Barney Dannelke
@gorilla42.bsky.social
Mark Twain and Harlan Ellison nerd.
Book and comic book seller.
Acerbic gorilla.
Book and comic book seller.
Acerbic gorilla.
I mean, I can see the logic. Two year olds don’t pay taxes and their English is atrocious.
Out you go!!!
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Out you go!!!
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The Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen on Friday
Hours later, a conservative judge warned of his "strong suspicion" that the administration "just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process."
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April 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I mean, I can see the logic. Two year olds don’t pay taxes and their English is atrocious.
Out you go!!!
open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
Out you go!!!
open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
That my daughter and her friends are referring to his car brand as "swastikars" probably isn't helping the brand.
theweek.com/politics/mus...
theweek.com/politics/mus...
Extremists embrace Musk's salute as Tesla investors fret
The tech titan insists his Nazi-reminiscent gesture had nothing to do with fascism, even as white nationalists rally around the fascistic salute.
theweek.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
That my daughter and her friends are referring to his car brand as "swastikars" probably isn't helping the brand.
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theweek.com/politics/mus...
“At the same time, though, I was looking to understand something greater: what any of us are looking for when we visit places we’ve only ever seen on screen, and how the desire to go to such a place might be sharpened in grief.”
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David Lynch Was Here: A Visit to the Real Twin Peaks - Longreads
Notes from the Northwest on mourning, remembrance, and black coffee.
longreads.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“At the same time, though, I was looking to understand something greater: what any of us are looking for when we visit places we’ve only ever seen on screen, and how the desire to go to such a place might be sharpened in grief.”
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longreads.com/2025/01/30/r...
This level of self-dealing would’ve been unfathomable for a president as recently as a decade ago. Now, however, it’s just another form of misconduct Republicans are doing their damndest to normalize.”
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The shitcoin presidency
$TRUMP is taking corruption to new levels.
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January 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This level of self-dealing would’ve been unfathomable for a president as recently as a decade ago. Now, however, it’s just another form of misconduct Republicans are doing their damndest to normalize.”
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
That's just a waste of ordinance or threat of same. Right now, I can go on CAMEO and pay Gaetz to dance like a chicken or read excerpts from THE TRIAL or 1984 while dressed in a sailor suit. Why would anyone want to deprive themselves of that opportunity?
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Numerous bomb threats made against Trump cabinet nominees
Police are investigating a wave of incidents which happened on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
That's just a waste of ordinance or threat of same. Right now, I can go on CAMEO and pay Gaetz to dance like a chicken or read excerpts from THE TRIAL or 1984 while dressed in a sailor suit. Why would anyone want to deprive themselves of that opportunity?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
If he persists with this strategy, I expect the first federal fatality before Christmas.
www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/2...?
www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/2...?
Elon Musk is directing harassment toward individual federal workers
An old tactic returns.
www.theverge.com
November 24, 2024 at 2:52 PM
If he persists with this strategy, I expect the first federal fatality before Christmas.
www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/2...?
www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/2...?
If a baby needlessly dies in a maternity ward and is never reported as a statistic, did that baby ever really die? Next year, when the G.O.P. is Jim Crowing about government efficiency, these are the sorts of “fake jobs” they will happily be eliminating.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
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November 24, 2024 at 2:50 PM
If a baby needlessly dies in a maternity ward and is never reported as a statistic, did that baby ever really die? Next year, when the G.O.P. is Jim Crowing about government efficiency, these are the sorts of “fake jobs” they will happily be eliminating.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Hakeem Jeffries as Marshal Philippe Pétain seems pretty apt. Good thing millions died in the 20th century so we’d have historic parallels to point to, otherwise it would have been entirely pointless.
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November 20, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Hakeem Jeffries as Marshal Philippe Pétain seems pretty apt. Good thing millions died in the 20th century so we’d have historic parallels to point to, otherwise it would have been entirely pointless.
www.offmessage.net/p/no-trumps-...
www.offmessage.net/p/no-trumps-...
I have to say, I don't believe I have ever been reminded of Incitatus seven days in a row before - but here we are now.
November 20, 2024 at 3:06 AM
I have to say, I don't believe I have ever been reminded of Incitatus seven days in a row before - but here we are now.
Linda McMahon - Secretary of Education.
I was going to be glib and speculate about what would be on her recommended reading lists - or, various book club picks, but then I realized it will probably just be a lot of Murakami.
I was going to be glib and speculate about what would be on her recommended reading lists - or, various book club picks, but then I realized it will probably just be a lot of Murakami.
November 20, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Linda McMahon - Secretary of Education.
I was going to be glib and speculate about what would be on her recommended reading lists - or, various book club picks, but then I realized it will probably just be a lot of Murakami.
I was going to be glib and speculate about what would be on her recommended reading lists - or, various book club picks, but then I realized it will probably just be a lot of Murakami.
From the Dept. of Zero Oversight and Absolute Lickspittle Capitulation: “Trump is already armed with a plan to bypass the confirmation process entirely. He wants to fill vacancies without a confirmation vote by making so-called recess appointments… .”
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How Johnson could make Trump's recess appointments a reality
Talk of cutting out Dems — and GOP dissenters — is more than just idle rhetoric.
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November 18, 2024 at 6:31 PM
From the Dept. of Zero Oversight and Absolute Lickspittle Capitulation: “Trump is already armed with a plan to bypass the confirmation process entirely. He wants to fill vacancies without a confirmation vote by making so-called recess appointments… .”
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
Oh, I’m sure he just fell on it.
www.tag24.com/lifestyle/ta...
www.tag24.com/lifestyle/ta...
Trump defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth under more pressure amid tattoo controversy
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary has found himself mired in controversy over a tattoo on his arm allegedly linked to white nationalism. | TAG24
www.tag24.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Oh, I’m sure he just fell on it.
www.tag24.com/lifestyle/ta...
www.tag24.com/lifestyle/ta...
In other words, can he set the government civil service clock back to 1882? He sure can. It just might take him until July. Five months of litigation to undo 142 years of progress, while Steve Bannon sits in the corner cackling and pleasuring himself.
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Opinion | Can Trump really fire 50,000 civil service workers?
Here’s how President-elect Donald Trump could use “Schedule F” to gut the civil service — and how he could be stopped.
www.msnbc.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:02 PM
In other words, can he set the government civil service clock back to 1882? He sure can. It just might take him until July. Five months of litigation to undo 142 years of progress, while Steve Bannon sits in the corner cackling and pleasuring himself.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
November 18, 2024 at 5:00 AM