Reposted by Jerry🌻💙🌻Chrissy 🌻💙🌻 @chrissysnow207.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Polls numbers lowest since Jan6th, his policies r UNPOPULAR, every is MORE EXPENSIVE & HE RAPED A 13 yr old & won’t release the EPSTEIN FILS. So start a war with IRAN! UNFUCKENBELIEVABLE! 2136
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 28/08/2025They’re not even trying to pretend he’s not a Russian agent anymore. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comTrump, Gabbard fired top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summitDays after the Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump ordered the security clearance revocation of a top CIA official and Russia expert. 020
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 21/08/2025To progressive purists: We are the folk song army Every one of us cares We all hate poverty, war, and injustice Unlike the rest of you squares Remember the war against Franco? That's the kind where each of us belongs Though he may have won all the battles We had all the good songs! - Tom Lehrer 040
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 17/08/2025European leaders to join Zelensky at talks with Trump at White House www.cnn.com/politics/liv... I'm sure Trump will listen to reason. 130
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 13/07/2025I hope all the so-called progressives are taking note of what they caused by deciding not to vote or voting third party because Kamala Harris wasn't woke enough for their taste! 050
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Drat, I guess I can't get my Jedi Academy federally funded (yet)! wapo.st/4msO880wapo.stSupreme Court deadlocks, blocking creation of first religious public schoolWith only eight justices voting, the 4-4 tie leaves in place an Oklahoma State Supreme Court ruling that the school violates the separation of church and state. 030
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025I assume this means we can now have federally funded Pagan, Jedi, and Flying Spaghetti Monster schools? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comLive updates: Supreme Court appears open to approving state-funded religious schoolsThe Supreme Court hears arguments over whether taxpayer dollars may be used to directly fund a proposed Catholic charter school in Oklahoma. The case could redraw the line between church and state. 030
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Trump: Chaos, more chaos!!! (Actually, I think he just wants to discourage any more assassination attempts!) 020
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Is there any doubt that there's an ongoing, slow-motion purge of everyone in any position of authority who doesn't show unquestioning total loyalty to Trump? "Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains..." Well, so much for American democracy! 010
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Après moi, le déluge www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comTrump threatens additional 50 percent tariffs on China as markets slumpTrump aide Kevin Hassett was widely quoted incorrectly as asserting the president was considering a 90-day tariff pause. 010
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Next is billboards on the White House lawn. www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/p...cnn.com‘This is not your grandmother’s Easter Egg Roll’: White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event | CNN PoliticsThe White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s annual Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns from ethics ex... 010
Reposted by JerryTuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Tusk is really rising to the occasion www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w... 8244131154
Reposted by JerryNicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 05/03/2025you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency. 15249606326494
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Mr. Putin offers his conratulations and is happy with money well-spent! www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comTulsi Gabbard confirmed as Trump’s director of national intelligenceTulsi Gabbard, among Trump’s most controversial nominees, overcame the initial objections of a handful of Republicans skeptical about her qualifications. 010
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Guessing we’ll be seeing Kid Rock and the Village People headlining at the Kennedy Center soon. IOW everything Trump touches turns to sh!t! www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/p...cnn.comTrump announces plans to gut the Kennedy Center board and appoint himself chairman | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump announced an aggressive plan Friday evening to gut the existing board of trustees at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and oust its chairman, billionaire philanthropist... 010
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I’m sure it’s not boobytrapped or a secret listening device. Right? www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/m...cnn.comNetanyahu gifted Trump a golden pager during their meeting in Washington | CNNIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted US President Donald Trump a golden pager during their meeting in Washington on Tuesday, an Israeli political source told CNN. 000
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Just a schoolyard bully! www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/p...cnn.comTrump issuing ‘emergency 25% tariffs’ against Colombia after country turned back deportation flights | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump on Sunday announced retaliatory tariffs on Colombia after its president blocked US military deportation flights from landing, the first instance of Trump using economic pressure... 000
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 25/01/2025All great civilizations eventually crumble and die. I just didn’t expect that to happen to us so soon and at the hands of such a pathetic little excuse of a leader. “Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare …” 040
Reposted by JerryHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025 8509990626080
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 08/01/2025“Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows“ - Leonard Cohen 060
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 06/01/2025It's easy to be gracious when you win, but something tells me we should expect a firestorm of anger and revenge on January 20th. Trump doesn't know how to do anything with compassion, grace, and dignity! 050
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 04/01/2025The incompetence is the qualification www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phb8...youtube.comRachel Maddow on Billy Long: Five things to know about Trump's pick for IRS commissionerYouTube video by MSNBC 020
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 04/01/2025“Our position is that it is not acceptable to cut Social Security, cut Medicare, cut Medicaid, cut veterans' benefits, or cut nutritional assistance from children and families in order to pay for massive tax breaks for billionaires and wealthy corporations.” Hakeem Jeffries / Heather Cox Richardson. 150
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 02/01/2025This is what it’s like when your president is not above the law and you have an independent judiciary. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...reuters.comSouth Korea court issues arrest warrant for President YoonA South Korean court on Tuesday approved an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been impeached and suspended from power over his decision to impose martial law on Dec. 3, investigating authorities said. 010
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 25/12/2024From X Mark Greene: 82% of Obamacare applications for 2025 are from states that voted for Trump 140
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Sure doesn't seem like Clarence et al have the moral authority to grant immunity to a corrupt ex-president. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comSenate Democrats find many ethical lapses by Supreme Court justicesA 20-month investigation by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee found that Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report jet and yacht trips. 020
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Sorry, we don't have time to work on this; we're too busy checking which bathroom trans kids are using. "Over 31,000 K-12 students have experienced a school shooting in 2024" www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...washingtonpost.comLive updates: Assailant identified in Madison, Wisconsin, school shooting that killed 2, police sayThe juvenile shooter was also dead at Abundant Life Christian School on Monday, Madison Police Chief Shon F. Barnes told reporters Monday. 040
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Trump voters trying to believe he’s a normal, decent person in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary suffer from extreme cognitive dissonance. 050
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Something tells me there are going to be lots more incredibly stupid and dangerous actions to protest in the next four years. Putting an anti-science lunatic in charge of our healthcare will seem like the good old days! 020
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 02/12/2024When Biden does something questionable it’s news. when Trump does something questionable it’s Tuesday. 030
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Trump’s cabinet appoints are just one more part of the plan to make long-time staffers resign in disgust. Consider it a federal lobotomy! 010
Reposted by JerryRafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 25/11/2024good sam harris is back 4729
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024It seems clear that we all need to start paying attention to how our valuable time is being spent on X. It's about the S/N ratio: The Information content (signal) is decreasing while the noise is increasing. After a while, it's just not a very good use of one's time. 010
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Sometimes I think the sooner Trump puts this clown show in charge, the sooner they’ll self-destruct, and maybe we can all go back to getting on with our lives with a sane administration running the country. 030
Jerry @gshifrin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024We need to keep in mind that news media are in the business of generating profits, not providing factual information. It’d be nice if we could reclaim the trust we once had in mainstream news providers. And so it goes. 050
