@1shortfet.bsky.social
Bard lover; hockey fan; reader of banned books; frustrated, worried American
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There is a very real prospect that President Trump could lose the midterms.
It’s ahead of this threat of defeat that he and his allies are working overtime to sway the elections before a single vote is cast. @ariberman.bsky.social reports on the unprecedented moves.
It’s ahead of this threat of defeat that he and his allies are working overtime to sway the elections before a single vote is cast. @ariberman.bsky.social reports on the unprecedented moves.
Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their…
www.motherjones.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There is a very real prospect that President Trump could lose the midterms.
It’s ahead of this threat of defeat that he and his allies are working overtime to sway the elections before a single vote is cast. @ariberman.bsky.social reports on the unprecedented moves.
It’s ahead of this threat of defeat that he and his allies are working overtime to sway the elections before a single vote is cast. @ariberman.bsky.social reports on the unprecedented moves.
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Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
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He’s trying to get her killed…
August 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
He’s trying to get her killed…
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This Labor Day, we’re not just honoring workers—we’re demanding the essentials for a better life: fair pay, affordable healthcare, fully funded public schools and a democracy where every voice is heard and every vote counts.
August 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This Labor Day, we’re not just honoring workers—we’re demanding the essentials for a better life: fair pay, affordable healthcare, fully funded public schools and a democracy where every voice is heard and every vote counts.
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Just throwing this out there, Joe Biden never deployed army troops needlessly to pick up trash and waste tax payer dollars..........JS.
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in the back seat of an airplane
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in the back seat of an airplane
media.tenor.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Just throwing this out there, Joe Biden never deployed army troops needlessly to pick up trash and waste tax payer dollars..........JS.
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Breaking News: The EPA said that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do so.
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.
nyti.ms
July 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Breaking News: The EPA said that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do so.
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"If this can happen to Colbert and a storied franchise, this can happen to anyone": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"If this can happen to Colbert and a storied franchise, this can happen to anyone": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
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What CBS' disgraceful termination of Stephen Colbert illustrates is how quickly a Republic can fall when the media chooses cowardice instead of courage.
July 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What CBS' disgraceful termination of Stephen Colbert illustrates is how quickly a Republic can fall when the media chooses cowardice instead of courage.
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The exhaustion you feel right now?
The heavy sadness that you can’t seem to shake?
The sense of dread that hovers over you like a drone?
The scalding rage bubbling just beneath the surface?
This is all by design.
This is these f*ckers’ master plan…
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/these-fcke...
The heavy sadness that you can’t seem to shake?
The sense of dread that hovers over you like a drone?
The scalding rage bubbling just beneath the surface?
This is all by design.
This is these f*ckers’ master plan…
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/these-fcke...
These F*ckers Are Trying to Break You, Good People. Don't Let Them.
(Note: If course language offends you, please don’t read or listen to this piece.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The exhaustion you feel right now?
The heavy sadness that you can’t seem to shake?
The sense of dread that hovers over you like a drone?
The scalding rage bubbling just beneath the surface?
This is all by design.
This is these f*ckers’ master plan…
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/these-fcke...
The heavy sadness that you can’t seem to shake?
The sense of dread that hovers over you like a drone?
The scalding rage bubbling just beneath the surface?
This is all by design.
This is these f*ckers’ master plan…
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/these-fcke...
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So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com
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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Pure blood and soil fascism to be sure. But also by this definition, no one who came to this country after 1865 has a viable claim on being an American. Not the Trumps, not the DeSantis’ or the Rubios or the Cruzes, the Ramaswamys and not Vance’s own Indian-American wife and mixed race children.
JD Vance is suggesting that neo-Nazis and the descendents of confederate soldiers have more claim to being part of this nation because they're white than immigrants who believe in the Declaration of Independence.
This kind of blood and soil nationalism is indistinguishable from classic fascism.
This kind of blood and soil nationalism is indistinguishable from classic fascism.
July 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Pure blood and soil fascism to be sure. But also by this definition, no one who came to this country after 1865 has a viable claim on being an American. Not the Trumps, not the DeSantis’ or the Rubios or the Cruzes, the Ramaswamys and not Vance’s own Indian-American wife and mixed race children.
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Looks like the embattled National Weather Service did it's job here. It was Texas officials who failed to act on the weather service warnings for FOUR HOURS. Read this from Austin local news KXAN-TV: www.kxan.com/investigatio...
July 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Looks like the embattled National Weather Service did it's job here. It was Texas officials who failed to act on the weather service warnings for FOUR HOURS. Read this from Austin local news KXAN-TV: www.kxan.com/investigatio...
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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5 months in:
Less than 2 months after “Taco,”
2 weeks after the world’s richest man called him a pedophile…
1 week after his failed military birthday parade & the No Kings protests…
24 hrs after he was finally ordered to free Mahmoud Khalil…
…he’s bombing Iran.
That’s how scared they are.
Less than 2 months after “Taco,”
2 weeks after the world’s richest man called him a pedophile…
1 week after his failed military birthday parade & the No Kings protests…
24 hrs after he was finally ordered to free Mahmoud Khalil…
…he’s bombing Iran.
That’s how scared they are.
June 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
5 months in:
Less than 2 months after “Taco,”
2 weeks after the world’s richest man called him a pedophile…
1 week after his failed military birthday parade & the No Kings protests…
24 hrs after he was finally ordered to free Mahmoud Khalil…
…he’s bombing Iran.
That’s how scared they are.
Less than 2 months after “Taco,”
2 weeks after the world’s richest man called him a pedophile…
1 week after his failed military birthday parade & the No Kings protests…
24 hrs after he was finally ordered to free Mahmoud Khalil…
…he’s bombing Iran.
That’s how scared they are.
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5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop
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Yeah, if some nation bombed our nuclear facilities and then said it was not at war with us, I’m sure we’d accept that.
June 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Yeah, if some nation bombed our nuclear facilities and then said it was not at war with us, I’m sure we’d accept that.
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Today, a United States Senator was arrested for asking a question of a federal official, in a federal building, as was his right.
If it can happen to a sitting U.S. Senator, it can happen to anyone.
Silence is complicity. We are at a crossroads. We must speak up.
@alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social
If it can happen to a sitting U.S. Senator, it can happen to anyone.
Silence is complicity. We are at a crossroads. We must speak up.
@alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Today, a United States Senator was arrested for asking a question of a federal official, in a federal building, as was his right.
If it can happen to a sitting U.S. Senator, it can happen to anyone.
Silence is complicity. We are at a crossroads. We must speak up.
@alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social
If it can happen to a sitting U.S. Senator, it can happen to anyone.
Silence is complicity. We are at a crossroads. We must speak up.
@alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social
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I hope you realize that I, and tens of millions of Americans stand with you and the Ukrainian people—and firmly against Donald Trump, JD Vance, and the Republican Party.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
To President Zelenskyy, From an Embarrassed American
Dear President Zelenskyy,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I hope you realize that I, and tens of millions of Americans stand with you and the Ukrainian people—and firmly against Donald Trump, JD Vance, and the Republican Party.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...
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🚨BREAKING: Federal courts BLOCKS the dismantling of Dept. of Education. This is huge win for @democracyforward.org, their clients and the state AGs.
“The record abundantly reveals that
Defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute."
“The record abundantly reveals that
Defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute."
May 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal courts BLOCKS the dismantling of Dept. of Education. This is huge win for @democracyforward.org, their clients and the state AGs.
“The record abundantly reveals that
Defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute."
“The record abundantly reveals that
Defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute."