Gwendolyn Alley aka Art/Wine Predator
@artpredator.bsky.social
Creator. Journalist. Environmentalist. Wine Writer. College Teacher. Mom. Poet. PCT thru hiker. #Vanlife. #BurningMan since 1992. Seeking the aesthetic--that which engages the whole soul. http://winepredator.com
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A few more thoughts from last night’s vote.
First, let’s stop pretending Trump cares one bit about the economic pressure regular Americans are under.
He treats hardship as something to exploit.
First, let’s stop pretending Trump cares one bit about the economic pressure regular Americans are under.
He treats hardship as something to exploit.
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A few more thoughts from last night’s vote.
First, let’s stop pretending Trump cares one bit about the economic pressure regular Americans are under.
He treats hardship as something to exploit.
First, let’s stop pretending Trump cares one bit about the economic pressure regular Americans are under.
He treats hardship as something to exploit.
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🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
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Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
more like 40 billion of your American tax dollars
October 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
more like 40 billion of your American tax dollars
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So the senator who is retiring condemns it and the two senators up for reelection wanting Trump’s endorsement won’t comment. Courageous and principled as always.
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
So the senator who is retiring condemns it and the two senators up for reelection wanting Trump’s endorsement won’t comment. Courageous and principled as always.
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This is a big deal… my congressman has been in DC for 24 years and hasn’t held a Townhall since 2012.
His rural constituents are standing up.
His rural constituents are standing up.
October 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is a big deal… my congressman has been in DC for 24 years and hasn’t held a Townhall since 2012.
His rural constituents are standing up.
His rural constituents are standing up.
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The government may be shut down, but at least one Democratic senator is still working. trib.al/hO171T7
“Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion."
“Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion."
October 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The government may be shut down, but at least one Democratic senator is still working. trib.al/hO171T7
“Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion."
“Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion."
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Don't sleep on the way that Trump/Vought have systematically eliminated US defenses against cyberattacks, including -- here -- on critical infrastructure.
New: The recent layoffs in CISA's Stakeholder Engagement Division have virtually shuttered SED, eliminating teams focused on critical infrastructure support, nationwide partnerships, and international coordination.
My story with details cuts and impacts: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-st...
My story with details cuts and impacts: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-st...
October 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Don't sleep on the way that Trump/Vought have systematically eliminated US defenses against cyberattacks, including -- here -- on critical infrastructure.
That charity looks like himself aka his big bullshit ballroom ...
“They attack him for everything,” he says, brushing off the president publicly demanding a quarter billion in taxpayer money.
Q: How comfortable are you w/Trump seeking $230m from the DOJ?
MIKE JOHNSON: Uh, I don't know the details. I just read it. I know he believes he's owed that reimbursement. What I heard is that if receives it, he's gonna consider giving it to charity. They attack him for everything. *changes topic*
MIKE JOHNSON: Uh, I don't know the details. I just read it. I know he believes he's owed that reimbursement. What I heard is that if receives it, he's gonna consider giving it to charity. They attack him for everything. *changes topic*
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
That charity looks like himself aka his big bullshit ballroom ...
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Remember what’s coming: first, kill Affordable Care credits, doubling costs for tens of millions; then, cut Medicare half a trillion (sleazily, automatically) hurting seniors; then cut Medicaid by a trillion, pounding doctors, hospitals and nursing homes. It’s why we fight.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Remember what’s coming: first, kill Affordable Care credits, doubling costs for tens of millions; then, cut Medicare half a trillion (sleazily, automatically) hurting seniors; then cut Medicaid by a trillion, pounding doctors, hospitals and nursing homes. It’s why we fight.
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Stop saying “renovation.”
Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball
Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Stop saying “renovation.”
Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball
Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball
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"But Trump never had a mandate to federalize, much less militarize, urban law enforcement. And twice in the last week, he essentially admitted it.
Trump never told voters he would send troops into cities. And if he had, they wouldn’t have supported it."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
Trump never told voters he would send troops into cities. And if he had, they wouldn’t have supported it."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
Trump Admits Americans Didn’t Vote for His Military Crackdowns
Yet he and his party keep pretending they have a mandate.
www.thebulwark.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"But Trump never had a mandate to federalize, much less militarize, urban law enforcement. And twice in the last week, he essentially admitted it.
Trump never told voters he would send troops into cities. And if he had, they wouldn’t have supported it."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
Trump never told voters he would send troops into cities. And if he had, they wouldn’t have supported it."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
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"No, destroying the White House is not as bad as blowing up boats carrying possibly innocent people. It’s not as bad as corrupting the Justice Department. It’s not as menacing as sending troops into American cities. And yet, this hurt is sharp."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-...
Trump’s Mar-a-White House
The president is desecrating a symbol of liberal democracy and replacing it with a tacky, bloated eyesore.
www.thebulwark.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"No, destroying the White House is not as bad as blowing up boats carrying possibly innocent people. It’s not as bad as corrupting the Justice Department. It’s not as menacing as sending troops into American cities. And yet, this hurt is sharp."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-...
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"The United States is now the proud owner of $20 billion in increasingly worthless Argentinian currency. America First, baby!"
www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-cry-f...
www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-cry-f...
Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina. Here’s $40B Trump’s Giving You.
Trump’s MAGA allies aren’t thrilled by the prospect of our stocking up on pesos and Argentinian beef.
www.thebulwark.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"The United States is now the proud owner of $20 billion in increasingly worthless Argentinian currency. America First, baby!"
www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-cry-f...
www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-cry-f...
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC
October 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC
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Steve Witkoff promised to divest of his crypto assets linked to the Trump family’s crypto schemes.
But 10 months in, and he still hasn’t.
So many of these assets involve Middle East countries with an interest in U.S. policy.
The conflicts of interest are massive. We need answers.
But 10 months in, and he still hasn’t.
So many of these assets involve Middle East countries with an interest in U.S. policy.
The conflicts of interest are massive. We need answers.
October 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Steve Witkoff promised to divest of his crypto assets linked to the Trump family’s crypto schemes.
But 10 months in, and he still hasn’t.
So many of these assets involve Middle East countries with an interest in U.S. policy.
The conflicts of interest are massive. We need answers.
But 10 months in, and he still hasn’t.
So many of these assets involve Middle East countries with an interest in U.S. policy.
The conflicts of interest are massive. We need answers.
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So wait — Republicans are insisting Trump is paying for the $250,000,000 ballroom himself (he isn’t)… even as he extorts basically the same amount from the DOJ?
Y’all will really run cover for any amount of corruption and greed huh
Y’all will really run cover for any amount of corruption and greed huh
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
So wait — Republicans are insisting Trump is paying for the $250,000,000 ballroom himself (he isn’t)… even as he extorts basically the same amount from the DOJ?
Y’all will really run cover for any amount of corruption and greed huh
Y’all will really run cover for any amount of corruption and greed huh
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THIS is who the White House nominated to lead the Office of Special Counsel:
“MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell.” “I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it.”
GIFT: www.wsj.com/opinion/paul...
“MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell.” “I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it.”
GIFT: www.wsj.com/opinion/paul...
Opinion | Paul Ingrassia’s ‘Nazi Streak’
The Trump nominee’s repellent texts are a lesson for young MAGA.
www.wsj.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
THIS is who the White House nominated to lead the Office of Special Counsel:
“MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell.” “I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it.”
GIFT: www.wsj.com/opinion/paul...
“MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell.” “I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it.”
GIFT: www.wsj.com/opinion/paul...
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Reporting exposes Trump-Bondi Justice Department as WEAK on drug trafficking.
Drug prosecutions have dropped to the lowest level in decades.
All while they waste resources on political pet projects.
Drug prosecutions have dropped to the lowest level in decades.
All while they waste resources on political pet projects.
October 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Reporting exposes Trump-Bondi Justice Department as WEAK on drug trafficking.
Drug prosecutions have dropped to the lowest level in decades.
All while they waste resources on political pet projects.
Drug prosecutions have dropped to the lowest level in decades.
All while they waste resources on political pet projects.
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Pay attention -- what he means is allowing Democrats to win a free and fair election.
Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."
October 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Pay attention -- what he means is allowing Democrats to win a free and fair election.
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“Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch.”
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October 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
“Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch.”
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Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.
October 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.
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Live look at next week's break-in at Fort Knox.
Which you will also have to sit by helplessly and watch, I guess.
Which you will also have to sit by helplessly and watch, I guess.
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Live look at next week's break-in at Fort Knox.
Which you will also have to sit by helplessly and watch, I guess.
Which you will also have to sit by helplessly and watch, I guess.