CoachN
@coachn.bsky.social
GenX baseball dad, youth-HS coach, & big ole’ nerd. Practical progressive; 20yrs in arms control, human rights, & environmental organizing. Sci-Fi > Fantasy. Trekker (not Trekkie — if you know, you know…). LFGM ⚾️💙🧡⚾️ & Clipper Nation 🏀
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CoachN
@coachn.bsky.social
· Jun 27
I liked it better when 6-3 meant a groundout to Short rather than the death of American democracy.
#SCOTUS
#SCOTUS
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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NEWS: A source confirms DOJ has NOT provided Congress the legally required explanation for redactions in the Epstein file releases, despite a Jan. 3 statutory deadline under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Department of Justice Violates Epstein Files Law By Failing to Inform Congress of Reasons Behind Redactions
The Justice Department has now blown through another deadline.
meidasnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:39 AM
NEWS: A source confirms DOJ has NOT provided Congress the legally required explanation for redactions in the Epstein file releases, despite a Jan. 3 statutory deadline under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
And *here’s* the point.
Not about economic growth.
Not about national security.
Not about freedom from tyranny.
Not about drugs.
Not about America First.
Only about profiting the preferred Oligarchs of the Trump regime.
This is what a Competitive Authoritarian Oligarchy looks like.
Not about economic growth.
Not about national security.
Not about freedom from tyranny.
Not about drugs.
Not about America First.
Only about profiting the preferred Oligarchs of the Trump regime.
This is what a Competitive Authoritarian Oligarchy looks like.
On Sunday, Trump said his administration will ensure “the big oil companies go in and they're going to fix the infrastructure and they're going to invest money” in Venezuela.
U.S. Oil Stocks Surge As Trump Says They Are Ready To Go Into Venezuela
On Sunday, Trump said his administration will ensure “the big oil companies go in and they're going to fix the infrastructure and they're going to invest money” in Venezuela.
www.forbes.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:59 PM
And *here’s* the point.
Not about economic growth.
Not about national security.
Not about freedom from tyranny.
Not about drugs.
Not about America First.
Only about profiting the preferred Oligarchs of the Trump regime.
This is what a Competitive Authoritarian Oligarchy looks like.
Not about economic growth.
Not about national security.
Not about freedom from tyranny.
Not about drugs.
Not about America First.
Only about profiting the preferred Oligarchs of the Trump regime.
This is what a Competitive Authoritarian Oligarchy looks like.
Just a reminder to folks that if someone made a good point on X, someone has likely made the same point on BlueSky worth sharing.
If someone has made a bad point on X, the point many of us made by leaving that place and coming here was to escape the social media outrage machine.
Post accordingly.
If someone has made a bad point on X, the point many of us made by leaving that place and coming here was to escape the social media outrage machine.
Post accordingly.
January 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Just a reminder to folks that if someone made a good point on X, someone has likely made the same point on BlueSky worth sharing.
If someone has made a bad point on X, the point many of us made by leaving that place and coming here was to escape the social media outrage machine.
Post accordingly.
If someone has made a bad point on X, the point many of us made by leaving that place and coming here was to escape the social media outrage machine.
Post accordingly.
Let’s not forget in our focus on the rise of American autocracy and military adventurism that Putin has murdered a generation of both Ukranians and Russians with his war of choice.
Both a needed reminder, and a cautionary tale.
Both a needed reminder, and a cautionary tale.
⚡️ Russian attempt to storm Kupiansk using gas pipeline 'thwarted,' 40 soldiers 'eliminated,' Ukraine's 7th Corps says.
Russian troops are attempting to close in on Kupiansk from the north and east.
Russian troops are attempting to close in on Kupiansk from the north and east.
Russian attempt to storm Kupiansk using gas pipeline 'thwarted,' 40 soldiers 'eliminated,' Ukraine's 7th Corps says
Russian troops are attempting to close in on Kupiansk from the north and east, aiming to solidify their presence on the western side of the Oskil River.
kyivindependent.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Let’s not forget in our focus on the rise of American autocracy and military adventurism that Putin has murdered a generation of both Ukranians and Russians with his war of choice.
Both a needed reminder, and a cautionary tale.
Both a needed reminder, and a cautionary tale.
People will immediately go to the, “Oh, his polling numbers must be bad” or “He’s prepping to run for President” and either/both could be true, but I prefer to see this in the spirit it was delivered; a man who cares about every one of his constituents.
Minnesota has to come first - always.
Today, I’m proud of the work we’ve done to make Minnesota the best place to live and raise kids.
I’ve decided to step out of the race and let others worry about the election while I focus on the work.
Today, I’m proud of the work we’ve done to make Minnesota the best place to live and raise kids.
I’ve decided to step out of the race and let others worry about the election while I focus on the work.
January 5, 2026 at 3:58 PM
People will immediately go to the, “Oh, his polling numbers must be bad” or “He’s prepping to run for President” and either/both could be true, but I prefer to see this in the spirit it was delivered; a man who cares about every one of his constituents.
Hey SUNY Albany students, if you’re not taking a course with Professor @gabrielhetland.bsky.social, you’re missing out. Just saw him on @cbcnews-mirror.bsky.social and he nailed the myriad issues with Tump’s military adventurism in Latin America in 5 cool minutes.
January 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Hey SUNY Albany students, if you’re not taking a course with Professor @gabrielhetland.bsky.social, you’re missing out. Just saw him on @cbcnews-mirror.bsky.social and he nailed the myriad issues with Tump’s military adventurism in Latin America in 5 cool minutes.
I hate to even have to ask, but it would be a great service for nations to start treating the America like the rogue nation that it is.
BDS the US until we get our own
house in order.
It’s the only language that TACO & Co seem to understand.
BDS the US until we get our own
house in order.
It’s the only language that TACO & Co seem to understand.
Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen: “I would therefore strongly urge the United States to stop the threats against a historically close ally & against another country & another people who have very clearly said that they are not for sale"
Denmark handles foreign policy for Greenland
Denmark handles foreign policy for Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I hate to even have to ask, but it would be a great service for nations to start treating the America like the rogue nation that it is.
BDS the US until we get our own
house in order.
It’s the only language that TACO & Co seem to understand.
BDS the US until we get our own
house in order.
It’s the only language that TACO & Co seem to understand.
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There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
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Derlis Chusin, an 11th grader spent more than a month in ICE detention, a teenager who was put in detention with adults in his bunk!
Here he is thankfully being reunited with his family.
Imagine if this were your child.
Speak out against #ICELawlessness
Call Congress at 202-224-3121.
Here he is thankfully being reunited with his family.
Imagine if this were your child.
Speak out against #ICELawlessness
Call Congress at 202-224-3121.
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Derlis Chusin, an 11th grader spent more than a month in ICE detention, a teenager who was put in detention with adults in his bunk!
Here he is thankfully being reunited with his family.
Imagine if this were your child.
Speak out against #ICELawlessness
Call Congress at 202-224-3121.
Here he is thankfully being reunited with his family.
Imagine if this were your child.
Speak out against #ICELawlessness
Call Congress at 202-224-3121.
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A violent kidnapping!
ICE goons forcefully detained a woman at the Tampa USCIS center on Jan. 2.
ICE goons forcefully detained a woman at the Tampa USCIS center on Jan. 2.
January 4, 2026 at 4:18 PM
A violent kidnapping!
ICE goons forcefully detained a woman at the Tampa USCIS center on Jan. 2.
ICE goons forcefully detained a woman at the Tampa USCIS center on Jan. 2.
“Siri, what does ‘competitive autocracy’ mean?”
Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."
January 4, 2026 at 11:37 PM
“Siri, what does ‘competitive autocracy’ mean?”
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Insider trading on war crimes seems like peak criminality.
January 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Insider trading on war crimes seems like peak criminality.
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Watch this. Watch again.
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Watch this. Watch again.
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
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(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
January 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
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DIFFERENT WARS, SAME PROPAGANDA
...a montage showing the direct parallels between the rhetoric around the Iraq war & the current rhetoric around Venezuela.
Jon Stewart 🎥 #IraqNeverAgain
...a montage showing the direct parallels between the rhetoric around the Iraq war & the current rhetoric around Venezuela.
Jon Stewart 🎥 #IraqNeverAgain
January 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
DIFFERENT WARS, SAME PROPAGANDA
...a montage showing the direct parallels between the rhetoric around the Iraq war & the current rhetoric around Venezuela.
Jon Stewart 🎥 #IraqNeverAgain
...a montage showing the direct parallels between the rhetoric around the Iraq war & the current rhetoric around Venezuela.
Jon Stewart 🎥 #IraqNeverAgain
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Yeah, people are fixating on a Cabinet Secretary being given a sovereign country to run because the president waged war without congressional approval and kidnapped the old leader. Weird that they’d get hung up on that.
WELKER: Mr. Secretary, are you running Venezuela right now?
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
January 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Yeah, people are fixating on a Cabinet Secretary being given a sovereign country to run because the president waged war without congressional approval and kidnapped the old leader. Weird that they’d get hung up on that.
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Then they were the only ones surprised.
January 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Then they were the only ones surprised.
Another all-timer for @mluckovich.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Another all-timer for @mluckovich.bsky.social
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One of his prosecutors was Emil Bove, who Trump appointed to the DOJ and then the federal judiciary.
Q: “You said Maduro is responsible for drug trafficking. You recently pardoned the former president of Honduras convicted of drug trafficking. Can you explain?”
TRUMP: “He was persecuted very unfairly.” 🤷🏼
TRUMP: “He was persecuted very unfairly.” 🤷🏼
January 3, 2026 at 10:12 PM
One of his prosecutors was Emil Bove, who Trump appointed to the DOJ and then the federal judiciary.
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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January 3, 2026 at 10:07 PM