espierce
@espierce.bsky.social
Balloon-Juice, salt water adjacent, Floridastan resident
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Even if not pushing for this debacle, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s inability to hold his caucus is proof positive he is the wrong leader for this time.
The eight Neville Chamberlains betrayed the thousands of government workers who have held out, the SNAP beneficiaries who have faced starvation, and the millions of Democrats who supported this fight. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
Forget ‘moderates.’ There are ‘fighters’ and there are ‘defeatists’
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Even if not pushing for this debacle, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s inability to hold his caucus is proof positive he is the wrong leader for this time.
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around. Glad to get the chance to talk to some of the volunteers and organizers doing the hard work to make sure Prop 50 passes. This vote will have critical implications, not just for California, but for our entire country.
October 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around. Glad to get the chance to talk to some of the volunteers and organizers doing the hard work to make sure Prop 50 passes. This vote will have critical implications, not just for California, but for our entire country.
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
Whether it’s Letitia James being indicted or George Santos having his sentence commuted both sides have received unfair treatment from Trump
October 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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October 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"
October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
At a state-sponsored cancer forum, Casey DeSantis, the First Lady of Florida, touted ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug commonly used to deworm livestock, and indicated that Florida should explore its potential repurposing for cancer research.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/florida-fi...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/florida-fi...
Florida First Lady Suggests Horse Dewormer as Possible Cancer Treatment
At a Florida cancer event, Casey DeSantis suggested ivermectin — debunked as a COVID cure — despite fatal misuse cases showing the dangers of promoting the “horse dewormer” as medicine.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Now there’s a surprise.
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Now there’s a surprise.
Who knew?
NEW Economist/YouGov Sep 12-15: Immigration
% who say federal agents should | shouldn't be allowed to stop people based solely on factors such as race or ethnicity, language, or field of work
U.S. adult citizens 19% | 66%
Democrats 5% | 92%
Republicans 40% | 37%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
% who say federal agents should | shouldn't be allowed to stop people based solely on factors such as race or ethnicity, language, or field of work
U.S. adult citizens 19% | 66%
Democrats 5% | 92%
Republicans 40% | 37%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
September 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Who knew?
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We aren’t one step away from Stephen Miller going in the radio and telling his supporters to kill all the Democrats, but they want you to think that so you’ll be afraid. This is a propaganda exercise to make them seem more powerful than they are and some of you are dangerously susceptible.
If Vance, Miller, and the FOX talking heads got out there and told their viewers to go full Rwanda 1994, they'd do it. They just think they can extort capitulation without going that far - and judging by elite reaction, they're right.
September 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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If you’re denying it, you’re losing.
September 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If you’re denying it, you’re losing.
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From “Vote Blue No Matter Who” to “Vote Blue? Fuck You!”: the Hakeem Jeffries Story
September 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
From “Vote Blue No Matter Who” to “Vote Blue? Fuck You!”: the Hakeem Jeffries Story
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thank you all for your kind comments and lovely support. i am sorry i can't respond to each of you individually but know each of you are valued a great deal. Matthew.
September 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
thank you all for your kind comments and lovely support. i am sorry i can't respond to each of you individually but know each of you are valued a great deal. Matthew.
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When President Clinton banned assault rifles in 1994, mass shootings dropped by 43%. After Republicans let the ban expire in 2004, they increased by 243% — please don’t tell me bans don’t work, because I don’t want to hear it.
September 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
When President Clinton banned assault rifles in 1994, mass shootings dropped by 43%. After Republicans let the ban expire in 2004, they increased by 243% — please don’t tell me bans don’t work, because I don’t want to hear it.
Astute comment furthering his political ambitions. This guy gets it without the California glitz.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
September 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Astute comment furthering his political ambitions. This guy gets it without the California glitz.
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"A suspect is in custody, according to a UVU alert sent to students. The campus is on lockdown.
“A single shot was fired on campus toward a visiting speaker. Police are investigating now, suspect in custody,” an alert from UVU said." www.deseret.com/utah/2025/09...
“A single shot was fired on campus toward a visiting speaker. Police are investigating now, suspect in custody,” an alert from UVU said." www.deseret.com/utah/2025/09...
Charlie Kirk shot at Utah event, suspect in custody
Kirk’s status is unknown. A suspect is in custody
www.deseret.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"A suspect is in custody, according to a UVU alert sent to students. The campus is on lockdown.
“A single shot was fired on campus toward a visiting speaker. Police are investigating now, suspect in custody,” an alert from UVU said." www.deseret.com/utah/2025/09...
“A single shot was fired on campus toward a visiting speaker. Police are investigating now, suspect in custody,” an alert from UVU said." www.deseret.com/utah/2025/09...
Ezra Klein makes some excellent points here. Democratic Congressional leaders must read this!
Stop Acting Like This Is Normal www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Stop Acting Like This Is Normal www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Bluesky, which is a very tiny dying network that no one cares about and is just a liberal bubble, is so powerful that it's going to destroy Democrats' chances of retaking power.
- by Nate Silver
- by Nate Silver
September 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Saw the same Rays migration several years ago with my daughter about a mile west of the Dunedin reef.
Mother Nature is awesome!
Mother Nature is awesome!
September 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Saw the same Rays migration several years ago with my daughter about a mile west of the Dunedin reef.
Mother Nature is awesome!
Mother Nature is awesome!