Doug Sewell
@dougsewell.bsky.social
Welcome. Typical gay moderate democrat here, and posts reflect that.
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Donald Trump broke his biggest campaign promise, and it’s about to send the cost of your Thanksgiving dinner soaring. Watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHQy...
How Trump Ruined Thanksgiving
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Donald Trump broke his biggest campaign promise, and it’s about to send the cost of your Thanksgiving dinner soaring. Watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHQy...
I would be thankful if all candidates took this seriously.
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I would be thankful if all candidates took this seriously.
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A bald eagle avatar telling you how to vote is just a pigeon in a Halloween costume.
Trump never had a fan base.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
A bald eagle avatar telling you how to vote is just a pigeon in a Halloween costume.
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Is there anything more American than skimming obscene amounts of money off of a charity purported to exist to help the disadvantaged? Well, churches have, too!
Franklin Graham gives himself $720,000/year from one of his charities called "Samaritan's Purse," with, clearly, the emphasis on the purse.
Franklin Graham gives himself $720,000/year from one of his charities called "Samaritan's Purse," with, clearly, the emphasis on the purse.
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Is there anything more American than skimming obscene amounts of money off of a charity purported to exist to help the disadvantaged? Well, churches have, too!
Franklin Graham gives himself $720,000/year from one of his charities called "Samaritan's Purse," with, clearly, the emphasis on the purse.
Franklin Graham gives himself $720,000/year from one of his charities called "Samaritan's Purse," with, clearly, the emphasis on the purse.
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I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
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When Trump unveiled DOGE last year, I warned it would gut programs that help ordinary people, while turning a blind eye to tax loopholes and subsidies for billionaires.
Despite DOGE's demise, my predictions have sadly come to pass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hVMghqarHY
Despite DOGE's demise, my predictions have sadly come to pass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hVMghqarHY
The REAL Waste That Elon's DOGE Should Cut
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
When Trump unveiled DOGE last year, I warned it would gut programs that help ordinary people, while turning a blind eye to tax loopholes and subsidies for billionaires.
Despite DOGE's demise, my predictions have sadly come to pass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hVMghqarHY
Despite DOGE's demise, my predictions have sadly come to pass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hVMghqarHY
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How to get rid of Citizens United?
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way
robertreich.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
How to get rid of Citizens United?
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Hilarious to see Trump aide Steve Witkoff coach Yuri Ushakov, the top foreign policy aide to Putin, on how to butter up the perpetually praise-needy, Donald Trump. They all know he’s a thirsty pushover if given enough false flattery.
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Hilarious to see Trump aide Steve Witkoff coach Yuri Ushakov, the top foreign policy aide to Putin, on how to butter up the perpetually praise-needy, Donald Trump. They all know he’s a thirsty pushover if given enough false flattery.
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While this NYT article pulls punches on Trump's madness, impulsivity, and delusions, it's useful in that it creates space for other articles about Trump's age and clear cognitive and physical decline to follow. Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
While this NYT article pulls punches on Trump's madness, impulsivity, and delusions, it's useful in that it creates space for other articles about Trump's age and clear cognitive and physical decline to follow. Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Maybe it wasn't the best idea to put unscrupulous people in charge who think they will be Raptured before the war crime trials convene.
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Maybe it wasn't the best idea to put unscrupulous people in charge who think they will be Raptured before the war crime trials convene.
I don’t need AI in my washer. I don’t even need wifi in it, yet it’s an option.
And I don’t need it in Excel or my vacuum either.
Get off my grass.
And I don’t need it in Excel or my vacuum either.
Get off my grass.
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I don’t need AI in my washer. I don’t even need wifi in it, yet it’s an option.
And I don’t need it in Excel or my vacuum either.
Get off my grass.
And I don’t need it in Excel or my vacuum either.
Get off my grass.
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The stock market's gains are being overwhelmingly driven by seven Big Tech companies who have invested heavily in AI, which has made tech oligarchs even wealthier.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The stock market's gains are being overwhelmingly driven by seven Big Tech companies who have invested heavily in AI, which has made tech oligarchs even wealthier.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
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@michaeldweiss.bsky.social explains how the Ukraine “peace plan” got laundered into the media: leaks from Trump-world figures trying to force the deal into existence, with JD Vance and Marco Rubio pulling string and vying to be MAGA's 2028 successor.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social explains how the Ukraine “peace plan” got laundered into the media: leaks from Trump-world figures trying to force the deal into existence, with JD Vance and Marco Rubio pulling string and vying to be MAGA's 2028 successor.
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
While I like the idea, some of it might be legally questionable, and I doubt either party would pass this if it means a candidate would be eliminated…
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
While I like the idea, some of it might be legally questionable, and I doubt either party would pass this if it means a candidate would be eliminated…
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If any of this were true, Trump wouldn't have cancelled the GDP and Jobs reports. He's a delusional liar.
Trump: "We're leading in everything. Our auto plants are pouring back into our country. Wait until you see the jobs coming with them. But they're, many of them are under construction."
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If any of this were true, Trump wouldn't have cancelled the GDP and Jobs reports. He's a delusional liar.
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From Economist/YouGov today. The thrill is gone, baby.
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
From Economist/YouGov today. The thrill is gone, baby.
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It’s glaringly obvious by now that neither Trump nor his top law enforcement official, Pam Bondi, care much about what the law actually says—or why it says it. The collapse of the Comey prosecution is a victory, but not the end. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzNqa3
An Ignominious End to a Lawless Prosecution
The collapse of the malicious, incompetent case against James Comey.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It’s glaringly obvious by now that neither Trump nor his top law enforcement official, Pam Bondi, care much about what the law actually says—or why it says it. The collapse of the Comey prosecution is a victory, but not the end. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzNqa3
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Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly told the White House that most Republicans aren't interested in extending ACA subsidies.
Reminder that 57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican.
They're selling out their own voters.
Reminder that 57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican.
They're selling out their own voters.
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly told the White House that most Republicans aren't interested in extending ACA subsidies.
Reminder that 57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican.
They're selling out their own voters.
Reminder that 57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican.
They're selling out their own voters.
Turning Point (or is it Turncoat) leader and former GOP state legislator from Arizona pleads guilty to election fraud.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-ariz...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-ariz...
Turning Point leader pleads guilty to attempted election fraud
Former GOP state Rep. Austin Smith was caught submitting fake signatures in his reelection campaign.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Turning Point (or is it Turncoat) leader and former GOP state legislator from Arizona pleads guilty to election fraud.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-ariz...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-ariz...
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"'If Aftyn Behn comes within 10 points, I absolutely think most Democrats in Tennessee will see this as ammunition to run further to the left in all races,' said a local elected official."
Why Dems Are Pouring Money Into the Tennessee 7th
Party’s high hopes in special election leave Republicans rattled.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"'If Aftyn Behn comes within 10 points, I absolutely think most Democrats in Tennessee will see this as ammunition to run further to the left in all races,' said a local elected official."
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There's hardly an expression that captures the absurd hypocrisy of Trump talking about Comey lying to Congress while his administration is serving up more whoppers than a Burger King during the lunch rush
We’re Led by an Administration of Liars
Trump insisted Comey be prosecuted for supposedly lying to Congress—but his own administration is full of officials who lied to Congress.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
There's hardly an expression that captures the absurd hypocrisy of Trump talking about Comey lying to Congress while his administration is serving up more whoppers than a Burger King during the lunch rush