Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Kansas can now persecute trans people for having a proper Kansas driver's license. They say it's a legal document and must have accurate information. Fair's fair. Whenever one is pulled over, the cop must pull out a scale & ruler and ensure the height and weight are accurate. Fine those fat liars! 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026trump's AI is pretty good. It tells the truth about all of his lies. 001
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Along with other efforts to save the planet, trump now wants to roll back auto emission limits. I hope, when a human president is in in 2029, the first thing he does is reinstate all of the environmental damages. Not just reinstate, put them back on their original path. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I've seen several op-eds lately that start with "I'm a republican and I think..." and they continue with a reasonable position. I do find it interesting that any conservative who wants to support science, get out of Iran, stop ICE from deporting/killing citizens has to preface it that way. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026trump needs consequences. The press pool has been allowed back into the WH after they punished CNN for telling the truth. And they flooded back in. The pool should either agree to tell the unvarnished truth about the WH going forward, or just not cover trump for a week or two. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am OK with trump thinking the treasury is his personal piggy bank. Now he has to personally pay off the federal deficit. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026National Park Service officials admit that putting a giant arch by Arlington National Cemetery is a bad idea, will have "adverse effects" but, "daddy said we have to or his goons will beat us up, so we're gonna do it". 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026trump says he "deserves" to be recognised for his work at the Kennedy Center. Will president baby be happy if the signage outside the building adds, is changed to: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts DEFILED BY DONALD J TRUMP ? 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026trump said the Kennedy Center is unsafe & must be closed for 2 years IMMEDIATELY or "innocent people will die". However, if his name is put back on the facade, it could remain open while repairs are made. His toadies even readied a list of 10 ways to honour him. Huh? Can a thinking person explain? 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026US bombed a wedding in Iran, killing 4, injuring many. SecDef Pete Kegsbreath said, "at least none of the dead were people. Just Iranians." 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I know it's a common misconception, based on generalities, but not ALL Jewish people are smart. Sadly, trump believes that and gives Jared Kushner task after task for which he is woefully inadequate. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026trump seems determined to turn the WH into a fortress. I have a better idea. There are several high security prisons in the US. He'd be safe as a schmuck in a rug in any of them. 010
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Surprise! The guys who trump is touting for selling gas at a lower price than everybody else... stiffed their suppliers. So he's basically supporting a fence, whose goods "fell off the back of the truck wink wink" Which is President Littlehands business model. 010
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I think I know what is wrong with this country: There are 1.37 million lawyers. There are 1.08 million doctors. Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me either. Everybody needs a doctor at one time or another. Nobody needs a lawyer. 010
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Dolly Parton never identified with either party. But we can see the dog whistles, such as "I don't criticize and condemn. I love and accept". 010
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Hundreds of officers at US Citizenship and Immigration Services are being taking off vetting application of people seeking legal status in the US. Instead, they'll be looking for (almost) non-existent voter fraud. I know where you can find a convicted felon who routinely votes. Hint: he's in DC. 010
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026BREAKING NEWS: McDonald J Trump pardons Meta. "My friend, the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein and I agree that abusing children is just fine." (aside, maybe Facebook should have changed the company name to Pedo instead of Meta.) 010
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026RFK MAHA: we should ban glyphosate, the weedkiller in Roundup and others. DJT MAGA: no, loosen controls. It cures COVID. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026100% not a trump fan, but I was impressed that he ordered flags lowered to half-staff in memory of Tim Curry. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The presidency was once a "bully pulpit". Trump threw out the pulpit. trump is the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man from the end of Ghostbusters. All he can do is destroy without rhyme or reason. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A Florida FEMA crew, just before the 2024 election, was told to skip 11 houses with trump signs. The crew chief said it was for "safety reasons". They were fired. Everyone says (repubs screaming) this was wrong. But this happens constantly under trump and repubs are strangely silent. Hmmm. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026trump and the clowns he appointed to the Kennedy Center board are still touting their "financial turnaround" at the center. They did turnaround the finances, by firing large parts of the staff, alienating performers and donors. I guess "collapse" is a "turnaround" of sorts. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Graham the ignorant has won the repub primary for SC senate. Her opponent got 175,000+ votes. I wonder if they voted for Norman because the realised a senator should know something about the US. And I wonder how many Norman voters will vote for Annie Andrews.... 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I shall be flying on Frontier in a few days. I received an email, "you can pay us more money and get a comfortable seat instead of the cramped crap we're going to stick you with. Click here." (I paraphrase) Is this any way to run an airline? 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton dead at 80. And trump is somehow still alive. TANJ 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Look at everything substantial that trump has tried (and failed at, or "succeeded in destroying") and look at his touted achievements. He is, the human(?) embodiment of "rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic". Ex: citizens can't afford basics, but "I got people to beat each other on the WH lawn" 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026TX Gov Greg Abbott wants the DoT to withhold funds from two TX airports because they have washing stations, which accommodates Muslims. Even though, anyone can use them. Like buying Halal meat. Or kosher hot dogs. Every day, in every way, Abbott shows he should have been named Costello. 010
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Most states, cities, municipalities must have balanced budgets. I feel like people who say, "I'd love to be in government but I can't balance a budget to save my life. I better run for Congress." People too stupid to balance a budget are running the fed gov. Almost all of the readers here can do it. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I am OK with Jennifer Hegseth, the wife of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth taking an active role in the DoD. After all, Pete's an idiot. JD's favourite couch could do a better job. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Oh, c'mon WaPo! Get those copy editors back! PLEASE! In print I've seen multiple lines broken as ...Ope- nAI... and today, ...warf- ighting... I don't know if they police their editorials better since post-trump II, I don't read them anymore. 100
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026trump has improved the lives of millions of children by deciding that the MMR vaccine must be offered as three separate vaccines. They are not available in the US as individual vaccines, so no shots. Did I say "improve lives"? I meant "hasten deaths". 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The SCROTUS decision, that trump has to pay E Jean Carroll for his criminal assault on her, is a huge win... for the supreme court. They know he'll make money on it. He'll collect $200M from suckers, to pay the $83.3M. IF he pays it. And the court will lie, "see? We are not puppets!" 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026TX Repub state Rep. Matt Shaheen: “It is blasphemous,” about Talarico's Christian positions. Shaheen said “if anything, it probably frustrates evangelicals” to see their faith misrepresented. Look at Paxton's scandals. It must frustrate Christians to see their faith misrepresented by evangelicals. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026NOT NEWS: Newly confirmed AG Blanche confesses that he lied through his confirmation hearings and will, in fact, continue to be McDonald J Trump's personal criminal attourney. Also not news, Congress won't do anything about that. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Sad to hear that Tommy John died. I spent many a happy hour watching him demolish, at one time or another, every team in the American League. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026PLEASE rehire your copyeditors, WaPo! On today's front page, they wrote "The United States and Canda" (sic) 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Adm. Brad Cooper: "mental health is a priority". He also said some concerns are "old news and been addressed". That appears to mean they've done all they're going to. Hegseth: "it's been misrepresented" and he'll send more testosterone. trump: "they should be out longer" me: I believe the sailors. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I had a discussion with ChatGPT: me: can you list all of Karoline Leavitt's lies as trump's press secretary? GPT: yes, but it will take some time me: why? GPT: to sort through the information, they need to build me another data center 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Lots of media blather about the DSA grip on the US is broken, after a mainstream Dem won a primary. Let's be clear and simple: repubs vote because trump supports him first; if no support, they vote for the looniest. Dems vote for the candidate. They make informed decisions. End of story. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026There is a solution to one AI problem, harming children who are not ready to understand the harm the algorithms are doing to them. AI is smart, right? It could evaluate interactions and determine if the user is a child and shut down. Of course, MAGATs will be rejected as well. Small price to pay. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Suddenly, everyone is up in arms about data centers. When they were required to make billions for idiots (aka "cryptocurrency") everyone was fine with the massive power and water draw. What changed? Explain, please. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026From the WaPo: Nikki Meador is a lifelong conservative, 3-time Trump voter. She lives in rural TX. She's protesting data centers coming to her county. She came to a county meeting wearing a T-shirt reading “Come and take it.” Um, they're coming to take it. What's your problem, snowflake? 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026NEWS FLASH White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave administration Leavitt will continue to serve as an outside adviser to President Donald Trump. Advise what? Her qualifications are she was on Fox. She's useless. She knows nothing except blather. Oh. Now I see. She's qualified. 030
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Lauren Boebert’s son faces felony charges over sex tape with 17-year-old. I always said, the nut doesn't fall far from the tree. Consider mom's arrest record and her "Boebertjuice" performance.... 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026repubs are painting themselves in a corner in OH and it could sink them. Rep Max Miller is staying in the race and other rep reps are refusing to talk about the accusations. As this plays out, Dems have a "reps ALL support domestic abuse" storyline. If Miller drops out tmw, R's cannot replace him. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Pete Hegseth as a baby: "Mommmmy! I broke all my toys! You have to buy me new toys! NOW MOMMY! Also, I'm out of scotch." Oh wait. That's all current events. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026On Feb 28, 2026, the US bombed a girls' school in Iran killing at least 150 people, mostly children. On Mar 19, 2026, Pete Hegseth, looking for funding, "it takes money to kill bad guys". Are schoolgirls the bad guys? Should this guy be trusted with even a credit card in a liquor store? 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I hope the first thing the next president does is get rid of trump's DUI hires. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026WaPo investigation shows that for-profit schools bilked the VA out of $300 million for fake "training". Unsurprisingly, while DOGE was focussed on rooting out women and minorities as clear examples of government waste and fraud, they missed this actual example of government waste and fraud. 000
Polly Ticks @thepollyticks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Pushing through Blanche, after McDonald trump said he'd wait until after the election to re-nominate him, is the clearest sign that the republican party expects to lose control of the Senate this fall. 000