mnkittel.bsky.social @mnkittel.bsky.social · 17/12/2024This only came up because someone in the internet made a viral post about how the bald eagle was never formally made our national bird. So… yay for viral TikToks capturing senate staffers’ attention? 000
mnkittel.bsky.social @mnkittel.bsky.social · 17/12/2024The most enduring headline ever written by the Onion. But unlike most headlines they write, it is not satire. And it is only enduring because mass shootings endure in this nation. 020
Reposted by @mnkittel.bsky.socialJon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 17/12/2024L.A. Times opinion staffers notify the executive editor that Soon-Shiong has banned criticism of Donald Trump unless its "presented side-by-side with another opinion piece representing the 'opposing view,’" via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/patrick-so...status.newsMeddling for MAGAPatrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, has dismayed staffers as he curtails critical coverage of Donald Trump. 3111780799
mnkittel.bsky.social @mnkittel.bsky.social · 01/12/2024People mocked Al Gore for talking about a “lockbox” for Social Security. But this is what he was talking about - ensuring that Congress could not borrow against SS for any reason. Too late now - between Bush and Trump, we’ve reached a point where Trump II will take away what’s left. 120
mnkittel.bsky.social @mnkittel.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Fascism isn’t really about racism, nationalism, or hatred. Those are merely the dark tools of the wealthy to garner support from the very people that fascist economics will hurt the most. 021