Gary Dorst
@fromsouthchicago.bsky.social
Anywhere you see "FromSouthChicago" as the author of a comment, that's me. My comments tend to include sarcasm, ridicule & snark when going after Trump and MAGAs. I'm also passionate regarding ways to address climate change: both mitigation & adaptation.
Look at the numbers who voted for this bill. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: House Overwhelmingly Passes Bill Seeking Release of Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Look at the numbers who voted for this bill. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Proof positive that Kristi Noem is a dimwitted dumb shit. You just can make this stuff up. How much of a stupid air head does one have to be to do something like what's described in this article? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Kristi Noem reportedly tried to buy 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own
Wall Street Journal reports DHS secretary arranged purchase to expand deportation flights and for personal travel
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Proof positive that Kristi Noem is a dimwitted dumb shit. You just can make this stuff up. How much of a stupid air head does one have to be to do something like what's described in this article? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside Chicago's growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: 'Small acts have huge consequences' www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
In Chicago, the resistance to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation mission has taken many forms. A movement has grown through acts large and small.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Inside Chicago's growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: 'Small acts have huge consequences' www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Claire Smith is the 2025 Australian of the year, a passionate advocate for animals and their habitat. And I am pleased to say my new colleague.
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HOW WOULD THINGS CHANGE IN QLD IF IT WAS ILLEGAL TO DESTROY ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITAT?
If Queensland made it illegal to destroy koala habitat, it would mark one of the most significant… | Claire Smi...
HOW WOULD THINGS CHANGE IN QLD IF IT WAS ILLEGAL TO DESTROY ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITAT?
If Queensland made it illegal to destroy koala habitat, it would mark one of the most significant environmental...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Claire Smith is the 2025 Australian of the year, a passionate advocate for animals and their habitat. And I am pleased to say my new colleague.
www.linkedin.com/posts/claire...
www.linkedin.com/posts/claire...
Public Service and Duty to Warn: Trump's personality is composed of all three disorders shown in this diagram with the overlay of dementia.
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Public Service and Duty to Warn: Trump's personality is composed of all three disorders shown in this diagram with the overlay of dementia.
Getting an MRI is not part of any routine physical. Yet the bulk of the press seems satisfied with reporting the BS from Lying Leavitt & Toddler Trump about Trump's physical & mental conditions. However: www.thedailybeast.com/why-do-peopl...
Doctor Identifies Possible Reasons for Trump’s Secret MRI
A neurological issue was the first possibility the doctor mentioned.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Getting an MRI is not part of any routine physical. Yet the bulk of the press seems satisfied with reporting the BS from Lying Leavitt & Toddler Trump about Trump's physical & mental conditions. However: www.thedailybeast.com/why-do-peopl...
This is what happens when like Trump you live in a world of your own making, completely divorced from reality. China has again out maneuvered & humiliated the one who has cabbage for brains, Trump. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
China’s Global Exports Continue to Grow Despite Trump Tariffs (Gift Article)
As Trump has imposed steep tariffs on China, American importers are buying much less. But China has offset the decline from the United States with breathtaking speed.
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is what happens when like Trump you live in a world of your own making, completely divorced from reality. China has again out maneuvered & humiliated the one who has cabbage for brains, Trump. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The POWER of Unity & Unified Sound & Action.
It's fantastic that people are protesting ICE & their despicable behavior. When people show up as individuals each raising their individual voices, ICE sees them as cluster of individuals that they can attack as individuals.
It's fantastic that people are protesting ICE & their despicable behavior. When people show up as individuals each raising their individual voices, ICE sees them as cluster of individuals that they can attack as individuals.
November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The POWER of Unity & Unified Sound & Action.
It's fantastic that people are protesting ICE & their despicable behavior. When people show up as individuals each raising their individual voices, ICE sees them as cluster of individuals that they can attack as individuals.
It's fantastic that people are protesting ICE & their despicable behavior. When people show up as individuals each raising their individual voices, ICE sees them as cluster of individuals that they can attack as individuals.
People in Little Village Chicago have had enough of ICE agent brutality & lawlessness. And by the way if you haven't visited the Little Village shopping area, you should. It's an interesting place with lots of activity. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/f...
Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino accused of violating judge’s order by throwing tear gas at crowd in Little Village Thursday
Federal immigration officials were in Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side Thursday for the second time in two days.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
People in Little Village Chicago have had enough of ICE agent brutality & lawlessness. And by the way if you haven't visited the Little Village shopping area, you should. It's an interesting place with lots of activity. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/f...
"With his every word and deed, Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the Constitution. It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
President for Life
Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"With his every word and deed, Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the Constitution. It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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It's time we stand up to Trump's Gestapo.
June 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's time we stand up to Trump's Gestapo.
Should anyone be surprised that Trump's building project is filled with massive design screw ups? They'll lucky if Trump doesn't undermine & permanently damage the main White House structure. www.thedailybeast.com/bizarre-flaw...
Embarrassing Flaws Emerge in Trump’s New White House Design
Two misaligned windows and a set of stairs leading into a wall are just some of the quirks in the glitzy new ballroom.
www.thedailybeast.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Should anyone be surprised that Trump's building project is filled with massive design screw ups? They'll lucky if Trump doesn't undermine & permanently damage the main White House structure. www.thedailybeast.com/bizarre-flaw...
Photos from the No Kings Rally in Elgin, Illinois (a relatively small suburb northwest of Chicago). Huge crowd. About twice the size of the June rally. Joyful solidarity was everywhere.
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Photos from the No Kings Rally in Elgin, Illinois (a relatively small suburb northwest of Chicago). Huge crowd. About twice the size of the June rally. Joyful solidarity was everywhere.
In Honor of Indigenous People's Day, here is a photo of 23,000 year old footprints found in White Sands, New Mexico. Makes being descended from the first European immigrants seem pretty insignificant, right?
October 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In Honor of Indigenous People's Day, here is a photo of 23,000 year old footprints found in White Sands, New Mexico. Makes being descended from the first European immigrants seem pretty insignificant, right?
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“Trade associations have played a role for many years, allowing companies to hide in the crowd. These associations can do the dirty work for corporations and run their political campaigns that might otherwise do brand damage.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says
Prof Christian Downie points to the Business Council of Australia and News Corp newspapers as examples of deliberate obstruction
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“Trade associations have played a role for many years, allowing companies to hide in the crowd. These associations can do the dirty work for corporations and run their political campaigns that might otherwise do brand damage.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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ICE is pepper spraying CPD (Chicago police)
October 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
ICE is pepper spraying CPD (Chicago police)
When we have a Democratic Administration, that will be the time to put Hegseth in chains and send him to The Hague for trial for crimes against humanity. This PoS is no better than the murdering Slobodan Milošević & should be treated the same way. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
U.S. Military Attacked Boat Off Venezuela, Killing Four Men, Hegseth Says
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October 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
When we have a Democratic Administration, that will be the time to put Hegseth in chains and send him to The Hague for trial for crimes against humanity. This PoS is no better than the murdering Slobodan Milošević & should be treated the same way. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
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World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life
World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life
Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed
The world’s oceans have failed a key planetary health check for the first time, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels, a report has shown.
In its latest annual assessment, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said ocean acidity had crossed a critical threshold for marine life. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life
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Think that's the worst of it? Think again. "Joe Botello was jolted awake before 6 a.m. Masked & armed agents ... had forcibly entered his house in the 900 block of Chippewa Drive, destroying a front door and glass patio door in the process." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/16/e...
Elgin man who is a US citizen was briefly detained in latest Chicago-area immigration enforcement blitz
An Elgin man who was born in Texas said he was handcuffed and placed in a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol vehicle, as part of the latest Chicago-area ICE blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Think that's the worst of it? Think again. "Joe Botello was jolted awake before 6 a.m. Masked & armed agents ... had forcibly entered his house in the 900 block of Chippewa Drive, destroying a front door and glass patio door in the process." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/16/e...
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The assassination of Kirk or any other political commentator is despicable. So how about some history about another political commentator who was assassinated by a white supremacist: Alan Berg. What is the right-wing view on this murder of a political commentator?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Be....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Be....
Alan Berg - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The assassination of Kirk or any other political commentator is despicable. So how about some history about another political commentator who was assassinated by a white supremacist: Alan Berg. What is the right-wing view on this murder of a political commentator?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Be....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Be....
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September 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
@edzitron.com could have written this article in the Atlantic. I'm reading pretty much exactly what I have been hearing from Ed. Here's the link to the (gift) article: www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
Just How Bad Would an AI Bubble Be?
The entire U.S. economy is being propped up by the promise of productivity gains that seem very far from materializing.
www.theatlantic.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@edzitron.com could have written this article in the Atlantic. I'm reading pretty much exactly what I have been hearing from Ed. Here's the link to the (gift) article: www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
Here's the punchline: 84% of the grants were made in districts that voted for Trump & overwhelmingly voted for Republican members of the House & Senate. If you have friends or relatives who live in rural America & voted for Trump, let them know what they unleashed.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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Trump wants to ax an affordable housing grant that's a lifeline for many rural communities
President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to cut new funding for a housing grant that many rural areas rely on to help fund affordable housing
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August 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Here's the punchline: 84% of the grants were made in districts that voted for Trump & overwhelmingly voted for Republican members of the House & Senate. If you have friends or relatives who live in rural America & voted for Trump, let them know what they unleashed.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...