pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 3hSo you guys are throwing in the towel and just running real headlines now, huh? What a fucked-up timeline we live in. 260
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 5hAnd given the "quality" of the lawyers he's had recently, they would probably continue to work for him, rather than risk disbarment and jail time. 000
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialFred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 12hIf you've noticed, the bribe and patronage economy has made our right-wing elites very bad about hiding their crimes. They commit them openly because they feel like they have impunity. Prosecuting them will not be difficult. 410329
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialRob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 7hI find it hilarious that Marco Rubio is talking about "fierce individuality." The guy is the ultimate conformist, a human chameleon who changed literally everything about his personality and ideas to fit in with the Trumpist crowd. There is no individual there. 0114
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 8hTrump is not in the habit of paying people back. He would rather spend $5,000,000 on lawyer fees than pay a contractor $100,000 he owes them. 150
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 8hIf the Nobel Prize Committee EVER gives Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they will have lost ALL credibility. Among the MANY, MANY things he should never get, the Nobel Peace Prize is at the top of the list. 000
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10hPete Hegseth is treating death and cruelty as entertainment. The news of a livestreamed execution for the Fort Hood murderer is beneath our military. I have no sympathy for Nidal Hasan, he massacred 13 innocent people in '09, but justice is solemn, it shouldn't be a spectacle. Link below ⬇️ 2133213780
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10hI’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. ICE’s unchecked power won’t rein itself in. If we want real oversight, accountability, and an end to intimidation tactics that target vulnerable communities, we have to demand it—loudly and publicly. Abolish ICE. 311439286
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 9hTrump is what you get when you wrap up every single bad thing about Americans into one person, with NONE of the good things. 010
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13hwww.adamkinzinger.com/p/jd-vance-c...adamkinzinger.comJD Vance Couldn't Define Socialism. Because the Real Answer Would Have Been a Confession.A movement that stopped caring what words mean was always going to end up here. 1229048
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 12hA barbaric idea, beneath our dignity as a country. Push back on this. 3643760991
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There are things in my bathroom with more charisma than him… 000
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Their mothers are so proud of them, I’m sure. 020
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 09/10/2026Ossoff: You just heard Mike Collins say the tariffs are working. Go buy groceries. No one in this state seriously believes these tariffs are working, Congressman. It's been a disaster. And so has this war. 241720433
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialRob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026More of this, please. 062
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026So we’re back to “They’re eating the cats and dogs” again, huh? Only this time the dark-skinned people are Somalis in Minnesota instead of Haitians in Ohio? 000
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I suppose it’ll be sponsored by Brawndo as well, right? Or will $TRUMP coin holders get special close-up coverage of the bullet hitting the guy’s chest? Not saying the guy doesn’t deserve it, but only these assholes would make a spectacle of it. 000
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 08/10/2026Biggest Supreme Court Cases This Term theonion.com/biggest-supreme-court-… 563460
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Once again, The Onion is unable to out-satirize reality. Do you guys ever fear for your jobs? Lol… 010
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Is there ANYONE they could make the GoP Presidential Candidate for 2028 that it WOULD go well for? 110
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anyone with a 7th grade understanding of economics knew this… 010
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026No freaking way that’s real, right? RIGHT??? 000
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026So when you vote, make sure you wear your MAGA hats and TRUMP t-shirts. I’m fairly sure they won’t bother you (though you may take some grief from the sane people in line with you) 000
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026THIS is the guy they want to replace Trump???? All he does is string MAGA dog whistles together. He is slightly more coherent though, in a smarmy, teacher’s pet kind of way. 100
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026They are now saying the quiet parts out loud. Loudly. Any American whose skin is the lightest shade of brown or darker who votes for a single Republican in November is a fool. Full stop. 130
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Call 911 if you see these assholes at a voting location trying to intimidate a person of color (because let's be real, that's who they're going to be intimidating). Or, if you can, vote as early as possible before November 2nd. 011
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I go back to "imagine the reaction if Barack HUSSEIN Obama or Sleepy Joe Biden had said something even CLOSE to this". It would STILL be on Fox News 24x7. 000
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Wait, didn't the President say the war was over in March? Or was it April? May? Or there never was a war? I'm so confused. 000
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning 8140011008
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026These are not the sharpest tools in the shed… 000
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialRob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Of course they’re against folic acid. MAGA/MAHA is a revolt against 700 years of medical progress. 1144
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialRob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There’s something sad, poignant, and revealing about this. Like someone came out and just said what MAGA is all really about, and it is so obvious it’s something politics can’t fix, but they want the conman to tell them he’ll fix it. 1125
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026VICTORY! A Georgia judge Wednesday dismissed a Republican lawsuit seeking to restrict where Gwinnett County voters can return mail ballots, ruling the law allows the county to accept ballots at designated early voting sites. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comGeorgia court rejects RNC bid to restrict mail ballot return access in state’s second-largest countyThe ruling preserves an additional way for voters in Georgia’s second-most populous county to cast their ballots ahead of the November election. 7855281769
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialMelina @melinab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Their desperation is not pretty. It's disgusting. Thank you Marc. You have a special place in history as a patriot who is saving democracy. 0174
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If nothing else, the Republican Party has shown nationwide that they HATE the idea of people voting for their leaders, and will try almost anything to stop it. 070
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialFreddie Fan 🌊 @freddiefan2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Thank you, Marc. You will be in the history books. 1254
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration is sending $500 checks to select Americans. Why that is less a policy win and more a voter bribery scheme is worth understanding. So is how Trump is turning the presidency into a corrupt family business. Two stories. One familiar Trumpian playbook.thinkbigpicture.substack.comThis Week In The Big Picture 1833161
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I would take a 2nd mortgage on my house to drive around and help tear down anything that has his name on it, anywhere. 000
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And the criteria for “unfit” is “they count the votes accurately” 100
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Downside: The US now has government goon squads, and deploys them to try to intimidate voters into voting the way the president wants. Upside: They don’t have nearly enough goons. Not even close. They’re hoping fear will make up for that big shortfall, but it won’t. 24629183
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Constitution allows it. South Korea has proven it works. If you want to make impeachment viable—and so much else is pointless if you don't—then it can be done by a simple majority adopting a simple rules change: vote on the verdict by secret ballot.theunpopulist.netA Democratic Senate Should Adopt Secret Impeachment Ballots on a Priority BasisSuch a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears 211463388
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialLangdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A merger involving Warner Bros. going south because a tech bubble bursts, you say? Wow, that would be totally precedented. 022
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry 25486681189
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Meddle? Why bother when the Republican Party has pretty much done Putin’s work for him over the past 2 years? What more could he want? Trump has ticked every box on Putin’s wishlist. 000
pnellesen.bsky.social @pnellesen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And he’s got Hegseth, Miller, and RFK Jr happy to destroy whatever is left of the federal government and the military. 040
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to... 1) Help get out the vote 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. 15963412839
Reposted by @pnellesen.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10994612975
