Reposted by ButtfayceRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Gonna' have to figure out a way to process the rage. Because these stories are going to continue. And we can't ignore them. 111007273
Reposted by ButtfayceKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is, bar none, the stupidest fuckung thing I’ve ever heard. And the idea that there’s nobody in the chain of command - civilian or military - with enough courage to say so is a disgrace.wapo.stNavy weighs major warship redesign to match Trump’s preferencesThe president wants the new fleet of aircraft carriers to more resemble those from World War II. Such a change could cost billions. 29847621110
Reposted by ButtfayceMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I reject the notion that LLM "distillation" is IP theft. All of those U.S. models were trained on human-created output used without permission. If that's not infringement—if it's even possibly fair use—then using AI-created output for training can't ever be infringement.bloomberg.comBessent Says US Will Scrutinize Chinese AI Models for IP TheftTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US will carefully examine open source artificial intelligence models from China for signs of intellectual property theft, amid concerns that a new wave of low... 1215230
Reposted by ButtfayceNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026If you thought professional diplomacy informed by experts was bad, get a load of the opposite 845057
Reposted by Buttfaycebobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 16/06/2026america is an ideal worth fighting for 102117632220
Reposted by ButtfayceAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Lindsey Graham is rubbing his few remaining brain cells together and finally figuring out that Trump starting a war with Iran might've been a bad idea 96842268
Reposted by Buttfaycehannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 23/05/2026It’s worth noting that when Jan. 6 happened, the pro-Trump right used dozens of conspiracy theories to try and offload blame from themselves—e.g., claiming it was “antifa,” “feds.” Now, they seem keen to just admit they did it—all of it—and it was good. 4130961007
Reposted by ButtfayceJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/04/2026A single vote for Trump in the birthright citizenship case would be as bad as anything the Court has done since Bush v. Gore. This issue has been settled for more than a century. It is the jurisprudential equivalent of asking what 2+2 is. Any answer other than 4, something is deeply, deeply wrong. 19689341877
Reposted by ButtfayceChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 15/02/2026ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something. 361209168098
Reposted by ButtfayceChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/02/2026Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich 42113932916
Reposted by Buttfaycederek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 30/01/2026every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds 383297786467
Reposted by ButtfayceMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price. 256142625465
Reposted by ButtfayceNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/11/2025A mayoral candidate saying maybe the city should cover the cost of bus rides gets the full socialism panic treatment before he even tries it. A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year. 401670456
Reposted by ButtfayceJason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 12/11/2025So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes. 4247121166
Reposted by ButtfayceHolly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 15/10/2025you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you 41347509697
Reposted by Buttfayce🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 19/09/2025the H1-B thing seems unlikely to withstand a court challenge, but it's still deeply funny that it's basically a nuclear warhead aimed at businesses and executives who've been grandiosely and publicly kissing his fucking ass for nine months 582076349
Reposted by ButtfayceJustin Guay @guayjg.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Far from ending the global clean energy revolution, the Trump administrations attacks on wind and solar only serve to relegate the US to obscurity All while China emerges to dominate every global supply chain that will matter in the future You couldn't produce a more pro China policy if you tried 17643
Reposted by ButtfayceChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/07/2025It is an extraordinary loss of intellectual expertise that the American people invested millions in developing Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public This is like setting money on fire 8639991537
Reposted by Buttfayceaustin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Imagine being part of a floundering political establishment at historic lows in favorability, seeing this guy's absolutely infectuous energy, and deciding to try to stop it through an array of embarrassing media appearances and editorial blunders. 8088571538
Reposted by ButtfayceAaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com · 02/07/2025We're going to need Nuremberg trials when this is over, yes, and to send a significant number of people currently in the federal government to prison. But we're going to need an unwavering commitment to ostracizing the supporters of it, as well. Never accept them again in polite society. 2997523069
Reposted by ButtfayceOsita Nwanevu @ositanwanevu.com · 27/06/2025Pack the Court. If we are serious about the defense of these rights, we pack the Court. Simple as that. They pack it back, we pack it again. We do it until we reach consensus on long-term reforms to the judiciary. I don't know what it's going to take for people to get it. 487125092679
Reposted by ButtfayceJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 25/06/2025This is insane. There is a madman in Washington creating fiscal policy that will bankrupt America, stifle innovation, and is just morally reprehensible. But a “socialist” who wants to be mayor of NYC is what causes Wall St to panic? Just clowning on themselves. 18410104
Reposted by ButtfayceDave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 22/06/2025at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans 78142503264
Reposted by ButtfayceBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Generally speaking, one swaps out license plates solely to commit crimes 331268408
Reposted by ButtfayceJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 19/06/2025We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. It’s not “close.” You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered. 29680971833
Reposted by ButtfayceGod @thegodshow.com · 19/06/2025The MAGA youth might get sent to Iran because Joe Rogan got them all worked up over 10 trans athletes across 50 states. 1393804698
Reposted by ButtfayceSusan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 13/06/2025This is America now. "We will kill you" says the sheriff. www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/u...cnn.com‘We will kill you’: Florida sheriff issues stern warning to protesters | CNNAs protests over the Trump administration’s immigration raids continue in Los Angeles and other cities, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and law enforcement officials warned that demonstrators ... 4415465
Reposted by ButtfayceMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Raise your hand if you were dumb enough to have believed this. 2553517791
Reposted by Buttfaycejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/06/2025shoutout to every idiot who believed that trump would "end the wars" 145114231551
Reposted by ButtfayceAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law. 136810263821938
Reposted by ButtfayceGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 05/06/2025i'm calling it, today is officially funnier than when Trump got COVID 201442112
Reposted by ButtfayceAmanda Renteria @amandarenteria.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Don’t get distracted by the drama between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Keep your eye on the ball. The budget bill is pending in the Senate and will decimate healthcare access for millions. Every Senator should vote no. Keep telling them that. 1030786
Reposted by ButtfayceChristopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 05/06/2025I can't predict the future but close to 100% of Elon's past interactions with other human beings lead me to suspect this will continue to escalate 1619520
Reposted by ButtfayceIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 22/05/2025I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally? 481144613519
Reposted by ButtfayceJoshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 09/05/2025My dude, you ruled that he was free to commit as many crimes as he wants. 592700481
Reposted by ButtfayceThe Secret DJ. @thesecretdj.bsky.social · 07/05/2025To be fair, he did warn us all that we were never going to survive unless we get a little crazy. 541586278
Reposted by ButtfayceGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 30/04/2025See if I were a Democrat I'd be printing out talking points now accusing Trump and Bezos of colluding to hide the costs of his tariffs. Call them Trump's "hidden fees" "sticker shock" a "Bezos bailout"washingtonpost.comTrump praises Bezos after Amazon denies plan to show tariffs’ costsAmazon said staff had considered listing tariff costs on its Temu competitor, Amazon Haul, but that it’s “not going to happen.” The Trump administration had condemned the idea. 541858548
Reposted by ButtfayceNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Democratic members of Congress should probably be made to understand that unless they throw everything they have at this, they are next. 3386972569
Reposted by ButtfayceMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/04/2025my hope is that the terminally online elder millennials like jd vance and nayib bukele who are driving the resurgence of fascism will keep displaying their anti-social wretchedness until enough people realize they fucking suck and no one should listen to them 462989277
Reposted by Buttfayceshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 17/04/2025this whole administration is like when they shut off the containment unit in ‘ghostbusters’ 347110061831
Reposted by ButtfayceSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14/04/2025If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful. 12585405813729
Reposted by ButtfayceDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Trump bears the bulk of the blame for the unprecedented global economic crisis now unfolding. But let’s not ignore the role played by the hideously bad judgment of the business and financial leaders who supported Trump and didn’t realize this was an inevitable outcome. 23451471076
Reposted by ButtfayceMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Unless it's measles. Or COVID. Or syphilis. 555167532912
Reposted by ButtfayceDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025NEW: There's no reason to act like Trump is pursuing a trade policy or an industrial revitalization strategy. These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do. prospect.org/economy/2025...prospect.orgThey’re Not Tariffs, They’re SanctionsStop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money. 12741341490
