@charlottebanks.bsky.social
I block people who want to harass me bc they assume I voted for Kamala and hate Palestinians. Go ahead and pretend Gazans are better off w trump (or Americans, or NATO...). We live in a complicated world. Babies who want to reduce it to one issue, bye
What a gratifying development:
"Ms. Sherrill and Ms. Spanberger both won 7 percent of Mr. Trump’s supporters, according to the exit polls." Latinos shifted even more.
Where are all those "Dems lost bc they're extreme radical lefties" pundits now?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
"Ms. Sherrill and Ms. Spanberger both won 7 percent of Mr. Trump’s supporters, according to the exit polls." Latinos shifted even more.
Where are all those "Dems lost bc they're extreme radical lefties" pundits now?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Two Signs That Democrats Flipped Trump Supporters on Tuesday
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What a gratifying development:
"Ms. Sherrill and Ms. Spanberger both won 7 percent of Mr. Trump’s supporters, according to the exit polls." Latinos shifted even more.
Where are all those "Dems lost bc they're extreme radical lefties" pundits now?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
"Ms. Sherrill and Ms. Spanberger both won 7 percent of Mr. Trump’s supporters, according to the exit polls." Latinos shifted even more.
Where are all those "Dems lost bc they're extreme radical lefties" pundits now?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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"Against folly we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it; reasoning is no use; facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved — indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside
"Against folly we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it; reasoning is no use; facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved — indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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"Against folly we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it; reasoning is no use; facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved — indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside
"Against folly we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it; reasoning is no use; facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved — indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside
"The Vacancy of the MAGA Mind"
Well-researched & well-argued description of the authoritarian brain. I guess we hit the sweet spot in our culture for the congenitally fearful to meet with (& submit to) the clownishly aggressive Daddy. No-Think Party.
therationalleague.substack.com/p/the-vacanc...
Well-researched & well-argued description of the authoritarian brain. I guess we hit the sweet spot in our culture for the congenitally fearful to meet with (& submit to) the clownishly aggressive Daddy. No-Think Party.
therationalleague.substack.com/p/the-vacanc...
The Vacancy of the MAGA Mind
The quiet relief of no longer having to think.
therationalleague.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"The Vacancy of the MAGA Mind"
Well-researched & well-argued description of the authoritarian brain. I guess we hit the sweet spot in our culture for the congenitally fearful to meet with (& submit to) the clownishly aggressive Daddy. No-Think Party.
therationalleague.substack.com/p/the-vacanc...
Well-researched & well-argued description of the authoritarian brain. I guess we hit the sweet spot in our culture for the congenitally fearful to meet with (& submit to) the clownishly aggressive Daddy. No-Think Party.
therationalleague.substack.com/p/the-vacanc...
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Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels, report finds
www.abc.net.au/news/science... via @ABCaustralia
www.abc.net.au/news/science... via @ABCaustralia
These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there are 50,000 of them
Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.
www.abc.net.au
October 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels, report finds
www.abc.net.au/news/science... via @ABCaustralia
www.abc.net.au/news/science... via @ABCaustralia
A voice from a shithole country imparts America's depressing reality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WRI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WRI...
My fellow American citizens ! ايها الإخوة المواطنون #charlie #israel
YouTube video by Bassem Youssef
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A voice from a shithole country imparts America's depressing reality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WRI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WRI...
Medicare is piloting changes in 6 states. New requirements for prior authorization, which by definition will mean some procedures aren't covered for some people.
Privatization, as ever, is the goal. Admin buddies, AI, the usual suspects happy to steal from us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
Privatization, as ever, is the goal. Admin buddies, AI, the usual suspects happy to steal from us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Medicare is piloting changes in 6 states. New requirements for prior authorization, which by definition will mean some procedures aren't covered for some people.
Privatization, as ever, is the goal. Admin buddies, AI, the usual suspects happy to steal from us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
Privatization, as ever, is the goal. Admin buddies, AI, the usual suspects happy to steal from us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
Remember the screeching about "No free speech!!" when xitter hid loathsome comments? All the angry chanting in favor of the First Amendment whenever FB or whoever chose to delete a post as "misinformation"?
So quiet now. Where are all the Constitutional champions?
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/c...
So quiet now. Where are all the Constitutional champions?
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/c...
FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Remember the screeching about "No free speech!!" when xitter hid loathsome comments? All the angry chanting in favor of the First Amendment whenever FB or whoever chose to delete a post as "misinformation"?
So quiet now. Where are all the Constitutional champions?
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/c...
So quiet now. Where are all the Constitutional champions?
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/c...
First person account of leaving big groupthink.
I love this before and after of a woman who left Mormonism, MAGA, & domestic violence 7 years ago (package deal!).
Really sadly, she validates nearly all my prejudices against people in her demo (rich haters).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zaZ...
I love this before and after of a woman who left Mormonism, MAGA, & domestic violence 7 years ago (package deal!).
Really sadly, she validates nearly all my prejudices against people in her demo (rich haters).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zaZ...
Why I left MAGA
YouTube video by Life, take two!
www.youtube.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
First person account of leaving big groupthink.
I love this before and after of a woman who left Mormonism, MAGA, & domestic violence 7 years ago (package deal!).
Really sadly, she validates nearly all my prejudices against people in her demo (rich haters).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zaZ...
I love this before and after of a woman who left Mormonism, MAGA, & domestic violence 7 years ago (package deal!).
Really sadly, she validates nearly all my prejudices against people in her demo (rich haters).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zaZ...
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This Canadian/Ukrainian "Guerrilla-Folk-Punk" band, the Lemon Bucket Orkestra is on tour. Check out their tour dates.
⬇️🍋🪣🎸🇨🇦🇺🇦
www.lemonbucket.com
youtu.be/ONIZGeIevj8?...
⬇️🍋🪣🎸🇨🇦🇺🇦
www.lemonbucket.com
youtu.be/ONIZGeIevj8?...
Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Cuckoo
YouTube video by Lemon Bucket Orkestra
youtu.be
August 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This Canadian/Ukrainian "Guerrilla-Folk-Punk" band, the Lemon Bucket Orkestra is on tour. Check out their tour dates.
⬇️🍋🪣🎸🇨🇦🇺🇦
www.lemonbucket.com
youtu.be/ONIZGeIevj8?...
⬇️🍋🪣🎸🇨🇦🇺🇦
www.lemonbucket.com
youtu.be/ONIZGeIevj8?...
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I agree with Josh's points about extremely violent retributive punishment. MAGA is a sadistic cult.
I disagree, though, that epstein's continual raping of teenage girls is a problem for them. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/under...
I agree with Josh's points about extremely violent retributive punishment. MAGA is a sadistic cult.
I disagree, though, that epstein's continual raping of teenage girls is a problem for them. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/under...
Understanding MAGA’s Obsession With Pedophilia and No Other Sex Crimes
A friend asked me recently: how is it that MAGA is so...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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I agree with Josh's points about extremely violent retributive punishment. MAGA is a sadistic cult.
I disagree, though, that epstein's continual raping of teenage girls is a problem for them. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/under...
I agree with Josh's points about extremely violent retributive punishment. MAGA is a sadistic cult.
I disagree, though, that epstein's continual raping of teenage girls is a problem for them. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/under...
Tina Brown's been around a long, long time -- in Britain and the US.
I learned some new things reading this, none pleasant or comforting.
open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
I learned some new things reading this, none pleasant or comforting.
open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
Ghislaine Maxwell’s Life of Secrets
Even if Ghislaine Maxwell did pull something out of her mental basket of deplorables and heaped sexual calumnies on leading Democrats and said that Trump didn’t write that birthday message to Epstein,...
open.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Tina Brown's been around a long, long time -- in Britain and the US.
I learned some new things reading this, none pleasant or comforting.
open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
I learned some new things reading this, none pleasant or comforting.
open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
A fantastic interview with an epstein survivor who became an expert in traumatic response, after blaming herself for decades for what he did to her.
Not only good for us to witness what happened to her, but to learn from her expertise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQQm...
Not only good for us to witness what happened to her, but to learn from her expertise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQQm...
Jeffrey Epstein survivor Jess Michaels on her story and the importance and impact of the recent news
YouTube video by Katie Couric
www.youtube.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A fantastic interview with an epstein survivor who became an expert in traumatic response, after blaming herself for decades for what he did to her.
Not only good for us to witness what happened to her, but to learn from her expertise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQQm...
Not only good for us to witness what happened to her, but to learn from her expertise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQQm...
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scotus has decided trump has the right to fire anyone who might stand up for consumers' rights. Killing the CFPB, firing the Dems in any agency that might be charged for protecting us.
Does MAGA believe their interests are served by stripping away anything that smacks of keeping the greedheads
scotus has decided trump has the right to fire anyone who might stand up for consumers' rights. Killing the CFPB, firing the Dems in any agency that might be charged for protecting us.
Does MAGA believe their interests are served by stripping away anything that smacks of keeping the greedheads
July 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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scotus has decided trump has the right to fire anyone who might stand up for consumers' rights. Killing the CFPB, firing the Dems in any agency that might be charged for protecting us.
Does MAGA believe their interests are served by stripping away anything that smacks of keeping the greedheads
scotus has decided trump has the right to fire anyone who might stand up for consumers' rights. Killing the CFPB, firing the Dems in any agency that might be charged for protecting us.
Does MAGA believe their interests are served by stripping away anything that smacks of keeping the greedheads
Our bears are black, not grizzly, but they're becoming so aggressive. 30 years ago there were none. Then they'd come by to dip in the pool. Now they're ignoring air horns & other hazing & breaking into homes. Maybe I need to consider getting a Turkish Boz shepherd.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
Grizzlies Were Raiding Montana Farms. Then Came Some Formidable Dogs.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Our bears are black, not grizzly, but they're becoming so aggressive. 30 years ago there were none. Then they'd come by to dip in the pool. Now they're ignoring air horns & other hazing & breaking into homes. Maybe I need to consider getting a Turkish Boz shepherd.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
WSJ confirming trump's name is all over the epstein docs. Who knew it would be a murdoch joint, among all news orgs, who'd have the guts to spell it out.
The best thing about all the sleazes working together for decades to wreck lives & ruin countries is when they turn on each other.
The best thing about all the sleazes working together for decades to wreck lives & ruin countries is when they turn on each other.
July 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
WSJ confirming trump's name is all over the epstein docs. Who knew it would be a murdoch joint, among all news orgs, who'd have the guts to spell it out.
The best thing about all the sleazes working together for decades to wreck lives & ruin countries is when they turn on each other.
The best thing about all the sleazes working together for decades to wreck lives & ruin countries is when they turn on each other.
"Most people today spend every waking moment pursuing wealth; and the time they’re not spending pursuing wealth, they’re pursuing some sort of status or prestige."
-- Bryan Johnson, won't-die guy
No wonder the future seems f*cked w guys like this engineering it
www.wired.com/story/big-in...
-- Bryan Johnson, won't-die guy
No wonder the future seems f*cked w guys like this engineering it
www.wired.com/story/big-in...
Bryan Johnson Is Going to Die
Millions of dollars in treatments, supplements, and scans. Immortality through AI. Bryan Johnson’s longevity script has everything—except an ending.
www.wired.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
"Most people today spend every waking moment pursuing wealth; and the time they’re not spending pursuing wealth, they’re pursuing some sort of status or prestige."
-- Bryan Johnson, won't-die guy
No wonder the future seems f*cked w guys like this engineering it
www.wired.com/story/big-in...
-- Bryan Johnson, won't-die guy
No wonder the future seems f*cked w guys like this engineering it
www.wired.com/story/big-in...
MAGA MN state senator / property owner -- not a licensed mental health professional -- tried to pass a bill making "trump derangement syndrome" a mental illness, before he was busted trying to pay a 17 year old girl for sex ("How much without a condom?").
minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/26/j...
minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/26/j...
Judge finds probable cause against Eichorn for enticement of minor, allows release to halfway house • Minnesota Reformer
A federal judge on Wednesday said she had “no doubt” there’s probable cause — enough evidence — against former state Sen. Justin Eichorn, a Republican from Grand Rapids, to sustain a federal charge of...
minnesotareformer.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
MAGA MN state senator / property owner -- not a licensed mental health professional -- tried to pass a bill making "trump derangement syndrome" a mental illness, before he was busted trying to pay a 17 year old girl for sex ("How much without a condom?").
minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/26/j...
minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/26/j...
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Jordan Peterson on lasagne
May 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Jordan Peterson on lasagne
Cell phone surveillance at a protest can identify you individually.
In addition to masking, take along a burner phone or go phone-naked if you assemble with others to air grievances to your govt. Maybe walkie talkies? Something without a SIM card
san.com/cc/exclusive...
In addition to masking, take along a burner phone or go phone-naked if you assemble with others to air grievances to your govt. Maybe walkie talkies? Something without a SIM card
san.com/cc/exclusive...
Exclusive: Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest
Mobile network anomalies consistent with cell phone surveillance were detected at a July 4 protest at an ICE field office in Washington state.
san.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Cell phone surveillance at a protest can identify you individually.
In addition to masking, take along a burner phone or go phone-naked if you assemble with others to air grievances to your govt. Maybe walkie talkies? Something without a SIM card
san.com/cc/exclusive...
In addition to masking, take along a burner phone or go phone-naked if you assemble with others to air grievances to your govt. Maybe walkie talkies? Something without a SIM card
san.com/cc/exclusive...
Disgusting and disappointing to watch Dems line up to take shots at Mamdani.
We don't want the guy who had to step down as gov due to sex misconduct.
We don't want the criminal who was pre-pardoned (his case was killed) by filthy trump.
National Dems need to get in line w voters or stfu.
We don't want the guy who had to step down as gov due to sex misconduct.
We don't want the criminal who was pre-pardoned (his case was killed) by filthy trump.
National Dems need to get in line w voters or stfu.
June 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Disgusting and disappointing to watch Dems line up to take shots at Mamdani.
We don't want the guy who had to step down as gov due to sex misconduct.
We don't want the criminal who was pre-pardoned (his case was killed) by filthy trump.
National Dems need to get in line w voters or stfu.
We don't want the guy who had to step down as gov due to sex misconduct.
We don't want the criminal who was pre-pardoned (his case was killed) by filthy trump.
National Dems need to get in line w voters or stfu.
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The Trump admin in a nutshell; in order to justify their own mistake, they’re going to release a violent felon with five deportations so he can testify against the guy with no criminal record they mistakenly deported.
In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
The Trump admin has freed Jose Hernandez Reyes because he can testify against Abrego Garcia.
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
wapo.st
June 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The Trump admin in a nutshell; in order to justify their own mistake, they’re going to release a violent felon with five deportations so he can testify against the guy with no criminal record they mistakenly deported.
In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
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They’re giddy about putting undocumented immigrants into a prison surrounded by alligators.
They are such hateful, despicable people that they are fantasizing about human beings being eaten by alligators.
They are such hateful, despicable people that they are fantasizing about human beings being eaten by alligators.
June 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
They’re giddy about putting undocumented immigrants into a prison surrounded by alligators.
They are such hateful, despicable people that they are fantasizing about human beings being eaten by alligators.
They are such hateful, despicable people that they are fantasizing about human beings being eaten by alligators.