@sstarbuck.bsky.social
Crank. Cranky. Cranking. But never crank-ed.
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ask and ye shall receive
September 17, 2026 at 3:05 AM
ask and ye shall receive
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If I were a Dem senator, I’d be starting some quiet conversations with my GOP colleagues.
I’m actually wondering at this point if GOP members might be willing to get rid of him after November. Or at least enough of them. He’s destroying their country too, and they know it.
September 17, 2026 at 12:45 AM
If I were a Dem senator, I’d be starting some quiet conversations with my GOP colleagues.
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I know I am not the median voter. But when I watch Trump performances like the one we just endured in North Carolina, I can't escape the feeling that our problems go much deeper than "affordability" and we're whistling past the graveyard if we reduce our politics to that issue.
September 17, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I know I am not the median voter. But when I watch Trump performances like the one we just endured in North Carolina, I can't escape the feeling that our problems go much deeper than "affordability" and we're whistling past the graveyard if we reduce our politics to that issue.
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by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social 1/2 “A couple of issues here. Whether it’s the wedding or just some random weekend long party for your friends, when you’re the president’s son and a defense contractor, there’s a real issue if you let a Russian oligarch foot the bill. (Interestingly, Donald Trump..
Some Things Speak for Themselves. Like When the President’s Son Lets a Russian Oligarch Pay for His Wedding.
You’ve undoubtedly heard by now that Don Jr.’s wedding was paid for by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, who, according to The Guardian, “has spent the past decade moving through some of Russia’s most po...
joycevance.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social 1/2 “A couple of issues here. Whether it’s the wedding or just some random weekend long party for your friends, when you’re the president’s son and a defense contractor, there’s a real issue if you let a Russian oligarch foot the bill. (Interestingly, Donald Trump..
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Today I wrote about the Padres horeseshit Roberto Clemente Award nominee. Baseball has to do fucking better. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
![I had missed this when I wrote my Clemente Award nominee post yesterday, but I really cannot believe that reliever Jason Adam is the Padres nominee. The same Jason Adam who along with several teammates refused to wear rainbow caps and sleeve logos on Pride Night while with the Tampa Bay Rays four years ago. And he didn't just refuse. He defaced his official uniform by tearing off the patches. His justification was his religion:
“A lot of it comes down to faith, to like a faith-based decision. So it’s a hard decision. Because ultimately we all said what we want is them to know that all are welcome and loved here. But when we put it on our bodies I think a lot of guys decided that it’s just a lifestyle that maybe — not that they look down on anybody or think differently — it’s just that maybe we don’t want to encourage it if we believe in Jesus, who’s encouraged us to live a lifestyle that would abstain from that behavior, just like [Jesus] encourages me as a heterosexual male to abstain from sex outside the confines of marriage. It’s no different.”
As most actual Christians and most people who have actually read and studied the Bible know, there isn't a single sentence in it where Jesus condemns gay people or, to use Adam's words, "encouraged us to live a lifestyle tat would abstain from that behavior." But go on with your bullshit justifications, bro.
As I said at the time that all went down, imagine if someone tore off the American flag patch on Veterans Day because their religion caused them to be opposed to warfare. Or if they tore off a sponsor patch that players wear on their uniform sleeves now because the company in question did things which were offensive to the players' deeply held values. I know exactly what would happen: the player would be roundly condemned and ostracized. They'd be front-page news for weeks or longer and they might very well see their career come to a premature end because people would be outraged.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vevk6lgrt6o4wncrbp7joij3/bafkreieglh7kjl7sf3yoannguzlyy74gb6wskh6kovmsrca5pd7t2hwizu)
September 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Today I wrote about the Padres horeseshit Roberto Clemente Award nominee. Baseball has to do fucking better. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
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As I said the first time Trump proposed tariffs: this is precisely why he likes them! It makes everyone come to him on bended knee, begging for exemptions. It makes economic survival dependent on his whim. That, not any economic theory, is the whole attraction. Mafia boss thinking.
While Sen. Katie Britt was publicly defending Trump's tariffs, she was privately seeking exemptions for 4 companies operating in Alabama that could be hurt by tariffs, according to emails between her staff & Trump's US Trade Representative, obtained via FOIA by @wsj.com. www.wsj.com/opinion/kati...
September 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM
As I said the first time Trump proposed tariffs: this is precisely why he likes them! It makes everyone come to him on bended knee, begging for exemptions. It makes economic survival dependent on his whim. That, not any economic theory, is the whole attraction. Mafia boss thinking.
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"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." --Tom Lehrer
George W. Bush’s new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March
George W. Bush’s new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March
www.chicagotribune.com
September 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." --Tom Lehrer
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Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:
Total Active Cases: 204
Active Voting Rights Cases: 164
Active Redistricting Cases: 40
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 84
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 79
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 31
www.democracydocket.com
Total Active Cases: 204
Active Voting Rights Cases: 164
Active Redistricting Cases: 40
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 84
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 79
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 31
www.democracydocket.com
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
www.democracydocket.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:
Total Active Cases: 204
Active Voting Rights Cases: 164
Active Redistricting Cases: 40
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 84
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 79
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 31
www.democracydocket.com
Total Active Cases: 204
Active Voting Rights Cases: 164
Active Redistricting Cases: 40
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 84
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 79
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 31
www.democracydocket.com
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It’s not TS Eliot but another favorite of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social … I hear the train a-comin’ … 🎶🎵🎶
September 15, 2026 at 3:42 AM
It’s not TS Eliot but another favorite of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social … I hear the train a-comin’ … 🎶🎵🎶
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Jenny Holzer, 1991.
September 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Jenny Holzer, 1991.
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But I think it's a mistake to use that to conclude they're crazy, delusional, or just engaged in hype to make money. As in climate, there is evidence in the world to assess and there is a ton of mounting real-world evidence that this is a technology that is getting much more powerful and dangerous.
September 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
But I think it's a mistake to use that to conclude they're crazy, delusional, or just engaged in hype to make money. As in climate, there is evidence in the world to assess and there is a ton of mounting real-world evidence that this is a technology that is getting much more powerful and dangerous.
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Will Bunch asks an excellent question: what in the heck is Trump going to do with that nearly $1B in his political slush fund? And why is almost no one asking questions about it?
And he calls for an investigation by Congress... appropriately so IMO.
Recommended.
And he calls for an investigation by Congress... appropriately so IMO.
Recommended.
Trump can't run for president again, so why in the name of God does he have a political slush fund of $850M and growing -- that's he's still hoarding even as the GOP is poised to lose control of Congress? Does he have a scheme to take it with him?
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We don’t talk enough about Trump’s $850M pay-to-play slush fund | Will Bunch
Why does a POTUS barred from running again have nearly $1B in campaign funds? What will he do with the money?
www.inquirer.com
September 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Will Bunch asks an excellent question: what in the heck is Trump going to do with that nearly $1B in his political slush fund? And why is almost no one asking questions about it?
And he calls for an investigation by Congress... appropriately so IMO.
Recommended.
And he calls for an investigation by Congress... appropriately so IMO.
Recommended.
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Pretty wild that the US president openly and explicitly offered US citizens bribes in exchange for voting for his political party in an upcoming election and the best the establishment US media can muster is that it "invites legal questions."
A $5,000 dividend proposal if Republicans win this fall invites legal questions
President Trump promised a monetary benefit for Americans if the midterm elections go his way. He hasn’t said exactly how such an initiative would work.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Pretty wild that the US president openly and explicitly offered US citizens bribes in exchange for voting for his political party in an upcoming election and the best the establishment US media can muster is that it "invites legal questions."
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crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.
Democrats should be targeting crypto, as a Republican constituency, with the same zeal that Republicans targeted universities for being liberal-coded.
But they won’t, because it might jeopardize the crumbs that industry throws their way.
But they won’t, because it might jeopardize the crumbs that industry throws their way.
September 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.
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It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
September 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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"when I listen to Democratic voters, they’re not asking for ideological recalibration or even policy specifics. ... Instead, the Democratic voters I’m listening to are almost universally asking a different question: Why aren’t you fighting harder?"
Voters Have a Message for Democrats
What I learned from 400 focus groups
www.theatlantic.com
September 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"when I listen to Democratic voters, they’re not asking for ideological recalibration or even policy specifics. ... Instead, the Democratic voters I’m listening to are almost universally asking a different question: Why aren’t you fighting harder?"
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I know everyone is over the death of 60
Minutes and being presented with its reanimated corpse, but I am not.
Minutes and being presented with its reanimated corpse, but I am not.
September 14, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I know everyone is over the death of 60
Minutes and being presented with its reanimated corpse, but I am not.
Minutes and being presented with its reanimated corpse, but I am not.
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political corruption is literally an apocalyptic problem — pass it on
September 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
political corruption is literally an apocalyptic problem — pass it on
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My man looks like a Teddy Ruxpin doll programmed by the Heritage Foundation
JD Vance Called Out Over Hypocritical Racist Dogwhistle
The vice president’s remarks about America becoming “dirtier” sparked fierce backlash.
www.thedailybeast.com
September 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
My man looks like a Teddy Ruxpin doll programmed by the Heritage Foundation
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“The country’s response to the worst terror attack in our history was to launch a global war of hysteria that consisted of rage-bombing two countries, destabilizing an entire region, and seeding a police state that has now been fully weaponized by an authoritarian regime against its own citizens.”
Newsletter is up. I hate this day. For its sadness. And for the horrible decisions we made afterwards
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The US Had a Choice After 9/11. It Chose Wrong.
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent reflects on September 11. Plus: the stupidity of the "Trump Dividend" and the threat of AI.
www.thenation.com
September 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
“The country’s response to the worst terror attack in our history was to launch a global war of hysteria that consisted of rage-bombing two countries, destabilizing an entire region, and seeding a police state that has now been fully weaponized by an authoritarian regime against its own citizens.”
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25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers.
As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
September 11, 2026 at 10:06 AM
25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers.
As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
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On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the greatest threat to the safety and security of Americans is the President of the United States, together with his entire cabinet.
September 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the greatest threat to the safety and security of Americans is the President of the United States, together with his entire cabinet.
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Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party.
Seems like it should be a story?
Seems like it should be a story?
Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
September 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party.
Seems like it should be a story?
Seems like it should be a story?
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DOJ’s Civil Rights Division once fought for voting rights. Now it works to suppress them. My thoughts in @opinion.bloomberg.com
September 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
DOJ’s Civil Rights Division once fought for voting rights. Now it works to suppress them. My thoughts in @opinion.bloomberg.com