#gab makes polls

[gamebunny-advance]

I Caved

I cast a vote so I could see how the poll was doing, and the results are about what I expected. It also roughly correlates to how much time I spent designing each one, so maybe there's something to that.

But, regardless of *why* the results are this way, it seems like Ice came out on top, so if I ever get around to that project, I guess it'll focus on him~

Thanks for voting everybody~ The poll is still open if you want to try and change things, but I don't see Ice being usurped any time soon.

It wasn't close at all~

[roo-bastmoon]

Things needing immediate attention in MUSE era...

We have GOT to diversify streaming platforms. Last year as a present to myself I went ahead and purchased a premium family bundle (for 6 email accounts each) for YouTube/YT Music, Pandora, and Spotify--plus a premium Apple account hooked up to Stationhead, and I currently have free trials going for Tidal, Qobuz, and Amazon. Premium streams are essential for charts.

Every day I make clicking through playlists on all these platforms as part of my routine: before breakfast, at lunch, and before bed at a minimum.

We also need to be very diligent about voting. Once I sat myself down and took the time to download the apps, set up accounts, and watch a few YouTube tutorials about how to do it, it's actually pretty easy and usually only a once or twice a day sort of thing.

Then there are the polls that have unlimited voting. That is a numbers game, a war of attrition. So while I wait for my lunch to heat up? I vote. Stuck in a waiting room for an appointment? Voting. On the phone with someone who is just gabbing away? Uh huh, mm mhm, but clickity click, I'm voting the whole time. I aim to hit that Vote button about 100 times a day. All told, takes less than 5 minutes.

Also our boy just posted on Insta after 126 days of silence. Please interact with the story and show him the love!

All in all, I think we really need to get into a routine where we fire on all cylinders. Streaming parties, funding parties, outreach & hype parties... We are hyper-focused on Spotify and YouTube videos and that stuff is absolutely important, but it leaves too many gains on the table. Let's use every tool in the box, okay?

Finally, I want to wrap up this post with gratitude:

I know I encourage you guys a lot to push yourselves and work hard, and I don't mean to come off as your taskmaster, but rather as a cheerleader.

We took a mostly Korean song with an insultingly low level of promo, plus no ads, no playlisting, no radio, only one version, with less than a full week to chart, which dropped during a major US holiday -- and it's very likely it will land on the Hot 100. That is...outstanding.

If nothing else, Jimin will see that he's loved and appreciated and we have his back. Whatever the assholes online try to say about vpn and bots and other bullshit, it was your blood, sweat, and tears that gave Jimin his well-deserved seat at an otherwise unwelcoming industry table. I'm so grateful to you and to this community for that.

We all know that Jimin is organic, authentic, and uniquely talented, and therefore isn't even in competition with anyone else. But we can still get him some good wins. What we do for him, we do out of love--not obligation or bragging rights. His music and his artistry are a source of JOY!

WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN OUR MUSE ERA!

We have two weeks to study up and get premium accounts and gather all our energy to support a whole album. How lucky we are to be so well fed and loved.

FIGHTING!

[ghostboyravenight]

(Reposted because I forgot to change the time on the poll)

@othmanjehad2 wants to be a YouTuber. He had been steadily growing his channel before October 7th, until bombs destroyed his home and all of the equipment he was using to make YouTube videos. In his own words:

My dream was to be a YouTuber, and I started my journey and made great progress in it, I was seeking to share my hobbies and talents in it. But the war destroyed everything, in this room of our house was my video recording studio, in it all my equipment, but nothing of my equipment was spared.

He now needs funds to escape Gaza, rebuild his life and continue his dream to finish his education and start a YouTube career. His campaign has slowed to a halt, and so far it has only raised €181 out of a €30k target, which is nowhere near enough to even survive the unforgiving conditions that Gaza has been plunged into since Israel broke the ceasefire, let alone escape to start a new life.

Please consider donating if you can, and if you can’t then share this around or support his YouTube channel. If you enjoy gaming, then he’s made plenty of gaming videos. Even if you don’t speak Arabic, his videos are easy to watch, and really well edited. I found myself laughing even when I couldn’t understand what was being said, because his humour just jumps out at you. If you like any of the YouTubers mentioned above in the poll, then you’ll like him too! He deserves to get right back to gaming as soon as possible, and you can help with just $5:

[videogamedogbracket]

Hello, and welcome to the Video Game Dog Bracket!

Do you like dogs? Do you like video games? Do you like dogs from video games? If yes, then this is the tournament for you! 

I’ve been wanting to host my own bracket for a while now - ever since I submitted a character to one of them a few months back, swore to myself I wouldn’t get invested in the results, but then ended up doing just that. Thanks a ton to @artificialkids-2k23-official, without whom this bracket wouldn’t exist!

The rules for submission are fairly straightforward, but I’ll list them here anyway. (Updated 6/3/23)

An obvious one, but all characters submitted must be dogs, wolves, or mythical creatures that are canine in nature (i.e. Cerberus or a dog-like Pokémon). Foxes are on thin ice. 

Anthropomorphic dogs are okay. However, please don't send in anime boys with dog ears or whatever. I think that's pushing the definition of "dog" a little too much.

Characters must have originated from a video game or visual novel. If they appear in a game, but it’s an adaptation of a movie, for example, they won’t be counted.  No, Homestuck doesn't count as a video game.

Named characters are preferred and will be given priority. I’m not saying that you can’t submit Granbull or every Nintendog, but in the case that there are more submissions than bracket spaces, they probably won’t make it in.

Please only submit one character at a time. The form is open to multiple responses per person, so you can submit as many characters as you like. (Just be reasonable with it and don’t send the same one over and over again?)

Also, while sending several characters from the same source material is appreciated, they aren't all going to make it into the bracket. I'm looking for a varied and diverse lineup, and want to limit it to about three characters per source. This isn't a hard and fast rule, but just...don't get upset if all twenty characters from the same thing don't get accepted, okay?

Currently, the plan is for submissions to close on June 9th, but this may be subject to change based on the amount of traction this bracket gets. As of right now, submissions are planned to close on June 5th instead!

Finally, here’s a quick list of characters that are automatically going to be entered into the bracket as per the “poll runner’s bias” clause. Please don't submit any of them, they're already participating!

Amaterasu (Okami)

Toby (The Great Ace Attorney)

Fondue (Rhythm Thief)

Gab (Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma)

Pepita (Trauma Center: New Blood)

Rex (Fossil Fighters)

Koromaru (Persona 3)

Missile (Ghost Trick)

That’s it for now. Thanks for submitting!

Obligatory inspiration tags for visibility: @funny-polls @mostredactedbracket @autisticgirliesbracket @fuckingstupidbracket @adhdxautismshiptournament @mfshipbracket @emoboybattle @goldenretrieverguybracket @purplegreenbracket @beefy-babe-showdown @unluckiest-character-ever @ot3showdown @justsomeguypoll @vs-coughing-baby @tokenhumantournament​ @jamesbracket​ @least-sexy-man-competition​ @baby-brawl-bracket​ @thing-fight​ 

[ivystoryweaver]

(Everybody's Waiting for) The Man With the Bag

This is your 2nd place poll winner, losing to Moon Dads/Hanukkah by only 9 votes!

Summary: Miguel wants to bring a little Christmas cheer to some kids who need it most. And one girl named Gabriella.

Word Count: 1050

Content: holiday/family angst with a bit of comfort, fluff-adjacent, longing, mentions of loss/death, (nothing you didn't see in the film), not beta'd.

The spider society was quiet.

As quiet as it ever got, anyway.

There were always lives to save - timelines to correct or salvage.

But it was Christmas.

Practically every timeline had some version of the holiday, and even now - after so much loss...after Miguel felt the weight of the universe pulling him apart like a thousand spiderwebs - he still remembered Christmas with his little girl.

Gabriella loved Christmas.

What child wouldn't love a pile of presents, too much sugar and staying up late? The troll of Christmas carols, hot cocoa, magical movies and twinkling lights...

But what Gab loved most was Santa Claus. Miguel assumed it was because he gave her presents, but she surprised him one Christmas Eve. She climbed up in his lap, ready to read The Night Before Christmas before being tucked into bed to wait for ol' St. Nick and said, "Daddy, I think Santa Claus is the best person in the whole world."

Miguel chuckled warmly, admiring how her chubby fingers traced the beautifully illustrated picture of the classic figure. "Why, because he brings you a bunch of stuff?"

"No," she softly replied, pointing to the huge bag he had flung over his back. "Because he gives so much away. Don't you think we should all be like that?"

Miguel's heart melted as he squeezed his daughter close. "Yeah, Gabs. We should."

Then he proved to be the complete opposite of Gabriella's hero, destroying her entire timeline.

Since then, Miguel made it his life's mission to not...overstep.

But it was Christmas.

This timeline's Gabriella lived in one of the poorest neighborhoods he'd ever seen. Miguel told himself not to get involved - he certainly knew better than to interfere directly with her life. He'd never learned a harder lesson.

But surely, it couldn't hurt to leave a Christmas present behind - a treasure that could simply be credited to Santa Claus.

Miguel got to work, collecting toys and locating a Santa suit to fit his impossibly large fame, since making himself an unstable molecule Santa suit seemed a tad excessive. At any rate, He was going to bring Christmas to this neighborhood.

This was, of course, after dozens of calculations between himself and Lyla, to make sure delivering a toy fire truck wouldn't obliterate a universe.

Miguel walked through a portal, discreetly, into Gabriella's low income neighborhood, late Christmas Eve, donned in head-to-toe red and white, with a pack of toys flung over his back.

He didn't quite have Santa's tummy, but hopefully a little padding would do the trick, should he be spotted.

His spider abilities made it pretty simple to dart in and out of houses undetected. He even sampled a cookie or two.

The he came to Gabriella's house. He saved her house for last, trying to work up the courage to be in her presence but not interact with her in any way.

The house was tiny and old, but clean. The cold, hard floors had been swept and the tables wiped recently. Dishes were handwashed and piled on the counter to dry. A plate of homemade cookies peeked out from their plastic wrap. There was love here.

The Christmas tree was more of an old, ragged bush, with glass ornaments with chipped paint and a few handmade offerings of popsicle sticks and pipe cleaners. A string of popcorn served as garland. No twinkling lights illuminated the darkness.

And the whole place was freezing.

Miguel pressed his lips together, squeezing his eyes shut, willing himself not to interfere any more than he was about to. Reaching into his bag, he produced a copy of The Night Before Christmas, a warm winter blanket, a matching hat, scarf and gloves, and a soccer ball.

He set each item under the Charlie-Brown-worthy tree - the only gifts present, making sure they would be plainly visible to whoever woke first.

His eyes landed on a snapshot of Gabriella with her mother, and just when he thought he tempted fate enough for one evening, he heard a sharp intake of breath behind him.

"Ohhh, wow, Santa," the voice of Gabriella O'Hara made his heart completely stop.

Miguel squeezed his white gloved hands into fists, willing himself to not turn around and lay eyes on her, just one more time.

It wasn't her. She wasn't his - she never had been.

He could hear her sock covered feet shuffle closer. "I-is that you, Santa? Is it really you?"

Miguel cleared his throat, deepening his voice purposely. "Merry Christmas. You caught Santa just finishing up."

He heard her gasp, her giggle like a tinkling bell. "Oh, Santa, thank you so much. Thank you, thank you!"

"You're welcome," he choked out. "Now, be a good girl and get back to sleep. Santa has a lot of presents to deliver."

"Okay," she breathlessly answered. "My friends told me you weren't real, but I just knew you were. I knew it."

The sound of her voice drifted closer. She stood directly behind him now. He had to get out of here.

"You're absolutely right. Back to bed now. Merry Christmas, Gabs."

She sucked in a breath, but didn't speak or move for several agonizing moments.

"Merry Christmas, Santa," she finally decided. And he heard the old, hard floor creak as she retreated.

But she paused one more time. "I think I know now," she declared from across the room. "You must be an angel. You sound just like my dad."

One tear slid down Miguel's cheek, soaked up by the cotton of his fake beard.

"Your dad is very proud of you," He choked out, gathering his bag, making sure he kept his back turned so she wouldn't see his face.

"Thank you, Santa. Or...whoever you are," she whispered, finally retreating to her room.

Miguel raggedly exhaled, tears burning his eyes as he left the house and made his way back through a multi-dimensional portal.

His Christmas Day would be spent not watching Gabriella wake up her mother, unwrap her presents, or maybe, talk about the Santa Claus who'd left them for her.

No, he was done intervening. A few simple gifts to help keep her warm - to bring a little cheer - it was enough for her.

And hearing her voice one more time was the best present he could have ever hoped for.

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[bakudekuficlibrary]

hi!! i just wanted to say im SO excited you guys are back!!! ive always loved this acc and the stuff you've done! and that i would totally be interested in a discord <33

hi there, thank you thank you ! I have been emotionally sniped, legally in the court of law, by all this affection in our inbox. 💚🧡

I was one of the newer recruits to the library, and the previous staff had put in so so (so so so) much work before I stumbled in, but hopefully they peek these messages & can feel proud of what all their hard work meant to us :)

but it was definitely time for lil' grand return to the bkdk glass closet~ especially after falling victim to the never-casual TikTok edits making me sob at like, 7:00am on a local Wednesday.

(&& I shall keep the discord-interest in mind for sure, might just have to put out a poll soon:)

~ Gabs ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

[redoaklettuce]

DO IT FEED THE GVB1LL COMMUNITY we wish to see what u cook we are interested what is in ur mind my friend?

🥹🥹🥹 I love the ultransft ppl

mmmm I got plany of concepts so hear me out

knuckleblaster fisting (intense. Very.)

wound fucking (medical professionals hate me)

blood draining + semiconsciousness

la petite mort but it's kinda literal (until you hit restart)

gab gets walked in during religious self flagellation

machine vivisection (aka woundfucking but for the objectum)

AGAIN I'm not sure I'd be able to actually make something of value with any of these concepts but I can try!! anything for the gab/v1 community 🛐

[astrometriia]

got tagged by @galedekarios! sorry it took me this long to get to it, i had a hard time figuring out who to put on this list.

rules: make a poll with your top 5 favorite antagonists and ask your followers to vote for their favorite.

(inb4 someone asks me why one of my favorite characters, ja//mes iron//wood, isn't on this list, my answer is this: he only became an antagonist in late v7 and v8, and i'm sick to death of people only treating him as such when he didn't start out that way. i also don't like his portrayal in v8 and find it horribly ooc. so tl;dr no, he isn't one of my favorite antagonists. also, i don't watch rw//by anymore.)

tagging: @adorkable1231, @mlmvash, @thirddoctor, @blazingstar24, @astudyinimagination, @jjacqualopeand, @violetwreck, @mondocool and anyone else who wants to do this!

ETA: I CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT TO PUT GAB//RIEL REY//ES AKA REA//PER IN THIS, I'M A FAKE FAN!!! 😭😭😭

[magic-is-something-we-create]

another day, another poll being released from my drafts:

[gamebunny-advance]

GAB: Raspberry Tart Edition (Kun3h0's GAB)

Originally announced as a part of the 2.0 line, the Raspberry Tart GAB was supposed to launch alongside Blueberry Pie and Calamansi Cake for a new wave of GABs. However, by this time the GAB fad had already passed, and the company had declared bankruptcy and closed before 2.0 went to market. Rumor has it that a few pre-production models survived the closure and are highly sought after by collectors.

I think there's something ironic about designing Kun3h0 to take after GAB, but then she drifted so far from that initial concept that now I have to redesign GAB to fit with her.

So yeah, this is a concept for "Kun3h0's GAB" so I can have GAB around without clashing with Kun3h0. I also changed a couple of other aesthetic things, but I dunno how I feel about all of them.

I added pixel "glitter" to the eyes to go with Kun3h0's new eyes (pixel eyes won the poll), but I dunno if I'm feeling it. Unlike Kun3h0, GAB's eyes aren't displays, they're buttons, so I don't think the pixel effect makes as much sense here. I like the look, I just don't think it makes sense.

I'm also not really feeling the new neck accessory. The bow felt a little "old-fashioned" to go with the futuristic Kun3h0, but the collar just feels random. But I'm also having a hard time coming up with an accessory that won't block their screen, so I dunno. It needs some workshopping.

[yourreddancer]

Today in Politics, Bulletin 66, 2/7/25

Ron Filipkowski

Feb 8

… DOGE staffer Edward Coristine was fired by Path Network in 2022 (a company known for hiring former hackers), for leaking confidential information to a competitor. Bloomberg is reporting that they have a letter from Path stating: “Edward has been terminated for leaking internal information to competitors. This is unacceptable and there is zero tolerance for this.”

… Bloomberg: “Several of Coristine’s online peers and former co-workers said they were surprised that the teenage friend they knew has been brought into one of the most high-profile teams in the Trump Admin. His 2022 dismissal and the circumstances surrounding it add to questions about how he arrived in this new job with Musk’s DOGE, and how he’ll handle the sensitive government information that comes with it.

… Coristine went by the online moniker “Big Balls”.

… Wired reported that “Big Balls” has founded 5 companies since he turned 16, including Tesla.Sexy LLC, a company managing multiple web domains. One of his domains hosted "Helfie," an AI bot marketed to Discord users in Russia. Always a connection to Russia with these guys.

… Sen. Ron Wyden to Bloomberg: “Giving Musk's goon squad access to systems that control payments to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other key federal programs is a national security nightmare. Every hour new disturbing details emerge to prove that these guys have no business anywhere close to sensitive information or critical networks.”

… A second DOGE staffer, Marko Elez, who was granted access to the Treasury’s “top-secret” payment system that controls social security and tax distributions, was fired yesterday by the Trump White House after they learned about a series of racist statements he made online recently, which were reported by the WSJ. Some of these statements:

“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.”

“Normalize Indian hate.”

“Just for the record, I was a racist before it was cool.”

“I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth.”

… But after the firing was announced by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Emperor Elon Musk started an online campaign to get Elez hired back. He said that poor Elez may have made “inappropriate statements” but he’s just a kid, and posted a poll on X asking that he be brought back.

… JD Vance then chimed in, saying he thought the DOGE racist that his own Admin just fired should be rehired: “Here’s my view: I obviously disagree with some of Elez’s posts, but I don’t think stupid social media activity should ruin a kid’s life. We shouldn’t reward journalists who try to destroy people. Ever. So I say bring him back. If he’s a bad dude or a terrible member of the team, fire him for that.”

… Elez is 25 years old.

… So basically since a journalist was the one who revealed that his guy is a racist piece of shit, Vance says he has to be hired back at the highest levels of government because they can’t let the media win.

… Rep. Ro Khannna to Vance: “Are you going to tell him to apologize for saying ‘Normalize Indian hate’ before this rehire? Just asking for the sake of both of our kids.”

… Then at a joint presser with the Japanese PM, Trump was told that Vance posted online that he wanted the fired DOGE employee hired back and was asked his position: “I don’t know anything about the particulars, but if the VP said that, lets bring him back.”

… Musk then announced on X that his fired racist employee was back. Back controlling whether Social Security or Medicare payments are made. And lots of other things. Comforting.

… White nationalist Andrew Torba, who is the CEO of the right-wing social media platform Gab: “We live in a culture where you can make ‘racist’ posts online and not get fired now. Deal with it. This won at the ballot box.”

… Acting DC US Attorney Ed Martin then sent another letter to Musk assuring him that he will protect his team of DOGE racists and hackers from the mean libs who are tormenting them: “We will investigate them and we will chase them to the end of the Earth to hold them accountable. We will not rest or cease in this. Noone is above the law. I am proud that we have been able to assist local law enforcement in protecting the DOGE workers.”

‘Noone’ is not my typo. That’s how the US Attorney wrote it in his letter.

… WaPo reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is appointing a third Musk DOGE member, Tom Krause, to a senior position in the department overseeing the nation’s payment systems. Once again, this was not announced to the public and was told to WaPo by inside sources in the Treasury. They are trying to hide everything they do. Even their identities.

… Krause was previously instructed by Musk to order career non-partisan Acting Secretary David Lebryk to cut off payments to USAID. When Lebryk refused because there was no legal authority, he was then forced to resign. Now Krause has Lebryk’s former position. Krause, and by proxy Musk, will now have control over the Treasury system responsible for disbursing more than $5 trillion in annual payments, including for Social Security, Medicare, tax refunds and thousands of other things.

… Fox Contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier: “I have colleagues who are really upset right now. They are concerned that funding for the research that they are doing is going to be cut off. We do a lot of valuable research in the cancer community. I can empathize with these Democrats right now. Change is hard, but it’s for the greater good.”

… Trump was asked if he had any reaction to the new Time cover which showed Elon Musk sitting behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. Trump looked visibly agitated. Then said: “No. Is Time magazine still in business? I didn't even know that.”

… He knows it very well, because Trump just praised Time in December, saying it was “a great honor” to be on their cover as Man of the Year.

… Trump continued to get questions about Elon Musk, and continued to get more annoyed: “Is there anything you've told Elon Musk he cannot touch?” Trump: “Well, we haven't discussed that much.”

When it starts to sink in that a big chunk of the American public thinks Musk is really in charge and he is just a doddering old fool, there will be hell to pay. He’s fighting it right now, but the more it keeps getting brought up to him the better.

… Then the next reporter: “Will you put Elon Musk up on the podium for us to ask him some questions? Trump, now fuming that these questions are not about him: “Sure. He's not shy. Elon is not shy.”

… Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba was obviously given a very accurate briefing about how to handle Trump to get whatever you want out of the US. He opened up their joint press conference today with this: “I was so excited to see someone who is such a celebrity on TV, to see him in person. On TV, he is frightening and he has a very strong personality. But when I met with him, he was very sincere and very powerful and with a strong will for the US.”

… The guy laid it on pretty thick, but Trump didn’t seem to mind.

… Ellen Weintraub, Chair of the Federal Election Commission, is refusing to leave her position despite being fired by Trump: “Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair. There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners — this isn’t it.” Weintraub was appointed to a six-year term in 2002.

… Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY): “This onslaught against the FEC, when that agency is currently reviewing complaints against the President, reeks of corruption.”

… Bloomberg: “6 commissioners run the FEC, with no more than 3 from a single party allowed to serve at one time. Weintraub, a Democrat, voted to investigate the president over allegations involving violation of rules barring coordination between his campaign and allied Super PACs and matters regarding accusations that Russia tried to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.”

… NBC is reporting that Casey DeSantis is now seriously considering running for Governor of FL in 2026. One source: “I have heard donors have been urging her to run, and while it’s not something she has wanted to do, they are causing her to at least stop and listen.” Another source: “It is a real possibility.”

… Casey last May: “When people talk about me running for governor, I think it speaks highly about the governor himself. I think when people see me, it is because they are so happy about everything that this governor has done for the state of Florida. When people start talking about ‘Oh, you know, you should run,’ that’s because Gov. DeSantis is a rock star and that’s because people are so proud of everything that he’s done for this state.”

… I packed up, left FL, and moved to Maine. But maybe everyone else is happy.

… The Hill reports that Justice Sotomayor just gave her first public remarks since the election at an event in KY: “If we as a court go so much further ahead of people, our legitimacy is going to be questioned. I think the immunity case is one of those situations. I don’t think that Americans have accepted that anyone should be above the law in America. Our equality as people was the foundation of our society and of our constitution. I think my court would probably gather more public support if it went a little more slowly in undoing precedent.”

… Andrew Cuomo is leading substantially in the latest Emerson College/PIX11/The Hill poll for NYC Mayor at 33%. Eric Adams is second with 10% percent, and former City Comptroller Scott Stringer - 8%. Cuomo hasn’t formally announced he is running, but he is expected to soon.

… Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded to Trump’s statement about Gaza and his threat to “obliterate” Iran if they try to assassinate him: "The Americans sit, redrawing the map of the world — but only on paper, as it has no basis in reality. They make statements about us, express opinions and issue threats. If they threaten us, we will threaten them in return. If they act on their threats, we will act on ours. If they violate the security of our nation, we will, without a doubt, respond in kind."

… Harris County (TX) DA just arrested Andrew Taake for an outstanding warrant for online solicitation of sex with a minor. Taaka was incarcerated for unrelated crimes he committed on J6, but when Trump pardoned him he was released from prison despite the active warrant. “Before Taake’s release from custody, a member of our HCSO Fugitive Warrants Div requested that fed authorities hold him, due to his pending warrant in Harris County. The Bureau of Prisons informed HCDAO they needed a certified warrant to prevent Taake’s release. A clerk faxed a copy of that warrant on 1/15/25, but Taake was released 5 days later, in accordance with President Trump’s Pardon order.”

… But they just tracked him down and got him. All the best people.

… Reporter Roger Sollenberger: “Trump nominee Kash Patel disclosed he’s receiving $1-5 million in shares of a Cayman Islands holding company directly tied to a Chinese corporation the Senate and a pro-Trump nonprofit accuse of ‘slave labor.’ Patel says he won’t divest. Patel’s disclosure says that his shares in the company—Elite Depot Ltd—would begin vesting Feb. 1, two days after his Senate confirmation hearing, will continue to vest through November, and that he won't back out.”

… But wait, there’s more: “But Patel appears to have lied about or misrepresented the company on his disclosure, claiming under penalty of perjury it was a ‘fashion management company.’ But it filed as an ‘equity holding company’ in the Cayman Islands. Equity in what, you ask? Patel got millions in equity from this company as payment for being a ‘consultant,’ according to his financial disclosure. Not salary, and apparently no retainer. For doing just 8 months of work. We have no idea what he did.”

… Sen. Chris Murphy: “So, the incoming FBI Director worked for 8 months as a fashion consultant to a shadowy Cayman holding company connected to a Chinese Communist Party slave labor manufacturer and he gets up to $5m in fees (for 8 months of work! wow!) that only vest after his nomination. WTF.”

… Fox is reporting tonight that Democrats on House Appropriations Committee have sent a letter to SecDef Hegseth asking him why he has just requested $137,297 for home repairs/paint for a government residence, especially since DOGE is cutting spending across the entire government.

… Trump added WaPo columnist Eugene Robinson to his USAID conspiracies, while calling for him to be fired: “Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post is INCOMPETENT! So sad to see him trying to justify the waste, fraud, and corruption at USAID with his pathetic Radical Left SPIN. He should be fired immediately!!!”

… Fox reported the back story behind 30 Democratic Representatives going down to the Dept of Education Building today. Wednesday night, 96 members of Congress wrote a letter to Acting Education Secretary Denise Carter requesting a meeting. They were ignored. So members showed up today and tried to go inside the building, but they locked the doors.

… Republicans in the House and Senate continue to fight with each other over budget negotiations. The Senate has released Lindsey Graham’s bill, which packages some of Republicans’ biggest immediate priorities like funding for deportations. But the House and Mike Johnson continue to ask for more time so Trump’s entire agenda can be put in one huge package.

… Senate Majority Leader John Thune said they are ready to go and aren’t waiting for Weak Mike Johnson to get his children in line: “The American people gave President Trump a mandate to deliver on his key priorities: securing the border, rebuilding our defense, and unleashing American energy. The time to act is now, and Senate Republicans are ready to roll.”

… Despite the fact that the Senate is ready, Johnson told Fox he still isn’t: “There won’t be any details announced until the end of the weekend. Possibly not until Monday.”

… Bloomberg reports that AG Pam Bondi has dismantled the DOJ's foreign bribery unit’s ability to investigate and monitor foreign interference in our elections. The unit is now only able to investigate cases involving drugs or trafficking under Bondi’s new directive.

… Bradley Hope reports that Bondi also just eliminated DOJ’s Kleptocracy Initiative, which seized Russian oligarchs' yachts, planes and real estate pursuant to sanctions. Hope: “The units recovered billions in stolen assets since 2010. But here's the real story: Sources say a key objective is gaining control of a multi-billion dollar forfeiture fund - money seized from corrupt officials that was meant to be returned to victim countries. Where's that money headed? Bondi's memo cryptically mentions ‘other law enforcement purposes.’ Multiple sources say this means funding new detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay and Texas.

… Former DOJ national security prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky told Bloomberg: “Taken together, these changes are an invitation to foreign actors to interfere in American affairs. Even worse, it’s an invitation to Americans to help them do it.”

… A very reliable Univ of Michigan consumer sentiment survey shows inflation expectations from consumers is spiking since last month because of Trump’s tariff threats: "About one-third of consumers spontaneously mentioned tariffs, up from 27% last month and less than 2% prior to the election. This is only the 5th time in 14 years we have seen such a large one-month rise in year ahead inflation expectations."

… Essentially conceding the lawsuits filed by FBI employees, at least for now, DOJ has agreed not to release the list of names of FBI agents to the public who were involved in J6 investigations. Their agreement states that if they decide to release it, they must give two days' advanced notice so the agents can return to court to contest it before it goes out.

… Trump was asked today about his plan for the US to take Gaza: “It’s been very well received. Basically the United States would view it as a real estate transaction.”

… Meanwhile, Trump said he is interested in getting his hands on Ukraine’s commodities in exchange for further aid: "One of the things we're looking at with President Zelenskyy is having the security of their assets. They have assets underground. Rare early and other things. But primarily rare earth. Really, we want security, because as you know, Europe is putting up much less money than us."

… That is Elon Musk talking. Trump is speaking, but he’s saying what Musk wants.

… Marge Greene said on the 'Politically Georgia' podcast that she is thinking about making a run either for Governor of GA or for Senate against Jon Ossoff in 2026: “Of course I’m considering all possibilities. No decisions have been made, but I would be telling a lie if I didn’t say I wasn’t considering it.”

… NPR in SF reports that the FCC is now investigating local SF station KCBS for its coverage of recent ICE raids. Deportation Czar Tom Homan has accused them of intentionally “tipping off” migrants on when their agents are in the area for an operation.

… Trump-appointed FCC Chair Brendan Carr told Fox said he opened the investigation after KCBS shared the live locations and vehicle descriptions of immigration officials: “We have sent a letter of inquiry, a formal investigation into that matter, and they have just a matter of days left to respond to that inquiry and explain how this could possibly be consistent with their public interest obligations.”

… David Loy, Legal Director for the First Amendment Coalition, told NPR: “Law enforcement operations, immigration or otherwise, are matters of public interest. People generally have the right to report this on social media and in print and so on. So it’s very troubling because it’s possible the FCC is potentially being weaponized to crack down on reporting that the administration simply just doesn’t like.”

… Loy said it thinks this is being done to deter other news organizations from reporting anything critical about the Trump Admin: “It’s an intimidating exercise. The process is the punishment. Even if charges are never filed, people have to look over their shoulder to wonder, is the government going to come after me because I report something that the government doesn’t like me to say?”

… What is also happening here is that both Tom Homan and Donald Trump promised deportation numbers would be exponentially higher than they have been so far. A lot of ICE raids they set up for photo ops, where they expected to round up big numbers of people, didn’t pan out and they looked like fools. So they continue to blame local officials and media.

…Sen. John Kennedy was asked on Fox about his push to add a work requirement for Medicaid recipients: “For some people, the best way to get back on your feet is to get off your ass.”

… Rep. Mike Lawler joked about her fellow Republican Nancy Mace: “Nancy Mace has gone so far off the deep end she makes Marjorie Greene look like Susan Collins.”

… Mace wasn’t amused: “Thanks, Mike. You are totally clueless when it comes to women’s issues. Clueless.”

… Trump announced that he is bringing back plastic straws: “I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don’t work. BACK TO PLASTIC!”

… This is something very personal to him. He would be lost without his straws. Don’t tell Fox host Jesse Watters, though. He says only Beta males use straws.

… Trump announced that Paula White-Cain will lead his new White House Faith Office, White-Cain is a member of the New Apostolic Reformation movement, which seeks to overthrow the U.S. government and replace it with a Christian theocracy led by so-called "apostolic pastors."

… She often speaks in tongues while on stage. It actually freaks me out a little when she gets on a roll.

… White-Cain has repeatedly said Trump was chosen by God. In a speech on J6, 2021 in DC, she said, "Let every demonic network that is aligned itself against the purpose, against the calling of President Trump, let it be broken, let it be torn down in the name of Jesus."

… New Apostolic Reformation leaders view Trump as an agent of chaos sent from God to disrupt American government long enough for the apostolic pastors to take over American society and create a Christian nationalist theocracy.

… Many evangelicals were not thrilled with the pick. Jon Root, a Christian activist who worked for Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA: “I’m hearing from a credible source that Trump is well aware that Paula White has been trending all day on X and that the response to him appointing her the head of the Faith Office is receiving a TON of negative backlash. Pray that Trump receives wise, Biblical counsel and does the right thing by firing and disassociating from her. False teachers should be nowhere near the WH and should never be in a highly-regarded position of advising him on matters of the Christian faith.”

… Cain is also married to Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain, who has been in a legal dispute with guitarist Neil Schon for years over Paula gaining access to the band’s bank account and finances, and for Cain performing the band’s music at Mar-a-Lago. Schon is not a fan of Trump.

… This was a letter from Schon’s attorneys to Paula in 2023: “We demand that you immediately cease and desist and refrain in the future from inserting yourself in any business of the band and any legal entities used by the band as this contradicts the existing agreement between Mr. Schon and Mr. Cain.”

[ghostboyravenight]

@othmanjehad2 wants to be a YouTuber. He had been steadily growing his channel before October 7th, until bombs destroyed his home and all of the equipment he was using to make YouTube videos. In his own words:

My dream was to be a YouTuber, and I started my journey and made great progress in it, I was seeking to share my hobbies and talents in it. But the war destroyed everything, in this room of our house was my video recording studio, in it all my equipment, but nothing of my equipment was spared.

He now needs funds to escape Gaza, rebuild his life and continue his dream to finish his education and start a YouTube career. His campaign has slowed to a halt, and so far it has only raised €181 out of a €30k target, which is nowhere near enough to even survive the unforgiving conditions that Gaza has been plunged into since Israel broke the ceasefire, let alone escape to start a new life.

Please consider donating if you can, and if you can’t then share this around or support his YouTube channel. If you enjoy gaming, then he’s made plenty of gaming videos. Even if you don’t speak Arabic, his videos are easy to watch, and really well edited. I found myself laughing even when I couldn’t understand what was being said, because his humour just jumps out at you. If you like any of the YouTubers mentioned above in the poll, then you’ll like him too! He deserves to get right back to gaming as soon as possible, and you can help with just $5:

[freckledboss]

An expression of mock horror filters across her face and she slaps at his shoulder. Of course, she knows he's teasing... then again, she's learned rather quickly to always expect the unexpected. Tony is a wild card. "You will definitely not have that on any piece of clothing," spoken matter of fact, joking aside, she is stern on her decision.

"Tempting, but I was thinking you could be Santa… you’ve already got the grey hair going on… we just need to buy you a suit,” a little playful gab at his vanity, but honestly she’s into it. That silver fox look, he pulls it off so well. “You could show me your come-face all night long… consider it my gift for being a good girl.”

Rare that it is to hear him say her legal name, she has to admit, coming from his mouth, he makes it sound almost dirty. But in a pleasing, sexual way. She loves the nickname he's appointed her, but she wouldn't mind listening to that voice strained with lust, crying out Virginia in ecstacy. Her skin blushes at the obscene thought. "Hardly anyone calls me that anymore."

His reaction to the subject of celebrating and parties, however, isn't what she was hoping for. And she doesn’t want to argue over something so trivial. Not that he’s wrong, in many ways he’s absolutely right. But she’s struggling with letting go of things that she used to enjoy doing and being a part of. Pepper’s intentions are pure, she only wants to bring joy to those who are suffering, perhaps give them a distraction from the grief and destruction outside. Give them a piece of normalcy within this chaos.

"I'm pregnant, not fragile, and I wasn't suggesting that we announce the pregnancy," she's just as determined to keep media interference out of their child's life. "I remember exactly what the news of our engagement did. I don't want any press involvement if it can be helped. I was referring to the bonuses, announcing them as a gift from us." But given his stance on the topic, she thinks the idea would be in poor taste. "No, don't send out a poll... We'll just have our own private affair. If renovations are finished by December, we'll host a little get together with Rhodey and Happy, and Bruce. If not, then the townhouse will have to do… in any case, I plan on decorating for the holiday. I want an acceptably large Christmas tree, Mr. Stark… we’re not skimping out on anything.”

@mr-tony-stark

Tony's nose wrinkled at the mention of the 'I put the cookie in the oven' sweater. "Or we could just make it really clear. How about; I jizzed inside Pepper Potts," he joked. "Really make people picture me and my come-face."

He turned his head for a moment and raised an eyebrow at the mention of her sexy Santa's helper outfit. "Oh I do like the sound of that. Can I be the photographer. Then you might get to see my come-face after."

He laughed a the mention of nicknames for her. "I don't know what you expected, honey," he said. "When have I ever called you by your name, Virginia. I haven't ever even said that name out loud before."

He leaned into her touch and nodded. "Of course, honey," he said. "Don't you worry for a second."

And then she brings up something that makes his stomach drop. Another request at a party. Tony understood that Pepper had things she wanted to celebrate. He'd come back to her, and now they were having a baby. But Tony didn't have it in him to do a party. He was happy, but he wanted to keep this to themselves. If no one ever found out about Morgan, he'd be happy. He was still so full of grief and trauma over what had happened. He was still physically recovering. The thought of a party for playboy Tony Stark sounded like punishment, not a reward.

He let out a breath. "I don't want to make any announcements about the pregnancy, Pepper. Don't you remember what the press were like when we told everyone about the engagement. I don't want photos of your baby bump or Morgan to be monetized. I want to protect them from that. The longer we can keep your pregnancy a secret, the better. Especially given it's a high risk pregnancy. Do you want the media talking about our baby if you end up having the worse happen? And I hate to be that downer, Pepper, but the worst keeps happening. So it's a possibility."

He shook his head. "Let's put out a poll to the staff. As them if they want the party or not. I'll give them all bonuses. But I don't want to go to any parties. I just want Christmas dinner with you, me, Rhodey, Bruce, and Happy. That's all. That's who I want to know. That's who I want to celebrate this with."

@freckledboss

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@Davidscorbett·now

Replying to @realDonaldTrump

donald did they ask mostly republicans to get these poll results or is this as fake as many comments and posts u make gab makes truths social makes fox news makes maga make n say

[altschmerzes]

even other aros stop making my posts about how much you enjoy and appreciate shipping challenge.