Bill Shea
@billshea19.bsky.social
Ex-journalist writing a shitty novel. Key West literary beach bum. Anti-fascist Leftist. Cleveland guy in Detroit. Filled with japery, rage, soup. Libertine degenerate descended from Welsh coal miners. Unhinged. No gods, no kings. Essays: Billshea.com
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A Bad Night For Sadistic Meatheads
It was a year late, but the Blue Wave arrived as a full-throated rejection of Donald Trump and MAGA. I’d forgotten what winning felt like. Today is a good day.
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Tuesday was a bad night for sadistic meatheads. The Blue Wave arrived, finally, a year too late but it arrived. MAGA took a Rocky haymaker. There's a lot more work and struggle to come, but I woke up today ... happy. I forgot what it's like to win.
If Trump is denying his base its core xenophobic urges, then he must have a financial angle at play
President Donald Trump defended allowing foreign students to study in the US as a "good" practice and pushed back on a call to reduce their numbers
Trump Defends Foreign Students as ‘Good’ for US Universities
President Donald Trump defended allowing foreign students to study in the US as a “good” practice and pushed back on a call to reduce their numbers, saying it would be financially destructive to the nation’s higher education system.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
If Trump is denying his base its core xenophobic urges, then he must have a financial angle at play
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he didn't even use his usual "zinger" insults; his reply screams of him being genuinely hurt because this criticism is coming from someone who is a part of the intellectual class he craves validation from
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
he didn't even use his usual "zinger" insults; his reply screams of him being genuinely hurt because this criticism is coming from someone who is a part of the intellectual class he craves validation from
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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Joyce Carol Oates is all over the place as a person and an all-timer poster and I can think of no better purpose for her in this moment than to ruthlessly tear apart Elon Musk
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Joyce Carol Oates is all over the place as a person and an all-timer poster and I can think of no better purpose for her in this moment than to ruthlessly tear apart Elon Musk
JCO posts for the best reason: For the love of the game, and nothing else
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
JCO posts for the best reason: For the love of the game, and nothing else
Imagine being the richest human in history and crashing out this pathetically over 88 year old writer Joyce Carol Oates. This is breathtaking.
omfg
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Imagine being the richest human in history and crashing out this pathetically over 88 year old writer Joyce Carol Oates. This is breathtaking.
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"truly it was out of curiosity"
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"truly it was out of curiosity"
People back here in Michigan knew this motherfucker was a nasty little imp from his performative twitter bullshit
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
People back here in Michigan knew this motherfucker was a nasty little imp from his performative twitter bullshit
Tonight, we let the Saratoga talk
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Tonight, we let the Saratoga talk
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It's now 7:15 pm, likely when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior on this day 50 years ago.
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Happy 50th Edmund Fitzgerald Day to all those obsessed/commemorating the tragedy. I'm headed to the Mariner's Church in Detroit (the one mentioned in the Gordon Lightfoot song) later for the bell tolling 29 times today. 🔔🚢🌊
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It's now 7:15 pm, likely when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior on this day 50 years ago.
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A bit of good news today in the wake of Senate Dem leaders going full Vichyite last night
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A bit of good news today in the wake of Senate Dem leaders going full Vichyite last night
Especially accurate today
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Especially accurate today
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Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
Early snowfall in suburban Detroit. It's 26 degrees here.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Early snowfall in suburban Detroit. It's 26 degrees here.
Happy 50th Edmund Fitzgerald Day to all those obsessed/commemorating the tragedy. I'm headed to the Mariner's Church in Detroit (the one mentioned in the Gordon Lightfoot song) later for the bell tolling 29 times today. 🔔🚢🌊
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Happy 50th Edmund Fitzgerald Day to all those obsessed/commemorating the tragedy. I'm headed to the Mariner's Church in Detroit (the one mentioned in the Gordon Lightfoot song) later for the bell tolling 29 times today. 🔔🚢🌊
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cooked his ass
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
cooked his ass
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this is the trump guy urtext
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
this is the trump guy urtext
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
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Live look at Senate Democrats.... again
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Live look at Senate Democrats.... again
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Seattle icon Lenny Wilkens, Hall of Fame basketball player, coach, dies at 88 komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Seattle icon Lenny Wilkens, Hall of Fame basketball player, coach, dies at 88 komonews.com/news/local/s...
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game