mrtruscott

Yeah, but this ain’t Russia. Russians have always been ruled. Thus vodka.
We have a few hundred years of (imperfect) democracy under our belts.

Live updates: Israel launches ‘pre-emptive’ strike against Iran | CNN Israel launched what it called a “preemptive strike” against Iran Saturday morning, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz, as a state of emergency was declared across the country.

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And another Friday comes to a close …

Taxation without representation.
Our forefathers fought and overthrew a king because of this. We did it once… we can do it again. Paul Revere didn’t have a cellphone!

The name of the game is distraction. Squid ink.
Obfuscation, if you want fancy. Lauren Bobo leaking a photo?
Distraction.
Remember Trump’s tax returns?
Hmm. Didn’t think so…

Way to go, Lauren - successfully distract from the fact that the wrong person is testifying today.

When, oh when, will we ever learn. It’s a tactic.

I’ll post this over and over today.

Way to go, Lauren. Way to distract from the fact that the wrong person is testifying today.

When, oh when, will we ever learn. It’s a tactic.

I’ll post this over and over today.

Way to go, Lauren, and distract from the fact that the wrong person is testifying today.

When, oh when, will we ever learn. It’s a tactic.

I’ll post this over and over today.

Be a giant among men and women — by conducting yourself like one.

You’re a giant, sir.

Trump said he loves the uneducated. Even the highly educated uneducated are eligible to be in his orbit.

Wait, Trump serious?

You’re kidding, right?

Headline suggestion -
Despite conflicts of interest, Kushner represents the U.S. in high-stakes negotiations with Iran

“Conflicted” makes it sound like he has a conscience, and we know that’s not true of Mr. Can I Sell You A Vowel Kushner.

While they’re not at the circus, Dems should work up a plan to identify and convert Repubs who might cross the aisle. Or work up any plan. Sitting out the speech and/or rebutting it?
It’s a start, but. C’mon.

Bravo, Mr. Reich.

Make them make it illegal to be us, as the old civil rights saying goes.
Noem’s theatrical posing is all for an audience of one— Donald Trump.
Don’t back down. We’re with you!

The Most NIMBY Man In The World - Legal Planet Good piece in the Grey Lady on Wednesday about Trump voters suddenly deciding that some of his policies aren’t so great after all. ICE is trying to build huge detention facilities in order to drag leg...

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This maga shit makes me see - red. Aggrieved hypocritical nimbys. This dude has a granite business - the original NYT story has a woman w/a nearby “cheerleading gym” for kids. She’s mad, too! That concentration camps are bad for business comes as a shock to maga.

Ahaha, he sounds just like me (Mary anti-hedge fund Downer), and the reporter acts just like everyone around me — “okay,” backing away, “quit with the hedge funds already.”

And when Kavanaugh and Barrett openly lied, I thought surely these douche bags won’t be confirmed, that’s like Santa Claus lying.
Guess what. Santa wears a lot of red, so…..

The way people question
- the house he lived in
- the medical treatments he researched and found in his desperation to, you know, live
- his income and net worth
(What have I missed?)

It’s callous, indefensible and heinous. Those are big words.
How about shitty. Yeah.

It’s hard to yank the IV out of your arm and leave your inflated number of “followers.” Some formerly respected people fall for this. Maybe my standards are too high.

Bsky, wear typoes live forever

The day I saw ads for biker thong underwear was the day I decided to bail on Twix. Nothing against bikers.
I rethink the credibility of the *many* people who stayed with Elon. Twix will be a superfund toxic dump footnote in the story of social.

I did some recon - too many people, people I used to respect - kept Twitter accounts and remain very active there.
Many bsky posts are screenshots from Twitter.

Hard to yank the Twix IV out of your arm. Who knows if those “follower counts” are legit?
They know who they are, these Elon supporters.

Too many students lack basic reading and comprehension skills. (The average is 7-8th grade level).
Trump loves the uneducated, remember? And hates the heroes buried at Arlington.

Boy’s Department, size 10/12.

Bsky failed on the link, and the LATimes has a paywall. Oops.

Crypto bought a lot of enablers. Well, except Clarence. He was happy just to get invited on a fancy plane. He didn’t ask for an entire jet.

John prefers Applebees, as I recall. And Clarence just accepted rides on jets, not entire jets. Say what you will, scotus can be bought at rollback Walmart prices.

Every clip and quote of maga lies needs a huge banner reading “More Lies.” Otherwise, every repetition serves to reinforce the maga lies.

Same with saying “Trump posted on Truth Social” — that reinforces the myth that he is posting truth. Just say “he posted.”

No - his mind is addled - not just from drugs - from years of huffing hair spray and self tanner. That self tanner is nasty. (PS- it smells bad; very reliable sources say djt has a cloud of…aroma).
Imagine the shirts and sheets this entire admin goes through. Our tax dollars at work.

I know who you’re referencing there, and it ain’t Wexner, that creepy old man.
But, but … Amy’s many children! How’d that work? That’s a lot of immaculate conception….