Newell Baldelli
@newellbaldelli.bsky.social
Bike, beach, books.
New England coast.
“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.” -Rilke
New England coast.
“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.” -Rilke
Fetterman “lost the desire to fight.”
Let’s apply to other professions:
Teacher lost desire to teach classes
Doctor lost desire to treat patients
Pilot lost desire to fly planes
🙄
So, um, QUIT!
And let a fighter take your seat.
Let’s apply to other professions:
Teacher lost desire to teach classes
Doctor lost desire to treat patients
Pilot lost desire to fly planes
🙄
So, um, QUIT!
And let a fighter take your seat.
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Fetterman “lost the desire to fight.”
Let’s apply to other professions:
Teacher lost desire to teach classes
Doctor lost desire to treat patients
Pilot lost desire to fly planes
🙄
So, um, QUIT!
And let a fighter take your seat.
Let’s apply to other professions:
Teacher lost desire to teach classes
Doctor lost desire to treat patients
Pilot lost desire to fly planes
🙄
So, um, QUIT!
And let a fighter take your seat.
Documentary, INUNDATION DISTRICT, on Boston’s flooding issues b/c of Climate Catastrophe is vital viewing.
Interviews w developers in denial & putting profit over common sense are especially eye-opening
www.pbs.org/video/inunda...
Interviews w developers in denial & putting profit over common sense are especially eye-opening
www.pbs.org/video/inunda...
Local, USA | Inundation District | Season 8 | Episode 14
Examining the short-sighted political decisions of one American city in an era of rising seas.
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Documentary, INUNDATION DISTRICT, on Boston’s flooding issues b/c of Climate Catastrophe is vital viewing.
Interviews w developers in denial & putting profit over common sense are especially eye-opening
www.pbs.org/video/inunda...
Interviews w developers in denial & putting profit over common sense are especially eye-opening
www.pbs.org/video/inunda...
Why?! Rich old white people (Kaine, Shaheen, Durbin, Rosen, King, Hassan, Schumer, Fetterman) prioritize their corporate owners over their constituents.
The rest is theatre.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The rest is theatre.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Democrats who backed Republican shutdown deal - and why
The Democratic defections broke a weeks-long deadlock amid the longest ever US shutdown.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Why?! Rich old white people (Kaine, Shaheen, Durbin, Rosen, King, Hassan, Schumer, Fetterman) prioritize their corporate owners over their constituents.
The rest is theatre.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The rest is theatre.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Senator” Jean Shaheen’s priority is NOT her constituents. HER top tier health insurance is covered courtesy of US taxpayers.
www.quiverquant.com/news/Net+Wor...
www.quiverquant.com/news/Net+Wor...
Net Worth Update: Senator Jeanne Shaheen Made an Estimated $450.0K in the Stock Market Last Month | Stock News
Senator Jeanne Shaheen made $450.0K in the stock market last month, per Quiver Quantitative's live n
www.quiverquant.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“Senator” Jean Shaheen’s priority is NOT her constituents. HER top tier health insurance is covered courtesy of US taxpayers.
www.quiverquant.com/news/Net+Wor...
www.quiverquant.com/news/Net+Wor...
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This is Priscilla Williams-Till, a cousin of Emmett Till. She’s running for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, against GOP incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith who infamously joked about attending a lynching in 2018.
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
This is Priscilla Williams-Till, a cousin of Emmett Till. She’s running for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, against GOP incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith who infamously joked about attending a lynching in 2018.
After gutless Democrats Cortez Masto, King, Fetterman, Kaine, Shaheen, Hassan, Rosen, Durbin, (& Schumer) folded like origami on ACA, Republicans & corporations today:
a woman with a surprised look on her face is surrounded by other people
Alt: a woman gleefully celebrating
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
After gutless Democrats Cortez Masto, King, Fetterman, Kaine, Shaheen, Hassan, Rosen, Durbin, (& Schumer) folded like origami on ACA, Republicans & corporations today:
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I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
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Grindr Mike wants to keep the government shutdown going until Dec. 2nd. He thinks Tennessee will elect a Republican to the House which would offset Adelita Grijalva's vote to release the Epstein Files. We can win that race. Help Aftyn Behn get elected. Donate here ://www.aftynforcongress.com/
Aftyn for Congress
FEED KIDS. FIX ROADS. FUND HOSPITALS.
www.aftynforcongress.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Grindr Mike wants to keep the government shutdown going until Dec. 2nd. He thinks Tennessee will elect a Republican to the House which would offset Adelita Grijalva's vote to release the Epstein Files. We can win that race. Help Aftyn Behn get elected. Donate here ://www.aftynforcongress.com/
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Our review of 700+ videos of the Portland protests shows a wide gap between the reality on the ground and the characterizations by Trump, Fox News and DHS, which said its office in the city was under “coordinated assault by violent groups.”
By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo
By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo
What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard
In the two months before Trump’s decision, criminal charges were announced against only three people. On nights when physical conflict did erupt, it often came from police firing on, shoving, pepper-s...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Our review of 700+ videos of the Portland protests shows a wide gap between the reality on the ground and the characterizations by Trump, Fox News and DHS, which said its office in the city was under “coordinated assault by violent groups.”
By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo
By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
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There is nothing an American president could do worse for his own people than starving the poor right before Thanksgiving.
Except for, I don’t know, lying about a plague and getting a million of his own citizens killed. Oh wait, let’s also not forget the time that he:
Except for, I don’t know, lying about a plague and getting a million of his own citizens killed. Oh wait, let’s also not forget the time that he:
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
There is nothing an American president could do worse for his own people than starving the poor right before Thanksgiving.
Except for, I don’t know, lying about a plague and getting a million of his own citizens killed. Oh wait, let’s also not forget the time that he:
Except for, I don’t know, lying about a plague and getting a million of his own citizens killed. Oh wait, let’s also not forget the time that he:
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In case you missed it, wide-ranging and insightful.
"there's actually a connection between global heating and the rise of fascism ... this like general sense of fear that things aren't going well, which makes a populace susceptible to authoritarianism"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGeT...
"there's actually a connection between global heating and the rise of fascism ... this like general sense of fear that things aren't going well, which makes a populace susceptible to authoritarianism"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGeT...
Billions of People Will Die | NASA Climate Scientist Warning
YouTube video by Science Talk
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In case you missed it, wide-ranging and insightful.
"there's actually a connection between global heating and the rise of fascism ... this like general sense of fear that things aren't going well, which makes a populace susceptible to authoritarianism"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGeT...
"there's actually a connection between global heating and the rise of fascism ... this like general sense of fear that things aren't going well, which makes a populace susceptible to authoritarianism"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGeT...
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I really hope that when this ends— because it IS going to end— every last person responsible for these abominable abuses of power rots in prison for the rest of their miserable lives.
No one who participates and profits from it has any business being accepted by polite society ever again.
No one who participates and profits from it has any business being accepted by polite society ever again.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I really hope that when this ends— because it IS going to end— every last person responsible for these abominable abuses of power rots in prison for the rest of their miserable lives.
No one who participates and profits from it has any business being accepted by polite society ever again.
No one who participates and profits from it has any business being accepted by polite society ever again.
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As Elon Musk wins trillion dollar payday. The greed is biblical.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
As Elon Musk wins trillion dollar payday. The greed is biblical.
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Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
After Democrats trounced GOP in elections…
Instead of examining how they can improve policies to win votes, #Republicans are going to double down on more ways they can cheat to win. Criminals.
#Fascist #Corrupt
Instead of examining how they can improve policies to win votes, #Republicans are going to double down on more ways they can cheat to win. Criminals.
#Fascist #Corrupt
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
After Democrats trounced GOP in elections…
Instead of examining how they can improve policies to win votes, #Republicans are going to double down on more ways they can cheat to win. Criminals.
#Fascist #Corrupt
Instead of examining how they can improve policies to win votes, #Republicans are going to double down on more ways they can cheat to win. Criminals.
#Fascist #Corrupt
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📽️ WATCH: We reviewed 700+ videos, hours of footage from ICE protesters and counterprotesters in Portland.
Trump justified the deployment of National Guard troops by calling the city "War ravaged," with an ICE office under siege. That's not what we found.
🔗 Full story: https://propub.li/43fRCmF
Trump justified the deployment of National Guard troops by calling the city "War ravaged," with an ICE office under siege. That's not what we found.
🔗 Full story: https://propub.li/43fRCmF
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
📽️ WATCH: We reviewed 700+ videos, hours of footage from ICE protesters and counterprotesters in Portland.
Trump justified the deployment of National Guard troops by calling the city "War ravaged," with an ICE office under siege. That's not what we found.
🔗 Full story: https://propub.li/43fRCmF
Trump justified the deployment of National Guard troops by calling the city "War ravaged," with an ICE office under siege. That's not what we found.
🔗 Full story: https://propub.li/43fRCmF
Maybe shoulda asked George W Bush, war criminal, what he’s doing to fight the Fascism of his criminal Republican Party.
people.com/michelle-oba...
people.com/michelle-oba...
Michelle Obama Asks Jenna Bush Hager About Her BFF George W. Bush: ‘Is He Behaving Himself?’
Michelle Obama appeared on 'Today with Jenna & Friends' alongside Jenna Bush Hager on Nov. 4. While on the show, Obama asked Bush Hager about her dad, former President George W. Bush.
people.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Maybe shoulda asked George W Bush, war criminal, what he’s doing to fight the Fascism of his criminal Republican Party.
people.com/michelle-oba...
people.com/michelle-oba...
I thought George W Bush was spending his (taxpayer funded) retirement painting goofy pictures, but apparently he’s taken up fiction writing.
Here’s his fantasy piece called “Dick Cheney”:
www.bushcenter.org/newsroom/sta...
Here’s his fantasy piece called “Dick Cheney”:
www.bushcenter.org/newsroom/sta...
Statement by President George W. Bush on Dick Cheney | George W. Bush Presidential Center
www.bushcenter.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I thought George W Bush was spending his (taxpayer funded) retirement painting goofy pictures, but apparently he’s taken up fiction writing.
Here’s his fantasy piece called “Dick Cheney”:
www.bushcenter.org/newsroom/sta...
Here’s his fantasy piece called “Dick Cheney”:
www.bushcenter.org/newsroom/sta...
Media outlets need to stop giving Liar Mike Johnson & other GOP traitors a platform.
They wont tho b/c they put click$ over democracy.
It’s up to us to cancel cable & STOP AMPLIFYING THEM WITH OUR POSTS to starve the beast.
They wont tho b/c they put click$ over democracy.
It’s up to us to cancel cable & STOP AMPLIFYING THEM WITH OUR POSTS to starve the beast.
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Media outlets need to stop giving Liar Mike Johnson & other GOP traitors a platform.
They wont tho b/c they put click$ over democracy.
It’s up to us to cancel cable & STOP AMPLIFYING THEM WITH OUR POSTS to starve the beast.
They wont tho b/c they put click$ over democracy.
It’s up to us to cancel cable & STOP AMPLIFYING THEM WITH OUR POSTS to starve the beast.
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Open defiance of a court order + dissolution of the House = dictatorship.
Dictators don't get voted out.
gregolear.substack.com/p/8647-donal...
Dictators don't get voted out.
gregolear.substack.com/p/8647-donal...
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Open defiance of a court order + dissolution of the House = dictatorship.
Dictators don't get voted out.
gregolear.substack.com/p/8647-donal...
Dictators don't get voted out.
gregolear.substack.com/p/8647-donal...
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The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
So decent coffee is nearly 20 bucks a pound now?? ☕️ 💰
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
So decent coffee is nearly 20 bucks a pound now?? ☕️ 💰