Reposted by Ted SmithPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 14hMultiple things are true here. This is a fascist, authoritarian administration. It has not yet fully consolidated power. Some of its efforts to do so have been frustrated. Trump is a doddering, confused egomaniac who started an unpopular war that's costing everyday people a lot of money. 62368633
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 18hsubstack.com/@surfnukumoi...substack.comGenny Harrison (@surfnukumoi)I've always thought Faramir was one of Tolkien's most quietly radical characters. He understood war, feared what was coming, and still refused to confuse strength with cruelty. I think about that qui... 000
Reposted by Ted SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026🔥 damn — MARGE TO TRUMP: “you are the deep state, the Epstein class, and America last, and my mistake was ever supporting you in the first place” 36840161341
Reposted by Ted SmithAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump: I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap 122670581795
Reposted by Ted SmithAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026Abdul El-Sayed on Fox News: "I don't want to choke anyone out. What I'm interested in is making sure that everybody can breathe. And right now you've got an economy where folks are getting choked out because they don't have the basic means of a dignified life." 592552539
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yesterday’s Eric Schmitt idiocy, featuring Tom as Schmitt, Jerry as Smith, with special appearance by Amy Klobuchar, as herself. youtube.com/shorts/46mhi...youtube.comA swing and a miss #tomandjerry #cartoon #funnyYouTube video by Animationworld27 011
Reposted by Ted SmithJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Conspiracy Clown really did 2056871
Reposted by Ted SmithAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026He can't raise the retirement age without Congress. Vote. 15439511338
Reposted by Ted SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026TALARICO: “The richest 1% now owns more wealth than the entire middle class. 3 dudes (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined… they aren’t just buying yachts and jets anymore. They’re now buying power.” 🇺🇸 (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social ) 12247311814
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Despite the flood of corruption and incompetence we face, this issue positively dwarfs the others in terms of scale and urgency. 000
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Thank you for these words. In my view, the entire Democratic caucus, from both chambers, should physically gather on the steps of the Capitol and insist that Congress immediately ban recursive self-improving AI, pause all AI-generated code-developing, and begin creating robust oversight. 110
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is all so impossibly, stupefyingly ridiculous. A species that has organized into societies and built a civilization that generated cathedrals and symphonies and hospitals and calculus and Shakespeare is crescendoing with millions of idiots putting the worst-ever human in control of it all. 010
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“It’s time to make them stop.”nytimes.comVideo: Opinion | We’re Not Losing Control of A.I. We’re Giving It Away.Artificial intelligence labs are on the verge of handing over the training of A.I. to A.I. We should stop them. 000
Reposted by Ted SmithThe Canadian Border 🇨🇦 @canadianborder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Seen a lot of these, but this one is my favourite 😎 27498772399
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The A.I. Threat Is Real. We Need to Act Now. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The A.I. Threat Is Real. We Need to Act Now.We can no longer pretend that this technology is safe. 010
Reposted by Ted SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🔥 WATCH: “Trump lies and lies. None of what he said is true. For 25 years Trump has lied about 9/11 to put himself in the story and make himself the hero.” Best-selling author @jeffpearlman recounts Trump’s sick, narcissistic lies about 9/11 and other tragedies. 50873385
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026LESS: renaming lakes, choosing marble tile for the ballroom. MORE: keeping diarrhea off the lettuce and UNDOING THIS STUPID EFFING WAR.nytimes.comOil Hits $100 a Barrel as Turmoil Intensifies in Middle EastThe cost of crude has risen 40 percent since the start of the war in Iran, pushing up the price of gasoline, diesel and other refined fuels. 010
Reposted by Ted SmithCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco... 384129925474
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026He is such a ridiculous loser. History will remember him as such. His golden chotchkies will be thrown away. His renamed lakes will be changed back. His name and likeness will be stripped from public buildings. His arch will be bulldozed. He will be remembered as a criminal and an idiot. 021
Reposted by Ted SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026And if you think this is wrong and needs to be addressed they call you a communist 393109814168
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Trump Presidential Library should be a museum cataloguing his egregiously corrupt conduct, the sycophantic response from his party’s elected leaders, the systemic weakness in our institutions and laws that permitted it, and it should celebrate the program of reform that will respond to it. 010
Reposted by Ted SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽 19751271
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Wendell Berry’s Message to Readers: All We Need Is Here www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/b...nytimes.comBarbara Kingsolver Remembers Wendell BerryBarbara Kingsolver remembers the man she counted among her most important literary mentors. 010
Reposted by Ted SmithRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here? 1001262519032
Reposted by Ted SmithNate 'The Belated' Carney @inapproprinate.bsky.social · 31/08/2026When they nuke Iran and Jesus don't come back And your son's still gay and there's no cheap gas When the vengeance of nations finally comes to port Will you be bitchin' 'bout men playin' women's sports I get weary I get nervous They hired a clown we got the whole damn circusyoutu.beThe Nerd ReichYouTube video by Jesse Welles 14471632146
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s totally fair. We are being punished for knowingly electing a wildly unfit felon president. We deserve this nonsense. 010
Reposted by Ted SmithWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥 260177505791
Reposted by Ted SmithAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026US national debt just hit $40 trillion. Why? HINT: It's NOT because the government is trying to provide its citizens healthcare or childcare. 332129943982
Reposted by Ted SmithBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The copy on this story is so good. I keep thinking about it.theonion.comDolly Parton Troubled To Find God IlliterateTHE HEAVENS—Her heart breaking when she discovered the Almighty fumbling over the most basic words on the page in front of Him, country music icon and noted humanitarian Dolly Parton was reportedly tr... 522180286
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026OH. EMM. EFF. JEE. 🤦♂️ Why don’t you go release an Epstein File or something, homie, maybe get us out of freaking Iran, make gas a little cheaper. Maybe hire some people to keep diarrhea off of our lettuce and measles out of our elementary schools. Renaming a lake? Laughable, bro. You’re a joke.yahoo.comTrump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' in the United StatesPresident Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an execu... 010
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We will never be able to unwrite this ridiculous cartoon character from our country’s story. It’s all so sad. 000
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 23/08/2026It’s like he’s TRYING to lose the Speakership. Self-sabotage. 🤦♂️ 000
Reposted by Ted SmithChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/08/202677 million people believed a man who filed for bankruptcy 6 times. 58161312655
Reposted by Ted Smithconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 21/08/2026From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons 13548175
Reposted by Ted SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026#MedicareForAllNOW 26958338
Reposted by Ted SmithStealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Political cartoonists keep the story clear and simple 235134214643
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Yeah, he DOGEd USAID and wrote death warrants for countless children, and yeah they cancelled subsidies that would’ve kept health insurance slightly more affordable, and yeah they cancelled a bunch of funding for scientific research on things like vaxes and cancer, etc., but at least he… wait, what?nytimes.comU.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge ContinuesPresident Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been undercut by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds. 000
Ted Smith @tedsmithbsky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It all seems to add up to something approaching actual sanity. 000