Deirdre
@deirdre.bsky.social
Books, cats, obsessing about politics
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A Terrible Day for Trump and MAGA: Abrego Garcia, "Antifa headquarters," and Trump’s Failed Policies
The hits keep coming...
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The hits keep coming...
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
December 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A Terrible Day for Trump and MAGA: Abrego Garcia, "Antifa headquarters," and Trump’s Failed Policies
The hits keep coming...
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The hits keep coming...
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
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"There's no affordability problem because you people don't need all that stuff you buy" is a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for him.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"There's no affordability problem because you people don't need all that stuff you buy" is a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for him.
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Having a confusing time at the “Bigger Paychecks, Smaller Household Budgets” rally
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Having a confusing time at the “Bigger Paychecks, Smaller Household Budgets” rally
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main economic message from
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
main economic message from
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
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Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.
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Just so we're clear how this works 👇
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just so we're clear how this works 👇
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ICYMI - that patch on the helmet is a Jerusalem or crusader's cross, which has been co-opted by white supremacists and the far right.
Hegseth has a tattoo of that cross on his chest.
Hegseth has a tattoo of that cross on his chest.
US SouthCom a few tweets way from using a Sonnenrad patch in their imagery.
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ICYMI - that patch on the helmet is a Jerusalem or crusader's cross, which has been co-opted by white supremacists and the far right.
Hegseth has a tattoo of that cross on his chest.
Hegseth has a tattoo of that cross on his chest.
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Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
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The reactionary worldview is shot through with a deep-seated disdain for America.
In this post, for example, the underlying assumption is that there is nothing special about America's institutions and laws, its civil services, its patterns of life and social norms, its historical developments.
In this post, for example, the underlying assumption is that there is nothing special about America's institutions and laws, its civil services, its patterns of life and social norms, its historical developments.
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The reactionary worldview is shot through with a deep-seated disdain for America.
In this post, for example, the underlying assumption is that there is nothing special about America's institutions and laws, its civil services, its patterns of life and social norms, its historical developments.
In this post, for example, the underlying assumption is that there is nothing special about America's institutions and laws, its civil services, its patterns of life and social norms, its historical developments.
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A sickening read.
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A sickening read.
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Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in a country where virtue and knowledge prevail.”
~Attributed to Samuel Adams.
Image: Samuel Adams portrait by John Singleton Copley. Public domain.
~Attributed to Samuel Adams.
Image: Samuel Adams portrait by John Singleton Copley. Public domain.
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in a country where virtue and knowledge prevail.”
~Attributed to Samuel Adams.
Image: Samuel Adams portrait by John Singleton Copley. Public domain.
~Attributed to Samuel Adams.
Image: Samuel Adams portrait by John Singleton Copley. Public domain.
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Thanksgiving came early for hatemongers, nativists, and bigots who will use this to be anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim but never have a word to say when shooters and terrorists are white men.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Live updates: D.C. shooting suspect is an Afghan national; 2 National Guard members in critical condition
By 3 p.m., D.C. police said they had one suspect in custody.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Thanksgiving came early for hatemongers, nativists, and bigots who will use this to be anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim but never have a word to say when shooters and terrorists are white men.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
oligarchwatch.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
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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.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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.
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Trump’s aid cuts are killing far more Nigerian Christians than Islamic terrorists are. Independent monitors in Nigeria report 33 deaths this year in attacks against Christians (fewer than the 88 Muslims killed). But Trump cut off aid that helped save 270,000 lives a year in Nigeria. 270,000 > 33.
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Trump’s aid cuts are killing far more Nigerian Christians than Islamic terrorists are. Independent monitors in Nigeria report 33 deaths this year in attacks against Christians (fewer than the 88 Muslims killed). But Trump cut off aid that helped save 270,000 lives a year in Nigeria. 270,000 > 33.
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Trump is now selling his Trump Wine on military bases. www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
Trump Wines Sold At Coast Guard Stores On Federal Property
Exchanges in Washington, D.C., and Virginia have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider, allowing his family’s business to earn revenue from sales on federal property.
www.forbes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump is now selling his Trump Wine on military bases. www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
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bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
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Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
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“Because our conscious demands it!” Reverend David Black #chicago #fdt #davidblack #realchristian #immigration
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“Because our conscious demands it!” Reverend David Black #chicago #fdt #davidblack #realchristian #immigration
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Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
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"Give Donald Trump this much: He has never tried to hide his malice, his lawlessness, or his desire to inflict pain on others." -
@peter-wehner.bsky.social
Trump's authoritarian plans are out in the open.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
@peter-wehner.bsky.social
Trump's authoritarian plans are out in the open.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump’s Plan Is Now Out in the Open
It’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Give Donald Trump this much: He has never tried to hide his malice, his lawlessness, or his desire to inflict pain on others." -
@peter-wehner.bsky.social
Trump's authoritarian plans are out in the open.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
@peter-wehner.bsky.social
Trump's authoritarian plans are out in the open.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The degree of callousness and cruelty to be able to leave a toddler in a car is frightening.
Multiple accounts on ICE Watch Facebook pages are reporting that agents pulled a couple out of their vehicle in Aurora, Illinois, arrested them, and then abandoned the couple’s toddler in the backseat.
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The degree of callousness and cruelty to be able to leave a toddler in a car is frightening.