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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 21h

1/ When comparing TFG and his MAGA Republicans to the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Asian Longhorned Beetles, and Emerald Ash Borer, these highly devastating insects are poseurs. These bugs are incredibly destructive because its their nature. TFG and MAGA Republicans are willful destroyers because

theguardian.com

US senator blocks bill to ban Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center without Congress’s approval

Mike Lee objected to the safeguard against the demolition of any presidential memorial Congress designates

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 22h

It probably doesn't need saying, Sen. Booker covered it pretty well, but the majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans (e.g. Kennedy, Cruz, Lee, Blackburn, Schmitt) are ass-sniffing enablers attempting to please an orange-y audience of one. Theirs is a betrayal of their office and oath.

mediaite.com

Cory Booker Goes Absolutely Berserk on Ted Cruz, Republicans: ‘This Hearing Is a Farce’

Senator Cory Booker spit fire at Senator Ted Cruz and Republicans as a whole for 10 straight minutes as former special counsel Jack Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1/ It is unfathomable to me anyone would vote for a presidential candidate who felt entitled to grab any woman (or girl) "...by the p---y..." And then continue to vote for him a second or third time after the chaos, cruelty, and dysfunction most ostensibly sane, intelligent people would associate

The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It is a nightmarish absurdity the United States should side with Russia against a UN vote condemning its invasion of Ukraine. I'm starting to believe either TFG is somehow a willing Putin asset or that his admiration for Vlad is a twisted personal obsession.

idahopublicpress.com

US Joins Russia in UN Vote Against Condemning Ukraine Invasion – Idaho Public Press

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1/ Since the end of WW2, the United States has been unreservedly the chief proponent for democracy and undeniably the Leader of the Free World, but with a tyrannical wannabe for president, it has abdicated these roles. Moreover, TFG's morally impoverished, fringe-y movement has proven for the GOP a

salon.com

Donald Trump abdicates as leader of the free world

The president's UN address showed he has ceded that position to Canada's Mark Carney

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TFG is ignorant, vain, corrupt, unhinged, and vengeful. He's a wannabe dictator who should never have been POTUS. Not ever fucking ever. He's recklessly fractured the world order and severely damaged our role in it. He's like an arsonist. With hostages. And we're responsible for this insane mess...

nymag.com

The New World Order Is Here

Our allies are tired of the U.S. pushing them around.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Spent yesterday in Stratford ONT to see Shakespeare's The Tempest at the Festival Theatre. An impressive performance and the set designs and costuming breathtaking. Turned out to be near perfect weather as well. Drove mostly country roads to get there and back so a thoroughly relaxed day...

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Shit. Rose Tattoo frontman Angry Anderson passed away. Their 1982 album Scarred For Life is a fave of mine and "We Can't Be Beaten" just a ripper of a song. RIP.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If you kept a ledger of which commentators, pundits, and streamers were the most soulless pieces-of-shit week-to-week, its an even bet Megyn Kelly would be competing for that top spot on the tally sheet consecutive weeks. You'd expect the fringe-y Laura Loomer and Candace Owens, but Kelly... Fuck.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm not questioning their athletic abilities or the like, but knuckle-dragging chest-thumpers like Jake and Logan Paul should understand well enough they're in no position to "motivate" our troops unless they've been them and done that and they aren't and they haven't. What a dumbass DoD PR move...

dagens.com

Trump's influencer bros ripped over tone-deaf military stunt: "They should enlist" | Dagens.com

Commentators from across the political spectrum blasted the brothers for acting tough while letting others do the actual fighting.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Every time TFG wants to put something on the fast track, with as little oversight and regulation as possible, it becomes an issue of "national security", his vanity projects included. Authoritarians always want tributes to themselves, a reimagining where they, alone, are the center of the universe.

apnews.com

Trump says his planned arch would become a 'military complex' able to host drones and snipers

President Donald Trump says the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a “top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers ...

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Obama: There's A "Non-Zero Chance" AI Could Decide Humans Are "Not Necessary"

As a teen I'd read D.F. Jones' "Colossus" (adapted for the movies as The Forbin Project) and Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" alongside "supercomputer" science-fiction by James Blish and Isaac Asimov so though I possess a Luddite gene I do wish I could be as sanguine as Obama...

realclearpolitics.com

Former President Barack Obama discusses the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and warns that AI systems could potentially decide humans are unnecessary. FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I do...

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Possibly the truest remark this past week: "...the Trump scheme is to lie and repeat it incessantly and for the MAGA cult it becomes truth despite what they see with their own eyes." -Moe Davis, retired USAF colonel and former administrative law judge #DefendDemocracy #Protect1A #VoteBlue2026

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This week's listens: Corrosion Of Conformity-Good Man/Baad Man-2026 The Black Keys-Peaches!-2026 Them Evils-Rollin' Stoned And Livin' Free-2018 Neurosis-An Undying Love For A Burning World-2026 Mastodon-Marrow Deep-2026

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Trump Is Dismantling the World America Built

1/ Often you'll hear those who follow politics and current events say about our missteps and failures as a nation, "That's not who we are!". While we are not always the best version of ourselves, we have been at times guilty of heinous crimes and terrible miscalculations. And right now, this one

rollingstone.com

Donald Trump and the MAGA movement have destroyed the global order, opening the door for nations like China and Russia to fill the leadership void.

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As Canada cools to US while rearming, Europe assumes central role - EU Perspectives

1/ America has ceded its role in the world. No longer a global aspiration for democratic change nor the uncontested leader of the Free World (and NATO), we've faltered miserably and become an untrustworthy ally. We're not even the preeminent military superpower capable of fighting multiple wars...

euperspectives.eu

Canada is reshaping defence ties toward Europe via Sweden, Poland and EU industrial frameworks, distancing from the US.

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Because TFG can't take two steps without infuriating an ally, my number of yard signs in support of those nations we've offended with his ignorance and cheap bullying are beginning to add up... Ukraine, Canada, Greenland, Iceland... At this rate I should have a seat at the United Nations...

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MS NOW journalists denied entry to White House on day after Trump bans them in First Amendment test

TFG obfuscates, lies, and advances misinformation like many of us take a breath. He is without principles or values. An ignorant, impulsive, corrupt, powermonger dangerously unqualified for office and traitorous to our Constitution.He is unfit, unwell, and sociopathic... Defend the First Amendment!

ms.now

The move could pose another First Amendment test for the Trump administration, which has faced legal challenges over efforts to restrict press access based on an outlet’s coverage.

Donald Trump ‘acting like a mad king’ announcing a ban on media outlets from the White House

The value of an independent, free press is inestimable. For democracy to thrive, it must be vigorous and ethical otherwise governance is unaccountable. And like every corrupt pos with authoritarian ambition, TFG's attacks on journalists and the news media is from page 2 of Dictatorships For Dummies.

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The center-left needs to step up and show America what it stands for

1/ I'm not big on labeling or assigning boxes though I recognize it can be a more easily recognizable shortcut when politicking and wonking. But no community is so monolithic that everyone is in lockstep. Disagreements and fragmentation are an inevitability. You have your "macro" and your "micro".

thehill.com

They only need to dust off their own rich legacy of bold and modernizing reform rooted in America’s liberal tradition.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Every power grab and assault on democracy , every lie and deception, every grift, graft, and corruption is, tragically, dangerously, just another day in TFG's presidency. So, too, the Republican held Congress and the 6 of the 9 Supreme Court justices. Its a Bizarro World perversion of America.

washingtonpost.com

Trump’s arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say

National Park Service officials acknowledge that President Donald Trump’s planned arch would harm dozens of historic sites but say it must move forward anyway.

The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It should have been apparent decades ago TFG is ignorant, unprincipled, unqualified, and unfit for any meaningful role in politics or advancing American interests. At least as far back as when he'd suggested a run for office in the late 1980s as even then TFG should have been forcefully rebuked.

usatoday.com

Canada understands what we refuse to: Trump is a joke | Opinion

Sorry, but I'm rooting for Canada in this insipid trade war our president started. At least they know how to treat a petulant child like Donald Trump.

The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The shameless temerity for Vance to disrespect active servicemen, veterans, and Gold Star families so his chickenshit boss can continue flailing about in a war that isn't a war but really is a war that he'd in fact started despite expert advice to the contrary is some next level bullshit.

thehill.com

JD Vance is betraying his fellow Marines

Why is Vice President JD Vance claiming the Iran War isn’t a war?

Trump sparks international episode with wildly ‘inappropriate’ post: report

I'm sure there's ample competition for the title, but I swear TFG has to be the stupidest SOB on the planet... And if I were from another country, I'd be damned concerned as to what the hell the United States' leadership is doing because that view must be worrying af. #Iceland #VikingThunderClap

rawstory.com

President Donald Trump's social media blitz over the past several days has sparked concern among onlookers, but one post in particular ignited an international episode that led to the summoning of a U...

This week's listens: Thin Lizzy/Bad Reputation/1977 Nazareth/Loud 'N' Proud/1973 Foghat/Foghat Live/1977 Focus/Moving Waves/1971 Edgar Winter Group/They Only Come Out At Night/1972

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The fair, unfair criticism of the Detroit Lions’ handling of Terrion Arnold

When it comes to Lions fandom: 1) There is always some wrongheaded argument for making a sexy trade or free agent signing, and 2) The roster invariably makes some contingent unhappy... For myself, I never want to jeopardize cap space, draft picks, or lose a player I like, but "In Holmes we trust".

prideofdetroit.com

When it comes to the Detroit Lions’ handling of Terrion Arnold, questions are fair, but the discourse needs to be honest and thoughtful.

Opinion | The U.S. cannot afford a major war. What if one comes anyway?

That we have no one with the fortitude and fearlessness to invoke the 25th (Section 4) is just a bad, sad sign that we absolutely have no patriotic countrymen in proximity to TFG. The more off-the-rails he's become (and for Chrissakes, what is the bar?), the more they look away in cringey cowardice.

washingtonpost.com

Stretching the market for government debt to the limit in peacetime is a dereliction of duty.

Jared Kushner cornered in heated confrontation with reporter on live TV

Expecting positive results from any U.S. mission or negotiations undertaken by Kushner and Witkoff is like rubbing two rocks together with the fervent hope valuable minerals might come of it... C'mon, you know they're just bootlickers and ass-kissers playing the angles as they enrich themselves...

alternet.org

NBC's Richard Engel brutally questioned Trump's son-in-law over his track record, asking why the public should have any confidence in his ability to deliver results.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

1/ Any ostensibly moral individual should be utterly resolute on an easy half dozen things, but we have a political party in power all-too willing to look the other way when it comes to sex trafficking, child abuse, domestic violence, molestation, rape, assault, racism... The No. 3 House Republican,

thehill.com

Top House Republican backs Max Miller: ‘I support anybody with an R by their name’

Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), the chair of the House Republican Conference, said Sunday she backs Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio), despite two of his former partners accusing him of abuse. “Listen, divorce…

The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We have politically appointed bottom feeders and inept militarists in charge at the Pentagon. That the SECDEF and other members of TFG's cabinet regularly play down our war with Iran in an effort to dissuade the public from believing its actually a war is wantonly cruel and unfathomably delusional.

apnews.com

Widow of airman killed in Mideast is upset she was told Iran wasn't a war while sorting out benefits

The widow of an airman killed on a combat mission in the Middle East says it took a viral social media post to get clarity from the Pentagon on issues related to her husband’s benefits and basic pay m...

The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Two things which should be evident to every eligible voter this November 3rd, 1) The turnout to vote Democratic or anti-MAGA needs to be overwhelming and irrefutable and 2) Investigative hearings and impeachment are tools that should be utilized by Congress to prevent further harm to our democracy.

nbcnews.com

Jamie Raskin says Democrats need midterm ‘landslide’ that is ‘too big to rig’: Full interview

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) says he believes Democrats have grown “too big for the Republicans to defeat” in the upcoming midterm elections.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

1/ The Republican congressional majorities have essentially disowned their constitutional responsibilities and duties e.g. the declaration of war, tariffs, oversight of the federal government budget and its spending, the maintenance and rehabilitation of federal buildings, properties, and landmarks

axios.com

Trump's final act begins

He really doesn't care if his party loses control of Congress.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Its an unconstitutional war, we'd initiated the hostilities with Iran, and so far, 18 U.S. soldiers have been killed and 756 servicemen wounded or injured in a war that's "not a war" and their sacrifice "small potatoes" according to the five-time draft dodger, his mercenary veep, and inept SECDEF.

cnn.com

Trump says Iran conflict, which has killed 18 US service members and injured hundreds more, is ‘small potatoes’ | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump on Friday labeled the Iran war “small potatoes,” the latest attempt to minimize a six-month conflict that caused a spike in gas prices and led to the deaths of 18 American servi...

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FYI: TFG has withdrawn our United States from 70+ international agreements, treaties, and accords. Its never about the deliberative process, establishing effective forecasts, implementing metrics and defining objectives, or predictive stability. Its about the chaos, material gain, and raw power.

1/ Often, when discussing current events or politics with those who'd voted for TFG, I'll hear "You don't know that..." and my reply is "Actually, I do because I regularly watch the news and browse or read as many as 40-50 different publications and sites each month... You?". This does not make me

El-Sayed apologizes to those hurt by comments after synagogue attack

1/ You cannot intellectualize or rationalize terrorist actions. Clearly, we need to try to understand the motivations, that'd be central to any investigation, but when innocents have been killed or injured, a guiltless community has been terrorized and damaged, virtually no one will proffer the

detroitnews.com

"To anybody who feels like my comments might have been hurtful, I'm really sorry," El-Sayed said.

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Canadian rock band gets crowd screaming ‘Lake Ontario’ lyric to defy Trump’s renaming

I like Blue Rodeo. Great band. And their song "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" is a damn good one. If you're unfamiliar with them and their song, Lake Ontario figures into the lyrics. That they framed the song during a concert as a gauntlet thrown down to TFG's administration is cool af. I'm here for it, y'know?

the-independent.com

Trump’s executive order to rename Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ has sparked backlash from Canadians

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Weird insect life this summer. An insane number of spiders and ants. An amalgamation of the movies Arachnophobia and Phase IV. Thankfully, it hasn't evolved into Them! or Tarantula. Still enjoy the big bug sci-fi movies of the Fifties, but I don't need to see one the size of a pickup in my yard.

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I think some members of SCOTUS are despicably illegitimate and corrupt. Even Roberts cited 40 U.S.C. Section 8106: "A building or structure shall not be erected on any reservation, park, or public grounds of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia without express authority of Congress."

rawstory.com

‘Can’t find the spine’: Supreme Court's 'lawless' Trump ballroom ruling sparks fury

The Supreme Court’s decision allowing President Donald Trump to continue construction of his controversial White House ballroom triggered an immediate wave of outrage Monday.The justices ruled 5-4 to ...

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The Mord @paganroadkill.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

1/ Around 25-30% of the American electorate remains strong supporters of TFG. And while support has softened among a segment of self-identified Republicans and independents, the outcome of the '26 midterms is uncertain. Turnout definitely matters, but so will disappointment with the party in power.

newsweek.com

Could progressive Democrats be the best thing to happen to the GOP in 2026

Republicans have quickly cast Democratic Socialists of America-backed primary wins as a liability for Democrats nationwide.