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Billy O
@billy158.bsky.social
· Dec 24
A Republican congressman committed statutory rape, the Republican President-elect tried to make him Attorney General of the United States of America, and the Republican Congress tried to cover up the crime.
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Is "left vulnerable to exploitation" some kind of weird weasel-speak for "exploited," a device you only seem to use with horrendous Republicans? Like "racially tinged" for "racist"?
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Is "left vulnerable to exploitation" some kind of weird weasel-speak for "exploited," a device you only seem to use with horrendous Republicans? Like "racially tinged" for "racist"?
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It's not the same point, but the argument that the Biden admin had "porous policies" is completely false. They had a number of very harsh policies aiming to limit migration, the problem was state capacity to carry them out and the sheer force of the push/pull factors during the post-COVID years.
knew immediately this would have an abysmal 'to be sure' paragraph
October 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It's not the same point, but the argument that the Biden admin had "porous policies" is completely false. They had a number of very harsh policies aiming to limit migration, the problem was state capacity to carry them out and the sheer force of the push/pull factors during the post-COVID years.
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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Ezra is a white columnist who tells liberals they don’t need to do radical things but instead they can just noodle through little tweaks that generate enormous benefits and everyone will be happy including business guys who won’t yell at them. That’s why he has influence.
Why does Ezra have this juice? Is he just positioned right to tell people what they want to hear if they’re powerful democrats?
If you’re influenced by Ezra Klein you’re being idiotic, period. That includes the multiple former presidents (Obama, Biden) who have taken his dumb ass seriously. Time to stop.
September 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Ezra is a white columnist who tells liberals they don’t need to do radical things but instead they can just noodle through little tweaks that generate enormous benefits and everyone will be happy including business guys who won’t yell at them. That’s why he has influence.
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Why is @nytimes.com claiming to know that FCC chair Brendan Carr's motives for state censorship of liberals are authentically felt, as opposed to an invented pretext? NYT headline writers can't see into Carr's mind.
September 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Why is @nytimes.com claiming to know that FCC chair Brendan Carr's motives for state censorship of liberals are authentically felt, as opposed to an invented pretext? NYT headline writers can't see into Carr's mind.
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Neither of whom is still in office. (Riggelman voted with MAGA 95% of the time.) Can you work with utter voids like MTG? Andy Biggs? No, and aspiring to shows a paucity of vision, even self-awareness. Present to us your own vision, and tell us why it will work.
At a time when our politics feel so divided, Virginians want — and deserve — a Governor who can work with anyone to deliver results.
I’m proud to have the support of Rep. Barbara Comstock, Rep. Denver Riggleman, and Republicans across the Commonwealth who are focused on putting Virginia first.
I’m proud to have the support of Rep. Barbara Comstock, Rep. Denver Riggleman, and Republicans across the Commonwealth who are focused on putting Virginia first.
September 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Neither of whom is still in office. (Riggelman voted with MAGA 95% of the time.) Can you work with utter voids like MTG? Andy Biggs? No, and aspiring to shows a paucity of vision, even self-awareness. Present to us your own vision, and tell us why it will work.
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Very clear that @moderation.bsky.app supports inciting violence against trans people.
@safety.bsky.app means no safety for trans people.
@safety.bsky.app means no safety for trans people.
Charlie Kirk assassination latest shooting committed by trans people and advocates
Charlie Kirk assassination latest shooting committed by trans people and advocates
The assassination of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk marks the latest example of a growing wave of murders and other shootings committed by transgender people and others advocating for their rights.
nypost.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Very clear that @moderation.bsky.app supports inciting violence against trans people.
@safety.bsky.app means no safety for trans people.
@safety.bsky.app means no safety for trans people.
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The whole trans girls in sports discussion is absolutely being used to propagandize people into being transphobic bellends.
In K-12, the number of trans girls in sports is five.
In college the number is fewer than ten, according to the NCAA President.
You're being manipulated. Please stop.
In K-12, the number of trans girls in sports is five.
In college the number is fewer than ten, according to the NCAA President.
You're being manipulated. Please stop.
What amuses me is that Gavin Newsome could have probably ridden this shit all the way to the White House if he’d kept his yap close about trans girls in sports. Now no matter what he does in response to this Trump manufactured crisis, all I’ll ever think is “you raised a kid who likes Charlie Kirk.”
June 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The whole trans girls in sports discussion is absolutely being used to propagandize people into being transphobic bellends.
In K-12, the number of trans girls in sports is five.
In college the number is fewer than ten, according to the NCAA President.
You're being manipulated. Please stop.
In K-12, the number of trans girls in sports is five.
In college the number is fewer than ten, according to the NCAA President.
You're being manipulated. Please stop.
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There is absolutely no excuse for any Democrat asked about trans athletes to ever respond with anything but “why are you wasting my time asking about FEWER THAN FIFTEEN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WHO WANT TO PLAY GAMES WITH THEIR FRIENDS. What is wrong with you?”
July 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
There is absolutely no excuse for any Democrat asked about trans athletes to ever respond with anything but “why are you wasting my time asking about FEWER THAN FIFTEEN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WHO WANT TO PLAY GAMES WITH THEIR FRIENDS. What is wrong with you?”
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Little-known fact—of nine Virginians in the U.S. Army who held the rank of Colonel in 1861, only Robert E. Lee betrayed his oath of office to fight for the Confederacy. He was a traitor who doesn’t deserve to have a military base named after him.
www.nps.gov/rich/learn/h...
www.nps.gov/rich/learn/h...
June 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Little-known fact—of nine Virginians in the U.S. Army who held the rank of Colonel in 1861, only Robert E. Lee betrayed his oath of office to fight for the Confederacy. He was a traitor who doesn’t deserve to have a military base named after him.
www.nps.gov/rich/learn/h...
www.nps.gov/rich/learn/h...
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The Trump Administration always had the power to bring Kilmar Abrego back. They were always lying about this, all of it was lies.
abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl...
They chose to disobey court orders because they are authoritarians who regard the Constitution as an inconvenience.
abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl...
They chose to disobey court orders because they are authoritarians who regard the Constitution as an inconvenience.
June 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The Trump Administration always had the power to bring Kilmar Abrego back. They were always lying about this, all of it was lies.
abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl...
They chose to disobey court orders because they are authoritarians who regard the Constitution as an inconvenience.
abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl...
They chose to disobey court orders because they are authoritarians who regard the Constitution as an inconvenience.
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If, like me, you rant on about the ignorance of many people who also rant on, about immigration, and you want to be armed with facts rather than disinformation, Zoe Gardner is someone to whom you should listen. This interview is a great example of her expertise, straightforwardness and compassion.
🔴Why Keir Starmer Is Wrong About Immigration
In an interview with Byline TV, migration researcher and campaigner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social dispels misconceptions about immigration, and its political currency at the ballot box
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/why-keir-s...
In an interview with Byline TV, migration researcher and campaigner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social dispels misconceptions about immigration, and its political currency at the ballot box
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/why-keir-s...
Why Keir Starmer Is Wrong About Immigration
In an interview with Byline TV, migration researcher and campaigner Zoe Gardner dispels misconceptions about immigration, and its political currency at the ballot box
www.bylinesupplement.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
If, like me, you rant on about the ignorance of many people who also rant on, about immigration, and you want to be armed with facts rather than disinformation, Zoe Gardner is someone to whom you should listen. This interview is a great example of her expertise, straightforwardness and compassion.
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I do love David Tennant and his response to this question in the Guardian today.
May 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I do love David Tennant and his response to this question in the Guardian today.
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Mainstream radio presenters like Vanessa Feltz are perfectly happy to contribute, in their own small way, to the rise of the extreme far right.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
May 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Mainstream radio presenters like Vanessa Feltz are perfectly happy to contribute, in their own small way, to the rise of the extreme far right.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
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For my Patreon post this week, I wrote about why TERFs are still complaining about not having friends. www.patreon.com/posts/you-ha...
You have no friends because you're a transphobic asshole | Katelyn Burns
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April 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For my Patreon post this week, I wrote about why TERFs are still complaining about not having friends. www.patreon.com/posts/you-ha...
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In addition to 22 Past Presidents of the D.C. Bar, and 22 Past Presidents of affinity or voluntary Bar Associations, these legal leaders, legal organizations, and voluntary Bar Associations endorse me to become President of the #DCBar.
I’m grateful for every single endorsement. Please vote.
I’m grateful for every single endorsement. Please vote.
April 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In addition to 22 Past Presidents of the D.C. Bar, and 22 Past Presidents of affinity or voluntary Bar Associations, these legal leaders, legal organizations, and voluntary Bar Associations endorse me to become President of the #DCBar.
I’m grateful for every single endorsement. Please vote.
I’m grateful for every single endorsement. Please vote.
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if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
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It's genuinely hard to express to sort of normal not politically plugged in non-lawyers *how* lawless the Trump administration is, and I think that's some part of the problem.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
April 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's genuinely hard to express to sort of normal not politically plugged in non-lawyers *how* lawless the Trump administration is, and I think that's some part of the problem.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
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His name is Andry Hernandez Romero. He is a young professional from Venezuela. He is a makeup artist. He is a gay man.
Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…
Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…
April 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
His name is Andry Hernandez Romero. He is a young professional from Venezuela. He is a makeup artist. He is a gay man.
Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…
Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…
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Is there any Democratic Senator who thinks Matthew Whitaker is a fit nominee to be ambassador to NATO, or that his conduct there won’t embarrass the United States and frustrate generations of bipartisan American foreign policy premised on the atlantic alliance? Why wouldn’t they object to him?
April 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Is there any Democratic Senator who thinks Matthew Whitaker is a fit nominee to be ambassador to NATO, or that his conduct there won’t embarrass the United States and frustrate generations of bipartisan American foreign policy premised on the atlantic alliance? Why wouldn’t they object to him?
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dems who want to "compromise" on trans rights are bringing a policy suggestion to a propaganda battle.
March 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
dems who want to "compromise" on trans rights are bringing a policy suggestion to a propaganda battle.
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congratulations to john roberts who is as responsible for the current state of affairs as any single person in the country
NEW STATEMENT FROM CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS:
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
March 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
congratulations to john roberts who is as responsible for the current state of affairs as any single person in the country