John Pilgrim
@john-pilgrim.bsky.social
We're all on a journey through life. Some of us are walking, some of us are carrying others, some of us are dragging others. Everyone's got a burden. We may be on different paths, but we will run into each other now and again. I don't really eat cats.
At least on the economy... I agree. 👇
A week ago, he said affordability was a “hoax. Two days ago, he said inflation was “nonexistent.” Yesterday, he told American parents to “buy fewer pencils & dolls” for their kids.
Yes, he’s an ignorant ass, but gosh, I want him to keep speaking.
Yes, he’s an ignorant ass, but gosh, I want him to keep speaking.
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
At least on the economy... I agree. 👇
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Good. Damn good.
December 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Good. Damn good.
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
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“Under the Republican plan, the big idea is essentially to hand people about $80 a month and wish them good luck.”
US Senate unable to prevent health premium surge as senators reject competing health bills | Arizona Mirror
Senate fails to advance Republican or Democratic health care bills, leaving no solution to rising insurance premiums
azmirror.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“Under the Republican plan, the big idea is essentially to hand people about $80 a month and wish them good luck.”
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
Trump is always focused on his enemies - which is just another way of saying he's always focused on himself.
Trump last night in Pennsylvania:
“Which is better, sleepy Joe or crooked Joe?…To me he’s a sleepy son of a bitch”
“Which is better, sleepy Joe or crooked Joe?…To me he’s a sleepy son of a bitch”
December 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Trump is always focused on his enemies - which is just another way of saying he's always focused on himself.
MTG presents a weak argument, and a typical one for Trumpers. Anytime Trump or one of their pols is called out for bad behavior, so often it turns into a ridiculous bothsidesism. She couldn't handle a tough question from Stahl so she jumps to that.
She may be trying to change but she hasn't yet.
She may be trying to change but she hasn't yet.
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
MTG presents a weak argument, and a typical one for Trumpers. Anytime Trump or one of their pols is called out for bad behavior, so often it turns into a ridiculous bothsidesism. She couldn't handle a tough question from Stahl so she jumps to that.
She may be trying to change but she hasn't yet.
She may be trying to change but she hasn't yet.
*Biden, looking normal*
Trumpers: TEST HIM FOR DRUGS
*Trump, looking normal*
Trumpers: SEE HE'S FINE LIBS SHUT UP!
Trumpers: TEST HIM FOR DRUGS
*Trump, looking normal*
Trumpers: SEE HE'S FINE LIBS SHUT UP!
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
*Biden, looking normal*
Trumpers: TEST HIM FOR DRUGS
*Trump, looking normal*
Trumpers: SEE HE'S FINE LIBS SHUT UP!
Trumpers: TEST HIM FOR DRUGS
*Trump, looking normal*
Trumpers: SEE HE'S FINE LIBS SHUT UP!
The whole point of a playoff is to determine a champion. If you're 10-2 and down there on the "bubble" and you don't get in, I understand the disappointment, but you weren't in serious contention for a championship anyway. I get so sick of this sort of whining. CFP's almost as bad as the Dance.
December 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The whole point of a playoff is to determine a champion. If you're 10-2 and down there on the "bubble" and you don't get in, I understand the disappointment, but you weren't in serious contention for a championship anyway. I get so sick of this sort of whining. CFP's almost as bad as the Dance.
Two things: I don't know how many times I've heard people say what MTG is saying about Republicans hating Trump privately. Lots of times, I guess. But Trumpers need to hear it. And it doesn't make me think better of them. They're cowards. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Tells ’60 Minutes’ That ‘It Would Shock People’ to Hear How Congressional Republicans Talk About Trump in Private
Marjorie Taylor Greene told "60 Minutes" "it would shock people" to hear how Congressional Republicans talk about the president behind his back.
www.yahoo.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Two things: I don't know how many times I've heard people say what MTG is saying about Republicans hating Trump privately. Lots of times, I guess. But Trumpers need to hear it. And it doesn't make me think better of them. They're cowards. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
A "con job", he says...
Donald Trump has never cared about anybody but himself. I doubt he even has the capacity to care about anyone else. And more than anything else, this is why he's unsuited for the POTUS job.
Donald Trump has never cared about anybody but himself. I doubt he even has the capacity to care about anyone else. And more than anything else, this is why he's unsuited for the POTUS job.
"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A "con job", he says...
Donald Trump has never cared about anybody but himself. I doubt he even has the capacity to care about anyone else. And more than anything else, this is why he's unsuited for the POTUS job.
Donald Trump has never cared about anybody but himself. I doubt he even has the capacity to care about anyone else. And more than anything else, this is why he's unsuited for the POTUS job.
So much institutional knowledge lost. America is undeniably less safe because Donald Trump is a spoiled brat.
December 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
So much institutional knowledge lost. America is undeniably less safe because Donald Trump is a spoiled brat.
I'm not rooting for an apocalypse to happen or anything, but if it does happen I hope it happens when I'm low on toilet paper. It'd be such a waste to have a full shelf of it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I'm not rooting for an apocalypse to happen or anything, but if it does happen I hope it happens when I'm low on toilet paper. It'd be such a waste to have a full shelf of it.
Capitalism doesn't really work when there isn't a level playing field. All the good things it's supposed to bring us as citizens disappear in this environment. Businesses no longer fear their own customers because they don't believe you have another choice. The same thing goes for democracy, btw.
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Capitalism doesn't really work when there isn't a level playing field. All the good things it's supposed to bring us as citizens disappear in this environment. Businesses no longer fear their own customers because they don't believe you have another choice. The same thing goes for democracy, btw.
Apropos of nothing...
Every year at this time I think of a nativity set my family had growing up, and sometimes I even think maybe I can find one like it. I have no nativity scene myself, mainly because I can't find one that satisfies me.
Every year at this time I think of a nativity set my family had growing up, and sometimes I even think maybe I can find one like it. I have no nativity scene myself, mainly because I can't find one that satisfies me.
December 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Apropos of nothing...
Every year at this time I think of a nativity set my family had growing up, and sometimes I even think maybe I can find one like it. I have no nativity scene myself, mainly because I can't find one that satisfies me.
Every year at this time I think of a nativity set my family had growing up, and sometimes I even think maybe I can find one like it. I have no nativity scene myself, mainly because I can't find one that satisfies me.
I know it's a terrible thing to say but I'm always shocked when we find the bottom of how morally repugnant the current administration is. I frequently think there is literally no bottom.
The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I know it's a terrible thing to say but I'm always shocked when we find the bottom of how morally repugnant the current administration is. I frequently think there is literally no bottom.
“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into Heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into Heaven.” - Acts 1:11, NIV
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into Heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into Heaven.” - Acts 1:11, NIV
Playing victim, and yet he ends his post by insinuating his daughters have mental disorders. SMH.
"I chose a crass serial rapist and adulterer, who calls women 'nasty' and 'piggy,' and took away by daughters' reproductive rights, over my daughters. So why are they displeased with me??? It must be all THEIR fault! I take no responsibility. NONE!"
December 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Playing victim, and yet he ends his post by insinuating his daughters have mental disorders. SMH.
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Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The Trump apologist checklist after Trump or his administration does something awful:
1. Fake news, it didn’t happen.
2. It might’ve happened, but it would be OK if it happened.
3. So it happened, so what.
4. Whatabout [insert names of various presidents here]
1. Fake news, it didn’t happen.
2. It might’ve happened, but it would be OK if it happened.
3. So it happened, so what.
4. Whatabout [insert names of various presidents here]
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Trump apologist checklist after Trump or his administration does something awful:
1. Fake news, it didn’t happen.
2. It might’ve happened, but it would be OK if it happened.
3. So it happened, so what.
4. Whatabout [insert names of various presidents here]
1. Fake news, it didn’t happen.
2. It might’ve happened, but it would be OK if it happened.
3. So it happened, so what.
4. Whatabout [insert names of various presidents here]
College football's problem is the same one it's had the last few years: there really isn't anyone looking out for the sport itself. sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...
Lane Kiffin's disastrous exit from Ole Miss spells a much deeper problem in college football
The chaos left behind by Kiffin’s departure is not just a story that impacts one football team. It underlines a system where players changing jobs or earning money is met with malice, while the "adult...
sports.yahoo.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
College football's problem is the same one it's had the last few years: there really isn't anyone looking out for the sport itself. sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...
I don't understand why Trumpers persist in thinking the president is a king ... unless he's a Democrat, in which case he's not even a president.
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I don't understand why Trumpers persist in thinking the president is a king ... unless he's a Democrat, in which case he's not even a president.
Trump: I'm not running
Trumpers: HE'S NOT RUNNING SO JUST SHUT UP LIBS
Trump:
Trumpers: HE'S NOT RUNNING SO JUST SHUT UP LIBS
Trump:
Trump posts an image of him holding a sign that reads, “Trump 2028, yes!”
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Trump: I'm not running
Trumpers: HE'S NOT RUNNING SO JUST SHUT UP LIBS
Trump:
Trumpers: HE'S NOT RUNNING SO JUST SHUT UP LIBS
Trump: