Scott
@ethics---gradient.bsky.social
Progressive dork. Believes in science. Atheist. Monthly donor to ACLU, Planned Parenthood, EFF, and a local cat shelter.
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Scott
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· Feb 5
Yes, I really am a half eaten pizza.
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Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
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Elon Musk is furious that people who were not born in America are able to cast a vote in American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Elon Musk is furious that people who were not born in America are able to cast a vote in American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
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"The most partisan shit you've ever seen."
MOAR OF THIS TYPE OF MESSAGING
MOAR OF THIS TYPE OF MESSAGING
Sen. Jacky Rosen on the health care votes tomorrow: "We didn't put any wish lists in. We could have. Clean and simple," she says of Dem proposal. "What do they put up? The most partisan shit you've ever seen"
December 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"The most partisan shit you've ever seen."
MOAR OF THIS TYPE OF MESSAGING
MOAR OF THIS TYPE OF MESSAGING
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“Goal: to ensure survivors did not end up in U.S. judicial system where courts could force administration to show evidence justifying military campaign in the region” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“Goal: to ensure survivors did not end up in U.S. judicial system where courts could force administration to show evidence justifying military campaign in the region” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Gee, you think? 🙄
Courting Republicans at the expense of losing the Progressive base. Who exactly thought that was a good idea? Why, a couple of billionaires, of course!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Courting Republicans at the expense of losing the Progressive base. Who exactly thought that was a good idea? Why, a couple of billionaires, of course!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wrong voters, wrong message: progressives’ autopsy lays bare Kamala Harris failures
RootsAction report finds Harris courted moderates instead of working-class Democrats – and Gaza stance did not help
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Gee, you think? 🙄
Courting Republicans at the expense of losing the Progressive base. Who exactly thought that was a good idea? Why, a couple of billionaires, of course!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Courting Republicans at the expense of losing the Progressive base. Who exactly thought that was a good idea? Why, a couple of billionaires, of course!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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SCOTUS seems to be preparing for more pretzel logic. 🥨 joycevance.substack.com/p/monday-in-...
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
SCOTUS seems to be preparing for more pretzel logic. 🥨 joycevance.substack.com/p/monday-in-...
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FOX: Interim U.S. Attorney for the state of New Jersey, Alina Habba has resigned. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she accepted the resignation after a court's decision disqualifying Habba from serving.
December 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
FOX: Interim U.S. Attorney for the state of New Jersey, Alina Habba has resigned. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she accepted the resignation after a court's decision disqualifying Habba from serving.
Republicans are so deluded with their own conspiracy theories that they are happy to make a decision that will kill babies. The facts are clearly in support of immunizations. But fuck the facts.
Infants will die because Republicans are scared of proven vaccines.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Infants will die because Republicans are scared of proven vaccines.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
CDC advisory panel votes to limit hepatitis B vaccines for newborns
Move from RFK Jr’s advisers mirrors Trump team’s regressive approach to longstanding vaccine guidance
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Republicans are so deluded with their own conspiracy theories that they are happy to make a decision that will kill babies. The facts are clearly in support of immunizations. But fuck the facts.
Infants will die because Republicans are scared of proven vaccines.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Infants will die because Republicans are scared of proven vaccines.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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he's gotta go
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
he's gotta go
“After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer,” the agency said.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Drunk raccoon found passed out in Virginia liquor store
Store employee found masked bandit sleeping off a bender after invading booze store and tippling a tad too much
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer,” the agency said.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Vote these spineless cowards out of their majorities so we can actually have some oversight on this serial criminality.
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Vote these spineless cowards out of their majorities so we can actually have some oversight on this serial criminality.
“For example,” the [Pentagon's own] manual says, “orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.”
apnews.com/article/boat...
apnews.com/article/boat...
Experts explain what the law says about killing survivors of a boat strike
Legal experts say leveling a second strike on the survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat would have been a crime.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“For example,” the [Pentagon's own] manual says, “orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.”
apnews.com/article/boat...
apnews.com/article/boat...
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Sen. Mark Kelly to NBC: "When I heard the Secretary say that they're going to pause immigration from 'third world' countries, I mean, I take that as a message that they don't want brown people coming to the United States. And I find that disturbing."
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Sen. Mark Kelly to NBC: "When I heard the Secretary say that they're going to pause immigration from 'third world' countries, I mean, I take that as a message that they don't want brown people coming to the United States. And I find that disturbing."
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I assume she means everyone who isn’t white.
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I assume she means everyone who isn’t white.
Who gets their wish if the wishbone disintegrate into little pieces?
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Who gets their wish if the wishbone disintegrate into little pieces?
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My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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Yep. As I suggest here, Trump tweeted out a pic of the plaque at West Point. But it holds it up as a civilizational triumph that the military answers to the Constitution and the law and not to one man. Trump's presidency flouts that ideal on a regular basis. He owned himself by tweeting that pic.
As @gregsargent.bsky.social points out, Trump *has* given illegal orders.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yep. As I suggest here, Trump tweeted out a pic of the plaque at West Point. But it holds it up as a civilizational triumph that the military answers to the Constitution and the law and not to one man. Trump's presidency flouts that ideal on a regular basis. He owned himself by tweeting that pic.
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The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
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CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
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Politicians in 3 states have passed legislation mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools.
We've sued in all 3. We've won in all 3.
Don't mess with the separation of church and state.
We've sued in all 3. We've won in all 3.
Don't mess with the separation of church and state.
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Politicians in 3 states have passed legislation mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools.
We've sued in all 3. We've won in all 3.
Don't mess with the separation of church and state.
We've sued in all 3. We've won in all 3.
Don't mess with the separation of church and state.
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To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
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I think Americans are realizing that democracy is a participation sport, and the the government is ours if we want it to be. I feel like we got complacent and hoped some other third party would do the work for us. Seems like we have to learn that lesson every generation.
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I think Americans are realizing that democracy is a participation sport, and the the government is ours if we want it to be. I feel like we got complacent and hoped some other third party would do the work for us. Seems like we have to learn that lesson every generation.