Beth Martin @cliothemuse.bsky.social · 27/11/2024If he’d complied with the original deadline & not made every effort to delay & obstruct, maybe the judge would be open to some benefit of the doubt? Maybe if he hadn’t *continued* defaming the plaintiffs he wouldn’t have a contempt hearing to work around? But HE is the victim here! 🙄 020 0
Reposted by Beth MartinPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Malaysian dude fantasizing about "bankrupting" our two biggest neighbors definitely has US interests at heart. No doubt about that. 0363 0
Reposted by Beth MartinMicah @rincewind.run · 26/11/2024Discworld QOTD, from The Truth “William wondered why he always disliked people who said 'no offense meant.' Maybe it was because they found it easier to to say 'no offense meant' than actually to refrain from giving offense.” 7517100 0
Reposted by Beth MartinAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/11/2024I’m old enough to remember when Michael Cohen set up “Essential Consulting” and got millions for having Trump’s ear. This pay-for-access isn’t new. 901643308 0
Reposted by Beth MartinMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I think it’s pretty clear to Trump 2846454784 0
Reposted by Beth MartinMike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 26/11/2024A MAGA influencer who appeared multiple times on Fox News criticizing crime and homelessness in San Francisco was booked into jail on Monday on suspicion of pimping a woman for sex work. t.co/mr5cZ7g3MY?s...t.coFox News Guest Who Criticized San Francisco Crime Now Accused Of Committing A CrimeMAGA content creator Ricci Lee Wynne, 39, also known as Raw Ricci, garnered thousands of followers on social media criticizing crime in San Francisco. 161 0
Beth Martin @cliothemuse.bsky.social · 26/11/2024In my opinion “lazy linking” is all the posting & reposting of fact free claims with zero sources given & no attempt made to verify, which is exactly what Musk *wants* Twitter to be. Actually posting links to sources & facts so ppl can verify what’s true is the OPPOSITE of lazy. 041 0
Beth Martin @cliothemuse.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Welcome to real life for quite a few Americans? 020 0
Reposted by Beth MartinAle @aliasvaughn.bsky.social · 26/11/2024And guess what? He’s going to jail for it. 041 0
Reposted by Beth MartinDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I was already excited to click on a news story about Rudy Giuliani having a meltdown in court today and YELLING at the judge. But nothing prepared me for the courtroom sketch 1094355034555 0
Reposted by Beth MartinAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Yes, and it remains frustrating the extent to which the editors who write headlines refuse to take serious responsibility for the ways in which the bodies of articles have become increasingly less relevant than the headlines. 14811 0
Beth Martin @cliothemuse.bsky.social · 26/11/2024When you freely choose over & over again to intentionally harm others & then want to complain about the consequences, I don’t really have any sympathy for you. 🤷🏻♀️ 010 0
Reposted by Beth MartinPhilip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Two Central African soldiers tell me Russian commanders ordered them to “kill everybody”, including women and children, in gold mining communities during operations to seize mines in the northeast of the Central African Republic. 912783 0
Reposted by Beth MartinTalkest Thou To Me? @delaminated.bsky.social · 26/11/2024They know (or should know) that trashing Mexico's economy would increase migratory pressure and make their goal of reducing immigration more difficult. But the idea of punching somebody in the face for it's own sake is just too irresistible to them. 2/2 2184 0
Reposted by Beth MartinTalkest Thou To Me? @delaminated.bsky.social · 26/11/2024And proving that modern conservatism is mostly a way for people to outwardly project their darker impulses in a socially acceptable way as opposed to an organizing movement for developing and implementing effective governing policy. 1/ 141 0
Beth Martin @cliothemuse.bsky.social · 26/11/2024All they’ve got is hate & resentment. It drives everything & makes every situation into zero sum. There is no understanding of mutually profitable situations. They must always “win” & make others “lose”. 000 0
Reposted by Beth MartinDavid Noll @david.noll.org · 26/11/2024phew it's a good thing our constitution is extraordinarily difficult to amend and wannabe autocrats can't do something like get their co-partisans on the constitutional court to recognize an atextual immunity from criminal law. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 60845173 0
Beth Martin @cliothemuse.bsky.social · 26/11/2024The feeling when you are a grown adult who has lots of money & is currently trying to be shadow president of the most powerful nation in the world, but you still need your racist mom to go on TV & defend your delicate feelings from any criticism. 020 0
Reposted by Beth MartinE. Bond @ericbbond.bsky.social · 26/11/2024And said Jeezus unto them, “Seek ye bootstraps, and by them, pull thyself into the kingdom.” — Misconceptions 3:9 0221 0
Reposted by Beth MartinRev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Then Jesus said unto the sick, “you better have insurance.” Then Jesus said unto the stranger, “are you here legally?” Then Jesus said unto the hungry, “my taxes better not be paying for these loaves and fishes.” Then Jesus said unto the poor, “this is your own fault.” 35816243 0
Reposted by Beth MartinThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/11/2024"The half of the country that voted against Donald Trump is left standing alone. Who in the Biden administration is shoring up whatever guardrails remain?" You know, someone can do something about that.thebulwark.comSpeak for America, DemocratsThere is still much that President Biden and other Democrats can do during this increasingly alarming transition to Trump’s second term. 3342885 0
Reposted by Beth Martinghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 25/11/2024the Avocado Rebellion is nigh 2649561 0
Reposted by Beth MartinOtter Poppa's Poppaler Nature Facts @peezkyweezky.bsky.social · 08/03/2024“Learn to code” - Hamurabi 314825 0
Reposted by Beth MartinRob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 26/11/2024A dozen anti-vaccine accounts are responsible for 65% of disinformation shared online, new report finds. Yes, a reality-challenged nominee of a reality-challenged president-elect features prominently among the "disinformation dozen". www.cbsnews.com/news/vaccine... 033 0
Reposted by Beth MartinThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/11/2024If you're wondering why Trump would go through with imposing tariffs even though imposing them makes no sense, politically or economically, stop wondering. This is by @beyerstein.bsky.social. She wrote it in October. www.editorialboard.com/trump-tariff...editorialboard.comTrump tariffs would be world’s biggest protection racketHe politicized tariff waivers in his first term, writes Lindsay Beyerstein. 94726 0
Reposted by Beth MartinNadiia Omelchuk🇺🇦 @ukrainianart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Friends, this incredible Ukrainian Gerdan necklace is available❤️ Made of beads, invested a lot of time, skill and soul. Time to think about Christmas gifts and support Ukrainian art💙💛🎄🎁 Visit my Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/NadiiaJ... 211441 0
Beth Martin @cliothemuse.bsky.social · 25/11/2024There are advantages to not being an optimist… 1131 0
Reposted by Beth MartinMike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024He got away with everything, and got rewarded with a second term. The list of people whose failure, cowardice, lack of imagination, and wishful thinking got us here will be longer than the "begats" in the Old Testament. 1537090 0
Reposted by Beth MartinAnna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The only lesson he’ll take from his attempted coup is to ensure he never leaves office again. That doesn’t mean he’ll succeed but it will be a singular focus 1174 0
Reposted by Beth MartinRenato Mariotti @renatomariotti.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The big news here is that Trump's legal team did not insist that the indictment was dismissed *with* prejudice. Technically speaking, this means that the indictment could be filed in the future, if Trump is no longer president. But there are statute of limitations issues, and he may pardon himself. 208423 0
Reposted by Beth MartinGiorgi Revishvili @revishvili.bsky.social · 25/11/2024A large swarm of Russian Shahed drones are heading to Ukraine right now 1176 0
Reposted by Beth MartinChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024No one knows the future - both what Trump will actually do, and what the effects will be - but it truly was the case that that Trump’s *explicit campaign promises* were to basically destroy the recovery. 1542811724 0
Reposted by Beth MartinAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 25/11/2024These words are engraved above the entrance to the United States Supreme Court. It's time for them to be removed. They're clearly no longer accurate. 22133201011 0
Reposted by Beth MartinPatrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 25/11/2024So Trump’s position has got to be that the Presidential Records Act just allows Joe Biden to take every government doc with him on the way out, right? 142 0
Reposted by Beth MartinScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Former federal prosecutor Scott Fredericksen tells me he still expects Trump to attempt to pardon himself .... after Inauguration... amid concern the 2020 election conspiracy case could resurface in 2029 3424963 0
Beth Martin @cliothemuse.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Spent years as in store HR at a grocery store. Can confirm. Even 16 yr olds got background checks. We did drug testing too. Pretty sure that’s not happening either. 000 0
Reposted by Beth MartinUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 25/11/2024Olha Cherniak survived 280 days in Russian captivity, enduring electrocution, torture, and threats to her family. 🧵 1/7 9407154 0
Reposted by Beth MartinFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Delayed and delayed..and delayed...and delayed... 281011132 0
Reposted by Beth MartinPatrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 25/11/2024As is standard, Joe Biden is presumably declassifying a whole bunch of information in his head right now and then he will tell people about that after he is no longer President. 031 0
Reposted by Beth MartinMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Between reports that anti-NATO protesters in Montreal chanted "Death to Canada" and waved Ru flags, that a far-right, pro-Putin candidate came out of nowhere to win the 1st round of the Romanian presidential election, and that Ukraine's hold on Kursk is becoming more tenuous, today's news suck. 37614 0