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We were once promised tacos on every corner. Instead we got TACO.

Why is Trump is quotes?

9 people were killed in a tornado last night in KY. The NWS office responsible for that area has faced some of the most extreme cuts by the Trump administration, including the loss of overnight forecasting. Last night, they were rushing to find help for the office. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/w...

LISTEN and stop inviting anybody and everybody to the cookout!

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Taking a bribe in a very public way doesn't mean you aren't corrupt, it means your corruption is shameless.

This isn't right even as a matter of literal definitions. Bribery requires quid pro quo. "Corruption" is not limited to bribery. It is corrupt to personally profit off your public office even if it's not direct bribery. Don't finger-wag about "terms matter" if you're going to misdefine said terms.

This is a spectacularly bad take. From your article: "Certain buyers, in interviews and statements, have said they bought the coins or entered the dinner contest with the intention of securing an action by Mr. Trump to affect United States policy." This is the very definition of corruption.

All Of This! The Constitution Says This Is Illegal!

I dare say that judges are collectively getting fed up with being ignored

Are we limiting it to their original stuff? Because if not the answer is their cover of Budgie's Crash Course in Brain Surgery -- one of my favorite covers ever.

100% wrong. It's much worse. They will be defending the military law enforcement in all of the wildly unconstitutional activities that the EO otherwise seems to authorize.

Or both. And it will be before 6 months.

Yep. It was a big, beautiful letter. Nobody has ever sent a better letter. He’s as much of a clown as Trump.

Murkowski is deeply troubled by strongman tactics. Will continue to vote in ways that signify her tacit approval of those same strongman tactics.

Federal criminal folks...Having zero experience in Federal criminal matters, is this normal? Arrest and then present to Grand Jury?!?! Isn't it usually the other way around?

A query for @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com or any other blue check supporter...if the check is so important to ensuring verifiability, why can users turn it off?

And as I typed that, it actually rolled out. In my first few minutes, I already identified a handful of accounts with ✔️ that I have no idea why or who they are, and a handful without that absolutely should have one, even using the most basic and high-level standard of notability.

Other than it absolutely was a prize. People actively gamed the system in an effort to be deemed "notable." The problem is that everyone has a different concept of what is notable. Famous actor/sportsball player? Random YouTuber/TikToker with 1 million followers? News media? Politicians? 1/4