The Hunter pardon thing is a reminder of a theme that runs throughout media, social or otherwise: "Democrats must always set a good example for Republicans to ignore."— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) December 2, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Category: Politics
Last Week Tonight – S2 E6: NCAA, ISIS & Brazil
S2 E6: NCAA, ISIS & Brazil (March 15, 2015)
(more…)Trump Guitars
guitarworld.com Breaking: The patriotic line was launched as “the only guitar officially endorsed by President Donald J. Trump”, but Gibson says it infringes on its trademarks UPDATE 11/25: Gibson has confirmed to Guitar World that it has issued a cease and desist order to Trump Guitars owner 16 Creative over the use of its single-cut … Continue reading “Trump Guitars”
Last Week Tonight – S2 E5: U.S. Territories, Ferguson & Israel
S2 E5: U.S. Territories, Ferguson & Israel (March 8, 2015)
(more…)There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s [image or embed] — Paul Krugman (@pkrugman.bsky.social) November 23, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Trans bathrooms on Capitol Hill
Trans bathrooms on Capitol Hill are banned because Republican legislators don’t want to be distracted from the important task of making everyone safer by enabling a statutory rapist and sex trafficker to become the number one law enforcement official in the country.
– fconniff
TikTok Ban
TikTok Ban – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:
(more…)No man is above the law…
(more…)this is like something a character in Animal Farm would say, and every 6th grader in the classroom would understand why it's wrong www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o…
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff.bsky.social) November 19, 2024 at 8:06 AM
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Last Week Tonight – S2 E4: Infrastructure, Net Neutrality & Gerbils
S2 E4: Infrastructure, Net Neutrality & Gerbils (March 1, 2015)
(more…)Background Checks
Next time you're applying for a job, tell your prospective employer you'd prefer they not do a background check. Let's see how that goes.— Jack E. Smith (@jack-e-smith.bsky.social) November 16, 2024 at 5:48 AM