Jim Lawrence

Jim Lawrence

@jim85.bsky.social

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Jim Lawrence reposted

Anti-trans Democrats are spreading poison when we can least afford it, during elections in this ongoing fascist takeover. As a strategy, it’s a recipe for failure. As a moral stand, it’s reprehensible. PS I’m the father of young trans woman and I’ll never forgive anyone who makes her life harder.

Jim Lawrence reposted

This is garbage. It's very easy to say: "My opponent is a creep who wants to inspect your children's genitalia. I think government should mind its own fucking business." Makes me sick that Turek doesn't have the guts or the interest in fighting for the underdogs here.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

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Mind you, these robot dogs have existed for nearly a decade and plenty of people could tell you “oh, that’s gonna be used by the police to harm protesters.”

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It sounds like hyperbole to suggest the current administration WANTS measles to become common again but I can’t think of much they’d be doing differently if they didn’t want that. (I think some of them really are eugenicists who legit prefer disease spread to prevention; others just don’t care)

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social

The CDC denied a request from California, Hawaiʻi, Oregon, and Washington to validate a high-volume measles test, citing “other priorities.” 🤨

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all of this has always been about getting back at the uppity women who wouldn’t fuck them

“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”

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BREAKING: Trump's head of FEMA just told states to prepare to handle disasters on their own. The Trump admin's disaster chief told state officials they must increase their financial reserves and emergency capabilities to handle most disasters on their own — without federal help.

politico.comFEMA tells states to handle disasters on their ownThe Trump administration plans to cut disaster aid in as few as six months and shift responsibility to states, FEMA's administrator said in remarks obtained by POLITICO.

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SoCal driving culture is incredibly stupid but I think it has evolved out of the awful infrastructure that forces everyone to drive cars on packed 20+ lane freeways every day. I always signal, as I was raised in a civilized society of drunk drivers.

Infomercial@infomercial.bsky.social

I remember a friend who grew up in LA told me her dad taught her to not use a turn signal. Basically "everyone else in the road is an aggressive asshole. You gotta get on their level to protect yourself" kinda thing

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We finally found the paid protesters Trump keeps talking about

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

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1. he’s so open about it this term! so basically republicans have had to move to “this is good, actually”, can’t deny it’s happening 2. it hits different, even for republicans, when everything is so damn expensive trump grifting billions stops feeling like owning the libs and more like owning you

Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social

Suddenly, Trump's corruption feels like a salient political issue. I don't know why it took this long, but it's happening. Even Republicans are telling pollsters they're souring on Trump's grift.

Jim Lawrence reposted

pretty wild how all the actual sabotage of the democratic party is coming from the centrists and nobody outside the left wants to acknowledge that.

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social

Josh Gottheimer just wrote an op-ed for The Free Press arguing that the DSA is a threat to the Democratic Party. …for The Free Press. …yes, that Free Press.

Jim Lawrence reposted

washington dc is not trump’s personal property and must be given statehood to prevent this kind of abuse in the future

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

This design appears to completely eliminate the much-beloved loop road and public park at Hains Point, and cut down the cherry trees which line the road. The park is a public space used by tens of thousands of Washingtonians and heavily visited by tourists. /photos not my own.

Jim Lawrence reposted

Speaking of gratitude, someone who was gifted a senate seat and the vice presidency by sugar daddy should probably show a bit more

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance calls El-Sayed "a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show a little gratitude"

Jim Lawrence reposted

this is a useful point to make clear "holy shit, if you think AI is your friend or lover or confidante" you are deep deep deep into LLM psychosis and need treatment ASAP

Noah Weinberger@noahweinberger2003.bsky.social

Character.ai update. I have heard from my therapist that one of the people they treat has gone to the hospital after learning the app is being shut down. For Self harm. 😭 I don’t know who the person is, but my therapist knows I do HCI/AI policy so they thought it was worth telling me

I see that whole merger they fought so hard for is going great for the Ellisons. I wonder how long they’ll be able to hold onto it with their debt lol

Jim Lawrence reposted

Replying to @donmoyn.bsky.social

To give a sense of scale, Musk is spending more on the midterms than he was on the 2024 election, and he was the biggest donor in that election. In 2025 he promised to pull back from politics and do much less political spending. Another lie.

Jim Lawrence reposted

Headline makes it sound like the DCCC spent all their money on hookers and blow and now rent is due but the real reason is Trump and the Republicans are so toxic the DCCC thinks it can compete in districts Trump won by 13-20 points.

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The DOJ beclowns itself again.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.

Jim Lawrence reposted

I want people to ask "are you a guy or girl" and for me to answer "som thing close to girl, mostly by preference, but I am beyond your baseline human definitions of predefined immutable sex"

Ciel ✨ | firmament@konkondragon.bsky.social

honestly i should get some art of me when im in my more androgynous mood flat chested beyond-gender space being you know you know

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we are going to have to be prepared for these people getting even stupider and more vicious as power starts to slip through their fingers

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Replying to @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social

Like I keep thinking about Jamelle Bouie's belief that Trump won't fire Hegseth because Hegseth will 100% implement orders to fire on a crowd.

Jim Lawrence reposted

This week’s main story is about the Secret Service, why they’ve had so many close calls in recent years, and why some are privately calling 2028 “Armageddon.” Which we’re sure is just an arbitrary code name and nothing to worry about. Link to full segment in bio!

Jim Lawrence reposted

It decimated the federal workforce - not overhauled it. The elimination of expertise. The destruction of capacity. It also did NOT slash government spending. Spending is UP. It has been reallocated to the secret police and military. Stop publishing falsehoods.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

DOGE overhauled the federal workforce and slashed government spending — moves that inspired nationwide protests and lawsuits. The backlash has given Democrats nationally an opportunity to reclaim the government efficiency mantle.