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arcatadave.bsky.social
Retired English Prof into jazz, cats, trumpet
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This morning, like every morning, US President will wake up: paint his face orange, clip on his comical wig, put on a big floppy tie & oversized suit & weird platform shoes, and will go out in the world to steal as much money has he can while undermining US national security & economy & democracy.

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Jessica: There is an important distinction to be drawn between being accessible and being good or delivering truth… he does these interviews and says I don't know or I'm not sure… He may be in front of you but that doesn’t mean he’s not spewing bs

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❤️🇨🇦

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Ali Velshi: “In 2022, the US spent more on healthcare than six universal healthcare countries combined, and we still had worse outcomes. Our system isn’t broken because it’s underfunded – it’s broken because it prioritizes profits over people.”

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The DOJ is all in a kerfuffle over James Comey posting (in seashells), 8647. Made me think of the Book of Proverbs: "The wicked flee when none pursueth."

submitted 19 days ago • 455 comments

"You get two dolls and some pencils. I get a golden 747 jumbo jet. See? You get more things than I do. When was the last time you said 'Thank you, Mr. President'?"

submitted 25 days ago • 932 comments

He’s less a president and more a broadcast signal from a dying democracy - static, chaos, and the faint sound of sirens in the distance.

submitted 34 days ago • 173 comments

Imagine sucking so much that countries where you’re not on the ballot vote against you

submitted 38 days ago • 45 comments

Corporations are not people. Money is not speech. www.movetoamend.org

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Let’s keep saying it: IMPEACH… CONVICT… REMOVE.

submitted 51 days ago • 282 comments

Well put.

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Our dystopian reality has outpaced grim hyperbole.

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I wonder how the Supreme Court feels about granting Donald Trump immunity for official acts now that one of those official acts is telling the Supreme Court to shove their ruling and fuck the fuck off.

submitted 52 days ago • 481 comments

Truth

submitted 59 days ago • 127 comments

If there's just God, Tom Homan and Kristi Noem are going to the Hague.

submitted 66 days ago • 823 comments

This piece from @jvl.bsky.social is one of the most important insightful I have read since January 20th 2025.

submitted 67 days ago • 323 comments

And we're off!

submitted 71 days ago • 81 comments

One of the worst things to happen to TV news in my lifetime is the fixation on how politicians should deal with a crisis from a PR perspective rather than the scandal itself. This wasn't common years ago. They just discussed the substance of the news, not how politicians should spin things.

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“Wait guys, P. Hegseth is typing…”

submitted 73 days ago • 11 comments

It’s the perfect storm of terrible ideas, corruption and incompetence.

submitted 73 days ago • 93 comments

Rhet-Comp at Utah State under attack. www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...

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One columnist, a professional pundit, is living in a paranoid delusion. The other, a sociologist, is living in America.

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@aoc.bsky.social: "Every time you see Tom Homan, every time you see Kristi Noem... understand that they are taking attention, focus, dollars, and real resources away from actual drug enforcement, trafficking enforcement, and actually going after and trying to investigate really harmful activity."

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Fat Nixon.

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it's Claims Without Evidence's biggest night

submitted 93 days ago • 14 comments

Color coded costumes! That’ll show em. Next we’re going to give those Republicans such a finger wagging!!!

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enddei.ed.gov This is positively Orwellian. A friend who teaches at a local community college gave it to me yesterday. It apparently has been delivered to teachers everywhere. It is beyond my understanding how it’s come to this. They want us to rat out our teachers.

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Calling the tech oligarchs the "Nerd Reich" is nasty work 😂😂😂

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