Blair Forlaw
@blairforlaw.bsky.social
Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, Stewardship. Quaker SPICES from generations back. Docent at NMAAHC. Big on family.
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'We can't be bullied': How Trump and the GOP's redistricting push in Indiana backfired
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
'We can't be bullied': How Trump and the GOP's redistricting push in Indiana backfired
Aggressive tactics employed by Trump and his allies did not sit well with state lawmakers, who delivered a major political blow to national Republicans ahead of the midterms.
www.nbcnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
'We can't be bullied': How Trump and the GOP's redistricting push in Indiana backfired
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
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Great read.
Seven conclusions about what we've learned about Trumpism and the resilience of American democracy across 2025 — the big one: Donald Trump is losing. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump is losing.
Seven conclusions as 2025 winds down.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
December 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great read.
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The executive can't command states to do anything
Trump has signed an executive order blocking states from making their own guardrails around artificial intelligence
Trump Signs Order Blocking States From Enforcing Their Own AI Guardrails
www.huffpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The executive can't command states to do anything
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Good God
As someone who has lived in nearly half a dozen western democracies. None of the other OECD countries have these problems. Coalition governments and accountability to voters are the way everybody else prevents government abuse. The US is unique in government wanting to abuse some of it's citizens.
December 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Good God
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Exactly where are their headquarters?
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Exactly where are their headquarters?
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
Seems that there's no real economic reason to close our doors to refugees, so whatever could the underlying rationale of current US anti-refugee policy be? www.wsj.com/economy/immi...
Are Refugees Good or Bad for the Economy? Here’s What the Numbers Say
They have high rates of entrepreneurship and over time produce more in tax revenues than they receive in government benefits, studies show.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Seems that there's no real economic reason to close our doors to refugees, so whatever could the underlying rationale of current US anti-refugee policy be? www.wsj.com/economy/immi...
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the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
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“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
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“I told them their kids get two dolls max”
December 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“I told them their kids get two dolls max”
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something you have to understand about Trump & his weird comments about the economy is that the dude hasn't paid for anything like a normal person in decades - never pumps gas, never buys groceries - so he's completely & utterly out of touch with what life is like for most of us
December 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
something you have to understand about Trump & his weird comments about the economy is that the dude hasn't paid for anything like a normal person in decades - never pumps gas, never buys groceries - so he's completely & utterly out of touch with what life is like for most of us
I just got back from the grocery store and eggs are $5.29 a doz. The coffee I used to buy for $8.99 is now $25.99. This man is clueless (and obviously doesn't care enough to educate himself).
Q: "What grade would you give the economy?"
Trump: "A + + + +"
Q: "Are you still worried about the economy?"
Trump: "Prices are coming down substantially…Prices are all coming down. It's been 10 months, it's amazing what we've done."
Trump: "A + + + +"
Q: "Are you still worried about the economy?"
Trump: "Prices are coming down substantially…Prices are all coming down. It's been 10 months, it's amazing what we've done."
December 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I just got back from the grocery store and eggs are $5.29 a doz. The coffee I used to buy for $8.99 is now $25.99. This man is clueless (and obviously doesn't care enough to educate himself).
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BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to demand they release the secret memo they claim justifies their illegal strikes on civilians at sea.
Transparency must come immediately — while there’s still an opportunity to stop this cruel and unconstitutional bombing campaign.
Transparency must come immediately — while there’s still an opportunity to stop this cruel and unconstitutional bombing campaign.
December 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to demand they release the secret memo they claim justifies their illegal strikes on civilians at sea.
Transparency must come immediately — while there’s still an opportunity to stop this cruel and unconstitutional bombing campaign.
Transparency must come immediately — while there’s still an opportunity to stop this cruel and unconstitutional bombing campaign.
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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How many of us truly understand that the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 was part of the civil rights movement?
December 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
How many of us truly understand that the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 was part of the civil rights movement?
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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This is so racist it needs a new category of racism to describe it but it's also stupid and pointless. You simply cannot purge the celebration of Black people and their accomplishments from this country in favor of celebrations of a dying pedophile. It's literally not a thing he's capable of doing.
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is so racist it needs a new category of racism to describe it but it's also stupid and pointless. You simply cannot purge the celebration of Black people and their accomplishments from this country in favor of celebrations of a dying pedophile. It's literally not a thing he's capable of doing.
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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#OTD in 1965 the 13th Amendment ended slavery, but with a loophole; slavery was allowed as punishment for a crime. This marked the beginning of mass incarceration and the systemic oppression of Black people that persists today. Understanding this history is crucial to dismantling the system.
December 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#OTD in 1965 the 13th Amendment ended slavery, but with a loophole; slavery was allowed as punishment for a crime. This marked the beginning of mass incarceration and the systemic oppression of Black people that persists today. Understanding this history is crucial to dismantling the system.
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I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?
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What? A Trump supporter? Moved to violence by the president's conspiracy theories? Well, I never.
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What? A Trump supporter? Moved to violence by the president's conspiracy theories? Well, I never.
Also notable that the presence of drugs was not substantiated by any evidence and the so-called ‘narco terrorists’ were not formally charged, indicted, or tried. In other words, no due process. No accountability. It’s murder.
SOUTHCOM announces another boat strike.
Notable that the Pentagon carried out this strike on the same day that Adm. Bradley appeared before members of Congress to defend the Sep. 2 strike.
Notable that the Pentagon carried out this strike on the same day that Adm. Bradley appeared before members of Congress to defend the Sep. 2 strike.
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Also notable that the presence of drugs was not substantiated by any evidence and the so-called ‘narco terrorists’ were not formally charged, indicted, or tried. In other words, no due process. No accountability. It’s murder.
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Ritual humiliation is a MAGA fetish.
December 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Ritual humiliation is a MAGA fetish.
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Waiting for the “critics say this was bigoted” in the top of the hour newscast.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Waiting for the “critics say this was bigoted” in the top of the hour newscast.
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EVERYBODY.
Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
EVERYBODY.