Victor Raymond
@badger2305.bsky.social
Writer, game designer, social scientist, activist. More than the sum of the parts I've played.
Bisexual/Two Spirit, Multi-racial Native American.
Pronouns: he/him/his or they/them/theirs
Bisexual/Two Spirit, Multi-racial Native American.
Pronouns: he/him/his or they/them/theirs
Early afternoon thoughts: Trump and his minions have always acted like the legal system was there to be gamed, and Trump acts on that assumption. Vindictive prosecution, failure to comply with court orders, evidence tampering, and so on. Trump isn't a president, he's a crime boss - and acts like it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Early afternoon thoughts: Trump and his minions have always acted like the legal system was there to be gamed, and Trump acts on that assumption. Vindictive prosecution, failure to comply with court orders, evidence tampering, and so on. Trump isn't a president, he's a crime boss - and acts like it.
Mid-morning thoughts: hang on to your hats, I'm going to say something nice about John McCain. In 2008, a woman in Minnesota said Barack Obama was "an Arab" and McCain defended Obama's character, telling people to not spread false rumors about him. The GOP today clearly thinks differently.
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Mid-morning thoughts: hang on to your hats, I'm going to say something nice about John McCain. In 2008, a woman in Minnesota said Barack Obama was "an Arab" and McCain defended Obama's character, telling people to not spread false rumors about him. The GOP today clearly thinks differently.
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The definition of audacity: ICE asking WA tribes to host detention centers.
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
ICE looks to WA tribes to house detained immigrants
The Nisqually Indian Tribe says it is turning down a request from ICE to house detained immigrants on tribal land.
www.seattletimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The definition of audacity: ICE asking WA tribes to host detention centers.
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
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I don’t want anyone to receive threats, but for many years Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has enjoyed this sort of energy from President Trump when it’s been directed at her political enemies and now objects to it when she’s on the receiving end.
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I don’t want anyone to receive threats, but for many years Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has enjoyed this sort of energy from President Trump when it’s been directed at her political enemies and now objects to it when she’s on the receiving end.
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
Late morning thoughts: Trump has never thought obeying the law and the Constitution. Trump has dodged legal accountability for decades. Why should that change while is president, especially when SCOTUS enables him? If anybody is going to hold the Trump regime accountable, it has to be us.
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Late morning thoughts: Trump has never thought obeying the law and the Constitution. Trump has dodged legal accountability for decades. Why should that change while is president, especially when SCOTUS enables him? If anybody is going to hold the Trump regime accountable, it has to be us.
Early morning thoughts: what with Derek Chauvin, ICE, Border Patrol, and everything else wrong with law enforcement, it is difficult to watch ANY police show in popular media and not think it's propaganda designed to make LEOs look good, even the "grim'n'gritty" ones. It's unsettling to think about.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Early morning thoughts: what with Derek Chauvin, ICE, Border Patrol, and everything else wrong with law enforcement, it is difficult to watch ANY police show in popular media and not think it's propaganda designed to make LEOs look good, even the "grim'n'gritty" ones. It's unsettling to think about.
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AFP’s Dimitar Dilkoff photographs the Eiffel Tower illuminated in the colours of the French national flag to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, in Paris.
10 Years ago jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in Paris killing 130 people
10 Years ago jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in Paris killing 130 people
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
AFP’s Dimitar Dilkoff photographs the Eiffel Tower illuminated in the colours of the French national flag to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, in Paris.
10 Years ago jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in Paris killing 130 people
10 Years ago jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in Paris killing 130 people
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The Epstein Files… otherwise known as the Trump Pardon List
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Epstein Files… otherwise known as the Trump Pardon List
Early morning thoughts: some have suggested that President Obama's jokes at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner "provoked" Trump to run for president. Maybe - but what Trump is doing now to destroy Obama's legacy is entirely Trump's fault. Suggesting otherwise is blaming the victim.
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Early morning thoughts: some have suggested that President Obama's jokes at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner "provoked" Trump to run for president. Maybe - but what Trump is doing now to destroy Obama's legacy is entirely Trump's fault. Suggesting otherwise is blaming the victim.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
Late afternoon thoughts: how did we end up with "moderate" Democrats in the Senate giving away their negotiating power? The reason is clear: since 1980, we have elected Democrats to Congress who have followed along as the GOP has dragged the Overton Window to the right.
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Late afternoon thoughts: how did we end up with "moderate" Democrats in the Senate giving away their negotiating power? The reason is clear: since 1980, we have elected Democrats to Congress who have followed along as the GOP has dragged the Overton Window to the right.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Late-night thoughts: right now, the political battle is about how Democrats will respond to an increasingly-fascist GOP. Voters are watching, including the millions of Americans who depend on the ACA for their health coverage, and the Democratic leadership does not understand that. Vote accordingly.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Late-night thoughts: right now, the political battle is about how Democrats will respond to an increasingly-fascist GOP. Voters are watching, including the millions of Americans who depend on the ACA for their health coverage, and the Democratic leadership does not understand that. Vote accordingly.
Early morning thoughts: as I age, I've become more committed to the radical idea that we are rich enough to ensure that no one goes hungry, everyone gets decent health care with or without a job, and there is housing for everybody. Billionaires are proof this is possible and attainable. Just do it.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Early morning thoughts: as I age, I've become more committed to the radical idea that we are rich enough to ensure that no one goes hungry, everyone gets decent health care with or without a job, and there is housing for everybody. Billionaires are proof this is possible and attainable. Just do it.
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Sean Dunn should never have to buy his own lunch in this city again.
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Sean Dunn should never have to buy his own lunch in this city again.
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Who in their right minds would trust the GOP to come back later and do anything? Their promises ain't worth a hill of beans. If Schumer or Jeffries fold on this, they may as well pack up and leave.
www.foxnews.com/politics/mik...
www.foxnews.com/politics/mik...
Mike Johnson shoots down Obamacare vote guarantee after Thune floats compromise in Senate
Speaker Mike Johnson is not promising a vote on extending Obamacare credits that were enhanced during COVID-19, even as the Senate weighs its own vote on the issue to end the shutdown.
www.foxnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Who in their right minds would trust the GOP to come back later and do anything? Their promises ain't worth a hill of beans. If Schumer or Jeffries fold on this, they may as well pack up and leave.
www.foxnews.com/politics/mik...
www.foxnews.com/politics/mik...
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“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”
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When official sources of information dry up or become unreliable, rumors and conspiracy theories take their place. That does not always bode well for whoever is in power.
Here's the planned BLS data release schedule for Nov 2025.
On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data.
This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data.
Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport
www.bls.gov/schedule/202...
On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data.
This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data.
Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport
www.bls.gov/schedule/202...
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
When official sources of information dry up or become unreliable, rumors and conspiracy theories take their place. That does not always bode well for whoever is in power.
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A lot more than it is today.
This is really almost an obsessive belief that democracy is dead in a country were democracy is very clearly alive.
This is really almost an obsessive belief that democracy is dead in a country were democracy is very clearly alive.
How imperfect does it have to be before it stops being one?
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
A lot more than it is today.
This is really almost an obsessive belief that democracy is dead in a country were democracy is very clearly alive.
This is really almost an obsessive belief that democracy is dead in a country were democracy is very clearly alive.
Jeanine Pirro bragging in August that she just arrested Sandwich Guy and was going to teach him a lesson in court.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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The SNAP contingency fund holds around $6 billion.
Trump refuses to spend it on the American people.
The same guy who just fast-tracked $40 billion to Argentina.
Trump thinks Argentina deserves our money while he lets Americans starve.
Trump refuses to spend it on the American people.
The same guy who just fast-tracked $40 billion to Argentina.
Trump thinks Argentina deserves our money while he lets Americans starve.
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The SNAP contingency fund holds around $6 billion.
Trump refuses to spend it on the American people.
The same guy who just fast-tracked $40 billion to Argentina.
Trump thinks Argentina deserves our money while he lets Americans starve.
Trump refuses to spend it on the American people.
The same guy who just fast-tracked $40 billion to Argentina.
Trump thinks Argentina deserves our money while he lets Americans starve.