@jimpharo.bsky.social
Reposted
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
🧵 1 of 9
🧵 1 of 9
December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
🧵 1 of 9
🧵 1 of 9
Reposted
Dude did a minute long riff on his wife's underwear, but when your job as a member of the mainstream media is sane washing the incoherent ramblings of a guy who keeps the lights on in your building, the public must be told he's just doing normal President stuff🙃
December 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Dude did a minute long riff on his wife's underwear, but when your job as a member of the mainstream media is sane washing the incoherent ramblings of a guy who keeps the lights on in your building, the public must be told he's just doing normal President stuff🙃
Reposted
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Reposted
Yes, it’s a coverup by Pam Bondi. But it’s really a coverup by Donald Trump. Bondi is his agent.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Yes, it’s a coverup by Pam Bondi. But it’s really a coverup by Donald Trump. Bondi is his agent.
Reposted
CBS is planning a series of ideologically diverse, non-partisan town halls treating questions like "How has feminism failed women?", "Why are liberals so smug?", and "What makes poor people so lazy?"
December 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
CBS is planning a series of ideologically diverse, non-partisan town halls treating questions like "How has feminism failed women?", "Why are liberals so smug?", and "What makes poor people so lazy?"
Reposted
Mandami is so far suffering from the same staffing mistakes as Bernie
December 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Mandami is so far suffering from the same staffing mistakes as Bernie
Reposted
Reposted
My office secured $55 million from Americare after they underpaid home health care workers for years, violating the law and cheating taxpayers.
The money secured today will go to these selfless employees and to the Medicaid program they serve.
The money secured today will go to these selfless employees and to the Medicaid program they serve.
December 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My office secured $55 million from Americare after they underpaid home health care workers for years, violating the law and cheating taxpayers.
The money secured today will go to these selfless employees and to the Medicaid program they serve.
The money secured today will go to these selfless employees and to the Medicaid program they serve.
Reposted
For those who dont follow MAGA and right-wing news, it's full on "The Emperor has no clothes" right now.
Straight up cult behavior and gaslighting, praising what clearly was an unhinged, weird AF rant/speech that did nothing to help their cause or poll numbers.
Sadly this cult is the entire GOP.
Straight up cult behavior and gaslighting, praising what clearly was an unhinged, weird AF rant/speech that did nothing to help their cause or poll numbers.
Sadly this cult is the entire GOP.
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
For those who dont follow MAGA and right-wing news, it's full on "The Emperor has no clothes" right now.
Straight up cult behavior and gaslighting, praising what clearly was an unhinged, weird AF rant/speech that did nothing to help their cause or poll numbers.
Sadly this cult is the entire GOP.
Straight up cult behavior and gaslighting, praising what clearly was an unhinged, weird AF rant/speech that did nothing to help their cause or poll numbers.
Sadly this cult is the entire GOP.
Reposted
Trump’s meandering primetime address raises new questions about Joe Biden’s press conferences.
December 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Trump’s meandering primetime address raises new questions about Joe Biden’s press conferences.
Reposted
Ronald Reagan, a cold man who ignored the AIDS crisis because he was a homophobe and craved the votes of other homophobes, is *not* a reminder of anything good or decent.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Ronald Reagan, a cold man who ignored the AIDS crisis because he was a homophobe and craved the votes of other homophobes, is *not* a reminder of anything good or decent.
Reposted
Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.
Reposted
To all my Jewish friends: Please know that you are very much in my thoughts.❤️
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
To all my Jewish friends: Please know that you are very much in my thoughts.❤️
Reposted
Here is another blast from the past: on January 24, 2022, experts and pundits on Russian state TV predicted that no one would defend Kharkiv or Kyiv, while grateful Ukrainians would welcome Russian troops as their liberators and greet them with flowers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=75s8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=75s8...
January 24 2022 — State TV pundits predict that Ukrainians will greet Russian troops with flowers
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Here is another blast from the past: on January 24, 2022, experts and pundits on Russian state TV predicted that no one would defend Kharkiv or Kyiv, while grateful Ukrainians would welcome Russian troops as their liberators and greet them with flowers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=75s8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=75s8...
Reposted
Here's my list of the essential truths about our current crisis that are routinely missing from New York Times coverage: presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here's my list of the essential truths about our current crisis that are routinely missing from New York Times coverage: presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
Reposted
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
Reposted
New article! On cemeteries, serendipity, and the battle against AI. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bell-fount...
Bell Fountain Retreat
Wandering a cemetery to dodge ghosts in the machine.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New article! On cemeteries, serendipity, and the battle against AI. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bell-fount...
Reposted
Need to make maintenance of the casino license contingent upon winning at least 90 games per season
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Need to make maintenance of the casino license contingent upon winning at least 90 games per season
Reposted
The mass deportation of undocumented people was one of Hitler’s largest coercive policies before the war. This set off a chain of events which can give us a useful perspective on where we are now.
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...
Land War or Self-Terrorism?
Trump's Likely Next Step
snyder.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The mass deportation of undocumented people was one of Hitler’s largest coercive policies before the war. This set off a chain of events which can give us a useful perspective on where we are now.
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...
Reposted
Donald Trump issued a rambling Truth Social screed at “Caitlin Collin’s” where he ranted about his ballroom dimensions and CNN’s ratings. Here’s why Democrats need to disavow polarizing figures like Zohran Mamdani.
December 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Donald Trump issued a rambling Truth Social screed at “Caitlin Collin’s” where he ranted about his ballroom dimensions and CNN’s ratings. Here’s why Democrats need to disavow polarizing figures like Zohran Mamdani.
Reposted
AOC: Trump is less popular than ever. He is underwater on virtually every issue. If you oppose and are disgusted by what this admin is doing, you are in company of majority of Americans. You are not alone.
More people disapprove and are opposed to Trump than in support. Those are the numbers."
More people disapprove and are opposed to Trump than in support. Those are the numbers."
December 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
AOC: Trump is less popular than ever. He is underwater on virtually every issue. If you oppose and are disgusted by what this admin is doing, you are in company of majority of Americans. You are not alone.
More people disapprove and are opposed to Trump than in support. Those are the numbers."
More people disapprove and are opposed to Trump than in support. Those are the numbers."
Reposted
Awards are nice. Accountability is better. That’s why ProPublica measures success by the impact we’re able to spark.
Our investigative journalism does more than expose wrongdoing and injustice; we intend for it to spark real-world change.
Become part of our impact: https://propub.li/3M9bQZw
Our investigative journalism does more than expose wrongdoing and injustice; we intend for it to spark real-world change.
Become part of our impact: https://propub.li/3M9bQZw
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Awards are nice. Accountability is better. That’s why ProPublica measures success by the impact we’re able to spark.
Our investigative journalism does more than expose wrongdoing and injustice; we intend for it to spark real-world change.
Become part of our impact: https://propub.li/3M9bQZw
Our investigative journalism does more than expose wrongdoing and injustice; we intend for it to spark real-world change.
Become part of our impact: https://propub.li/3M9bQZw
Reposted
Video evidence shows that the ambushed Venezuelan boaters had several minutes to connect to the internet, purchase $TRUMP crypto, and post their receipt on Truth Social before the second strike. They chose their own fate.
by Benny Johnson
by Benny Johnson
December 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Video evidence shows that the ambushed Venezuelan boaters had several minutes to connect to the internet, purchase $TRUMP crypto, and post their receipt on Truth Social before the second strike. They chose their own fate.
by Benny Johnson
by Benny Johnson
Reposted
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
Reposted
Congratulations on making it through yet another lamentable week of Trumpian bluster, disinformation, cruelty, cosplay, and clown-with-flamethrower absurdity.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Week America Switched Sides
A contrarian week in review
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Congratulations on making it through yet another lamentable week of Trumpian bluster, disinformation, cruelty, cosplay, and clown-with-flamethrower absurdity.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...