Gary R Simonds
@garys79.bsky.social
Author, Speaker, Educator, Has-Been Neurosurgeon
Asheville NC
Married
Would prefer to discuss life, books, kindness, wellness, wonder.
Instead I spend hours a day opposing a mad king.
But here we are.
RESIST!
Good Trouble!
https://garyrsimonds.com
Asheville NC
Married
Would prefer to discuss life, books, kindness, wellness, wonder.
Instead I spend hours a day opposing a mad king.
But here we are.
RESIST!
Good Trouble!
https://garyrsimonds.com
Pinned
Gary R Simonds
@garys79.bsky.social
· Nov 6
Folks, this is what it is really all about. The billionaires, the CEO's, the career politicians, know that as long as we are at each other's throats, we cannot be at theirs. Meanwhile, wealth inequality expands exponentially and We the People scrounge for scraps. It is time we unite against them.
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Is it now time to actually use the 2nd amendment?Just as your founding fathers decreed it? Also, he’s saying Canada & Greenland to become part of HIS America. They’ve big oil reserves. You do know that he’s taking you all into war, don’t you? He can ban all elections that way. I wish you all luck. 💜
January 3, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Is it now time to actually use the 2nd amendment?Just as your founding fathers decreed it? Also, he’s saying Canada & Greenland to become part of HIS America. They’ve big oil reserves. You do know that he’s taking you all into war, don’t you? He can ban all elections that way. I wish you all luck. 💜
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DOJ is still in violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
January 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
DOJ is still in violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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UPDATE: *peace president* Trump bombs Venezuela… (after pardoning an ex president of Honduras for drug trafficking)
This is about oil (+ distracting from Epstein), not drugs.
“international condemnation followed US military strikes on Venezuela”: www.trtworld.com/article/ab57...
This is about oil (+ distracting from Epstein), not drugs.
“international condemnation followed US military strikes on Venezuela”: www.trtworld.com/article/ab57...
January 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
UPDATE: *peace president* Trump bombs Venezuela… (after pardoning an ex president of Honduras for drug trafficking)
This is about oil (+ distracting from Epstein), not drugs.
“international condemnation followed US military strikes on Venezuela”: www.trtworld.com/article/ab57...
This is about oil (+ distracting from Epstein), not drugs.
“international condemnation followed US military strikes on Venezuela”: www.trtworld.com/article/ab57...
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I stand with Venezuela.
Impeach Trump Now.
Impeach Trump Now.
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I stand with Venezuela.
Impeach Trump Now.
Impeach Trump Now.
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1. Maduro is not a good guy by any stretch of the imagination.
2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan.
3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.
2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan.
3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
1. Maduro is not a good guy by any stretch of the imagination.
2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan.
3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.
2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan.
3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.
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Antiwar, FIFA Peace Prize-winning Trump bombed Venezuela and kidnapped its leader with no Congressional authorization. Got it.
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Antiwar, FIFA Peace Prize-winning Trump bombed Venezuela and kidnapped its leader with no Congressional authorization. Got it.
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I would think Maduro has head of state immunity from prosecution under international law (with exception for grave human rights violations, see, e.g., Pinochet)
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I would think Maduro has head of state immunity from prosecution under international law (with exception for grave human rights violations, see, e.g., Pinochet)
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Of course not. Congress is a joke under GOP/cult control.
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela, source tells CNN
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Of course not. Congress is a joke under GOP/cult control.
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
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I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris.
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris.
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
The sole motivation behind our illegal attack on a sovereign nation:
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN
January 3, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The sole motivation behind our illegal attack on a sovereign nation:
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN
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Bondi “logic.”
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Bondi “logic.”
AND LACK OF PEOPLE GETTING THEIR VACCINES!
www.medscape.com/s/viewarticl...
www.medscape.com/s/viewarticl...
Flu Cases Rise Across US as Holiday Travel Fuels Spread
Flu cases are climbing across the U.S. amid holiday travel and gatherings, with infections rising faster than in previous years, according to latest data from the Centers...
www.medscape.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
AND LACK OF PEOPLE GETTING THEIR VACCINES!
www.medscape.com/s/viewarticl...
www.medscape.com/s/viewarticl...
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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I’ve long maintained that it was a mistake for Congress to have abolished itself.
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I’ve long maintained that it was a mistake for Congress to have abolished itself.
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Trump is a damned war criminal.
Where is our Congress??? John Roberts & his SCOTUS have done so much damage by declaring a president immune from our laws.
As a citizen I do not agree with this Venezuelan war of Trump's.
Stay focused. This is all to avoid the Epstein files, videos and photos.
Where is our Congress??? John Roberts & his SCOTUS have done so much damage by declaring a president immune from our laws.
As a citizen I do not agree with this Venezuelan war of Trump's.
Stay focused. This is all to avoid the Epstein files, videos and photos.
January 3, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Trump is a damned war criminal.
Where is our Congress??? John Roberts & his SCOTUS have done so much damage by declaring a president immune from our laws.
As a citizen I do not agree with this Venezuelan war of Trump's.
Stay focused. This is all to avoid the Epstein files, videos and photos.
Where is our Congress??? John Roberts & his SCOTUS have done so much damage by declaring a president immune from our laws.
As a citizen I do not agree with this Venezuelan war of Trump's.
Stay focused. This is all to avoid the Epstein files, videos and photos.
Jfc
January 3, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Jfc
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A desperate dying man with unlimited power unrestrained thanks to an extremist party will gladly burn the world before he exits.
January 3, 2026 at 11:21 AM
A desperate dying man with unlimited power unrestrained thanks to an extremist party will gladly burn the world before he exits.
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New Years Day surprise: the DOJ isn't simply in possession of 'just' 1 million Epstein documents (revealed recently on Dec. 24th) – but now there are now (at least) 5.2 million documents in the Epstein Files yet to be released.
January 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
New Years Day surprise: the DOJ isn't simply in possession of 'just' 1 million Epstein documents (revealed recently on Dec. 24th) – but now there are now (at least) 5.2 million documents in the Epstein Files yet to be released.
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This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
i'm really having a hard time getting past the "surely we can all agree that Somalis are worse than trash" thing. this feels new and very bad
January 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
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Trump posts that we’re “locked and loaded” to go into Iran, then goes marble shopping in Florida before golf.
January 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Trump posts that we’re “locked and loaded” to go into Iran, then goes marble shopping in Florida before golf.
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In these moments, I am not as terrified of those whose violence seems boundless as I am of those who seem to have exhausted their capacity for outrage in response...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/praying-fo...
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Praying For The Intolerance of Good People This Year
There’s a tiny prayer tucked away in the recesses of my heart for the year laid out in front of us; a modest aspiration for myself and for the sleep-deprived, emotionally dysregulated remnant of compa...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:47 PM
In these moments, I am not as terrified of those whose violence seems boundless as I am of those who seem to have exhausted their capacity for outrage in response...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/praying-fo...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/praying-fo...
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If only Trump was as concerned about the safety of peaceful protestors at home: www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/t...
Trump threatens to intervene if Iran kills peaceful protesters
"We are locked and loaded and ready to go," the president said in a post on Truth Social early Friday, after economic protests in the Islamic Republic took a sharply violent turn.
www.nbcnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM
If only Trump was as concerned about the safety of peaceful protestors at home: www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/t...