Gravy Boat Sailor 🦃
@dustinheron.bsky.social
Writer. Socialist. Bob Dylan psycho. SF Giants & 49ers idiot. Proud Luddite. Unionized. Classic SF&F dork. On a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination.
Pritzker is a liar and a collaborator
Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez (25th) confronts Gov. JB Pritzker after a Veterans Day rally in Little Village, and Ald. Mike Rodriguez (22nd) intervenes.
#OnAssignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Pritzker is a liar and a collaborator
The James Bond discourse is further proof that Realism is for boring old ninnies.
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The James Bond discourse is further proof that Realism is for boring old ninnies.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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If they haven't cared about Trump breaking the law until now, why would they suddenly start?
Now that Dems have capitulated, at the very least they should now make every future extension of funding contingent on Trump following the law. Any lawbreaking must be met with: No more votes from us, period.
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If they haven't cared about Trump breaking the law until now, why would they suddenly start?
This Veteran's Day, I'm thankful for the brave men and women bombing fishermen in the Carribean.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This Veteran's Day, I'm thankful for the brave men and women bombing fishermen in the Carribean.
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It was all Lieberman.
It was all Nelson.
It was all Manchin.
It was all Sinema.
It was all Kaine.
Somehow the Democratic party keeps getting torpedoed by individual members--but don't blame the party! They are powerless for some reason.
It was all Nelson.
It was all Manchin.
It was all Sinema.
It was all Kaine.
Somehow the Democratic party keeps getting torpedoed by individual members--but don't blame the party! They are powerless for some reason.
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It was all Lieberman.
It was all Nelson.
It was all Manchin.
It was all Sinema.
It was all Kaine.
Somehow the Democratic party keeps getting torpedoed by individual members--but don't blame the party! They are powerless for some reason.
It was all Nelson.
It was all Manchin.
It was all Sinema.
It was all Kaine.
Somehow the Democratic party keeps getting torpedoed by individual members--but don't blame the party! They are powerless for some reason.
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Musk wants to be a Renaissance man, but he's not even a paleolithic man.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Musk wants to be a Renaissance man, but he's not even a paleolithic man.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
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I would say this is how every Democrat should be talking but pretty much every Democrat is on board with the imperial project so
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I would say this is how every Democrat should be talking but pretty much every Democrat is on board with the imperial project so
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November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A consequential photo. It captured such unacceptable state behavior, Florida Democrats defected to W. Bush, setting up the SCOTUS ruling which began our long constitutional crisis.
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
A consequential photo. It captured such unacceptable state behavior, Florida Democrats defected to W. Bush, setting up the SCOTUS ruling which began our long constitutional crisis.
Relentless evisceration, glorious to behold
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Relentless evisceration, glorious to behold
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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Schumer sucks but also he's just an empty suit. Every senator went along with this deal and Schumer did not order them to nor is he capable of issuing such an order.
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Schumer sucks but also he's just an empty suit. Every senator went along with this deal and Schumer did not order them to nor is he capable of issuing such an order.
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This hidden provision is so crooked and selfish, it doesn't even apply to US Representatives. Just US Senators.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This hidden provision is so crooked and selfish, it doesn't even apply to US Representatives. Just US Senators.
And now they're saying, "people learned we are the party of healthcare."
Assuming this is the takeaway (it isn't), with the same effort, time, and result, they could have also become the "stop ICE," "save the CDC," and the "stop murdering Carribean fisherman" party.
Assuming this is the takeaway (it isn't), with the same effort, time, and result, they could have also become the "stop ICE," "save the CDC," and the "stop murdering Carribean fisherman" party.
We were told they couldn’t fight or even talk about anything else because health care was the winning hand.
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
And now they're saying, "people learned we are the party of healthcare."
Assuming this is the takeaway (it isn't), with the same effort, time, and result, they could have also become the "stop ICE," "save the CDC," and the "stop murdering Carribean fisherman" party.
Assuming this is the takeaway (it isn't), with the same effort, time, and result, they could have also become the "stop ICE," "save the CDC," and the "stop murdering Carribean fisherman" party.
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If the outcomes aren't the most important thing, it's not even politics. Politics is literally about the outcomes. What he's describing here is cosplaying.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
If the outcomes aren't the most important thing, it's not even politics. Politics is literally about the outcomes. What he's describing here is cosplaying.
Irony this heavy-handed would not make it past an editor.
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Irony this heavy-handed would not make it past an editor.
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I missed this awful detail in the Senate deal: helping politicians who conspired against America as part of Trump's coup hide their phone records.
That's right, as ICE brutally violates rights in ways that leave people with no recourse, the Senate found time to protect their colleagues from justice.
That's right, as ICE brutally violates rights in ways that leave people with no recourse, the Senate found time to protect their colleagues from justice.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I missed this awful detail in the Senate deal: helping politicians who conspired against America as part of Trump's coup hide their phone records.
That's right, as ICE brutally violates rights in ways that leave people with no recourse, the Senate found time to protect their colleagues from justice.
That's right, as ICE brutally violates rights in ways that leave people with no recourse, the Senate found time to protect their colleagues from justice.
Even tho 38 Democrats supposedly think this is a terrible deal that they wouldn't vote for, they all just agreed to move it forward rather than use procedural tools to slow it down.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Even tho 38 Democrats supposedly think this is a terrible deal that they wouldn't vote for, they all just agreed to move it forward rather than use procedural tools to slow it down.
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That it only started 10 months ago will be news to the many activists who were expelled, fired, beaten, and arrested for their speech during the Biden administration.
Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
That it only started 10 months ago will be news to the many activists who were expelled, fired, beaten, and arrested for their speech during the Biden administration.
This thinking is exactly how we lost Roe.
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This thinking is exactly how we lost Roe.
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Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."