One of the most telling pics of the year ... so far.

Hegseth read a passage from the book of Ezekiel 25:17 but it was really from Pulp Fiction.

When Trump read his Old Testament passage today I hoped it'd be from The Book of Armaments. Chapter 2 verses 9-21.
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rendering of the Trump library with a gold Trump statue and people sitting in an auditorium facing him.

TRUMP Tower Sign in gold

Full sized head of Trump on a banner hanging between the columns at USDA

Trump wearing white vestments as the Pope.

Today Trump read from the Old Testament, 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
It was picked to appeal to Trump's ego as a ballroom builder. it's about a King building temples & mansions & a God punishing those that turn away from Him.
In it Trump isn't the King, he's God.

AOC talking to RFK Jr. Her facial and hand gesture has the spiritual energy of that Italian hand gesture where you pinch your fingers and wave your hand (the "ma che vuo" gesture).

how it feels to say "sprezzatura"

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@thelisagraves.bsky.social has written about #SCOTUS corruption in the past, in her new book she focuses on Roberts & exposes just how he's dismantled our rights. And then gave Trump his "No-Official-Acts-Are-Criminal-If-The-President-Does-It" card. Indy Bookshop link:
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@thelisagraves.bsky.social has written about the overall ethical problems at #SCOTUS in the past. Her new book about Roberts exposes just how he's dismantled our rights AND gave Trump his "No-Official-Acts-Are-Criminal-If-The-President-Does-It" card. Indy Bookshop link:
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Stacks of Ice cream pints that say ice cream for Bears Spotted at a Safeway in #SanFrancisco

Is this a new marketing ploy to sell ice cream to women @histerical.bsky.social ?

#ChoseTheBear

Spotted at a Safeway in #SanFrancisco

I learned this from @thelisagraves.bsky.social's book
Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts And His Accomplices Rewrote The Constitution And Dismantled Our Rights.
More details on @nicolesandler.bsky.social show about the the harm Roberts has done to #SCOTUS www.youtube.com/live/t4-_1yl...

I learned this from @thelisagraves.bsky.social's book
Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts And His Accomplices Rewrote The Constitution And Dismantled Our Rights.
More details on @nicolesandler.bsky.social show about the the harm Roberts has done to #SCOTUS www.youtube.com/live/t4-_1yl...

Photo of A Trump Shuttle plane made an emergency landing at Logan Airport. Globe Staff/File 1989 https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/05/27/donald-trump-airline-went-from-opulence-air-crash-landing/zEf1Er2Hok2dPTVVmZT6NP/story.html

“The shuttle was a clear example of how the exaggerated value accorded his name led Donald into a purchase whose foolishness was apparent almost immediately,”
- 2016 Boston Globe piece about the failed Trump Shuttle.
archive.ph/qZigM
Great article! It points out Trump's failed business patterns.

Bill Murray as his character from Groundhog Day is standing in front of the Strait of Hormuz and in the background we see multiple ships the text reads April 20th

April 20

I found this brilliant image of Bill Murray from Groundhog Day on X posted by @irenabuzarewicz.bsky.social. My first thought was,
"BING!"

Commission of Fine Arts votes to move ahead with Trump's proposed victory arch The seven-member body, whose ranks are composed of Trump appointees, was expected to approve the arch. The proposed monument strongly resembles Paris' Arc de Triomphe, but almost 100 feet taller.

The seven-member body, whose ranks are composed of Trump appointees, was expected to approve the arch. The proposed monument strongly resembles Paris' Arc de Triomphe, but almost 100 feet taller. n.pr/3O5czfK

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this is an utterly bizarre thing for *any* company to put out, much less a defense company

I don't think I'll ever get over Clarence Thomas ruling on cases related to Jan 6 knowing that his wife was an active participant in the attempted coup.

Or ruling on cases related to government regulations and a wealth tax knowing he took gifts from billionaires.

It's a disgrace.

If Dems retake either house, they must launch an investigation into this. There's no easier way to highlight the corruption of this era and to establish that Dems are committed to fighting it.

Pretty sure @wyden.senate.gov and Maxine Waters would be the chairs to do it.

This conjures a memory of the best mayor NYC ever had. Here's the Little Flower, reading the funny pages to kids on the radio and loving his job as Mamdani clearly does.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGFT...

This tracks with @thelisagraves.bsky.social book Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts And His Accomplices Rewrote The Constitution And Dismantled Our Rights.
She talked to @nicolesandler.bsky.social about how Roberts enabled Trump's irreparable harm to the US. www.youtube.com/live/t4-_1yl...

I'm on high-speed internet Obama gave us, on insurance Obama & a Dem Congress made sure I couldn't be kicked off of, in a house bought w/a USDA loan Clinton streamlined for me, by a river myDem senator guaranteed water rights for farmers from, watching farms go up for sale under Trump admin failures

A federal judge in Illinois today ruled that the Trump administration improperly coerced Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps in violation of the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump’s Leather Daddy To Head FBI Today Cliff Schecter and Hal Sparks talked about Kash Patel & how he could be the first possible leather daddy to head the FBI. The Steve Bannon plan is to overwhelm the media with Trump’…

In 2024 @cliffschecter.bsky.social & @halsparks.com suggested Kash Patel might be the first leather daddy to head the FBI.
I don't want to kink shame a FBI director for what he wears, I mean there's a tradition! But Hoover would make himself presentable to staff! www.spockosbrain.com/2024/12/07/t...

The HILARIOUS Truth About TRUMP's Worst Nominee & What Will END Him YouTube video by Blue Amp Media | Cliff Schecter | Cliff's Edge

In 2024 @cliffschecter.bsky.social & @halsparks.com suggested Kash Patel might be the first leather daddy to head the FBI.
youtu.be/zGaAuUzsOLk?...
I don't want to kink shame an FBI director for what he wears behind closed doors, there is precedent, but he should make himself presentable for work!

Kash Patel next to an photo of him wearing leather boots this was NOT an ad for Lucchese boots, https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/image-kash-patel-wearing-boots-is-altered-not-lucchese-advertisement-2024-12-17/

In 2024 @cliffschecter.bsky.social suggested Kash Patel might be the first leather daddy to head the FBI.

I don't want to kink shame anyone, but finding out today Patel's own FBI staff asked for breeching tools to reach him behind closed doors makes me wonder. www.spockosbrain.com/2024/12/07/t...

We're also chatting about the CA gov race and why #XavierBecerra is not yet on bluesky.

Marcy explains how to get right-wingers to act politically by using fear & their amygdala, also swearing.
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Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned Elon's latest baby mama exposes the MAGA narrative machine

Interesting post from a former insider revealing how the right wing uses paid social media influencers to boost their messaging in ways that appear organic. @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social 1/

Imagine beefing with the Pope all week and having your sycophants claim the Pope doesn't know the Bible only for one of your people to come out here and quote a fake Bible verse from a movie.

Embarrassing.