U.S. Politics, November 2024: GARBAGE DAY!!

I'd like to suggest "Doofus Vult" as a nickname for the Defense guy.

Gosh. I'm as perceptive as Ezra Klein!

trump should retain merrick garland, that guy kept him clear for four years

Appropriately, Gaetz grew up in the house they used in the Truman Show

Both Trump and Musk have conned their way to the top, but I feel like the main difference between Trump and Musk is that Trump cosplays as stupid and Elon cosplays as smart. Trump knows the sort of bullshit talk that will get a reaction from his followers and runs along with it. Musk, on the other hand, speaks bullshit that he may actually believe in and looks around looking for approval.

Having serious deja vu today. Susan Collins expressing concern about a Trump nominee, seeing the "this is fine" dog pop up on social media.

― jaymc, Wednesday, November 13, 2024 5:49 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

this and everyone talking about fin bluesky

that and *gestures around at everything in a vaguely 2016 way*

Gaetz resigned two days before an Ethics Committee meeting

that was going to release a report on his felonious ass

also. . . everyone should be on bsky and ditch the twits

I did ... and then found out that Ezra Klein had returned to Twitter after the election, so I checked out his latest tweets via Nitter (xcancel.com). Personally, I would like Klein to join Bluesky. But I think that people who post primarily as a way of wielding influence will continue to use Twitter as long as other influential people remain there.

makes you think about influence and what it means

that was going to release a report on his felonious ass

Are any betting markets open for which 19th century disease comes back first?

I just read about the return of goiter, because people aren't getting enough iodine

But yeah, rickets, polio, scarlet fever, all poised for a comeback

life will be ebola cherries

get ready folks, big change is coming:

https://i.imgur.com/SIprDso.png

so Gaetz resigned right before the ethics report was to be released

I guarantee there's a Dem lawmaker bringing a copy to some WaPo journalist in a shadowy corridor

her investment profile made something like $30M last week after she (& hubs) went extra long on $TSLA. so cool!

who's ready to sign up?

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are asking Americans who are “high-IQ small-government revolutionaries” and willing to work over 80 hours a week to join their new Department of Government Efficiency – at zero pay.

In a new X post on Thursday that doubled as a job announcement and another one of Musk’s trolling attempts, the account for the newly formed Doge wrote: “We don’t need more part-time idea generators. We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting.”

who’s ready to sign throw up?

the cost cutting is going to mean cuts to the VA budget, Medicare and Social Security guaranteed, but also the Department of Education, Department of Transportation, Department of Agriculture, Department Health and Human Services, Department of the Interior, Department of the Treasury, and of course the EPA, FDA, CDC, HUD, NOAA, etc etc etc

and the arrest of Anthony Fauci

Honestly I am pretty good at efficiency, but no way would I work for those assholes.

I like a good, bloated federal government

i thought you guys would be all a buzz about RFK Jr's new gig!

ooh and now todd blanche as deputy attorny general. its all coming together...

RFK's a crackpot, but I think he's pro-choice? If he wants to legalize psychedelic raw milk, I guess whatever?

black market SSRIs sounds fun

lol love just bringing yr mob lawyer right into the White House.

it'll be interesting to see what % of this first round of unlikely cabinet picks actually makes the cut

If the past 9 years have taught me anything it is to never underestimate the craven cowardice and blatant amorality of Republicans in Congress.

RFK will have to pry my Paxil out of my cold dead hands

After he's dropped you in Central Park.

What the nation needs now is more leaky whale heads

^^^ Can only hear that to the tune of “Teen Angst” by Cracker

in summary, Democracy isn't always pretty

What the nation needs now is more leaky whale heads

― velcromagnon (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, November 15, 2024 6:53 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

No not just for some but for everyone

RFK will have to pry my Paxil out of my cold dead hands

― Booger Swamp Road (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, November 14, 2024 11:58 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

i take paxil too. i don't think he would interfere with people's access to it.

Might as well give Jill Stein a job

She already has one, and she only has to show up for it every four years.

It’s one of those Green Jobs

life will be ebola cherries

― felicity, Thursday, November 14

lads lads you slept on this one

It will be interesting to see how this plays out - attacking "big pharma" hardly seems a Republican rallying cry. Also I think Americans care much more about financial insecurity than freaking flouride

I dont think most Trump voters really understand what sorts of freaks are in his orbit

Seems like it’s time for all that oppo that we were told would destroy RFK in ten minutes to drop.

What the nation needs now is more leaky whale heads

― velcromagnon (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, November 15, 2024 7:53 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

^^^ Can only hear that to the tune of “Teen Angst” by Cracker

― mildew and sanctimony (soda), Friday, November 15, 2024 8:01 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

like I need a worm in my head

Seems like it’s time for all that oppo that we were told would destroy RFK in ten minutes to drop.

he's been credibly accused of sexual assault, admitted publicly he dumped a dead bear in central park, talks about the worm in his head..... Unless he somehow was behind the murder of his uncle and father, I think this oppo is already out there

What the nation needs now is more leaky whale heads

― velcromagnon (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, November 15, 2024 7:53 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

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