Reposted by GrumpyOnMainThe Heathen Historian 🔻 @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 18hThe fact that the tree is as old as the United States should not be lost on anyone. What a metaphor. 382300885
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 22hOkay I've seen at least 2 posts today that describe Jim Bakker as "having an affair with his secretary" or "getting caught banging his secretary" and just...no. He got caught paying her off because he and another preacher *violently raped her*. That isn't an affair, or a simple "sex scandal". 191035302
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 19hyou only have to read the Court's public corruption jurisprudence to realize that a bipartisan belief on SCOTUS is that it is almost ipso facto impossible for a public official to commit a crime related to the office they hold. which is insane when you spell it out, but also an accurate summation. 626953
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026very willing to let him test this to see if he's right 152949
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war. 61265902454
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainSeán Ferrick @seanferrick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I was tempted to pirate HP, curiosity and all that. But @jessiegender.bsky.social is right - think of the amount of times HBO commented on GOT leaks and downloads, just as an example. They DO track these things, and even that drives interest. Let this show die. Trans people deserve better. 632828704
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Biden: The MAGA wing, well gosh, listen, they’re, it’s, a bit of a flirt with fascism, no kidding around Media: Democratic rhetoric invites political violence Trump: The nuclear flames that burn every mongrel soul in San Diego will be a cleansing fire. Media: Trump makes his case in Nebraska 81400314
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Resistors report arrests and injuries, including being pushed into barbed wire. CBP confirmed that all four cottonwoods marked for removal there are now gone. Centuries of life destroyed for two parallel walls cutting through the borderlands. We’re heartbroken and we’re angry! 531333404
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainParkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Rest in hell, grifter. A cultural taboo of speaking ill of the dead is always a way to silence victims and launder the memories (legacies) of cruel predatory men.huffpost.comTelevangelist Jim Bakker, Who Fell From Grace Over Sex And Financial Scandals, DiesBakker and his first wife, Tammy Faye, built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful TV show “The PTL Club.” 2592284437
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby. 874896653
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25596813002
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Of course. The Supreme Court kicked off its new term today by hearing oil companies’ attempt to throw out a lawsuit seeking to make them pay for climate damage they caused. The outcome could determine whether similar lawsuits brought by cities and counties across the country can move forward. 14434711057
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainBreana Navickas @breanimator.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Everyone is saying they want Coven Academy but Black. It Already exists. If you want Witches, Vampires, love triangles, teen melodrama, adult melodrama on the side but make it all more black and queer and by a queer black creator check out The Three Tomes on YouTube. Support indie animation 🔗⬇️ 1381194
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainAnthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Found the perfect screengrab to use the next time someone tries to tell me I’m missing out on important discourse by not using Elon Musk’s mircoblog site 105028697
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainSteve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!forbes.comKnobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of ManyAuto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back. 20890301655
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org 10131542240
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainParkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 05/10/2026He’s a sociopath. His coworkers said he is a sociopath. His sister has accused him of sex abuse and rape. Why the fuck would we let this man make bad things happen so he can get richer? We can remove the Need Reich, guys. Their delusional vision doesn’t have to become reality. 510836
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert died this morning. For 16 years, while he was a coach and government teacher at Yorkville High School in Yorkville, Illinois, Hastert sexually abused at least four boys (and likely more). (thread) 16910279
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainKim LaCapria 🧿🌶🤘 @kimlacapria.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I keep trying to tell people irl that what they're doing is like if I walked into your house like "you wanna buy my friend's stove for $20? you want their car? $50" 424856
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainAnna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hard to think of anything less abstract and more materially consequential than being pregnant 972067464
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainwishda @wishda.bsky.social · 04/10/2026When I checked this week, my registration was gone. Durham County, NC voter in good standing for many years, and I was no longer a registered voter. 9348236
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainMark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis. 151448529
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally. 2921471962
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing. 887114283920
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainTyler King @tyleraking.com · 03/10/2026Meta has enabled Muse to build extensive and ever-growing profiles on the orbit of people in a user’s life. Based on user input but also “publicly available information.” Whether that means a web search, Facebook’s own extensive data, or buying data broker info…we don’t know? And we can’t opt out.wired.comMuse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyMillions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. 381192689
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 02/10/2026Butterbutt. An older comic. 232996734
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So Americans pay more taxes in order to get AI centers in their backyards. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...nytimes.comHow Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal TaxesMeta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky. 20809355
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20462892896
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This man has broken US law every day this year 730140
GrumpyOnMain @grumpyonmain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Insane and gross. We're not doing this anymore. 020
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Maybe if the US started executing people with body tolls in the millions, then it could attempt to justify having a death penalty. Bear in mind, Elon's estimated to have ensured the deaths of 16 million people by 2030, a Leopold in the Congo amount of horrific mass death. 313829
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You really can’t make this shit up. 792149834400
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853422188
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is just despicable by MS NOW, which has accepted stolen taxpayers dollars for 38 illegal ads. Give me a break with this bullshit statement too. So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross. 83070632241
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026That's a $96,318 fine for being raped. 232017656
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10134793781
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026Talking recently to family members of people snatched up and expelled to third countries by ICE, I learned: 1) All of those captured were in 287(g) jurisdictions; 2) None of the family members had known what 287(g) was and had erroneously thought people with no arrests were safe. 5564330
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Cornell University treating Gaza protestors more harshly than gang rapists is a real statement of values. It’s almost like violent domination by the powerful is the core belief of leadership. 191820548
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026He’s awful at this; his success so far and the idea that he could possibly be a Senator is a mark of just how far one-party rule can degenerate any critical or political skill in a political system. 1132949
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainTheCatMan @bigbrohem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Wow. “Boasberg is now, in a sense, carrying the load for American society and history. The administration has been intent, from its first minutes in office, on the Orwellian project of whitewashing history and erasing Trump’s perfidy, the worst by any president in our history”harrylitman.substack.comThe Question Boasberg Won't Drop, and Team Trump is Desperate Not to AnswerJudge Boasberg’s contempt investigation reaches key hearing. 1387121
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainBen Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason." 11859511284
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainJohn B Des Moines @john-b-des-moines.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is a deeply personal issue for me. I'm asking, please donate to your local food bank. Food security is a complex problem. It was very large. Now the Republicans have made it absolutely colossal. Please help, now and throughout the year. 12315125
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Donald Trump increased the price of gas, and now he wants you to have to buy more of it." Doesn't seem like a difficult messaging challenge for Democrats. 18514163
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Here’s your periodic reminder that Howard Lutnick is still Commerce secretary despite blatantly lying to the public about his personal and business ties with child molester Jeffrey Epstein. 7240121112
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainHumor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026@fredtaming.bsky.social 21512162
Reposted by GrumpyOnMainACLU @aclu.org · 27/09/2026Tennessee is set to execute Christa Pike on September 30. Christa has spent nearly three decades in solitary confinement after committing her crime as an 18-year-old girl with severe, untreated mental illness stemming from childhood abuse. Tell Governor Lee to stop her execution now.mercyforchrista.orgPetition | Christa PikeSign the petition to support Christa Pike's clemency campaign in Tennessee. 18303125