Daryl Empen

Daryl Empen

@empstrri.bsky.social

Husband, Father, Scout, and proud Rock Islander. Trying to make the world a better place by doing my small part.

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This is all just so, so stupid.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on renaming things: "We have a lake, we have a gulf. We need a river, an ocean, and a strait. So I've got the strait. That's the Strait of Hormuz. We're gonna call it the Trump Strait ... I want to change the the name of the Atlantic Ocean to the American Ocean."

Um, so RAGBRAI, one of the largest bicycle events in the country isn't a thing?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Joe Mitchell: "Thank God you're building the ballroom. Thank God you're getting rid of those awful bike lanes. We don't ride bicycles in Iowa."

How does he keep a straight face when he says this stuff.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "There is no person who hates the idea of people enriching themselves fraudulent over access to the government than Donald J Trump"

How can we be doing anything that benefits Russia? Sickening.

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

A baby girl was killed in her stroller today by a Russian drone strike in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv Region. Her name was Anhelina. Her mother died as well. ​An absolutely barbaric strike on a park full of families with children. ​6 people have been confirmed killed so far, including other children.

I've never been on a dangerous golf course before? Are trees falling on golfers? This is so ridiculous, I dont understand how he can do this, period.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "The Department of Interior wants to take a terrible and very unsafe golf course, and make it into a great, safe, and prestigious golf course ... They do not need an approval. Work is scheduled to begin IMMEDIATELY!"

Perfectly stated

Joe Walsh@walshfreedom.bsky.social

This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇

Ok.t. This is beyond bonkers! Someone please step in. 25th Amendment now!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Beyond parody: "At the strong request of the Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch, into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers..."

Couldn't agree more.

Trump treats WH reporters like shit. They should respond in kind. No more deference. Talk back to him. Tell him he just lied, and didn’t answer the question. Correct him. Confront him with reality. Ask him why he surrounds himself with sycophants. Ask him if he’s lying or just crazy.

There is no end to the corruption of this administration. And just crickets from congress.

NowThis Impact@nowthisimpact.bsky.social

The Trump administration’s corruption is so massive it’s basically created a whole new job category: pardon brokers.

Please justify this. Please someone ask Trump or Vance or any Republican why he not only let this guy out, but are now celebrating him.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social

So the GOP is celebrating a guy who created a darknet marketplace for heroin and meth, and put out multiple muder-for-hire contacts to conceal his crimes.

100%! He can no longer distinguish fiction from reality. And someone needs to call him out on it!!

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Is it a big deal that the U.S. president is telling insane lies that he personally rushed to the site of 9/11 and heroically acted like a first responder himself? Sorta seems like it should be! Maybe?

Daryl Empen reposted

I personally also blame every single person in American public life who played down the obvious danger continuously said the guardrails would hold + the institutions would push back + protect ordinary citizens!

Daryl Empen reposted

I would like to remind everyone that Robert Mueller was 100% correct: Russia DID help Trump, repeatedly and illegally. His investigation produced 37 indictments, and seven guilty pleas or convictions. There is only one person committing widespread election fraud: Donald Trump.

Perfect response.

Fred Guttenberg@fredguttenberg.bsky.social

This!!! "The 2nd Amendment wasn’t intended for weapons of war to murder kids in classrooms, but here we are…" I love and miss you every second of every day Jaime 🧡

Read the entire story. Here is his direct response to all of this nonsense. www.facebook.com/share/18smTa...

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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸@lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social

Dustin Nolan, Emmy winning anchor at KWQC TV6 in the Quad Cities, quit live on air Friday. "We have to be more than sanitized news because it makes people feel uncomfortable. The facts matter." He did not name his reasons. He did not have to.

Indeed!

Asha Rangappa@asharangappa.bsky.social

I would like a side-by-side account of the cost of: the Iran war, the reflecting pool, the ballroom, the Qatari plane, the WWE fight; DOJ settlement payoffs (like to Ashli Babbitt) and any other vanity projects I'm missing; compared with all of the "waste and fraud" supposedly saved by the DOGE cuts

My god, this man sinks lower every day. This is our President! Disgusting.

Fred Guttenberg@fredguttenberg.bsky.social

The demented loser, who only appeals to the "loser class" managed to behave like a child and be antisemitic all in one post. As for his enablers in the Senate who work with @ossoff.senate.gov, I blame all of you. You could defend America and stop this today.

Simply disgusting. There is no bottom to this administration.

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social

The misogynistic smearing of a former First Lady at a White House event sanctioned by a President … is a stain that will not be removable

This man is not well! This can't be who we want as our President!

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

🚨Trump has a complete MELTDOWN on Meet the Press. Kristen Welker presses him on his wild California election conspiracies. Trump calls her crooked, calls the press crooked, and throws a tantrum about how unfair everything is. Then he storms out mid-interview like a toddler who lost at recess. 🍼🤣

Exactly!

Larry Mitchell@drlarrymitchell.bsky.social

To believe 2020 was stolen, you also have to believe: 1. While Trump was in his first term, he allowed Biden to infiltrate the federal government & rig the election against him. 2. In 2024, when Biden and the Democrats were actually in charge, they chose NOT to & let Trump win.

Isnt the bare minimum standard that our President shouldn't be falling asleep on the job? He is old! Let alone incompetent.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump "blinked" for a long time during Pete Hegseth's Memorial Day speech

Exactly. I am so sick of them claiming it was weaponized. They were al convicted by a jury of their peers. Period.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

MacFarlane: I'm filling a notebook with misinformation spreading about January 6th today. The idea that these cases were wrongful, no case was overturned, not a one on appeal. And lots of people appealed. They had a 100% success rate for juries at trial.

If anyone can apply for the $1.776 billion weaponization fund, I think it would be awesome if all of us did. I would argue we've ALL been harmed by the current administration. Let the committee review a few hundred million applications!

Every single day the hypocrisy is ob display.

Joe Perticone@cheetah.bsky.social

Left: Mike Lee on Biden proposing a gas tax holiday in 2022 Right: Mike Lee on Trump proposing the same thing yesterday Been a lot of hypocrisy on this, but this is the worst of them all

Me too.

Patricia Correll@authorpcorrell.bsky.social

I'm a registered Democrat, but once upon a time I might have voted for a Republican if their values aligned with mine. Not anymore. I'll never even consider voting for a Republican again. Their party has been eaten alive by bigotry, misogyny & everything else I hate. They're all tainted now.

Daryl Empen reposted

This paint job—if you can call it that—is costing you $7 million, America, because Trump gave a no-bid contract to a pal This would have been Exhibit A of the sort of shit DOGE was actually *supposed* to be looking for when it was instead cutting lifesaving scientific research

This is just so stupid. 11 months to investigate an Instagram post? He is being indicted because the President hates him. Period.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

WELKER: On Amazon, there are dozens of "8647" products being sold and purchased right now. Should individuals selling or buying that merchandise be concerned they are going to prosecuted? BLANCHE: Of course not