Thursday, May 28, 2026

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Apparently it never dawned on the idiot that Charles isn't our king

JD Vance argues that Democrats don't actually believe in "No Kings" because they didn't protest King Charles 🥴🥴🥴

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM


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$174,000 a year just isn't enough

Mike Johnson says Congress members should keep trading stocks because $174,000 “isn’t enough to live on.” Meanwhile, only about 8–10% of Americans make that much individually. If you make more than 90% of the country and still think you’re struggling, you’re out of touch.

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— Stephie Gibs (@stephiegibs.bsky.social) May 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM


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Trump did this

The US had a 5.5% drop in overseas tourism and a loss of 4 million foreign visitors in 2025 the sharpest annual drop in inbound foreign travel in roughly 20 years costing the US economy over $8 billion in foreign spending w/the largest drop coming from Canada www.thedailybeast.com/tourists-boy...

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— Rebecca (Becca) (@beccajt.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM


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Unbelievable lies

What's so uncomfortable about this clip is that the average American has no idea how *outside your mind* you have to be to say the words Stephen Miller says in it I'm trying to think of an analogy, and the best I can come up with would be if I were to claim I had sex with President Polk last night

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— Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM


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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

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WWJD


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Who's surprised Trump has studied young boys' genitalia?

RFK Jr: Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism Trump: I've studied this a long time

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— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM


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A game changer for Michigan...and Democrats

A true WHOA: Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will drop out of race for governor of Michigan, Gongwer Michigan reports. Duggan is a former Democrat who has been running as an independent.

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— The Downballot (@the-downballot.com) May 21, 2026 at 10:52 AM


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Thanks, Donnie!

NEWS: Trump-backed Ken Paxton will defeat incumbent John Cornyn in the Texas GOP Senate runoff, setting up a high-stakes general election showdown with Democratic nominee James Talarico. Paxton’s victory gives the Democrats their best chance in years to flip a Texas Senate seat blue.

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— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) May 26, 2026 at 9:11 PM


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One less traitor in the Trump administration

The ​White House ‌forced U.S. intelligence ​official ​Tulsi Gabbard to ⁠resign ​from her ​post, a person familiar ​with ​the matter said ‌on ⁠Friday, per Reuters

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Tuesday, May 26, 2026

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Dumb Donnie


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This is what heroism looks like

The Boss speaks. #Springsteen @ #Colbert

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— Uschi.K 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 🍀 (@koe-teacher.bsky.social) May 21, 2026 at 8:40 AM


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Who are you going to believe?

Inflation & gas prices just hit a 3-year high. Housing & healthcare have never been more expensive. …and Trump wants you to think we’re in an economic golden age?! Who are you going to believe—a career con man or your empty wallet?

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— Rep. Jim McGovern (@repmcgovern.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM


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Showing exactly how much he cares about our troops

Trump falls asleep as speakers talk about service members dying for their country on Memorial Day

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— Headquarters (@headquartersnews.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 1:32 PM


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No class, no grace, no kindness, and no dignity

a disgrace not only to the office of the president but to military families who have lost loved ones

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 25, 2026 at 10:58 AM


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Monday, May 25, 2026

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Stealing our money


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An American hero

Stephen Colbert signed off for the last time from “The Late Show” on Thursday. His final guest was Paul McCartney and together they performed the Beatles’ “Hello, Goodbye.”

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— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) May 22, 2026 at 6:40 AM


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Justice is served

BREAKING: The judge has DISMISSED the criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds! A MAJOR win for Mr. Abrego. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) May 22, 2026 at 3:09 PM


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Trump's getting richer, we're getting poorer

For Trump and his friends: - A $1.8 billion slush fund, paid for by you. - A $1 billion ballroom, paid for by you. For you and other American taxpayers: - Millions kicked off health care. - Highest gas prices in 5 years. - Soaring costs for groceries and other necessities.

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— Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) May 19, 2026 at 12:06 PM


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As shitty of a father as he is Presidnet

Despite Donald Trump saying he cannot attend his son, Donald Jr.’s, wedding due to urgent government matters, his schedule shows that he will be in New Jersey playing golf all weekend

— The Naked Gardener (@thenakeddgardener.bsky.social) May 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM


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Sunday, May 24, 2026

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They certainly fucking did


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R.I.P. for a trailblazer

BREAKING: Barney Frank, one of the first openly gay members of Congress who championed Wall Street reform, dies at 86.

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— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) May 20, 2026 at 9:45 AM


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A piggie at the taxpayer trough

Trump said we can't afford Medicaid. Can't afford SNAP. Can't afford to keep people fed or healthy. But he wants money for a ballroom. An Arc de Trump. And now a White House helipad. Apparently, we can afford anything — as long as it's for Donald Trump.

— JB Pritzker (@jbpritzker.bsky.social) May 18, 2026 at 9:29 PM


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I know a good Executive Order for the Dem President in 2028...

Trump sued the IRS. His DOJ settled it. Buried in the deal: the IRS can never audit Trump, his kids, or the Trump Org again. A pending audit could’ve cost him $100M+. He paid $750 in taxes in 2016. $750 in 2017. $0 in 2020. You likely paid more than the president. This is corruption as governance.

— Olivia Troye (@oliviatroye.com) May 20, 2026 at 9:46 AM


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Completely. Out. Of. Touch.

Trump on high gas prices: "This is peanuts. I appreciate everybody putting up with it for a little while. But I don't even think about. What I think about is you can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon."

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Saturday, May 23, 2026

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The sum of Trump's presidency

 

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A bit of cheerleading for you

A bit of cheerleading for you: Even some gerrymandered seats are not 100% certain to go the way the GOP wants in a wave election. In the last five midterm elections, the incumbent's party lost 9, 13, 30, 40, and 63 seats. Do you know how many turnovers Democrats need to flip the House? Three.

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— Mark Harris (@markharris.bsky.social) May 8, 2026 at 11:11 AM


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Please do--and decimate the GOP for this year's midterms

Wondering if the Trump admin's mass deportation moves are over? Here's what Trump border czar,Tom Homan said this week: “You ain’t seen shit yet," he said "This year will be a good year. Mass deportations are coming.” www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/p...

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— Eric Umansky (@ericumansky.bsky.social) May 7, 2026 at 10:07 AM


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EVERYONE in the Trump Shithole is on the grift

Duffy embarked on the all-expenses-paid Great American Road Trip, designed as a “guide to the historic landmarks, open roads, and small towns that tell 250 years of this country’s story.” But as the financing has come into view, the trip looks less like civic uplift than a rolling ethics problem.

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— Forbes (@forbes.com) May 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM


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The Ku Klux Kourt

The Ku Klux Kourt

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— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) May 11, 2026 at 10:04 AM


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Friday, May 22, 2026

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They solved it


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A model for others

Didn't bend, didn't cower, didn't even feel the need to stand next to Trump grinning awkwardly like it was normal. And now he's emerged unscathed with his job and his dignity intact and his reputation even stronger than before. Huh. Seems like this could be a model for others in power.

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— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) April 24, 2026 at 11:02 AM


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Kind of like Donald Trump?

Things will only get better when we realize that just because someone has a lot of money doesn’t mean they’re not a stupid asshole with nothing worthwhile to say.

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— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) May 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM


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Yes

Is it fascism yet?

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— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack.bsky.social) May 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM


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How many people will die because of this idiot?

Here is Elon Musk bragging about how he "accidentally" canceled all Ebola prevention efforts (DOGE never fully restored the canceled contracts)

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— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) May 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM


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Thursday, May 21, 2026

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What you get: fucked


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Sometimes satire is good for the soul

“A 32-year-old woman with no history of plastic surgery presented to doctors with distended lips, eyelid discoloration, and severe cheek swelling. Subsequent contact tracing determined the patient had contracted Mar-a-Lago face via a brief exposure to respiratory droplets from Kimberly Guilfoyle.”

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— Dave in AK (@bikewritedave.bsky.social) May 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM


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Is there one fucking competent person in the Trump Administration?

Dr. Oz claimed 1 in 3 U.S. hospices are in L.A. False. He called $3.5B in billing “fraud.” His own agency corrected him. He blamed the “Russian mafia.” No evidence. Meanwhile, California leads the NATION in Medicaid fraud recoveries. Oz isn’t fighting fraud... he’s manufacturing it!

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— Forward Blue (@forwardblue.bsky.social) May 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM


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The end of the Trump presidency

In case you need any more motivation to hold the most corrupt "president" in U.S. history accountable. #Register&VOTE 🌊

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— Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) May 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM


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MAGA loves them some pedophiles

Trump has spent over $32 million to defeat Thomas Massie Every penny spent against Massie is for one and only one reason Thomas Massie wants full disclosure of the Trump-Epstein Files. Trump may beat Massie but he will never escape Epstein #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

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— Marty Taylor (@realmartyt7.bsky.social) May 19, 2026 at 8:46 AM


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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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Trumptown

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GOP: Giving money to billionaires = good; giving money to working people = bad

Funny how Republicans rediscover deficit panic only when a Democrat is president. The Congressional Budget Office now says projected deficits are expected to be $2 trillion higher over the next decade after SCOTUS' recent tariff ruling and Trump's recent policy changes.

— Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 (@beingliberal.bsky.social) May 4, 2026 at 8:50 AM


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All is most definitely not lost

Democrats have overperformed by roughly +8% to +12% in special elections during Trump’s second term — about +10 points on average. Even factoring in GOP-friendly redistricting, that kind of shift would likely put Democrats at ~225–235 House seats in November — more than enough for a clear majority.

— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) May 3, 2026 at 9:59 AM


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A maggot puking in shit is less disgusting

A newly released ethics filing has revealed that US President Donald Trump made over 3,600 stock trades during the first quarter of 2026 with a value of between $220 million (€188mn) and $750 million (€641mn). ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/kjw8

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— Euronews (@euronews.com) May 15, 2026 at 8:33 AM


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One of the greatest self-owns in American history

JD Vance: "If you want to rebuilt the American dream for the next generation, vote against the crazy leadership in Washington DC"

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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. DXCII--Lenny Welch: Since I Fell for You

 Yesterday it rained in Tennessee, I heard it also rained in Tallahassee, but not a drop fell on little old me, 'cause...I'm (only four days!) late again....

My introduction to this week's tune is twofold.  I originally heard it as a cover version by Charlie Rich (I featured another song of his in Vol. CCCXLV) on an album that my Mom had (and loved).  Fast forward about ten years, and it was featured prominently in a movie I particularly loved (perhaps because my Mom was a recovering alcoholic like many of the characters in the movie), Clean and Sober.  Only in the movie, it was the original version, and if I recall correctly, just a day or two after hearing it in the film I picked up the cassette single from the oldies section we had for many years at Camelot Music.  A long time ago in a land far away, one supposes....

Lenny Welch was born in New York City in 1938 and got his musical start at the ripe old age of sixteen in a local doo wop group.  In 1960 he signed his first recording contract, and three years later had the biggest hit of his career.  Welch would release singles and albums through 1977, at which time his recording career came to a pause.  He drove a cab and put himself through school, first earning his GED, then a bachelor's degree.  In 1990 he joined The Royal All Stars (later The Doo Wop All Stars), a troupe of singers from bands of an earlier time.  He left them in 1992 to pursue an acting career (never panned out) but was able to spend the next twenty-eight years touring as a solo artist before quitting when the COVID pandemic struck in 2020.  For his career, he released five studio albums, one compilation, and thirty-six singles (eight of which charted on the Billboard Hot 100).  Sadly, Welch died just last year at the age of eighty-six.

Fun Fact:  Welch spent the bulk of his youth in Asbury Park, New Jersey, making him the second Friday Night Jukebox honoree to have spent his formative years there.  I'll let you guess the other....

"Since I Fell for You" was released in 1963, from his debut album, the rather imaginatively entitled Since I Fell for You (and yet again no Wikipedia entry...).   The single hit #4 (with a bullet!), while the album peaked at #73.

For some odd ass reason, until I did my half-assed research this week, I thought that "Since I Fell for You" was a wonderful piece of blue-eyed soul, when in actuality it's a wonderful piece of soul brother soul (Welch is black)--which is kind of funny in a way (it's not like I've ever seen him performing the song on some musically related TV show--I was all of four when it originally was released).  No matter in the end.  Enveloped in strings, Welch weaves the tale of a man who gave up his happy home for a love that didn't last and is lamenting the fact that he can't stop loving her.  I'm not familiar with any of Welch's other hits, but I'm guessing this is one of those musical moments in which kismet was ever present in the studio.  Welch's vocals are other worldly--he captures all the man's heartbreak--and ever-present desire--with every single note he sings and carries that sorrow on his back like it's his own cross to bear.  It's one of those songs where an artist creates their moment of perfection--and hangs that perfection around his neck like a golden amulet for the rest of his days.  Welch put the torch in this torch song on this one, and it sounds as good or better with each and every listen.  A gem of a gem if ever a gem there was....

Lyric Sheet:  "Love/Brings such misery and pain/I guess I'll never be the same/Since I fell for you..."

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So that people might have a voice

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24 million people losing healthcare thanks to the GOP

🧵 Billionaire tax breaks over health care for everyday Americans. That's what the Big Ugly Bill Republicans passed last year has brought. Some 24 million are dropping insurance this year because of cuts to Healthcare tax credits by Republicans. Upper middle aged people are hardest hit.

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— DrDinD.bsky.social (@drdind.bsky.social) May 1, 2026 at 11:14 AM


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EVERYONE in the GOP is a fucking asshole

For a class assignment, a 10yo kid in NC wrote to his congresswoman, GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx, about electric vehicles. At the end of her reply: “Ask your teacher to explain propaganda to you. ... Because they are too interested in indoctrinating you. How sad.”

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— The Downballot (@the-downballot.com) May 13, 2026 at 10:50 AM


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An easy mark

I hate to admit it but John Bolton is right again.

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— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM


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The GOP playbook: The rich get richer...and you get nothing

Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are all planning huge layoffs. Amazon got $17.5B in federal tax breaks last year. Jeff Bezos is worth $270B. Meta saved $13.7B in taxes. Mark Zuckerberg is worth $210B. Microsoft saved $12.5B last year. Its CEO is worth $1.3B. This is what a rigged economy looks like.

— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) May 15, 2026 at 2:15 PM


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Monday, May 18, 2026

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Iran AND China bitch slap Trump

China and Iran team up to humiliate Trump—while he’s in Beijing. “As Trump meets Xi, Iran lets Chinese ships through the Strait of Hormuz.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/w...

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— Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM


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Another boner from Trump

CNN: Trump’s Asst. Secretary for Health at HHS, led the federal press conference on the hantavirus outbreak. Before joining the administration last November, Christine was an Alabama-based urologist who specialized in penile implants. But don’t worry, he’s also an far right extremist nut job.

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— TommyBoy (@tampatom69.bsky.social) May 15, 2026 at 7:11 AM


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Taking lying lessons from Trump

Fox is regime propaganda poison

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) May 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM


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A complete and utter disaster on the economy...and everyone but the cult knows it

Holy crap. 70% disapproval.

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Sunday, May 17, 2026

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MAGA's "God"


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Trump was in way over his head

Trump Offers Platitudes While Xi Warns Of Possible Confrontation During China Summit #HuffingtonPost

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Welfare queen Kristi

Kristi Noem got FIRED in March and is STILL living rent-free in a Coast Guard home on YOUR dime. No explanation. No timeline. No accountability. They lecture everyone about handouts while helping themselves. #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/Ak9yKqPPFR6G...

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— Marie 🇨🇦 🐸 (@pawbaby2.bsky.social) May 2, 2026 at 1:14 PM


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Trump humiliated himself for nothing

Amid his disastrous war of choice and self-created economic crisis, Donald Trump flew halfway around the world to flatter a foreign dictator—and came back with nothing to show for it. Nothing about that is "America first."

— Tammy Duckworth (@duckworth.senate.gov) May 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM


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No sucker like a MAGA sucker!

TrumpMobile is now evidently shipping a two-year old Chinese-made phone, the T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G, to MAGA die-hards who ordered the $500 Trump phone. The T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G is available on Amazon for about $125 and sells in wholesale quantities for $40 to $50. Grifters gotta grift.

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Saturday, May 16, 2026

Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. DXCI--Ian and Sylvia: Four Strong Winds

Oh to live on Sugar Mountain, with the barkers and the colored balloons, you can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain, though you're thinking that...I'm (eight days) late again....

My introduction to this week's tune came when I was writing my first post about Neil Young (here).  As I did my weekly half-assed research, I discovered that Young was much smitten with this song as a young man and how much it influenced his career, so I gave it a listen.  Turns out, it was a hell of a song even if I didn't discover until I did my half-assed research this week that it wasn't a solo effort but rather a duo....

Ian and Sylvia began performing as a duo in 1959, were married in 1964, and divorced and stopped performing together in 1975.  Ian Tyson set out to be a rodeo performer, but while recuperating from injuries incurred while striving for that goal, he learned the guitar and it eventually led to a long career.  Sylvia Tyson (nee Fricker) began playing in clubs in Toronto at the ripe old age of nineteen before meeting up with Ian and forming their duo.  They had some success, mostly in their native Canada, before their divorce and their band Great Speckled Bird (formed in 1969) is considered one of the progenitors of country rock.  After their demise, Ian raised horses and performed sporadically as a solo artist; Sylvia became a solo artist before joining Quartette in 1993 and later performing one-woman shows.  Along the way they were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a duo, and both were also inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame individually.  For their career as a duo, they released twelve studio albums, one live album, and six singles.  Ian passed away in 2022, but Sylvia is still performing and released her latest album in 2023.

"Four Strong Winds" was the first single from their 1963 album, the rather uniquely titled Four Strong Winds (again no Wikipedia entry--again, WTF?).  The single did not chart in America but hit #9 in Canada (so many cool kids in the Great White North!).  The album hit #115 on the Billboard 200 but surprisingly did not chart in their homeland.

Fun Fact:  In a poll conducted by the Canadian Broadcasting Company in 2005, "Four Strong Winds" was voted the greatest Canadian song of all time.  That's a pretty damn good legacy.

Fun Fact #2:  "Four Strong Winds" was the first song Ian Tyson ever wrote.  Their other charting hit in Canada (it reached #4 and through the years has become something of a folk standard), "You Were on My Mind," was likewise the first song that Sylvia Tyson wrote.  Talk about your strong starts....

"Four Strong Winds" may be one of the saddest songs ever written.  It tells the tale of a man heading out to find a job and leaving a relationship that's over.  But he still holds out hope--but nope they've gone over it again and again.  Maybe when he gets where he's going (Alberta) he can send her fare--but nope, it'll be very cold in the winter and not much to do.  But he still knows he'll go looking for her if he ever comes back--but regardless of his sadness the world is going to keep spinning.  Ian Tyson sings with the plaintive voice of a man who's still in love but knows his love will be unrequited.  Sylvia Tyson provides backing vocals throughout that seem to only deepen his sorrow.  Softly sung, softly performed, and acoustic from beginning to end--if this one isn't a modern (ish) folk classic I don't know what is.  A beautiful, beautiful song (says the old fart folkie...).

Lyric Sheet: "Still I wish you'd change your mind/If I ask you one more time/But we've been through this a hundred times or more..."

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The snub seen around the world

🚨 Trump arrived in China expecting a major summit moment — but Xi Jinping reportedly didn’t even bother greeting him at the airport. 👀 Critics are calling it a humiliating diplomatic snub seen around the world. #Trump #China #Politics

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Political retribution AND grifting

Trump to cut $1 billion to California Medicaid for not institutionalizing the elderly & disabled. CA "In-home care" keeps people in their homes & out of care facilities. Trump, Vance, Oz & Republicans wants them put in expensive care facilities, out of sight & alone newrepublic.com/post/210384/...

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Mr. Tough Guy inserts his nose firmly into XI Jinping's ass

Q: "Do you think we should still be selling [Taiwan] weapons?" Trump: "Well I'm going to have that discussion with President Xi. President Xi would like us not to and I'll have that discussion."

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— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) May 11, 2026 at 12:55 PM


Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,
emaycee
 

How to end your political career in one move

BREAKING: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) said he will be granting clemency to Tina Peters — a prominent election denier currently serving a nine-year state prison sentence for her role in a voting system breach. The move follows sustained pressure from Trump to secure her release.

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— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) May 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM


Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,
emaycee
 

Friday, May 15, 2026

The daily Epstein


 Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,
emaycee

Be punk as fuck


 Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,
emaycee

And most of it by your idiot boss

JD Vance: "There's a lot of fraud in the federal government. It's unbelievable how much you've been fleeced by your own government."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 14, 2026 at 12:47 PM


Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,
emaycee
 

Settling his lawsuit with our money

Trump is considering dropping his $10 billion IRS lawsuit in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion slush fund that he controls (funded by taxpayers) to pay graft, bribes, & kickbacks to allies who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration. abcnews.com/US/trump-poi...

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— Saigonbond (@ogsaigonbond.bsky.social) May 15, 2026 at 4:45 AM


Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,
emaycee