@retiredpatriot.bsky.social
Once serving. Now retired.
Resistentia tyrannis est oboedientia Dei
Principiis obsta
Finem respice
(photo by Toby McGuire)
Resistentia tyrannis est oboedientia Dei
Principiis obsta
Finem respice
(photo by Toby McGuire)
She is only months away from becoming an Angus King independent.
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
She is only months away from becoming an Angus King independent.
In the #NextAmerica, @anatosaurus.bsky.social will have a prominent role in educating people about the civic world they are responsible for maintaining.
Every disaffected Dem & swing focus group we do begins with people asking what's real. They hear, at times, this is authoritarian takeover threatening lives & livelihoods. But perceive most "leaders" not acting as if this were so.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In the #NextAmerica, @anatosaurus.bsky.social will have a prominent role in educating people about the civic world they are responsible for maintaining.
Folks, this is exactly what it looks like.
Nearly all elected Dems today are unprepared for the kind of legislative fighting they must do to protect everyone.
And far too many of them think these times is normal.
It's like watching Whigs in 1852.
#CopperheadsOut!
Nearly all elected Dems today are unprepared for the kind of legislative fighting they must do to protect everyone.
And far too many of them think these times is normal.
It's like watching Whigs in 1852.
#CopperheadsOut!
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Folks, this is exactly what it looks like.
Nearly all elected Dems today are unprepared for the kind of legislative fighting they must do to protect everyone.
And far too many of them think these times is normal.
It's like watching Whigs in 1852.
#CopperheadsOut!
Nearly all elected Dems today are unprepared for the kind of legislative fighting they must do to protect everyone.
And far too many of them think these times is normal.
It's like watching Whigs in 1852.
#CopperheadsOut!
Monday morning mood
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Monday morning mood
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
It boggles my mind that people still view the cobbled together musing of mystics dated from the Bronze to the Dark Age as some kind of blueprint for living in modern times. Slavery, and patriarchy (a system not far removed from slavery) were accepted norms and government and society were /1
"The far right in America sees women as a national—as well as natural—resource..."
The premise of Atwood's Republic of Gilead.
#WeAreNotGoingBack
The premise of Atwood's Republic of Gilead.
#WeAreNotGoingBack
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Before there can be justice, The People must #StandUp, confront & chase away these agents & their unlawful impunity.
#WeWillRemember.
#WideAwakes.
#WeWillRemember.
#WideAwakes.
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Before there can be justice, The People must #StandUp, confront & chase away these agents & their unlawful impunity.
#WeWillRemember.
#WideAwakes.
#WeWillRemember.
#WideAwakes.
A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If @aoc.bsky.social can, then I can try.
Welcome.
You'll be forgiven if you offer some contrition.
But, you aren't going to tell me I am wrong or that I have to do it your way to keep you in my clubhouse.
Welcome.
You'll be forgiven if you offer some contrition.
But, you aren't going to tell me I am wrong or that I have to do it your way to keep you in my clubhouse.
AOC on how we could unite the working class to defeat fascism by welcoming MAGA voters into Democratic Socialism.
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If @aoc.bsky.social can, then I can try.
Welcome.
You'll be forgiven if you offer some contrition.
But, you aren't going to tell me I am wrong or that I have to do it your way to keep you in my clubhouse.
Welcome.
You'll be forgiven if you offer some contrition.
But, you aren't going to tell me I am wrong or that I have to do it your way to keep you in my clubhouse.
#StevenLockjaw is going to be held accountable.
That day will come.
That day will come.
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
#StevenLockjaw is going to be held accountable.
That day will come.
That day will come.
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Hello @katmabu.bsky.social, @mikesimmonsil.bsky.social, and @danielbiss.bsky.social,
I am a voter in IL-09, and I am rapidly becoming a single-issue voter. The one issue is dismantling ICE, dissolving the DHS, and seeking the death penalty for the perpetrators of atrocious 8th Amendment violations.
I am a voter in IL-09, and I am rapidly becoming a single-issue voter. The one issue is dismantling ICE, dissolving the DHS, and seeking the death penalty for the perpetrators of atrocious 8th Amendment violations.
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hello @katmabu.bsky.social, @mikesimmonsil.bsky.social, and @danielbiss.bsky.social,
I am a voter in IL-09, and I am rapidly becoming a single-issue voter. The one issue is dismantling ICE, dissolving the DHS, and seeking the death penalty for the perpetrators of atrocious 8th Amendment violations.
I am a voter in IL-09, and I am rapidly becoming a single-issue voter. The one issue is dismantling ICE, dissolving the DHS, and seeking the death penalty for the perpetrators of atrocious 8th Amendment violations.
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If you’re screaming about the violence being enacted on tax payers by the United States government, you are not overreacting.
You are not overreaching.
You are not overstating.
You are not alone.
You are not overreaching.
You are not overstating.
You are not alone.
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
If you’re screaming about the violence being enacted on tax payers by the United States government, you are not overreacting.
You are not overreaching.
You are not overstating.
You are not alone.
You are not overreaching.
You are not overstating.
You are not alone.
More talented leaders for the partisan resistance forces.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
More talented leaders for the partisan resistance forces.
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Contempt and a day in jail—at least.
Then there’s a chance his conduct can be stopped.
Fail to jail a man like this doing something like this and he’ll start doing things 500% worse.
If Trump had been jailed for his NYMA Attempted Murder, none of what’s happened would’ve happened.
Then there’s a chance his conduct can be stopped.
Fail to jail a man like this doing something like this and he’ll start doing things 500% worse.
If Trump had been jailed for his NYMA Attempted Murder, none of what’s happened would’ve happened.
Border Patrol commander admitted he lied about tear gas incident, judge says, as she restricts use of force by immigration agents in Chicago
The incident involving Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino, has been a key part of the court proceedings challenging immigration tactics in Chicago.
abcnews.go.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Contempt and a day in jail—at least.
Then there’s a chance his conduct can be stopped.
Fail to jail a man like this doing something like this and he’ll start doing things 500% worse.
If Trump had been jailed for his NYMA Attempted Murder, none of what’s happened would’ve happened.
Then there’s a chance his conduct can be stopped.
Fail to jail a man like this doing something like this and he’ll start doing things 500% worse.
If Trump had been jailed for his NYMA Attempted Murder, none of what’s happened would’ve happened.
Um yeah. That's the idea.
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time Steve.
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time Steve.
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Um yeah. That's the idea.
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time Steve.
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time Steve.
And people wonder why the commander of USSOUTHCOM was fired.
He knows.
👀
He knows.
👀
1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat.
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.
Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean
The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.
www.justsecurity.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
And people wonder why the commander of USSOUTHCOM was fired.
He knows.
👀
He knows.
👀
Is his solution to the problems with health insurance to…get rid of health insurance entirely?!?
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
They are aligned with their nihilist YT man base & willing to burn it all down.
"The day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the [Regime]'s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege."
"The day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the [Regime]'s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege."
The Republicans have really backed themselves into the corner.
They can’t negotiate with Democrats because as soon as Congress comes back, and they swear in Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva, Congress will take a vote to release any lists or names associated with Epstein.
They can’t negotiate with Democrats because as soon as Congress comes back, and they swear in Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva, Congress will take a vote to release any lists or names associated with Epstein.
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
They are aligned with their nihilist YT man base & willing to burn it all down.
"The day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the [Regime]'s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege."
"The day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the [Regime]'s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege."
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Finally! Cut down version of my explanation for the why behind many Dems being in ineffective reactive mode while MAGA and some Dems (perhaps a certain mayor-elect...) actually force their desired convos to the fore.
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight, Part I
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Tuesday Showed the Power of Magnetism.
contrarian.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Finally! Cut down version of my explanation for the why behind many Dems being in ineffective reactive mode while MAGA and some Dems (perhaps a certain mayor-elect...) actually force their desired convos to the fore.
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
#BovinoYouABitch gonna be my new ringtone.
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
November 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#BovinoYouABitch gonna be my new ringtone.
Turning point in America and world history.
How different the world would have been had the Rehnquist Court not been corrupt
November 7th, 2000.
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Turning point in America and world history.
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Brother Warnock lays it plain.
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Brother Warnock lays it plain.
Don't. Look. Away.
I just spent an hour chasing these ICE jagoffs through Bridgeport. They detained and questioned two old Chinese ladies (clearly dangerous criminals) then let them go. They are terrorizing the entire neighborhood. There have been people abducted this morning. I'm beyond enraged.
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Don't. Look. Away.