Helen Warwick
@helenwarwick.bsky.social
Proudly blue CA native living in Houston. Trying my best to not lose hope or sanity. Dogs make everything better. 🐾
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We just crossed a bright red line. The President is delusional and his cabinet is dangerous.
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We just crossed a bright red line. The President is delusional and his cabinet is dangerous.
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There used to be a sort of social contract that the PMC classes had with red states that has been completely ripped apart and I honestly don't know how that's going to feed into housing market growth and corporate relocations.
September 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
There used to be a sort of social contract that the PMC classes had with red states that has been completely ripped apart and I honestly don't know how that's going to feed into housing market growth and corporate relocations.
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🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
August 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
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Democrats spend far too much time thinking and talking about how to attack Trump & his party.
No one attack ever works in politics. What does work is a commitment to sustained aggression. Attack, attack, attack.
How Newsom is attacking is much less important than the fact that he is attacking.
No one attack ever works in politics. What does work is a commitment to sustained aggression. Attack, attack, attack.
How Newsom is attacking is much less important than the fact that he is attacking.
August 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Democrats spend far too much time thinking and talking about how to attack Trump & his party.
No one attack ever works in politics. What does work is a commitment to sustained aggression. Attack, attack, attack.
How Newsom is attacking is much less important than the fact that he is attacking.
No one attack ever works in politics. What does work is a commitment to sustained aggression. Attack, attack, attack.
How Newsom is attacking is much less important than the fact that he is attacking.
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Everything's on the table.
Republicans are using every method they can, whether it's cheating or breaking the law.
We've got to do everything we can to stand up and fight back — we're not sitting around and complaining from the sidelines when we have the ability to stop them.
Republicans are using every method they can, whether it's cheating or breaking the law.
We've got to do everything we can to stand up and fight back — we're not sitting around and complaining from the sidelines when we have the ability to stop them.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov: "Democrats can't live by the old rules... We've got to put everything on the table... Governors across the country who have the ability (maybe it's the ones where we've got trifectas) we've got to do everything we can to stand up to what Trump and Abbott are trying to do."
August 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Everything's on the table.
Republicans are using every method they can, whether it's cheating or breaking the law.
We've got to do everything we can to stand up and fight back — we're not sitting around and complaining from the sidelines when we have the ability to stop them.
Republicans are using every method they can, whether it's cheating or breaking the law.
We've got to do everything we can to stand up and fight back — we're not sitting around and complaining from the sidelines when we have the ability to stop them.
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Greg Abbott is throwing a tantrum so extreme, he’s now threatening to unilaterally remove nearly every Texas Democrat from office.
But Rep Greg Casar isn’t backing down. He’s calling us to the streets.
Join him TONIGHT at 5:30pm outside the governor’s mansion.
#MessWithTexas
But Rep Greg Casar isn’t backing down. He’s calling us to the streets.
Join him TONIGHT at 5:30pm outside the governor’s mansion.
#MessWithTexas
August 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Greg Abbott is throwing a tantrum so extreme, he’s now threatening to unilaterally remove nearly every Texas Democrat from office.
But Rep Greg Casar isn’t backing down. He’s calling us to the streets.
Join him TONIGHT at 5:30pm outside the governor’s mansion.
#MessWithTexas
But Rep Greg Casar isn’t backing down. He’s calling us to the streets.
Join him TONIGHT at 5:30pm outside the governor’s mansion.
#MessWithTexas
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/9 My question is: in the face of such open, contemptuous lawlessness and corruption, why is anyone offering any presumption of good faith, of regularity, of decency? Why does anyone think these people are entitled to the benefits of the rule of law they scorn?
July 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
/9 My question is: in the face of such open, contemptuous lawlessness and corruption, why is anyone offering any presumption of good faith, of regularity, of decency? Why does anyone think these people are entitled to the benefits of the rule of law they scorn?
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/7 This administration, from top to bottom, is ABSOLUTELY capable of getting Maxwell to clear Trump and implicate Trump’s political enemies in exchange for some commutation or pardon of her sentence. If you say otherwise you’re a liar or a fool.
July 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
/7 This administration, from top to bottom, is ABSOLUTELY capable of getting Maxwell to clear Trump and implicate Trump’s political enemies in exchange for some commutation or pardon of her sentence. If you say otherwise you’re a liar or a fool.
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If you’re feeling uneasy, it’s probably because we now know we live in a country built on the blackmail of a dead pedophile who is Too Big to Fail, so Congress has to go home for a couple of months to figure out how talk about it without defenestrating the president and collapsing the economy.
July 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If you’re feeling uneasy, it’s probably because we now know we live in a country built on the blackmail of a dead pedophile who is Too Big to Fail, so Congress has to go home for a couple of months to figure out how talk about it without defenestrating the president and collapsing the economy.
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The governing party of the United States is shutting down the federal government to cover-up evidence the president sexually abused children so he can continue trying to implement dictatorship.
That's just a true statement about the world!
That's just a true statement about the world!
July 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The governing party of the United States is shutting down the federal government to cover-up evidence the president sexually abused children so he can continue trying to implement dictatorship.
That's just a true statement about the world!
That's just a true statement about the world!
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I’m seeing many reposts of Donald Trump’s demented distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein mess about Rosie O’Donnell. What I’m not seeing is her sassy response. Here it is:
July 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I’m seeing many reposts of Donald Trump’s demented distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein mess about Rosie O’Donnell. What I’m not seeing is her sassy response. Here it is:
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Alright- thread about the Texas flood and emergency communications.
Let me start by being very clear- there is a lot of finger pointing over who is at fault here. The answer is everyone- from the cuts to the NWS by DOGE, to the local gov’t not having installed sirens, etc
1/x
Let me start by being very clear- there is a lot of finger pointing over who is at fault here. The answer is everyone- from the cuts to the NWS by DOGE, to the local gov’t not having installed sirens, etc
1/x
July 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Alright- thread about the Texas flood and emergency communications.
Let me start by being very clear- there is a lot of finger pointing over who is at fault here. The answer is everyone- from the cuts to the NWS by DOGE, to the local gov’t not having installed sirens, etc
1/x
Let me start by being very clear- there is a lot of finger pointing over who is at fault here. The answer is everyone- from the cuts to the NWS by DOGE, to the local gov’t not having installed sirens, etc
1/x
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"This was all done by Republicans who want the wealthiest people in our country to be a fraction of a fraction wealthier than they are now and also: far more funding for ICE to continue terrorizing non-citizens and citizens alike."
This System Doesn't Work for Any of Us
And it never will.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"This was all done by Republicans who want the wealthiest people in our country to be a fraction of a fraction wealthier than they are now and also: far more funding for ICE to continue terrorizing non-citizens and citizens alike."
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Republicans say they’re against a “redistribution of wealth” —but everything is a redistribution of wealth. The only Q is in what direction.
They send it from the lower/middle class to the top. For decades.
They hide it with “trickle down” snake oil, but this is who they are.
They send it from the lower/middle class to the top. For decades.
They hide it with “trickle down” snake oil, but this is who they are.
May 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Republicans say they’re against a “redistribution of wealth” —but everything is a redistribution of wealth. The only Q is in what direction.
They send it from the lower/middle class to the top. For decades.
They hide it with “trickle down” snake oil, but this is who they are.
They send it from the lower/middle class to the top. For decades.
They hide it with “trickle down” snake oil, but this is who they are.
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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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Reminders:
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
April 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reminders:
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
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"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
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Sooner or later, we're ALL going to be Kilmar Abrego Garcia
April 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Sooner or later, we're ALL going to be Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Rare Houston snowfall. My pups love it! Me, not so much.
January 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Rare Houston snowfall. My pups love it! Me, not so much.
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Healthcare should be free for all!
As Jesus intended.
As Jesus intended.
December 6, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Healthcare should be free for all!
As Jesus intended.
As Jesus intended.
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I got to talk to The Bulwark about Russell Vought, a key ideologue of the “post-constitutional” Right.
His trajectory is emblematic of a broader radicalization on the Right: They believe “conservatism” is no longer enough - and desire “counter-revolution” instead.
His trajectory is emblematic of a broader radicalization on the Right: They believe “conservatism” is no longer enough - and desire “counter-revolution” instead.
Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical
Podcast Episode · The Bulwark Podcast · 12/03/2024 · 1h 9m
podcasts.apple.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:58 PM
I got to talk to The Bulwark about Russell Vought, a key ideologue of the “post-constitutional” Right.
His trajectory is emblematic of a broader radicalization on the Right: They believe “conservatism” is no longer enough - and desire “counter-revolution” instead.
His trajectory is emblematic of a broader radicalization on the Right: They believe “conservatism” is no longer enough - and desire “counter-revolution” instead.
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“the reality that Biden’s distrust of our legal system under Trump is a profound warning for all of us.”
*from the Substack newsletter by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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*from the Substack newsletter by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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December 2, 2024
Last night, Jane Mayer of the New Yorker reported that Trump’s choice for secretary of defense, Fox News Channel weekend host Pete Hegseth, had been forced to leave previous leadership positions at th...
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December 3, 2024 at 1:24 PM
“the reality that Biden’s distrust of our legal system under Trump is a profound warning for all of us.”
*from the Substack newsletter by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
*from the Substack newsletter by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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I suspect that some annoyed pundits are insistent in claiming Bluesky is a progressive bubble not because, as they believe, it’s hyper-partisan, but because for them, subconsciously, the remarkably civil tone of the platform feels coded as progressive. And that says quite a lot about their outlook.
November 23, 2024 at 6:11 AM
I suspect that some annoyed pundits are insistent in claiming Bluesky is a progressive bubble not because, as they believe, it’s hyper-partisan, but because for them, subconsciously, the remarkably civil tone of the platform feels coded as progressive. And that says quite a lot about their outlook.
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November 19, 2024 at 11:04 PM