Colin Oatley
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Michigan Voter. "When the king is a liar, truth becomes treason." -- Michael Gerson.
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Colin Oatley
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· Jun 9
Impeach Trump!
Impeachment is the tool that the Constitution provides. Charge all his abuses of power. And especially charge bribery, because the Constitution calls out bribery, specifically, as grounds for impeachment and conviction.
#ImpeachTrump
Impeachment is the tool that the Constitution provides. Charge all his abuses of power. And especially charge bribery, because the Constitution calls out bribery, specifically, as grounds for impeachment and conviction.
#ImpeachTrump
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This is a good question. Reuters reports Trump admin has hired 50,000 workers, primarily in immigration enforcement.
For context, that's equivalent to the total number of job losses in Health & Human Services, Veterans Affairs, USAID and Interior COMBINED, per the Partnership for Public Service
For context, that's equivalent to the total number of job losses in Health & Human Services, Veterans Affairs, USAID and Interior COMBINED, per the Partnership for Public Service
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is a good question. Reuters reports Trump admin has hired 50,000 workers, primarily in immigration enforcement.
For context, that's equivalent to the total number of job losses in Health & Human Services, Veterans Affairs, USAID and Interior COMBINED, per the Partnership for Public Service
For context, that's equivalent to the total number of job losses in Health & Human Services, Veterans Affairs, USAID and Interior COMBINED, per the Partnership for Public Service
JD Vance applies Nazi logic.
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
JD Vance applies Nazi logic.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
Putting Trump-Epstein in context.
(🧵) This thread from a retired journalism professor who helped usher in the era of metajournalism in the 2010s—and has written a book on the relationship between Trump and Epstein as part of his NYT-bestselling Proof Series—explains how to report properly on the Trump-Epstein Scandal.
Here we go.
Here we go.
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Putting Trump-Epstein in context.
Trump's racism is out in the open for all to see. Note also how he welcoming white South Africans and only white South Africans seeking "asylum" to the USA. All other refugees from all other countries are denied entry.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Trump's racism is out in the open for all to see. Note also how he welcoming white South Africans and only white South Africans seeking "asylum" to the USA. All other refugees from all other countries are denied entry.
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If you were looking at a newspaper (or its website) this morning and didn't see this iconic photo, it was an intentional choice to pander.
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you were looking at a newspaper (or its website) this morning and didn't see this iconic photo, it was an intentional choice to pander.
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What if the election of Mandani were a sign that being a smart, positive, authentic, solution-oriented, candidate who listens to and appears to genuinely want to improve the lives of his constituents is a good approach?
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
What if the election of Mandani were a sign that being a smart, positive, authentic, solution-oriented, candidate who listens to and appears to genuinely want to improve the lives of his constituents is a good approach?
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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42 million people will lose their SNAP benefits on 1 November.
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
42 million people will lose their SNAP benefits on 1 November.
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The Epstein Recess continues.
October 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Epstein Recess continues.
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Whenever you think he's nazi'd as hard as any one person can possibly nazi, he just nazis harder.
Stephen Miller: "The scandal is how Democrats & the left scarred the landscape of our country w/grotesque so-called modern art that celebrates ugliness ... very importantly, President Trump is making sure it's in the neo-classical design around which our nation's architecture has long been directed"
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Whenever you think he's nazi'd as hard as any one person can possibly nazi, he just nazis harder.
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What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
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Mamdani hasn’t been elected yet and he’s already driving criminals out of New York.
October 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Mamdani hasn’t been elected yet and he’s already driving criminals out of New York.
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"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say
A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.
www.kktv.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
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I prefer political leaders who don’t shit on the American people.
October 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I prefer political leaders who don’t shit on the American people.
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The White House keeps making a big deal of the fact that the ballroom is privately funded but that’s one of the worst things about it.
These people and companies are buying influence. None of this is okay.
These people and companies are buying influence. None of this is okay.
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The White House keeps making a big deal of the fact that the ballroom is privately funded but that’s one of the worst things about it.
These people and companies are buying influence. None of this is okay.
These people and companies are buying influence. None of this is okay.
This is an amazing story. Thanks, @annabower.bsky.social !
Last weekend, @annabower.bsky.social started to receive Signal messages from the U.S. attorney who is leading the prosecution of Letitia James.
Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.
Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”
My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is an amazing story. Thanks, @annabower.bsky.social !
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Anytime you ask “why did the Times cover it this way?” or whatever corporate media it is, remember that influential moderates are the tool of the wealth class and are there to normalize whatever the wealthy want and create doubt regarding reform and change.
October 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Anytime you ask “why did the Times cover it this way?” or whatever corporate media it is, remember that influential moderates are the tool of the wealth class and are there to normalize whatever the wealthy want and create doubt regarding reform and change.
Wife and me at No Kings rally in Saline, Michigan, October 18, 2025.
October 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Wife and me at No Kings rally in Saline, Michigan, October 18, 2025.
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?
October 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?
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Speaker Mike Johnson just said he's completely fine with ICE agents shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and roughing up journalists.
I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.
I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.
Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?
MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.
MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.
October 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson just said he's completely fine with ICE agents shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and roughing up journalists.
I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.
I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.
This is really well done.
This week’s main story is about Paramount’s decision to name Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS News, the future of U.S. journalism, and why we think she shouldn’t describe her endeavors as “punk.” Bari, look at us: You are not punk. Joe Strummer would’ve hated your fancy Substack, Bari!
October 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is really well done.
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