Jesse Ellis
@jesseellis.bsky.social
once got retweeted by George Clinton
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prices of everything is skyrocketing but don't worry, the administration is reading Klan scrolls to find the maximally white supremacist style of kerning
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
prices of everything is skyrocketing but don't worry, the administration is reading Klan scrolls to find the maximally white supremacist style of kerning
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I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
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And second, the Chipmunks teaming up with 60s blues-rockers Canned Heat...
Canned Heat & The Chipmunks "The Chipmunk Song" (1968)
YouTube video by Perry Amberson
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December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
And second, the Chipmunks teaming up with 60s blues-rockers Canned Heat...
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Last reskeet made me think, maybe I should do a daily "advent calendar" thread of not-awful Christmas songs. I will include Slade, Wizzard, and McCartney because they're amazing, but few of the other played-to-death ones.
Day 1 is of course Half Man Half Biscuit
Day 1 is of course Half Man Half Biscuit
Half Man Half Biscuit - It's Clichéd to Be Cynical at Christmas [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Half Man Half Biscuit
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December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Last reskeet made me think, maybe I should do a daily "advent calendar" thread of not-awful Christmas songs. I will include Slade, Wizzard, and McCartney because they're amazing, but few of the other played-to-death ones.
Day 1 is of course Half Man Half Biscuit
Day 1 is of course Half Man Half Biscuit
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Screaming crying throwing up
Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Screaming crying throwing up
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TPUSA is just a Young Republican front group. This wildly inappropriate and, not a lawyer, but…also illegal?
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
TPUSA is just a Young Republican front group. This wildly inappropriate and, not a lawyer, but…also illegal?
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hey a fun thing is that if congress is delegating authority to an independent agency then by definition that agency is not "unaccountable." it is still accountable to congress. and it is interesting (read: extremely frustrating) to me that these people just write congress out of existence here.
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
hey a fun thing is that if congress is delegating authority to an independent agency then by definition that agency is not "unaccountable." it is still accountable to congress. and it is interesting (read: extremely frustrating) to me that these people just write congress out of existence here.
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NEW: Rural health is in crisis. Congress created a $50B rescue package and gave states just weeks to compete for a slice of it.
$3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
$3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
‘Sort of blackmail’: Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies
Democrats and health advocates described the strategy as highly unusual, and some fear it could be wielded to favor political allies.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEW: Rural health is in crisis. Congress created a $50B rescue package and gave states just weeks to compete for a slice of it.
$3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
$3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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1- no chronic disease has been ended
2- cutting aid means no food of any sort
3- haven’t found a thing
4- meh
5- you just scaled back a cancer preventing vaccine
These fuckers 🤦🏻♂️
2- cutting aid means no food of any sort
3- haven’t found a thing
4- meh
5- you just scaled back a cancer preventing vaccine
These fuckers 🤦🏻♂️
This is like announcing you won a marathon because you thought about running one.
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
1- no chronic disease has been ended
2- cutting aid means no food of any sort
3- haven’t found a thing
4- meh
5- you just scaled back a cancer preventing vaccine
These fuckers 🤦🏻♂️
2- cutting aid means no food of any sort
3- haven’t found a thing
4- meh
5- you just scaled back a cancer preventing vaccine
These fuckers 🤦🏻♂️
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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It was bad at FDA 5 months ago, it has now become a total disaster. 90% of senior staff gone.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It was bad at FDA 5 months ago, it has now become a total disaster. 90% of senior staff gone.
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Indiana state house Republicans just approved a new 9-0 gerrymandered map ousting two US House Democrats, giving Republicans 100% of seats in state where Trump got 58% of vote
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Indiana state house Republicans just approved a new 9-0 gerrymandered map ousting two US House Democrats, giving Republicans 100% of seats in state where Trump got 58% of vote
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Now official policy of the United States:
—Immigration is exclusively harmful
—All nations must “only rarely” grant citizenship to foreigners
—Immigration will “erase” Europe within 20 years and the US must act to prevent that
Read it yourself.
—Immigration is exclusively harmful
—All nations must “only rarely” grant citizenship to foreigners
—Immigration will “erase” Europe within 20 years and the US must act to prevent that
Read it yourself.
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Now official policy of the United States:
—Immigration is exclusively harmful
—All nations must “only rarely” grant citizenship to foreigners
—Immigration will “erase” Europe within 20 years and the US must act to prevent that
Read it yourself.
—Immigration is exclusively harmful
—All nations must “only rarely” grant citizenship to foreigners
—Immigration will “erase” Europe within 20 years and the US must act to prevent that
Read it yourself.
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FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
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Minn AG Keith Ellison on my show explains that The head of massive fraud ring in Minnesota was NOT a Somali American as Trump claims. Rather a white woman named Aimee Bock was convicted as being the mastermind. But Trump spewed this lie to give his base some racist red meat.
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Minn AG Keith Ellison on my show explains that The head of massive fraud ring in Minnesota was NOT a Somali American as Trump claims. Rather a white woman named Aimee Bock was convicted as being the mastermind. But Trump spewed this lie to give his base some racist red meat.
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SCOTUS conservatives just blessed the Texas GOP's gerrymander. It'll be used next year.
They stay the lower-court ruling, written by a Trump-appointed judge, that found the gerrymander to be illegal.
While no clear vote, Alito wrote a concurrence; and only the three liberal justices dissented.
They stay the lower-court ruling, written by a Trump-appointed judge, that found the gerrymander to be illegal.
While no clear vote, Alito wrote a concurrence; and only the three liberal justices dissented.
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
SCOTUS conservatives just blessed the Texas GOP's gerrymander. It'll be used next year.
They stay the lower-court ruling, written by a Trump-appointed judge, that found the gerrymander to be illegal.
While no clear vote, Alito wrote a concurrence; and only the three liberal justices dissented.
They stay the lower-court ruling, written by a Trump-appointed judge, that found the gerrymander to be illegal.
While no clear vote, Alito wrote a concurrence; and only the three liberal justices dissented.
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THIS THIS THIS
4/ A concern I hear a lot is that children get “too many” vaccines. They don't. Kids get about 54 doses over 18 years that protect against 17 diseases. The number of antigens in vaccines is tiny compared to everyday exposures, like the 8–12 viral infections kids naturally get each year.
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
THIS THIS THIS
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MAGA Miyares choosing to go out in a blaze of sour grapes, apparently
www.arlnow.com/2025/12/01/m...
www.arlnow.com/2025/12/01/m...
Miyares attacks APS transgender policy in filing signed by coalition of GOP attorneys general | ARLnow.com
Virginia's attorney general and 20 of his counterparts in other states are weighing in on a lawsuit over Arlington Public Schools' policies around transgender students. Outgoing Attorney General Jason...
www.arlnow.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
MAGA Miyares choosing to go out in a blaze of sour grapes, apparently
www.arlnow.com/2025/12/01/m...
www.arlnow.com/2025/12/01/m...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Walking like the cockroach dude from Men in Black.
December 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Walking like the cockroach dude from Men in Black.
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A police stop is enough to make someone less likely to vote, recent research has found. "Voting is a reflection of our belief that we’re part of the system, that our voice matters."
A Police Stop Is Enough to Make Someone Less Likely to Vote
New research shows how the communities that are most heavily policed are pushed away from politics and from having a say in changing policy.
boltsmag.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A police stop is enough to make someone less likely to vote, recent research has found. "Voting is a reflection of our belief that we’re part of the system, that our voice matters."
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Seconded. That last line hits hard.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Seconded. That last line hits hard.
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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We're working hard on November's list (which will be another doozy, piggies), but until then, here's October's. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: October 2025: Atrocities 467-529
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We're working hard on November's list (which will be another doozy, piggies), but until then, here's October's. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors