shep
@shepherdone.bsky.social
It's a class war and the GOP is the tip of the spear, train your fire.
[Warning] May contain words the New York Times is afraid to print.
[Warning] May contain words the New York Times is afraid to print.
Can man survive a post-reality, post-morality world?
The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so.
January 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Can man survive a post-reality, post-morality world?
This is civil war.
Clergy are being arrested in Minnesota for peacefully protesting - 1/23/2026
January 23, 2026 at 6:58 PM
This is civil war.
Dear Progressives: please avoid a three-peat after two insanely stupid CR/shutdown fights you didn't understand, it hurts your cause and destroys your credibility.
FYI: Dems in the senate can't defund ICE. ICE is funded by the Big Ugly Bill. Shutting down DHS on this vote wouldn't touch ICE, but it would shut down FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, etc. Shutting down ICE requires taking back Congress in the midterms. Dismantling DHS requires the White House in 2028.
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Dear Progressives: please avoid a three-peat after two insanely stupid CR/shutdown fights you didn't understand, it hurts your cause and destroys your credibility.
This is civil war, the same one we had before.
The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 23, 2026 at 4:38 AM
This is civil war, the same one we had before.
Blue state and city officials urgently need to break any bonds between their police and federal authorities. Whether they know it or not, they are the front line in our simmering civil war, literally the only thing preventing federal occupation and terrorism of cities by the federal government.
January 22, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Blue state and city officials urgently need to break any bonds between their police and federal authorities. Whether they know it or not, they are the front line in our simmering civil war, literally the only thing preventing federal occupation and terrorism of cities by the federal government.
What people need to understand about Trump's rhetoric now is that he is speaking strictly to the MAGA faithful, everyone else knows he's a pathological liar except those who are completely tuned out. Trump and the GOP are fighting a rear-guard action to try avoid a complete bloodbath in November.
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 PM
What people need to understand about Trump's rhetoric now is that he is speaking strictly to the MAGA faithful, everyone else knows he's a pathological liar except those who are completely tuned out. Trump and the GOP are fighting a rear-guard action to try avoid a complete bloodbath in November.
This is the stage where state and local police should be shadowing ICE to protect citizens from illegal searches.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
This is the stage where state and local police should be shadowing ICE to protect citizens from illegal searches.
The question has always been what to do when one political party, almost a third of voters, become unrepentant sociopaths bent on destruction. Democrats bent over backwards to try to reconcile and bring the country together, the fact that they were punished for it proves we're long past that point.
I saw someone talking about how they want to kill fascists. This kind of thinking and talking incites violence. It also reduces us to being like Trump and his people. I understand the anger, truly, but let's channel it into doing good, not becoming evil.
January 20, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The question has always been what to do when one political party, almost a third of voters, become unrepentant sociopaths bent on destruction. Democrats bent over backwards to try to reconcile and bring the country together, the fact that they were punished for it proves we're long past that point.
One of these things is just like the other.
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 PM
One of these things is just like the other.
In Joe Biden's 1st years in office, Democrats saved the global economy from recession, provided emergency cash to all Americans (making the US economy the envy of the world), squelched the pandemic with free vaccinations, and passed $1 trillion infrastructure/jobs legislation This was their reward:
January 20, 2026 at 6:25 PM
In Joe Biden's 1st years in office, Democrats saved the global economy from recession, provided emergency cash to all Americans (making the US economy the envy of the world), squelched the pandemic with free vaccinations, and passed $1 trillion infrastructure/jobs legislation This was their reward:
If this isn't civil war, what is it?
January 19, 2026 at 11:30 PM
If this isn't civil war, what is it?
Another tell that we are in a civil war: you don't investigate your soldiers for killing the enemy in war, you honor them.
An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Another tell that we are in a civil war: you don't investigate your soldiers for killing the enemy in war, you honor them.
Speaking of fee fees, I think people are overlooking the possibility that "affordability" is a stand-in for all of the gross inequality and economic cruelty people see every day. It's a question of fairness, nothing riles people like a sense of being treated unfairly.
The answer to this riddle, of course, is that people's feelings about the economy are derived not from objective circumstances, but from the information environment, from the sources they trust, from their friends and family. Changing objective circumstances will not change that.
January 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Speaking of fee fees, I think people are overlooking the possibility that "affordability" is a stand-in for all of the gross inequality and economic cruelty people see every day. It's a question of fairness, nothing riles people like a sense of being treated unfairly.
To everyone who slammed Democrats today:
January 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
To everyone who slammed Democrats today:
Reposted by shep
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
January 18, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
"In Springfield, they are eating the dogs...they are eating the cats...they are eating the pets of the people that live there."
This is what US voters (beside Harris voters) elected. There can be no excuses, particularly those blaming Democrats for not being good enough.
bbc.com/news/article...
This is what US voters (beside Harris voters) elected. There can be no excuses, particularly those blaming Democrats for not being good enough.
bbc.com/news/article...
Donald Trump repeats baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio
Donald Trump claimed immigrants in a small Ohio city were eating pets, but there’s no proof of this.
bbc.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:16 AM
"In Springfield, they are eating the dogs...they are eating the cats...they are eating the pets of the people that live there."
This is what US voters (beside Harris voters) elected. There can be no excuses, particularly those blaming Democrats for not being good enough.
bbc.com/news/article...
This is what US voters (beside Harris voters) elected. There can be no excuses, particularly those blaming Democrats for not being good enough.
bbc.com/news/article...
This is civil war.
This is bad. Like Reconstruction Era bad. www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM
This is civil war.
Big mistake, millions should have taken to the streets when the weather was nice, before people started being murdered.
If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, it’s preparation for canceling the midterms. Then it’s going to be time to go to the streets, winter or not.
January 15, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Big mistake, millions should have taken to the streets when the weather was nice, before people started being murdered.
This is a too-old story of media partisanship that starts with Whitewater, goes through Jeremiah Wright and Clinton’s emails, and has cost this country plenty.
Republicans “offer” a story to their friends in the political press which mischaracterizes a story and/or how it relates to Democrats.
January 15, 2026 at 7:20 PM
This is a too-old story of media partisanship that starts with Whitewater, goes through Jeremiah Wright and Clinton’s emails, and has cost this country plenty.
Republicans “offer” a story to their friends in the political press which mischaracterizes a story and/or how it relates to Democrats.
Democratic state and city leaders take note: Here our Traitor-in-Chief is drawing the battle lines in our simmering civil war, the federal government against Democratically-run cities (and states).
January 15, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Democratic state and city leaders take note: Here our Traitor-in-Chief is drawing the battle lines in our simmering civil war, the federal government against Democratically-run cities (and states).
This is civil war.
This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
This is civil war.
Need a link I can refer to the chuckleheads constantly thinking their hot flex is admitting they don't know a damned thing about the legislative record of Democrats. I don't hope for much, dEmOcRaTs ArE tHe SaMe can only spring from a deep psychopathology. www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fa...
FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Administration Record | The American Presidency Project
www.presidency.ucsb.edu
January 15, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Need a link I can refer to the chuckleheads constantly thinking their hot flex is admitting they don't know a damned thing about the legislative record of Democrats. I don't hope for much, dEmOcRaTs ArE tHe SaMe can only spring from a deep psychopathology. www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fa...
The forces that pushed Democrats toward the center — the donor class, slander by Republicans, and MSM collaboration — can be summed up as: corporate oligarchy. The trouble is, Democrats were never going to be able to defeat all of corporate oligarchy by themselves, they needed reliable voters.
By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich.
There is no more "center" anymore. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQzG_TrhyrY
There is no more "center" anymore. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQzG_TrhyrY
The Failures of “Centrism”
By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening ine
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The forces that pushed Democrats toward the center — the donor class, slander by Republicans, and MSM collaboration — can be summed up as: corporate oligarchy. The trouble is, Democrats were never going to be able to defeat all of corporate oligarchy by themselves, they needed reliable voters.
