 3rd boat blown up in international waters. He again claims it was a drug boat and the 3 killed were gang members. And again we’ll all just have to take his word for it. taskandpurpose.com/news/us-thir...
September 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Trump releases video of a 3rd boat blown up in international waters. He again claims it was a drug boat and the 3 killed were gang members. And again we’ll all just have to take his word for it. taskandpurpose.com/news/us-thir...