Splinter is on Bluesky

Reminder that we are on Bluesky and the vibe is just so much better over there (also you get to see our links over there unlike here where Elon throttles them, so you only get to read his posts) bsky.app/profile/splinternew…

Republican Brandon Herrera, running to represent the Texas border, unveiled a last-minute ad against Trump's border wall. Story: jezebel.com/brandon-herrera-… #BrandonHerrera #Texas #congress #DonaldTrump #borderwall #BorderPatrol #midterms

Leave it to Trump to hear the name of a fired general and just automatically assume it's another woman his admin shoved out. Story: jezebel.com/donald-trump-con… #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #DOD #Pentagon #BrettSylvia #fired #IranWar

Democrats are finally using some of the same dirty (but legal) election tricks as Republicans. Story: jezebel.com/mary-peltola-bal… #MaryPeltola #DanSullivan #ballotstacking #Alaska #senate #midterms #midtermelections

Haley Stevens' fiancé, a Democratic donor, says he's voting for Republican Mike Rogers despite Rogers' anti-Democratic platform. Story: jezebel.com/haley-stevens-fi… #JasonTurkish #HaleyStevens #Michigan #senate #AbdulElSayed #midterms #midtermelections

When you're MAGA, that means recording yourself trying to commit voter fraud in order to fight against voter fraud. Story: jezebel.com/voter-fraud-char… #voterfraud #fraud #Minnesota #electionfraud #midterms #JamesOKeefe #CamHigby

The Senate seat in South Carolina was never supposed to be an available Democratic pickup, but then Darline Graham entered the chat. Story: jezebel.com/south-carolina-s… #DarlineGraham #AnnieAndrews #SouthCarolina #SC #midterms #senate #midtermelections

A grand jury has declined to indict another Trump enemy, handing the DOJ its latest loss in seeking vengeance for the President. Story: jezebel.com/doj-fails-to-get… #Jan6 #CassidyHutchinson #ToddBlanche #DOJ #DonaldTrump #revenge

A continuous worldwide cruise ship and its enthusiastic passengers were no match for record high diesel fuel prices. Story: jezebel.com/cruise-stranded-… #cruise #cruises #cruiseship #stranded #cambodia #villavieodyssey

Everybody is on board with Trump's "super intelligence" term ... except for users, researchers, and the entire AI industry, that is. Story: jezebel.com/artificial-intel… #AI #SI #ArtificialIntelligence #SuperIntelligence #DonaldTrump #banned

The Secretary of the Treasury is up to important business, like eating Cheesecake Factory food to defend the White House from allegations that it looks tacky. Story: jezebel.com/obama-cheesecake… #CheesecakeFactory #ScottBessent #DonaldTrump #Obama #BarackObama #affordability

Pete Hegseth's OTHER "faith adviser" has also been posting offensive things about immigrants and LGBTQ people. Story: jezebel.com/pete-hegseth-new… #PeteHegseth #Pentagon #DOD #immigration #LGBTQ

Samuel Sey, a Ghana native who proudly preached the goodness of ICE to his Christian followers, was arrested by ICE last week and faces deportation. Story: jezebel.com/ice-deportations… #SamuelSey #ICE #hypocrisy #immigration #DHS #midterms

Vivek Ramaswamy's gross ad has gotten all the attention, but threatened Republicans everywhere are airing their anxieties via sweaty ads. Story: jezebel.com/everywhere-you-f… #Vivek #VivekRamaswamy #AmyActon #midterms #midtermelections #campaignads #GOP

So wait, it's against the law for the DOJ to fire career civil servants like Maurene Comey just because Trump dislikes them? Imagine that. Story: jezebel.com/maurene-comey-il… #MaureneComey #JamesComey #DOJ #lawsuit #DonaldTrump #justice

House Democrats just released a report on the Epstein files with new allegations against Trump and the DOJ's attempt to cover the whole thing up. Story: jezebel.com/democrats-report… #DonaldTrump #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #BeatriceKeul #DOJ #ToddBlanche

Donald Trump wrote 1,300 words about how much hate hates Bill Maher after the two had dinner. It's his single longest post ever. Story: jezebel.com/trump-thin-skinn… #DonaldTrump #BillMaher #freakout #midterms #meltdown #rant

Master of subterfuge (and spelling) Marco Rubio told the people of Cuba to seek out a "discrete" partnership with the CIA. Story: jezebel.com/cuba-trump-rubio… #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #Cuba #Cuban #CIA #IranWar #midterms

A few token resignations and investigations; yeah, that ought to clean up the administration in time for the midterms! Story: jezebel.com/trump-administra… #DonaldTrump #corruption #graft #grifters #CoreyLewandowski #DonaldTrumpJr #midtermelections

"Hand-made" e-commerce giant Etsy claims to be purging AI content, but will it ever invest enough in humans to make that possible? Story: jezebel.com/etsy-ai-content-… #Etsy #AI #AISlop #AIcontent #crafting #Entrepreneurship #handmade

The DOJ filed a lawsuit to stop the certification of the Alaska Senate election in advance, but only if the Democrat wins. Story: jezebel.com/trump-already-ha… #midterms #midtermelections #Alaska #DanSullivan #MaryPeltola #senate #lawsuit