Eric Butterfield

Eric Butterfield

@ebfld.bsky.social

I write about culture, politics and human behavior in the age of algorithms and digital nonsense seeking problems that don't exist.

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It's a blonde thing: Why struggle to appreciate real beauty when you can get sentimental about the Cheesecake Factory aesthetic?

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Karoline Leavitt: This is not about the Cheesecake Factory. This is about the Democrats not being able to appreciate beauty.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Per a new report from House Democrats, Trump's DOJ is withholding evidence of his ties to Epstein and slow-walking the complete release of the Epstein files. It's time to end the cover-up and expose the truth. Remember this when you cast your ballot. www.ms.now/news/house-j...

Bigotry and fear of immigrants is all that's left. Promises regarding inflation, ending the war in Ukraine, not starting any new wars, no "law fare", releasing the Epstein files, are hollow. Pardons for the Jan. 6 rioters and criminals who've defrauded people for millions of $. He's a mob boss.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

This is just pure racism. Republicans objectively are campaigning on little more than bigotry.

The most corrupt administration in U.S.history, screwing over the world, can't even move a globe without breaking it. Eisenhower's "military-industrial complex" label takes on a whole new meaning.

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social

Solid metaphor for the entire administration, honestly

Once upon a time, after he joined the church that gave us widespread child sexual abuse and cover-ups, Vance called Trump "cultural heroin". Now he's the dealer. He's the needle. He pushes the plunger.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸@patriottakes.bsky.social

JD Vance Hit With Community Note After Defending Attack Ad on Amy Acton The vice president praised Ramaswamy’s ad despite court records corroborating her account of childhood sexual abuse. meidasnews.com/news/jd-vanc...

This sums up the general cognitively fracturing path of many MAGA believers. They refuse to wrap their heads around counterfactual information. They willfully choose to believe a fantasy, thinking they're saving their country, all while enabling the most corrupt administration in U.S. history.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Amy Acton’s estranged mother knew her husband had a daughter from a previous marriage who’d also accused him of rape. But when 12-year-old Amy told her mom that he was raping her, instead of concluding she was married to a pedophile rapist she concluded both girls were lying.

I'll be sure to pass this on to the next MAGA shill I see trying to blame high food prices and inflation on Biden while downplaying all Trump has done to increase the cost of everything with tariffs and a completely unsubstantiated war with Iran.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef: "Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. You can buy liver or the cheap cuts."

There are 1,000 victims of sexual abuse in the Epstein files (which includes 38,000 mentions of Donald Trump, the 34-times-over convicted felon). There are only 1,500 to 2,500 trans students playing high school sports in the USA. So, guess what we're going to hide and who we're going to talk about?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ashley Hinson: "This one really really ticked me off. Josh Turek thinks it's okay to go school and have the kids be able to change their gender pronouns at school and not tell the parents about it. That is just crazy, right?"

The GOP's compulsive liars are pulling out all the stops to prove just how disgustingly perverse and sociopathic they are—just in time for the midterms. Remember when Trump tried to claim he was women's "protector"?

CNN@cnn.com

President Donald Trump encouraged Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to keep running a controversial ad featuring his opponent Amy Acton’s estranged mother. https://cnn.it/4iyb3Po

I thought "dumocrats" had a silent "B". I know most people don't know that. I think the prez has Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Acton, is a liar, and much worse. The Press is trying to get him to 'take down the Ad.' Frankly, anybody whose mother spoke about daughter that way would normally lead to the daughter being precluded from serving"

So..."audacity" is a slam-dunk good, and exploiting a sick woman whose husband is a rapist and lost custody of her daughter is "calls it like it is"? This must be the same phrases MAGA used to justify the heinous lie about Haitians eating dogs. Release the Epstein files! That would be audacious.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Here is JD Vance defending the ad at his rally yesterday: "The media and Democrats are obsessed because Vivek Ramaswamy had the audacity to run a TV commercial that calls it like it is"

Just remember: J.D. joined the Church of Pedophilia as an adult.

Has no one told this dude that Fox paid almost $800 million in its defamation suit with Dominion Voting Systems? I mean, come on, that was April 2023. ericbutterfield.substack.com/p/no-surpris...

ericbutterfield.substack.comNo Surprise: Fox News Buries Story of Its $787 Million Settlement in Defamation CaseTop News on Fox: Witchcraft, celebrities, aliens, celebrity in a bikini, fear of artificial intelligence, random gun violence, and a pro athlete's near-death experience.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Clemson Trump rally attendee: We got screwed by people who voted online or whatever

Yeah, but these are the same people who are protecting the pedophiles in the Epstein Files. Is anyone really surprised? RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

The Republican speaker of the Ohio House is calling out JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy for their morally depraved closing arguments attacking the Democratic candidate for governor based on the fact that she was raped by her stepfather.

The Art of the Shitty Self-Dealing Deal

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

TRUMP: We gave nothing in exchange for Stephen. We never give anything in exchange for hostages. TRUMP LITERALLY MOMENTS LATER: If I implemented sanctions on Russia, Steven wouldn't be coming out right now.

The Ramaswamy ad features the mother of his opponent--a highly believable woman who chose a rapist rather than protect her daughter. But Vance says the GOP needs to focus on what Dems will do if they win. That's right. Exactly. They want to release the Epstein files. apnews.com/article/elec...

apnews.comVance says Republicans shouldn't complain about Ramaswamy ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged motherVice President JD Vance says he’s “disgusted” by the pushback from fellow Republicans to an ad Vivek Ramaswamy is running against his Democratic opponent for Ohio governor, Dr.

Vance is “disgusted” that Republicans are whining about the gross Ramaswamy ad. The smear includes his opponent's mother, who chose a rapist over protecting her own daughter. Vance says the GOP should focus on what Dems “want to do" to the USA. Exactly. The Dems want to release the Epstein files.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

eat shit

I will never own an internet-connected refrigerator that runs software and needs software updates. I'd get flashbacks to Windows security patches. Ugh.

We've known this for ten years--it was obvious on Facebook in 2016. Why is anyone acting surprised? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

theguardian.comTwitter admits far more Russian bots posted on election than it had disclosedCompany says it removed more than 50,000 accounts and reported them to investigators, marking latest upward revision of figures
Michael J. Stern@michaeljstern.bsky.social

This is important. The social media division and chaos and anger is likely coming from Russian bots.

Today in Trumpistan: Democracy isn't the only thing on the ballot in November. Remember the buttocks.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on Jon Husted: "I don't do this with men very often. I started examining his body, because I didn't know he was a great athlete ... I looked at his ass"

Two years later, this deluded imbecile--who can't tell reality from a hateful meme--still stands by the gross lie he found on the internet. substack.com/@ericbutterf...

substack.comEating Dogs in Trump LandIn the fever swamp of Donald Trump's mind, Haitian immigrants are eating their neighbors' cats and dogs—a pathetic new hate-mongering low
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on Springfield: "All of the sudden they dropped 35,000 people in from Haiti. It didn't work out too well. Remember during the debate, I said something of the things they were doing. I was right. It turned out I was right. I won't get into the exact -- I was right."

"It's mind-boggling..." I'm guessing the subject of that phrase is not fewer vacationers, per se, but rather the CEO of dum-dum who repeatedly makes our nation more and more a banana republic (and arguably a shit hole nation). When do the plane loads of deportees from third-world countries arrive?

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Hegseth's own military manual, which includes many of his bloviating speeches, also includes a promise from Trump not to fight any "dumb wars". Since many of think he meant "dum" wars, does any of this matter? Is there a smart war on the horizon?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."

Don't worry. If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear. Like Ronald Reagan himself said, the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." And, now we can add: And I know everywhere you've been.

I thought the MAGA GOP was all about safety. Apparently, only when it's their imaginary scourge of dog-eating or criminally violent illegal immigrants (lies that pay off). If it's computational crimes of real import, they can't be bothered, because there's money to be made in wearing blinders.

Move next door to a data center, Mike. I'm listening to a street cleaner pass my house right now. It only happens once a month. If it happened 24 hours every day and night, I'd feel very different about it. Add contaminated water and a higher energy bill and, no, there's nothing Chinese about it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson says opposition to data centers "is a Chinese psyop. I really believe that. That's not a conspiracy theory."

I can't believe they have the nerve to still call it the Department of Justice. Given all the other renamings, why don't we just go with Department of Just Desserts?

404 Media@404media.co

NEW: A high profile hacking group claims it has breached multiple FBI-related services and stolen data “on all FBI employees and applicants.” A representative of the hacking group told 404 Media the data includes FBI agents’ names, home addresses, phone number, and information on their spouse.

Trump is, for once, correct. There certainly has never been a time like this in the United States.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Trump: We should do well in the midterms because there has never been a time like this in the United States

Does Trump even exist if the press pool isn't there to lavish him with attention?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"

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LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"

Is this his happy place—pretending to be ignorant of all of Trump's flagrant pardons of con artists, grifters, and criminals...the exact kind of people he surrounds himself with?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Kash Patel: "We will manhunt you to the ends of the earth if you decide to fleece the American people and our elderly and our youth of the taxpayer dollars that should be going to them to help them in their lives"