Reposted by Sparkyjames, but scary. @abacadabber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026They really should be explicit in the headline that the rise in South Asian hate rhetoric is stemming directly from the united states government. 241820700
Reposted by SparkyMark @mlnga.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The current Lakers owner is being investigated by Trump's government for tax fraud. Today, it was announced that he is selling the team to a member of the Kushner family. A complete coincidence, I'm sure. 291432446
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Would really like people who don't know about Wisconsin to STFU about David Crowley being "the establishment." 000
Reposted by SparkyAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie. 1814214058944
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 28/07/2026In my personal experience people have said things like, "I think Musk is (too rich/too powerful/crazy/bad/etc.), but I think DOGE is a good idea." People hear things on the Internet and only have vague ideas about things. 000
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026There are a lot of people confidently saying this won't work and I don't think their reasoning is sound. 010
Reposted by SparkyJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Worth noting that in 1921, the American Yiddish-language press described the anti-Black Tulsa massacre as a “pogrom,” because they knew that was the word that would best make their immigrant Ashkenazi Jewish readers understand what happened. ingeveb.org/blog/the-mos...ingeveb.org“The Most Awful Scenes”: The Tulsa Massacre and Racist Violence in the Yiddish Press | In gevebUri Schreter traces attitudes about race in the United States evident in Yiddish newspapers' coverage of the Tulsa massacre — often simultaneously denouncing th 142952804
Reposted by SparkyWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I know that we can get a little hyper-partisan here, but a lot of people did pour their heart and soul into Spencer Pratt's campaign. If you know any, please take a moment to reach out and be human: tell them politics will always feel this way and they should not participate in the future. 454771
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Don't call it consolidation though, anything but that! They're idiots that can't bring good cases! 010
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Thiel is going to Argentina to help shore up Milei, not because he's afraid of consequences here. 131
Reposted by SparkyMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Republicans say this stuff all the time. Robin Vos says things like this in WI. But now it's not just "Democrats' votes shouldn't count." It's also "Democrats shouldn't even get to vote." And yet, somehow, our entire National Conversation™️ is always about how Democrats don't reach out to Real Folkz. 511126329
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026People On Here are too confident that they won't be able to divert flights to red states. 010
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I've been told they don't have the guys to do this 010
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Zoomer boomerposting is going to be something like "Kids these days only watch AI slop. Back in my day we watched REAL content, like Mr. Beast and Jake Paul." 140
Reposted by SparkyRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026NEW:🧵🧵 Texas fracking tycoon Farris Wilks has for years been one of the GOP's most prolific donors. He's spent more than $100M, funded The Daily Wire and, with billionaire Tim Dunn, helped pull the party to the far right. But something happened recently: Wilks quietly disappeared...texasmonthly.comHe Was One of the Texas GOP's Biggest Donors. Where Did He Go?Farris Wilks once flooded the Texas GOP primaries with cash, contributing to the state's rightward shift. This year, he was largely absent. 12516210
Reposted by SparkyFlying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I was repeatedly assured by some strong voices on this site; that it was impossible for Trump to impact elections because they are run by the states. And that anyone who discussed Trump as having an impact on elections was a doomer and hyperbolic TDSer. 3245
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 26/04/2026The issue with this is that they have different definitions of "corruption." 120
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Tapper sits behind a desk so you can't see his erection. 000
Reposted by SparkyWeedle @weedle.bsky.social · 05/04/2026I do not believe for a second her coworker would be unaware of us being at war under a Democratic president. The influencers and the algorithms just go quiet about this kind of stuff when a Republican is in office. 213211
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Why should I be mad that my taxes don't pay for this anymore? 000
Reposted by SparkyErnest "Dead" Penfold @penfoldsfiv.eurosky.social · 26/03/2026You don't hate the New York Times enough, you just think you do. 203037775
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I thought the military was supposed to be resistant to this stuff, especially since Hegseth was fired after that parade last year 000
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 14/03/2026They're incompetent and losing attorneys and jury nullification will save us etc 000
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 08/03/2026It's not going to happen, but now we're going to hear about the true victims of this war are the unbombed suburban white kids from every dipshit with more than 10 thousand followers on TikTok 011
Reposted by SparkyJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 01/03/2026They don't *need* AI to make these decisions. But they *want* AI to make these decisions. Because the tech gives them plausible deniability--something to blame (other than themselves) when things go wrong. 682247707
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I was told that they were running out of lawyers and were building terrible cases and jury nullification will save us 182
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Immanentizing the eschaton used to mean making the world the better place, and the likes of Bill Buckley thought that former definition was worse than the new one. 010
Reposted by SparkySangsin Lee @sslee.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I don't know why, but the judge is now citing the historical precedent of Charles I of England. This is an incredibly ominous sign for Yoon. 211403240
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Tangentially: the main purpose of the Right's AI pictures and videos is not to fabricate crimes they can use to prosecute their enemies, it is to wave away evidence of their depravity as "fake." This man would not be protesting if he believed the video he saw was fake. 020
Reposted by SparkyBill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Who founded your wing of the Democratic Party and when? Progressives: Woodrow Wilson (1912) Neoliberals: Eugene McCarthy (1968) Southern Democrats: Charles I (1642) Popularists: Franklin Roosevelt (1932) 311215
Reposted by SparkyBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 29/01/2026Back on my bullshit--talking about how originalism is bullshit--because why, as an "originalist" are you filing Supreme Court briefs supporting Trump's attempt to revoke the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship? (I know why) ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...ballsandstrikes.orgThe Legal Academy’s Leading Originalists Remain Breathtakingly Full of ShitThe conservative lawyers filing amicus briefs in the birthright citizenship case are making it very clear that there is only some “history” they care about. 10386108
Reposted by SparkyEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I'm seeing people mistakenly claim the gun photo was posted before today, but its just how Google sometimes dates images based on the original date of the thread its posted in, not when it was posted. The photo was posted an hour ago in this 5 day old thread www.reddit.com/r/fivethirty... 271456423
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 24/01/2026IMO they will try the Fred Prehn method: The old Congress' terms end, but they say they will stay in power anyways. 010
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 24/01/2026The thing about this is that 1. The Libertarian Party is really bad now. It's not like the Gary Johnson days where there were some well-meaning if naive people in it. 2. Plenty of Libertarians think the issue is that the GOP doesn't support Trump enough. 3. They did this with Bush too! 010
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Almost 4 in 10 Americans think this is A-OK, so there had better not be any vatniks complaining about people from other countries being rude to them. 020
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 04/01/2026People were saying Elon was done for because of their argument. Guess they were wrong again! 130
Sparky @sparkylombardi.bsky.social · 04/01/2026I was told Americans hated this stuff. Just another thing we tell ourselves to feel better about our situation. 020
