Ted Sweeney
@mrfriendlywalk.bsky.social
friendly walker, loud talker, novelty socker, crypto blocker, dyke patroller
fiercely protective relative of trans and NB folks
"Wealth is a filthy rag." - B. Dylan, "Band of the Hand"
fiercely protective relative of trans and NB folks
"Wealth is a filthy rag." - B. Dylan, "Band of the Hand"
Pinned
Remember the good old days when you could train a guy to enter a president's dreams?
Welcome to America, duck!
December 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Welcome to America, duck!
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Suddenly they don’t like showing when they bomb boats? Jeepers, it’s Almost like they have something to hide
December 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Suddenly they don’t like showing when they bomb boats? Jeepers, it’s Almost like they have something to hide
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I read this and I am just.... Is this woman loud quitting???? Is she hoping to be fired? This was very strange.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I read this and I am just.... Is this woman loud quitting???? Is she hoping to be fired? This was very strange.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
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Undecided voter: “How can someone like you convince me that my vote matters”
James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Undecided voter: “How can someone like you convince me that my vote matters”
James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
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One of the main themes of my account is that people in the United States, by and large, do not know how laws or the legal system work in practice. One question I get a lot is why this matters. Many leftists or progressives ask me every day why it's so important to know this stuff anyway. (cont)
December 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
One of the main themes of my account is that people in the United States, by and large, do not know how laws or the legal system work in practice. One question I get a lot is why this matters. Many leftists or progressives ask me every day why it's so important to know this stuff anyway. (cont)
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Maybe the reason we feel differently about these murders is because they’re a reminder of the noose around each of our necks. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/instead-he...
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Maybe the reason we feel differently about these murders is because they’re a reminder of the noose around each of our necks. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/instead-he...
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“The only reason that he’s able to continue to harass me is because New Yorkers are paying for it,” Boylan said in an interview with THE CITY. “It never ends.” www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/15/t...
Taxpayers Forked Out Another $1.3 Million for Cuomo’s Sexual Harassment Defense
As his failed mayoral campaign played out, the former governor’s lawyers ran up the bill contesting the claims of a former state trooper on his security detail.
www.thecity.nyc
December 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“The only reason that he’s able to continue to harass me is because New Yorkers are paying for it,” Boylan said in an interview with THE CITY. “It never ends.” www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/15/t...
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
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This is a textbook case of political asylum.
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is a textbook case of political asylum.
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🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA: “The man who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed. The father-of-two has been hailed a hero after pouncing on one of the gunmen and wrestling a rifle from his arms.” thenightly.com.au/australia/ns...
December 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA: “The man who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed. The father-of-two has been hailed a hero after pouncing on one of the gunmen and wrestling a rifle from his arms.” thenightly.com.au/australia/ns...
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When they destroyed our Mary figure in our anti-ICE #nativity, I bet they didn’t think that we would make it MORE powerful! Honestly, if you tear something down that you don’t like, you’re pretty much never the good guy. That goes for nativities and the entire county, btw. #DHS, take note.
December 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
For an administration that wants to close Federal offices, they have picked the wrong ones.
December 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
For an administration that wants to close Federal offices, they have picked the wrong ones.
December 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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A leaked 115 page report by current & former FBI personnel describes the bureau under Kash Patel as a “rudderless ship” & says he is “in over his head,” lacking the experience & bearing needed to be an effective FBI director—
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A leaked 115 page report by current & former FBI personnel describes the bureau under Kash Patel as a “rudderless ship” & says he is “in over his head,” lacking the experience & bearing needed to be an effective FBI director—
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Loser Mike Johnson is pissed that we’re gaining ground in forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits.
So let’s get even louder:
So let’s get even louder:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Loser Mike Johnson is pissed that we’re gaining ground in forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits.
So let’s get even louder:
So let’s get even louder:
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A Glimpse at the Legendary Dr. Mahmoud El-Kati
As the Trump administration attempts to erase Black history and silence educators, this documentary brings to life the importance of understanding the past, preserving Black history, and creating human rights for all.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/a-glimp...
As the Trump administration attempts to erase Black history and silence educators, this documentary brings to life the importance of understanding the past, preserving Black history, and creating human rights for all.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/a-glimp...
A Glimpse at the Legendary Dr. Mahmoud El-Kati - Mini-Doc - UNICORN RIOT
Dr. Mahmoud El-Kati, the deeply revered Black scholarly giant in Minnesota, is the central figure of UR's latest mini-documentary.
unicornriot.ninja
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A Glimpse at the Legendary Dr. Mahmoud El-Kati
As the Trump administration attempts to erase Black history and silence educators, this documentary brings to life the importance of understanding the past, preserving Black history, and creating human rights for all.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/a-glimp...
As the Trump administration attempts to erase Black history and silence educators, this documentary brings to life the importance of understanding the past, preserving Black history, and creating human rights for all.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/a-glimp...
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“What are you gonna do with this can you keep kicking down the road and the can is whether or not Black people can live in America not doing spectacular feats, not being Michael Jordan but because they’re human beings, because they were born, because they’re in this world.”
Dr. Mahmoud El-Kati
Dr. Mahmoud El-Kati
NEW Mini-Documentary: A Glimpse at the Legendary Dr. Mahmoud El-Kati
As the Trump administration is attempting to erase Black history and silence educators, this documentary brings to life the importance of understanding the past, preserving Black history, and creating human rights for all. 🧵
As the Trump administration is attempting to erase Black history and silence educators, this documentary brings to life the importance of understanding the past, preserving Black history, and creating human rights for all. 🧵
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“What are you gonna do with this can you keep kicking down the road and the can is whether or not Black people can live in America not doing spectacular feats, not being Michael Jordan but because they’re human beings, because they were born, because they’re in this world.”
Dr. Mahmoud El-Kati
Dr. Mahmoud El-Kati
Xfinity can eat my entire butthole.
These pricks charge $300 for cable/phone/internet but they're suddenly all cost conscious when it comes to services that I'm not forced to buy from them because of local contracts.
These pricks charge $300 for cable/phone/internet but they're suddenly all cost conscious when it comes to services that I'm not forced to buy from them because of local contracts.
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Xfinity can eat my entire butthole.
These pricks charge $300 for cable/phone/internet but they're suddenly all cost conscious when it comes to services that I'm not forced to buy from them because of local contracts.
These pricks charge $300 for cable/phone/internet but they're suddenly all cost conscious when it comes to services that I'm not forced to buy from them because of local contracts.
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This stunt is projected to cost taxpayers $2 billion. That’s twice as much as what we spend on veteran suicide prevention. Priorities.
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This stunt is projected to cost taxpayers $2 billion. That’s twice as much as what we spend on veteran suicide prevention. Priorities.
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We have Trump because we fought Bush instead of the white supremacist systems that created Bush, just like with Reagan before him and Nixon before *him.*
Want to prevent another Trump? Dismantle the systems that created him. They go back to the founding of this country.
Want to prevent another Trump? Dismantle the systems that created him. They go back to the founding of this country.
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We have Trump because we fought Bush instead of the white supremacist systems that created Bush, just like with Reagan before him and Nixon before *him.*
Want to prevent another Trump? Dismantle the systems that created him. They go back to the founding of this country.
Want to prevent another Trump? Dismantle the systems that created him. They go back to the founding of this country.
At a comedy show in a building that was once a community center and prior to that a gun factory. (Springfield MA)
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
At a comedy show in a building that was once a community center and prior to that a gun factory. (Springfield MA)