Nina Ito
@ninaito.bsky.social
Central Illinois/Sendai, Japan. Retired English as a Second Language professional. Love to travel.
Here for the (Dem) politics.
Here for the (Dem) politics.
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What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.
Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.
Key words “forced to…” 😡
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 206. Everything you need to know about what happened this weekend in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 206
… Fox host Brian Kilmeade was forced to issue a 30 second “apology” today after his comments on Fox & Friends Wednesday where he said we could solve the homeless problem by giving them lethal injectio...
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September 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Key words “forced to…” 😡
Two powerhouses together!
I’m going live with California governor Gavin Newsom at 5:00 p.m. ET. Link is here:
LIVE SOON: Live with Heather Cox Richardson
Starting Aug 14 at 5:00 PM EDT
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August 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Two powerhouses together!
Based on the description, I didn’t even turn on the sound for these remarks.
This is a deeply confused, historically ignorant, and easily bamboozled halfwit whose understanding of geopolitics and geostrategy is roughly equivalent to that of a random mollusc.
I can’t event summarize it. Listen to it. This gives me anxiety.
June 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Based on the description, I didn’t even turn on the sound for these remarks.
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The No Kings protest map will help you find a place to exercise your First Amendment rights this weekend. (It's also a pretty good argument against the Electoral College.) www.nokings.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The No Kings protest map will help you find a place to exercise your First Amendment rights this weekend. (It's also a pretty good argument against the Electoral College.) www.nokings.org
8 years old, but needed now more than ever.
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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March 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
8 years old, but needed now more than ever.
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My Governor!
🏆 Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
My Governor!
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
- George Orwell, 1984
- George Orwell, 1984
January 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
- George Orwell, 1984
- George Orwell, 1984