Reposted by Happy FlapjackLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 6hThis is a pretty stunning thing to admit 141586301
Reposted by Happy Flapjackemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6hIf you didn't already hate Meta, Mark Zuckerburg, and data centers, Meta is using the latter to cheat on their taxes. 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. 11427212
Reposted by Happy Flapjackryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026well, glad we cleared that up! 1028238
Reposted by Happy FlapjackMike Quigley @quigley.house.gov · 28/09/2026It was never about arresting “the worst of the worst.”forbes.comTrump Officials Now Restricting All Legal Immigration CategoriesRecent immigration policies of the Trump administration affect American citizens sponsoring family members and employers seeking workers as the economy has slowed down. 18344168
Reposted by Happy FlapjackNorth Dakota Monitor @northdakotamonitor.com · 28/09/2026The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social of @statesnewsroom.com buff.ly/DPXkDaZbuff.lyTrump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more • North Dakota MonitorThe Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress. 24930
Reposted by Happy FlapjackScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"To say that we're gob smacked is an understatement" Cultural Landscape Foundation blisters Team Trump for shutting down public comment on Trump Monumental Arch Group says Trump Admin has deemed 1000's of public concerns about Arch to be "meaningless, unimportant & of no value whatsoever" 591181538
Happy Flapjack @happyflapjack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Kelvin waves aren’t like crashing waves at the beach. They’re planetary in scale, spanning thousands of miles. And when a kelvin wave kicks off, it brings with it an untold amount of warm water that slowly moves from the western Pacific, along the equator, towards .. North America."theguardian.comConcern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for CaliforniaThe ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast 010
Reposted by Happy FlapjackKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park this week and looked at three potential locations for a baseball park within the park’s boundaries” WTF 🤬 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...washingtonpost.comTrump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National ParkMajor League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location. 4111964929
Reposted by Happy FlapjackJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 16892823050
Reposted by Happy FlapjackMike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026chat is this good? 11442851086
Reposted by Happy FlapjackKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But I need to smile more. 713143276278
Reposted by Happy FlapjackMaciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 26/09/2026With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Iraq has resorted to moving its oil across the desert to Syria in hundreds of tanker trucks, in true Mad Max style. From there, it will be shipped to worldwide markets. 1501943546
Reposted by Happy FlapjackAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026a president planning military operations based entirely on election cycles is actually a giant scandal 412452577
Reposted by Happy FlapjackAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...wsj.comThe Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across EuropeChristos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece. 33136741878
Reposted by Happy FlapjackChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026Guys, THIS IS WILD Trump’s 250-foot arch isn’t supposed to start construction until November, but geologists are already testing the soil. Why? Because apparently they need to make sure the tallest triumphal arch on earth won’t just tip over when it’s built. 👀 175951378
Reposted by Happy FlapjackMike Levin @mikelevin.org · 25/09/2026This week the Trump administration ran a 30-second campaign spot on Fox News and Newsmax, labeled "Paid for by the U.S. Government." This kind of propaganda using taxpayer dollars is unacceptable and very likely illegal.abcnews.comAdministration's pro-Trump TV ad is taxpayer-fundedThe Trump administration is running a pro-Trump ad on cable news featuring Trump boasting about his record and vowing the US "will never be a communist country." 51517163
Reposted by Happy FlapjackKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Trump just canceled ~$1B in already approved federal funding for various programs. Susan Collins says that “it came with zero warning” and that she’s concerned. Thanks, Susan. 1819445
Reposted by Happy Flapjackdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026why are the midterms any part of this decision might be a question 602054340
Reposted by Happy FlapjackM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026True,In At Least 20 States,Living In Chumplandia....... 15502211
Reposted by Happy FlapjackSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Here's a graphic that does a better job of conveying the point than my original post: even by the (insane) standards of the first Trump administration, #SCOTUS is receiving—and granting—a truly unprecedented number of applications for emergency relief from the federal government: 38815400
Reposted by Happy FlapjackNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...nytimes.comSupreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges. 31144901821
Reposted by Happy FlapjackDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say 6336761439
Reposted by Happy FlapjackRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary. 8141871733
Happy Flapjack @happyflapjack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026youtube.com/shorts/NNIM6...youtube.comBye-Bye Billionaire Ballroom 👋🏼YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 001
Reposted by Happy FlapjackThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026⚡️JUST NOW: MASS UN WALKOUT ON NETANYAHU 936177833713
Reposted by Happy FlapjackAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21188033847
Reposted by Happy FlapjackSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026lol lol lol lol lol lol lol 913437925
Reposted by Happy FlapjackDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Remember when they said (lied) that USAID was corrupt? $400 million was handed out to 30 countries, with no real oversight and with workarounds to bypass human rights safeguards typically given to U.S. foreign assistance payments. Immigration is just a giant trough of corruption right now. 10611249
Reposted by Happy FlapjackMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984 387154285786
Reposted by Happy FlapjackWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The best of the best. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comHacking group claims to have stolen thousands of FBI employee recordsThe bureau did not confirm the extent of the breach but said it is investigating the claims from a notorious cybercriminal outfit. 53599179
Reposted by Happy FlapjackFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026More: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 13622
Reposted by Happy FlapjackElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/09/2026Since Trump took office, the richest 0.1% of Americans have gained more than 8,000 TIMES as much wealth as the bottom 50% of households. 55778326
Reposted by Happy FlapjackAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026USPS in Utah dumped 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot garbage bin. USPS’s current defense? “Laziness.”deseret.comUtah postal worker accused of throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in church parking lotOver 95% of Utah voters rely on mail-in ballots, making destroyed ballots critical loss. 70277943955
Reposted by Happy FlapjackThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sure does 😕🤷🏼 31278393427
Reposted by Happy FlapjackHawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Literally admitting to an illegal action, looting another country, stealing their natural resources, & cheering yourself at an international forum where such behavior would usually result in Security Council resolutions - except the US would veto it. Disgusting. Every American should be ashamed. 23910
Reposted by Happy Flapjackjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's 164113112104
Reposted by Happy FlapjackPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 552967770
Reposted by Happy FlapjackSchrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty. 25768272248
Reposted by Happy Flapjack@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This logic is bananas. Does your auto insurance company kick you off for not filing an accident claim every year? Of course not. Some lucky people don't get sick so they don't file claims. Good grief. 85517
Reposted by Happy FlapjackKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026They'll sell off our public land just like they sell off our private data. The only question is who is profiting from it. 79344
Reposted by Happy FlapjackScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Susan Collins positions herself as a thoughtful, conscientious moderate. Actually, she and her husband together form what is possibly the most corrupt team in the entire Dismal Swamp that is MAGA DC.talkingpointsmemo.comThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayThis story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates... 316673
Reposted by Happy FlapjackMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with. 8443461333
Reposted by Happy FlapjackSara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026And the fleecing of the American taxpayer continues... 58657712821
Reposted by Happy FlapjackDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026He ought to be asked about this when he’s presented as a Democratic strategist. 581536415
Reposted by Happy FlapjackRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. 720160486053
Reposted by Happy FlapjackAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The billions of dollars we send to a foreign military to drop bombs on somebody else should have been spent to build schools, housing, and to provide healthcare HERE. 365175124626