janburke.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

Let's just have him go to Mars. As soon as possible. Maybe in a cybertruck.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

What’s worse? That the US Attorney’s office for DC call themselves “Trump’s lawyers” or that they don’t know where to put the apostrophe?

submitted 3 days ago • 363 comments

🎯

submitted 5 days ago • 536 comments

All Pete Hegseth talks about is being a warrior and instilling a warrior mindset in the military. Personal courage is the cornerstone of the warrior ethos. I wonder how that fits with being such a coward as to fire generals with 35 or more years of service in a press release on a Friday night.

submitted 5 days ago • 979 comments

It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there

submitted 5 days ago • 1680 comments

The heartbreak. Trump claims USAID is bankrupting America—it’s less than 1% of the budget. Meanwhile, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is gutting the largest food aid provider. He could end world hunger & still be the richest man alive. But he won’t. Not just greed. We’re watching evil at work.

submitted 5 days ago • 424 comments

@msnbc.com @joyannreid.bsky.social brings insightful coverage and an important perspective every time she is on the air. This is a real loss to your viewers.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Statement from the Musk-appointed head of SSA celebrating the deletion of research grants studying the financial security of the older adults and the disabled. Just one way that the richest man in the world is dictating societal priorities. www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...

submitted 7 days ago • 119 comments

Over the course of my career, @joyannreid.bsky.social has been one of the few to give me and so many other Black voices consistent airtime. In a time in which Black women’s voices are needed now more than ever— This cancellation hurts, but the bounce back will be impeccable. We got you, Joy.

submitted 5 days ago • 459 comments

WISCONSIN VOTERS ABROAD! You have a really important election coming up. Are you registered to vote in 2025? Register and request your ballots now at votefromabroad.org #DemocratsAbroad #WisconsinElections @votefromabroad.bsky.social @wisdems.bsky.social

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."

submitted 5 days ago • 3910 comments

New in PN: Linda McMahon is much worse than you think "Trump’s plan to dismantle the DoE will be central to Dems’ questions during McMahon’s confirmation hearing. There is, however, another reason that she shouldn’t be anywhere near the cabinet."

submitted 15 days ago • 260 comments

"they're drinking vodka straight out of the bottle tonight..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 15 days ago • 1176 comments

And “slop” is the right term. I know reporters prize the badge of “White House correspondent” but they’re not getting anything vitally important there. Woodward & Bernstein broke Watergate from the WaPo’s City Desk. They’re just the live audience for Trump’s open mic night ramblings. That’s it.

submitted 15 days ago • 43 comments

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to resume payments for federal programs after the White House violated a previous order blocking a funding freeze.

submitted 15 days ago • 24 comments

President Elon Musk holding court with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In what universe does MAGA think our Founding Fathers wanted to have this unelected billionaire meeting with world leaders in the White House?

submitted 15 days ago • 457 comments

‘Ghost’ that haunts abandoned South Carolina rail line may be caused by tiny earthquakes | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... And now @science.org has a BlueSky button to share directly!

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

The bit about a military invasion of California to turn on water? The only thing flowing from that statement comes from the back end of a bull. Don't swallow it.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Trump just literally eliminated an Executive Order to reduce the price of prescription drugs. They are ripping you off, personally. They never gave a shit about the price of anything.

submitted 38 days ago • 226 comments

Jacksonianism but with robber barons.

submitted 38 days ago • 7 comments

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

More GOP lies and division in a time when we should be coming together. Thank you for setting the record straight, Rep. Lieu.

submitted 44 days ago • 118 comments

I bet Claudia Tenney's offices would be happy to explain what she's babbling about here if you call them.

submitted 44 days ago • 111 comments

People whose first impulse is to find the supposed failures that led to the suffering of others rarely see their own failure to be a compassionate human being in such cases. Here's a brief guide to faking the humanity you may lack: STFU and find a way to be of real help. #LAStrong

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

@janemayer.bsky.social on Pete Hegseth: “Many of these potential witnesses… tried to reach out to some of the Republican senators, and [they] declined to meet with several of these key sources... So, were they kept in the dark, or did they want to be in the dark?”

submitted 46 days ago • 15 comments

FBI director Chris Wray, in his 60 Minutes interview, mentioned the Jan. 6 defendant convicted of plotting to murder the FBI agents who investigated the rioter on J6 charges. Generously, at maximum, I think maybe 3% of Americans are aware of that conviction. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

submitted 46 days ago • 92 comments

Follow @milesklee.bsky.social

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments

Angeles National Forest closed until 1/15 www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/angel...

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Is it really that difficult to show a little respect, Bruce? Kamala Harris is our Vice President of the United States. A little patriotism wouldn’t hurt—but then again, it is the anniversary of January 6, 2021. thegrio.com/2025/01/06/s...

submitted 53 days ago • 70 comments

January 6

submitted 53 days ago • 31 comments

substack.com/@avindman/no... #DemCast

submitted 53 days ago • 3 comments

Four years ago, a violent mob attacked the United States Capitol as part of an attempt to halt the peaceful transfer of power. Today, and every day, we remember the events of that awful day. We must all recommit to protecting our democracy from those who would undermine or end it. #DemCast

submitted 53 days ago • 4 comments

They want us to memory hole tearing down the American flag to fly Trump’s.

submitted 53 days ago • 322 comments

Efforts to downplay the severity of Jan. 6 overlook that, across more than 1,000 distinct convictions and plea deals, rioters were sentenced to a collective 1,300 years in prison (plus 1,000 in probation and 1,100 in supervised release). www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 53 days ago • 65 comments

🧵 1/5 Credit to @socialmedialab.ca for bringing this to my attention and other Bsky users. Some good news! I've created several block lists noticing different wording used in the bot bios.

submitted 53 days ago • 14 comments

Nero, but...

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Somewhere in the United States someone at this very moment is wrapping a gun to give to a child for Christmas, and you will never make me understand this.

submitted 68 days ago • 72 comments

My favorite in this genre, just because it's so surreal, was when he declared that he invented the phrase "priming the pump." “I came up with it a couple of days ago and I thought it was good.” - Interview with The Economist, May 11 2017

submitted 68 days ago • 61 comments

open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Trump pick for SBA, Kelly Loeffler, was CEO of her husband’s crypto co. Bakkt. Trump now is in talks to buy Bakkt. Loeffler made insider trades using info she got while GA’s Rep. The grifting of billions has begun. Where is the SEC? #Voices4Victory www.ajc.com/news/busines...

submitted 71 days ago • 19 comments

Elon Musk want to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This agency is responsible for protecting Americans from predatory banking, payday lenders, and for-profit colleges. 💙 and share to let the American people know what they voted for!

submitted 72 days ago • 262 comments

The five largest grocers in America reaped over $29 billion in profits according to recent annual reports. They've been charging you more and lining their pockets. Now Trump wants to give them an annual tax cut of nearly $1.7 billion. Hello?

submitted 72 days ago • 118 comments

The markets react to the Elon Musk government shutdown

submitted 72 days ago • 84 comments

Periodic editor's reminder to use "TK" for your placeholder copy, because it's easier to catch at a glance than whatever your gentile social media producer might use instead

submitted 74 days ago • 67 comments