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@fates-and-furies.bsky.social
Just a mild-mannered shoeshine boy. Technical analyst of financial markets. Climate voter. Tired Democrat 🏳️🌈 My best comebacks are wasted on my dog.
Defend Ukraine. Protect Palestinians. Prosecute Putin's lackeys in the U.S. and punch all the Nazis.
Defend Ukraine. Protect Palestinians. Prosecute Putin's lackeys in the U.S. and punch all the Nazis.
Pinned
feels like every one of my posts should start off with "I'm sorry to be negative, but we need to face this..."
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The “deal” deprives Ukraine of everything it has won by withstanding Russian aggression and defending the borders of Europe.
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
28 Points Later
A definitive guide to the Russian zombie diplomacy of Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine — aka what happens when you let the Russians eat your brains
www.greatpower.us
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The “deal” deprives Ukraine of everything it has won by withstanding Russian aggression and defending the borders of Europe.
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
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The president of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged. I call for the president to be impeached.
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The president of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged. I call for the president to be impeached.
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God this guy is such a snake.
Democratic congressman steps up his work to pull Musk toward his party for the midterms
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., has known the former Donald Trump ally for more than a decade.
www.semafor.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
God this guy is such a snake.
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Get your shit together, @safety.bsky.app. First Sarah Kendzior and now Patton Oswalt? One for accurately quoting Johnny Cash lyrics and one for being angry at an apologist for pedophilia? Stop letting your bullshit algorithms make decisions and use your goddamn human brains.
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Get your shit together, @safety.bsky.app. First Sarah Kendzior and now Patton Oswalt? One for accurately quoting Johnny Cash lyrics and one for being angry at an apologist for pedophilia? Stop letting your bullshit algorithms make decisions and use your goddamn human brains.
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If Democrats had any sense of self-preservation, they'd threaten Google: "If you enable fascists, once we retake power, we'll target, then break up your company. We'll destroy it."
They can't say anything remotely close to that, however. Short thread.
They can't say anything remotely close to that, however. Short thread.
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If Democrats had any sense of self-preservation, they'd threaten Google: "If you enable fascists, once we retake power, we'll target, then break up your company. We'll destroy it."
They can't say anything remotely close to that, however. Short thread.
They can't say anything remotely close to that, however. Short thread.
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"The impeachment-from-below idea is key. The demand needs to come from all sectors of society, not just from members of Congress. It needs to include independents, third parties, and Republicans. The demand needs to be simple: impeach, convict, and remove the guy."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
A mighty river of GTFO
The man CAN be removed from office, for real, and the demonstrations last weekend showed how we're going to accomplish it. There's an ocean of creativity to draw from. There's a surging tide of ...
www.dailykos.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"The impeachment-from-below idea is key. The demand needs to come from all sectors of society, not just from members of Congress. It needs to include independents, third parties, and Republicans. The demand needs to be simple: impeach, convict, and remove the guy."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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ICE and CBP GOONS are patrolling Chicago in unmarked civilian cars, kidnapping and disappearing people for filming.
October 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
ICE and CBP GOONS are patrolling Chicago in unmarked civilian cars, kidnapping and disappearing people for filming.
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Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
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It is impossible to overstate how much the Dem base right now just wants someone with young, aggressive energy to stop Trump at all costs and punish the lawbreakers.
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It is impossible to overstate how much the Dem base right now just wants someone with young, aggressive energy to stop Trump at all costs and punish the lawbreakers.
With few exceptions, Dems frame the current crisis as something that can be alleviated someday, when Democrats again control Congress or the presidency. I think salvation via the election is unrealistic, so I wrote a piece.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
We're not prepared for what's coming
Some things are hard to acknowledge, because doing so sets you on an uncomfortable path of realizations that leads you to admit your world has been upended. You're forced to confront the discrepancy ....
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October 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
With few exceptions, Dems frame the current crisis as something that can be alleviated someday, when Democrats again control Congress or the presidency. I think salvation via the election is unrealistic, so I wrote a piece.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
"I expected the fascist onslaught. What terrifies me, provoking me to hide in my little patch of forest, is the lack of opposition in response to it."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
The war for everything, Part 1: Smoke on the mountain
The county issued a total ban on open fires this week, and last night's thunderstorm made things worse, producing more lightning than rain. As I drove back from the gym today, I saw smoke coming off o...
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September 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"I expected the fascist onslaught. What terrifies me, provoking me to hide in my little patch of forest, is the lack of opposition in response to it."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
I would read this if it wasn't behind the NYT subscription wall. Anybody have a gift link?
oh looks like jill lepore wrote the book i thought i might write www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/b...
Jill Lepore Thinks the U.S. Constitution Might Break America
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I would read this if it wasn't behind the NYT subscription wall. Anybody have a gift link?
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The "why bother" question frustrates me more than any other because put another way, what you're asking is "why should I do the right thing if I can't guarantee it'll work out for me"?
That's the sort of question a self interested coward asks, not a leader
That's the sort of question a self interested coward asks, not a leader
July 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The "why bother" question frustrates me more than any other because put another way, what you're asking is "why should I do the right thing if I can't guarantee it'll work out for me"?
That's the sort of question a self interested coward asks, not a leader
That's the sort of question a self interested coward asks, not a leader
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I want to give due credit to those particular ICE agents who are honoring their oaths to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States. Two problems: (a) I can't identify anyone behind those masks, and (b) I haven't yet encountered any account of an ICE agent's meeting this description.
June 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I want to give due credit to those particular ICE agents who are honoring their oaths to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States. Two problems: (a) I can't identify anyone behind those masks, and (b) I haven't yet encountered any account of an ICE agent's meeting this description.
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This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.
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DSCC Chair Kirsten Gillibrand is using her position of power to threaten other Dem members that DSCC may not fund their campaigns if they don't support the Crypto Scam bill.
May 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
DSCC Chair Kirsten Gillibrand is using her position of power to threaten other Dem members that DSCC may not fund their campaigns if they don't support the Crypto Scam bill.
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16 Democrats joined Republicans to advance crypto regulation that's been rubber stamped by the industry — as Trump profits off his own memecoin.
Why?
Crypto corporations have shelled out huge campaign contributions to both parties.
Big Money has corrupted the system.
Why?
Crypto corporations have shelled out huge campaign contributions to both parties.
Big Money has corrupted the system.
May 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
16 Democrats joined Republicans to advance crypto regulation that's been rubber stamped by the industry — as Trump profits off his own memecoin.
Why?
Crypto corporations have shelled out huge campaign contributions to both parties.
Big Money has corrupted the system.
Why?
Crypto corporations have shelled out huge campaign contributions to both parties.
Big Money has corrupted the system.
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Sunset new Mayday HQ tour from Chris!
May 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Sunset new Mayday HQ tour from Chris!
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Read this. It's horrifying. Democratic governors, mayors and councils need to proactively mobilize their National Guard units and police departments to *protect their residents* from lawless federal agents making arrests without warrants.
They don't need a warrant
A federal kidnapping in Worcester
www.welcometohellworld.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Read this. It's horrifying. Democratic governors, mayors and councils need to proactively mobilize their National Guard units and police departments to *protect their residents* from lawless federal agents making arrests without warrants.
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Yes, Trump’s crypto grifts, well reported in NYT, reveal unprecedented corruption. But they also reveal that the people who can ruin the economy are in effect shorting the US dollar.
May 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yes, Trump’s crypto grifts, well reported in NYT, reveal unprecedented corruption. But they also reveal that the people who can ruin the economy are in effect shorting the US dollar.
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the crypto concern may be flying under the radar but crypto-pilled Democrats need to get got by voters at the ballot box; anytime you hear a Democrat saying they don't like the anti-oligarch messaging of politicians in the "fight" lane, assume crypto influence
Why are other countries' center-left parties more anti-Trump than the Democrats? A few reasons
-Poll chasing is Dem consultants/thought leaders' theory of politics
-gerontocracy
-US liberal elites more interested in partnering w/ right on against Gaza protests
-crypto conflicts of interest
-Poll chasing is Dem consultants/thought leaders' theory of politics
-gerontocracy
-US liberal elites more interested in partnering w/ right on against Gaza protests
-crypto conflicts of interest
This is two global elections in ONE WEEK where the conservative candidate trying to become prime minister not only led his party to a big loss but lost their own seat in parliament (!) in huge upsets. We are global pariahs unseen since the end of the Cold War and need stronger domestic opposition.
May 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
the crypto concern may be flying under the radar but crypto-pilled Democrats need to get got by voters at the ballot box; anytime you hear a Democrat saying they don't like the anti-oligarch messaging of politicians in the "fight" lane, assume crypto influence
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The savvy will scoff, but I am completely serious about this. Congressional Dems should introduce a constitutional amendment to limit the pardon power and force votes on it whenever they can. Dem presidential wannabes should endorse the idea. Blue states should signal support.
Rein In Trump's Pardon Power
Before it's too late... And presidential immunity, while we're at it.... Take it to Congress, to states, even to the streets.
www.offmessage.net
May 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The savvy will scoff, but I am completely serious about this. Congressional Dems should introduce a constitutional amendment to limit the pardon power and force votes on it whenever they can. Dem presidential wannabes should endorse the idea. Blue states should signal support.