MeteorBlades
@meteorblades.bsky.social
I am a longtime resident of Laniakea.
Don't tell me what you believe. Show me what you DO and that will tell me what you believe.
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Don't tell me what you believe. Show me what you DO and that will tell me what you believe.
#Landback! Restore Native sovereignty over the Black Hills
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MeteorBlades
@meteorblades.bsky.social
· Oct 30
A reminder: we have a name for those with no reproductive rights — livestock.
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Here’s America being exceptional once again.
Or rather here’s the Trump regime continuing the longstanding practice of fattening the bottom lines of fossil fuel giants with “exceptions.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Or rather here’s the Trump regime continuing the longstanding practice of fattening the bottom lines of fossil fuel giants with “exceptions.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals
Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Here’s America being exceptional once again.
Or rather here’s the Trump regime continuing the longstanding practice of fattening the bottom lines of fossil fuel giants with “exceptions.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Or rather here’s the Trump regime continuing the longstanding practice of fattening the bottom lines of fossil fuel giants with “exceptions.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Two GOP Senators object to SecDef Hegseth’s censure of Sen. Kelly for daring to tell the truth about illegal orders.
That’s 2 GOP Senators out of 53 — 51 of them such chickenshits they can‘t even muster support for a colleague attacked by Trump regime outlaws.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
That’s 2 GOP Senators out of 53 — 51 of them such chickenshits they can‘t even muster support for a colleague attacked by Trump regime outlaws.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Two Republicans oppose Pete Hegseth’s censure of fellow Senator Mark Kelly
Pushback from Susan Collins and Thom Tillis is striking amid tepid response from most other Republican senators
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Two GOP Senators object to SecDef Hegseth’s censure of Sen. Kelly for daring to tell the truth about illegal orders.
That’s 2 GOP Senators out of 53 — 51 of them such chickenshits they can‘t even muster support for a colleague attacked by Trump regime outlaws.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
That’s 2 GOP Senators out of 53 — 51 of them such chickenshits they can‘t even muster support for a colleague attacked by Trump regime outlaws.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Here’s America being exceptional once again.
Or rather here’s the Trump regime continuing the longstanding practice of fattening the bottom lines of fossil fuel giants with “exceptions.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Or rather here’s the Trump regime continuing the longstanding practice of fattening the bottom lines of fossil fuel giants with “exceptions.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals
Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Here’s America being exceptional once again.
Or rather here’s the Trump regime continuing the longstanding practice of fattening the bottom lines of fossil fuel giants with “exceptions.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Or rather here’s the Trump regime continuing the longstanding practice of fattening the bottom lines of fossil fuel giants with “exceptions.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The Trump regime has abandoned efforts to combat child exploitation, human trafficking, and cartels as it diverts thousands of law enforcement personnel to ICE, 29 Democratic senators said in a letter to the White House.
Pro-child, “pro-life,” my ass.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Pro-child, “pro-life,” my ass.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US abandons child exploitation and drug cases to prioritize ICE, Democrats allege
Exclusive: Letter decries ‘stunning abdication of basic responsibilities’ and demands to know how many officers diverted
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The Trump regime has abandoned efforts to combat child exploitation, human trafficking, and cartels as it diverts thousands of law enforcement personnel to ICE, 29 Democratic senators said in a letter to the White House.
Pro-child, “pro-life,” my ass.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Pro-child, “pro-life,” my ass.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Two GOP Senators object to SecDef Hegseth’s censure of Sen. Kelly for daring to tell the truth about illegal orders.
That’s 2 GOP Senators out of 53 — 51 of them such chickenshits they can‘t even muster support for a colleague attacked by Trump regime outlaws.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
That’s 2 GOP Senators out of 53 — 51 of them such chickenshits they can‘t even muster support for a colleague attacked by Trump regime outlaws.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Two Republicans oppose Pete Hegseth’s censure of fellow Senator Mark Kelly
Pushback from Susan Collins and Thom Tillis is striking amid tepid response from most other Republican senators
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Two GOP Senators object to SecDef Hegseth’s censure of Sen. Kelly for daring to tell the truth about illegal orders.
That’s 2 GOP Senators out of 53 — 51 of them such chickenshits they can‘t even muster support for a colleague attacked by Trump regime outlaws.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
That’s 2 GOP Senators out of 53 — 51 of them such chickenshits they can‘t even muster support for a colleague attacked by Trump regime outlaws.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Even dirt cheap clean energy is not a climate solution unless we ALSO phase out fossil fuels.
Of course, we should make clean energy cheap! But the policies on the table in the US that supposedly would do that all enable the easier build out of more fossil fuel infrastructure, which is why the American Petroleum Institute and the Koch network are lobbying for them.
9/n
9/n
January 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Even dirt cheap clean energy is not a climate solution unless we ALSO phase out fossil fuels.
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Many people yukked it up when our Outlaw Prez first raised the brazen, imperial idea of the US annexing Greenland. But the evidence is piling up that he is quite serious. Now Denmark‘s PM rightly (though diplomatically) has told him to shut up about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
Denmark Tells Trump to ‘Stop the Threats’ About Greenland
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Many people yukked it up when our Outlaw Prez first raised the brazen, imperial idea of the US annexing Greenland. But the evidence is piling up that he is quite serious. Now Denmark‘s PM rightly (though diplomatically) has told him to shut up about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
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Could the media stop calling Nicolás Maduro's extraordinary rendition a "capture," as if he were another Pablo Escobar on the run?
January 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Could the media stop calling Nicolás Maduro's extraordinary rendition a "capture," as if he were another Pablo Escobar on the run?
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SecDef Hegseth wants to cut Sen. Mark Kelly's pension bcuz he joined other Democrats in a video reminding military personnel they should disobey ILLEGAL orders. Meanwhile, Hegseth gives illegal orders to murder and rendition people but gets to keep his $246,000 Pentagon check, not that he needs it.
January 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
SecDef Hegseth wants to cut Sen. Mark Kelly's pension bcuz he joined other Democrats in a video reminding military personnel they should disobey ILLEGAL orders. Meanwhile, Hegseth gives illegal orders to murder and rendition people but gets to keep his $246,000 Pentagon check, not that he needs it.
Could the media stop calling Nicolás Maduro's extraordinary rendition a "capture," as if he were another Pablo Escobar on the run?
January 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Could the media stop calling Nicolás Maduro's extraordinary rendition a "capture," as if he were another Pablo Escobar on the run?
SecDef Hegseth wants to cut Sen. Mark Kelly's pension bcuz he joined other Democrats in a video reminding military personnel they should disobey ILLEGAL orders. Meanwhile, Hegseth gives illegal orders to murder and rendition people but gets to keep his $246,000 Pentagon check, not that he needs it.
January 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
SecDef Hegseth wants to cut Sen. Mark Kelly's pension bcuz he joined other Democrats in a video reminding military personnel they should disobey ILLEGAL orders. Meanwhile, Hegseth gives illegal orders to murder and rendition people but gets to keep his $246,000 Pentagon check, not that he needs it.
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Lets call attention to the blatant about-face and hypocrisy of these “prominent MAGA figures” who have no hesitation to take 180s to support Trump
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Lets call attention to the blatant about-face and hypocrisy of these “prominent MAGA figures” who have no hesitation to take 180s to support Trump
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Prominent MAGA figures are making it 100% explicit that MAGA is a neo-imperialist movement that's all about pillage and plunder justified by assumed racial superiority:
January 5, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Prominent MAGA figures are making it 100% explicit that MAGA is a neo-imperialist movement that's all about pillage and plunder justified by assumed racial superiority:
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We're welcoming back measles and screwworms and none of it has any logic behind it deeper than "back when I was on heroin I realized vaccines contained tiny grizzly bears" and then the fking New York Times devotes 17 paragraphs to the new vaccine bear controversy.
May 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We're welcoming back measles and screwworms and none of it has any logic behind it deeper than "back when I was on heroin I realized vaccines contained tiny grizzly bears" and then the fking New York Times devotes 17 paragraphs to the new vaccine bear controversy.
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The article on Costco vs Walmart is finally up.
“Neither Walmart nor Costco represents the extreme of what's possible within the system, but their choices showcase the contrasts found within the broad spectrum of American capitalism.”
“Neither Walmart nor Costco represents the extreme of what's possible within the system, but their choices showcase the contrasts found within the broad spectrum of American capitalism.”
The business strategies that make Walmart a ghoul and Costco a mensch
Neither Walmart nor Costco represents the extreme of what's possible within the system, but their choices do showcase some sharp contrasts within the broad spectrum of American capitalism.
www.unchartedblue.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:53 PM
The article on Costco vs Walmart is finally up.
“Neither Walmart nor Costco represents the extreme of what's possible within the system, but their choices showcase the contrasts found within the broad spectrum of American capitalism.”
“Neither Walmart nor Costco represents the extreme of what's possible within the system, but their choices showcase the contrasts found within the broad spectrum of American capitalism.”
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Just a reminder that the Confederacy had big plans to expand into Central and South America. Some of its traitors fled to Cuba and elsewhere after losing. White supremacy has always been transnational
Prominent MAGA figures are making it 100% explicit that MAGA is a neo-imperialist movement that's all about pillage and plunder justified by assumed racial superiority:
January 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Just a reminder that the Confederacy had big plans to expand into Central and South America. Some of its traitors fled to Cuba and elsewhere after losing. White supremacy has always been transnational
Secretary of State Marco Rubio argues that the Trump regime’s Venezuela action wasn’t an act of war, needing congressional approval but rather a “law enforcement operation.” Vlad Putin with his “special military action” in Ukraine would recognize this transparent dodge.
January 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Secretary of State Marco Rubio argues that the Trump regime’s Venezuela action wasn’t an act of war, needing congressional approval but rather a “law enforcement operation.” Vlad Putin with his “special military action” in Ukraine would recognize this transparent dodge.
Many people yukked it up when our Outlaw Prez first raised the brazen, imperial idea of the US annexing Greenland. But the evidence is piling up that he is quite serious. Now Denmark‘s PM rightly (though diplomatically) has told him to shut up about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
Denmark Tells Trump to ‘Stop the Threats’ About Greenland
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Many people yukked it up when our Outlaw Prez first raised the brazen, imperial idea of the US annexing Greenland. But the evidence is piling up that he is quite serious. Now Denmark‘s PM rightly (though diplomatically) has told him to shut up about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
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The judge who was convicted of obstructing ICE agents from nabbing an immigrant at a hearing has resigned, but nobody has been convicted or resigned as a consequence of 31 people dying in ICE custody the past year.
Tell me again about equal justice under the law.
Tell me again about equal justice under the law.
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 AM
The judge who was convicted of obstructing ICE agents from nabbing an immigrant at a hearing has resigned, but nobody has been convicted or resigned as a consequence of 31 people dying in ICE custody the past year.
Tell me again about equal justice under the law.
Tell me again about equal justice under the law.
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Donald Trump is so confused he doesn’t know from day to day whether he is the reincarnation of Mahatma Gandhi or George Patton. From hour to hour, he cannot decide whether to phone up the Nobel committee to demand the peace prize again or command a bunch of new “battleships” be built.
January 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Donald Trump is so confused he doesn’t know from day to day whether he is the reincarnation of Mahatma Gandhi or George Patton. From hour to hour, he cannot decide whether to phone up the Nobel committee to demand the peace prize again or command a bunch of new “battleships” be built.
There are precedents in US history for almost all of Donald Trump’s actions.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Made in America by Edward Stourton review – why the ‘Trump doctrine’ is no aberration
From territorial overreach to deportations, the current president is not as much of an anomaly as he might seem
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
There are precedents in US history for almost all of Donald Trump’s actions.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
The judge who was convicted of obstructing ICE agents from nabbing an immigrant at a hearing has resigned, but nobody has been convicted or resigned as a consequence of 31 people dying in ICE custody the past year.
Tell me again about equal justice under the law.
Tell me again about equal justice under the law.
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 AM
The judge who was convicted of obstructing ICE agents from nabbing an immigrant at a hearing has resigned, but nobody has been convicted or resigned as a consequence of 31 people dying in ICE custody the past year.
Tell me again about equal justice under the law.
Tell me again about equal justice under the law.
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I’ve taken crap from people who object to my use of “Outlaw Prez” to describe Donald Trump. After the abduction (that the media are sanitizing as a “capture”) of the Venezuelan leader, “Outlaw Prez“ is me being super polite. Nicolás Maduro & the mullahs of Iran are thugs, but how does Trump differ?
January 4, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I’ve taken crap from people who object to my use of “Outlaw Prez” to describe Donald Trump. After the abduction (that the media are sanitizing as a “capture”) of the Venezuelan leader, “Outlaw Prez“ is me being super polite. Nicolás Maduro & the mullahs of Iran are thugs, but how does Trump differ?
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This (from December so limited to just the JOH pardon) is also exceptionally good.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon
Donald Trump’s pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, toppled the capstone of one of the most ambitious narcotics investigations in the history of the Department of Justic...
www.bloomberg.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
This (from December so limited to just the JOH pardon) is also exceptionally good.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The news that NYT and WaPo knew of the invasion before it happened and the fact that Greasy Pete and others were watching Xitter as the investigation went down suggests that right wing trolls may also have learned of the attack and they were monitoring to see if they were publishing.
January 4, 2026 at 2:08 PM
The news that NYT and WaPo knew of the invasion before it happened and the fact that Greasy Pete and others were watching Xitter as the investigation went down suggests that right wing trolls may also have learned of the attack and they were monitoring to see if they were publishing.