Ol’ MacDonald 🇺🇸 🗽 ⚓️💙
@carlisle777.bsky.social
Beat back the Orange Menace!
I believe in the rule of law, the US Constitution, separation of church and state, and science.
Tugboat Captain in New York Harbor
✨My hope is constant in thee✨
I believe in the rule of law, the US Constitution, separation of church and state, and science.
Tugboat Captain in New York Harbor
✨My hope is constant in thee✨
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I would like to say hello and give a big thank you to all my new followers! 👋🏽
Another refugee from Xitter looking forward to meeting new friends and rebooting the resistance!
Here’s a picture of Myrtle:
Another refugee from Xitter looking forward to meeting new friends and rebooting the resistance!
Here’s a picture of Myrtle:
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It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC
October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC
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🚨We have well exceeded a 5-alarm fire people. 🚨
Trump’s ICE Jacks Up Weapons Spending by 700%—Including ‘Guided Missile Warheads’
“ICE was always going to be Trump’s private military to deploy domestically against Americans,” said one critic.
“ICE was always going to be Trump’s private military to deploy domestically against Americans,” said one critic.
Trump’s ICE Jacks Up Weapons Spending by 700%—Including ‘Guided Missile Warheads’ | Common Dreams
The Trump administration's massive increase in funding for ICE weapons is alarming. ICE is now armed to the teeth, treating its officers as a private military to deploy against Americans. Why does ICE...
www.commondreams.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
🚨We have well exceeded a 5-alarm fire people. 🚨
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This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
October 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
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October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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"the speaker of the House is refusing to seat a duly elected member of Congress to protect the president from a vote to investigate his extensive connections the world's most notorious human trafficking pedophile" is one of those things you simply cannot put into New York Timesese
October 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"the speaker of the House is refusing to seat a duly elected member of Congress to protect the president from a vote to investigate his extensive connections the world's most notorious human trafficking pedophile" is one of those things you simply cannot put into New York Timesese
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Some of us still watch this as Robert intended, on grainy VHS
Important news via ILX, to quote the post: "Someone uploaded a straight rip of the _The Cure in Orange_ laserdisc yesterday, if you don't want to truck with weird looking AI upscaled versions." And indeed, who would.
The Cure - IN ORANGE - Full Live Concert, Orange, France, 1986 - No AI 4k in sight...
YouTube video by Spiderbite76
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Some of us still watch this as Robert intended, on grainy VHS
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The Trump administration is spending $172 million on two jets for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other senior officials
DHS Purchase Of Business Jets During Shutdown Draws Democrats’ Ire
The department said it would not allow the federal shutdown "to slow down this process" of replacing the jet, but Democrats want to know where the money is coming from.
www.huffpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The Trump administration is spending $172 million on two jets for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other senior officials
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This. Is. #Boston.
As 'No Kings' protests sweep across the nation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5VH... (Courtesy:NBC10 Boston) #NoKings
As 'No Kings' protests sweep across the nation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5VH... (Courtesy:NBC10 Boston) #NoKings
Boston ‘No Kings' protest draws huge crowd
YouTube video by NBC10 Boston
www.youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This. Is. #Boston.
As 'No Kings' protests sweep across the nation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5VH... (Courtesy:NBC10 Boston) #NoKings
As 'No Kings' protests sweep across the nation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5VH... (Courtesy:NBC10 Boston) #NoKings
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Let's make this happen...
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Let's make this happen...
They’re gearing up to start shooting protesters. That’s the plan… martial law, no elections.
These vile GOP politicians will sit on their hands and let a Wanna be dictator start murdering his own people as long as the keep their majority. Disgusting.
These vile GOP politicians will sit on their hands and let a Wanna be dictator start murdering his own people as long as the keep their majority. Disgusting.
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
They’re gearing up to start shooting protesters. That’s the plan… martial law, no elections.
These vile GOP politicians will sit on their hands and let a Wanna be dictator start murdering his own people as long as the keep their majority. Disgusting.
These vile GOP politicians will sit on their hands and let a Wanna be dictator start murdering his own people as long as the keep their majority. Disgusting.
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15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
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article I powers just completely liquidated, dead on arrival.
FBI agents will be paid during the shutdown, Trump says, using unspent funds to bypass frozen federal pay.
Trump Administration to Continue Paying FBI Amid Government Shutdown
www.newsweek.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
article I powers just completely liquidated, dead on arrival.
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Struggling soybean farmer: "This is a man-made crisis caused by Donald Trump"
Watch the full video here: tinyurl.com/cc5h54wn
Watch the full video here: tinyurl.com/cc5h54wn
Struggling soybean farmer: ‘This is a man-made crisis caused by Donald Trump’ | CNN Business
CNN’s Whitney Wild reports on The Lead
tinyurl.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Struggling soybean farmer: "This is a man-made crisis caused by Donald Trump"
Watch the full video here: tinyurl.com/cc5h54wn
Watch the full video here: tinyurl.com/cc5h54wn
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Millions of people will take to the streets again this Saturday to protest the autocratic regime of President Donald Trump. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social talked to organizers of the Oct. 18 No Kings protests, which are expected to be bigger than the first set in June.
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
Still No Kings: Millions to Protest Trump On Saturday
A coalition of civil rights groups expects the turnout on Oct. 18 will be even bigger than the first nationwide protest held in June, which by some counts was the largest in U.S. history.
prospect.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Millions of people will take to the streets again this Saturday to protest the autocratic regime of President Donald Trump. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social talked to organizers of the Oct. 18 No Kings protests, which are expected to be bigger than the first set in June.
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
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If you know anyone who works for ICE then please submit it to the ICE List. This database will be used for accountability. Pass it on.
icelist.is
www.crustiandaily.news/p/were-build...
icelist.is
www.crustiandaily.news/p/were-build...
We're Building a Database of ICE Identities, Here's Why.
In a country where fascists are terrorizing the population, fighting back is a community effort.
www.crustiandaily.news
October 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
If you know anyone who works for ICE then please submit it to the ICE List. This database will be used for accountability. Pass it on.
icelist.is
www.crustiandaily.news/p/were-build...
icelist.is
www.crustiandaily.news/p/were-build...
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I found the agitators! They are 2 unicorns, giraffe, canary, panda, mouse, dinosaur, mouse, Stitch, and the frog! And they are right outside of Portland's ICE facility! 🤣🤣🤣
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
October 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I found the agitators! They are 2 unicorns, giraffe, canary, panda, mouse, dinosaur, mouse, Stitch, and the frog! And they are right outside of Portland's ICE facility! 🤣🤣🤣
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
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the thing about solar power is that eventually the sun will die whereas the stewart’s by my house always has gasoline
October 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
the thing about solar power is that eventually the sun will die whereas the stewart’s by my house always has gasoline
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Democratic Senate candidate in Maine responds to WH defying Collins on RIFs
October 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Democratic Senate candidate in Maine responds to WH defying Collins on RIFs
I guess Trump isn’t taking Brainworm Bobby’s medical advice
President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...
Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.
www.cnn.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I guess Trump isn’t taking Brainworm Bobby’s medical advice
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benioff is a pathetic man. every time i see his face i think of when he was at wef on a panel with sam altman, and instead of engaging like a normal person, he was sitting there with his phone out recording altman from the other end of the panel.
We can have democracy or we can have billionaires.
We cannot have both.
NYT: Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
We cannot have both.
NYT: Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
benioff is a pathetic man. every time i see his face i think of when he was at wef on a panel with sam altman, and instead of engaging like a normal person, he was sitting there with his phone out recording altman from the other end of the panel.
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The Qatar deal (Trump gets a free jet, Idaho gets a Qatari Air Force base) reminds me of when Trump floated the idea of an "impenetrable" joint US-Russian cybersecurity unit to guard against election hacking and "many other negative things." 😂 And also 😱 www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks...
October 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Qatar deal (Trump gets a free jet, Idaho gets a Qatari Air Force base) reminds me of when Trump floated the idea of an "impenetrable" joint US-Russian cybersecurity unit to guard against election hacking and "many other negative things." 😂 And also 😱 www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks...
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that's right
As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
October 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
that's right
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America First?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
America First?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...