Blballard

Blballard

@blballard.bsky.social

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It’s like this country is being run by a f%^*ing idiot… complete f%^*ing idiot….

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social

I don’t understand the logic in scrapping the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS), and neither do the navy personnel who operate these carriers. Just changing shit for no reason.

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Donald Trump has not been asked about E Jean Carroll since a judge called him a rapist. If you want to know why, just look at all the pictures and videos of the White House correspondents laughing it up with Trump’s staff.

We are not a country lead by serious people

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson: "I saw a tweet yesterday from Olive Garden that in order to take advantage of their never-ending pasta pass, you have to show photo ID. I thought, that's weird, Olive Garden takes pasta pass security more seriously than Democrats take election security."

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Thank the gods for @marcelias.bsky.social

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

NEW: Friday night’s ruling marked the department’s 12th straight loss in lower courts in its legal crusade to force all 50 states and the District of Columbia to forfeit their voter rolls to the federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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I get it. Maine is super special. But... Maybe it's time to face the glaring, latent misogyny infused throughout our party instead of giving every man throwing a tantrum anything they want and demanding every woman "fall in line" to be a "team player."

Illegitimate President. We’ll someday find out he rigged three elections; but 2020 was aberrant due to COVID (hence his addiction to it)

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

Oh. So Tulsi Gabbard wrote a report showing that voting machine vulnerabilities didn’t flip any votes. And now she’s not the DNI anymore. Hmm. www.reuters.com/world/white-...

Texas is and has been covering up the deaths and data since they stole health care from women

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They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.

“Sir, we are Negroes. All except for our a-cump... uh, company-accompluh... uh, the fella that plays the gui-tar."

Birds Are Dinosaurs@birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social

There sure are a lot of folks with strong opinions about bronze age literature! I'm sure that all the folks angry about a black Helen of Troy were equally upset at the Coen Brothers for their adaptation of the Odyssey.

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thinking about the time a venture capitalist unfollowed me on twitter and said "no one should think this much about clothes." then they followed me again and emailed me to ask if i wanted to create an app together. i said no, so they unfollowed me a second time.

We are fucked (sic)

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com

BREAKING: In a loss for Democrats, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled the congressional map voters approved last month to counter GOP gerrymanders cannot go into effect. The decision overturns the will of voters for technical reasons and gives Republicans a leg up for the 2026 midterms.

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VA AG Jay Jones: "My team is carefully reviewing this unprecedented order and we are evaluating every legal pathway forward to defend the will of the people and protect the integrity of Virginia’s elections."

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BREAKING: Unprecedented security measures have been instituted in the Kremlin in recent weeks as Vladimir Putin anticipates a possible coup or assassination attempt — including a drone strike from within. That's according to a European intelligence agency.

occrp.orgSecurity Tightens Around Putin Amid Coup and Assassination Fears, According to European Intel AgencyOCCRP’s Russian partner, Important Stories, obtained a report by an EU intelligence agency that describes extreme new security measures, rising tension among security services, and fears of assassinat...

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We are spending billions to keep our entire navy in the Strait to fecklessly fail to open a waterway that wasn’t closed until Trump’s pointless war of choice closed it. He’s just burning your tax money.

The ingenious part is that may be a little column a, column b

Andrea Junker@strandjunker.com

Trump’s Iran lies boil down to two possibilities: 1. A blatant pump-and-dump scheme to enrich his inner circle. 2. He’s completely lost his grip on reality. Federal crime or mental collapse — take your pick. Both are a disaster.

He’s gotta go (not to mention face justice)

Adam Parkhomenko@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social

I’m very proud of my wife for sharing the details she did. I’m disgusted by all of it. She found herself in one of those moments where she didn’t care what she lost if it helped one other person. The reality is the truth don’t care who tells it, but she told it. Love you @allysammarco.bsky.social

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That’s the spirit, Hungarians. And here’s hoping JD Vance showing up for Orbán backfires big-time.

Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Tens of thousands chant “Russians, go home!” at tonight’s anti-Orbán concert in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian election.

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Immigrants weren’t just filling existing jobs; they were helping create them. That’s Econ 101: jobs are not a fixed pie. More people means more customers, more demand, more businesses expanding, and yes, more hiring.

Mockler cleans house so well

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Mockler: The contradictions here are endless. So in one breath, this is a 47 year war. And in the next breath, there was an imminent threat coming from Iran and then the next breath, oh, we were just trying to defang their nuclear capabilities…