Reposted by Happy FlapjackRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 2hJFC we have gotten so numb, and that's what the piss-frosted sentient fecal matter in the White House is counting on. 621374
Reposted by Happy FlapjackAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3hWaldman: The part of the Constitution that deals with the Supreme Court and all the federal courts is one-tenth the length of the part dealing with the democratically accountable branches, Congress and the presidency. That was what the framers thought was the right balance. 11427133
Reposted by Happy FlapjackAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5hYes this is stupid but it’s also a corrupt transfer of taxpayer money to a political ally www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/fbi...washingtonsun.comFBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train AgentsThe contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC. 27589128
Reposted by Happy FlapjackHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 4hHang on. According to this, the US uses more than 3,000,000 barrels of diesel a day. Which is apparently about half a million tons. So this deal covers less than a week altogether? (my math is usually terrible so that's probably the problem, but something's off here.) 5425
Reposted by Happy FlapjackThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4hThere’s always a tweet 591932642
Reposted by Happy FlapjackThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21hEndlessly corrupt. He does nothing that doesn’t benefit him personally. Ever.cnn.comTrump purchased up to $5 million of SpaceX bonds days before major space order | CNN BusinessRight before launching an effort to slash red tape for commercial space transportation, Trump last month purchased up to $5 million of bonds issued by SpaceX. 371124468
Reposted by Happy FlapjackKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026BREAKING: MS NOW confirms. The Trump Justice Department is seeking a federal criminal indictment of ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on charges of lying to Congress about Trump's actions on Jan. 6. 128754320
Reposted by Happy FlapjackJason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is what crowd out looks like. 30607199
Reposted by Happy FlapjackMelissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My God. It’s as if all the most conscience-free, crooked, grasping, entitled people in the US just rose to the top & took over. 57711
Reposted by Happy FlapjackJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Pay attention. An ambassador nominee needs $100,000. Not a loan…a WIRE. Not to her…to AmEx. “It won't show up anywhere." "Please." That's what Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly texted a Trump donor on Signal, per the WSJ. She wasn't hiding a debt. She was hiding the paper trail. Ask yourself why 411220505
Reposted by Happy FlapjackAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Trump’s ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly asked a donor for $100,000 in exchange for political favours, telling him the payment “won’t show up anywhere.” Her lawyer disputes the messages; the donor says they are real and has the texts.yacnews.comBefore Greece post, Guilfoyle sought $100k from MAGA donor Eric Deters while lobbying IRS chief on his behalfKimberly Guilfoyle asked donor Eric Deters to pay her $100,000 Amex bill on 3 July 2025, six days before her Senate hearing, while lobbying the IRS chief for him. Her lawyer disputes the messages. Con... 19376130
Reposted by Happy FlapjackJon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It’s just criminals all the way down. 1236563
Reposted by Happy FlapjackMicah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026Trump: *says horrible thing* the media: he didn’t actually mean it Trump: no I definitely one hundred percent meant it 4541291002
Reposted by Happy FlapjackPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026JD Vance is sizing up a $9 million Virginia estate while preaching to the rest of us that housing is more affordable than ever. No one believes him. 8846411137
Reposted by Happy FlapjackRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Monopolization: great for executives, terrible for everyone else. 501586626
Reposted by Happy FlapjackRick Claypool @rickclaypool.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Since Trump took office, @publiccitizen.bsky.social has tracked the admin's retreat from enforcement against corporate lawbreaking. Today, our new report documents the admin's cancellation of investigations, lawsuits, & penalties against more than *200* corporations. www.citizen.org/article/trum...citizen.orgTrump’s Cascade of Canceled Corporate Enforcement Against Over 200 Corporations - Public Citizen 9441255
Happy Flapjack @happyflapjack.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Always hatching new plans to grab govt $ for her personal gain. Bonus points for getting grabbing more to add onto the Trump legacy pile. 000
Reposted by Happy FlapjackMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 571214784185
Reposted by Happy FlapjackCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump and his sons quietly moved 20 billion crypto tokens into an account that lets them cash out. Corruption, plain and simple.washingtonsun.comIs the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens. 581252539
Reposted by Happy FlapjackThe Heathen Historian 🔻 @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The fact that the tree is as old as the United States should not be lost on anyone. What a metaphor. 412496942
Reposted by Happy FlapjackSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have engineered a virus that invades and destroys glioblastoma one of the deadliest brain cancers while turning the immune system into a relentless tumor-killing force. This could be a historic shift in cancer treatment. 13546791382
Reposted by Happy FlapjackBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Lafayette Square isn't "a historic protest site." It's a fucking park. And it's packed on nice days. Calling it a protest site is White House framing. They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.nytimes.comInside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations. 152484728
Reposted by Happy FlapjackJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Hold up, I'm confused, probably because I'm nauseous. The passports aren't for visitors, they're for citizens. I don't need to be welcomed, because this is actually my home. On a visa, this would make sense, tho still be tyrannical. On a passport, it's incoherent. 418630
Reposted by Happy FlapjackElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So... "cable"... we're just doing cable again. 1152361328
Reposted by Happy FlapjackAmee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 06/10/2026At a rally in Nebraska on Monday night, Trump just offered up an American city, ON AMERICAN SOIL to Iran, as a “small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe.” “Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.” 135216
Reposted by Happy FlapjackJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is an important statement people, and especially elected Dems need to really understand. The current Republican project is one of destruction, by design. Yes, they have other goals, in RFK’s case he’s objectively pro-disease, but their primary metric of success is breaking government. 27946389
Reposted by Happy FlapjackDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026I remember when Obama criticized Fox News and all of DC's Very Important People spent *weeks* taking to their fainting couches at the horror of it. 18869146
Reposted by Happy FlapjackAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/10/2026I wonder if they miss the days when they had diesel so cheap they could run massive trucker caravans against democrats. 25851971389
Reposted by Happy FlapjackHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money! 731921716
Reposted by Happy FlapjackAnna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hard to think of anything less abstract and more materially consequential than being pregnant 972072466
Reposted by Happy FlapjackDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability 522311837
Reposted by Happy FlapjackElsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart 168144184762
Happy Flapjack @happyflapjack.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The corruption of this administration is mind blowing in scale. "that they were needed urgently for deportation flights, but it lacked the crews to fly them. The department leased one of the planes to the F.B.I. and left the rest largely idle."nytimes.comKristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She LeftThe Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show. 000
Reposted by Happy FlapjackHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why? 638108734888
Reposted by Happy FlapjackAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026But ice cream shops can’t give a free cone to someone with an “I voted” sticker 872238451
Reposted by Happy FlapjackDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Holy SH*T! NY Times reporting tonight that Trump has stolen $20 million dollars of our taxes to pay for ads to help Republicans win the midterms. Let me repeat that: Trump stole $20 million dollars of YOUR taxes to help Republicans. Trump MUST BE prosecuted. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comTrump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims. 40601244
Reposted by Happy FlapjackKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Bill Pulte, Trump's director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, moved this week to slash the inspector general's office that scrutinizes his actions — prompting calls from Dems for his resignation. It's the second time Trump officials have moved to limit scrutiny of the agency run by Pulte.nytimes.comHousing Official, Who Targeted Trump Foes, Cuts Watchdog OfficeBill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, moved to slash his agency’s inspector general’s office. Democrats called for his resignation. 55936462
Reposted by Happy FlapjackThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Endless corruption. 630121245459
Reposted by Happy FlapjackMatthew 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. 20463052899
Reposted by Happy Flapjackdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026trump going on an emergency 17 state media tour to support republican candidates before the midterms and he is going with “nobody knows that dumb has a b on the end” 1773658596
Reposted by Happy FlapjackDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026UNREAL: US convicted murderer Christa Pike is in hospital and being given "life-saving measures" after Tennessee authorities failed in their attempt to execute her by lethal injection. Tennessee screwed up the execution and is now trying to save her life to execute her later! 3319464
Reposted by Happy FlapjackDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real” 6854497907
Reposted by Happy FlapjackTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 01/10/2026did previous Congresses just not imagine such a thing would happen and thus ceded this kind of autonomy when creating the frameworks for the agency? Surely Democrats could have fixed this a few years ago? 1518
Reposted by Happy FlapjackLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is a pretty stunning thing to admit 232157412
Reposted by Happy Flapjackemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If 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. 13491238