Reposted by Joshua McMinnBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint. 307122492243
Reposted by Joshua McMinnRo Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 04/10/20263 wars: Iraq, Afghanistan, & Iran. 3 tax breaks to the rich: Bush, Trump, Trump $10 trillion cost to the debt. All Republican failures. They have caused the financial mess. 26429149
Reposted by Joshua McMinnSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275942512
Reposted by Joshua McMinnMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026promise keptthehandbasket.coRepublicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problemA spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same. 262717740
Reposted by Joshua McMinnsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I used to BS my way through essays in college like this. “This passage could arguably be read as [some arrant nonsense]. If so, then [my thesis]. 611249148
Reposted by Joshua McMinnKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It's so weird that Dolly Parton used her money to help ordinary people in a thousand different meaningful ways *and* lived an incredibly happy fulfilled life, almost like there's some sort of connection between the two. Anyway, let me read about another AI CEO poisoning a town for shits and giggles 3952591044
Reposted by Joshua McMinnmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/08/2026It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020" 6052501212
Reposted by Joshua McMinnM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 30/07/2026NO 👇 LIES DETECTED....... 12033171137
Reposted by Joshua McMinnMiddle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Dr. Fauci: "Get vaccinated." Republicans: "No." Dr. Fauci: "Wear masks." Republicans: "No." Dr. Fauci: "Socially distance." Republicans: "No." (A million-plus Americans die from COVID.) Republicans: "Prosecute Fauci!" 851877614
Reposted by Joshua McMinnRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The cyclospora outbreak has reached 7,400 cases across 9 states. The FDA just recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,300 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.” 596116614694
Reposted by Joshua McMinnRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Republicans have already bailed out farmers with $44.3 billion of our money over the past year because of Trump’s policies and now want to give them $11.1 billion more for a total of $55.4 billion but the vast majority vote Republican because they are against socialism. 2142579947
Reposted by Joshua McMinnJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers. 352232906640
Reposted by Joshua McMinnJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 14/07/2026An incredible euphemism here for “the government is doing illegal discrimination” 10082412155
Reposted by Joshua McMinnMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/07/2026People deserve to be remembered for who they were. Lindsey Graham tried on many different skins and ultimately settled on the very worst version of himself. There were, at one point, a few shreds of something you could call principles--not many, but they existed. There were none at the end. 221095148
Reposted by Joshua McMinnThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us. 155188784434
Reposted by Joshua McMinnShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/07/2026counterpoint: the dead should make it harder for me to speak ill of them 61107132295
Reposted by Joshua McMinnCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Andy Beshear should just steal mcconnell's senate seat the way mcconnell stole Obama's Supreme Court seat. 693211254314
Reposted by Joshua McMinnGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10/07/2026After a months-long occupation, Minnesota is still recovering from a retribution campaign waged by the federal government. Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized. 492287066969
Reposted by Joshua McMinnAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026You could definitely give these people a Trojan Horse and they’d be like “wow a big horse thank you” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u...nytimes.comNew Air Force One Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Previous Model, Officials Say 26379481477
Reposted by Joshua McMinn4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I wish the media had the same urgency about the state of Mitch McConnell as they did for Kamala's W-2 from McDonald's in the 80s. 14591632134
Reposted by Joshua McMinnJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The allegations against Platner were disqualifying. He had to drop out. The difference between Platner and Trump is Platner was credibly accused by a victim — Trump was credibly accused by a victim AND found liable by a jury. 501371299
Joshua McMinn @jmcminn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Someone should be sentenced to 20 years in TDCJ based on what Texas has done in other cases…. 000
Reposted by Joshua McMinnAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 08/07/2026ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. It cannot be reformed. It cannot be retrained. ICE must be abolished. 628230686742
Joshua McMinn @jmcminn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026100% this. youtube.com/shorts/HqG41...youtube.comThe same people voting for #trump were protesting free lunch years ago #politics #news #democracyYouTube video by ItsLuke 000
Reposted by Joshua McMinnJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026humans have known how to construct a shoulder seam for thousands of years, but with AI, we are unlocking untold new ways to fuck it up 7344511427
Reposted by Joshua McMinnThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 09/06/2026The most expensive taxpayer funded nap #NBAFinals 1270177385466
Reposted by Joshua McMinnJohn Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 09/06/2026“But I only voted for Trump to inflict pain & suffering on others. What gives?” -Greg Abbott 57827243
Reposted by Joshua McMinnTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I think it’s a safe bet Benjamin Netanyahu has a complete unredacted copy of the Epstein files. 576113342373
Joshua McMinn @jmcminn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026One of thousands of reasons my only two words for every idiot that voted for him are a four letter word and “you”. 000
Reposted by Joshua McMinnSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026This cartoon isn't an exaggeration—not even 1% an exaggeration. Weeks ago it seemed this far-right Supreme Court would still block any map intentionally authored to be racist. We just learned that that's no longer true. We have reentered Jim Crow, and it's a national disgrace. 10332321262
Reposted by Joshua McMinnLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 31/05/2026The most strategic fumble I’ve witnessed among dem leaders is letting their cops beat up their constituents. And it’s been going on for years and weakening us all. It leaves people with few options but to lose faith in the entire system. And faith is all you got because there isn’t very much proof 11051961565
Reposted by Joshua McMinnMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18/05/2026It’s bullshit for the Washington Post to call this looting of the Treasury a “deal“ and an “agreement.” The Trump regime is self-dealing to create an agreement between Trump and Trump, with no judge allowed to weigh in. It’s a dictator stealing from the people. 15831191042
Reposted by Joshua McMinnRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice. Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice. Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice. Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice. It does not have to be like this. 371333402
Reposted by Joshua McMinnSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Great question, fortunately it has an easy answer because they've repeatedly been in power in my lifetime The answer is that they'll be great for Wall Street, job growth, world peace, the environment, healthcare, and do exactly none of the things Nazis like Elon fearmonger about 39911204
Reposted by Joshua McMinnLeta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 27/04/2026Even if you assume for the sake of argument that the attack at that dinner was authentic, that the reflexive response was to seek a ballroom rather than do something about gun violence speaks extremely loudly 317328
Reposted by Joshua McMinnBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 27/04/2026You know… the NSF and USDA funds research into these kind of plant pathogens. Too bad the Trump administration has destroyed those research programs that could have helped here. 1228
Reposted by Joshua McMinnRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here? 11073071311074
Reposted by Joshua McMinnJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I’m sure he does not think of this as trolling the American Christian right, but if a pope did decide to troll the American Christian right, it would probably look something like this. 11910143
Reposted by Joshua McMinn🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 19/04/2026United States is tossing away the most important technologies of the 21st century because they aren’t racist enough 111821
Joshua McMinn @jmcminn.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Kasper Halttunen of the @sjbarracuda.bsky.social shoots the puck on goal versus Bakersfield on Fan Appreciation Night. 000
Reposted by Joshua McMinnThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/04/2026ZOHRAN: “TBH, I don’t think too much about how Republicans portray me. The power of an ideology is judged in the worth of its delivery— to be told a city-run grocery store is implausible but $500 MILLION/day to kill ppl in Iran & Lebanon is necessary speaks to a broken politics.” 13087172272
Joshua McMinn @jmcminn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I was seriously tempted to make the check out to and address the envelope to “Orange Shit Stain’s embezzlement and grift”. 000
Reposted by Joshua McMinnRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it. 541234768165
Reposted by Joshua McMinnJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 12/04/2026So the Trump administration’s two goals in peace talks with Iran are: 1. A commitment by Iran not to develop a nuke (This was part of the Obama deal that Trump canceled) 2. Opening the Strait of Hormuz. (Was open before war.) 742670772
Reposted by Joshua McMinnThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/04/2026No wonder Republicans love Hungary so much… 😕 32982277
Reposted by Joshua McMinnRep. Paul Tonko @reppaultonko.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The President of the United States is publicly threatening to commit genocide. For love of country, for the freedoms we cherish and for the values we hold dear, the House must immediately reconvene and vote to impeach Donald Trump. Read my full statement: tonko.house.gov/news/documen... 551706423