rayherrondrums
@rayherrondrums.bsky.social
Left Coast twitter refugee, thankful for a Bluesky.
Have drums, will travel.
Rx for the next 4 years…
Civil Resistance in the form of
Massive Nonviolent Noncompliance
Have drums, will travel.
Rx for the next 4 years…
Civil Resistance in the form of
Massive Nonviolent Noncompliance
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
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The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Kash Patel is at being FBI director.
Kash Patel, the FBI's agent of chaos
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Kash Patel is at being FBI director.
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The public has supported raising taxes on the ultrarich and corporations for years, but policymakers have failed to act.
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
Raising taxes on the ultrarich: A necessary first step to restore faith in American democracy and the public sector
Summary The public has supported raising taxes on the ultrarich and corporations for years, but policymakers have not responded. Small increases in taxes on the rich that were instituted during time...
www.epi.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The public has supported raising taxes on the ultrarich and corporations for years, but policymakers have failed to act.
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
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A thread of two photos, each worth more than 1,000 words:
The Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Ill., is detained by Illinois State Police at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility
Via Freelance photographer Jim Vondruska/Reuters
1/2
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
The Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Ill., is detained by Illinois State Police at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility
Via Freelance photographer Jim Vondruska/Reuters
1/2
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A thread of two photos, each worth more than 1,000 words:
The Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Ill., is detained by Illinois State Police at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility
Via Freelance photographer Jim Vondruska/Reuters
1/2
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
The Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Ill., is detained by Illinois State Police at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility
Via Freelance photographer Jim Vondruska/Reuters
1/2
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Made for each other.
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Made for each other.
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BREAKING: Epstein survivors just released one of the most powerful PSAs I’ve ever seen.
Spread this everywhere so every member of the House is forced to watch it.
Just a reminder: Ask about the Epstein list. Every. Single. Day‼️
#BlueCrew #Resist #ResistTrump #ProudBlue #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Spread this everywhere so every member of the House is forced to watch it.
Just a reminder: Ask about the Epstein list. Every. Single. Day‼️
#BlueCrew #Resist #ResistTrump #ProudBlue #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
BREAKING: Epstein survivors just released one of the most powerful PSAs I’ve ever seen.
Spread this everywhere so every member of the House is forced to watch it.
Just a reminder: Ask about the Epstein list. Every. Single. Day‼️
#BlueCrew #Resist #ResistTrump #ProudBlue #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Spread this everywhere so every member of the House is forced to watch it.
Just a reminder: Ask about the Epstein list. Every. Single. Day‼️
#BlueCrew #Resist #ResistTrump #ProudBlue #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
There is no measurement for how low this orange pestilence will go.
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There is no measurement for how low this orange pestilence will go.
Punchline addendum:
“…I could but I’m going to listen to my pestilent heart.”
“…I could but I’m going to listen to my pestilent heart.”
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Punchline addendum:
“…I could but I’m going to listen to my pestilent heart.”
“…I could but I’m going to listen to my pestilent heart.”
THIS…
There’s a huge sitcom here, even if only short lived. Anybody got the balls to make it?
There’s a huge sitcom here, even if only short lived. Anybody got the balls to make it?
November 15, 2025 at 5:44 AM
THIS…
There’s a huge sitcom here, even if only short lived. Anybody got the balls to make it?
There’s a huge sitcom here, even if only short lived. Anybody got the balls to make it?
Whew!
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Whew!
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Paul "Nazi streak" Ingrassia is getting a promotion, because...Donald Trump thinks he deserves it. @timmiller.bsky.social:
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Paul "Nazi streak" Ingrassia is getting a promotion, because...Donald Trump thinks he deserves it. @timmiller.bsky.social:
Bezos to increase shipments of ketchup. “It’s on the house”…literally.
Epstein fallout reaches new heights as Trump loyalists begin 'turning on him': analysis
www.rawstory.com
Epstein fallout reaches new heights as Trump loyalists begin 'turning on him': analysis
twp.ai
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Bezos to increase shipments of ketchup. “It’s on the house”…literally.
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“The Department of Homeland Security spent $220M but has kept at least one beneficiary of the nine-figure ad deal a secret, records and interviews show: a Republican consulting firm with long-standing personal and business ties to Kristi Noem and her senior aides at DHS.”
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“The Department of Homeland Security spent $220M but has kept at least one beneficiary of the nine-figure ad deal a secret, records and interviews show: a Republican consulting firm with long-standing personal and business ties to Kristi Noem and her senior aides at DHS.”
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
"They'll vote yes…”[now that it’s checkmate].
Been sayin'. "They'll vote yes to get out ahead of what's coming." (David Shuster last week). Over 1000 FBI and DOJ analysts had their eyes on the unsecure files during the review this past March. That's a lot of potential leaks. www.politico.com/live-updates...
House Dems predict major GOP support on bill to release Epstein files
Confidence is growing after the release of new damning emails for Trump.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"They'll vote yes…”[now that it’s checkmate].
Slash & Burn is all they know.
Stop the madness #voteblue.
Stop the madness #voteblue.
US cuts funding for Hungary’s Szabad Európa, one of its last independent outlets, days before Orbán’s WH visit as Trump ally Kari Lake slashes Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, steps watchdogs call “a gift to autocrats.”
Kari Lake Cuts U.S.-Funded Hungarian Outlet, Handing Authoritarian Orbán Win Before Trump Meeting
Kari Lake’s decision to cut funding for Hungary’s U.S.-backed Radio Free Europe branch came just two days before Viktor Orbán’s White House visit,
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Slash & Burn is all they know.
Stop the madness #voteblue.
Stop the madness #voteblue.
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ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
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ICE violently arrested a protester and pointed assault rifles at unarmed community members filming today in Little Village, Chicago.
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
ICE violently arrested a protester and pointed assault rifles at unarmed community members filming today in Little Village, Chicago.
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This poster appeared at a bus stop near Tesla's flagship London store overnight… 👏🏼
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This poster appeared at a bus stop near Tesla's flagship London store overnight… 👏🏼
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They want you to leave your phones at home so you can’t take video of them. If you leave your phone at home, take a go-pro with you. Cameras out, America!
“ICE is quietly building up its ability to spy on Americans' phones
The agency activated a $2 million contract with Paragon, a service that offers the ability to remotely hack into someone's phone.
[Also] ICE entered into an $11 million contract for Cellebrite devices…to break into a locked phone”
The agency activated a $2 million contract with Paragon, a service that offers the ability to remotely hack into someone's phone.
[Also] ICE entered into an $11 million contract for Cellebrite devices…to break into a locked phone”
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
They want you to leave your phones at home so you can’t take video of them. If you leave your phone at home, take a go-pro with you. Cameras out, America!
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It is the responsibility of all of us to return the nation to a path that is morally sustainable.
Trump is threatening the basic needs of poor Americans. How low he has sunk | Robert Reich
The president has put Snap benefits in jeopardy amid a fight over Medicaid. The nation has lost its moral authority
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It is the responsibility of all of us to return the nation to a path that is morally sustainable.
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“In this single moment, we got more visual evidence of Trump’s absence of compassion, indeed the indifference to the suffering of another human…What a tragedy that at a time of grave and great challenges a man like this occupies our White House.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-this-...
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-this-...
Will This Photo Define the Trump Years?
A Saturday Prompt
www.americaamerica.news
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“In this single moment, we got more visual evidence of Trump’s absence of compassion, indeed the indifference to the suffering of another human…What a tragedy that at a time of grave and great challenges a man like this occupies our White House.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-this-...
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-this-...