Reposted by Alec MentoRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way. 210122643893
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Also get a passport and make sure you have your birth certificate, for when they “question” your citizenship. 010
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Evil is good, according to Peter Thiel. In other news, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength. 021
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 26/09/2026No, Rahm Emanuel will never be President, either. Again, only a Democratic consultant would look at someone so useless and say PERFECT! 030
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Of course the witch hunt isn't "fall(ing) apart" -- when does it ever? -- but their "research" couldn't find even one noncitizen voter.newrepublic.comDHS Witch Hunt Falls Apart as It Can’t Name a Single Noncitizen VoterThe Department of Homeland Security said it found 16,000 noncitizen voters in one state—but didn’t get a single name right. 110
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I DARE YOU TO STOP ME is the only thing he ever says anymore.politico.comTrump administration launches pro-Trump TV ad ahead of midtermsThe 30-second ad, apparently paid for by U.S. tax dollars, features photos and videos of Trump, the American flag and military aircraft. 010
Reposted by Alec MentoNewshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If only it had been this way. Justice denied 👇 👇 👇 👇 1033506866
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Choosin' Texas" is a gorgeous song! In a related note, I have always been a big "Bette Davis Eyes" fan. #tunesky 010
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Fascinating. It's been literally decades since I wanted to forget who I was, but I still remember the feeling.iflscience.comMan Who Had Stress-Induced Amnesia For 6 Years Recovered His Memories After Switching To An Easier Job"Two weeks after starting this new job, he recalled every detail of his life," the team explained in their report. 010
Reposted by Alec Mento🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 22/09/2026 46427
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 22/09/2026But no processing is even necessary -- it's just an evil government delighting in hurting people. And Americans *wanted* this. 010
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 22/09/2026But it took *this* long to lose white people in Florida. What a sick, immoral, and decadent nation we are. 010
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We can't be so hungry for courage that we compliment the Big Media news outlets finally boycotting Trump. I told them to do that about one second after Karoline Leavitt opened her mouth for the first time. 010
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 22/09/2026BTW, Gavin Newsom will never be President. Seriously, someone both liberals and conservatives hate? Only a Democratic consultant could come up with that. 010
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Another lesson.thebignewsletter.comHappy Oligarch Day as Trump-Aligned Billionaires Take Over HollywoodIt’s a good day to be an oligarch. CNN, CBS, HBO, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and a host of other properties will now be under the control of Larry Ellison, who also owns Oracle and TikTok. 000
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Seriously, everyone, fuck that Meta "Five Years" ad with five thousand sharpened broomsticks. 110
Reposted by Alec MentoHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A whistleblower claims that if there are any threats to Trump in Ireland, the backup plan is to dress him up like a leprechaun and stick him on an Aer Lingus flight. 1071009185
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 13/09/2026But let us not forget, in our celebration of Ted Cruz's various reversals, that ESPN is evil and has ruined popular culture with obnoxious "hot takes." 000
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Back in 2021 I said we should call all stupid statements "Tubervilles." I wish it had caught on. 140
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 13/09/2026An astute analysis of Tucker Carlson's apparent endorsement of Democrat Abdul el-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race. 000
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Your daily reminder that Donald Trump will be an albatross around Republican necks in 2026. 010
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Trump's bribe ($5,000 to each adult American citizen if Republicans keep both Houses of Congress, which ha ha) would cost about $1.3 trillion. Democrats should enact this bribe in early 2027, and pay for it with a tax hike on the rich. Trump would veto it, but the point would be made. 010
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years after 9/11, we're fighting another stupid war in the Middle East, and our government shoots Americans in the street and calls them "domestic terrorists" afterward. 010
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"paid protestors"techdirt.comCool Cool Cool: Hegseth’s DoD Is Running A Secret Network Of Online InfluencersIt would be nice to go a day or two (or three-day weekend!) without being apprised of some new awfulness from this administration. Since that's not going to happen, let's check in with the latest shitshow! And here it is: the Pentagon has "enlisted" some X.com influencers to thrust and parry on behalf of the... 000
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Toxic masculinity is real.defector.comHeartwarming: Preposterous Doug Eddings Umpshow Unites Cardinals And Rockies In Dislike Of Doug Eddings | DefectorThe concept of A Cop On The Edge was once a disreputable film genre unto itself. This was not really a good thing in terms of what it indicated about where the culture was on the issue of vigilante vi... 011
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Remember when right-wingers said we can't do anything about climate change because China won't do anything about climate change? Well, that was also a lie.carbonbrief.orgAnalysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use - Carbon BriefChina’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the strait of Hormuz crisis. 020
Reposted by Alec MentoHippie Chick!🌼 @calilove2028.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Hypocrisy! It’s time for Trump to be impeached and removed! #HippieLove 🌼 042
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Also too: under Jobs/Wozniak, Apple wanted you to feel special for adopting their products, but under Cook, Apple wants you to feel subhuman if you don't use their products the way they'd like. I'm a laptop guy, but Apple looks down on me because I'm not a cellphone guy.karlbode.comApple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless CapitulationTim Cook enthusiastically supported global authoritarian policies while turning Apple Computer into a dull simulacrum of an interesting company. 020
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I like a good ad, but those Kalshi ads are the worst I've ever seen. They must be pretty sure they'll addict all of America. 021
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Of course Trumpholes all voted for this; they just thought #trumporrhea would happen to Those People. 020
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"We Are Living in the Dumbest Age of Red-Baiting" -- until the next one!defector.comWe Are Living In The Dumbest Age Of Red-Baiting | DefectorHave you checked under your bed recently to see if a member of the Democratic Socialists of America is there, waiting, with a pamphlet on taxing the rich clenched between their teeth and the glint of ... 000
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Bad journalism about the future often induces folks to lose their shirts investing in bad projects.defector.comLet's Remember Some Publications That Said We Would Get To Mars By 2026 | DefectorGood science journalism is by its nature suspicious of grand or outlandish claims. Good science journalism does not take press releases at face value, but rather investigates the evidence behind those... 000
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Remember: everyone has a right to an opinion. But no one has a right to your attention. 031
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Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 30/08/2026But Trumpholes never believed this, and they laugh at the rest of us for holding him to his word. And then, when a Democrat's President again, they'll start howling about the deficit like it's all our fault. 000
Reposted by Alec Mento California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026If you're a grown-ass man in full tactical gear asking a child to show ID or proof of citizenship, you failed at life… Utterly and completely failed. You. Are. An. Incel. Loser. Period. 😎✨ 411178383
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Google capitulates to President Tantrum Shitpants! What a surprise! I will continue not using Google's search engine. 000
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 30/08/2026More that this President's "answers" are either "give me more money" or "hurt people who are already down." 000
Reposted by Alec MentoSteph Scythes: 1775-2025+ 💀☢️🇺🇸☣️💀 The American Devolution @stephscythes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026 0104
Reposted by Alec MentoJack Resists 'Sic semper tyrannis' 8647 @jack2011.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Canada agrees to change the name of Lake Ontariogulfof.mapquest.comLake Toddler Tantrum - MapQuestCheck out my custom map where I renamed Lake Ontario to Lake Toddler Tantrum! 0151
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Not surprising. And if you drive roads or call cops or use public libraries or send your kids to public schools, you're already a socialist. If you're over 65, of course, you may be more socialist than the rest of us.newsweek.comThe Democratic Socialist policies seeing support among RepublicansThe policy areas underscore how messaging from party leadership about the DSA can skew voter opinion on a range of issues. 030
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 29/08/2026#hilarecbsnews.comMilo Yiannopoulos is in ICE custody facing a final removal order, sources sayA Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said Milo Yiannopoulos "chose to overstay his welcome." 020
Alec Mento @amento.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Also too, the Whiner-in-Chief started this war so he could make money and distract us from the Epstein files. 000