Joan Opyr
@auntiejoano.bsky.social
Writer, expatriate Southerner, psychiatric nurse, and author of Idaho Code, From Hell to Breakfast, and Shaken and Stirred.
Only mean people like Donald Trump. He’s the King of Mean. Look at your MAGA family and friends, if you still have any, and look for the mean streak. You’ll find it.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Only mean people like Donald Trump. He’s the King of Mean. Look at your MAGA family and friends, if you still have any, and look for the mean streak. You’ll find it.
You know what we’ve done? We’ve elected a fart. A big, fat, horrible, cheek-rattling frat boy fart. I know this because ⅓ of Americans think it’s hilarious, and the rest of us think it’s disgusting and it stinks.
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
You know what we’ve done? We’ve elected a fart. A big, fat, horrible, cheek-rattling frat boy fart. I know this because ⅓ of Americans think it’s hilarious, and the rest of us think it’s disgusting and it stinks.
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7 Million Proud Patriots Joyously, Peacefully Marched, Rallied, And Protested Yesterday
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/7-million-...
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7 Million People Joyously, Peacefully Marched, Rallied, And Protested Yesterday
Enjoy photos and videos from No Kings events from across the country........
www.hopiumchronicles.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
7 Million Proud Patriots Joyously, Peacefully Marched, Rallied, And Protested Yesterday
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/7-million-...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/7-million-...
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It's not JUST that Trump is incompetent, corrupt, racist, and criminal, he is DEFINITELY showing signs of dementia. His father died with an advanced case of it, and YES the condition IS inheritable.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Shadowing Trump’s attacks on mental fitness — his own father’s dementia
As Trump accuses Biden of being “cognitively impaired,” he avoids mention of his father’s Alzheimer’s disease — an experience that shaped Trump’s views of the condition.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It's not JUST that Trump is incompetent, corrupt, racist, and criminal, he is DEFINITELY showing signs of dementia. His father died with an advanced case of it, and YES the condition IS inheritable.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.
October 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.
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Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.
Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.
Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.
Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.
Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Excellent interview with Heather Cox Richardson.
Heather Cox Richardson: An Attack on Our System of Government
Podcast Episode · The Bulwark Podcast · 10/15/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Excellent interview with Heather Cox Richardson.
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Pedophelia cover ups are bankrupting the US.
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Pedophelia cover ups are bankrupting the US.
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Me, on Lindsey Halligan's debut as a not-legally-appointed prosecutor who told the court she had never seen a document she filed that had her signature on it:
"If what happened to her had happened to me, I'd want to crawl under a rock and never be heard from again."
www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...
"If what happened to her had happened to me, I'd want to crawl under a rock and never be heard from again."
www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...
October 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Me, on Lindsey Halligan's debut as a not-legally-appointed prosecutor who told the court she had never seen a document she filed that had her signature on it:
"If what happened to her had happened to me, I'd want to crawl under a rock and never be heard from again."
www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...
"If what happened to her had happened to me, I'd want to crawl under a rock and never be heard from again."
www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...
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In the first quarter of 2025, farm bankruptcies increased by 95%
Remember: the policies leading to bankruptcy are purposeful. Our food supply is in danger…there is no better way to bring a country to its knees than having control of its food supply.
Remember: the policies leading to bankruptcy are purposeful. Our food supply is in danger…there is no better way to bring a country to its knees than having control of its food supply.
October 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In the first quarter of 2025, farm bankruptcies increased by 95%
Remember: the policies leading to bankruptcy are purposeful. Our food supply is in danger…there is no better way to bring a country to its knees than having control of its food supply.
Remember: the policies leading to bankruptcy are purposeful. Our food supply is in danger…there is no better way to bring a country to its knees than having control of its food supply.
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CBS's John Dickerson has the best commentaries.
October 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
CBS's John Dickerson has the best commentaries.
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Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
October 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
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Looks like the WH is feeling the heat.
Who knew taking HC subsidies and upending HC for MILLIONS of Americans would get blow back.
🤨
If billionaires get a tax break forever, then we want the ACA subsidies permanent.
Keep pushing.
Who knew taking HC subsidies and upending HC for MILLIONS of Americans would get blow back.
🤨
If billionaires get a tax break forever, then we want the ACA subsidies permanent.
Keep pushing.
October 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Looks like the WH is feeling the heat.
Who knew taking HC subsidies and upending HC for MILLIONS of Americans would get blow back.
🤨
If billionaires get a tax break forever, then we want the ACA subsidies permanent.
Keep pushing.
Who knew taking HC subsidies and upending HC for MILLIONS of Americans would get blow back.
🤨
If billionaires get a tax break forever, then we want the ACA subsidies permanent.
Keep pushing.
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ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
What was that? That was Yosemite Sam and Daffy Duck delivering a $30 million TED Talk.
Message? They’re upping the fitness requirement but dropping the IQ. It must soften the blow to be told you’re fat and saggy by a man with Dunlop disease* and cankles.
*i.e., his belly done lopped over his belt
Message? They’re upping the fitness requirement but dropping the IQ. It must soften the blow to be told you’re fat and saggy by a man with Dunlop disease* and cankles.
*i.e., his belly done lopped over his belt
September 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
What was that? That was Yosemite Sam and Daffy Duck delivering a $30 million TED Talk.
Message? They’re upping the fitness requirement but dropping the IQ. It must soften the blow to be told you’re fat and saggy by a man with Dunlop disease* and cankles.
*i.e., his belly done lopped over his belt
Message? They’re upping the fitness requirement but dropping the IQ. It must soften the blow to be told you’re fat and saggy by a man with Dunlop disease* and cankles.
*i.e., his belly done lopped over his belt
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BREAKING: In place of Jimmy Kimmel’s return, Sinclair and Nexstar will broadcast Song of the South
September 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
BREAKING: In place of Jimmy Kimmel’s return, Sinclair and Nexstar will broadcast Song of the South
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Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.
September 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.
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Jimmy returns to ABC next week as Disney performs an embarrassing u-turn in the face of national outrage, but the damage has been done, and Disney's cowardly actions won't be forgotten. #BoycottDisney
Jimmy Kimmel to Return to ABC on Tuesday After Show’s Controversial Suspension
The Walt Disney company in a new statement says the move was made "to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country."
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Jimmy returns to ABC next week as Disney performs an embarrassing u-turn in the face of national outrage, but the damage has been done, and Disney's cowardly actions won't be forgotten. #BoycottDisney