@cinvian.bsky.social
Life long proud D, retiree, figuring out the rest
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Everyone knew this was retribution (Nixon’s enemies list all over again) but now it’s confirmed. Trump’s own chief of staff said she urged him to stop “settling scores” against political enemies after his first 90 days in office.
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Everyone knew this was retribution (Nixon’s enemies list all over again) but now it’s confirmed. Trump’s own chief of staff said she urged him to stop “settling scores” against political enemies after his first 90 days in office.
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A decision before arguments/evidence. Comforting. Always good to know our justice system is just as corrupt as our WH.
Coward
Coward
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
A decision before arguments/evidence. Comforting. Always good to know our justice system is just as corrupt as our WH.
Coward
Coward
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I mean that would have to be “holy shit this barista is really into me” levels of self-delusion but she is a Trumpist so
“Hi I am calling my boss the most powerful man in the world basically like a drunk but less charming, and I am telling it to Vanity Fair. I assume this is private.”
The best and the brightest
The best and the brightest
CNN suggests Susie Wiles might not have known she was on the record 😆
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I mean that would have to be “holy shit this barista is really into me” levels of self-delusion but she is a Trumpist so
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The Trump administration has expanded its list of countries subject to full or partial U.S. travel restrictions from 19 to 39 countries. The newly expanded list includes: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
December 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The Trump administration has expanded its list of countries subject to full or partial U.S. travel restrictions from 19 to 39 countries. The newly expanded list includes: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
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This is illegal! The Trump administration is instructing managers across the federal government (regardless of employee performance) to ensure that at least 80 percent of staff receive a 3 out of 5 rating, making them easier to terminate and easier to justify in court.
December 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is illegal! The Trump administration is instructing managers across the federal government (regardless of employee performance) to ensure that at least 80 percent of staff receive a 3 out of 5 rating, making them easier to terminate and easier to justify in court.
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Every single instance around the country where we stand up to tyranny will begin to compound into a single movement. Keep resisting!
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Every single instance around the country where we stand up to tyranny will begin to compound into a single movement. Keep resisting!
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This isn’t like inventing cold fusion. America knows how to meaningfully curb random gun violence and mass shootings.
We just choose not to. Because our revealed preference is that we prefer mass shootings to meaningful gun control. This is who we are. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
We just choose not to. Because our revealed preference is that we prefer mass shootings to meaningful gun control. This is who we are. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
America Is an Unserious Country Filled With Unserious People
Stories about revealed preferences and who we really are.
www.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This isn’t like inventing cold fusion. America knows how to meaningfully curb random gun violence and mass shootings.
We just choose not to. Because our revealed preference is that we prefer mass shootings to meaningful gun control. This is who we are. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
We just choose not to. Because our revealed preference is that we prefer mass shootings to meaningful gun control. This is who we are. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
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ICE = Gestapo 2.0
December 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
ICE = Gestapo 2.0
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As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
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On Friday the EU voted to indefinitely freeze Russian assets in Europe, totalling about 210 billion euros. The EU now plans to use the frozen Russian assets to fund the Ukrainian economy in 2026 and 2027. This is a big FUCK YOU to Trump who was not in favor of this plan. Great news for Ukraine. 🇺🇦
December 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
On Friday the EU voted to indefinitely freeze Russian assets in Europe, totalling about 210 billion euros. The EU now plans to use the frozen Russian assets to fund the Ukrainian economy in 2026 and 2027. This is a big FUCK YOU to Trump who was not in favor of this plan. Great news for Ukraine. 🇺🇦
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So, the person who stopped the bad guy with a gun was a good guy without a gun. It says all ou need to know about bullshit.
December 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
So, the person who stopped the bad guy with a gun was a good guy without a gun. It says all ou need to know about bullshit.
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Governor J.B. Pritzker:
“We’re a nation mostly of immigrants — that is who we are fundamentally at our core. We ought to always be that, it’s what’s made our country great — Immigrants are the most entrepreneurial. Immigrants are the most grateful & patriotic”
“We’re a nation mostly of immigrants — that is who we are fundamentally at our core. We ought to always be that, it’s what’s made our country great — Immigrants are the most entrepreneurial. Immigrants are the most grateful & patriotic”
December 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Governor J.B. Pritzker:
“We’re a nation mostly of immigrants — that is who we are fundamentally at our core. We ought to always be that, it’s what’s made our country great — Immigrants are the most entrepreneurial. Immigrants are the most grateful & patriotic”
“We’re a nation mostly of immigrants — that is who we are fundamentally at our core. We ought to always be that, it’s what’s made our country great — Immigrants are the most entrepreneurial. Immigrants are the most grateful & patriotic”
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It’s genuinely sad that county mayors have to beg @GovBillLee to do the right thing when it comes to feeding kids — especially when it doesn’t save the state money and all it does is feed 675,000 fewer kids. open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...
December 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It’s genuinely sad that county mayors have to beg @GovBillLee to do the right thing when it comes to feeding kids — especially when it doesn’t save the state money and all it does is feed 675,000 fewer kids. open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...
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At a minimum, we need to bulldoze a Trump property and replace w windmills
December 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
At a minimum, we need to bulldoze a Trump property and replace w windmills
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ICE is thug scum
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
ICE is thug scum
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Chile just handed presidency to far-right José Antonio Kast with 58% vote, his third bid clinching power. This Pinochet fan, rooted in Nazi-shadowed lineage, peddles migrant purges and rights-crushing edicts like a venom-laced revival of dark eras. #Chile
December 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Chile just handed presidency to far-right José Antonio Kast with 58% vote, his third bid clinching power. This Pinochet fan, rooted in Nazi-shadowed lineage, peddles migrant purges and rights-crushing edicts like a venom-laced revival of dark eras. #Chile
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From a big redistricting defeat for Trump in Indiana to Democratic victories across Florida, Georgia, and Iowa, it’s been a big week for Democrats. Add Trump’s falling approval and another failed attempt to re-indict NY AG Tish James, and we’ve all got reasons to celebrate.
Our Wins Of The Week
In a major defeat for Donald Trump, the Republican supermajority in the Indiana state Senate rejected redrawn congressional maps that would have given Republicans two more seats in the U.S.
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December 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
From a big redistricting defeat for Trump in Indiana to Democratic victories across Florida, Georgia, and Iowa, it’s been a big week for Democrats. Add Trump’s falling approval and another failed attempt to re-indict NY AG Tish James, and we’ve all got reasons to celebrate.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Trump has escalated his attacks on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to a disturbing new level. Yesterday, federal immigration agents pulled over her son and demanded proof of his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
www.cbsnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Trump has escalated his attacks on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to a disturbing new level. Yesterday, federal immigration agents pulled over her son and demanded proof of his citizenship.
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After our last post, MAGA voices rushed to claim that Trump had nothing to do with the traffic stop involving Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son, where federal agents demanded proof of his citizenship. Let’s be clear about why this is not a coincidence.
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
After our last post, MAGA voices rushed to claim that Trump had nothing to do with the traffic stop involving Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son, where federal agents demanded proof of his citizenship. Let’s be clear about why this is not a coincidence.
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I was wondering that, too.
The coverage has been heartbreaking.
I suspect they’ll have a suspect soonish - like you said, there are too many cameras to avoid that outcome.
The coverage has been heartbreaking.
I suspect they’ll have a suspect soonish - like you said, there are too many cameras to avoid that outcome.
December 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I was wondering that, too.
The coverage has been heartbreaking.
I suspect they’ll have a suspect soonish - like you said, there are too many cameras to avoid that outcome.
The coverage has been heartbreaking.
I suspect they’ll have a suspect soonish - like you said, there are too many cameras to avoid that outcome.
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They’re being tight-lipped about it, but it’s clearly bad - he’s rarely photographed in any position but sitting anymore, he’s taken to hiding his hands (in addition to the ridiculous makeup to cover the bruises).
And then the ‘preventative MRI’
There’s something going on for sure.
And then the ‘preventative MRI’
There’s something going on for sure.
December 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
They’re being tight-lipped about it, but it’s clearly bad - he’s rarely photographed in any position but sitting anymore, he’s taken to hiding his hands (in addition to the ridiculous makeup to cover the bruises).
And then the ‘preventative MRI’
There’s something going on for sure.
And then the ‘preventative MRI’
There’s something going on for sure.
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I don’t think we’re there yet, but that entire NSS was a shitshow. The nationalism bullshit, abandoning the Middle East, a ‘mutually beneficial’ partnership with China.
It’s a complete 180 from traditional security policy, and it’s going to make us less safe if implemented.
It’s a complete 180 from traditional security policy, and it’s going to make us less safe if implemented.
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I don’t think we’re there yet, but that entire NSS was a shitshow. The nationalism bullshit, abandoning the Middle East, a ‘mutually beneficial’ partnership with China.
It’s a complete 180 from traditional security policy, and it’s going to make us less safe if implemented.
It’s a complete 180 from traditional security policy, and it’s going to make us less safe if implemented.