@alys73.bsky.social
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Burns: The Old Testament says there’s nothing new under the sun. On July 4th, 1776, there was. Everybody up to that point had been under authoritarian rule. It was in the interests of their rulers that they be uneducated, that they be superstitious, that they be distracted by conspiracies…
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Burns: The Old Testament says there’s nothing new under the sun. On July 4th, 1776, there was. Everybody up to that point had been under authoritarian rule. It was in the interests of their rulers that they be uneducated, that they be superstitious, that they be distracted by conspiracies…
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Former FCC Chair Wheeler: An autocrat's favorite tool is a monopoly on telling the story. And if you can control the people who tell that story, then you've got an autocrat's greatest dream.
October 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Former FCC Chair Wheeler: An autocrat's favorite tool is a monopoly on telling the story. And if you can control the people who tell that story, then you've got an autocrat's greatest dream.
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😂 “Master negotiator” Donald Trump owns the modern government shutdown
Via @317_2_202 on IG
Via @317_2_202 on IG
October 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
😂 “Master negotiator” Donald Trump owns the modern government shutdown
Via @317_2_202 on IG
Via @317_2_202 on IG
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Iowa City man arrested in grocery store by plainclothes federal agents Thursday
I.C. man arrested in grocery store by plainclothes federal agents Thursday
An Iowa City man was arrested Thursday at Bread Garden Market in the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall, by three plainclothes men who — in a bystander video of the incident — identified themselves only as "federal agents."
www.thegazette.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Iowa City man arrested in grocery store by plainclothes federal agents Thursday
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I believe this 1000%
Showing students how we got here.
Teaching them how to evaluate evidence for themselves.
Enabling them to evaluate the present for themselves.
SO important right now.
Understanding the past is our future.
Showing students how we got here.
Teaching them how to evaluate evidence for themselves.
Enabling them to evaluate the present for themselves.
SO important right now.
Understanding the past is our future.
It does feel meaningful to be teaching history right now. We do what we can.
September 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I believe this 1000%
Showing students how we got here.
Teaching them how to evaluate evidence for themselves.
Enabling them to evaluate the present for themselves.
SO important right now.
Understanding the past is our future.
Showing students how we got here.
Teaching them how to evaluate evidence for themselves.
Enabling them to evaluate the present for themselves.
SO important right now.
Understanding the past is our future.
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Anne Applebaum on the threat of authoritarianism in the United States.
"The surprise has been the number of people, the Republicans in the Senate and the House, but also law firms, business...how many people gave up before fighting and they just kind of acquiesced."
youtube.com/shorts/QpYrO...
"The surprise has been the number of people, the Republicans in the Senate and the House, but also law firms, business...how many people gave up before fighting and they just kind of acquiesced."
youtube.com/shorts/QpYrO...
Anne Applebaum on the threat of authoritarianism in the United States
YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol
youtube.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Anne Applebaum on the threat of authoritarianism in the United States.
"The surprise has been the number of people, the Republicans in the Senate and the House, but also law firms, business...how many people gave up before fighting and they just kind of acquiesced."
youtube.com/shorts/QpYrO...
"The surprise has been the number of people, the Republicans in the Senate and the House, but also law firms, business...how many people gave up before fighting and they just kind of acquiesced."
youtube.com/shorts/QpYrO...
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"Here’s a section of the CBO report that Trump and his courtiers missed:
'We estimate that the changes in tariffs will reduce the size of the U.S. economy...The increases in tariffs will make consumer goods and capital goods more expensive.'"
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-four...
'We estimate that the changes in tariffs will reduce the size of the U.S. economy...The increases in tariffs will make consumer goods and capital goods more expensive.'"
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-four...
Trump’s ‘$4 Trillion Deficit Reduction’ Is Fake News
The president says “tariffs came in at $4 trillion.” Spoiler: They didn’t.
www.thebulwark.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Here’s a section of the CBO report that Trump and his courtiers missed:
'We estimate that the changes in tariffs will reduce the size of the U.S. economy...The increases in tariffs will make consumer goods and capital goods more expensive.'"
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-four...
'We estimate that the changes in tariffs will reduce the size of the U.S. economy...The increases in tariffs will make consumer goods and capital goods more expensive.'"
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-four...
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This song remains incredibly relevant in 2025.
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes ft Teddy Pendergrass
performing "wake up everybody"
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes ft Teddy Pendergrass
performing "wake up everybody"
August 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This song remains incredibly relevant in 2025.
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes ft Teddy Pendergrass
performing "wake up everybody"
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes ft Teddy Pendergrass
performing "wake up everybody"
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Hey folks,
Below is a place to submit your photos of Park signs.
Supposedly they’ll be whitewashed by September 17.
So now is a good time to start taking photos.
Below is a place to submit your photos of Park signs.
Supposedly they’ll be whitewashed by September 17.
So now is a good time to start taking photos.
August 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Hey folks,
Below is a place to submit your photos of Park signs.
Supposedly they’ll be whitewashed by September 17.
So now is a good time to start taking photos.
Below is a place to submit your photos of Park signs.
Supposedly they’ll be whitewashed by September 17.
So now is a good time to start taking photos.
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Good morning. Trump is protecting Epstein files. The confederacy lost and they were traitors, mRNA vaccines are the future, cops shouldn’t wear masks, Trump cut taxes for the rich and ripped benefits from the poor.
Have a weekend
Have a weekend
August 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Good morning. Trump is protecting Epstein files. The confederacy lost and they were traitors, mRNA vaccines are the future, cops shouldn’t wear masks, Trump cut taxes for the rich and ripped benefits from the poor.
Have a weekend
Have a weekend
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Emmett Till would be 84 today.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
July 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Emmett Till would be 84 today.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
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If CO2 is just harmless plant food and NOT planet-cooking pollution, why shut down the world's best CO2 sensors?
Shouldn't they be posting every chart from Mauna Loa and cheering the red line's rise?
www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...
Shouldn't they be posting every chart from Mauna Loa and cheering the red line's rise?
www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...
Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory | CNN
The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, superchargin...
www.cnn.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If CO2 is just harmless plant food and NOT planet-cooking pollution, why shut down the world's best CO2 sensors?
Shouldn't they be posting every chart from Mauna Loa and cheering the red line's rise?
www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...
Shouldn't they be posting every chart from Mauna Loa and cheering the red line's rise?
www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...
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Veasey has RFK Jr dead to rights here, and they both know it.
VEASEY: You've credited the 12 steps in your recovery. What's step 4?
RFK JR: Making a fearless inventory
VEASEY: Of ourselves. Do you remember step 12?
RFK JR: We try to help other addicts
VEASEY: Does cutting off treatment from people still suffering align with step 4 or step 12?
RFK JR: Making a fearless inventory
VEASEY: Of ourselves. Do you remember step 12?
RFK JR: We try to help other addicts
VEASEY: Does cutting off treatment from people still suffering align with step 4 or step 12?
June 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Veasey has RFK Jr dead to rights here, and they both know it.
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Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
June 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
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Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
June 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
McMahon: I’d have to get back to you
Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?
McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
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“WHO YOU CALLING A BUNCH OF PANSIES?!?”
June 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“WHO YOU CALLING A BUNCH OF PANSIES?!?”
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Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
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IOWA: “It is a complete pleasure to hear somebody speak in complete sentences.”
*Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall* 👏🏽
*Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall* 👏🏽
May 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
IOWA: “It is a complete pleasure to hear somebody speak in complete sentences.”
*Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall* 👏🏽
*Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall* 👏🏽
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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took a few days off for my brain and one pretty alarming observation i have is just how easy it is to not hear about the bad stuff that is happening if you don't explicitly dip into specific information streams (not a new problem but feels orders of magnitude more siloed than even 2-3 years ago)
April 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
took a few days off for my brain and one pretty alarming observation i have is just how easy it is to not hear about the bad stuff that is happening if you don't explicitly dip into specific information streams (not a new problem but feels orders of magnitude more siloed than even 2-3 years ago)
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Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.
April 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.