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
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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Language buried in this shutdown “deal” allows 8 GOP Senators who tried to throw a coup, sue to get millions in taxpayer money—because Jack Smith got their phone records. THEY TRIED TO THROW A COUP. There is no excuse for any Dem supporting this. This is absolutely wrong. Full stop—Period.
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Language buried in this shutdown “deal” allows 8 GOP Senators who tried to throw a coup, sue to get millions in taxpayer money—because Jack Smith got their phone records. THEY TRIED TO THROW A COUP. There is no excuse for any Dem supporting this. This is absolutely wrong. Full stop—Period.
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Our politicians are speaking for us in Chicago: Homeland Security needs to get the hell out and leave us alone.
Federal agents pepper-sprayed a baby girl in Little Village this weekend. There's no limit to what these thugs will do.
To make Chicago safe again, we need ICE and CBP to get the hell out of our city.
#ice #chicago
To make Chicago safe again, we need ICE and CBP to get the hell out of our city.
#ice #chicago
Feds Pepper-Spray 1-Year-Old In Cicero, Use Tear Gas On Little Village Neighbors
Federal agents were shot at, according to the Department of Homeland Security, while legal observers said agents created a "dangerous and unsafe environment."
blockclubchicago.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Our politicians are speaking for us in Chicago: Homeland Security needs to get the hell out and leave us alone.
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1/6 🧵A newsletter subscriber messaged: "Yes, I get the implications. What I don’t get, specifically why in that moment when they were dealing with a strong hand, those eight Democrats broke rank and caved"
Here you go...a very simple explanation:
Here you go...a very simple explanation:
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
1/6 🧵A newsletter subscriber messaged: "Yes, I get the implications. What I don’t get, specifically why in that moment when they were dealing with a strong hand, those eight Democrats broke rank and caved"
Here you go...a very simple explanation:
Here you go...a very simple explanation:
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6/6 They didn’t collapse under pressure.
They followed their incentives...not the party’s...not the country’s.
That’s all it was. They f*cked all of us...for selfish-ass reasons.
They followed their incentives...not the party’s...not the country’s.
That’s all it was. They f*cked all of us...for selfish-ass reasons.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
6/6 They didn’t collapse under pressure.
They followed their incentives...not the party’s...not the country’s.
That’s all it was. They f*cked all of us...for selfish-ass reasons.
They followed their incentives...not the party’s...not the country’s.
That’s all it was. They f*cked all of us...for selfish-ass reasons.
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5/6 They assumed outrage would fade.
That’s how senators survive messy votes...betting on short public memory.
They didn’t think they’d face consequences.
Nobody breaks like that unless they feel protected.
So the simple answer?
That’s how senators survive messy votes...betting on short public memory.
They didn’t think they’d face consequences.
Nobody breaks like that unless they feel protected.
So the simple answer?
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
5/6 They assumed outrage would fade.
That’s how senators survive messy votes...betting on short public memory.
They didn’t think they’d face consequences.
Nobody breaks like that unless they feel protected.
So the simple answer?
That’s how senators survive messy votes...betting on short public memory.
They didn’t think they’d face consequences.
Nobody breaks like that unless they feel protected.
So the simple answer?
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3/6 Donors...committees...leadership pressure...not public fallout.
This was almost certainly a “rotating villain” move.
Leadership signals who can safely break ranks.
It’s a known pattern in Washington.
They thought the PR war was already lost.
This was almost certainly a “rotating villain” move.
Leadership signals who can safely break ranks.
It’s a known pattern in Washington.
They thought the PR war was already lost.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
3/6 Donors...committees...leadership pressure...not public fallout.
This was almost certainly a “rotating villain” move.
Leadership signals who can safely break ranks.
It’s a known pattern in Washington.
They thought the PR war was already lost.
This was almost certainly a “rotating villain” move.
Leadership signals who can safely break ranks.
It’s a known pattern in Washington.
They thought the PR war was already lost.
Same
How are you feeling about the situation?
I’m still beyond furious.
I’m still beyond furious.
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Same
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You cannot make this shit up. What a fucking embarrassment.
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
You cannot make this shit up. What a fucking embarrassment.
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Amen
Random thought: What if Joe Biden had kept his word and not pardoned Hunter ... how would we be feeling about that now as we watch Trump pardon every Republican criminal he can find while he'd almost certainly be prosecuting Hunter?
Lots of folks were very critical of that decision.
Lots of folks were very critical of that decision.
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Amen
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Democrats failed to max out their victory because they still do not understand how power functions in Donald Trump’s America. If Trumpism is to be defeated, this will have to change. www.thebulwark.com/p/give-chuck...
Give Chuck a Break. It Could Have Been Worse.
Even though Democrats didn’t get the biggest possible win, they still won the shutdown.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Democrats failed to max out their victory because they still do not understand how power functions in Donald Trump’s America. If Trumpism is to be defeated, this will have to change. www.thebulwark.com/p/give-chuck...
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Hi, Jean. My friend is a Nigerian prince who needs to urgently retrieve $1,000,000 from an abandoned trust from his father.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Hi, Jean. My friend is a Nigerian prince who needs to urgently retrieve $1,000,000 from an abandoned trust from his father.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
JFC
The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, Monday
Today President Trump pardoned 77 people related to trying to overturn the 2020 election including all the fake electors from the 7 states and attorneys Rudy Guiliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Kenneth Chesebro.
Despicable, disgusting, and disgraceful.
Today President Trump pardoned 77 people related to trying to overturn the 2020 election including all the fake electors from the 7 states and attorneys Rudy Guiliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Kenneth Chesebro.
Despicable, disgusting, and disgraceful.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
JFC
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Conservative school board members lost throughout Ohio on Tuesday: signalohio.org/culture-warr...
Culture warriors lost school board races all around Ohio - Signal Ohio
In cities large and small around Ohio, conservative incumbents who ran for school boards on culture war agendas lost re-election.
signalohio.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Conservative school board members lost throughout Ohio on Tuesday: signalohio.org/culture-warr...
That is for sure
We are witnessing the most incompetent government in the history of our great country.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
That is for sure
Anyone surprised if this is true?
The time is coming.
When we stop worshipping the people who are destroying the world.
The time is coming.
When we stop worshipping the people who are destroying the world.
The time is coming.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Anyone surprised if this is true?
Not necessarily- it can simply be kabuki theatre. He knows they will lose so why not play the indignation card. I don’t trust either of them
Listen, think what you want about Hakeem Jeffries. I know I’ve had my fair share of disagreements.
But even after Schumer caved and betrayed all of us, Hakeem is whipping votes on the House floor to try and block this shitty deal and protect Americans’ healthcare. That’s worth a lot.
But even after Schumer caved and betrayed all of us, Hakeem is whipping votes on the House floor to try and block this shitty deal and protect Americans’ healthcare. That’s worth a lot.
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Not necessarily- it can simply be kabuki theatre. He knows they will lose so why not play the indignation card. I don’t trust either of them
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The group behind “No Kings,” @indivisible.org warns primary challengers for some Senate Dems are coming after the big cave in shutdown battle. youtu.be/rGU51i00ed8?...
BREAKING: MESSAGE TO SENATE: 'SELLOUTS GET PRIMARIED' Ezra Levin weighs in
YouTube video by Jim Acosta
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The group behind “No Kings,” @indivisible.org warns primary challengers for some Senate Dems are coming after the big cave in shutdown battle. youtu.be/rGU51i00ed8?...
Amen
In addressing whether removing Senator Schumer as leader should be an issue in Democratic primaries, Senator Sanders broadens the focus: "We need to take on the Democratic establishment all over this country."
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Amen
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Former models for Donald Trump’s agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Former models for Donald Trump’s agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
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INGRAHAM: “Your housing director proposed a 50 year mortgage. It has enraged MAGA - a giveaway to the banks.”
OUT OF TOUCH BILLIONAIRE TRUMP: “It’s not even a big deal… You go from 40 to 50.”
INGRAHAM: “It’s 30.”
(Everything is a grift)
OUT OF TOUCH BILLIONAIRE TRUMP: “It’s not even a big deal… You go from 40 to 50.”
INGRAHAM: “It’s 30.”
(Everything is a grift)
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
INGRAHAM: “Your housing director proposed a 50 year mortgage. It has enraged MAGA - a giveaway to the banks.”
OUT OF TOUCH BILLIONAIRE TRUMP: “It’s not even a big deal… You go from 40 to 50.”
INGRAHAM: “It’s 30.”
(Everything is a grift)
OUT OF TOUCH BILLIONAIRE TRUMP: “It’s not even a big deal… You go from 40 to 50.”
INGRAHAM: “It’s 30.”
(Everything is a grift)
Left twitter a long time ago. All resisters must. Stop fueling musk
I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Left twitter a long time ago. All resisters must. Stop fueling musk
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Now is the time to fight, not surrender. 🗣️
Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
Progressive group MoveOn calls on Schumer to step aside
"Inexplicably, some Senate Democrats, under Leader Schumer's watch, decided to surrender."
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Now is the time to fight, not surrender. 🗣️
Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
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So apparently senators must now be notified in advance if their phone records are requested during the investigation of a crime. No one else, just senators. So they're free to crime and can't be investigated without notice. This is so wrong, but it's great for senators who want to commit crimes.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
So apparently senators must now be notified in advance if their phone records are requested during the investigation of a crime. No one else, just senators. So they're free to crime and can't be investigated without notice. This is so wrong, but it's great for senators who want to commit crimes.
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Ro Khanna on Chuck Schumer: “Just a moral disgust. Millions of Americans are literally gonna get kicked off healthcare and we can’t fight to make sure their premiums don’t go up after the Tuesday wins? It’s just political malpractice. He needs to be replaced and step down”
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ro Khanna on Chuck Schumer: “Just a moral disgust. Millions of Americans are literally gonna get kicked off healthcare and we can’t fight to make sure their premiums don’t go up after the Tuesday wins? It’s just political malpractice. He needs to be replaced and step down”