Peter Blackstock
@peterblackstocksd.bsky.social
Music journalist, No Depression magazine co-founder. Former Seattleite and Austinite, now in SoCal. Lifelong fighter of fascism; hope you are the same.
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Our foreign policy, if that is still the right concept, has three pillars: alienate allies, encourage enemies, and take bribes.
"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal" edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Our foreign policy, if that is still the right concept, has three pillars: alienate allies, encourage enemies, and take bribes.
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WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
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Truth Social’s new AI tool states the 2020 election was not stolen and that groceries are costing more under Trump.
Trump Brutally Fact-Checked by His Own Company’s New AI Tool
Truth Social’s new AI tool states the 2020 election was not stolen and that groceries are costing more under Donald Trump.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Truth Social’s new AI tool states the 2020 election was not stolen and that groceries are costing more under Trump.
Last show of the #DreamSyndicate California tour tonight at the Soda Bar in #SanDiego
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Last show of the #DreamSyndicate California tour tonight at the Soda Bar in #SanDiego
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Yes. Some of them are neighbors. Some are family members. Call them all out. Every single one of them.
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Yes. Some of them are neighbors. Some are family members. Call them all out. Every single one of them.
More of this, please. Much more.
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
More of this, please. Much more.
Really worth reading this. So much of what happened then that still resonates today.
John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Really worth reading this. So much of what happened then that still resonates today.
Final act of the @sdfolkheritage.bsky.social Train Song Festival in Poway is #SaraPetite
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Final act of the @sdfolkheritage.bsky.social Train Song Festival in Poway is #SaraPetite
Good on #JeffBerkley for playing a #WoodyGuthrie classic at today’s @sdfolkheritage.bsky.social Train Song Festival in Old Poway Park.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Good on #JeffBerkley for playing a #WoodyGuthrie classic at today’s @sdfolkheritage.bsky.social Train Song Festival in Old Poway Park.
I wonder about this often, with certain former friends and a couple of Trump-voting family members.
When Kristi Noem was a child and watched "The Sound of Music" on TV, did she root for the Von Trapp family to be captured by the Nazis? If not, what the hell happened to her as an adult?
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I wonder about this often, with certain former friends and a couple of Trump-voting family members.
At least Marie Antoinette offered cake. With DJT, it's straight-up "Let them eat shit."
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
At least Marie Antoinette offered cake. With DJT, it's straight-up "Let them eat shit."
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
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If you buy anything at all from Tesla, you are endorsing a corporation that chose to give a trillion dollars to this man:
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If you buy anything at all from Tesla, you are endorsing a corporation that chose to give a trillion dollars to this man:
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I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
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in 2006 there was a big discussion about whether to delete the "vice presidents who have shot people" category which only had two people (cheney and burr)
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
in 2006 there was a big discussion about whether to delete the "vice presidents who have shot people" category which only had two people (cheney and burr)
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It's the exact same ideology embraced by the elite enslavers before the Civil War: some people are better than others, and have the right-- and maybe the duty-- to rule. It was the Mudsill Theory then, and it's the Mudsill Theory today, dress it up in whatever elegant language you may.
When Hillary said there was a vast right wing conspiracy, she was, as usual, correct. It's become more entrenched, secretive, organized, & scary.
Armed w knowledge, we will #PushBack 🐸
#WeAreDemocracy
#DemocracyNotAutocracy
Gifted article. wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
#Voices4Victory
#USDemoctacy
Armed w knowledge, we will #PushBack 🐸
#WeAreDemocracy
#DemocracyNotAutocracy
Gifted article. wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
#Voices4Victory
#USDemoctacy
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It's the exact same ideology embraced by the elite enslavers before the Civil War: some people are better than others, and have the right-- and maybe the duty-- to rule. It was the Mudsill Theory then, and it's the Mudsill Theory today, dress it up in whatever elegant language you may.
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Hey, all my beautiful Californians! Did you vote #yesonprop50
Get up off that beautiful thing and vote. Our country is depending on us to do the right thing. Let’s show them how beautiful California really truly is.
Get up off that beautiful thing and vote. Our country is depending on us to do the right thing. Let’s show them how beautiful California really truly is.
November 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hey, all my beautiful Californians! Did you vote #yesonprop50
Get up off that beautiful thing and vote. Our country is depending on us to do the right thing. Let’s show them how beautiful California really truly is.
Get up off that beautiful thing and vote. Our country is depending on us to do the right thing. Let’s show them how beautiful California really truly is.
I typed “winner winner chicken” in my phone, and the predictive text was “sandwich.”
Tell me again how smart AI is.
Tell me again how smart AI is.
November 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I typed “winner winner chicken” in my phone, and the predictive text was “sandwich.”
Tell me again how smart AI is.
Tell me again how smart AI is.
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Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
New from Bellingcat: “‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’ — Tear gas, pepper balls among weapons used by federal agents at Illinois immigration protests.”
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge recently issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents in the state, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz.
www.bellingcat.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
ARREST THE AGENT.
I do not see identification of this federal agent in a "conspicuous" place on his uniform, as ordered Tuesday by U.S. District Cout Judge Sara Ellis, in this photo of him making physical contact with Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez
At least 2 people — both citizens — were detained by immigration agents in Albany Park Friday. blockclubchi.co/4hDz8Cu
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ARREST THE AGENT.
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Trump didn't send armed agents to the Chicago area to quell violence. He sent them there to cause violence.
10/31/25🧊neo-nazis attacking Americans-2 blocks from Evanston Township HS🇺🇸🤬
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Trump didn't send armed agents to the Chicago area to quell violence. He sent them there to cause violence.