Norm Cook
@normcook.bsky.social
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstance.... Victor Frankl
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While the Trump team defends killing suspected drug dealers who have not been convicted of anything, the convicted drug trafficking former president of Honduras is released from prison by a Trump pardon. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Former President of Honduras Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon
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December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
While the Trump team defends killing suspected drug dealers who have not been convicted of anything, the convicted drug trafficking former president of Honduras is released from prison by a Trump pardon. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
Patently obvious.
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 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Patently obvious.
Hey Dems!
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
December 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Hey Dems!
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Mark Kelly: “Pete Hegseth is not a serious person. He’s unqualified for this job. I think he is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in the history of our country by far. & this President thinks he can bully & intimidate people? He’s not gonna stop me from speaking out & holding him accountable”
November 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Mark Kelly: “Pete Hegseth is not a serious person. He’s unqualified for this job. I think he is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in the history of our country by far. & this President thinks he can bully & intimidate people? He’s not gonna stop me from speaking out & holding him accountable”
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
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There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.
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What an easy governing philosophy Republicans have. Just blame every problem on Biden, Democrats, and migrants. Then you never have to solve anything and can blame all your failures on other people. This is especially useful when you are grossly unqualified for your position.
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What an easy governing philosophy Republicans have. Just blame every problem on Biden, Democrats, and migrants. Then you never have to solve anything and can blame all your failures on other people. This is especially useful when you are grossly unqualified for your position.
Appoint that needs significant amplification. Republicans do not know anything about the real Jesus.
For @johnfugelsang.bsky.social, Christianity is about “siding with the underdog and the marginalized,” but the right has “hijacked” rhetoric around the faith “as cover for meanness.” He says many turn away from organized religion because “they’re turned off to all the cruelty and hypocrisy.” #Velshi
John Fugelsang: Right-wing Christians use the Bible ‘as a prop’ & ignore Jesus’ message
The son of a former Franciscan brother and nun, Christianity is deeply important to John Fugelsang, and inspired him to write the new book “Separation of Church and Hate.” “They don’t really follow this holy book they wave around like a prop,” Fugelsang tells Ali Velshi. Fugelsang argues that the rhetoric of Christianity “has been hijacked” by right-wingers and Christian nationalists whose ideology actually runs counter to the
teachings of Jesus.
www.msnbc.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Appoint that needs significant amplification. Republicans do not know anything about the real Jesus.
Birds of a feather.
The challenge is always to keep the victims first and foremost.
The challenge is always to keep the victims first and foremost.
Trump pal, if you can fathom it
October 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Birds of a feather.
The challenge is always to keep the victims first and foremost.
The challenge is always to keep the victims first and foremost.
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The last 3 shutdowns were all under Trump/GOP control. The GOP can’t govern, and America knows it.
October 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The last 3 shutdowns were all under Trump/GOP control. The GOP can’t govern, and America knows it.
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They wanted to run America like a business.
They chose a CEO with a history of financial fraud who had bankrupted many of his businesses.
Ergo, we have Trump shutdown #3.
They chose a CEO with a history of financial fraud who had bankrupted many of his businesses.
Ergo, we have Trump shutdown #3.
October 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
They wanted to run America like a business.
They chose a CEO with a history of financial fraud who had bankrupted many of his businesses.
Ergo, we have Trump shutdown #3.
They chose a CEO with a history of financial fraud who had bankrupted many of his businesses.
Ergo, we have Trump shutdown #3.
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Presidents get too much credit when the American economy is strong & too much blame when it isn’t. But in the case of farmers who can’t sell crops, Trump clearly gets 100% of the blame. Rare when you can point to economic disaster in a sector directly attributable to a president.
September 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Presidents get too much credit when the American economy is strong & too much blame when it isn’t. But in the case of farmers who can’t sell crops, Trump clearly gets 100% of the blame. Rare when you can point to economic disaster in a sector directly attributable to a president.
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Stop trying to argue with the logic of the right. The right purposefully employs inconsistent logic to specifically in order to make people show it is above consistency. It is purely about dominance.
And it also has the added benefit of getting its foes obsessed with arguing instead of fighting.
And it also has the added benefit of getting its foes obsessed with arguing instead of fighting.
September 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Stop trying to argue with the logic of the right. The right purposefully employs inconsistent logic to specifically in order to make people show it is above consistency. It is purely about dominance.
And it also has the added benefit of getting its foes obsessed with arguing instead of fighting.
And it also has the added benefit of getting its foes obsessed with arguing instead of fighting.
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The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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I do not know how to fix it, but I cannot say enough how much we in the news need to figure out how to handle the “flood the zone with shit” strategy.
September 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I do not know how to fix it, but I cannot say enough how much we in the news need to figure out how to handle the “flood the zone with shit” strategy.
Changing narrative that's devoid of facts is an easy delivery to cults.
September 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Changing narrative that's devoid of facts is an easy delivery to cults.
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24 years after 9/11, it's long past time to rein in the endless war machine and demand investment in America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnR84h7t5kI
The Military-Industrial Drain | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
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September 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
24 years after 9/11, it's long past time to rein in the endless war machine and demand investment in America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnR84h7t5kI
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19 drones launched over several hours, from Russia and Belarus, into Poland, were not a mistake. Many of them did not carry explosives, so they had not gone astray in Ukraine....they were a probe of Poland, NATO and Trump.
September 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Yeah ... Who would have guessed? 🤔🤡
You’ll never believe this. The Heritage Foundation has discovered that the original intent of the 18th century founders and the approach taken by the judges appointed by Donald Trump are in complete alignment. What are the chances? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
In New Book, Think Tank Behind Project 2025 Takes On the Constitution
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September 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Yeah ... Who would have guessed? 🤔🤡
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Let’s be clear—this is bigger than Trump. The Epstein files show how banks, corporations, and even governments looked the other way while children were abused. Survivors deserve justice. We can’t let this cycle repeat.
September 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Let’s be clear—this is bigger than Trump. The Epstein files show how banks, corporations, and even governments looked the other way while children were abused. Survivors deserve justice. We can’t let this cycle repeat.
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Lots of people have to die because Trump has always been a soft, weak, pampered, fragile coward his entire life who now has to try and prove to people he’s a tough guy.
September 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Lots of people have to die because Trump has always been a soft, weak, pampered, fragile coward his entire life who now has to try and prove to people he’s a tough guy.