Reposted by Claylaura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Everyone who is scared of cities and multiculturalism is a loser. 63125032557
Reposted by ClayPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 31/03/2026"Mass immigration is good, socially and economically; is the single most significant factor in America’s current position as the global locus of commerce and culture; we’ve been lucky to have it; and we should want more," writes @felipedlh.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2080...newrepublic.comThis Is a Historic Opportunity for Democrats to Get Immigration RightAs the public turns against Trump and the Republicans on immigration, the Democrats can seize the moment with a new, positive vision. Here’s what that might look like. 181914621
Reposted by ClayBrian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026they are about to do something so stupid with troops in the middle east that it is legitimately hard to watch 426727
Reposted by ClayKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/03/2026It’s too easy to go to war 1192916277
Reposted by ClayGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I've been saying it a lot, but these deaths line up with what happened in early concentration camps during other regimes: Deaths from poor conditions, disease, or abuse. These deaths are not accidental. They are the direct result of a camp system that is designed to harm those being imprisoned. 240611451
Reposted by ClayBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch. 1094384099483
Reposted by Clay"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 19/01/2026It is incredibly frustrating that all I can do is scream at my two perfectly useless senators while these MAGA fools go out of their way to inaugurate a truly chaotic multipolar era that has a decent chance of killing all of our children. It's just madness. Absolute madness. 20945183
Reposted by ClaySaraAAAGHH A GHOST!!! Ford 🐍🎨👻 @angeloslh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research' 16567584941
Clay @e25clay.bsky.social · 22/11/2025@jamescurle.bsky.social I'm at the game so I need you to post all the things the ACC officiating team is saying for reviews 😄 020
Reposted by ClayFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18/11/2025this tawdry Olivia Nuzzi stuff highlights why I’m turning into a small-c conservative with regards to “it is unseemly and shameful for people in positions of power and influence to subject the public to their messy-ass sex nonsense on a constant basis” 442279174
Reposted by ClayDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 07/11/2025A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables? 252321550
Reposted by ClayBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/10/2025An embarrassingly obvious point, but... This. Is. Illegal. If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed. In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists. www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...cnn.comTrump says he’s increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s Reagan ad | CNN BusinessPresident Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-... 32677392267
Reposted by ClayMax the comics guy who does comics about comics @waitingforthetrade.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Literally everything else aside, it’s very surreal that the President of the United States posted a video of himself pooping on the general public and everyone was just like, yeah, he’ll do that. 2353284
Reposted by ClayPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 17/10/2025/2 The Roberts Court 6-3 majority is best understood not as a genuine or legitimate independent adjudicatory body but as a ceremonial adjunct to the Trump government, like a First Lady or a second-born prince in a constitutional monarchy. 431277308
Reposted by ClayMatt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 03/09/2025This is one of the best interactive historical map sites I've found recently - mapping ships that sank during the SWW. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/41d4... 🗃storymaps.arcgis.comResurfacing the pastMore than 20,000 ships sank during World War II. One man is on a mission to map them all — and is uncovering untold stories along the way. 16726
Reposted by ClayWhat's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Four shipwrecks — including the remains believed to be a 1748 Spanish privateer ship — were recently found at a historical site in North Carolina. wtop.com/national/202...wtop.comWreck of Spanish ship attacked in 1748 possibly found in North Carolina - WTOP NewsFour shipwrecks — including the remains believed to be a 1748 Spanish privateer ship — were recently found at a historical site in North Carolina. 1273
Reposted by ClayAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/06/2025This is the use of the military for domestic law enforcement; I don’t see any other way to describe it. 5127511004
Reposted by ClayJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 19/06/2025I'm not a New Yorker, so I don't get a vote, but I think being a serial sexual harasser should be disqualifying from public office--even if the other plausible candidate is a little further away from you on the political spectrum. 571483222
Reposted by ClaySteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Between this and the Venezuelan TPS ruling, #SCOTUS has now cleared the way for removing more than one million non-citizens who, until now, were *legally protected* against removal. This also ratchets up the stakes in the "third-country" removal case, since many of these folks *can't* be sent home. 501145507
Reposted by ClayKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Your regular reminder that the entire global economy is subject to the whipsaw whims of a person who doesn’t understand how the global economy works 394130312668
Reposted by ClayTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 20/05/2025the DOJ is literally **arresting Democratic members of Congress** and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation 12275512248
Reposted by ClayKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10/05/2025I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works. 833254695599
Reposted by ClayPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Would love to know this dude’s story 85132588
Reposted by Clay🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Bluesky is a retirement home for 39 year old millennials who are forcibly turning themselves into history dads (nongendered) so if you have a hot take about one of the more popular history dad wars you had better come strapped 542851312
Reposted by ClayHolly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025I feel like I was prepared to just take this one in stride for some reason, right up until I saw the username 3728
Reposted by ClayJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings. Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 13053272081
Reposted by Clayutopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 10/04/2025the inclusion of “IDEAS” here is a very good preview of what is to come 523662
Reposted by ClayTroy Goodfellow @troyg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025I keep saying that folks do not understand how angry Canadians are right now. And, for Canada, this is not, primarily, a tariff story! It's about the threats of annexation, diminishing our sovereignty, using tariffs to cripply our economy, consciously destroying a very old and close partnership. 3163
Reposted by ClayJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 03/04/2025There’s gonna be a million tiny tragedies like this coming from tariffs over the next few months. A small business that grew out of a passion project and just explodes through no fault of their own because one part happened to come from China or Vietnam or the EU. 7828231
Reposted by ClayMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Zero harm and ample upside in Democrats calling for impeachments and a special prosecutor. The VP, the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury, the DNI, and the NSC were all involved in the grossly negligent disclosure of specifics on combat operations. 11360221835
Reposted by ClayGerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 22/03/2025every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now 121160434815
Reposted by ClayCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Let the multiplier effects begin. 🇺🇸 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u... 511256400
Reposted by ClayBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 10/03/2025free speech does not mean I have to hang out with every dipshit it means I get to hang out with the dipshits of my choosing 872177
Reposted by ClayKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy. 17567102
Reposted by ClaySam Ro @tker.co · 04/03/2025JPMorgan's David Kelly on tariffs: am.jpmorgan.com/us/en/asset-... 135291
Reposted by ClayEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 04/03/2025Word has it DOGE has terminated the five men protecting the cursed seal that holds the five dark sages in their slumber 20695061209
Reposted by ClayRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Damn that’s crazy Tommy. Btw what state does The Girls’ Team Of All Boys play in, what sport do they play, how come I haven’t seen a billion stories about it after conservative media outlets covered the one (1) allegedly trans volleyball player like she was LeBron and Jordan combined 18735119
Reposted by Clay"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Basically, your mental model here for "what happens if civil war" should be "ten Syrian civil wars happening at the same time." 141
Reposted by Claysouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Not only is SSA historically efficient, they keep getting better and more efficient! www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/a... 14906189
Reposted by ClayRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 28/02/2025“OPM does not have any authority whatsoever, under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees within another agency." - US District Judge William Alsup says in ruling from the bench that the mass firing of probationary employees ordered by OPM was likely unlawful.cnn.comJudge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers to likely be unlawful | CNN PoliticsA federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting some temporary relief to a coalition of labor unions and organizations... 402942863
Reposted by Clayjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/02/2025the main effect of firing 800,000 people — in addition to debilitating the federal government — would be to plunge the US economy into a recessionary spiral that rivaled the Great Recession 26176921991
Reposted by ClayBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025'americans have oppositional defiant disorder' is both the country's curse and its potential salvation 940059
Reposted by ClayT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 18/02/2025In a world with a well-functioning government, the declaration on the right would have the declarant disbarred and jailed 620960
