Misty at Boulder

Misty at Boulder

@matboulder.bsky.social

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Replying to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Love that 12yr old black children are written as "young adults" and a 53yr old senator is "youthful" also his imaginary sky angel has forgiven him so we should just move on.

It’s hard to know which should be first. I feel like treason against the US who aided Russia while it helped Iran target us is very important. Or the January 6 Jack Smith investigation. Or stealing classified documents. But I agree that Venezuela is *high* on the list.

Edward Luce@edwardluce.bsky.social

When the next US Congress investigates corruption, Trump's oil-deal-of-the-century with Alejandro Betancourt, the face of Venezuelan corruption, should be top of its list. Two kleptocracies working together. Brilliant essay by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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BLANCHE: You're talking about January 6. And that's so embarrassing to this network BASH: Oh, come on BLANCHE: Don't 'oh come on' me

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Replying to @slavaukraini033.bsky.social

Obama on Iran: Remember, they said, "Oh, this is the best war ever. It's going great." So, seven months later, how's that war going? Our allies and our bases have been attacked. Americans have been killed. Hundreds of Americans have been wounded. We have run down our stock of missiles.

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He hasn’t lost his amazing ability to make up shit as he goes along.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "In Washington, all the restaurants were closing. People were being held up. They'd walk into a restaurant. Like Jesse James. 'Stand up! Give us all your money.' They're eating dinner at a fancy restaurant. All the restaurants were closing."

Obama has the best delivery of the best lines. Glad to see him hitting Donald again. ❤️

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Obama in Michigan: "He is focused on home renovations. He should be on HGTV! ... He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory"

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Was howling when he said this!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Obama: "That well-known evil empire Canada. That historical adversary of ours. Canada! *laughs* It's your neighbor. It's a few minutes' drive over the bridge! These are the people who gave us Martin Short and maple syrup. They are the nicest people! And someone we've gotten them so mad."

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"Right now, we’re living in Trump’s world, in Vance’s world, in Hegseth’s world. .. This is what a world without empathy looks like. It’s a world of constant othering, of constant rage .. But nothing flourishes in that world." This is very well articulated A fascinating read:

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

New in PN: In defense of empathy "Being aware of other people’s feelings, sensitive to them, and able to put yourself in another person’s shoes is pretty much essential for humans to function as a community. But the current conservative project has zero room for that sort of thing."

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no matter how sure you are that these guys have broken a whole bunch of laws, you aren't nearly as certain as they are

Holly Brewer@earlymodjustice.bsky.social

“Several conservative organizations …— including the Heritage Foundation and American Moment — have pressed White House counsel to either prepare pardons or put in place funding for the legal fees necessary to defend junior staffers from criminal and congressional probes or potential lawsuits.”

Black women tell us the racism was never absent. Women tell us misogyny was never absent. Anyone fighting against the regressive right is familiar with being targeted by the haters. It’s not new. 💔

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

What an open sewer of racism and bigotry the right has become.

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Starlink service in Ukraine was brought back online after Congressional Republicans warned the White House they would stall all of President Trump’s nominees until access was reinstated, as the outage was growing into a political liability for vulnerable lawmakers.

Sven-Erik Volberg@volberg.bsky.social

Starlink is again operating at a speed of over 400 km/h. The connection remains stable, - Defense Minister Khmara. www.reuters.com/science/spac...

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the navy isn't as much of a surprise but i was not expecting we'd get the United States Marines in the national divorce

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social

Woah - boards of service in the Marines and the Navy are ignoring Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth's order to purge transgender troops from the military. "Navy and Marine Corps boards have voted to retain trans members in nine of 12 cases." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

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I think ignoring Russia’s genocidal rhetoric and hideous war crimes is a pretty clear giveaway of whose side at least one of America’s top elite oligarchs is on. At what point do we ask whether they’re acting as Russian assets?

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We don't talk enough about the passive approval of the fascism that non-voters are responsible for. Not voting is also a choice.

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Best way to understand MAGA is as a version of the Star Trek episode "A Piece of the Action" but instead of basing their society around an old book about gangland Chicago they based it on the Epstein Files.

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"

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The *second* best thing about a James Talarico win would be how angry this annoying, interfering dork will be at not being able to buy a Senate seat for $200,000,000.

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Hegseth’s staff broke Eisenhower’s globe. The symbolism is too much to bear. (And of course, they ignored the TRAINED EXPERTS WHO HANDLE HISTORICAL ITEMS. Because EDUCATION? EXPERTISE? WHO NEEDS IT?….im going to get some coffee…)

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

"Ordinarily, moving historical items within the building is a deliberate process overseen by curators. Hegseth’s staff dispatched its own team to relocate an Eisenhower globe. They dropped it...The resulting gash appears to be several inches wide." wapo.st/3WF2YQo

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Russia is assisting Iran. Iran is at war with the U.S. and targeting and killing our troops. Trump is providing aid and comfort to our enemies.

This is definitely the concision I have drawn, too.

Stephen Reed@stephenreed1131.bsky.social

They elected a criminal rapist. They mass murder people on the high seas and cheer it on with glee. They sent hundreds of innocents to be raped and tortured in a foreign gulag. They see "low" as a challenge on how much lower they can go.

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WITKOFF TO PUTIN (yes, that Putin): “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian — you are a humanitarian also, sir. I salute that. I commend you.” 🤯 we are so cooked. Russia was never a hoax.

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Not for nothing but PBS does election night coverage and we work really really really hard on it. Union shop as well!

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social

Scoop from @brettlogiurato.bsky.social: CBS has sold its local election night coverage to DraftKings, stirring more controversy inside the David Ellison-owned company. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-draftk...

I hope they’ve been preparing since Donald was reinstalled. There has never been a doubt that he’d never willingly let go of any power.

Lakota Man 🪶@lakotaman.bsky.social

Jesus fucking Christ. Trump, Elon Musk and Congressional Republicans have become a threat to our country’s national security.

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GM just announced the biggest stock buyback in automotive industry history. Instead of investing in their workers or new product lines, GM executives are robbing from the future to pay themselves and their shareholders today. Stock buybacks should be illegal.

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About a decade or two ago this country decided the role of a public intellectual was to use unnecessarily long words to say stupid things. And that’s Malcolm Gladwell’s whole career.

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com

“In recent years, many Americans have decided that their country’s problem was that it had too many police officers, when in fact its problem was that it had too few,” Malcolm Gladwell writes:

Every accusation is a confession. Every. Single. One.

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.

“Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.” We are at war with Iran. Russia is helping Russia target our soldiers and facilities. Donald is helping Russia.

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

Yikes. Be careful out there.

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