Aaron G

Musk has $250m+ to spend on midterms but we can’t tax wealth huh

Conservatives wanted Barack Obama impeached over the money he agreed to pay Iran (which was Iran’s money, frozen in U.S. banks), which was $1.7 billion. Trump is going to hand Iran 176 times that amount. trib.al/YEFHCNb

*taps mic* is this thing on? Afroman is a transphobe.

Still mad the Bears didn’t draft him.

The economist Alan Cole recently became a folk hero for betting his life savings that DOGE would fail, and winning. But it turns out the Musk and Trump loyalists he took to the cleaners are only slightly more gullible than political, financial, and media elites. www.offmessage.net/p/elites-mag...

Let me see if I've got the Paramount deal correct: A company worth $15b with about $15b in debt is spending $110b to buy a competitor which will leave them with $79b in debt AND they're paying another competitor (Netflix) $2b for the privilege?

Fun with stocks: I bought BYD shares in mid-2025 and since then it’s gone down around 20% while Tesla shares (who’d I don’t own) have gone up 25%.

Sad stuff about the Washington Post layoffs. It’s almost certainly due to declining readership over the past couple years as Jeff Bezos truly revealed himself as one of the worst billionaires. Looking forward to whoever reports that story out for the @nytimes.com

This is a lovely story on the power of kindness and friendship, hopefully WaPo doesn't restrict access to it: www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”. -Charlie Kirk

TACO Trump as the investment bankers call him

An insane amount of bias that surely didn’t come out when Biden’s agenda was rolling thru in 2021/2022.

Do I hear Nathan Fielder's entrance music?

Good morning. Fuck Jake Tapper. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Pretty crazy that 85% of Alaska may melt in the not too distant future www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Exactly. It goes towards the Fetterman interview yesterday as well - holding public office is often performative and routine. However, a major part of the job description is to shape public opinion through words and actions. If you’re not willing to do that, get out of politics.

Little girls and boys who like dolls are now collectively “the beast”.

Wonder what Deion did to the Browns to make them pass on both Travis Hunter and Shadeur Sanders. #nfl

A whole lot of "viewpoint diversity" from people who are banning "diversity, equity, and inclusion".

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The Democrat vs Republican debate is fundamentally based on one party that doesn’t believe in the federal government (for various reasons). At least Harriet here admits that openly. The curious thing is why they even run for positions in that government, likely boils down to paychecks for no work.

These folks are just happy as pigs in shit that Trump is president so they can sell more subscriptions.

Put me in, coach.

It’s amazing how collective memory fails us sometimes. A funny take on Trump voters in the wake of this absolute abomination of a government. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/vot...

The basketball-to-commercials ratio for the #nba All-Star Game is, frankly, heinous. The games have been good, let us see them play.

Someone tell Draymond he could have said no to the assignment. Just sit it out man, no skin off anyone’s back. #nba

The list of things society needs to work on for prevention is endless, but this should be near the top: www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

The absolute main takeaway from the election was Trump got centrist and low-info voters on the promise of lowering prices. Should be front page, Apple News feed-level stories about this change in “tone”.

At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895

Counterpoint: None of this is remotely shocking to those of us well aware that the GOP has long wanted to dismantle the federal government.

It must be nice not to have ever done anything wrong like that Donald Trump fella. Helluva guy, tons of common sense.

every single one of these guys is an incel loser who thought that being rich would make them popular and well-liked and when it didn't happen they lost their minds even further

@billbarnwell.com not sure why you don’t share your articles to this space. But I will say, picking this Packers team to make the Super Bowl with a beat up QB, playing their worst football the past few weeks, probably won’t age too well…

“The once and future Trump presidency is the result of a machine, built up over decades, to channel people toward fear and anger within a set of political stories.”

Me (time traveling to September 10, 2001): I have startling news from the future The President: what is it? Me: zero sugar colas are going to get insanely good in about 20 years

@sigmundbloom.bsky.social glad you made it over to Bluesky! big playoff week, can play any of the following in 3rd RB/flex spot: Rhamondre, Patrick Taylor, Alex Mattison, and Kendre Miller. Help me out?

"You’ve never beaten the first level of the game on bunny mode but are convinced you’d complete the entire thing easily if the difficulty went up to nightmare plus." www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...

“By all accounts, the Americans virtually ensured their own defeat: They repeatedly bombed their closest supporters here, showing just how little the United States understood about the war it was fighting.”

NBA games in December with a playoff feel? Don’t mind if I do!

"They are ... a big market team. There is no reason the Cubs should not be in this mix (for Juan Soto)....And the only person who can answer that question is Tom Ricketts." - Ken Rosenthal on the Cubs.

This one was right up my alley, with players from the time period I was aged ~15-29. Peak “remembering sports stuff” years.

Someone let Kyrie Irving know that I’m available to do a two hour “non-violent communication session” for the low price of $24,999. sports.yahoo.com/mavericks-ky...

Put Illinois in the #cfp they’re clearly better than OSU.

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