I truly hope @caitfornewyork.bsky.social wins the House seat in NY17 so I never again have to see a smug Mike Lawler's face in a campaign commercial.
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jimbeetle
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Retired from, well, everything. Former Army intel analyst, market researcher, el-hi textbook writer and editor, web maven, more. Brooklyn born, wannabe world traveler, non-trendy foodie and grumpy old Manhattanite.
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Looking forward to the next installment of the Melania trilogy.
Amazon continues to bully sellers on its platform through exorbitant fees and exploitative practices. A federal lawsuit filed by Biden's FTC, which could hold Amazon accountable, heads to trial soon — unless Trump's FTC decides to settle. Is it any wonder why Bezos has been buttering up Donald?
So, the Leader joins the Speaker in a long line of not being aware of things everyone else in the country is talking about.
Tapper: "Do you think it's appropriate for the Attorney General of the U.S. to be participating in a [campaign] event 81 days before the midterms?" Cassidy: "I'm going to reserve comment because I was not aware of that before this. I will say…Todd Blanche has been strong on law enforcement."
We don't need more rules, we need enforcement. "Bicyclists (including e-bike riders) must abide by the same traffic laws, rules, and regulations applicable to drivers. This includes obeying all traffic signals, regulation signs, and pavement markings." www.nyc.gov/html/dot/dow...
City Council Speaker Julie Menin is throwing the book at the “e-bike” debate and considering no less than 17 bills related to e-micromobility regulation at a marquee hearing scheduled for late September. buff.ly/Wqq9FuI
Nonsense!?! When 10 cyclists are blowing through red lights and I'm the one who has to dodge them for my safety? Multiple times a day? Being flipped off because they just don't fucking care about anybody else? A woman was hit and died a short block away from me last year and you call it NONSENSE?
Last week, while walking my daughter home from camp in her stroller, a car with Virginia plates and $8000 in NY traffic fines blew threw a red light and honked at us to get out of the way while we crossed the street. Maybe start there instead of some dramatized Citi Bike nonsense.
Trump doesn't have to cheat; his caddie does it for him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPlF...
Trump won at his own golf course, the question is did he win honestly or did he cheat?
Since he's being harassed again here's a comprehensive NYT 2023 Fauci interview (Gift) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Add it all up. --Expanded bunker under a ballroom that has armored glass and walls along with weaponized drones on the roof. --Reinforced doors. --Additional fencing. --National Guard and ICE patrols now normalized. What other president since Madison ever had to have such defenses?
The stated idea of this proposal is to make it easier to close Lafayette Square when necessary while still leaving it accessible to the public most of the time. I think that’s BS as they’re also looking to permanently fence in Pennsylvania Avenue. Restricting access to the people’s house.
(Gift) In 1983 Philip Johnson and John Burgee designed Trump Castle for a Madison Ave site. When it was cancelled Trump told them, "the project’s over, forget it--and I’m not paying the bill.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/a...
Theodore Roosevelt died 1919. Donald Trump born 1946.
Trump: "I even had a conversation with Theodore Roosevelt. I said, 'What do you think about the Panama Canal? Do you consider that your greatest achievement and how do you feel about the fact that the Democrats gave the Panama Canal away to Panama for $1?'"
It sounds like he's saying that DoJ is making up its own laws.
Acting AG Todd Blanche: "Everybody should agree that it's a violation of our laws if your intent in coming here if you're pregnant is to have a child to become a US citizen because of our now laws. And so what we have to do as the DOJ is make sure HSI agents and the FBI are focused on stopping that"
Assimilate? *Every* worker I interacted with at my polling place Tuesday was an immigrant, and of them, half were PoC. Emmer has to get out and about more.
Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."
I noted this is my quote of your post yesterday.
Back in 1980, Trump was demolishing the Bonwit Teller building. He promised he would donate two Art Deco friezes on the facade to the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art. Instead, he jackhammered them into dust. I just noticed that Donald Trump called the press as John Barron to defend Donald Trump.
"Anyone who is in a position of vandalizing or attempting to vandalize will face the criminal justice system in D.C." --Jeanini Pirro I think her reputation is just going to go further down the toilet,
Trump says that six people have been arrested for alleged vandalism of the Reflecting Pool, despite not providing specific evidence. Meanwhile, there have been ZERO arrests following the release of the Epstein files and Trump is pardoning crooks and fraudsters left and right. "Law and order."
Notice the ever ethereal "...John Baron, a vice president..." at the bottom.
We shouldn't be surprised that Donald Trump had no respect for the history or beauty of the East Wing or the Reflecting Pool. He's always been like that. Back in 1980, he promised to give two beloved Art Deco friezes to the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art. Instead, he jackhammered them into dust.
I wonder what Little Donnie's gonna' do when the rest of the world contests control of the Strait, obliterate them?
Lindsey Graham: "I spent 4.5 hours with President Trump. Here's what I think will happen. If this deal fails, he's gonna take the Strait of Hormuz over by force. We'll charge a fee for all those who go through to pay for the operation... if Iran contests control of the strait we'll obliterate them"
Painted the same scheme as Donnie's bankrupt Trump Shuttle, the airline that went bust just as his casino "empire" was imploding. Only a great businessman could accomplish so much in so short a time.
USAF: The VC-25B Bridge aircraft has officially arrived at Joint Base Andrews. More info: dvidshub.net/r/2osuf8