Abbey Rhodes
@abbeyr28.bsky.social
Writer, addicted reader and climate activist, I live in San Francisco. Bluesky has helped me come to a reckoning with Trump and the 77 million Americans who voted for him. Books are my refuge, writing is my release. https://daverhodywriting.wordpress.com
This Kristi Noem PR photo reminds me of everything that's wrong with South Dakota - the state I was born in.
Like their former governor, they're proud of cowboy culture and Mount Rushmore -- which was built on stolen Lakota land.
Like their former governor, they're proud of cowboy culture and Mount Rushmore -- which was built on stolen Lakota land.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This Kristi Noem PR photo reminds me of everything that's wrong with South Dakota - the state I was born in.
Like their former governor, they're proud of cowboy culture and Mount Rushmore -- which was built on stolen Lakota land.
Like their former governor, they're proud of cowboy culture and Mount Rushmore -- which was built on stolen Lakota land.
Mike Johnson believes every lie Trump ever told.
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Mike Johnson believes every lie Trump ever told.
With Senate Bill 607, the California Science and Health Research Bond Act, California plans to become the country's biggest investor in scientific research.
$23 Billion won't make up for Trump cuts, but it will help. mailchi.mp/sfpublicpres...
$23 Billion won't make up for Trump cuts, but it will help. mailchi.mp/sfpublicpres...
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
With Senate Bill 607, the California Science and Health Research Bond Act, California plans to become the country's biggest investor in scientific research.
$23 Billion won't make up for Trump cuts, but it will help. mailchi.mp/sfpublicpres...
$23 Billion won't make up for Trump cuts, but it will help. mailchi.mp/sfpublicpres...
No surprise that the Trump Administration is a no show at COP30.
When first appointed, EPA Director Lee Zeldin said, "We plan to drive a stake through the heart of the climate religion." www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...
When first appointed, EPA Director Lee Zeldin said, "We plan to drive a stake through the heart of the climate religion." www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
No surprise that the Trump Administration is a no show at COP30.
When first appointed, EPA Director Lee Zeldin said, "We plan to drive a stake through the heart of the climate religion." www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...
When first appointed, EPA Director Lee Zeldin said, "We plan to drive a stake through the heart of the climate religion." www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...
"The United States of America is as dumb as we want to be on this topic, but the state of California is not."
- Gavin Newsom at COP30 in Brazil insists that Trump's plans for off-shore drilling is 'dead on arrival.' www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
- Gavin Newsom at COP30 in Brazil insists that Trump's plans for off-shore drilling is 'dead on arrival.' www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"The United States of America is as dumb as we want to be on this topic, but the state of California is not."
- Gavin Newsom at COP30 in Brazil insists that Trump's plans for off-shore drilling is 'dead on arrival.' www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
- Gavin Newsom at COP30 in Brazil insists that Trump's plans for off-shore drilling is 'dead on arrival.' www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
Veterans Day (née Armistice Day) was a commitment to peace through international law - "but it is a concept that is currently under attack as autocrats increasingly reject the idea of a rules-based international order and claim the right to act however they wish."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Veterans Day (née Armistice Day) was a commitment to peace through international law - "but it is a concept that is currently under attack as autocrats increasingly reject the idea of a rules-based international order and claim the right to act however they wish."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
“Bullies gain power when righteous people yield to the face of their wrongdoing."
- Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) echoing how pissed off we all are.
- More for HCR: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
- Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) echoing how pissed off we all are.
- More for HCR: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“Bullies gain power when righteous people yield to the face of their wrongdoing."
- Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) echoing how pissed off we all are.
- More for HCR: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
- Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) echoing how pissed off we all are.
- More for HCR: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Tucked into the appropriations bill that the Senate just passed is a measure that allows the 8 Republican senators whose phone logs were seized as part of Jack Smith’s J6 investigation to sue the government for up to $500,000 apiece!
- WTF, Democrats!
- WTF, Democrats!
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Tucked into the appropriations bill that the Senate just passed is a measure that allows the 8 Republican senators whose phone logs were seized as part of Jack Smith’s J6 investigation to sue the government for up to $500,000 apiece!
- WTF, Democrats!
- WTF, Democrats!
“I resigned in order to speak out, support litigation, and work with other individuals and organizations dedicated to protecting the rule of law and American democracy."
- U.S. district judge Mark L. Wolf
The best news out of today's post by HCR. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
- U.S. district judge Mark L. Wolf
The best news out of today's post by HCR. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“I resigned in order to speak out, support litigation, and work with other individuals and organizations dedicated to protecting the rule of law and American democracy."
- U.S. district judge Mark L. Wolf
The best news out of today's post by HCR. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
- U.S. district judge Mark L. Wolf
The best news out of today's post by HCR. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Sunset tonight at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, 5:04 PM.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Sunset tonight at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, 5:04 PM.
Tough this AP article provides an excellent review of accelerating climate change, the fact that few countries have come close to meeting their 2015 Paris Climate Accord goals is, unfortunately, not news.
Some - like the U.S. - are going backward.
apnews.com/article/clim...
Some - like the U.S. - are going backward.
apnews.com/article/clim...
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Tough this AP article provides an excellent review of accelerating climate change, the fact that few countries have come close to meeting their 2015 Paris Climate Accord goals is, unfortunately, not news.
Some - like the U.S. - are going backward.
apnews.com/article/clim...
Some - like the U.S. - are going backward.
apnews.com/article/clim...
Originally this cartoon was about the economy.
Five months later it's about the economy and actual airplanes.
Five months later it's about the economy and actual airplanes.
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Originally this cartoon was about the economy.
Five months later it's about the economy and actual airplanes.
Five months later it's about the economy and actual airplanes.
Leo Tolstoy tried to warn us. He saw Stalin coming. He knew a Hitler would arise. Perhaps he even conceived of petty oligarchs like Trump.
He understood that we would never be free of depots, that there would never be a time when we did not have to fight the darkness.
He understood that we would never be free of depots, that there would never be a time when we did not have to fight the darkness.
November 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Leo Tolstoy tried to warn us. He saw Stalin coming. He knew a Hitler would arise. Perhaps he even conceived of petty oligarchs like Trump.
He understood that we would never be free of depots, that there would never be a time when we did not have to fight the darkness.
He understood that we would never be free of depots, that there would never be a time when we did not have to fight the darkness.
Not everything, but Teddy definitely got this right.
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Not everything, but Teddy definitely got this right.
Frances Perkins is rolling over in her grave.
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Frances Perkins is rolling over in her grave.
If Trump should stumble on a political cartoon like this, he'd scratch his head and say, "But we were here first."
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
If Trump should stumble on a political cartoon like this, he'd scratch his head and say, "But we were here first."
A year ago, we saw that so many of the 77 million Trumpers who put him back in office were very angry people.
Hopefully, a year later, some of them are turning their anger back toward Trump.
Hopefully, a year later, some of them are turning their anger back toward Trump.
November 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A year ago, we saw that so many of the 77 million Trumpers who put him back in office were very angry people.
Hopefully, a year later, some of them are turning their anger back toward Trump.
Hopefully, a year later, some of them are turning their anger back toward Trump.
Trump posted this Tuesday trying to scare people after Dems sent a big blue wave across the country.
What I see is AOC staring him down and ready to burn his sorry ass. @aoc.bsky.social
What I see is AOC staring him down and ready to burn his sorry ass. @aoc.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Trump posted this Tuesday trying to scare people after Dems sent a big blue wave across the country.
What I see is AOC staring him down and ready to burn his sorry ass. @aoc.bsky.social
What I see is AOC staring him down and ready to burn his sorry ass. @aoc.bsky.social
A year later, I am still pissed off at the 77 million U.S. citizens who voted to put a felon and failed president back in the White House.
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A year later, I am still pissed off at the 77 million U.S. citizens who voted to put a felon and failed president back in the White House.
“In this new age we make for ourselves. We will refuse to allow those who traffic in division and hate to pit us against one another…. "
- NYC Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani
HCR does a great review of Mamdani's inspiring speech: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
- NYC Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani
HCR does a great review of Mamdani's inspiring speech: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“In this new age we make for ourselves. We will refuse to allow those who traffic in division and hate to pit us against one another…. "
- NYC Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani
HCR does a great review of Mamdani's inspiring speech: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
- NYC Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani
HCR does a great review of Mamdani's inspiring speech: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
"Voters resoundingly rejected Trump and Trumpism, and tomorrow, politics will be a whole different game."
-Heather Cox Richardson
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
-Heather Cox Richardson
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"Voters resoundingly rejected Trump and Trumpism, and tomorrow, politics will be a whole different game."
-Heather Cox Richardson
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
-Heather Cox Richardson
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
HCR presents a startling picture of Nazi influence in the GOP, but reminds us the end result of a similar scenario in the 1920's.
Also startling - the Trump administration told grocery stores they're not allowed to give discounts to people who've lost SNAP benefits. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Also startling - the Trump administration told grocery stores they're not allowed to give discounts to people who've lost SNAP benefits. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
HCR presents a startling picture of Nazi influence in the GOP, but reminds us the end result of a similar scenario in the 1920's.
Also startling - the Trump administration told grocery stores they're not allowed to give discounts to people who've lost SNAP benefits. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Also startling - the Trump administration told grocery stores they're not allowed to give discounts to people who've lost SNAP benefits. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...