Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/07/2025The Soviet government, which lied incessantly, called a state media outlet Pravda (truth). Thinking of that while seeing a US outlet acting as an organ of a ln incessantly lying government that’s attacking the 1st Amendment and abusing power to stop independent media calls itself “The Free Press.” 726546
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2025As Texas officials point to the National Weather Service failing to predict the amount of rain that caused this tragedy, it’s fair to wonder if the cuts made to the dept that many warned about played a role here. (Now add FEMA cuts & hospital closures) 76772102651
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Kissed up to billionaires a lot, but not literally all the time. People of various races, genders, and religions thought they should be respected as equals. Therefore, we must overthrow Constitutional democracy. It really is that stupid. No less impactful. But still, extremely stupid. 27615
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/07/2025We are finally starting to get some posts from Republicans after the deadly storm in Texas. 11783440692
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2025It is insane, joe rogan. But you were warned repeatedly, yet you helped get him elected and helped let this happen. It’s good that you’re speaking up, but please be honest with yourself about the role you played here. 1384143333742
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialAjmaniK @ajmanik.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Think nothing important except to do what your nature directs and to endure what universal nature sends. ~ Heraclitus #nature #acceptance #endurance #attitude #photography #spiritedness 0101
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2025WATCH: “The @nytimes.com was exposed for trying to manufacture a scandal about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social — while in the process revealing a scandal about The NYT.” This is the correct take. Sadly it will likely only be folks on TikTok who point it out😕 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DLuj917... 12040181522
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/07/2025A variety of cultural forces contributed: -Internet phantasmagoria, and how it gets some to act like nothing is real -Pop culture fixation on antiheroes as protagonists -Reality TV -Pop psychology and murder mystery fiction treating awful adult behavior as understandable response to childhood trauma 711514
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialhåvard mokleiv nygård @havardmn.bsky.social · 19/04/2025‘Like the other 11 children, Abdo starved to death in the weeks after President Trump froze all U.S. foreign assistance, said local aid workers and a doctor’. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...nytimes.comAs Famine Rages in Sudan, U.S. Aid Remains Scarce (Gift Article)The stark consequences of the rollback are evident in few places as clearly as in Sudan, where a brutal civil war has combined with a staggering humanitarian catastrophe. 23626
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialMartin Rak @martinrak.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Winter Realm Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Czech Republic 1853344
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialDana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisianna, a DOCTOR, was the deciding vote for RFK JR to be the new Sec. Of HHS, based on his promise of, “regular meetings and strict oversight.” Fun Fact! Dr. Bill Cassidy is now America’s Quietest Senator. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTop US vaccine official resigns over RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’Dr Peter Marks was seen as a guardrail against any future politicisation of the FDA’s approval of life-saving vaccines 915215
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialDavid Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Trump agenda for April 1) Crash the world economy with tariffs 2) Wreck NATO by annexing Greenland 3) End 1st and 5th amendment rights for immigrants 4) Welcome measles to toughen the species 5) Pardon financial criminals 6) Help Putin smash Ukraine 7) More memecoins! 1071855526
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/03/2025It is absolutely right that we do not need Greenland (or Canada) for natsec reasons because they are already close NATO allies. So the only rationale to turn the US into an aggressor in our own hemisphere is if you don’t plan on NATO being a US alliance in the future. 875171014652
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialDave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Regardless of context or circumstances, “We can’t just ignore the president’s desires” has got to be one of the strangest phrases ever uttered by a standing vice president 519125612161
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/03/2025So much for the free market… 2143215453
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Yesterday Emma Wilkins (10) knelt in front of the Ed committee asking Rep. Lamberth & Sen. Watson to “Stop Attacking My Friends” and not go after kids with their cruel bill aimed at blocking undocumented kids from our schools Republicans passed it anyway (H/T @tennesseannews ) 39977271
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 27/03/2025No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too. 563260487431
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialClint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 27/03/2025They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken. 511228097463
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/03/2025Most of yesterday's intelligence hearing focused on Signal. Something else not to be missed: this exchange between Sen. King (ME-I) Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence. King asked why the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment did not mention climate change, after doing so for 11 years. 27138951059
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialp @vel.law · 27/03/2025Paging ABC, Paul Weiss, Columbia U 321542
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/03/2025"FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY" 425423
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Meanwhile, back in the real world . . . The publisher of "2000 Mules" withdrew the book from stores & pulped its inventory because the book if full of lies. And the distributor of the video did likewise for the same reason. Dinesh D'Souza is a conman, which is probably why Elon Musk likes him. 641613343
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/03/2025"Relations between Greenland and the US sank further on Sunday as the Greenlandic prime minister erupted over what he called a 'highly aggressive' delegation of senior officials the Trump administration said it would send to the island this week."nytimes.comGreenland Officials Express Fury Over Trump’s Plan to Send DelegationUsha Vance, the second lady, and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, are on their way this week. Greenlandic officials called the move “aggressive.” 4073536967
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 24/03/2025It's just so weird that the entire federal government is working so hard to protect the interests of one extremely wealthy freak 1554473821
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 24/03/2025there’s amazing rightwing infighting happening today due to people being accused of being “fake MAHA” because they think not being able to buy soda on food stamps might be going a little too far. these people are all insane 2769316933
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/03/2025These two videos here. This is good. This is good messaging. One good part is conceding and respecting disagreement but zeroing in on the parts of what is happening that very few people agree with or feel able to justify. I've always thought the idea that Ds shldnt go on Fox is CRAZY but you have... 221500267
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/03/2025"Adding to the inanity, the government argued in court that the fact that many of these men don’t have criminal records is precisely why they’re dangerous."thebulwark.comTrump’s Deportations Rely on Tattoos—It’s Bullshit.It turns out tattoos inspired by a reggaeton artist who endorsed Trump are also a marker of gang involvement. 37779232
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialPaul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 23/03/2025These woodland moments 2480484
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialArmand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Apocalypse vibes during this dramatic sunrise at moonscape overview in Utah… 2571768
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialCraig McGowan @craigmcg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025A still morning on a glacial lake. Sunrise is the best time of the day IMHO - so good to immerse in nature as light fills the sky and another day begins... #photography #nature #landscapephotography 1529530
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 24/03/2025Look what happens when a democracy allows itself to have nice things.fortune.comFinland is the world’s happiest country yet again. Here are the top 10 on the listFor the 8th successive year, Finland ranks no.1 on the annual World Happiness Report. 1043767836
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialChris Byrne @chris-byrne.bsky.social · 22/03/2025From an extraordinary evening in Amboseli #kenya 4487098
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialdanschyk @danschyk.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Athabasca Falls under moonlight 826121
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialSkittles @skittlesmom.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Lake Superior, Kewanaw Peninsula taken by my son. 1566331403
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/03/2025“Less medical research, a pull-back on life-saving vaccines, turning away from science and embracing folk medicine. Make America Healthy Again. Again. Meaning: America used to be ‘healthy’ and now is not. This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comMAHA Is a FraudAmerica has never been healthier. Going backwards is going to mean more people getting sick and dying. 368100162335
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/03/2025Pam Bondi says a judge has no right to ask the Trump administration questions about their no due process rendition flights 2801222252
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialBill Montei @billmontei.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Halgrimskirka, Reykjavik, Iceland 🇮🇸 #photography 1761928
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/03/2025This is Chuck. Chuck is selling a book. Chuck also has a full-time job. I would consider buying Chuck’s book if he were doing that job, but he’s not. Don’t be like Chuck. And don’t buy Chuck’s book. 2389281997207
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 15/03/2025From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were... 7232520811330
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 15/03/2025NEWS: After an emergency meeting of Indivisible groups across the country, Indivisible is officially calling on Senate Minority Leader Schumer to step down from his leadership position. indivisible.org/statements/i...indivisible.orgIndivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside 902332358053
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/03/2025ICYMI — @MotherJones reported Senator John Fetterman worked with a far right pro-Israel group that said “not enough” babies were killed in Gaza to “escalate the matter of #MahmoudKhalil’s address to the highest levels of the Trump administration” www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 67996424
Reposted by @tangentjohns.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16/03/2025They started with the undocumented, then they went after visa holders and permanent residents, now it's naturalized citizens. How many times must history rhyme and repeat before we realize what's going on? 711217118076