Reposted by M S BurtonCasey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social · 5hI can think of a certain someone who would be a *great* candidate for investigations from both a future Congress and a future administration! bsky.app/profile/dave... 0397
Reposted by M S BurtonCasey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social · 5hOr the fact that it was Biden's DOJ that oversaw the prosecution of **Bob Menendez**—or launched the investigation of Eric Adams! None of that mattered. People screaming about the politicization of the DOJ under Biden continued screaming the same thing. 1132349
Reposted by M S BurtonIndivisible Bucks County @indivisiblebux.bsky.social · 7hHOLY PA-01 SCOOP IN POLITICO!! Brian Fitzpatrick's awful ads seem to show a bunch of news headlines. But those deceptive quotes didn't come from actual news reports - they were written by one of his wedding guests, a felon who was once on the payroll of his own campaign, who self-published them!politico.comThe source of Brian Fitzpatrick’s campaign ad attack fodder: A guest at his own weddingSelf-published articles from a longtime ally are showing up in the vulnerable Pennsylvania Republican’s attack ads. 10311110
Reposted by M S BurtonAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 16hThe most bizarre thing about this idiotic, embarrassing line of questioning by Eric Schmitt is that it’s totally irrelevant Even if Jack Smith went to a basketball game in Atlanta-he didn’t-there isn’t even a scintilla of proof that he met, much less conspired with Fani Willis 35 days 931735328
Reposted by M S BurtonMatt Royer 🤘🏼 @mattroyer.bsky.social · 16hTrump’s Midterm Message: - We have the best murder (?) - We have the best poverty (?) - North Korea can have nukes - He’s done a shitty job as President Will this resonate with voters??? 23724152
Reposted by M S BurtonAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 13hIn many red states, it's simply a question of whether you can get Trump's endorsement. So we wind up with idiots like Eric Schmitt, Tuberville and Darline Graham, if she wins I mean, Georgia Republicans nominated Herschel Walker because Trump told them to, for G-d's sake. And he almost beat Ossoff 341509265
Reposted by M S BurtonJim Metcalf @thermochronic.bsky.social · 7hThis really summarizes the “I did my own research” dudes 291104173
Reposted by M S BurtonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6hSORKIN: I'm half joking -- does OpenAI need to change its name? DNI JAY CLAYTON: Ha ha ha. You know what? Why don't you ask them, Andrew 4343361
Reposted by M S BurtonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6hRick Scott on a congressional stock trade ban: "No one thinks we should be making money off our jobs. That's wrong." 110580110
Reposted by M S BurtonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6hRep. Dan Meuser blames Ukraine and Biden for high diesel prices 197657113
Reposted by M S BurtonYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 6hchrist this infuriates me. ACA bridged the gap between my divorce (with loss of spousal benefits) and medicare eligibility. without it, I would not have had access to health care for eight years. 371459220
Reposted by M S BurtonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5hMinnesota Republican state Senate candidate Andrea Zupancich served up some EPIC word salads during this debate. Try to make sense of what's she's saying if you dare. 6345193
Reposted by M S Burtonadrian @crawf34.bsky.social · 5hbill clinton made my electric bill skyrocket this year 5377893
Reposted by M S BurtonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h"Schmitt says he stands by his claim that Smith is a 'dirtbag' and a perjurer. And with that kind of commitment to the bit, he’s definitely a shoe-in for the VP spot." — @lizdye.bsky.socialpublicnotice.coSchmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack SmithWhen gotchas go disastrously wrong. 2041733324
Reposted by M S BurtonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5hTrump is standing like no human has ever stood before 129162081189
Reposted by M S BurtonGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4h“… Texas has more than twice as many arrests as Florida, which ranked second." "Experts have attributed Texas prominence in the deportation numbers to the state’s cooperation with federal immigration authorities, its large immigrant population and vast southern border.” 044
Reposted by M S BurtonAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5hCorrect. A LOT of people deluded themselves into thinking that Trump's mass deportation pledge was "round up the criminals and gangbangers Biden let in," which was, of course, a completely false narrative. And now people who supported it because they believed in that goal have realized what's up. 2532271
Reposted by M S BurtonGary Alexander @garyalexander.bsky.social · 23hGreek life is so cool because, even if they aren't cooking meth in the basement and some are, they create similar disincentives to blow the whistle or confront other members as the mafia: doing the right thing risks blowing up your housing situation, current social life, and future networks. 516125
Reposted by M S BurtonWesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 17hDOD has released the name of the SEAL Team 6 operation in Nigeria last spring where they killed an ISIS-West Africa emir, and it is “Galavinic Cobra” It appears that “galavinic” is not a real word, but is an occasionally recurring misspelling of “galvanic” (with some instances on old gun forums) 3484
Reposted by M S BurtonMatt @nosoupforgeorge.bsky.social · 18hSophie Cunningham scored 4 points in 23 minutes for the Fever tonight. Thought I'd share these stats, since she wants us to talk about basketball now. 1215412
Reposted by M S BurtonEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 18hI know this will shock everyone but Eric Schmitt is still wrong — there were *six* NBA games that night, not one. Hawks/Hawkeyes confusion remains the likely explanation. www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/?m... 1351399255
Reposted by M S BurtonBlack Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 18hThis is ridiculous www.reuters.com/legal/govern...reuters.comTSA officers will not be allowed to sit during ID checks at US airportsUS Transportation Security Administration officers will no longer be able to sit while checking IDs at US airport checkpoints, the agency and a major union said Tuesday. 86313
Reposted by M S BurtonThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18hThe Defense Department announced plans to stop hiring civilians for tenured faculty positions at U.S. military service academies. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the change would ensure that academies are focused on their “warfighting mission.”washingtonpost.comHegseth bars military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professorsThe move marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to exert more control over faculty at service academies. 303423
Reposted by M S BurtonCharles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 18hEric Schmitt could have defused the shitstorm heading his way if he simply backed down and apologized for getting his facts wrong. Instead he doubled down like a fucking idiot and made himself look even worse. The Republican way. 6616
Reposted by M S BurtonRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18hI mean, what else does Talarico have to do to get Corrupt Coward Paxton to stop hiding behind Donald Trump’s diaper? 311133176
Reposted by M S BurtonTina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 19hNEW: H-2A worker Carlos Vargas Moreno experienced a catastrophic heat stroke when his employer, Florida Orange Gold, subjected him to unsafe working conditions. The same company was cited two years prior for the heat-related death of H-2A worker Carmen Sebastian Hernandez Mosqueda.prismreports.orgDespite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fieldsFlorida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina 2231142
Reposted by M S BurtonRenee Dechert @reneedechert.com · 29/09/2026So I wrote about MLB’s decision to try playing baseball in a national park. (I think there’s more at work here than just playing baseball in a scenic location.)purplerow.comTuesday Rockpile: Should MLB build a ballpark in Grand Teton National Park?No. It’s a terrible idea. Here’s why. 43315
Reposted by M S BurtonJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 19hi remember talking to my dad my towards the end of my senior year about all the time i had spent at the sun over the years and he said "well, that was really your fraternity for your time there." never been prouder to be a small part of this brother/sister/siblinghood 🫡🫡🫡nytimes.comStudents at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two YearsThe student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 248042
Reposted by M S BurtonKate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 19h"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 572763908
Reposted by M S BurtonBailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 18hI wouldn’t stop suing until my name was on every building the school has and every trustee had to write me a personal check. 116029
Reposted by M S BurtonAutonomy News @autonomynews.co · 18hAttorney General Jonathan Skrmetti—yes, that one—sent sweeping legal demands to an abortion fund and the state’s Planned Parenthood affiliate. He’s seeking internal communications, website and social media copy, donor records, patient records, information about healthcare providers, and moreautonomynews.coTennessee AG Investigating Clinics and Abortion Funds, Racist Hyde Amendment Turns 50: September 29 News RoundupPlus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week. 49431
Reposted by M S BurtonFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18hI would die for the Weird Puppies at the Sacramento SPCA 54874125
Reposted by M S BurtonArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 23hCircus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 168120592562
Reposted by M S BurtonSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 20hThere is a cottage industry on that other site of people in official government legal jobs affirmatively misstating or misrepresenting what rulings are about and then expressing surprise that anyone could possibly disagree. Just the latest example—from the Solicitor General of Iowa: 1046290
M S Burton @frommsb.bsky.social · 18hit doesn’t matter if it’s silent film Eugene Pallette, you still hear his voice as he speaks his lines… #TCMParty 140
Reposted by M S BurtonDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18hSo, something midway between the second and third option - Senator can't tell the difference between basketball teams + perjury effort backfires but not so much on the emblematic of right wing conspiracy addiction 9997
Reposted by M S BurtonHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 22hWhat's fun about this whole contretemps and why it's worth watching again is how smirky Schmitt starts out - this is going to be his big moment – and how honest a puzzled Smith comes off, and how sharp Klobuchar was to quickly figure out the basic mistake. And then how pissy Schmitt gets at her. 351340206
Reposted by M S BurtonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23hTrump says people in communities where data centers are built will be paid a "dividend" (just like his $5,000 "Trump dividend"!) 2931116228
Reposted by M S BurtonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23hTrump starts twitching in anger when a reporter tries to ask him about ICE 2381164260
Reposted by M S BurtonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23hTrump repeatedly says Kim Jong Un "is a friend of mine" and "likes Trump" and Trump says, "I like him" 1801027280
Reposted by M S BurtonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23hTrump thinks that because he's changed the name of AI, now all concerns expressed about it previously are a hoax. The illogic is breathtaking. (Note that in this clip he's also lying about economic growth.) 1701636412
Reposted by M S BurtonEarthMomma @lanaehforaday.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026This vapid stupid woman basically dressed down Jack Smith with her stupid Southern drawl and endemic sense of reality. Then Jack Smiths response was full of feeling and emotion as he told her how Lindsey Graham himself had held Trump accountable for the […] [Original post on universeodon.com] 023
Reposted by M S BurtonEarthMomma @lanaehforaday.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026Because the ANSWER becomes DIFFERENT after you SEE the ad???? 011
Reposted by M S Burtonauntyr.bsky.social @auntyr.bsky.social · 22hTrump: "We're gonna be signing a document today renaming artificial intelligence, because it's not artificial. We're gonna be naming it Super Intelligence. Officially renaming it." www.threads.com/share/_wTjKT...threads.comAaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on ThreadsTrump: "We're gonna be signing a document today renaming artificial intelligence, because it's not artificial. We're gonna be naming it Super Intelligence. Officially renaming it." 001
Reposted by M S BurtonAngry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 22hEric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Jack Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt replies x.com/atrupar/stat...x.comAaron Rupar (@atrupar) on XEric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Jack Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt replies There's no mention at any point that Schmitt h… 273
Reposted by M S BurtonAngry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 20hSen. Eric Schmitt asks Jack Smith to tell him what he's writing down in his notes, but then even he realizes he went too far and says, "never mind" x.com/atrupar/stat...x.comAaron Rupar (@atrupar) on XSen. Eric Schmitt asks Jack Smith to tell him what he's writing down in his notes, but then even he realizes he went too far and says, "never mind" 171
Reposted by M S BurtonAngry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 19hRicketts: "This year we're on track to have record trade with Canad-- er, ah, South Korea" x.com/atrupar/stat...x.comAaron Rupar (@atrupar) on XRicketts: "This year we're on track to have record trade with Canad-- er, ah, South Korea" 071
Reposted by M S BurtonAngry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 19hSen. Pete Ricketts on $6.12 diesel in Nebraska: "It's certainly a challenge for Nebraska families. And that's one of the things, as you mentioned, I hear about when I travel the state." x.com/atrupar/stat...x.comAaron Rupar (@atrupar) on XSen. Pete Ricketts on $6.12 diesel in Nebraska: "It's certainly a challenge for Nebraska families. And that's one of the things, as you mentioned, I hear about when I travel the state." 131