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Thursday GNR: The Disgusting Abomination [1]

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Date: 2025-06-05

No, not The Thing That Ate the GQP. The name that Elon Musk gave to the Big Bad Bogus Bolonium Billionaire/Broligarch Bill. This is GQP Civil War. We don’t know what triggered this, but we don’t have to to enjoy the memaliciousness.

No, I am not going on X for the original tweets. Others can do that.

Remember where this came from?

x After a controversial provision allowing the sale of public lands in Utah and Nevada was stripped from a massive spending package, Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee hinted he may try to revive it in the Senate, report @utahnewsdispatch.com and @statesnewsroom.com



[image or embed] — Sean Scully (@seanibus.bsky.social) June 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM

Rabidly Repellent Republicans Rushing to Ruin/Bad News for Them

It gets so much worse for them, so much faster all the time.

x Tacos, Trolls & Tantrums: DNC Serves Shade (and Salsa).

On June 3, 2025, the DNC parked a taco truck outside RNC HQ in D.C., handing out free tacos. The truck mocked Trump with “Trump Always Chickens Out” (TACO) branding and a chicken-suit image—part of a spicy jab at his tariff policies. 🌮🐔🇺🇸



[image or embed] — Isabel Santos (@isabelsantos.bsky.social) June 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM

Pay no attention to those complaining that we fed RNC trolls instead of the poor. Lots of us feed the poor. This is messaging, which is just as important. No MAGA-ite would be seen dead by a truck with that image of The Thing in a chicken suit. (I normally wouldn’t include an image of The It, but I am making an exception for reasons I’m sure you can guess.)

x Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...



[image or embed] — Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) May 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM

x President Trump has issued a travel ban blocking the entry of foreign nationals from 12 countries and partially restricting travel from seven others.



[image or embed] — USA TODAY (@usatoday.com) June 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM

x Asked about a Dem response to a Rep. Nadler aide being handcuffed by DHS agents inside his congressional office — @RepJeffries: “We will respond in a time, place, and manner of our choosing… it will be continuous and it will meet the moment.” BASH: “What does that mean?”



[image or embed] — The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) June 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM

Translation: See you in court.

x Iranian official says US nuclear proposal is ‘incoherent and disjointed,’ as sources warn talks momentum is collapsing | CNN Politics www.cnn.com/2025/06/02/p...



[image or embed] — Sue Stone (@knittingknots.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM

Yes, ETTD.

x The Trump administration has eliminated another HIV-related program. He eliminated funding for research consortia at Duke and Scripps. The work being done was yielding promising progress towards a vaccine. As well as improving vaccine technology overall. Antivax and homophobic. 🧪 #EpiSky



[image or embed] — Richard M [General Mad Scientist] (@richardaiguy.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Or, rarely, not.

The Senate Parliamentarian is expected to invoke the Byrd rule, requiring that everything that does not directly impact Federal income and expenses and deficits and debt has to be ripped out of the Big Bad etc. Bill.

Whether Thune is telling the truth or can count votes remains to be seen.

x Just remember who said it.

- Senate Majority Leader John Thune signaled Monday that Republicans won’t move to overrule the chamber’s parliamentarian during an upcoming debate on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” Politico reports. Said Thune: “We’re not going there.” — death2tyrants2024.bsky.social (@death2tyrants2024.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Rabid Ultra-Zionists, Too

x More than 30 Palestinians were shot dead by #Israel on Sunday as they went to receive food at an aid distribution point set up by an Israeli-backed foundation in the #Gaza Strip, according to a hospital run by the Red Cross that received the bodies.

#NetanyahuWarCriminal

apnews.com/article/isra...



[image or embed] — FreePalestine (@savesjarrah.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM

x "When the EU last February politely urged more aid to Gaza and a halt to new settlements, Israel responded by blocking all aid and accelerating settlement growth. Only after the EU threatened sanctions did Israeli officials allow some aid into Gaza."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...



[image or embed] — mskathleenquinn.bsky.social (@mskathleenquinn.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM

Regular Good News

Is the old pirate sorry, like Alfred Nobel or Andrew Carnegie? Never mind, I won’t argue with him on this.

Chop Wood, Carry Water/Jessica Craven—

x Senators today forecast the devastating impacts on American families should Republicans succeed at cutting $300 billion in SNAP spending, with one describing the cuts as a “moral obscenity.”



[image or embed] — Civil Eats (@civileats.com) June 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM

x From Hopium:

- Agree w/Musk that Trump's plans are a "disgusting abomination"

- A new intv with the great @charlesgaba.com

on Trump's savage assault on our health and health care system

- Another Dem special election overperformance

More 👇

www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/musk-calls...



[image or embed] — Simon Rosenberg (@simonwdc.bsky.social) June 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM

Science! Lifeforms! Weirdness!

There was no aurora where I am in Illinois. How about you?

Archean meteorite impact evidence from the Fig Tree Group in Barite Valley, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Callan Bentley ‪@callanbentley.bsky.social‬

Embedding not permitted S3 spherulite layer in Fig Tree Group, Barite Valley, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. This is "sedimentary" evidence (if pellets of rock-vapor condensate count as sedimentary) of a meteorite impact on the Archean (~3.2 Ga) Earth. Learn more: mountainbeltway.all-geo.org/2016/10/26/a... x S3 spherulite layer in Fig Tree Group, Barite Valley, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. This is "sedimentary" evidence (if pellets of rock-vapor condensate count as sedimentary) of a meteorite impact on the Archean (~3.2 Ga) Earth.

Learn more: mountainbeltway.all-geo.org/2016/10/26/a...



[image or embed] — Mokurai (@mokurai.bsky.social) May 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM

Lots of pictures of rocks full of spherules condensed out of rock vapor from the biggest meteor strikes in our planet’s history.

x Humans may have been making tools from whale bones up to 20,000 years ago, according to evidence presented in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4kePeD6 🏺 🧪



[image or embed] — Nature Portfolio (@natureportfolio.nature.com) June 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM

I covered this next story in my last Renewable Tuesday.

x A HISTORIC MILESTONE: For the first time, solar power generated more electricity globally than nuclear, making it the world’s 4th largest power source. In just 5 years, solar output nearly tripled—from 79 TWh (Apr 2020) to 233 TWh (Apr 2025). The energy transition is speeding up. @ember-energy.org



[image or embed] — Jan Rosenow (@janrosenow.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM

Note that UT is very, very low on this chart. Mormons agree with Evangelicals on abortion, but not vaccines. And there is something more driving the unconscionable rate of covid deaths in WV other than its evangelical population.

x This graph shows the state total COVID death rate for years 2021-2023, the post vaccination years, by state, colored by party, and percent Evangelical. Click ALT to see graph full size and read more and access raw data. 🧪💡☠️ #Sociology #Demography #Population



[image or embed] — Dr. James H. Gundlach (@pecanjim.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM

x A new study on complex communication in chimps and another about bonobos' surprising language abilities, and recent findings about how sperm whale communication works, all suggest some animals have complex communication abilities that actually resemble human language in important ways.



[image or embed] — hopebuilding (@hopebuilding.bsky.social) May 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Tourists flee, of course.

x An exercise programme for colon cancer patients can cut the risk of dying by a third, says major international trial. "Not a large amount" of exercise & any type of workout counted. The results could change the way colon cancer is treated around the world. 🧪🚶🏾‍♀️🏊🏾‍♀️🚴🏾‍♀️ #medsky

www.bbc.com/news/article...



[image or embed] — Dan Jagger (@auditorynerves.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM

x 👩‍⚕️👨‍👧 Parental instincts save lives



A study of 24k+ children finds caregiver concern (“I think my child is getting worse”) is a stronger predictor of ICU admission than abnormal vital signs.



Trust parents – their early warnings matter.



🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...



#Paediatrics #SciComm 🧪



[image or embed] — Prof Sam Illingworth (@samillingworth.com) June 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM

x Congrats to Vera! The Nobel Prize should have been hers. Side fact, she called me to ask about a paper. Seems my number was one digit off. I geeked out… 🧪🔭



[image or embed] — Blue the Science Dude (@science-dude.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM

x Oldest known fossil evidence of lepidopterans (butterflies & moths), from the Triassic (~236 mya) of Argentina! Scales from the wings of these insects were preserved in dicynodont coprolites, & were likely on plants eaten by the dicynodonts. www.science.org/content/arti... #PoopScience 🧪💩🪨🦋



[image or embed] — Anthony (Tony) J. Martin (@ichnologist.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM

x "Dog walker finds elusive 'doomsday' fish on remote Tasmanian beach" - Elusive oarfish found at Ocean Beach on Tasmania's rugged west coast - ABC News www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06... via @abcnews



[image or embed] — Steve Leahy (@oz-penguin.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM

Funny or Fuggedaboudit

YouTube ameriCArtoon, FreedomToons, The Week, Political Cartoons, DK Cartoons, DK Image Library, The Onion

x Optimistic Researchers Say There Still Time To Head Off Climate Change Before It Starts Killing Rich People theonion.com/optimis...



[image or embed] — The Onion (@theonion.com) May 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Funny Music

We Three Kings Smoked a Rubber Cigar

The Blues Brothers - Rubber Biscuit - 12/31/1978 - Winterland

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