Del Shortliffe
@dbshort.bsky.social
A retired English teacher, Social Democrat, news junkie, and non-influencer, I left X and have come here to post a little, read a lot, respond often, and celebrate a healthy online community.
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WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by @notjustbikes with @UrbanThree & @StrongTowns. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by @notjustbikes with @UrbanThree & @StrongTowns. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
As Trump saber rattles off Venezuela's coast, do you think he has ever heard of The Bay of Pigs? Isn't Hegseth perfectly cast as the commander of its reenactment?
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As Trump saber rattles off Venezuela's coast, do you think he has ever heard of The Bay of Pigs? Isn't Hegseth perfectly cast as the commander of its reenactment?
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The Declaration of Independence:
October 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Declaration of Independence:
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September 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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MAGA is coming for the WNBA.
MAGA Is Coming for the WNBA
The nation’s most prominent — and most politically active — women’s pro sports league is on a collision course with Donald Trump.
www.politico.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
MAGA is coming for the WNBA.
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I wrote about whether we can protect teachers -- the celebrities in our kids' lives -- the way we protected Jimmy Kimmel.
H/T to @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and @davelevitan.bsky.social.
H/T to @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and @davelevitan.bsky.social.
From Kindergarten to Kimmel
MAGA's treatment of K-12 teachers was the warm-up act to taking down comedians
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
September 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I wrote about whether we can protect teachers -- the celebrities in our kids' lives -- the way we protected Jimmy Kimmel.
H/T to @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and @davelevitan.bsky.social.
H/T to @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and @davelevitan.bsky.social.
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I think it would be helpful if DA Bragg charged a few of these assaults. If the agents think that federal law immunizes them for actions that would result in ordinary New Yorkers being charged, let them litigate it.
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I think it would be helpful if DA Bragg charged a few of these assaults. If the agents think that federal law immunizes them for actions that would result in ordinary New Yorkers being charged, let them litigate it.
Conspiracy? You can Google it.
September 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Conspiracy? You can Google it.
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"Taking away a broadcast license has so many legal obstacles and takes so long that the FCC doesn't even try."
This is important to understand. The real action is in self-censorship and merger approvals. view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...
This is important to understand. The real action is in self-censorship and merger approvals. view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"Taking away a broadcast license has so many legal obstacles and takes so long that the FCC doesn't even try."
This is important to understand. The real action is in self-censorship and merger approvals. view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...
This is important to understand. The real action is in self-censorship and merger approvals. view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...
Jimmy Kimmel should take a page out of Trump's playbook and sue Brendan Carr for defamation.
September 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Jimmy Kimmel should take a page out of Trump's playbook and sue Brendan Carr for defamation.
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NEW: Reuters asked the Michigan Tax Authority whether Lisa Cook violated any mortgage tax rules for her home in Ann Arbor. They said no. That's in addition to Reuters earlier reporting that nothing was wrong with the documents for her home in Atlanta. www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...
Exclusive: No evidence of primary residence violation by Fed Gov Lisa Cook, says Michigan official
The property tax authority in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook hasn’t broken rules for tax breaks on a home there that Cook declared her primary residence.
www.reuters.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
NEW: Reuters asked the Michigan Tax Authority whether Lisa Cook violated any mortgage tax rules for her home in Ann Arbor. They said no. That's in addition to Reuters earlier reporting that nothing was wrong with the documents for her home in Atlanta. www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...
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Thank you Michael Fanone. For those who do not recognize the name, Michael is one of the officers who defended America on January 6th and was left permanently injured as a result. He is a true hero of our Democracy.
September 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thank you Michael Fanone. For those who do not recognize the name, Michael is one of the officers who defended America on January 6th and was left permanently injured as a result. He is a true hero of our Democracy.
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Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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I got arrested yesterday! (real drop off from being a corporate law firm associate five months ago. or upgrade.)
I was blocking vehicles leaving from ICE’s Broadview, IL, staging ground and de facto detention center at 1930 Beach St. full statement (for now) below.
I was blocking vehicles leaving from ICE’s Broadview, IL, staging ground and de facto detention center at 1930 Beach St. full statement (for now) below.
August 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I got arrested yesterday! (real drop off from being a corporate law firm associate five months ago. or upgrade.)
I was blocking vehicles leaving from ICE’s Broadview, IL, staging ground and de facto detention center at 1930 Beach St. full statement (for now) below.
I was blocking vehicles leaving from ICE’s Broadview, IL, staging ground and de facto detention center at 1930 Beach St. full statement (for now) below.
Robert Reich has the right plan (whether you buy his new book or not).
robertreich.substack.com/p/if-democra...
robertreich.substack.com/p/if-democra...
If Democrats got off their asses, here’s what they’d be doing now
Nine critical steps
robertreich.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Robert Reich has the right plan (whether you buy his new book or not).
robertreich.substack.com/p/if-democra...
robertreich.substack.com/p/if-democra...
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Scott Bessent is an animatronic wax figure.
May 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Scott Bessent is an animatronic wax figure.
"Go ahead bigots; we won't stand in your way."
- Trump, Bondi, et. al.
joycevance.substack.com/p/losing-doj...
- Trump, Bondi, et. al.
joycevance.substack.com/p/losing-doj...
Losing DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
On Tuesday, Reuters reported that leadership at the Department of Justice has reassigned “about a dozen senior career attorneys” in the Civil Rights Division to perform perfunctory tasks usually assig...
joycevance.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"Go ahead bigots; we won't stand in your way."
- Trump, Bondi, et. al.
joycevance.substack.com/p/losing-doj...
- Trump, Bondi, et. al.
joycevance.substack.com/p/losing-doj...
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The Trump-Supreme Court battle is not really the crisis.
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
April 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Trump-Supreme Court battle is not really the crisis.
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
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Native American land loss in the United States of America from 1776 to 1930.
April 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Native American land loss in the United States of America from 1776 to 1930.
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From the producers of “Honey, I shrunk the economy” and “Throw Medicaid from the train”…
Brace yourself for their next horror reboot…
“Black Monday: The Fuckening”
Releases tomorrow nationwide.
Brace yourself for their next horror reboot…
“Black Monday: The Fuckening”
Releases tomorrow nationwide.
April 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
From the producers of “Honey, I shrunk the economy” and “Throw Medicaid from the train”…
Brace yourself for their next horror reboot…
“Black Monday: The Fuckening”
Releases tomorrow nationwide.
Brace yourself for their next horror reboot…
“Black Monday: The Fuckening”
Releases tomorrow nationwide.
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Every high school teacher knows those boys will get bored after much is torn down. And then their parents will sue and move them to a private school if you try to discipline them.
March 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Every high school teacher knows those boys will get bored after much is torn down. And then their parents will sue and move them to a private school if you try to discipline them.
I'm 74 years old, and it suddenly occurs to me that my generation of sad and waning boomers is the generation blessed to live between the two uprisings of modern fascism.
March 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I'm 74 years old, and it suddenly occurs to me that my generation of sad and waning boomers is the generation blessed to live between the two uprisings of modern fascism.