Roger Freedman
@rogerfreedman.bsky.social
Physics educator at UC Santa Barbara, textbook author, and San Diego Comic-Con OG. he/him/his
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Presidential power is the great constitutional issue of 2025. This epic power grab has not gone unchallenged. We recap this year's defining challenges and the response by courts, advocates, and the public.
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A Year of Challenge and Hope for American Democracy
As our Constitution is tested, citizens respond.
www.brennancenter.org
January 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Presidential power is the great constitutional issue of 2025. This epic power grab has not gone unchallenged. We recap this year's defining challenges and the response by courts, advocates, and the public.
bit.ly/3Y72AYH
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@maddow.bsky.social: “There are very few Americans right now who have any idea why the United States did this. If this was about drug trafficking then why did President Trump just pardon the former President of Honduras who was convicted of sending hundreds of tons of drugs into the US?”
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
@maddow.bsky.social: “There are very few Americans right now who have any idea why the United States did this. If this was about drug trafficking then why did President Trump just pardon the former President of Honduras who was convicted of sending hundreds of tons of drugs into the US?”
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It’s the United States that needs regime change.
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
It’s the United States that needs regime change.
The assault on scientific knowledge by the current administration continues unabated - including on the irreplaceable assets of the library at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. 🪐⚛️🎢
Researchers dismayed as NASA's largest research library closes in Maryland
The large research library NASA has at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was an incredibly important resource for space mission data and research. That resource is now closed.
www.nbcwashington.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM
The assault on scientific knowledge by the current administration continues unabated - including on the irreplaceable assets of the library at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. 🪐⚛️🎢
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If there's one thing America's Fake Christians love,
it's illegal wars
on countries that haven't attacked us
based 100% on lies
that kill nonwhite people
and steal oil.
20 years of re-branding, and here we are.
it's illegal wars
on countries that haven't attacked us
based 100% on lies
that kill nonwhite people
and steal oil.
20 years of re-branding, and here we are.
January 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
If there's one thing America's Fake Christians love,
it's illegal wars
on countries that haven't attacked us
based 100% on lies
that kill nonwhite people
and steal oil.
20 years of re-branding, and here we are.
it's illegal wars
on countries that haven't attacked us
based 100% on lies
that kill nonwhite people
and steal oil.
20 years of re-branding, and here we are.
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So it’s ok for a country to invade another country and kidnap its president? I hope that the rest of the world is paying attention. I have a president . . .
January 3, 2026 at 2:15 PM
So it’s ok for a country to invade another country and kidnap its president? I hope that the rest of the world is paying attention. I have a president . . .
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“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!”
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
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January 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!”
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani's inauguration speech contained references and in-jokes for New Yorkers of nearly every class, race, generation and creed: gothamist.visitlink.me/o18O0G
January 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's inauguration speech contained references and in-jokes for New Yorkers of nearly every class, race, generation and creed: gothamist.visitlink.me/o18O0G
‘The US has in the past carried out war games to simulate a scenario where Venezuelan leadership was “decapitated”… “You’d have prolonged chaos … with no clear way out,” Douglas Farah, a Latin America expert who helped run the war games, said.’
Decades of chaos are just beginning.
Decades of chaos are just beginning.
Why has US attacked Caracas and captured Venezuela’s president?
Trump’s unprecedented capture of Nicolás Maduro follows months of military campaign and years of strained relationship
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
‘The US has in the past carried out war games to simulate a scenario where Venezuelan leadership was “decapitated”… “You’d have prolonged chaos … with no clear way out,” Douglas Farah, a Latin America expert who helped run the war games, said.’
Decades of chaos are just beginning.
Decades of chaos are just beginning.
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Send this to anyone in your life who pretends this is about defending Venezuelan democracy or whatever
In November, I sat with two Venezuelans who fled the country after protesting Maduro.
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
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Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
How a ‘Habeas Machine’ Reunited One Family That Was Pulled Apart by ICE
The agents were on the hunt, but as they staked out the...
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January 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Send this to anyone in your life who pretends this is about defending Venezuelan democracy or whatever
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins the new year by issuing an order revoking all executive orders signed by corrupt MAGA scumbag Eric Adams after his corruption conviction.
Love every bit of this.
Love every bit of this.
January 2, 2026 at 3:08 AM
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins the new year by issuing an order revoking all executive orders signed by corrupt MAGA scumbag Eric Adams after his corruption conviction.
Love every bit of this.
Love every bit of this.
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It's amazing how many corporations -- much less private individuals -- still believe they need to stay active on the white nationalist forum and CSAM generator.
Sure, you may have succeeded in blocking yourself from seeing these things there, but all of us still see you there alongside those things
Sure, you may have succeeded in blocking yourself from seeing these things there, but all of us still see you there alongside those things
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 1:13 AM
It's amazing how many corporations -- much less private individuals -- still believe they need to stay active on the white nationalist forum and CSAM generator.
Sure, you may have succeeded in blocking yourself from seeing these things there, but all of us still see you there alongside those things
Sure, you may have succeeded in blocking yourself from seeing these things there, but all of us still see you there alongside those things
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Many of us do the demo with a bed of nails atop a person’s chest, a cinder block atop the bed of nails, and a sledgehammer to smash the block (being careful not to follow through). At San Diego Comic-Con in 1975 I did this demo on stage with my cartoonist pal Scott Shaw as the victim… 🎢 #comiccon
January 1, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Many of us do the demo with a bed of nails atop a person’s chest, a cinder block atop the bed of nails, and a sledgehammer to smash the block (being careful not to follow through). At San Diego Comic-Con in 1975 I did this demo on stage with my cartoonist pal Scott Shaw as the victim… 🎢 #comiccon
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A malignant narcissist is incapable of withstanding ridicule, so please share this as widely as possible.
Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫
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Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫
🙏
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Somebody Needs to Tell Trump Everybody Is Laughing at Him
His worst fear has already come true.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A malignant narcissist is incapable of withstanding ridicule, so please share this as widely as possible.
Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫
🙏
shorturl.at/mcfqd
Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫
🙏
shorturl.at/mcfqd
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Happy New Year!
Our president is a sex trafficker.
Our president is a sex trafficker.
January 1, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Happy New Year!
Our president is a sex trafficker.
Our president is a sex trafficker.
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Market concentration → Less competition → Higher prices for consumers → Corporate profits at 70-year high → Record stock buybacks → Higher shareholder value → More power for corporations and the rich.
How do we fight back? Break up monopolies and rebuild union power.
How do we fight back? Break up monopolies and rebuild union power.
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Market concentration → Less competition → Higher prices for consumers → Corporate profits at 70-year high → Record stock buybacks → Higher shareholder value → More power for corporations and the rich.
How do we fight back? Break up monopolies and rebuild union power.
How do we fight back? Break up monopolies and rebuild union power.
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#Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spent taxpayers' money to barely defeat both Amendment 3, to legalize recreational marijuana, & Amendment 4, striking the 6-week abortion law down!
He diverted💲from children’s healthcare, the opioid addiction fund, & more. Check this out👇
#OneV1
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM
He diverted💲from children’s healthcare, the opioid addiction fund, & more. Check this out👇
#OneV1
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM
🚨Desantis CAUGHT FUNNELING $35 MILLION away from Floridians?!?
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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December 31, 2025 at 4:32 AM
#Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spent taxpayers' money to barely defeat both Amendment 3, to legalize recreational marijuana, & Amendment 4, striking the 6-week abortion law down!
He diverted💲from children’s healthcare, the opioid addiction fund, & more. Check this out👇
#OneV1
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM
He diverted💲from children’s healthcare, the opioid addiction fund, & more. Check this out👇
#OneV1
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
Going to the AAPT Winter Meeting in Las Vegas January 17-19 (www.aapt.org/Conferences/...)? Just 1.3 miles from the conference hotel is the unique National Atomic Testing Museum - well worth a visit! #aaptwm26 #ITeachPhysics
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Ready to explore the history of nuclear testing & its impact on popular culture? Visit the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas today.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Going to the AAPT Winter Meeting in Las Vegas January 17-19 (www.aapt.org/Conferences/...)? Just 1.3 miles from the conference hotel is the unique National Atomic Testing Museum - well worth a visit! #aaptwm26 #ITeachPhysics
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three months ago my 25 ounce Maxwell House coffee was $9, last month it was $12, and this month it was $17 fucking dollars! the same container, same brand, same roast.
"One study surveyed over 1,700 families with an annual income of under $100,000, usually considered to be in the upper middle class. Over 80% said food costs more, and 55% of families said it's harder to afford the amount and quality of food they need." www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/m...
Food hardship hitting more middle-class families
More middle-class families are feeling the pinch when it comes to the rising cost of living.
www.nbcbayarea.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
three months ago my 25 ounce Maxwell House coffee was $9, last month it was $12, and this month it was $17 fucking dollars! the same container, same brand, same roast.
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“And a happy new year to everyone, even the liberal lunatics who are ruining the country and who are trying to take away our rights to fire handguns in cabinet meetings”
December 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“And a happy new year to everyone, even the liberal lunatics who are ruining the country and who are trying to take away our rights to fire handguns in cabinet meetings”
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It would be far less time-consuming to count down the number of times he accidentally told the truth. shorturl.at/j6eU3
CNN’s Daniel Dale Counts Down Donald Trump’s ‘Top 25 Lies of 2025’
CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale recounted 25 of Donald Trump's "top lies of 2025," although the journalist confessed it was hard to choose "only 25."
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December 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It would be far less time-consuming to count down the number of times he accidentally told the truth. shorturl.at/j6eU3