chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Profiles in Cowardice. 30 GOP senators plus the Democrats is a sufficient number for removal. 010
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm convinced that 80% of the Extremely Online Left is a GOP ratfucking operation. 010
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That Palestinian self-rule is a moral and political necessity. 000
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...liberalcurrents.comWe Have No Supreme CourtThe philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court. 1223002781
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026She wouldn't even acknowledge the victims in the same room with her. 010
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Closer to open contempt for it. 011
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026In fairness, the most generous assumption we can make about anyone who'd vote for these charlatans is that they're stupid. 032
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Your life is richer for not knowing. 031
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.' 448148215283
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Chloe Fineman would have been a natural, but she left the show right before this dropped. 011
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Similar story with special operations forces. Roughly 200 years from Francis Marion to Kennedy blessing the green beret. 021
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Perfect summation of the antiwoke worldview: trying to destroy democracy is bad, but not nearly as bad as sitting through an HR training 1645002736
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I mean, in fairness, James Fenimore Cooper sucks, as Mark Twain so eloquently elaborated: www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...gutenberg.orgFenimore Cooper's Literary Offences 061
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Between his love of showtunes and his sneaking out of Air Force One, we're maybe a week away from Trump recreating Gene Hackman's senator making a disguised escape in The Birdcage 2967384
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026the media doesn't care about normal americans and doesn't care about our rights. it would be easy to cover this as a persistent scandal but they instead treat it as normal and re-print trump's lies about "vandalism." 125954
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026In a functioning democracy, Kalshi and Polymarket would be regulated out of existence. 051
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Has this Congress considered not being contemptible? 041
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 26/06/2026You mean the Epstein cartel, Tom? 010
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social💙Christine Slemmer💙 @slem63.bsky.social · 26/06/2026He got bullied into flipping his vote, which is even worse. 92575661893
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I wish that's what he was saying, but he's saying exactly the opposite. He's arguing that we should get behind Trump's lawlessness and fascism because doing otherwise would erode the rule of law. 0151
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The Social Democrat left is in no way anti-America. They're mostly indistinguishable from Eisenhower-era Republicans. 020
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026And the rest of us voted to try to protect her from that, but it was more important to her to own the libs. 1543
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026These "extremists" remain to the right of Eisenhower... 000
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Warnock: Right before they passed that ugly bill that cut $1 trillion out of medicaid, the Speaker of the House joined with other legislators and said a prayer, and then they went and voted for that bill. I just want to know what was in that prayer. 786167754594
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialAndreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 #AbolishICE, #SlavaUkraini @andreasor.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The New York Times: Inside Trump’s White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout share.google/xDhqxDW8Cxuo... #Epstein 714276
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 11/06/2026They literally met in the Situation Room to come up with a defense for the President of the United States raping children. 397100983681
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Always remember that the coup never ended. This un-American action, that would imprison everyone involved in a normal and functioning government, should disqualify all involved. 602167436620
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialDr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Putin refuses a ceasefire. Zelenskyy agrees to it. Putin refuses a direct meeting. Zelenskyy agrees to it. Putin continues to attack Ukrainian civilians. Zelenskyy retaliates on strategic and military targets. Politicians calling for "both sides" to "negotiate" serve russia. 14771102134
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialBiggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Absolutely NO LIES TOLD... 15473812032
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialKatherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The GOP is handing a $70B slush fund to ICE. With that money, we could: -Feed 30M hungry people. -Give 1.3M kids free childcare. -Lower gas and grocery prices. They just don’t care about the American people. 26436
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 07/06/2026And the GOP is going along with it. 010
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Honestly, Tolkien being Tolkienish is a huge part of the point, and why he's still the colossus that stands astride the entire genre over 50 years after his passing. It's the texture and the sense of historicity that set him apart. 000
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Honestly, being what used to be called a stand-up guy has become liberal/left-coded. Looking out for others. Stamping out bullying because it's wrong. Ensuring everyone gets a fair shake. Working to grow the community. Volunteering. All the things that came naturally to my Republican grandfather. 0100
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 04/06/2026And then what if they elected him to the highest office in the land? 000
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 04/06/2026We are openly on Russias side now www.politico.com/news/2026/06...politico.comPentagon likely to cancel missile sale to Germany over fears of RussiaThe decision is part of a broader American retrenchment from the NATO alliance. 38634981495
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 03/06/2026After his first administration and January 6, it was an open book test. And we failed it worse this time. 041
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 03/06/2026New euphemism time. Whenever I see a clearly napping Trump, he's now "spending time on domestic issues." 0313
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Now that Todd Blanche has confirmed Trump will still enjoy immunity from IRS audits, Dems must find every way they can to force Rs to vote on this. Rep Jamie Raskin tells me Dems will push the issue in coming days. Let's turn this into a political fiasco for GOP: newrepublic.com/article/2112... 551885616
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 02/06/2026And I absolutely thought the same thing about January 6 and the GOP. 000
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 02/06/2026It's striking how other than the clear rejection of consent, the *other* huge feature of generative AI is that it is allowed to fuck up in much bigger ways, for much longer, that would get a human fired. 51091341
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Artists like "Jesus, I've had clients throw tantrums over a single pixel and then they accept this absolute dogshit that can't even spell their company name right." Baristas now like shit, I would have gotten fired that day if I fucked up inventory like this 127342
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Generative AI is not *only* something its sex pest billionaire advocates are pushing on you without your consent, but it's also given infinitely more latitude with its inevitable fuckups than you would be given. 126359
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialCarl Marxman, buff Ogryn @carlmarxman.northsky.social · 02/06/2026Executive: "I spent three hundred and fifty million dollars on this. I am super smart, so if I bought into this it has to work better than all those unwashed poors I laid off. I don't want to hear how it sucks!" 2516
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Yup. My general experience has been that people respond warmly to Americans and want to practice their English. They also want to ask you about American pop culture. Provided that you're polite, respectful, and not excessively cheap. 030
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The one where he massively defrauded the state of Rhode Island? 020
Reposted by @chris-mcclinch.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Note to media: police arresting peaceful protesters singing “give peace a chance” is not protesters “clashing” with police. It’s the state violating the First Amendment rights of people upset that human beings who did nothing illegal are being held without due process and being fed maggots. 205187896149
chris-mcclinch.bsky.social @chris-mcclinch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026China is by far the biggest beneficiary of Trump and Musk utterly failing to understand soft power. 180