Mark Irwing
@markirwing.bsky.social
All roads lead to Putin. #resist. Seriously worried about where the world is headed. #FBPE #FB
2 rules. Don't hate. Don't bully.
I love all animals, particularly cats and horses.
2 rules. Don't hate. Don't bully.
I love all animals, particularly cats and horses.
Pinned
Mark Irwing
@markirwing.bsky.social
· Dec 28
History constantly reaffirms that there is a conflict of interest between significant wealth and significant power. Almost no society or culture formally recognises this fact, so nothing is done in mitigation. Free democracy can only be saved by formally recognising this fact.
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I find it highly ironic that the party that bemoaned the deep state and alleged the cover-up of pedophiles is now embroiled in defending the party that has the largest pedophile cover-up in American history.
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I find it highly ironic that the party that bemoaned the deep state and alleged the cover-up of pedophiles is now embroiled in defending the party that has the largest pedophile cover-up in American history.
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“I’m in charge. I got the business guys groveling for favors. I got loyal people who do what I say. I’m the biggest boss in the whole goddamn world. I’m the most powerful president in our whole goddamn history.
And here’s the thing: I’m not giving it up. No way.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/im-not-giv...
And here’s the thing: I’m not giving it up. No way.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/im-not-giv...
‘I’m Not Giving It Up.’
Reading Trump’s mind on staying in power, and some free advice for Zohran Mamdani.
www.thebulwark.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“I’m in charge. I got the business guys groveling for favors. I got loyal people who do what I say. I’m the biggest boss in the whole goddamn world. I’m the most powerful president in our whole goddamn history.
And here’s the thing: I’m not giving it up. No way.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/im-not-giv...
And here’s the thing: I’m not giving it up. No way.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/im-not-giv...
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My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.
No more hiding behind election terms.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.
No more hiding behind election terms.
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“I’m not giving all this up. I’m staying in this White House. In my White House. You think I’ve done all this remodeling just to move out?
So we’re getting things in place.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/im-not-giv...
So we’re getting things in place.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/im-not-giv...
‘I’m Not Giving It Up.’
Reading Trump’s mind on staying in power, and some free advice for Zohran Mamdani.
www.thebulwark.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“I’m not giving all this up. I’m staying in this White House. In my White House. You think I’ve done all this remodeling just to move out?
So we’re getting things in place.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/im-not-giv...
So we’re getting things in place.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/im-not-giv...
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"But the true message—the prospective message—is that pardons will be available to everyone who joins him in election subversion in 2026 and 2028. This wave of preemptive pardons is a permission slip, an encouragement for election subversion in the future."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Pardon the Corruption
Trump’s blanket pardons for stop-the-steal illegality aren’t only about settling scores from past elections. They’re about laying the groundwork to subvert future ones.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"But the true message—the prospective message—is that pardons will be available to everyone who joins him in election subversion in 2026 and 2028. This wave of preemptive pardons is a permission slip, an encouragement for election subversion in the future."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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“What is new is the confluence of three trends:
The sheer scale of wealth for the richest.
The untethering of compensation from performance.
The amount of harm these figures are willing to inflict on society.
All three are rising to a dangerously high tide.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The sheer scale of wealth for the richest.
The untethering of compensation from performance.
The amount of harm these figures are willing to inflict on society.
All three are rising to a dangerously high tide.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Welcome to Tesla Capitalism
Or: JVL explains why Americans are toying with socialism.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“What is new is the confluence of three trends:
The sheer scale of wealth for the richest.
The untethering of compensation from performance.
The amount of harm these figures are willing to inflict on society.
All three are rising to a dangerously high tide.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The sheer scale of wealth for the richest.
The untethering of compensation from performance.
The amount of harm these figures are willing to inflict on society.
All three are rising to a dangerously high tide.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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This entire article points out that there is no plan. His own Treasury Secretary says he doesn’t know anything about it. So why does media keep running these kind of headlines? He keeps making these Truth Social posts and media keeps running stories as if it is something real.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This entire article points out that there is no plan. His own Treasury Secretary says he doesn’t know anything about it. So why does media keep running these kind of headlines? He keeps making these Truth Social posts and media keeps running stories as if it is something real.
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After 50 years of judicial service, Judge Mark Wolf didn’t take resigning from the bench lightly
He’s speaking out now because there is an EXISTENTIAL THREAT to democracy
Watch his exclusive first interview with me & @katiephang.bsky.social on yesterday's Legal Fight Club👇
He’s speaking out now because there is an EXISTENTIAL THREAT to democracy
Watch his exclusive first interview with me & @katiephang.bsky.social on yesterday's Legal Fight Club👇
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
After 50 years of judicial service, Judge Mark Wolf didn’t take resigning from the bench lightly
He’s speaking out now because there is an EXISTENTIAL THREAT to democracy
Watch his exclusive first interview with me & @katiephang.bsky.social on yesterday's Legal Fight Club👇
He’s speaking out now because there is an EXISTENTIAL THREAT to democracy
Watch his exclusive first interview with me & @katiephang.bsky.social on yesterday's Legal Fight Club👇
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Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
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Another ugly move ⬇️
All of these actions to whitewash and rewrite history will take time to recover from.
Not only in America, but among all the other nations we have harmed.
We have heavy lifting to do now to create a more just society and rebuild trust with other countries.
All of these actions to whitewash and rewrite history will take time to recover from.
Not only in America, but among all the other nations we have harmed.
We have heavy lifting to do now to create a more just society and rebuild trust with other countries.
A Dutch province has asked the US ambassador in the Netherlands to return two panels about African American soldiers to the visitors center of the Netherlands American Cemetery, located in Margraten (Limburg). The two panels were recently removed by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Another ugly move ⬇️
All of these actions to whitewash and rewrite history will take time to recover from.
Not only in America, but among all the other nations we have harmed.
We have heavy lifting to do now to create a more just society and rebuild trust with other countries.
All of these actions to whitewash and rewrite history will take time to recover from.
Not only in America, but among all the other nations we have harmed.
We have heavy lifting to do now to create a more just society and rebuild trust with other countries.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
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“Such denunciations of antisemitism by Republicans and conservatives are all to the good. But something important is missing. These figures omit any accounting of the prime force fostering a political climate in which all forms of hatred flourish: Donald J. Trump.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...
www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...
Right-Wing Critics of Antisemitism Keep Weirdly Mum About Trump
But this fish rots from the head.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“Such denunciations of antisemitism by Republicans and conservatives are all to the good. But something important is missing. These figures omit any accounting of the prime force fostering a political climate in which all forms of hatred flourish: Donald J. Trump.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...
www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...
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“There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards”
- Adam Kinzinger
Cowards”
- Adam Kinzinger
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards”
- Adam Kinzinger
Cowards”
- Adam Kinzinger
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Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
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Removing this regime is the first step in the right direction of democratizing our government and our economy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Removing this regime is the first step in the right direction of democratizing our government and our economy.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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ACA Market place insurance in Oklahoma will cost 237% more for my spouse.
Can't afford it.
Thanks America.
Can't afford it.
Thanks America.
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
ACA Market place insurance in Oklahoma will cost 237% more for my spouse.
Can't afford it.
Thanks America.
Can't afford it.
Thanks America.
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“Trump has been a font of hatred writ large and a facilitator of vicious antisemites. With the White House imprimatur behind him he commands a vast audience. If there has been a normalization of antisemitism in America it comes in no small part from the very top.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...
www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...
Right-Wing Critics of Antisemitism Keep Weirdly Mum About Trump
But this fish rots from the head.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Trump has been a font of hatred writ large and a facilitator of vicious antisemites. With the White House imprimatur behind him he commands a vast audience. If there has been a normalization of antisemitism in America it comes in no small part from the very top.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...
www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...