@ablecitizen.bsky.social
Native NYer. PoliSci PhD. Pugnacious progressive. NY Mets / Giants fan. Currently in the Rio Grande Valley delivering the goods daily at UTRGV. Have not perfected any student indoctrination spells. US Navy vet (87-93). Opinions my own.
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Remember, the Secretary of Transportation is absolutely terrified of this subway system. Just mentioning the ACE line will reduce him to tears.
And yet ...
And yet ...
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Remember, the Secretary of Transportation is absolutely terrified of this subway system. Just mentioning the ACE line will reduce him to tears.
And yet ...
And yet ...
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Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
December 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
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(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
December 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
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1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
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It might get me labeled as a Crazy Bluesky Radical, but I don’t think it’s great that our nuclear arsenal is at the disposal of a demented old man who’s just an exposed nerve of grievances and hatreds with absolutely no impulse control.
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
It might get me labeled as a Crazy Bluesky Radical, but I don’t think it’s great that our nuclear arsenal is at the disposal of a demented old man who’s just an exposed nerve of grievances and hatreds with absolutely no impulse control.
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Stop criticizing Trump's bad economy. You're making him sad.
You think you've got it hard trying to put food on the table? Try being President Donald Trump, the billionaire saint of perpetual grievance.
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
You think you've got it hard trying to put food on the table? Try being President Donald Trump, the billionaire saint of perpetual grievance.
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Stop criticizing Trump's bad economy. You're making him sad. | Opinion
Donald Trump is swiftly losing control of his presidency, and he has it in his head that 'affordability' is a hoax and not a real word.
www.usatoday.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Stop criticizing Trump's bad economy. You're making him sad.
You think you've got it hard trying to put food on the table? Try being President Donald Trump, the billionaire saint of perpetual grievance.
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
You think you've got it hard trying to put food on the table? Try being President Donald Trump, the billionaire saint of perpetual grievance.
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
"If this happened as described in the Post report, it was, at best, a war crime under federal law."
Hegseth has lost National Review.
www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-in...
www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-in...
November 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Simple and savage takedown.
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Simple and savage takedown.
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Christopher Moynihan is a violent insurrectionist who was pardoned by Donald Trump.
He was just re-arrested for threatening to kill Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
He shouldn’t have been pardoned in the first place.
He was just re-arrested for threatening to kill Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
He shouldn’t have been pardoned in the first place.
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Christopher Moynihan is a violent insurrectionist who was pardoned by Donald Trump.
He was just re-arrested for threatening to kill Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
He shouldn’t have been pardoned in the first place.
He was just re-arrested for threatening to kill Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
He shouldn’t have been pardoned in the first place.
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“.. It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“.. It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
#StudentsTalkPolitics REMEMBER: Just because people BELIEVE something does NOT mean it is true. Whether the protests were violent or not is an empirical fact that can be measured.
A quick airport post about a telling poll result. www.pbump.net/o/half-of-re...
October 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
#StudentsTalkPolitics REMEMBER: Just because people BELIEVE something does NOT mean it is true. Whether the protests were violent or not is an empirical fact that can be measured.
I'll be watching the @pbsnews.org Newshour with my students at the top of the hour. Follow our hashtag to see what tomorrow's leaders are saying about current events today!
#StudentsTalkPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics starts at the top of the hour. Here's a link to today's broadcast of the @pbsnews.org Newshour:
www.youtube.com/live/ugrIxD5...
www.youtube.com/live/ugrIxD5...
PBS News Hour live episode update, Oct 8, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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October 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I'll be watching the @pbsnews.org Newshour with my students at the top of the hour. Follow our hashtag to see what tomorrow's leaders are saying about current events today!
#StudentsTalkPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics
@aidanwalker.bsky.social Thanks for reminding @realtimers.bsky.social that he isn't an educator.
September 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
@aidanwalker.bsky.social Thanks for reminding @realtimers.bsky.social that he isn't an educator.
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When the bad guys, the seditionists, the thugs, the terrorists, and the lawless holds get hired by the government, you know we are under a fascist regime!
Listen to & share this video by @lawyer_oyer.
Listen to & share this video by @lawyer_oyer.
September 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
When the bad guys, the seditionists, the thugs, the terrorists, and the lawless holds get hired by the government, you know we are under a fascist regime!
Listen to & share this video by @lawyer_oyer.
Listen to & share this video by @lawyer_oyer.
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“Noem’s claim really amounts to a declaration that she is entitled to have her vile smears of Abrego Garcia air undisturbed, no matter how viciously dishonest. But what makes this even more galling is the larger context here, which has gone largely unremarked upon: …”
Greg Sargent:
"So perhaps it’s time for news organizations to state unabashedly and affirmatively that they are not in the business of amplifying Trump officials’ lies and smears, and any official who feels entitled to such amplification can go stuff it."
newrepublic.com/article/1998...
"So perhaps it’s time for news organizations to state unabashedly and affirmatively that they are not in the business of amplifying Trump officials’ lies and smears, and any official who feels entitled to such amplification can go stuff it."
newrepublic.com/article/1998...
MAGA Thug Kristi Noem’s Hateful Attack on CBS Unmasks a Big Trump Scam
The network was right to edit out her lies about Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The rest of the media should do the same.
newrepublic.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Noem’s claim really amounts to a declaration that she is entitled to have her vile smears of Abrego Garcia air undisturbed, no matter how viciously dishonest. But what makes this even more galling is the larger context here, which has gone largely unremarked upon: …”
Just because someone (POTUS) didn't hear about the scientific evidence doesn't mean it wasn't made public. However, some scientists are happy to accommodate the doofus in the White House 🙄
Yesterday the president demanded that evidence about Covid vaccines be shown to the public. Today @apoorvanyt.bsky.social & I run through some of the studies made public over the past 4+ years that show that the vaccines work. Gift link: nyti.ms/46k17Tq
nyti.ms
September 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Just because someone (POTUS) didn't hear about the scientific evidence doesn't mean it wasn't made public. However, some scientists are happy to accommodate the doofus in the White House 🙄
September 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Read this thread. Get angry.
As you watch the extraordinary spectacle of Trump's government attempting to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, let's not lose sight of just how lawless and indefensible Trump's misconduct has been all throughout.
Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/
Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/
August 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Read this thread. Get angry.