As a principled fiscal conservative, I only care about budget deficits when Democrats are in power.— NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) August 28, 2026 at 10:37 AM The ballooning national debt isn’t a problem now. But it will become one as soon as Democrats are in power again— NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) August 28, 2026 at … Continue reading “A Principled Fiscal Conservative”
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Last Week Tonight – S3 E11: Scientific Studies, Trump & North Korea
S3 E11: Scientific Studies, Trump & North Korea (May 8, 2016)
(more…)Affirmative action for MAGA
sounds like affirmative action for MAGA basically[image or embed]— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) August 28, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Is he going to rename the months?
So is he going to rename the months of the year, or the days of the week, next? There is precedent.— Anna Richland (@annarichland.bsky.social) August 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Subscriptions
Subscriptions – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:
(more…)The president is stupid
It really shouldn’t be a footnote, even after all this time, that the entire purported justification for these self-destructive tariffs is that the president is stupid, and his party refuses to stop him.[image or embed]— Chris Curtis (@curtosis.bsky.social) August 23, 2026 at 9:05 AM
I predicted this would happen
Fetal Personhood
Fetal Personhood – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:
(more…)MAGA 2 will be worse
MAGA 1 was crazy! To secure any meaningful position in Republican politics required pretending that Donald Trump was an ethical person who never sexually assaulted anyone or did anything racist, that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, and that the Jan. 6 insurrection was righteous.— Matthew Gertz (@mattgertz.bsky.social) August 13, 2026 at 8:53 … Continue reading “MAGA 2 will be worse”
Trump & the DOJ
Trump & the DOJ – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:
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