@cpieper.bsky.social
Rescue dog mom. Democracy needs to survive. Cured of snake phobia and now sees beauty in them.
With Trump’s concerns about going to heaven can someone in the White House please rig up a hologram of Epstein that visits Trump in chains at 3 am and talks some sense into him.
October 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
With Trump’s concerns about going to heaven can someone in the White House please rig up a hologram of Epstein that visits Trump in chains at 3 am and talks some sense into him.
Once again People Magazine defying the orange menace people.com/trump-reinst...
Trump Calls Christopher Columbus 'the Original American Hero' as He Sidesteps Indigenous Peoples' Day: 'We're Back, Italians'
President Donald Trump slammed 'left-wing arsonists' for criticizing Christopher Columbus' legacy as he reversed the Biden administration's acknowledgement of Indigenous Peoples' Day. 'Under my leader...
people.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Once again People Magazine defying the orange menace people.com/trump-reinst...
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We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
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This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
October 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
Seriously true. This has to stop!
Will her halftime show be shooting all the puppy bowl puppies?
October 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Seriously true. This has to stop!
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yes and he’s no Tim Gunn. Tim encouraged designers and supported them.
That’s Christian Siriano on the right?
August 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Yes and he’s no Tim Gunn. Tim encouraged designers and supported them.
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This thread right here… please read it.
Because of what’s happening in my own country, I feel inexorably drawn to the history of the Third Reich.
It’s not because I think Trump is Hitler. He’s not. It’s because that period (1933-1945) taught us so many important lessons about human nature that are relevant today. 1/🧵
It’s not because I think Trump is Hitler. He’s not. It’s because that period (1933-1945) taught us so many important lessons about human nature that are relevant today. 1/🧵
July 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This thread right here… please read it.
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Hours after ICE became the highest federal law enforcement agency in America history (and likely in world history), the Supreme Court lifts the last obstacle to ICE deporting people to any random country around the world, even in conflict zones or where migrants are enslaved.
Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor & Jackson (and a rare concurrence from Justice Kagan), #SCOTUS "clarifies" that its 6/23 ruling staying a district court's injunction against third-country removals *also* applies to the district court's later order requiring a remedy for those already removed:
www.supremecourt.gov
July 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hours after ICE became the highest federal law enforcement agency in America history (and likely in world history), the Supreme Court lifts the last obstacle to ICE deporting people to any random country around the world, even in conflict zones or where migrants are enslaved.
This!
I’ve been begging Dem reps to adopt criminal framing for Trump and GOP actions.
Because it’s clear, memorable, and has the benefit of being true.
The president is a convicted criminal.
He is out on bail.
His EO’s are illegal.
DOGE’s actions are illegal.
ICE is kidnapping people.
Because it’s clear, memorable, and has the benefit of being true.
The president is a convicted criminal.
He is out on bail.
His EO’s are illegal.
DOGE’s actions are illegal.
ICE is kidnapping people.
First of all, MAGA Murder Budget is great. Second, asking people which messages would be most persuasive to them is worse than useless. Human beings are terrible at reporting why they believe things!
May 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This!
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The refusal to provide people due process before shipping them off to foreign prisons is criminal and intolerable. It must not be normalized. Everyone who believes in justice and America needs to speak up now.
April 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The refusal to provide people due process before shipping them off to foreign prisons is criminal and intolerable. It must not be normalized. Everyone who believes in justice and America needs to speak up now.
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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I wrote a post about it: www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-institu...
The hearing for US Institute of Peace vs Kenneth Jackson et al with Judge Beryl Howell starting now. I'm listening via phone.
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I wrote a post about it: www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-institu...
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NBC News has confirmed: The Justice Department informed European officials that the United States is withdrawing from a multinational group created to investigate leaders responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, including Putin.
March 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
NBC News has confirmed: The Justice Department informed European officials that the United States is withdrawing from a multinational group created to investigate leaders responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, including Putin.
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Hey @schumer.senate.gov when Donald Trump is praising you that isn't a good thing, it means you fucked up royally. You folded like a cheap suit, and now he is openly mocking you. You still have time to stand on the right side of history. Hold The Damn Line, Do Not Obey In Advance.
March 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hey @schumer.senate.gov when Donald Trump is praising you that isn't a good thing, it means you fucked up royally. You folded like a cheap suit, and now he is openly mocking you. You still have time to stand on the right side of history. Hold The Damn Line, Do Not Obey In Advance.
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@schumer.senate.gov is giving republicans the only talking point they’ll need for the next two years…
and they’ll destroy us with it.
and they’ll destroy us with it.
And republicans will throw this in our faces every day for the next two years.
In every interview, at every town hall, in every press conference…
They’ll say, and rightly so…
DEMOCRATS APPROVED OF OUR PLANS, AND WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT, NONE OF THIS DESTRUCTION WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
In every interview, at every town hall, in every press conference…
They’ll say, and rightly so…
DEMOCRATS APPROVED OF OUR PLANS, AND WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT, NONE OF THIS DESTRUCTION WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
March 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
@schumer.senate.gov is giving republicans the only talking point they’ll need for the next two years…
and they’ll destroy us with it.
and they’ll destroy us with it.
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It is amazing how fucking awful @schumer.senate.gov is at his job.
March 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It is amazing how fucking awful @schumer.senate.gov is at his job.
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There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Elon Musk says he wants to “eliminate” programs like Social Security and Medicare: “Entitlements... That’s the big one to eliminate”
March 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
This is not normal!
Republicans in Congress are reportedly asking Musk’s permission to hold votes
March 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is not normal!
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Democrats: Empty libraries, gymnasiums, lecture halls, anywhere. Book the space and dare these pathetic House Republicans to show their faces.
Share this if you agree.
Share this if you agree.
Republicans are too chickenshit to hold town halls. Shocker.
Here’s an idea: Democrats, hold town halls in Republican districts.
Here’s an idea: Democrats, hold town halls in Republican districts.
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Democrats: Empty libraries, gymnasiums, lecture halls, anywhere. Book the space and dare these pathetic House Republicans to show their faces.
Share this if you agree.
Share this if you agree.
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Again, folks seem not to grasp how much this is a total collapse of the Constitutional order. A random private citizen is running the "Cabinet" meeting of POTUS & the Principal Officers of the Executive Departments, & going around unplugging large portions of the government. And we're all just 🤷♂️
This man is barely even a formal government employee, let alone elected or Senate-confirmed. A total failure of the Constitutional order, just broadcast & normalized by every major media outlet.
Elon Musk is now presiding over the cabinet meeting. They're not beating the co-president allegations. (And co-president might be putting it charitably for Trump.)
February 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Again, folks seem not to grasp how much this is a total collapse of the Constitutional order. A random private citizen is running the "Cabinet" meeting of POTUS & the Principal Officers of the Executive Departments, & going around unplugging large portions of the government. And we're all just 🤷♂️
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Watch this. Share this. Demand more reporting like this.
“You’re terminated because…?”
Fired federal employees are telling their stories—no deep state, just career public servants tossed aside.
DOGE’s mass firings aren’t about efficiency—they’re gutting expertise, wrecking lives, and calling it “reform.”
Fired federal employees are telling their stories—no deep state, just career public servants tossed aside.
DOGE’s mass firings aren’t about efficiency—they’re gutting expertise, wrecking lives, and calling it “reform.”
February 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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