Judith Rinker Öhman
@judithrohman.bsky.social
American in Sweden. Wife, mom, granny. Translator. Here to learn about life outside my bubble. She/her
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For decades, US presidents from both parties used a simple formulation for defining a tyrant: a leader who threatens or uses military force to suppress their domestic political opposition. Now we have a president doing just that and conservatives are cheering. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
June 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
For decades, US presidents from both parties used a simple formulation for defining a tyrant: a leader who threatens or uses military force to suppress their domestic political opposition. Now we have a president doing just that and conservatives are cheering. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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"we''ll make the deal for them"
trump fundamentally conceives as every interaction as a variant on rape, exhibit #1239878927891237891230789413
trump fundamentally conceives as every interaction as a variant on rape, exhibit #1239878927891237891230789413
Trump: "Everybody wants to make a deal. And if they don't want to make a deal, we'll make the deal for them. Because that's what's going to happen. We'll just say, 'this is what it is.'"
April 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"we''ll make the deal for them"
trump fundamentally conceives as every interaction as a variant on rape, exhibit #1239878927891237891230789413
trump fundamentally conceives as every interaction as a variant on rape, exhibit #1239878927891237891230789413
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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NEW! The Trump administration appears to have sent a married father with NO CRIMINAL RECORD in any country to rot in a prison in El Salvador because of a PAPERWORK ERROR.
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
March 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
NEW! The Trump administration appears to have sent a married father with NO CRIMINAL RECORD in any country to rot in a prison in El Salvador because of a PAPERWORK ERROR.
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
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"Creating a ruckus" is his euphemism for wrote an op-ed in a newspaper. The Constitution protects all people under U.S. jurisdiction (not just citizens) from government actions penalizing them for speech, use of the free press, or peaceful assembly.
March 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"Creating a ruckus" is his euphemism for wrote an op-ed in a newspaper. The Constitution protects all people under U.S. jurisdiction (not just citizens) from government actions penalizing them for speech, use of the free press, or peaceful assembly.
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The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
March 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
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Trying to imagine Biden withholding disaster funds from red states unless they first instituted gun control
The Trump administration recently denied a funding request from the city of Asheville, North Carolina, to help its recovery from Hurricane Helene, telling the city it must cut a program meant to aid female and minority contractors.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
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Trump admin makes Asheville remove ‘DEI’ language to access hurricane relief aid
The Trump administration recently denied a funding request from the city of Asheville, North Carolina, to help its recovery from Hurricane Helene, telling the city it must cut a program meant to aid f...
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March 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Trying to imagine Biden withholding disaster funds from red states unless they first instituted gun control
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Authoritarians rely on capturing our sense of reality and convincing us their victory is inevitable and resistance is futile.
We must look at the future they want, the horrors of it, and recognize the need to fight and that none of this is inevitable.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/we-must-ch...
We must look at the future they want, the horrors of it, and recognize the need to fight and that none of this is inevitable.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/we-must-ch...
We Must Change the Future: Audio From A Collapsing State
I answered subscriber questions about where we are heading and the deep, existential need to fight to ensure a better tomorrow
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Authoritarians rely on capturing our sense of reality and convincing us their victory is inevitable and resistance is futile.
We must look at the future they want, the horrors of it, and recognize the need to fight and that none of this is inevitable.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/we-must-ch...
We must look at the future they want, the horrors of it, and recognize the need to fight and that none of this is inevitable.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/we-must-ch...
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If you want to know what you can do, it’s this.
Do you see all these people and institutions falling in line, conforming to their role as if playing a part in a tragic history lesson?
Don’t do that. Confound expectations. Don’t be ordinary.
Do you see all these people and institutions falling in line, conforming to their role as if playing a part in a tragic history lesson?
Don’t do that. Confound expectations. Don’t be ordinary.
March 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you want to know what you can do, it’s this.
Do you see all these people and institutions falling in line, conforming to their role as if playing a part in a tragic history lesson?
Don’t do that. Confound expectations. Don’t be ordinary.
Do you see all these people and institutions falling in line, conforming to their role as if playing a part in a tragic history lesson?
Don’t do that. Confound expectations. Don’t be ordinary.
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The old "sarcasm" defense from Trump, which he uses to explain away his failures & make it impossible to hold him accountable: "Trump says he was being a ‘bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours" apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says he was being a 'bit sarcastic' when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours
President Donald Trump says he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and before he even took o...
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March 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The old "sarcasm" defense from Trump, which he uses to explain away his failures & make it impossible to hold him accountable: "Trump says he was being a ‘bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours" apnews.com/article/trum...
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NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
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This is Heidi. She was found as a stray blind, and terrified. Vets concluded she was born blind, and her condition had become extremely painful. To live a pain-free life, both of her eyes needed to be removed. You can help cover her medical bills below ❤️🩹
15outof10.org/heidi
15outof10.org/heidi
March 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is Heidi. She was found as a stray blind, and terrified. Vets concluded she was born blind, and her condition had become extremely painful. To live a pain-free life, both of her eyes needed to be removed. You can help cover her medical bills below ❤️🩹
15outof10.org/heidi
15outof10.org/heidi
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Old enough to remember the American government telling us Saddam had WMD labs the last time they wanted to gin up a fake reason to invade a country.
Kevin Hassett suggests Canadian authorities are covering up major fentanyl operations: "I can tell you that in the situation room I've seen photographs of fentanyl labs in Canada that the law enforcement folks were leaving alone. Canada's got a big drug problem."
March 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Old enough to remember the American government telling us Saddam had WMD labs the last time they wanted to gin up a fake reason to invade a country.
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Jim Jordan has not authored A SINGLE piece of legislation in 17 years. #WasteFraudAbuse
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March 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Jim Jordan has not authored A SINGLE piece of legislation in 17 years. #WasteFraudAbuse
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Hey @muellershewrote.bsky.social ! I’m Zach Kahn, a high schooler from Charlotte. Sen. Tillis defends Ukraine but hasn’t spoken out against Trump’s rhetoric on Russia and NATO. Charlotte deserves a town hall—can you share my petition to help make it happen? chng.it/JMvwrn9Nb7
We won't let him run!
We won't let him run!
Sign the Petition
Encourage Senator Thom Tillis to Hold a Charlotte Town Hall
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March 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hey @muellershewrote.bsky.social ! I’m Zach Kahn, a high schooler from Charlotte. Sen. Tillis defends Ukraine but hasn’t spoken out against Trump’s rhetoric on Russia and NATO. Charlotte deserves a town hall—can you share my petition to help make it happen? chng.it/JMvwrn9Nb7
We won't let him run!
We won't let him run!
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Please help Simon Moya-Smith’s sister if you can.
My sister, Tawnee, is battling stage 4 clear cell ovarian cancer. If you can donate, please follow the link below. Lila wopila.
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March 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Please help Simon Moya-Smith’s sister if you can.
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tmw a Ukrainian understands the US president better than the entire domestic political press and most of the opposition
This reads very much like the White House being angry they didn’t get a signed deal on rare earths, after which they could pull away any vague security guarantees. But Zelenskyy was able to look down the game tree.
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March 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
tmw a Ukrainian understands the US president better than the entire domestic political press and most of the opposition
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"as with the war, Zelensky didn’t start this Oval Office exchange. Was he supposed to tolerate an extended public denigration of the Ukrainian people, who have been fighting a war for survival for three years?” — WSJ edit board
Gift link:
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Opinion | Putin Wins the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office Spectacle
Vice President Vance starts a public fight that only helps Russia’s dictator.
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March 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"as with the war, Zelensky didn’t start this Oval Office exchange. Was he supposed to tolerate an extended public denigration of the Ukrainian people, who have been fighting a war for survival for three years?” — WSJ edit board
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
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Did y'all hear about Elon Musk new $2 BILLION FAA contract?
Conflict of interest . . .👀
Instead of Republicans taking jobs and programs away, they need to be investigating this—but OH RIGHT—they report to King Musk.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/b...
Conflict of interest . . .👀
Instead of Republicans taking jobs and programs away, they need to be investigating this—but OH RIGHT—they report to King Musk.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/b...
Musk’s Starlink gets FAA contract, raising new conflict of interest concerns | CNN Business
The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to use SpaceX’s Starlink internet system to upgrade the information technology networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflic...
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February 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Did y'all hear about Elon Musk new $2 BILLION FAA contract?
Conflict of interest . . .👀
Instead of Republicans taking jobs and programs away, they need to be investigating this—but OH RIGHT—they report to King Musk.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/b...
Conflict of interest . . .👀
Instead of Republicans taking jobs and programs away, they need to be investigating this—but OH RIGHT—they report to King Musk.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/b...
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👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
80% of germans said no to afd.
that’s one hell of a mandate against afd platform.
that’s one hell of a mandate against afd platform.
February 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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The Secretary of Defense goes on tv to explain he is preparing to have the military break the law.
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
February 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Secretary of Defense goes on tv to explain he is preparing to have the military break the law.
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First they came for the federal employees,
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a federal employee
...
You know the rest of the poem.
Act accordingly.
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a federal employee
...
You know the rest of the poem.
Act accordingly.
February 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
First they came for the federal employees,
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a federal employee
...
You know the rest of the poem.
Act accordingly.
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a federal employee
...
You know the rest of the poem.
Act accordingly.
This is the correct reply
DOGE asked what federal employees did last week. Here’s how I replied.
February 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is the correct reply