@ambivalentoptimism.bsky.social
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Perfect natural experiment. If Biden and Congress had treated the Jan 6th insurrection like the treason it was and jailed the people behind it, Trump’s power would have shriveled on the vine.
"Mussolini once said that he didn’t create fascism – he extracted it from the Italians’ unconscious. And I think it’s the same thing with Bolsonarismo. Bolsonaro dies, but these radical ideas and ideology are here to stay." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Foam that’s washed away’: support dissolves as Bolsonaro starts 27-year jail term
Brazil shows little sign of feared rightwing rebellion, with only a few die-hards protesting outside prison
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Perfect natural experiment. If Biden and Congress had treated the Jan 6th insurrection like the treason it was and jailed the people behind it, Trump’s power would have shriveled on the vine.
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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Sometimes I imagine a world where all America’s news outlets simply refuse to give airtime to any politician or cabinet member who peddles lies and propaganda. Just cut off the airspace and see what happens.
November 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Sometimes I imagine a world where all America’s news outlets simply refuse to give airtime to any politician or cabinet member who peddles lies and propaganda. Just cut off the airspace and see what happens.
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Even on the heels of a historically successful election and the largest protest in US history, Chuck Schumer’s caucus caved in the shutdown fight. Senate Democrats need bold new leadership to fight the Trump regime, and that starts by making Schumer step aside: indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Even on the heels of a historically successful election and the largest protest in US history, Chuck Schumer’s caucus caved in the shutdown fight. Senate Democrats need bold new leadership to fight the Trump regime, and that starts by making Schumer step aside: indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...
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Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
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Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president
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When your MAGA relatives start running their mouths at Thanksgiving, just say “Quiet, piggy.”
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
When your MAGA relatives start running their mouths at Thanksgiving, just say “Quiet, piggy.”
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Today is Holodomor Memorial Day
holodomor mini doc
YouTube video by - hrec
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Today is Holodomor Memorial Day
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Truly remarkable reporting here from @unraveledpress.com using public records requests, on-the-ground video footage, and social-media sleuthing to unmask this ICE goon: Timothy Donahue. unraveledpress.com/identified-f...
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Truly remarkable reporting here from @unraveledpress.com using public records requests, on-the-ground video footage, and social-media sleuthing to unmask this ICE goon: Timothy Donahue. unraveledpress.com/identified-f...
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The Problem With Jon Stewart @Facebook
James Henderson
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"Jamal Khashoggi was investigating allegations that Jared Kushner was selling CIA secrets to Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), crown prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Thank you for your attention to this matter."
medium.com/.../in-death....
James Henderson
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"Jamal Khashoggi was investigating allegations that Jared Kushner was selling CIA secrets to Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), crown prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Thank you for your attention to this matter."
medium.com/.../in-death....
November 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Problem With Jon Stewart @Facebook
James Henderson
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"Jamal Khashoggi was investigating allegations that Jared Kushner was selling CIA secrets to Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), crown prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Thank you for your attention to this matter."
medium.com/.../in-death....
James Henderson
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"Jamal Khashoggi was investigating allegations that Jared Kushner was selling CIA secrets to Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), crown prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Thank you for your attention to this matter."
medium.com/.../in-death....
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November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
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Cops all over the country used Flock to surveil No Kings protesters, public records show: www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Cops all over the country used Flock to surveil No Kings protesters, public records show: www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
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🔥 Chris Murphy: The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed, “HANG THEM”
If you’re a person of influence in the country & you haven’t picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
If you’re a person of influence in the country & you haven’t picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🔥 Chris Murphy: The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed, “HANG THEM”
If you’re a person of influence in the country & you haven’t picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
If you’re a person of influence in the country & you haven’t picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
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"I saw the South African president running his mouth a little bit "
Everyone knows why she speaks this way about the S. African president right? Can Americans stop pretending republicans aren't racists.
Everyone knows why she speaks this way about the S. African president right? Can Americans stop pretending republicans aren't racists.
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"I saw the South African president running his mouth a little bit "
Everyone knows why she speaks this way about the S. African president right? Can Americans stop pretending republicans aren't racists.
Everyone knows why she speaks this way about the S. African president right? Can Americans stop pretending republicans aren't racists.
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
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“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Iowa has voted for Chuck Grassley since 1980!!! They voted for Joni Ernst. They voted for Donald Trump 3 times. They voted for mass deportation. They voted for greed and a criminal for President. They voted for January 6th. It's really hard to give a fuck about what they voted for is doing to them
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Iowa has voted for Chuck Grassley since 1980!!! They voted for Joni Ernst. They voted for Donald Trump 3 times. They voted for mass deportation. They voted for greed and a criminal for President. They voted for January 6th. It's really hard to give a fuck about what they voted for is doing to them
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Will the new maga Wapo defend Trump’s repellent comments on Khashoggi?
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Will the new maga Wapo defend Trump’s repellent comments on Khashoggi?
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.