ChristieW
@christiew.bsky.social
“When one is pretending, the entire body revolts.”
—Anaïs Nin
—Anaïs Nin
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ChristieW
@christiew.bsky.social
· Nov 13
“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.” - Elie Wiesel
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Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
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Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Just remembering this…,
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Just remembering this…,
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The man who called out war dead "suckers and losers" is indeed pure trash, and the fact that pretends to support the military is the most disgraceful thing ever.
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The man who called out war dead "suckers and losers" is indeed pure trash, and the fact that pretends to support the military is the most disgraceful thing ever.
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Does someone have a list of all the people who promised to leave NYC so we can put them on free buses to Florida?
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Does someone have a list of all the people who promised to leave NYC so we can put them on free buses to Florida?
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
The fascist bot is broken
October 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The fascist bot is broken
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NEW Economist/YouGov Oct 24-27
% who approve | disapprove of Trump
U.S. adult citizens 39% | 58% (-19; new low for term)
Last week 39% | 56%
Start of term 49% | 43%
Democrats: 4% | 97%
Republicans: 86% | 12%
18-29: 20% | 75%
65+: 43% | 55%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
% who approve | disapprove of Trump
U.S. adult citizens 39% | 58% (-19; new low for term)
Last week 39% | 56%
Start of term 49% | 43%
Democrats: 4% | 97%
Republicans: 86% | 12%
18-29: 20% | 75%
65+: 43% | 55%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
NEW Economist/YouGov Oct 24-27
% who approve | disapprove of Trump
U.S. adult citizens 39% | 58% (-19; new low for term)
Last week 39% | 56%
Start of term 49% | 43%
Democrats: 4% | 97%
Republicans: 86% | 12%
18-29: 20% | 75%
65+: 43% | 55%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
% who approve | disapprove of Trump
U.S. adult citizens 39% | 58% (-19; new low for term)
Last week 39% | 56%
Start of term 49% | 43%
Democrats: 4% | 97%
Republicans: 86% | 12%
18-29: 20% | 75%
65+: 43% | 55%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
More of this
Jeffries: "You've got Leavitt, who's sick, she's out of control. I'm not sure if she's just demented, ignorant, a stone cold liar, or all of the above. But the notion that an official WH spokesperson would say that the D Party consists of 'terrorists, violent criminals & undocumented immigrants'..."
October 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
More of this
Sick fascism
He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe
The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Sick fascism
Totally as expected
Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.
October 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Totally as expected
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The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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#BlueskyArtShow the Grand Canyon where the sun provides the #glow
October 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#BlueskyArtShow the Grand Canyon where the sun provides the #glow
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Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )
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October 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )
( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )
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Happy Monday.
October 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Happy Monday.
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Thinking about this whole "Dems need to move right on abortion to win in red states" thing. Since this spring we have been asking different variations of this RCN-ish inclusive populism message, and the results are like - blinding. There's just broad, almost overwhelming 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Thinking about this whole "Dems need to move right on abortion to win in red states" thing. Since this spring we have been asking different variations of this RCN-ish inclusive populism message, and the results are like - blinding. There's just broad, almost overwhelming 🧵
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Trumpnomics: Get tariff money from US consumers on Chinese goods. Our farmers can’t sell their products because the Chinese refuse to pay our tariffs. China buys from farmers in Argentina instead. We send Argentina $20 billion. Then we pay our farmers to throw their crops away.
October 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Trumpnomics: Get tariff money from US consumers on Chinese goods. Our farmers can’t sell their products because the Chinese refuse to pay our tariffs. China buys from farmers in Argentina instead. We send Argentina $20 billion. Then we pay our farmers to throw their crops away.
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I wrote abt 4 ways to reverse fascism in this:
1) 3.5% in the streets
2) Win 2026 and 2028 (least likely to succeed).
3) Peel off 4 Senators or 8 Congresspeople
4) Clean up after inevitable catastrophe (a la 2008 or 2020)
youtu.be/GH7kzWO2c1s
1) 3.5% in the streets
2) Win 2026 and 2028 (least likely to succeed).
3) Peel off 4 Senators or 8 Congresspeople
4) Clean up after inevitable catastrophe (a la 2008 or 2020)
youtu.be/GH7kzWO2c1s
A Shutdown Must Be Tied to a Strategy to Fight Fascism
YouTube video by emptywheel
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I wrote abt 4 ways to reverse fascism in this:
1) 3.5% in the streets
2) Win 2026 and 2028 (least likely to succeed).
3) Peel off 4 Senators or 8 Congresspeople
4) Clean up after inevitable catastrophe (a la 2008 or 2020)
youtu.be/GH7kzWO2c1s
1) 3.5% in the streets
2) Win 2026 and 2028 (least likely to succeed).
3) Peel off 4 Senators or 8 Congresspeople
4) Clean up after inevitable catastrophe (a la 2008 or 2020)
youtu.be/GH7kzWO2c1s
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Also, this MSNBC clip with Jon Tester is great.
I'd love to see Tester out on the road to work on this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EX3...
I'd love to see Tester out on the road to work on this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EX3...
'Everybody is scared to death': Soybean farmer shares struggles amid Trump's tariffs
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Also, this MSNBC clip with Jon Tester is great.
I'd love to see Tester out on the road to work on this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EX3...
I'd love to see Tester out on the road to work on this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EX3...
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AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…