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Shared at CPAC this year
October 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Shared at CPAC this year
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I keep trying to tell y'all: you can frustrate and delay these authoritarian kleptocrats by multiple means, and every single second of delay, every instant where they look ridiculous in public, is a space to wedge in a crowbar for more breathing space.
You work the problem from all sides.
You work the problem from all sides.
I’m bringing this up because this is a simple procedural way to fuck with republicans even if they’re in the majority. Call them out of order, rise to a point of personal privilege, use the very procedural rules that organize their meetings to strangle them. It fucking works.
March 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I keep trying to tell y'all: you can frustrate and delay these authoritarian kleptocrats by multiple means, and every single second of delay, every instant where they look ridiculous in public, is a space to wedge in a crowbar for more breathing space.
You work the problem from all sides.
You work the problem from all sides.
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a functional press would, every single day, repeatedly, across numerous paragraphs in every story about him, make it clear that this is indisputably the most corrupt President in U.S. history
Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
a functional press would, every single day, repeatedly, across numerous paragraphs in every story about him, make it clear that this is indisputably the most corrupt President in U.S. history
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NEW: Oklahoma’s social studies standards, written with the help of the right-wing group behind Project 2025, now include roughly 40 points about Christianity that students should learn as well as skepticism about the 2020 election and COVID-19’s origins.
By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools
Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America Fi...
www.propublica.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
NEW: Oklahoma’s social studies standards, written with the help of the right-wing group behind Project 2025, now include roughly 40 points about Christianity that students should learn as well as skepticism about the 2020 election and COVID-19’s origins.
By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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Trump commutes George Santos’ prison, saying he was moved by Santos’ account of being in solitary confinement.
A reminder: many people are left in solitary confinement all over the county, sometimes *for years*, without a direct connection to the president.
Some of their voices:
A reminder: many people are left in solitary confinement all over the county, sometimes *for years*, without a direct connection to the president.
Some of their voices:
“Designed to Break You:” Two Incarcerated Writers on the Heavy Toll of Solitary Confinement - Bolts
Isolating people inside a small, closet-like cell for weeks, months, and even years on end remains common inside this country’s prisons and jails, even though the United Nations defines the... Read Mo...
boltsmag.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Trump commutes George Santos’ prison, saying he was moved by Santos’ account of being in solitary confinement.
A reminder: many people are left in solitary confinement all over the county, sometimes *for years*, without a direct connection to the president.
Some of their voices:
A reminder: many people are left in solitary confinement all over the county, sometimes *for years*, without a direct connection to the president.
Some of their voices:
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We're very close now to this execution—take the time to read @laurengill.bsky.social's important story:
Clashing, inconsistent testimony and a threadbare defense landed Anthony Boyd on Alabama’s death row. Boyd, who maintains his innocence, is set to be executed with nitrogen gas this week.
He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week.
No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.
boltsmag.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
We're very close now to this execution—take the time to read @laurengill.bsky.social's important story:
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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Chris Murphy is one of the only Dems who gets that there is no budget “deal” to make. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Chris Murphy is one of the only Dems who gets that there is no budget “deal” to make. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...
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The American people are smart. They know Trump and Republicans control government and Democrats do not.
LAST MONTH SENATE REPUBLICANS CHANGED THEIR DUMB RULES TO ALLOW A MAJORITY VOTE. Then can do so again.
GOP Senate can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it.
LAST MONTH SENATE REPUBLICANS CHANGED THEIR DUMB RULES TO ALLOW A MAJORITY VOTE. Then can do so again.
GOP Senate can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it.
New Washington Post poll on who voters blame for the government shutdown:
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The American people are smart. They know Trump and Republicans control government and Democrats do not.
LAST MONTH SENATE REPUBLICANS CHANGED THEIR DUMB RULES TO ALLOW A MAJORITY VOTE. Then can do so again.
GOP Senate can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it.
LAST MONTH SENATE REPUBLICANS CHANGED THEIR DUMB RULES TO ALLOW A MAJORITY VOTE. Then can do so again.
GOP Senate can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it.
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Last year, when @propublica.org published 14 hours of Project 2025 training videos, Trump was still denying any connection to PJ2025.
But we pointed out that 29 of the 36 speakers in these clips had already worked for Trump in some capacity:
But we pointed out that 29 of the 36 speakers in these clips had already worked for Trump in some capacity:
October 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Last year, when @propublica.org published 14 hours of Project 2025 training videos, Trump was still denying any connection to PJ2025.
But we pointed out that 29 of the 36 speakers in these clips had already worked for Trump in some capacity:
But we pointed out that 29 of the 36 speakers in these clips had already worked for Trump in some capacity:
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Check out the new @boltsmag.org cheat sheet to the 2025 US general elections: There's a lot happening, including—among many things:
—Big mayoral races in NYC, Seattle, Minneapolis
—Transport funding in Charlotte
—Housing funding in Knoxville
—Infrastructure packages in Denver, OK City, Columbus
—Big mayoral races in NYC, Seattle, Minneapolis
—Transport funding in Charlotte
—Housing funding in Knoxville
—Infrastructure packages in Denver, OK City, Columbus
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...
boltsmag.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Check out the new @boltsmag.org cheat sheet to the 2025 US general elections: There's a lot happening, including—among many things:
—Big mayoral races in NYC, Seattle, Minneapolis
—Transport funding in Charlotte
—Housing funding in Knoxville
—Infrastructure packages in Denver, OK City, Columbus
—Big mayoral races in NYC, Seattle, Minneapolis
—Transport funding in Charlotte
—Housing funding in Knoxville
—Infrastructure packages in Denver, OK City, Columbus
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Your occasional reminder that Russ Vought, who is claiming the right to fire civil servants for whatever reason he sees it, once refused to quit a political appointment position even after Trump had lost.
October 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Your occasional reminder that Russ Vought, who is claiming the right to fire civil servants for whatever reason he sees it, once refused to quit a political appointment position even after Trump had lost.
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Five years ago, @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social and I did a story about rural Oregon's fever dream that Antifa was coming to their town from Portland.
Hundreds showed up armed downtown because they heard on Facebook that "Antifa buses" were coming.
No buses came so they said Antifa "retreated."
Hundreds showed up armed downtown because they heard on Facebook that "Antifa buses" were coming.
No buses came so they said Antifa "retreated."
In Klamath Falls, Oregon, victory declared over antifa, which never showed up
Towns from Washington state to Indiana have seen armed groups begin patrolling the streets after rumors spread on social media about an antifa invasion.
www.nbcnews.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Five years ago, @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social and I did a story about rural Oregon's fever dream that Antifa was coming to their town from Portland.
Hundreds showed up armed downtown because they heard on Facebook that "Antifa buses" were coming.
No buses came so they said Antifa "retreated."
Hundreds showed up armed downtown because they heard on Facebook that "Antifa buses" were coming.
No buses came so they said Antifa "retreated."
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The national security threat is in the White House, not in Portland.
September 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The national security threat is in the White House, not in Portland.
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The suggestion that chemical agents like tear gas or pepper spray could be used indiscriminately against peaceful demonstrators, or even first responders, is unacceptable and not normal.
September 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The suggestion that chemical agents like tear gas or pepper spray could be used indiscriminately against peaceful demonstrators, or even first responders, is unacceptable and not normal.
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Trump posting an AI video of himself promising something that doesn’t exist should get the full failing Biden front page treatment but we know it won’t.
September 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Trump posting an AI video of himself promising something that doesn’t exist should get the full failing Biden front page treatment but we know it won’t.
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As you think about how to respond to Portland news, maybe think about dif between rhetoric of Newsom & Pritzker. Newsom mirrored; Pritzker spoke clearly about just how dangerous the moment it is. Do you want to be glib? My argument is that the main agency we have now is precision of language. 1/
September 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
As you think about how to respond to Portland news, maybe think about dif between rhetoric of Newsom & Pritzker. Newsom mirrored; Pritzker spoke clearly about just how dangerous the moment it is. Do you want to be glib? My argument is that the main agency we have now is precision of language. 1/
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The Right is nakedly trying to make it illegal to call them fascists which is about the most obviously fascist thing you could come up with.
September 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The Right is nakedly trying to make it illegal to call them fascists which is about the most obviously fascist thing you could come up with.
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# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon
The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
September 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon
The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
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It starts with local, states, and then federal. Start connecting locally
There's been growing attention on state supreme courts, as spaces that are more insulated from SCOTUS, & can develop different approaches to the law & people's rights.
Do you know how your state supreme court works, why it matters, & why you should care?
We at Bolts put together a 🔥 explainer!
Do you know how your state supreme court works, why it matters, & why you should care?
We at Bolts put together a 🔥 explainer!
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About State Supreme Courts - Bolts
State supreme courts have come under a brighter spotlight as battlefields for some of today’s most pressing issues, from abortion rights and climate to extreme sentencing and ballot access. And... Rea...
boltsmag.org
September 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It starts with local, states, and then federal. Start connecting locally
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ICE is terrorizing immigrant communities across America, which include tens of thousands of men and women who have served the nation in war but lack citizenship.
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
September 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
ICE is terrorizing immigrant communities across America, which include tens of thousands of men and women who have served the nation in war but lack citizenship.
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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“The larger pattern, researchers say, points in the opposite direction: White supremacist, anti-government, and misogynist beliefs account for the lion’s share of ideologically motivated gun violence.”
NEW: The Heritage Foundation is pushing a terrorism designation based on "transgender ideology" on the claim that "50% of major (non-gang) school shootings since 2015" involve a transgender shooter or trans-related motive. @dell.bsky.social and me on why that's false:
www.wired.com/story/herita...
www.wired.com/story/herita...
Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification
By inflating numbers and narrowing definitions, Heritage promotes a false link between transgender identity and violence in its push for the FBI to create a new terrorism category.
www.wired.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“The larger pattern, researchers say, points in the opposite direction: White supremacist, anti-government, and misogynist beliefs account for the lion’s share of ideologically motivated gun violence.”
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Many people and institutions that fight back are winning.
This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.
This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.
Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.
September 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Many people and institutions that fight back are winning.
This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.
This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.