Aaron Faanes
parsegrapher.bsky.social
Aaron Faanes
@parsegrapher.bsky.social
Software dev, Cali/Texas, INFJ, divorced, millennial. Likes reading about Jung, IFS, programming, art, social change.
is he wearing a light jacket here
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
It's what? Corny? It's corny? Of course it's corny! We wouldn't have him say the flipping thing if it wasn't corny! Look. No. It's not a question. This is a setup for the whole rest of the thing! Don't- don't- don't tell me it's corny. We're locked into this SOUTHERN SPEAR. Right? We're locked in!
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
after seeing this, I had to check the nytimes website because I couldn't believe they would be this forthcoming
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
'I said give them $2,000, we'll pay it back. We'll pay it back fast. You already owe 26 trillion, give them a couple of bucks. Let them live. Give them a couple of bucks. And some of the people here disagree with me on that, but I just say, "Look, you've got to let people live."'

-Trump, Jan 6 2021
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
All the focus on Massie, Mace, MTG, and Boebert overshadows the fact that 214 House Democrats also signed the discharge petition. I mean, Nancy Pelosi, the Dem of Dems, signed it.

If the Democrats wanted to bury it and "save their brand", they could have.
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Reading her text to him, I feel like she thinks Trump is redeemable. She says to "Lean into it."

Trump doesn't buy it b/c he's not really a believer in anything, not even mercy. He doesn't trust anyone, can't deflect it, and no one is able to defend him right now. He can only buy time and lash out.
November 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Chris Cuomo looks like he's about to puke on camera
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Finale of Training Day
a man is talking on a phone and says " i 'm putting cases on all of you "
ALT: a man is talking on a phone and says " i 'm putting cases on all of you "
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
REPORTER: Should the President be able to order investigations?

TRUMP:
1. Not that I want to use that
2. I'm allowed to do that
3. I don't want to do it
4. I'm not doing it
5. I had nothing to do with with their choices
6. That came from Pam Bondi, from the DOJ
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Bill Maher said the exact same thing
Bill Maher asked if he went to Epstein island #Shorts #RileyGaines
YouTube video by Club Random Podcast
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
not to "well actually" OP, but I was curious because I thought the "wag the dog" reference was actually about getting the US into a real war, too, so I wanted to watch it to find out and was surprised
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Woody Harrelson plays a convict/rapist/idiot that they secretly recruit to act as though he's a famous war hero lost behind enemy lines, as a way to extend the fake war story, and regain the upper hand over Craig T Nelson

its absurdist and actually not as twisted as Cheney/iraq or Hegseth/venezuela
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
William H Macy plays the role of a CIA agent who confront's De Niro and Hoffman about the fake story. The two believe they talk their way out of it, but the CIA leaks that the war is fake to the opposition candidate (Craig T Nelson) - who then produces a statement celebrating the "end of the war"
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I watched wag the dog last night, and the plot is that due to a sex scandal, Robert De Niro (as fixer) invents a completely fake war with Albania, with Dustin Hoffman (as producer) creates the images of it, to bury the sex scandal story before the election - they never actually go to war at all, tbh
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Florida, cont'd: "For victims who were under 16 at the time of the offense, a 2010 law removed the civil statute of limitations entirely for cases that were not already time-barred, allowing them to file a lawsuit at any time."
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Florida, cont'd: "For individuals who were minors when the abuse occurred, the rules provide more time. A person has until they are 25 years old to file a civil lawsuit."
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Florida passed "Donna's Law": "For any sexual battery committed against a person under the age of 18 on or after July 1, 2020, the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution has been eliminated."
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New York, cont'd: "The CVA also opened a temporary lookback window from 2019 to 2021, which allowed time-barred childhood claims to proceed in civil court."
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New York: "One of the most impactful reforms was the Child Victims Act (CVA), enacted in 2019. This law extended the statute of limitations for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, allowing them to file civil lawsuits until the age of 55, regardless of how long ago the abuse occurred."
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Some examples:

"In Missouri, the statute of limitations for sexual assault varies: for adult victims, it is generally five years from the date of the incident; for child victims, they have until their 31st birthday to file a claim.​"
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Even the federal law is summarized as "This act eliminates the statute of limitations for a minor victim of a human trafficking offense or federal sex offense to file a civil action to recover damages."

which doesn't sound like jail time is an option, but I'm not a lawyer
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM