Monty Boa
@montyboa.bsky.social
Phone cam photographer, organizational change agent, systems thinker, MacGyverer, and maven of several forms of ritualized combat from chess and debate to troll-stomping and MAGA mockery.
Why is Trump acting like the Kremlin's lackey?
The Russians should have been told to deliver their damn demands to the Ukrainian negotiators themselves.
And why is Mr Trump issuing ultimatums to get the Ukrainians to concede to Russian demands?
That's not "mediating"; that's "selling out".
The Russians should have been told to deliver their damn demands to the Ukrainian negotiators themselves.
And why is Mr Trump issuing ultimatums to get the Ukrainians to concede to Russian demands?
That's not "mediating"; that's "selling out".
If the 28-point plan came from Russia and somehow ended up in the hands of U.S. lawmakers, then we don’t have a “leak” problem we have a foreign influence problem. And anyone downplaying that should not be anywhere near national security decisions.
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Why is Trump acting like the Kremlin's lackey?
The Russians should have been told to deliver their damn demands to the Ukrainian negotiators themselves.
And why is Mr Trump issuing ultimatums to get the Ukrainians to concede to Russian demands?
That's not "mediating"; that's "selling out".
The Russians should have been told to deliver their damn demands to the Ukrainian negotiators themselves.
And why is Mr Trump issuing ultimatums to get the Ukrainians to concede to Russian demands?
That's not "mediating"; that's "selling out".
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#Pinks #ProudBlue
Presidents are not allowed to keep gifts over $480. Here’s how normal, real Presidents have dealt with expensive gifts in the past. Trump plans on keeping all the things he has received for himself even though it’s illegal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Presidents are not allowed to keep gifts over $480. Here’s how normal, real Presidents have dealt with expensive gifts in the past. Trump plans on keeping all the things he has received for himself even though it’s illegal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A bicycle, pencil sharpener, 300lb of raw meat: US presidential gifts and the rules governing them
Reports that Donald Trump’s administration is planning to accept a jet valued at $400m from Qatar have raised ethical questions over gifts from foreign leaders
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Presidents are not allowed to keep gifts over $480. Here’s how normal, real Presidents have dealt with expensive gifts in the past. Trump plans on keeping all the things he has received for himself even though it’s illegal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Presidents are not allowed to keep gifts over $480. Here’s how normal, real Presidents have dealt with expensive gifts in the past. Trump plans on keeping all the things he has received for himself even though it’s illegal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Beth Macy never thought she would run for Congress. But she knows democracy is on the line and couldn't resist the pleas of those who believe she's the only candidate who can beat the awful Ben Cline.
And if she flips this red seat in western Virginia, no more Speaker Johnson.
And if she flips this red seat in western Virginia, no more Speaker Johnson.
Update your bingo card
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
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November 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Beth Macy never thought she would run for Congress. But she knows democracy is on the line and couldn't resist the pleas of those who believe she's the only candidate who can beat the awful Ben Cline.
And if she flips this red seat in western Virginia, no more Speaker Johnson.
And if she flips this red seat in western Virginia, no more Speaker Johnson.
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#Pinks #ProudBlue
Trump is not legally allowed to keep these gifts. He needs to check the gold bars, Rolexes and even that ridiculous beater plane from Qatar at the door before he leaves the White House. That stuff belongs to the American people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump is not legally allowed to keep these gifts. He needs to check the gold bars, Rolexes and even that ridiculous beater plane from Qatar at the door before he leaves the White House. That stuff belongs to the American people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Swiss gold and Rolex gifts to Trump arouse ‘disgust’ in Europe
Billionaires gave desk clock and engraved gold bar weeks before Trump slashed tariffs on imports from Switzerland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Trump is not legally allowed to keep these gifts. He needs to check the gold bars, Rolexes and even that ridiculous beater plane from Qatar at the door before he leaves the White House. That stuff belongs to the American people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump is not legally allowed to keep these gifts. He needs to check the gold bars, Rolexes and even that ridiculous beater plane from Qatar at the door before he leaves the White House. That stuff belongs to the American people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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8/8
Seeing the structure reveals the strategy. Today’s feed used fear, moral panic, and treason language to weaken democratic trust and justify authoritarian answers. Tracking it makes the manipulation visible and less effective.
#RightWatch
11/22/25 PM
Seeing the structure reveals the strategy. Today’s feed used fear, moral panic, and treason language to weaken democratic trust and justify authoritarian answers. Tracking it makes the manipulation visible and less effective.
#RightWatch
11/22/25 PM
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
8/8
Seeing the structure reveals the strategy. Today’s feed used fear, moral panic, and treason language to weaken democratic trust and justify authoritarian answers. Tracking it makes the manipulation visible and less effective.
#RightWatch
11/22/25 PM
Seeing the structure reveals the strategy. Today’s feed used fear, moral panic, and treason language to weaken democratic trust and justify authoritarian answers. Tracking it makes the manipulation visible and less effective.
#RightWatch
11/22/25 PM
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7/8
Collapse imagery was everywhere. Crime clips, mannequin arrest videos, and “Who voted for this” posts form a loop designed to keep people overwhelmed. When fear becomes the baseline, the ecosystem can sell any solution, no matter how extreme.
Collapse imagery was everywhere. Crime clips, mannequin arrest videos, and “Who voted for this” posts form a loop designed to keep people overwhelmed. When fear becomes the baseline, the ecosystem can sell any solution, no matter how extreme.
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
7/8
Collapse imagery was everywhere. Crime clips, mannequin arrest videos, and “Who voted for this” posts form a loop designed to keep people overwhelmed. When fear becomes the baseline, the ecosystem can sell any solution, no matter how extreme.
Collapse imagery was everywhere. Crime clips, mannequin arrest videos, and “Who voted for this” posts form a loop designed to keep people overwhelmed. When fear becomes the baseline, the ecosystem can sell any solution, no matter how extreme.
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4/8
Treason rhetoric escalated sharply. “Punishable by death,” “illegal orders,” and “traitors in government” messaging trains followers to view political opponents as enemies of the state. This narrative lays the groundwork for justifying harsh retaliation. They are trying to normalize the abnormal
Treason rhetoric escalated sharply. “Punishable by death,” “illegal orders,” and “traitors in government” messaging trains followers to view political opponents as enemies of the state. This narrative lays the groundwork for justifying harsh retaliation. They are trying to normalize the abnormal
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
4/8
Treason rhetoric escalated sharply. “Punishable by death,” “illegal orders,” and “traitors in government” messaging trains followers to view political opponents as enemies of the state. This narrative lays the groundwork for justifying harsh retaliation. They are trying to normalize the abnormal
Treason rhetoric escalated sharply. “Punishable by death,” “illegal orders,” and “traitors in government” messaging trains followers to view political opponents as enemies of the state. This narrative lays the groundwork for justifying harsh retaliation. They are trying to normalize the abnormal
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3/8
Migrant fear-building was nonstop. ICE raids were repackaged as “proof” of victory, while unrelated crimes were stitched together across states to form a fake national pattern. The goal is to sell mass deportation and normalize emergency powers as common sense. This is very dangerous
Migrant fear-building was nonstop. ICE raids were repackaged as “proof” of victory, while unrelated crimes were stitched together across states to form a fake national pattern. The goal is to sell mass deportation and normalize emergency powers as common sense. This is very dangerous
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
3/8
Migrant fear-building was nonstop. ICE raids were repackaged as “proof” of victory, while unrelated crimes were stitched together across states to form a fake national pattern. The goal is to sell mass deportation and normalize emergency powers as common sense. This is very dangerous
Migrant fear-building was nonstop. ICE raids were repackaged as “proof” of victory, while unrelated crimes were stitched together across states to form a fake national pattern. The goal is to sell mass deportation and normalize emergency powers as common sense. This is very dangerous
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2/8
The biggest surge came from coordinated anti-Muslim content. Influencers recycled prayer clips, UK panic videos, and mosque-growth stats to cast ordinary life as an existential threat. This framing primes people to accept extreme policies they’d normally reject. AM post bsky.app/profile/digi...
The biggest surge came from coordinated anti-Muslim content. Influencers recycled prayer clips, UK panic videos, and mosque-growth stats to cast ordinary life as an existential threat. This framing primes people to accept extreme policies they’d normally reject. AM post bsky.app/profile/digi...
1/8
Still tracking the RW ecosystem so you do not have to. Today’s outrage cycle mixes Muslim panic loops, MTG betrayal fury, California collapse clips, Epstein-file fantasy justice, and nonstop claims that only Trump can cleanse institutions. 11/22/25 AM #Voices4Victory #DV1 #USDemocracy #Proudblue
Still tracking the RW ecosystem so you do not have to. Today’s outrage cycle mixes Muslim panic loops, MTG betrayal fury, California collapse clips, Epstein-file fantasy justice, and nonstop claims that only Trump can cleanse institutions. 11/22/25 AM #Voices4Victory #DV1 #USDemocracy #Proudblue
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
2/8
The biggest surge came from coordinated anti-Muslim content. Influencers recycled prayer clips, UK panic videos, and mosque-growth stats to cast ordinary life as an existential threat. This framing primes people to accept extreme policies they’d normally reject. AM post bsky.app/profile/digi...
The biggest surge came from coordinated anti-Muslim content. Influencers recycled prayer clips, UK panic videos, and mosque-growth stats to cast ordinary life as an existential threat. This framing primes people to accept extreme policies they’d normally reject. AM post bsky.app/profile/digi...
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Listen up, i have not ran into any Vietnam, WW2, Desert Shield/Storm , Iraq, Afghanistan #Veteran in the circles i run in that don’t have this same mentality. Get your shit together people and vote them out. There has been too many sacrifices for you to sit on your ass and not do it!
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Listen up, i have not ran into any Vietnam, WW2, Desert Shield/Storm , Iraq, Afghanistan #Veteran in the circles i run in that don’t have this same mentality. Get your shit together people and vote them out. There has been too many sacrifices for you to sit on your ass and not do it!
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In normal democracy terms, we've in bad shape and things are getting worse.
In consolidated authoritarianism terms, we're doing pretty well, as the regime is haphazard, meeting resistance, and growing increasingly unpopular.
Depends on one's perspective. I started using the latter standard in Jan.
In consolidated authoritarianism terms, we're doing pretty well, as the regime is haphazard, meeting resistance, and growing increasingly unpopular.
Depends on one's perspective. I started using the latter standard in Jan.
It is good to see the pushback on Trump lead to real losses for him. But it's hard to be optimistic when he still wields the enormous power of the presidency. ICE is still rampaging, HHS is harming people, the U.S. may be about to sell out Ukraine, the boat strikes...he's still doing so much damage.
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
In normal democracy terms, we've in bad shape and things are getting worse.
In consolidated authoritarianism terms, we're doing pretty well, as the regime is haphazard, meeting resistance, and growing increasingly unpopular.
Depends on one's perspective. I started using the latter standard in Jan.
In consolidated authoritarianism terms, we're doing pretty well, as the regime is haphazard, meeting resistance, and growing increasingly unpopular.
Depends on one's perspective. I started using the latter standard in Jan.
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"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with U.S.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
After the EU and its member countries' leaders trashed Mr Trump's so-called peace plan for weakening Ukraine and failing to involve key stakeholders (like, say, Ukraine), it transpired that Witkoff basically just Google-translated the Kremlin's demands.
No concessions from Russia; just Ukraine.
No concessions from Russia; just Ukraine.
The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
After the EU and its member countries' leaders trashed Mr Trump's so-called peace plan for weakening Ukraine and failing to involve key stakeholders (like, say, Ukraine), it transpired that Witkoff basically just Google-translated the Kremlin's demands.
No concessions from Russia; just Ukraine.
No concessions from Russia; just Ukraine.
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The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
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Then again, I can't think of anything that captures AI better than a completely fabricated study based on entirely made-up data.
“What has stunned his former colleagues and mentors is the sheer breadth of his apparent deception. He didn’t just tweak a few variables. It appears he invented the entire study… the paper was cited in congressional testimony. Weeks later, the science journal Nature highlighted it.”
An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart
Aidan Toner-Rodgers shot to academic fame in a field hungry for new insights and revelatory research. But a computer scientist thought something seemed off.
www.wsj.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Then again, I can't think of anything that captures AI better than a completely fabricated study based on entirely made-up data.
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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"There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect." Woodrow Wilson
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect." Woodrow Wilson
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Tragically, Tom Friedman is right. This is utter appeasement to a monstrous Vladimir Putin. Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Dan Driscoll, selling out America and Ukraine to Russia. Disgusting and disgraceful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Tragically, Tom Friedman is right. This is utter appeasement to a monstrous Vladimir Putin. Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Dan Driscoll, selling out America and Ukraine to Russia. Disgusting and disgraceful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Saying the quiet part out loud.
The real fun starts when these Russian pundits try to spin-doctor the news that it's been revealed that Trump's plan came from the Kremlin, and he looks like a Russian mole (again).
The real fun starts when these Russian pundits try to spin-doctor the news that it's been revealed that Trump's plan came from the Kremlin, and he looks like a Russian mole (again).
Meanwhile in Russia: state media hosts and experts praised Trump's 28-point "peace plan," noting that it's in perfect alignment with Russia's goals and does not take Ukraine's interests into account.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
Russian state TV praises Trump's 28-point peace plan
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Saying the quiet part out loud.
The real fun starts when these Russian pundits try to spin-doctor the news that it's been revealed that Trump's plan came from the Kremlin, and he looks like a Russian mole (again).
The real fun starts when these Russian pundits try to spin-doctor the news that it's been revealed that Trump's plan came from the Kremlin, and he looks like a Russian mole (again).
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There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
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And dealing with abuses directly led to excellent laws like the Presidential Records Act
But not calling people out led to sen Hawley saying on camera that (basically) Trump can do whatever he wants with the files bc the act “has him covered”
This is why we have to remain vigilant
But not calling people out led to sen Hawley saying on camera that (basically) Trump can do whatever he wants with the files bc the act “has him covered”
This is why we have to remain vigilant
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
And dealing with abuses directly led to excellent laws like the Presidential Records Act
But not calling people out led to sen Hawley saying on camera that (basically) Trump can do whatever he wants with the files bc the act “has him covered”
This is why we have to remain vigilant
But not calling people out led to sen Hawley saying on camera that (basically) Trump can do whatever he wants with the files bc the act “has him covered”
This is why we have to remain vigilant
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Justice Robert H. Jackson, a Supreme Court Justice and the chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg, established the modern doctrine that individuals are legally accountable for unlawful acts even if committed under orders—a principle that underpins today’s U.S. military law and the Nuremberg Principle IV
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Justice Robert H. Jackson, a Supreme Court Justice and the chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg, established the modern doctrine that individuals are legally accountable for unlawful acts even if committed under orders—a principle that underpins today’s U.S. military law and the Nuremberg Principle IV
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They’re calling each other traitors on Twitter - that’s new. This is only a fraction of what we’ll see in the post-Trump MAGA. They’re all going to be jockeying for position and trying to be the next big thing.
It’s going to be a shitshow.
It’s going to be a shitshow.
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
They’re calling each other traitors on Twitter - that’s new. This is only a fraction of what we’ll see in the post-Trump MAGA. They’re all going to be jockeying for position and trying to be the next big thing.
It’s going to be a shitshow.
It’s going to be a shitshow.
What Mr Vance is doing here is proposing a false choice between a victory that is "at hand" (all but immediate) with US aid, and a complete capitulation to all of Putin's demands (which Rubio's plan does).
Nobody said victory's at hand; they said Russia's military will burn out before Ukraine's.
Nobody said victory's at hand; they said Russia's military will burn out before Ukraine's.
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
What Mr Vance is doing here is proposing a false choice between a victory that is "at hand" (all but immediate) with US aid, and a complete capitulation to all of Putin's demands (which Rubio's plan does).
Nobody said victory's at hand; they said Russia's military will burn out before Ukraine's.
Nobody said victory's at hand; they said Russia's military will burn out before Ukraine's.
Evergreen post.
Alrighty then. I had a convo with my father who has dementia this afternoon and I should look at Trump’s TS post through that lens.
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Evergreen post.