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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 12h
"How did the Kennedy Center’s finances collapse?" It's a mystery! www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
washingtonpost.com
The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 15h
"America.gov said that Mr. Trump’s signature domestic policy bill, signed into law last year, is estimated to add trillions of dollars to the national debt and cause more than 10 million people to lose their health insurance.” It's telling the truth (for now). www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
ms.now
On its first day, the White House’s new AI chatbot causes embarrassing troubles for Trump
America.gov, which the president described as “damn good,” presented the public with facts that were wholly at odds with Trump’s alternate reality.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 15h
This is a bad sign: "The S&P 500 posted 10 new 52-week highs and 20 new lows while the Nasdaq Composite ​recorded 44 new highs and 165 new lows." www.reuters.com/business/us-...
reuters.com
S&P 500, Nasdaq climb as soft inflation dampens Fed rate hike expectations
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq climbed on Wednesday, putting both on track to close out September with ​monthly gains, as a softer-than-anticipated inflation reading cooled expectations that Federal Reserve p...
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 19h
"This is a technology of, by and for oligarchs, with hardly any of the benefits trickling down to regular Americans...never before in history have corporations spent so much money — playing a major role in soaring interest rates — to create so few jobs." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/one-more-r...
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One More Reason Americans Hate AI: It Does Nothing for Them
Trillions of dollars in spending, higher interest rates, hardly any jobs
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 20h
"Lawmakers tried to pass a bill aiming to ban the demolition of presidential memorials" It's completely insane that this is necessary. It's also insane that it did not pass.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It doesn't matter if it's legal. It's an insane and cruel thing to do. That's the Trump admin--cruel, stupid, racist lunatics. www.reuters.com/world/suprem...
reuters.com
Supreme Court lets Trump resume deporting migrants to countries not their own
The US Supreme Court let President Donald Trump's administration resume deporting ​migrants to countries other than their own without offering them the chance to show the harms they may face.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Long-term unemployment hits level unprecedented outside recessions" Welcome to The Golden Age! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
It’s Taking Longer for Unemployed to Find a Job Even as US Economy Grows
Beneath the surface of a low unemployment rate in the US, the ranks of people facing prolonged periods of joblessness are increasing.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Go ahead and hit yourself in the nuts even harder.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is horrifying that U.S. Senators continue to defend the convicted criminal, adjudicated rapist and pathological liar who tried to overthrow the country, while attacking the rule of law. They are complicit in the destruction of this country. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
Jack Smith clashes with senators over Trump probes, says he will not be silenced
Jack Smith returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to defend his derailed efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump, telling lawmakers he would not “be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from...
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"You will almost never find a case in which conservatives or their oligarch allies take a stand that would force them to tolerate an outcome they don’t like because their commitment to a broader principle demands it." paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-billio...
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The Billionaires Have Met Free Speech, and They Are Not Pleased
When they say they believe in a broad principle almost anyone would agree with, that’s when they’re lying.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All Trump’s malevolence and psychosis will be on full display right after the midterms. We’ve been here before in Nov 2020, and here we go again. The national nightmare of Trump refusing to accept defeat and dragging the country through lies, conspiracies and drama begins again.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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"DOJ Removes All Mention Of Justice From Website" t-shirt from The Onion
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's hilarious (and SAD) that they continue their war against EVs and efficient gas vehicles at the same time that there is a global energy crisis with super high gas & diesel prices. China is laughing at how the U.S. is destroying itself. apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Trump administration lowers fuel economy standards, critics say at a significant environmental cost
The Trump administration released new fuel economy standards on Monday, relaxing regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Artificial intelligence is turbocharging scams in ways unimaginable just a few years ago." AI is doing so much good in the world. And it's just getting started! apnews.com/quiz/inside-...
apnews.com
Could you spot an AI-powered scam? See if you can tell what’s real.
Artificial intelligence is turbocharging scams in ways unimaginable just a few years ago. Ninety-eight percent of Americans say they have been targeted by scammers — many on a daily basis — according ...
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The spot is the latest in a series of pro-Trump ads funded by public money. Some ethics experts have argued that the Trump administration is violating federal laws banning the use of taxpayer dollars for propaganda..." Nonstop lies and crimes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
nytimes.com
Trump’s 2024 ‘Final Battle’ Ad Returns, Funded by Public Money
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Could it be that he’s a lying fucking lunatic? wapo.st/4ryxfvH
wapo.st
Trump now says the Kennedy Center could be deadly. Months ago, it was ‘great.’
The president’s assessment of the Kennedy Center’s physical condition grew increasingly dire after his name went up on the building and revenue began to plunge.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's all racism, all the time. abcnews.com/US/judge-fin...
abcnews.com
Judge finds Trump administration in contempt for twice deporting asylum-seeker
A federal judge has found the Trump administration in contempt for deporting an asylum-seeker to El Salvador in violation of three court orders.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Health officials have long advised to avoid raw milk products as they are not pasteurized -- a process that kills bacteria and viruses." This product/brand should not exist. abcnews.com/GMA/News/col...
abcnews.com
E. coli outbreak linked to raw milk cheese brand: CDC, FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Maybe they shouldn't have fired all the cybersecurity personnel from the federal government. Unless this was the outcome that they wanted 🤔 www.cnn.com/2026/09/25/p...
cnn.com
Pentagon data breach of military personnel raises national security concerns | CNN Politics
A data breach at the Pentagon’s vast HR system has exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information of current and former military personnel, raising counterintelligence concerns among n...
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Who needs edumucation? www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
theguardian.com
Trump administration guts data collection on US education as math and reading scores plummet
National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contracts
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
All Trump has is lies.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"isn’t the bigger story the fact that the leader of what used to be the world’s most powerful nation — I say “used to be” because America’s power is collapsing before our eyes — has clearly and undeniably lost his mind?" paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-underw...
paulkrugman.substack.com
It’s “Underwear on the Outside” Time
Trump’s continuing downward spiral into sundowning
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
After banning CNN, MS NOW & Politico from the White House, he installs State-Run television, just like they have in so many other countries... Sieg Heil, ya'll. #38Days 🌊
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"he sees everything in life as a zero-sum conflict in which there is no such thing as cooperation for mutual benefit. Either you’re the winner or the loser, the con man or the sucker, the abuser or the abused, the conqueror or the subjugated." paulwaldman.substack.com/p/ai-genius-...
paulwaldman.substack.com
AI Genius President Invents Superstupidity
Everyone must now stop saying “artificial intelligence.” Because the president is a moron.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"can a wave of corrupt money stop a popular electoral uprising against a really disastrous administration and its allies in Congress?" paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-crypt...
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah): “A Russian oligarch paid for a lavish wedding after-party for Donald Trump Jr., which to me just stinks. It’s corruption, I don’t like it” He is SHOCKED that something like this could happen. Is he stupid or just putting on a performance? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
ms.now
Some GOP senators balk at Russian oligarch paying for Trump Jr.’s wedding party
“A Russian oligarch paid for a lavish wedding after-party for Donald Trump Jr., which to me just stinks,” Utah’s John Curtis said. “It’s corruption.”
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“This is the richest country in the...world & yet...our...system still forces people to walk away from medicine that will literally keep them alive because they can’t fucking afford it.” But a gov't-run healthcare system is somehow bad, according to Republicans. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
theguardian.com
John Oliver on UnitedHealth Group: ‘Algorithmically driven, ruthless arbiters of who lives and who dies’
Ahead of Luigi Mangione’s sentencing, the Last Week Tonight host looked into the corporate healthcare behemoth that is UnitedHealth Group
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Sanctioning an entire international institution such as the ICC, which is a court of last resort for war crimes, crimes against humanity and ​genocide, would be an unprecedented step." The Trump administration is on the side of criminals, obviously. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
reuters.com
Explainer: How US sanctions would undermine global war crimes court
US President Donald Trump's administration is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court as part of a campaign to dismantle the institution created to prosecute people accused of the...
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
'"He's not banning media outlets..." Vance said, alleging that 92% of the stories from CNN, MS NOW and Politico about Trump are "negative."' That's low considering that 100% of what Trump does is negative for the country. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
usatoday.com
Major TV networks suspend White House pool coverage after Trump ban
In response to President Trump's ban on three media outlets, majors TV networks have pulled out of the White House television pool.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Since the campaign started, ​US strikes on ​vessels ⁠in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific have killed more than ⁠220 ​people." So they've murdered more than 220 people. www.reuters.com/world/us-say...
reuters.com
US says it killed four in strike on vessel in the Caribbean
The US military said it ​killed four people in ‌a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean on Saturday ​that it alleged was ​involved in drug trafficking.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
One of the dumbest and most corrupt people in the world is going to decide where billions of dollars in scientific grants are spent. This should work out well.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bullshit. That's not how capitalism works. Nobody is going to continue to pay you a full-time wage for working 40% less. fortune.com/article/zoom...
fortune.com
Zoom’s CEO agrees with Bill Gates, Jensen Huang, and Jamie Dimon: A 3-day workweek is coming soon thanks to AI | Fortune
Zoom leader Eric Yuan admitted the technology will erase some human jobs—but those who keep their jobs will enjoy fewer working days.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Farmers are struggling with tariffs, surging energy costs and labor challenges." I wonder how that happened 🤔
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Massive disruptions and price instability are forcing businesses to make impossible decisions. They have no idea how to plan, and their inflation-wary customers are in no mood for more price hikes." www.cnn.com/2026/09/20/e...
cnn.com
‘Crisis even bigger than Covid’: American business owners are barely getting by | CNN Business
The historic supply chain struggles that America’s business owners face show why resurgent inflation will not be easily resolved – even if the war ended.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thinking about all the idiots who voted for Trump because gas prices spiked in 2022, inflation was high (like everywhere else in the world), or eggs were expensive, all of which had nothing to do with Biden. www.commondreams.org/news/iran-wa...
commondreams.org
US Energy Consumers Have Spent $121 Billion Extra Since Trump Launched Iran War: Moody's | Common Dreams
Moody's analysis shows Trump's illegal war with Iran has cost US consumers $1,760 per household. Energy prices spike, adding financial pressure.
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
my live fuel clock showing Americans now have spent $70 billion more on filling up with gasoline since March 1 (vs same period a yr ago) and $44 billion more on diesel (same dates) for a total of ~$114.2 billion spent over this time.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
theweek.com/cartoons/5-a...
theweek.com
5 apocalyptically funny cartoons about AI guardrails
Artists take on doomsday machinery, the off-ramp to success, and more
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Basically the same thing as the existing 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
US and Denmark reach new agreement on defense and investment in Greenland
The agreement is expected to be signed next week at the U.N.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Food prices MAY rise?! Diesel is *up* $2.70 per gallon and there is a fertilizer shortage. Food prices ARE rising and will continue to rise. It's all because of you know who.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"EU’s willingness to move toward making Canada an associate member... Donald Trump predictably, reacted with rage, calling it a 'hostile act,' threatening to cut off all trade with Europe. And nobody cared." Trump is a fucking clown and everyone knows it. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/fear-strik...
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Fear Strikes Out
But the hatred remains
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We have a criminal and pathological liar as president, with a Republican majority that does nothing to stop his destruction of the country. Together, they've made just about everything worse. This country is much sicker, poorer, weaker and less secure than just 2 years ago.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What about Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, the Easter Bunny, and the Abominable Snowman? Can we look into them too? bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"The US government paid federal workers $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 as part of the Trump administration’s attempts to shrink the federal workforce." EFFICIENCY! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report
GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold cost
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"According to a tracker run by former federal government data scientists, 38 datasets have been eliminated since Trump returned to office. Hundreds of other datasets have been altered or disrupted." He poisons everything. www.axios.com/2026/09/16/t...
axios.com
Trump escalates war on federal data
The administration is actively reshaping or ending collection of government data.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"the specter of yet another media giant paying a bounty to avoid angering people on the right while also shelving a project for no legitimate creative reason would surely raise questions about the ability of conglomerates to protect free speech in an era when it is already under assault." Ya think?
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The war, which President Trump initially estimated would last four to five weeks, is now in its 7th month and has cost the U.S. at least $33.4 billion...The figure does not account for repairs to damaged facilities.." You can add $115 billion in higher fuel costs. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
usatoday.com
Iran war caused destruction to U.S. bases, military aircraft: report
A report produced by the Defense Department’s inspector general revealed the Iran war has cost the United States at least $33.4 billion as of June 29.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"there’s a tight supply of specialized meteorologists to provide detailed weather data that helps... firefighters make lifesaving decisions" Another example of the idiots having no idea what they were doing, and others will suffer because of it for years to come. www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
forbes.com
DOGE Broke America’s Weather Machine. Now Fishermen, Insurers And Farmers Are Paying For It
Elon Musk’s DOGE gutted staffing and budgets at NOAA and the National Weather Service early last year. It left fishing fleets, farmers and insurers exposed to the fallout
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"A warming Earth is accelerating the melting of the planet’s two major ice sheets..." The scientists were right all along, while Republicans and the polluters lied and spread disinformation for decades. Humanity is in for a rough road ahead. www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...
nbcnews.com
Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years
The numbers behind the melting ice are both mind-bogglingly huge and deceptively small.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Amazingly different rationales from the committee members. Democrats want to protect people speaking the truth from Trump's authoritarian government while Republicans want to protect liars and wackos spreading conspiracy theories. www.reuters.com/world/us-sen...
reuters.com
US Senate panel approves bill to bar government officials from pressuring networks on free speech
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation on Wednesday to bar government officials from pressuring private ‌companies to censor speech, citing threats from the Trump administration again...
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