@garrickbjur
returned peace corps ukraine volunteer. evacuated peace corps georgia in 2008. NAFO/OFAN. studied medieval history at berkeley and chicago. have a wife and a daughter. he/him/whatever. seahawks. no dms.
YES!!! @whstancil.bsky.social nails it with "adrift in a dream of normality."
Too many Democrats in power slavishly cling to a political order that no longer exists. Republicans will not keep Trump in check and Democrats in leadership keep waiting for our problems to somehow resolve themselves.
Me on dates: "Did you know medieval people bathed, vikings didn't have horns on their helmets, Hugo Boss didn't design the Nazi uniforms, the beaked plague doctor mask didn't exist during the Black Death, Moors didn't introduce soap to Europe, Napoleon didn't shoot the nose..."
The most annoying line in MAGAworld, and there are a lot!, is the ‘they tried to kill Trump’. They? Who is they? The president keeps getting attacked by… his own supporters.
(CBS News) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
If you want to be a respectable person, have equal standards that apply to everyone: friend, neutral, and enemy... Don't be a "team player." Be a decent human!
Many TikTok users recently reported problems uploading videos, sudden drops to zero views, or posts getting stuck “under review.” Almost all of those complaints involved videos criticizing ICE or discussing the murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
We're approaching the moment where we could really use a Batman-- a rich person who is ready to spend and risk his status on doing the right thing. Please....
And many deserved the label. They deserved what happened to them, and we will probably suffer the same. But I condemn what my government is doing and will likely be dealt with before the consequences you anticipate have come to pass...
Pity Americans! Many voted for Trump. Most didn't (many didn't vote). But like has been the case for 50+ years, others have healthcare, vacation time, etc. We don't have that. We don't have health care or guaranteed housing or guaranteed vacation time. It sucks here. Be angry at the US, but pity us.
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
Daily Totals as of Jul 6
1,180
1,026,440
* 1 anti aircraft
✈️.1 airplane
Almost 30,000 artillery systems
Why is this not commonly embraced? It’s the easiest step….
There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
Y'all notice they're rounding up most of these "freeloading" immigrants AT WORK???!!
Mr. Antiwar President has us inches away from a Civil War at home and a nuclear war abroad in defense of an ally that is starting random hot regional wars to detract from its ongoing genocide. I’m sure all of this will just naturally cool off.
Going out the way he came in (high off his ass)
If roses were flowers, the name "roses" wouldn't have to exist. You'd just call them flowers.
MUST WATCH: Holy hell. Brendan Boyle just obliterated the GOP’s Reconciliation scam live on the floor, calling out every crooked clause and profiteer-friendly loophole like a prosecutor in a murder trial.
This isn’t political theater — this is war.
It’s a violation of the constitution
readsludge.com/2025/05/12/f...
Now this is interesting - former FBI agent Jonathan Buma said that Kremlin agents are deeply embedded in Elon Musk's circle, influence his worldview and helped establish contact between Musk and Putin.
According to Buma, who worked for the FBI for 16 years and specialized in russian espionage,
The illegitimate, one-party Georgian Dream Parliament has approved at the third and final hearing the banning of (essentially all pro-Western) opposition parties.
80 in favor, 0 against.
It just needs the signature of the so-called President or the Speaker now. #terrorinGeorgia
The Pope on jailed journalists, at his first press conference:
"The suffering of these imprisoned journalists challenges the conscience of nations and the international community, calling on all of us to safeguard the precious gift of free speech and of the press"
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/w...
Dear Streaming Apps: I don't want my space bar to do multiple things. I want it to pause or play. I don't actively try to remember what button I last used before I press my space bar. Just stop it. Pause. Or. Play.
How ruzzians behave when away from ruzzia! The sentence is a bit light, imo!
Brutal attack on a family from Ukraine for speaking Ukrainian language. Tomasz A. got sentenced 1 year and 2 months in prison
🔥 “There’s something wrong in this country… everything has gone up but wages… how many yachts and houses does one person need? — They want us to stay poor, stay hidden, and die silently.” 🇺🇸 #FightTheOligarchy
H/T @violadavis.bsky.social
The Economy Only Works For One Group Of Individuals And Not The Rest Of Us….
russian troops committed another war crime, dropping explosives from a drone onto a medical facility in Kherson.
4 men were injured. 2 of them were hospitalized, while the other 2 will receive outpatient treatment.
#RussialsATerroristState
