Joe Trask

Pic = our source, & now needs our commitment! Trail name “Wheezing Geezer”. Quote: “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” -Frank Zappa

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

@BrianLehrer : For Brian & guest re: Mapplethorpe, et al:
We went to Soho to see the Mac Wellman play "7 Blowjobs", a comedy based on a Helms-ian Senator dealing with receiving explicit Mapplethorpe-like photos. Very timely, biting/pardon the pun-& funny; got the baseball cap.

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

@allenanalysis A related question: why are so many complaining about the possible return of US-sequestered Iranian money, but they say *nothing about the US soldiers lost & *BILLION$ spent on mobilization, missions, & missiles--all to lose ground since abandoning the Obama Iran agreement?!🧐🤬

[Fun Viral Vids @Fun_Viral_Vids2]

What makes magic seem magical isn't the magic itself, but rather the fact that we don't see the whole picture.

It's the same in life. Often, what needs to be changed isn't the event itself, but rather the...

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

..but we're to use ~1.8B taxpayer $ to fund reparations for J6 rioters, convicted seditionists who attacked Capitol police--but no more $ to feed hungry kids & seniors & keep them healthy?!? Tell me again who "We The People" are; tell me again about promoting the general welfare!

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

🚨 DISGUSTING: Absolute bombshell on Fox News. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent openly admits the Trump administration is plotting to gut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

When asked about slashing these vital lifelines, he calls it the next step in their agenda.

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

If MAGA is gonna break the Constitution for someone, maybe do it for a guy who cares more about war than pens

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

@abcnews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNews @NewsHour @NPRinskeep @nytimes @starledger @couriernews ..when trying to do LEGALLY-ALLOWED visits & inspections. So many reports of "3rd-🌍" prison conditions & outright cruelty; ->Who's trying to visit? ->Who's suing for legal access to inspect? *PLEASE go beyond the street drama & report the hard truths! "A nation of laws"?!?../3

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

@abcnews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNews @NewsHour @NPRinskeep @nytimes @starledger @couriernews : re: Delaney Hall/ICE: Please include in your coverage interviews with detainees' families, charity workers on-site, etc., about conditions inside: worms in food, scarce med. care../1

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

@abcnews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNews @NewsHour @NPRinskeep @nytimes @starledger @couriernews : re: Delaney Hall/ICE:..guards retaliating v. detainees who cheer protesters on TV news--Clashes w/ofcrs are dramatic but *dig: what's INSIDE. Senators, other gov officials turned away../2

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

RR consistently brings the capital-S Show to these posts--clever, biting, great visuals, harmonies, and just downright funny.

[Randy Rainbow @RandyRainbow]

Happy #PRIDE Month! I’m GAY. 🤫🌈

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

This would be a very effective campaign video for both the '26 midterms & the '28 general election. I wonder if the @DNC has the chutzpah to run this in the most widely viewed media, with the headline "Take it from those who are closest to him".

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

@DemocraticWins This *isn't unusual when selecting candidates for loyalty to a figurehead--whoever that may be at a given time--rather than for their productive ideas & their allegiance to their constituents & the Constitution. If kissing the ring is the priority, all else becomes secondary.🇺🇸⚖️

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

@DannyDeraney @OsborneHenri ..I like to thank our French Allies whenever I encounter them here or on other sites/venues for their help in the Revolution. Any friendship has times of disagreement, but true friends will stand the test of time. We forget this basic human truism at our own peril.🇺🇸🤝🇫🇷 /2

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

@DannyDeraney @OsborneHenri My sister's husband was career military; she served abroad w/the Red Cross providing leisure & entertainment activities for our troops.
When they toured coastal Normandy, locals hearing their US English came up to them & thanked them for 🇺🇸 helping to save Europe & the 🌎🌍🌏./1

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

@DannyDeraney @BobSellersSings That's..*huge.
Thank you.🇺🇸🤝🇫🇷

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

..Eisenhower & McCain Republicans?!? My folks were life-long GOP voters, but taught us empathy & questioning authority--& were informed enough to turn away from McCarthy in the '50s & Nixon in '72. They wouldn't even *recognize GOP 2026. /2

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

..And "ugly" describing his soul, his attitude toward anyone else but him, particularly toward "..the least among us".
Remember when some Republicans talked about needing a "big tent" approach? Now it's all about "kiss the ring or it's open season on you!" Where are the../1

[MercuryMarin(er)Strade @MarinStrade]

@CalltoActivism @YesQuake What an ugly man, totally devoid of empathy.

[Angel with a filthy soul @gucci7383]

@CalltoActivism Maga after wacthing this clip:

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

@CalltoActivism Now we'll see who has the "testicular fortitude" (thanx, Julian Bond) to actually *run that ad straight up, & distinguish themselves by attacking TrumpInc directly, & not undercut their position by trying to placate a few fence-sitting 45/47 voters.

[Joe Trask @trask3rd]

..Meanwhile, over at Etsy, these are available:

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Three billionaires just bought a House seat for $32 million.

Paul Singer. John Paulson. Miriam Adelson.

They funded a super PAC that ran an AI-generated deepfake showing Rep. Thomas Massie in a fake “throuple” with two Democratic women. The disclaimer that it was AI showed for 4 seconds.

AIPAC and the Republican Jewish Coalition spent millions more.

The President personally visited the district.

The Defense Secretary traveled to Kentucky the day before the vote.

Yesterday, Massie lost by 10,035 votes.
The lawmaker who wanted the Epstein files released lost.

The lawmaker who opposed the Iran war lost. The lawmaker who voted against the spending bill lost. Three billionaires. One Cabinet Secretary on the road. A sitting President campaigning against a member of his own party. $32 million.

That’s not how primaries used to work.

That’s how primaries work now.