Al Swearengen
@al-swearengen.bsky.social
Country punk.
Fire the GOP. Because in a country where liars aren't punished, liars rule. We're finding that out.
Fire the GOP. Because in a country where liars aren't punished, liars rule. We're finding that out.
Echoes from the past.
Rep. Ilhan Omar: "When I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany."
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Echoes from the past.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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The classic Goebbels approach. In the period 1934-38, Germans were subjected to relentless stories about grotesque crimes committed by Jews, Poles and gypsies, all part of a carefully orchestrated campaign of demonization. And in 2025, Jonathan Greenblatt and the ADL approve of this message.
Fox & Friends and Pam Bondi are now sensationalizing specific instances of Somalis being charged with crimes in Minnesota to demonize the whole population
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The classic Goebbels approach. In the period 1934-38, Germans were subjected to relentless stories about grotesque crimes committed by Jews, Poles and gypsies, all part of a carefully orchestrated campaign of demonization. And in 2025, Jonathan Greenblatt and the ADL approve of this message.
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You need a bigger page, Pat. There's a whole shitload that you can add to this list.
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
You need a bigger page, Pat. There's a whole shitload that you can add to this list.
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The Signalgate report showed that Hegseth risked American lives. Instead of taking responsibility, his sniveling responses were the worst kind of bureaucratic ass-covering.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth’s Weak Excuses
His evasive responses to Signalgate are shameful nonsense.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Signalgate report showed that Hegseth risked American lives. Instead of taking responsibility, his sniveling responses were the worst kind of bureaucratic ass-covering.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Yeats— and very appropriate tonight.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
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December 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Yeats— and very appropriate tonight.
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Turning and turning in the widening gyre
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December 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
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I dunno this guy who smells like gasoline and has singed clothes and is on CCTV near 12 burned warehouses may NOT be an arsonist if we're to believe him, reports Washington Post.
News Analysis: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s orders regarding a lethal Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean Sea are under scrutiny. A broad range of legal experts argue that the killings have been murders, while the Trump administration insists that its campaign is lawful.
The Furor Over Trump’s Boat Attacks and a Particular Follow-Up Strike, Explained
Bipartisan congressional oversight is underway, but for now is focusing on narrow details about one missile instead of broader legal issues.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I dunno this guy who smells like gasoline and has singed clothes and is on CCTV near 12 burned warehouses may NOT be an arsonist if we're to believe him, reports Washington Post.
We should drop Cotton onto a capsized 20ft skiff with an 200-lb motor attached to it and time how long it takes for him to “flip it back over “.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We should drop Cotton onto a capsized 20ft skiff with an 200-lb motor attached to it and time how long it takes for him to “flip it back over “.
It’s so pathetic how all the Trumpers have to shout. “Because GRRR I’M SERIOUS!”
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It’s so pathetic how all the Trumpers have to shout. “Because GRRR I’M SERIOUS!”
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December 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A few neat things about selfhosted.social
- Supports 2FA via email codes like Bluesky's PDS
- No invite codes needed, protected by a captcha
- Backups every 4 hours, and if you migrate with PDS MOOver can create a rotation key to recover your account if we're never not here
- Supports 2FA via email codes like Bluesky's PDS
- No invite codes needed, protected by a captcha
- Backups every 4 hours, and if you migrate with PDS MOOver can create a rotation key to recover your account if we're never not here
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ICYMI — HEGSETH IN 2016: “There have to be consequences for war crimes… that’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from the commander-in-chief. There’s a standard. There’s an ethos.”
Where did this guy go? Is this also treason or nah? 🤷🏼
Where did this guy go? Is this also treason or nah? 🤷🏼
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
ICYMI — HEGSETH IN 2016: “There have to be consequences for war crimes… that’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from the commander-in-chief. There’s a standard. There’s an ethos.”
Where did this guy go? Is this also treason or nah? 🤷🏼
Where did this guy go? Is this also treason or nah? 🤷🏼
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Please listen to Liz @lawyeroyer.com and post this far and wide. Trump's embrace of corruption knows no bounds.
Donald Trump continues to find shockingly unqualified and disgusting people to pardon. His latest, Cade Cothren, is a prime example. We can’t let these shameful and corrupt pardons fly under the radar—please share. youtube.com/shorts/WoZIt...
Trump pardons another truly disgusting person: Cade Cothren
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Please listen to Liz @lawyeroyer.com and post this far and wide. Trump's embrace of corruption knows no bounds.
But they insist the exporting countries pay the tariffs…
Lutnick: "The fact is we know, because we've studied it, that prices don't move unless tariffs are above 15 percent. They just don't move at all because the suppliers and the distributors eat the numbers and that's why prices stay the same."
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
But they insist the exporting countries pay the tariffs…
WaPo editorial board, really keeping up with the top issues of the day! Everybody is talking about railroad safety today, right?
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
WaPo editorial board, really keeping up with the top issues of the day! Everybody is talking about railroad safety today, right?
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Mike Johnson is powerless to stop this:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
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December 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Mike Johnson is powerless to stop this:
The only way to make it make sense is that we have a trafficker in the White House.
A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”
Full pardon for the convicted drug trafficker who helped move 400 tons of cocaine. Death by airstrike for the guys on the boat www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The only way to make it make sense is that we have a trafficker in the White House.
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Full pardon for the convicted drug trafficker who helped move 400 tons of cocaine. Death by airstrike for the guys on the boat www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Ex-Honduras president, convicted of drug trafficking, freed on Trump pardon
A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Full pardon for the convicted drug trafficker who helped move 400 tons of cocaine. Death by airstrike for the guys on the boat www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Rich Lowry is a bigoted piece of shit whose existence makes America a worse place. He's vapid patrician gentility used to mask gutter racism. He's a Brooks Brothers pocket square used to wipe Nick Fuentes' ass.
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rich Lowry is a bigoted piece of shit whose existence makes America a worse place. He's vapid patrician gentility used to mask gutter racism. He's a Brooks Brothers pocket square used to wipe Nick Fuentes' ass.
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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remember to celebrate
Happy release major drug kingpin from prison after a few months of a 40 year sentence to all who celebrate
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon reut.rs/3Y3ziKg
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
remember to celebrate
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As a member of the Altadena community for over a decade, I’m absolutely dev… Matt O'Brien needs your support for Help Matt replace tools burned in Eaton fire.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
hey, @anildash.com, you re-posted my thing about climate risk— can you boost a GFM for someone who *did* actually lose things in Eaton? @bohemiamountain.bsky.social www.gofundme.com/f/help-matt-...