Scott Gordon
@scottgordonwi.bsky.social
Journalist/co-founder at @tonemadison.bsky.social. Playing guitar and going on the computer. Free Palestine and Fuck ICE
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📍Madison, Wisconsin
Signal: scottgordonwi.34
scottgordonwi@protonmail.com
📍Madison, Wisconsin
Pinned
So Loud, It Makes Me So Sad, by Threadmaker
3 track album
threadmaker.bandcamp.com
Threadmaker, the all-improv band I play in, has a new album out today. Title courtesy of a woman who saw us play at Mickey’s Tavern last year and told us, through drunken sobs, “YOUR BAND IS SO LOUD! IT MAKES ME SO SAD!” (She was OK and had a friend to get her home safe)
Pretty sure “drawn by Eli Valley but without looking like the aftermath of a skin landslide” is the highest honor any politician can hope to receive
"Which of These Endangers Jews?"
New art at @truthdig.com ft. Zohran Mamdani and Jonathan Greenblatt:
www.truthdig.com/cartoons/whi...
New art at @truthdig.com ft. Zohran Mamdani and Jonathan Greenblatt:
www.truthdig.com/cartoons/whi...
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pretty sure “drawn by Eli Valley but without looking like the aftermath of a skin landslide” is the highest honor any politician can hope to receive
I mean three of these guys were in the republican majority of the Wisconsin legislature, which is basically elite training in drawing a salary to do fuck-all
WOW!
It looks like Tom Tiffany, Derrick Van Orden, Bryan Stiel, Scott Fitzgerald, Tony Wied & Glenn Grothman may be off (with pay) through January.
They're not complaining 🤫
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI07 #WI08 #WI01 #WI03 #WI05 #WI06
It looks like Tom Tiffany, Derrick Van Orden, Bryan Stiel, Scott Fitzgerald, Tony Wied & Glenn Grothman may be off (with pay) through January.
They're not complaining 🤫
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI07 #WI08 #WI01 #WI03 #WI05 #WI06
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I mean three of these guys were in the republican majority of the Wisconsin legislature, which is basically elite training in drawing a salary to do fuck-all
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Four years after a dozen women went public with allegations of grooming, the former drum corps instructor says he’s tried to make amends.
But his accusers don’t see it that way, @scottgordonwi.bsky.social tells @fayeparks.bsky.social.
www.wortfm.org/david-henzie...
But his accusers don’t see it that way, @scottgordonwi.bsky.social tells @fayeparks.bsky.social.
www.wortfm.org/david-henzie...
David Henzie-Skogen’s accusers still waiting for accountability, Tone Madison reports - WORT-FM 89.9
The grooming allegations leveled against the musician and former drum corps instructor first came to light in 2021 and span almost two decades.
www.wortfm.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Four years after a dozen women went public with allegations of grooming, the former drum corps instructor says he’s tried to make amends.
But his accusers don’t see it that way, @scottgordonwi.bsky.social tells @fayeparks.bsky.social.
www.wortfm.org/david-henzie...
But his accusers don’t see it that way, @scottgordonwi.bsky.social tells @fayeparks.bsky.social.
www.wortfm.org/david-henzie...
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The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
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"The women interviewed for this story all pointed out that accountability and making amends are crucial concepts in the world of recovery, and yet they’ve seen little in the way of [that]."
Four years after grooming allegations, David Henzie-Skogen has reemerged. @scottgordonwi.bsky.social reports.
Four years after grooming allegations, David Henzie-Skogen has reemerged. @scottgordonwi.bsky.social reports.
As a musician stages his comeback, his accusers ask where the accountability is
Four years after allegations of grooming and sexual misconduct, David Henzie-Skogen is back on the road with Youngblood Brass Band.
tonemadison.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"The women interviewed for this story all pointed out that accountability and making amends are crucial concepts in the world of recovery, and yet they’ve seen little in the way of [that]."
Four years after grooming allegations, David Henzie-Skogen has reemerged. @scottgordonwi.bsky.social reports.
Four years after grooming allegations, David Henzie-Skogen has reemerged. @scottgordonwi.bsky.social reports.
Back in 2021, musician David Henzie-Skogen was fired from a high-school drum-corps program after former students accused him of grooming them. He is now back out on the road with Youngblood Brass Band. My story today takes a fuller look at the allegations and his accusers’ response to his comeback
"The women interviewed for this story all pointed out that accountability and making amends are crucial concepts in the world of recovery, and yet they’ve seen little in the way of [that]."
Four years after grooming allegations, David Henzie-Skogen has reemerged. @scottgordonwi.bsky.social reports.
Four years after grooming allegations, David Henzie-Skogen has reemerged. @scottgordonwi.bsky.social reports.
As a musician stages his comeback, his accusers ask where the accountability is
Four years after allegations of grooming and sexual misconduct, David Henzie-Skogen is back on the road with Youngblood Brass Band.
tonemadison.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Back in 2021, musician David Henzie-Skogen was fired from a high-school drum-corps program after former students accused him of grooming them. He is now back out on the road with Youngblood Brass Band. My story today takes a fuller look at the allegations and his accusers’ response to his comeback
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On top of the study’s flaws in both design and implementation, OIM data analyst Greg Gelembiuk tells @fayeparks.bsky.social, it also disregarded multiple directives from the city council.
www.wortfm.org/independent-...
www.wortfm.org/independent-...
Independent monitor finds “severe flaws” in MPD’s body-cam pilot study - WORT-FM 89.9
On top of the study’s flaws in both design and implementation, Greg Gelembiuk says, it also disregarded multiple directives from the city council.
www.wortfm.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:13 AM
On top of the study’s flaws in both design and implementation, OIM data analyst Greg Gelembiuk tells @fayeparks.bsky.social, it also disregarded multiple directives from the city council.
www.wortfm.org/independent-...
www.wortfm.org/independent-...
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
For any kind of decent or salvageable society to emerge from this, the general public consensus needs to be that austerity is murder, manicured Dem neoliberalism is murder, voting Republican is murder, anything less than doing our utmost to ensure that everyone has their needs met is murder
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
For any kind of decent or salvageable society to emerge from this, the general public consensus needs to be that austerity is murder, manicured Dem neoliberalism is murder, voting Republican is murder, anything less than doing our utmost to ensure that everyone has their needs met is murder
1. The political right manufactures distrust in media because it deems this politically advantageous, and many in media have played along
2. Oppressed people have actual good reasons to distrust media, but media folks are more dismissive if you lack proximity to power
3. Go home and whack off
2. Oppressed people have actual good reasons to distrust media, but media folks are more dismissive if you lack proximity to power
3. Go home and whack off
Ooh, a four-person roundtable discussion called "Why Doesn't Anyone Trust The Media?" where the participants include TWO current or former Politico contributors, and three of the four are among the most annoying personalities in the current media establishment! How can I resist?
October 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
1. The political right manufactures distrust in media because it deems this politically advantageous, and many in media have played along
2. Oppressed people have actual good reasons to distrust media, but media folks are more dismissive if you lack proximity to power
3. Go home and whack off
2. Oppressed people have actual good reasons to distrust media, but media folks are more dismissive if you lack proximity to power
3. Go home and whack off
Finally watched Roger Corman’s HOUSE OF USHER and my god they bleached Vincent Price
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Finally watched Roger Corman’s HOUSE OF USHER and my god they bleached Vincent Price
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If you are going to a No Kings protest this weekend, be sure to review our Surveillance Self Defense guide for attending a protest and bring Rayhunter along for the ride! ssd.eff.org/module/atte.... eff.org/rayhunter.
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators
www.eff.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If you are going to a No Kings protest this weekend, be sure to review our Surveillance Self Defense guide for attending a protest and bring Rayhunter along for the ride! ssd.eff.org/module/atte.... eff.org/rayhunter.
I saw this advice going around a while and it’s the most stunningly naive shit I’ve ever seen. Like giving the cops a nice set of pre-perforated lines for dismantling protest movements
Wait.
WAIT.
People are advising that if things get violent during the No Kings protest you should sit down and show the police you’re not a threat?
Are you trying to get trampled or impede other people’s ability to safely remove themselves from the situation?! Cause that’s what you’re doing!
WAIT.
People are advising that if things get violent during the No Kings protest you should sit down and show the police you’re not a threat?
Are you trying to get trampled or impede other people’s ability to safely remove themselves from the situation?! Cause that’s what you’re doing!
October 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I saw this advice going around a while and it’s the most stunningly naive shit I’ve ever seen. Like giving the cops a nice set of pre-perforated lines for dismantling protest movements
Another great @racheldl.bsky.social work of comics journalism about housing and disability—with a sharp swerve into BARBARIAN territory
In an original comic, @racheldl.bsky.social illustrates her living experience at 540 West Washington Avenue in Madison, where she discovered a haunting part of the city's history.
Hidden Housing Histories: Joyce Funeral Home
Living in a 100-year-old ex-funeral home, I uncovered an unusual and dark piece of Madison history.
tonemadison.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Another great @racheldl.bsky.social work of comics journalism about housing and disability—with a sharp swerve into BARBARIAN territory
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Every ICE agent is a monstrous goon familiar to all of history and every neighbor protecting neighbors from ICE is braver than the troops chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Every ICE agent is a monstrous goon familiar to all of history and every neighbor protecting neighbors from ICE is braver than the troops chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.
I am a secular-to-the-bone person, raised in a kind of starchy American Catholicism that might as well have been fundamentalism lite, and I despised it, and I find this deeply moving
Religious leaders here are not mincing words. They have repeatedly used the word "evil."
"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."
"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."
October 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I am a secular-to-the-bone person, raised in a kind of starchy American Catholicism that might as well have been fundamentalism lite, and I despised it, and I find this deeply moving
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It's been 200 days since masked government goons abducted Rümeysa Öztürk for writing an op-ed they didn't like.
She's no longer behind bars, but they're still trying to deport her, and they still don't want the public to know why.
She's no longer behind bars, but they're still trying to deport her, and they still don't want the public to know why.
The U.S. government is hiding Öztürk records. Its rationale is insulting
If the government was really concerned about protecting privacy, it wouldn’t have abducted and detained Öztürk for writing an op-ed
freedom.press
October 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's been 200 days since masked government goons abducted Rümeysa Öztürk for writing an op-ed they didn't like.
She's no longer behind bars, but they're still trying to deport her, and they still don't want the public to know why.
She's no longer behind bars, but they're still trying to deport her, and they still don't want the public to know why.
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this is the kind of thing that usually leads to international alerts from press advocacy orgs
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
October 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is the kind of thing that usually leads to international alerts from press advocacy orgs
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Leave the military or accept that you will be on the wrong side of history.
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Leave the Military Now
What does courage demand?
www.hamiltonnolan.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Leave the military or accept that you will be on the wrong side of history.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/leave-the-...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/leave-the-...
So fucked that this has to exist
Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.
The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...
By Erick Galindo
The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...
By Erick Galindo
October 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
So fucked that this has to exist
A correct opinion that would be the consensus in a reasonable world
IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."
October 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
A correct opinion that would be the consensus in a reasonable world