@betio.bsky.social
Old IT guy. Dog lover. Lifetime Democrat. I want to light a candle but still curse the dark. I don't want to hate but how can one not when there are those that have been given permission by Trump to be the ugliest part of humanity without remorse. NO DMs
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When I taught Civics, I used Supreme Court cases to trace our expansion of rights to demonstrate democratic values.
If I were still teaching Civics today, I would need to place the concepts of 'precedent,' 'stare decisis,' and 'rule of law' in the trash bin.
This SCOTUS is corrupt.
If I were still teaching Civics today, I would need to place the concepts of 'precedent,' 'stare decisis,' and 'rule of law' in the trash bin.
This SCOTUS is corrupt.
December 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
When I taught Civics, I used Supreme Court cases to trace our expansion of rights to demonstrate democratic values.
If I were still teaching Civics today, I would need to place the concepts of 'precedent,' 'stare decisis,' and 'rule of law' in the trash bin.
This SCOTUS is corrupt.
If I were still teaching Civics today, I would need to place the concepts of 'precedent,' 'stare decisis,' and 'rule of law' in the trash bin.
This SCOTUS is corrupt.
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Trump Nods Off, ICE Abuses Exposed, Economy Stumbles: A Wild Week
youtu.be/Cu7_ilW05H8
youtu.be/Cu7_ilW05H8
Trump Nods Off, ICE Abuses Exposed, Economy Stumbles: A Wild Week
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Trump Nods Off, ICE Abuses Exposed, Economy Stumbles: A Wild Week
youtu.be/Cu7_ilW05H8
youtu.be/Cu7_ilW05H8
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In 1991, 92 percent of Ukrainians voted for independence.
Ukraine will stay free
Ukraine will stay free
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In 1991, 92 percent of Ukrainians voted for independence.
Ukraine will stay free
Ukraine will stay free
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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TRUMP UNDER FIRE: This Week’s Biggest Political Bombshells Explained
youtu.be/PCKIYt0oBWc
youtu.be/PCKIYt0oBWc
TRUMP UNDER FIRE: This Week’s Biggest Political Bombshells Explained
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
TRUMP UNDER FIRE: This Week’s Biggest Political Bombshells Explained
youtu.be/PCKIYt0oBWc
youtu.be/PCKIYt0oBWc
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31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
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Russia is pure evil. Georgia, Ukraine, always destroying places and people.
Europe needs to take the money instead of obsessing about it.
Take it out of Trumps hands
Europe needs to take the money instead of obsessing about it.
Take it out of Trumps hands
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Russia is pure evil. Georgia, Ukraine, always destroying places and people.
Europe needs to take the money instead of obsessing about it.
Take it out of Trumps hands
Europe needs to take the money instead of obsessing about it.
Take it out of Trumps hands
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🎁 link to the WSJ editorial that made Stephen Miller so mad.
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard
The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🎁 link to the WSJ editorial that made Stephen Miller so mad.
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
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Jolly has got the latest...
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Jolly has got the latest...
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Hegseth is a dork
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Hegseth is a dork
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Support for Sen. Mark Kelly. Worth the watch!
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Support for Sen. Mark Kelly. Worth the watch!
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Wow
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Wow
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Going after Mark Kelly is not making us forget about going after James Comey
Leticia James
Jimmy Kimmel or Adam Schiff
The MO of this administration is to go after people who point out the truth about these grifter, felons, drug users, and unqualified cabinet members.
Leticia James
Jimmy Kimmel or Adam Schiff
The MO of this administration is to go after people who point out the truth about these grifter, felons, drug users, and unqualified cabinet members.
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Going after Mark Kelly is not making us forget about going after James Comey
Leticia James
Jimmy Kimmel or Adam Schiff
The MO of this administration is to go after people who point out the truth about these grifter, felons, drug users, and unqualified cabinet members.
Leticia James
Jimmy Kimmel or Adam Schiff
The MO of this administration is to go after people who point out the truth about these grifter, felons, drug users, and unqualified cabinet members.
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James Comey: "I know that Donald Trump will probably come after me again. And my attitude is going to be the same: I am innocent, I am not afraid."
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
James Comey: "I know that Donald Trump will probably come after me again. And my attitude is going to be the same: I am innocent, I am not afraid."
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Karoline Leavitt wasn't wearing her crucifix today.
Did it finally start to burn when she tried to put it on?
Did it finally start to burn when she tried to put it on?
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Karoline Leavitt wasn't wearing her crucifix today.
Did it finally start to burn when she tried to put it on?
Did it finally start to burn when she tried to put it on?
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If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
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Here’s the full piece:
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Here’s the full piece:
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Dear republican congressman:
You just got another week off, you have absolutely no plans since you were going to be in dc.
How about some town halls? If you do three, that’s a total of 6 hours of work the whole week. Easy peasy!
You just got another week off, you have absolutely no plans since you were going to be in dc.
How about some town halls? If you do three, that’s a total of 6 hours of work the whole week. Easy peasy!
October 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Dear republican congressman:
You just got another week off, you have absolutely no plans since you were going to be in dc.
How about some town halls? If you do three, that’s a total of 6 hours of work the whole week. Easy peasy!
You just got another week off, you have absolutely no plans since you were going to be in dc.
How about some town halls? If you do three, that’s a total of 6 hours of work the whole week. Easy peasy!
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🚨BREAKING: Former special counsel Jack Smith is calling Republicans' bluff, turning the tables Thursday by requesting to testify publicly in open hearings before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
Doubtful Chuck Grassley would allow such public testimony that would hurt the Führer.
Doubtful Chuck Grassley would allow such public testimony that would hurt the Führer.
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
🚨BREAKING: Former special counsel Jack Smith is calling Republicans' bluff, turning the tables Thursday by requesting to testify publicly in open hearings before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
Doubtful Chuck Grassley would allow such public testimony that would hurt the Führer.
Doubtful Chuck Grassley would allow such public testimony that would hurt the Führer.
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Since the House is in recess why don't Democrats interview Jack Smith on their own, in public and televise it on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow as moderator?
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Since the House is in recess why don't Democrats interview Jack Smith on their own, in public and televise it on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow as moderator?
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@denisedwheeler.bsky.social
“This is a take-one-for-the-team moment.
Our country is dying, and Jack Smith knows it.
He’s asking to testify publicly, so you know he’s got receipts.
Doing this paints an even larger target on his back, and he's saying, "Fuck it."
Go Jack!”
“This is a take-one-for-the-team moment.
Our country is dying, and Jack Smith knows it.
He’s asking to testify publicly, so you know he’s got receipts.
Doing this paints an even larger target on his back, and he's saying, "Fuck it."
Go Jack!”
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
@denisedwheeler.bsky.social
“This is a take-one-for-the-team moment.
Our country is dying, and Jack Smith knows it.
He’s asking to testify publicly, so you know he’s got receipts.
Doing this paints an even larger target on his back, and he's saying, "Fuck it."
Go Jack!”
“This is a take-one-for-the-team moment.
Our country is dying, and Jack Smith knows it.
He’s asking to testify publicly, so you know he’s got receipts.
Doing this paints an even larger target on his back, and he's saying, "Fuck it."
Go Jack!”