Eamon Raftery-Sweeney
@eamothegreat.bsky.social
suspected liberal. views my own
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.
It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academic hothouses.
August 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.
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The last Democratic candidate bragged about owning a gun and featured police as speakers in their convention.
August 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The last Democratic candidate bragged about owning a gun and featured police as speakers in their convention.
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I don't think it's good that someone this clearly drunk is being let in front of reporters. We used to have shame in this country.
Reporter: You said it’s guns on the street that’s causing this problem. Are you concerned that the DOJ’s funding cuts to gun violence prevention programs undermine the—
Pirro: Oh stop it!
Pirro: Oh stop it!
August 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I don't think it's good that someone this clearly drunk is being let in front of reporters. We used to have shame in this country.
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DC statehood shows Dem weakness goes back a while.
Occasional lip service, but barely even that, and effectively took the stance that hundreds of thousands of US citizens should be disenfranchised because it’s unfair that they’d elect Dem Senators, which would make the Senate less disproportionate.
Occasional lip service, but barely even that, and effectively took the stance that hundreds of thousands of US citizens should be disenfranchised because it’s unfair that they’d elect Dem Senators, which would make the Senate less disproportionate.
August 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
DC statehood shows Dem weakness goes back a while.
Occasional lip service, but barely even that, and effectively took the stance that hundreds of thousands of US citizens should be disenfranchised because it’s unfair that they’d elect Dem Senators, which would make the Senate less disproportionate.
Occasional lip service, but barely even that, and effectively took the stance that hundreds of thousands of US citizens should be disenfranchised because it’s unfair that they’d elect Dem Senators, which would make the Senate less disproportionate.
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It's not going to stop because the gender critical project is a genocidal one, and its goals are a total and complete eradication of transgender people by any means necessary, anyone pretending otherwise is lying. It's making life unliveable for trans people in the UK and it won't stop there either.
August 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's not going to stop because the gender critical project is a genocidal one, and its goals are a total and complete eradication of transgender people by any means necessary, anyone pretending otherwise is lying. It's making life unliveable for trans people in the UK and it won't stop there either.
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Important details from this story:
1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."
3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.
1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."
3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.
August 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Important details from this story:
1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."
3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.
1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."
3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.
how it feels to introduce myself as "The Nieces Boyfriend" at this wedding
July 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
how it feels to introduce myself as "The Nieces Boyfriend" at this wedding
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again the way to make the republican party a normal center-right party is to beat it repeatedly, not to do this “my good friend, senator goebbels” thing or going out and talking about how you miss reagan
the number of elected dems who actually understand the republican party is shockingly small. rather than giving them better insight, knowing and working alongside republicans has blinded them. it’d be fascinating if it wasn’t such an existential threat
NEW: Sen. Angus King admits he made "a mistake" when he voted Tuesday to confirm Josh Divine, an 35-year-old archconservative with a long record of attacking abortion rights, to a lifetime federal judgeship.
“I took Josh Hawley’s advice." www.huffpost.com/entry/angus-... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social
“I took Josh Hawley’s advice." www.huffpost.com/entry/angus-... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
again the way to make the republican party a normal center-right party is to beat it repeatedly, not to do this “my good friend, senator goebbels” thing or going out and talking about how you miss reagan
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If you suppress the voices of the Brad Landers of the world, you’re going to leave voices like Tucker Carlson as the ones people are listening to on this. It’s grim as hell.
July 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If you suppress the voices of the Brad Landers of the world, you’re going to leave voices like Tucker Carlson as the ones people are listening to on this. It’s grim as hell.
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We need a blue state pact to do even worse
July 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We need a blue state pact to do even worse
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trump is doing a lot of work to make people forget that epstein was arrested and then killed in prison under donald trump in his first term
REPORTER: Did the attorney general tell you that your name appeared in the Epstein files?
TRUMP: No no. She's given us just a very quick briefing. These files were made up by Comey, Obama, they were made up by the Biden-- we went through years of that with the Russia Russia Russia hoax
TRUMP: No no. She's given us just a very quick briefing. These files were made up by Comey, Obama, they were made up by the Biden-- we went through years of that with the Russia Russia Russia hoax
July 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
trump is doing a lot of work to make people forget that epstein was arrested and then killed in prison under donald trump in his first term
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Reminder: more than 60% of four year institutions let in at least 75% of applicants. A school with an admissions rate of 65% is one of the more selective schools in the country. College admissions shit is entirely elite neuroses about like 100 schools, or total bullshit.
oh, we have some straightforward gutter racism. “the blacks and the browns are the reason white people can’t get ahead” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
July 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Reminder: more than 60% of four year institutions let in at least 75% of applicants. A school with an admissions rate of 65% is one of the more selective schools in the country. College admissions shit is entirely elite neuroses about like 100 schools, or total bullshit.
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again, set aside that these Democrats are posing with a dictator wanted by the International Criminal Court for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
these Democrats said that the GOP bill "would destroy the country." and a week later they're all smiles for a photo together?
these Democrats said that the GOP bill "would destroy the country." and a week later they're all smiles for a photo together?
July 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
again, set aside that these Democrats are posing with a dictator wanted by the International Criminal Court for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
these Democrats said that the GOP bill "would destroy the country." and a week later they're all smiles for a photo together?
these Democrats said that the GOP bill "would destroy the country." and a week later they're all smiles for a photo together?
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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I made this point on a recent episode of Normal Men but the reason to be mad at this broken institution isn’t because it changes votes but because it manufactures elite consent for the most vile forms of reaction (in this case anti-Semitism). And elite signaling is important for actual conditions!
No mention of Trump’s “Shylock” slur in this NY Times article about his “victory lap” speech in Iowa.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
In Iowa, Trump Begins Task of Selling His Bill to the American Public
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I made this point on a recent episode of Normal Men but the reason to be mad at this broken institution isn’t because it changes votes but because it manufactures elite consent for the most vile forms of reaction (in this case anti-Semitism). And elite signaling is important for actual conditions!
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you were right and it’s insane you’re not allowed to say it
July 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
you were right and it’s insane you’re not allowed to say it
i'm in cyberpunk 2077 buying shawarma from a sweaty guy whos whole torso is a spinning doner machine
July 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
i'm in cyberpunk 2077 buying shawarma from a sweaty guy whos whole torso is a spinning doner machine
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Schumer and Jeffries should condemn this and demand an apology from the President - or they should resign, or be primaried.
Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani and then adds, "a lot of people are saying he's here illegally"
July 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Schumer and Jeffries should condemn this and demand an apology from the President - or they should resign, or be primaried.
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Also the entire news media. There's really not that many Democrats on the anti-Mamdani beat but curiously virtually all of them are getting prime slots on cable news shows as if they speak for all Democrats. It makes you think!
I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget
June 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Also the entire news media. There's really not that many Democrats on the anti-Mamdani beat but curiously virtually all of them are getting prime slots on cable news shows as if they speak for all Democrats. It makes you think!
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SCOTUS is aiming to undo birthright citizenship and the VRA and keeps gutting the first amendment, while GOP is set to pass a bill that outlaws green energy and kills medicare, so Hakeem is ready to do what must be done: direct all fire at the charismatic leftist promising better through solidarity
Hakeem Jeffries on Mamdani: "'Globalizing the intifada' by way of example is not an acceptable phrasing. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward."
June 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
SCOTUS is aiming to undo birthright citizenship and the VRA and keeps gutting the first amendment, while GOP is set to pass a bill that outlaws green energy and kills medicare, so Hakeem is ready to do what must be done: direct all fire at the charismatic leftist promising better through solidarity
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also the dsa should send out a survey for young but retired ex-vets and build him his own security detail that is free of any nypd affiliations lol
June 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
also the dsa should send out a survey for young but retired ex-vets and build him his own security detail that is free of any nypd affiliations lol