Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialphil @philjamesson.com · 5has always when this is posted, i have to fondly remember the time someone stole this tweet word for word, including using my name as the punchline, then claimed it was just independent discovery 353962512
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 2hLet’s be clear: I support a total ban on Congressmembers trading stock. But Republicans are trying to package a fraudulent version of that with a bill to disenfranchise American voters. This is politics at its worst. Put a real ban on the floor if you’re serious. 419739
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 4hThe man who found a way to bankrupt a casino is on the verge of bankrupting the Kennedy Center. Everything he touches he destroys. The reflecting pool, the East Wing, the Kennedy Center, & every monument in America belong to the PEOPLE. They're not his to remake, remodel, or destroy.washingtonpost.comThe Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over. 1127975
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialVituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 3hI see this a lot with these headlines but the thing happening was that there was a literally unprecedented surge of people showing up at the southern border, going to a CBP officer and saying “hey can I stay,” and then getting told “no” Whatever your opinion on that, it’s not what Trump is doing 2375
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 8hThis is a pretty stunning thing to admit 171735330
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6hIt is actually completely clear from context clues. 642002258
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialAndrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 5hit's here and it's stunning 942440
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6hTrump is standing like no human has ever stood before 134764801236
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 5hhello mr president this is your medical and political advisor speaking. i am advising you, an increasingly feeble old man who everyone hates, to please keep doing this shit 1619
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialSam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Real lives are being destroyed and snuffed out every day that this policy is allowed to continue and the people who devised it are not in jail. I know we all know this, but I feel like it's important to say it from time to time. 317653
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialsirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 8hthinking about Shakespeare's sonnets about immortality and realizing how weird it is that the AI cult believes in the idea of preserving human consciousnesses while actively destroying the only technology we currently have to do that: Art 4432116
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15hlook, if you're worried about being remembered, don't try to pursue immortality or whatever, the smart move is to start selling substandard copper and then make sure anyone who complains deposits a physical copy of that complaint in a site that will later be archaeologically significant 18865108
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 7hMy greatest frustrating has been with policy wonks who persist in thinking we can just keep doing normal policy analysis ("calling balls and strikes") in this situation. The President of the United States is both lawless and out of his mind. That preempts all normal discussion. 10522137
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 18hI have one house. 14062281652
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21074412423
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialHenry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 23hidk what level total cultural victory it is that a male Republican didn't know sports teams and needed to be corrected by a Democratic woman but goddamn we got sports in the national divorce for real for real 39930
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 20hthey DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION????? 1453301413
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialKelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 20hShe was doxxed by a Chi Phi alum who implored his followers to “help a Chi Phi.” Just in case anyone thought that organization was remotely redeemable. 413540573
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America. 392605385
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialeliza hamilton @eliza.vg · 22hhot take i think anyone with a ☭ and also a paid blue checkmark on twitter is immediately in my mind either an op or someone who i never want to hear words out of the mouth of ever. 1956158
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 21hYup, absolutely. I think it’s wrong to treat the Iran War as simply one bad error that happened to the Trump Admin rather than the entirely logical consequence of the way it operates. If it wasn’t Iran, it would almost certainly have been something else 51190171
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 21hIt’s cool the president of the United States had a stroke and they covered it up! 1757163
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialjesse @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 20hRepublican attack ad: "This Democrat loves transgender surgeries for minors" Democratic attack ad: "This worthless sack of shit let a pedophile walk free and called you a stupid asshole" 2905123
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics. 310160444479
Reposted by @triften.bsky.social#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 20hSchumer and Gillibrand just voted yes for Van Hollen's resolution demanding a State Department human rights report on Israeli conduct in the illegally-occupied West Bank. 1758679
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22hThe White House is laser-focused on the issues that matter most to Americans. 2135160
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialembracebecoming.bsky.social @embracebecoming.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We really can fix a lot of this by hiring back the dedicated civil servants Trump has purged and telling them "Destroy the people who did this to you. Don't break the law." 116420
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026speaking of closing tax loopholes, if the IRS was able to collect all taxes owed since 2000 it could mean today's national debt would be $8 trillion lighter some new fiscal analysis from yours truly, link below 5399109
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling himkarlbode.comMeta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious MessAuthoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable 411678667
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports. 273127262094
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialjar jar binks enthusiást @shrimpmeatmom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My working theory is that the people of the United States have stopped taking the US Government seriously because the US Government has stopped taking itself seriously. 29317
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Do we seriously have to do Maoist newspeak every single time an 80 year old posts his idiotic ideas on the internet. It has been AI since before I was even born. Can literally anyone have a shred of dignity. 1233178501
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out. 5440681098
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 302854633
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Honestly nice of Hegseth's stupid purge to gift us a bundle of generals with a grudge against the regime. Need someone we can halfway trust to sort out the "the men with guns have spent four years culturally and institutionally influenced by a far-right authoritarian regime" problem. 441048
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialSherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t. 36487302700
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialrobert j bennett, ceo, results omega @robertjbennett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I react very poorly when any proposed policy or plan is met with "but what if someone like Trump gets hold of it?? then it would be not good, but very bad" because there really is no law or institution that can work when a population is willing to elect the stupidest, worst asshole alive 1673773
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialmax nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Minnesota AG candidate’s stock portfolio presents 174 potential conflicts of interest minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/29/m...minnesotareformer.comMinnesota AG candidate’s stock portfolio presents 174 potential conflicts of interest • Minnesota ReformerIf Republican Ron Schutz wins the attorney general’s race in November, he will be responsible for enforcing Minnesota’s laws against the country’s biggest and most powerful corporations. His own perso... 37643
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere. 12478001945
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 29/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u... 3288
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialNikki M @powderedsugarbear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You have been blessed by the friend onion :). 803686590
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialDaniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This week's t-shirt is a very silly joke for fans of linguistics, Ghibli, and milky drinks. #WeeklyTshirt #Ghibli #Boba danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/kiki... 312742
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialKevin @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is extremely clear if you talk to Ukrainians. Ukrainian bluesky is *far* more pleasant despite their having objectively far worse living conditions than Americans. Obviously they experience a lot of anger and sadness, but they make a concerted effort not to bring down morale among their group. 11267
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialFr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 209134093351
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/09/2026if the GOP runs a vance/schmitt ticket then they should just give up the pretense and make the party’s slogan the fourteen words www.axios.com/2026/09/29/e...axios.comSen. Eric Schmitt is drawing buzz as a possible Vance VP in 2028Vance views the Missouri senator as trustworthy. 1322286325
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor 03539743
Reposted by @triften.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1trib.alTrump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of DegreesUnder a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan. 163962655
