@fayrenesmith.bsky.social
she/her in ATX, continuing to populate my internet timeline
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Comedians are far quieter today than I would have hoped.
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Comedians are far quieter today than I would have hoped.
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So if you're a government leader who believes that antifascists are your enemy, that would make you a... what, now?
September 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
So if you're a government leader who believes that antifascists are your enemy, that would make you a... what, now?
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Suggestion: A strike of musicians, writers, hosts, actors, lighting, electricians--everyone, shutting down all TV studios, until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Suggestion: A strike of musicians, writers, hosts, actors, lighting, electricians--everyone, shutting down all TV studios, until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
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How is it that the richest man on earth can share this kind of openly white supremacist and misogynistic trash and it be met with a shrug by the entire US elite?
July 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
How is it that the richest man on earth can share this kind of openly white supremacist and misogynistic trash and it be met with a shrug by the entire US elite?
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‘1984’ is upon us
July 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
‘1984’ is upon us
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Sorta feels like "they are actively gutting cancer research" should be finding more purchase out there
July 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sorta feels like "they are actively gutting cancer research" should be finding more purchase out there
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Trump is fighting for his life to stay awake during this roundtable event
July 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trump is fighting for his life to stay awake during this roundtable event
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If a US Senator is not safe from being handcuffed and detained for free speech, none of us are safe.
June 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
If a US Senator is not safe from being handcuffed and detained for free speech, none of us are safe.
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A reminder that there is no human being in the United States whom it would be legal to disappear to a Salvadoran prison without due process of law.
April 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A reminder that there is no human being in the United States whom it would be legal to disappear to a Salvadoran prison without due process of law.
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We all have to say no at the same time.
April 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We all have to say no at the same time.
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Imagine if the government took 30% of your income but you had public transport and education and never paid thousands of dollars for life saving healthcare and there werent homeless encampments* and children werent hungry
April 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Imagine if the government took 30% of your income but you had public transport and education and never paid thousands of dollars for life saving healthcare and there werent homeless encampments* and children werent hungry
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Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
April 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
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Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference.
The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.
The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.
April 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference.
The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.
The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.
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bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
April 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
Any word from @schumer.senate.gov ? Can't Dems make all congressional action stop until R's do something about this constitutional crisis?
And here we have it - @schumer.senate.gov said that if Trump defies the Supreme Court, then it's serious.
Can't wait to see what serious looks like.
Can't wait to see what serious looks like.
Breaking news: The Supreme Court backed a lower-court order requiring the Trump administration to “facilitate” the release from custody of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador last month.
April 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Any word from @schumer.senate.gov ? Can't Dems make all congressional action stop until R's do something about this constitutional crisis?
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Say it with us: “constitutional crisis”
April 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Say it with us: “constitutional crisis”
And here we have it - @schumer.senate.gov said that if Trump defies the Supreme Court, then it's serious.
Can't wait to see what serious looks like.
Can't wait to see what serious looks like.
Breaking news: The Supreme Court backed a lower-court order requiring the Trump administration to “facilitate” the release from custody of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador last month.
Supreme Court upholds order directing Trump officials to return wrongly deported man
Kilmar Abrego García, a Salvadoran immigrant who is married to a U.S. citizen, was deported to a mega-prison despite a court ruling forbidding his removal.
wapo.st
April 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
And here we have it - @schumer.senate.gov said that if Trump defies the Supreme Court, then it's serious.
Can't wait to see what serious looks like.
Can't wait to see what serious looks like.
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If you're in congress and you aren't publicly in favor of banning the trading of individual stocks by people in congress, get your head out of your fucking ass.
April 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
If you're in congress and you aren't publicly in favor of banning the trading of individual stocks by people in congress, get your head out of your fucking ass.
If this doesn't lead to actual filibusters in the Senate @schumer.senate.gov then WTF do Democrats get elected for?
🚨House Republicans just passed a bill that would disenfranchise 70 million married American women.
Under the SAVE Act, women who took their spouse’s last name and don't have an updated passport or birth certificate would be turned away at the polls.
Under the SAVE Act, women who took their spouse’s last name and don't have an updated passport or birth certificate would be turned away at the polls.
April 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
If this doesn't lead to actual filibusters in the Senate @schumer.senate.gov then WTF do Democrats get elected for?
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It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane
April 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane
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We’re not even through year one of the Trump presidency and he’s boosted the Chinese economy at the expense of our own by making it clear to the rest of the world that China is a more reliable trading partner than we are.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We’re not even through year one of the Trump presidency and he’s boosted the Chinese economy at the expense of our own by making it clear to the rest of the world that China is a more reliable trading partner than we are.
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Who in the administration knew about Trump's latest tariff flip flop ahead of time? Did anyone buy or sell stocks, and profit at the public’s expense?
I'm writing to the White House — the public has a right to know.
I'm writing to the White House — the public has a right to know.
April 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Who in the administration knew about Trump's latest tariff flip flop ahead of time? Did anyone buy or sell stocks, and profit at the public’s expense?
I'm writing to the White House — the public has a right to know.
I'm writing to the White House — the public has a right to know.
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Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
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this is a great example of trying to rationalize a fundamentally irrational decision. you’ll notice that at no point does cass ever articulate what the american public is supposed to get out of the deal here. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
Opinion | ‘Liberation Day’ Was Messy, but Trump’s Tariffs Can Still Work
It’s a matter of timing and communication.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
this is a great example of trying to rationalize a fundamentally irrational decision. you’ll notice that at no point does cass ever articulate what the american public is supposed to get out of the deal here. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...