@wendyspirit.bsky.social
Proud mom and fearless Black woman saved by Grace. Chicago raised. Lifelong Democrat. Democracy defender. Resister to those who try to undermine my rights. #BeKind 🚫 DMs, porn or crypto solicitations. Support Ukraine 🇺🇦
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🎁🔗 Adam Serwer appropriately named what the Trump Administration is doing under the guise of banning “wokeness” and DEI as “The Great Resegregation”. Dismantling the civil rights movement. #NeverForget www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Without evidence, the Trump administration has launched 21 known boat strikes killing at least 83 people. Now without congressional authorization or any provocation they plan to attack Venezuela for regime change. The “narco-terrorist” label for trafficking fentanyl is a lie. This is madness.
The last time America attempted regime change to lower the price of oil it embroiled us in a war for two decades
And that’s just ONE of the many, many reasons not to attack Venezuela
The criminality of extrajudicially killing thousands of innocent civilians would be another
And that’s just ONE of the many, many reasons not to attack Venezuela
The criminality of extrajudicially killing thousands of innocent civilians would be another
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Without evidence, the Trump administration has launched 21 known boat strikes killing at least 83 people. Now without congressional authorization or any provocation they plan to attack Venezuela for regime change. The “narco-terrorist” label for trafficking fentanyl is a lie. This is madness.
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This makes me physically ill.
It also makes me glad I’ve been able to keep my client, a man from Venezuela, from being sent out of the country.
It also makes me glad I’ve been able to keep my client, a man from Venezuela, from being sent out of the country.
Earlier this year, the United States deported 252 Venezuelans to El Salvador and paid its government to imprison them. Now two human-rights organizations have found that all of those men were physically abused, Conor Friedersdorf writes:
What the Deported Venezuelans Went Through in El Salvador
Forty men sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration have shared disturbing accounts of abuse by a regime that America paid to imprison them.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This makes me physically ill.
It also makes me glad I’ve been able to keep my client, a man from Venezuela, from being sent out of the country.
It also makes me glad I’ve been able to keep my client, a man from Venezuela, from being sent out of the country.
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This article is from @markhertling.bsky.social - a retired three-star Army general - and everyone should read it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This article is from @markhertling.bsky.social - a retired three-star Army general - and everyone should read it.
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“The Noose and the Swastika: MAGA’s Big Tent Racism”
Important from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social on how the Right is normalizing these deadly threats to Black & Jewish Americans.
Targeting Blacks and Jews is the core of white supremacy.
Stop the RW on both fronts.
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
Important from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social on how the Right is normalizing these deadly threats to Black & Jewish Americans.
Targeting Blacks and Jews is the core of white supremacy.
Stop the RW on both fronts.
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
The Noose and the Swastika
MAGA's Big-Tent Racism
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
“The Noose and the Swastika: MAGA’s Big Tent Racism”
Important from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social on how the Right is normalizing these deadly threats to Black & Jewish Americans.
Targeting Blacks and Jews is the core of white supremacy.
Stop the RW on both fronts.
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
Important from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social on how the Right is normalizing these deadly threats to Black & Jewish Americans.
Targeting Blacks and Jews is the core of white supremacy.
Stop the RW on both fronts.
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
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Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
🔗 The court under Roberts has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way. In a matter of months, the #SCOTUS 6–3 GOP-aligned majority has permitted a long list of lawless actions.
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
🔗 The court under Roberts has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way. In a matter of months, the #SCOTUS 6–3 GOP-aligned majority has permitted a long list of lawless actions.
Classic Trump trying to profit from Ukraine’s reconstruction and investment. “The United States will receive 50% of the profit from this activity.
Witkoff is the enemy, as surely as Putin is the enemy.
‘Witkoff needs a psychiatrist’: Europeans fume at Trump’s plan to profit from frozen Russian assets
Diplomats and officials react with outrage to new details of the U.S. peace plan, warning it could wreck their efforts to help Ukraine survive the war.
www.politico.eu
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Classic Trump trying to profit from Ukraine’s reconstruction and investment. “The United States will receive 50% of the profit from this activity.
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The committee that settled on the phrase “underscoring his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy” should be dissolved and its members compelled to take a remedial course on the scientific method.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The committee that settled on the phrase “underscoring his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy” should be dissolved and its members compelled to take a remedial course on the scientific method.
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He's not challenging "orthodoxy", he's ignoring data. Stop dancing around his disinformation campaign and call it what it is -- an all out attack on Science and America's place in the scientific world.
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
He's not challenging "orthodoxy", he's ignoring data. Stop dancing around his disinformation campaign and call it what it is -- an all out attack on Science and America's place in the scientific world.
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This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The President Is Losing Control of Himself
Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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If and when Trump or Hegseth gives the order to fire upon U.S. citizens, the military must remember their oaths are to our Constitution, not to these madmen.
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If and when Trump or Hegseth gives the order to fire upon U.S. citizens, the military must remember their oaths are to our Constitution, not to these madmen.
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Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
🎯 Totally a desperate move by Trump to ride Mamdani’s affordability coattails.
the last brain cell running the switch board in trump’s brain just smashing that “groceries is an old fashioned word” button
Trump on Mamdani: "We had some interesting conversation and some of his ideas are really the same ideas that I have. But a big thing on cost. The new word is 'affordability.' Another word is just 'groceries.' It's sort of an old fashioned word but it's very accurate."
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🎯 Totally a desperate move by Trump to ride Mamdani’s affordability coattails.
🚨 Wow! On Friday and Saturday, artists across the country are participating in Fall of Freedom — an undertaking which they say represents creative resistance to authoritarianism. More than 600 events of all sizes have been announced across more than 40 states, from Alaska to Florida.
This is FANTASTIC.
So grateful to visual artist @dreadscott.bsky.social and playwright Lynn Nottage.
#FallFreedoms
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
So grateful to visual artist @dreadscott.bsky.social and playwright Lynn Nottage.
#FallFreedoms
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
This weekend, artists are speaking out across the country
Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨 Wow! On Friday and Saturday, artists across the country are participating in Fall of Freedom — an undertaking which they say represents creative resistance to authoritarianism. More than 600 events of all sizes have been announced across more than 40 states, from Alaska to Florida.
🎁🔗 Actually, Trump’s narcissism, disregard for America’s allies and our role in building the world order for the last 249 years is setting a trap for America. China is ascending, filling the void with rising nations. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Thucydides Trap Is Coming for America
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🎁🔗 Actually, Trump’s narcissism, disregard for America’s allies and our role in building the world order for the last 249 years is setting a trap for America. China is ascending, filling the void with rising nations. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
In another betrayal of an ally, “Trump’s latest plan for ending the war in Ukraine appears to repeat Moscow’s maximalist demands. Russia readmitted to the G8 and Ukraine banned from joining Nato, according to drafts of the proposal seen by Axios, AFP and the Associated Press”
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects to discuss the plan – which was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials – with Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In another betrayal of an ally, “Trump’s latest plan for ending the war in Ukraine appears to repeat Moscow’s maximalist demands. Russia readmitted to the G8 and Ukraine banned from joining Nato, according to drafts of the proposal seen by Axios, AFP and the Associated Press”
🎁🔗 Goldman Sachs estimates that the share of #Trumptariff costs borne by consumers has increased from 22 percent in April to 55 percent in October, and that it will continue to rise, reaching 67 percent by the middle of next year. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | Trump Promised Lower Prices. His Policies Are Raising Them.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🎁🔗 Goldman Sachs estimates that the share of #Trumptariff costs borne by consumers has increased from 22 percent in April to 55 percent in October, and that it will continue to rise, reaching 67 percent by the middle of next year. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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In a world where Trump punches down, be like Pope Leo and lift people up.
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
In a world where Trump punches down, be like Pope Leo and lift people up.
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Today, after the Coast Guard lifted a ban on swastikas and nooses as symbols of hate, and after President Trump called for the execution of members of Congress, it is time for every American to decide. Who will you be?
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Today, after the Coast Guard lifted a ban on swastikas and nooses as symbols of hate, and after President Trump called for the execution of members of Congress, it is time for every American to decide. Who will you be?
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
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Six veterans posted a video reminding our troops that they swore allegiance to the Constitution-not to Donald Trump-and that they must not obey illegal orders
Because of this, Donald Trump now thinks they should be executed
FOR TELLING OUR TROOPS TO FOLLOW THE LAW
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Because of this, Donald Trump now thinks they should be executed
FOR TELLING OUR TROOPS TO FOLLOW THE LAW
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November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Six veterans posted a video reminding our troops that they swore allegiance to the Constitution-not to Donald Trump-and that they must not obey illegal orders
Because of this, Donald Trump now thinks they should be executed
FOR TELLING OUR TROOPS TO FOLLOW THE LAW
bsky.app/profile/slot...
Because of this, Donald Trump now thinks they should be executed
FOR TELLING OUR TROOPS TO FOLLOW THE LAW
bsky.app/profile/slot...
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A president who speaks of death for dissent isn’t defending a nation, he’s claiming a throne. He names enemies so others will swing the sword. Power that fears questions always reaches for blood. Don’t give him the submission he’s seeking. Stand when he demands you kneel. #AuthoritarianAlert
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A president who speaks of death for dissent isn’t defending a nation, he’s claiming a throne. He names enemies so others will swing the sword. Power that fears questions always reaches for blood. Don’t give him the submission he’s seeking. Stand when he demands you kneel. #AuthoritarianAlert
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A sitting president inciting violence against lawmakers shouldn't be seen as a joke or something to brush off. Just because we have a president who routinely insults, attacks, and threatens people on the national stage, doesn't mean we should accept this kind of dangerous rhetoric as our new normal.
White House condemns Democratic lawmakers' video but backs off Trump's posts
The Democratic lawmakers said that members of the military can and must refuse illegal orders by their superiors.
www.npr.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A sitting president inciting violence against lawmakers shouldn't be seen as a joke or something to brush off. Just because we have a president who routinely insults, attacks, and threatens people on the national stage, doesn't mean we should accept this kind of dangerous rhetoric as our new normal.
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This is the American crisis too many still refuse to acknowledge: A major political party is hostage to a man who believes political opponents are enemies to be crushed, silenced, or threatened into submission.
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This is the American crisis too many still refuse to acknowledge: A major political party is hostage to a man who believes political opponents are enemies to be crushed, silenced, or threatened into submission.