Donald Trump inheriting a situation that was suboptimal but honestly fine, deciding to personally intervene, and making everything significantly worse at great taxpayer expense is a perfect synopsis of every single thing he has done as president both times.
Elon Musk's incitement of pogroms in Belfast reveals he'll use his immense wealth and influence to foment untold fascist violence in the future. Only a global movement can break his power.
New piece from @polphilpod.bsky.social and me. Threading highlights below. 1/
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The violent fascist riots in Belfast reveal the future that the trillionaire really wants. We need an international movement to constrain him.
ICE has killed people and will kill more people.
Why are we funding it?
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#AT40 @dirkwilbury.bsky.social Appreciation Month Day 17
Elvis Tribute
I’d love to raid the fridge with the Wilburys. I mean that literally, not a Wilburyesque double entendre.
I’m rattled baby!
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Craig Harrington
Greg Sargent
Video
They're dumping hydrogen peroxide into the reflecting pool this morning trying to stop the algae.
In new federal standards released Monday, the agency appeared to make changes that could benefit Geo Group’s legal defense.
President Trump is referenced in FBI interview summaries tied to a woman who accused him of sexual assault decades ago, yet three of those summaries are absent from the Justice Department’s public release of its Epstein files. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/missing-ep...
It’s worth mentioning in every news story that this deal is substantially worse for the US, and far more lucrative for Iran, than the Obama nuclear deal Trump blew up almost a decade ago.
#AT40 @dirkwilbury.bsky.social Appreciation Month Day 16
So many moons have come and gone
And none if them were blue
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The Dept of Interior claims that the algae in the reflecting pool is left over from rarely used pipes
No.
Painting the pool dark blue means that it absorbs heat much faster than if it were a light color.
Warmer = faster algae growth
That's why you don't see black swimming pools
Science!
