Edwin Roorda
@eskyroo.bsky.social
Curious, with questions. Fan of clear thinking, justice and actual expertise. Finance career, "Not a regular accountant." Not a bot.
This is Vote Buying from a seasoned practitioner of "Bankruptcy using Other People's Money" using what he believes is the BOTTOMLESS WELL of the Federal Revenue Stream! It's ALREADY your money! It came from you in tax revenues and a policy for a functioning economy! www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Fact-checking Trump's promise to give Americans $2,000 payments from tariff dividends
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump promised Americans $2,000 each from the "trillions of dollars" in tariff revenue he said his administration has collected.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This is Vote Buying from a seasoned practitioner of "Bankruptcy using Other People's Money" using what he believes is the BOTTOMLESS WELL of the Federal Revenue Stream! It's ALREADY your money! It came from you in tax revenues and a policy for a functioning economy! www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
No jail time and access to Federal Tax Revenues is a dream come true, plus all the grifting opportunities.
He will NEVER have enough cash.
He's a skilled, selfish bankruptcy specialist.
With the AI grift for $'s and purposely hammering apart the administrative and economic apparatus, it will be bad.
He will NEVER have enough cash.
He's a skilled, selfish bankruptcy specialist.
With the AI grift for $'s and purposely hammering apart the administrative and economic apparatus, it will be bad.
Everything will get far worse in 2026. That's when the hammer comes down.
Write to my Senators/reps about it? But why? So I can get back a computer generated reply which does not address the issue? That's what I'd get.
Unless some great leadership works proactively to stop this, we're screwed.
Write to my Senators/reps about it? But why? So I can get back a computer generated reply which does not address the issue? That's what I'd get.
Unless some great leadership works proactively to stop this, we're screwed.
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
No jail time and access to Federal Tax Revenues is a dream come true, plus all the grifting opportunities.
He will NEVER have enough cash.
He's a skilled, selfish bankruptcy specialist.
With the AI grift for $'s and purposely hammering apart the administrative and economic apparatus, it will be bad.
He will NEVER have enough cash.
He's a skilled, selfish bankruptcy specialist.
With the AI grift for $'s and purposely hammering apart the administrative and economic apparatus, it will be bad.
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"the President would LOOOOVE to release the Epstein files, but he just can't now that we have an active investigation going."
Funny how that works. Dishonest people behaving dishonestly. Standing there wearing her crucifix...
Working this hard to hide it... It's bad folks.
Funny how that works. Dishonest people behaving dishonestly. Standing there wearing her crucifix...
Working this hard to hide it... It's bad folks.
And just like that, the Epstein files are now part of an ongoing investigation. Certainly can’t release them NOW. Nope, too bad.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"the President would LOOOOVE to release the Epstein files, but he just can't now that we have an active investigation going."
Funny how that works. Dishonest people behaving dishonestly. Standing there wearing her crucifix...
Working this hard to hide it... It's bad folks.
Funny how that works. Dishonest people behaving dishonestly. Standing there wearing her crucifix...
Working this hard to hide it... It's bad folks.
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Enjoy this free article.
So many people here on Bluesky seem mortally offended by the idea of free busses 🚌 😂.
Enjoy this free article.
So many people here on Bluesky seem mortally offended by the idea of free busses 🚌 😂.
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Enjoy this free article.
So many people here on Bluesky seem mortally offended by the idea of free busses 🚌 😂.
Enjoy this free article.
So many people here on Bluesky seem mortally offended by the idea of free busses 🚌 😂.
Theres a LOT of this information if you're connected to a few key people. It's always been available, and it's factual, not the made up LBGTQ firehouse of disinfo from the MAGA universe. It's worse than you knew, because powerful people were compromised. Basic blackmail is where the money came from.
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Theres a LOT of this information if you're connected to a few key people. It's always been available, and it's factual, not the made up LBGTQ firehouse of disinfo from the MAGA universe. It's worse than you knew, because powerful people were compromised. Basic blackmail is where the money came from.
I can't find who first referenced this piece, but it is on point. I've watched #47 since the 80's (metro NJ then). He's never changed, it's who he is and always been, but now more so as First Bully.
"...“if you want anything, you have to ask me for it.” is....🎯
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/gangster-p...
"...“if you want anything, you have to ask me for it.” is....🎯
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/gangster-p...
Gangster Party
As gangsterism, it all makes sense.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I can't find who first referenced this piece, but it is on point. I've watched #47 since the 80's (metro NJ then). He's never changed, it's who he is and always been, but now more so as First Bully.
"...“if you want anything, you have to ask me for it.” is....🎯
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/gangster-p...
"...“if you want anything, you have to ask me for it.” is....🎯
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/gangster-p...
Read the transcript 3 days ago and have been thinking about it ever since.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Esp a discussion re: the tech billionaire's anger and hostility to democracy and other social norms.
Paraphrase:
They're not getting the admiration and respect they DESERVE!
Explains a lot.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Esp a discussion re: the tech billionaire's anger and hostility to democracy and other social norms.
Paraphrase:
They're not getting the admiration and respect they DESERVE!
Explains a lot.
Gilded Rage: Talking With Jacob Silverman
Why Silicon Valley went from libertarian to authoritarian
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Read the transcript 3 days ago and have been thinking about it ever since.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Esp a discussion re: the tech billionaire's anger and hostility to democracy and other social norms.
Paraphrase:
They're not getting the admiration and respect they DESERVE!
Explains a lot.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Esp a discussion re: the tech billionaire's anger and hostility to democracy and other social norms.
Paraphrase:
They're not getting the admiration and respect they DESERVE!
Explains a lot.
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you can win without billionaires supporting you
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
you can win without billionaires supporting you
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
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Clear language. Powfully presented.
if @neguse.house.gov has to *rewrite your dumb question* about Donny’s shutdown on the fly? you absolutely suck at journalism www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/s/...
November 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Clear language. Powfully presented.
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I backed this and you should too. Also highly recommend signing up for the mailing list to receive This Modern World in your inbox weekly (for a very reasonable price!) The comics are a bright spot of humor in a dismal reality.
It's all hands on deck. I am shamelessly asking, one more time, for reposts and signal boost as this bird glides toward a landing in a few hours. It's gonna be a beautiful book, and there aren't going to be very many available afterwards!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I backed this and you should too. Also highly recommend signing up for the mailing list to receive This Modern World in your inbox weekly (for a very reasonable price!) The comics are a bright spot of humor in a dismal reality.
Having watched the "Me! ME! MEEEE!" Trump Org show since the early 80's, it's going to get worse. He drains every purse. Just read today that The Fed is threatened in its ability to manage the amount of cash in the economy! A Dream come true for this band of thieves.
And everyone who screamed about Hunter is silent.
Endless corruption.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Endless corruption.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Having watched the "Me! ME! MEEEE!" Trump Org show since the early 80's, it's going to get worse. He drains every purse. Just read today that The Fed is threatened in its ability to manage the amount of cash in the economy! A Dream come true for this band of thieves.
I just did the thing! Backed Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
It's not too late! (but close....)
It's not too late! (but close....)
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
www.kickstarter.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I just did the thing! Backed Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
It's not too late! (but close....)
It's not too late! (but close....)
Reminder that it IS NOT the Dems fault there isn't a budget "DEAL". The GOP has majorities in both Legislative Houses.
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
Simple majorities have been used to pass other things, but this is a show project.
The promise to negotiate details later is a Bait and Switch.
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
Simple majorities have been used to pass other things, but this is a show project.
The promise to negotiate details later is a Bait and Switch.
www.congress.gov
October 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reminder that it IS NOT the Dems fault there isn't a budget "DEAL". The GOP has majorities in both Legislative Houses.
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
Simple majorities have been used to pass other things, but this is a show project.
The promise to negotiate details later is a Bait and Switch.
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
Simple majorities have been used to pass other things, but this is a show project.
The promise to negotiate details later is a Bait and Switch.
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You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.
October 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.
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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.
New piece:
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.
New piece:
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy
steady.page
October 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.
New piece:
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.
New piece:
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Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...
Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law
A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.
heatmap.news
October 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...
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Reposted by Edwin Roorda
One of @tomtomorrow.bsky.social's most famous strips is the one he did right after the mass shooting in Tucson in 2011, and Sparky makes the grim prediction that the price in human lives to protect limitless access to guns would be paid "over and over again."
thismodernworld.com/archives/7617
thismodernworld.com/archives/7617
Fuck. – THIS MODERN WORLD
thismodernworld.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
One of @tomtomorrow.bsky.social's most famous strips is the one he did right after the mass shooting in Tucson in 2011, and Sparky makes the grim prediction that the price in human lives to protect limitless access to guns would be paid "over and over again."
thismodernworld.com/archives/7617
thismodernworld.com/archives/7617
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Here’s an opinion from a National Guardsman:
September 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Here’s an opinion from a National Guardsman:
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Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
August 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
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At just over 2 troops per 1000 inhabitants, the deployment to DC is larger per capita than the US deployment in Afghanistan except during the Obama surge 2009-13.
Updated this story @taskandpurpose.com. Ohio and South Carolina are joining West Virginia in sending National Guard troops in DC. That brings the number of Guardsmen activated for this to ~1,500. taskandpurpose.com/news/west-vi...
3 states sending 700 National Guard troops to DC
At least 700 National Guard troops will be sent to Washington, D.C., nearly doubling the number of Guardsmen active in the capital.
taskandpurpose.com
August 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
At just over 2 troops per 1000 inhabitants, the deployment to DC is larger per capita than the US deployment in Afghanistan except during the Obama surge 2009-13.