Nick
@nickwidzowski.bsky.social
Former NYC political hack. Did some climate stuff once (and still do, now and again). Also occasional Liverpool FC posts.
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Nick
@nickwidzowski.bsky.social
· Jun 9
“America was never America to me.
And yet I swear this oath: America will be!” - Langston Hughes
And yet I swear this oath: America will be!” - Langston Hughes
I have seen more anger amongst Facebook normies than I might have expected tbh
I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I have seen more anger amongst Facebook normies than I might have expected tbh
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Rep. Jodey Arrington, who chairs the powerful House Budget Committee, unexpectedly announces he will not seek reelection after five terms representing dark red West Texas in Congress. Arrington is 53, an age when many aspiring politicians still want to *reach* the House.
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Rep. Jodey Arrington, who chairs the powerful House Budget Committee, unexpectedly announces he will not seek reelection after five terms representing dark red West Texas in Congress. Arrington is 53, an age when many aspiring politicians still want to *reach* the House.
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The US lost average of 11,250 private-sector jobs in four weeks ended October 25 - ADP
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The US lost average of 11,250 private-sector jobs in four weeks ended October 25 - ADP
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going on twitter now is like the dark world part of link to the past, where the shape of things is roughly the same only now instead of the friendly villagers there's some demihuman freak snarling at you going "welcome to the village of assholes!! we hate you!!" also the trees shoot bombs now
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
going on twitter now is like the dark world part of link to the past, where the shape of things is roughly the same only now instead of the friendly villagers there's some demihuman freak snarling at you going "welcome to the village of assholes!! we hate you!!" also the trees shoot bombs now
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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The science of storytelling with author and humanist Kurt Vonnegut 😅❤️
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The science of storytelling with author and humanist Kurt Vonnegut 😅❤️
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
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live by the median voter's belief that the President has an affordability dial in the oval, die by the median voter's belief that the President has an affordability dial in the oval
*BESSENT: 'WE INHERITED AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS'
*BESSENT: 'WE INHERITED AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS'
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
live by the median voter's belief that the President has an affordability dial in the oval, die by the median voter's belief that the President has an affordability dial in the oval
*BESSENT: 'WE INHERITED AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS'
*BESSENT: 'WE INHERITED AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS'
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for what it's worth I think "they would rather starve Americans than pay for health care" is a winning message
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
for what it's worth I think "they would rather starve Americans than pay for health care" is a winning message
Wild to think his Man Show co-host took such a huge divergence
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Wild to think his Man Show co-host took such a huge divergence
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JFC is this bad. Straight up cash transfer to the shadiest Republican senators and an assault on the rule of law.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
JFC is this bad. Straight up cash transfer to the shadiest Republican senators and an assault on the rule of law.
Senatus Delendus Est
the caucus gets how this is *worse* right? if you're just going around Schumer, what's the point of leadership
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Senatus Delendus Est
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This echoes the conservative counterargument to union rights a century ago, the so-called "liberty of contract."
As FDR's Interior Secretary Harold Ickes noted, that kind of "liberty" merely gave helpless individuals the freedom to "drive a bargain with a great corporation."
As FDR's Interior Secretary Harold Ickes noted, that kind of "liberty" merely gave helpless individuals the freedom to "drive a bargain with a great corporation."
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This echoes the conservative counterargument to union rights a century ago, the so-called "liberty of contract."
As FDR's Interior Secretary Harold Ickes noted, that kind of "liberty" merely gave helpless individuals the freedom to "drive a bargain with a great corporation."
As FDR's Interior Secretary Harold Ickes noted, that kind of "liberty" merely gave helpless individuals the freedom to "drive a bargain with a great corporation."
The cardiologists are in on it?
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The cardiologists are in on it?
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just saying if one of the 8 folding Dems wants they can use this as an excuse to change their mind and not give Trump exactly what he wants
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
just saying if one of the 8 folding Dems wants they can use this as an excuse to change their mind and not give Trump exactly what he wants
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Fuck these racist pricks
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Fuck these racist pricks
What can be done about the Senate? Well…
Anyway, maybe this is a good time for all of us to start thinking about whether there are any lessons to take from the UK 1911 Parliament Act:
Parliament Act 1911 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
What can be done about the Senate? Well…
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get in losers we're Fitzgeraldposting
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
get in losers we're Fitzgeraldposting
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[George Lucas between calculating licensed toy revenue circa 1999]
"Wesa all product of da material conditions dissen why wesa need a strongen deconstruction of da colonialist mindset un focus onda natives"
"Wesa all product of da material conditions dissen why wesa need a strongen deconstruction of da colonialist mindset un focus onda natives"
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
[George Lucas between calculating licensed toy revenue circa 1999]
"Wesa all product of da material conditions dissen why wesa need a strongen deconstruction of da colonialist mindset un focus onda natives"
"Wesa all product of da material conditions dissen why wesa need a strongen deconstruction of da colonialist mindset un focus onda natives"
Oh no, I’m not falling for anything related to Episode I today
It was bad
Accept it
It was bad
Accept it
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Oh no, I’m not falling for anything related to Episode I today
It was bad
Accept it
It was bad
Accept it
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Much of this year has felt like somewhere in between, say, the Seven Days Battles and Antietam. Any outcome that would have enabled us to go back to the status quo ante is gone now, but it's not clear yet where the current battle lines are taking us.
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Much of this year has felt like somewhere in between, say, the Seven Days Battles and Antietam. Any outcome that would have enabled us to go back to the status quo ante is gone now, but it's not clear yet where the current battle lines are taking us.