Kris Weinschenker
@krisweinschenker.bsky.social
Christian Polemicist , Conscientious Objector in the Culture War
Ex-Farmer, Ex-Rocket Scientist
America is a two Party Dictatorship
"For to me, living means opportunities for Christ, and dying—well, that’s better yet!"...Phillipians 1:21 (TLB)
Ex-Farmer, Ex-Rocket Scientist
America is a two Party Dictatorship
"For to me, living means opportunities for Christ, and dying—well, that’s better yet!"...Phillipians 1:21 (TLB)
Pinned
The day after Trump pardons the 1/6 thugs
Badge of honor
Badge of honor
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The USDA has designated 444 counties as farming-dependent; their average vote share for Trump was 77.7%.
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The USDA has designated 444 counties as farming-dependent; their average vote share for Trump was 77.7%.
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
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Tired: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Wired: pfft we don't need any watchers, we're OpenAI, auditors are for losers
Wired: pfft we don't need any watchers, we're OpenAI, auditors are for losers
oh my god
"as a private company, it is under no obligation to release this information — but it’s not trivial. The lack of information has left several people we’ve spoken to on Wall Street a bit confused."
"as a private company, it is under no obligation to release this information — but it’s not trivial. The lack of information has left several people we’ve spoken to on Wall Street a bit confused."
Who is OpenAI’s auditor? on.ft.com/4pl31Kr
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Tired: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Wired: pfft we don't need any watchers, we're OpenAI, auditors are for losers
Wired: pfft we don't need any watchers, we're OpenAI, auditors are for losers
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Remember when he tweeted this about his own grandmother
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Remember when he tweeted this about his own grandmother
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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For one brief, shining moment on Election Day, “redistricting” outranked “Taylor Swift” on Google.
Democracy, meet your pop culture moment.
Dive into Democracy Docket’s tracker for the latest maps and moves all in one place.👇 https://bit.ly/47tdiN9
Democracy, meet your pop culture moment.
Dive into Democracy Docket’s tracker for the latest maps and moves all in one place.👇 https://bit.ly/47tdiN9
Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ...
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
For one brief, shining moment on Election Day, “redistricting” outranked “Taylor Swift” on Google.
Democracy, meet your pop culture moment.
Dive into Democracy Docket’s tracker for the latest maps and moves all in one place.👇 https://bit.ly/47tdiN9
Democracy, meet your pop culture moment.
Dive into Democracy Docket’s tracker for the latest maps and moves all in one place.👇 https://bit.ly/47tdiN9
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(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
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Why is the Associated Press letting a White House official speak anonymously about why Trump pardoned a corrupt Tennessee Republican politician? And for 3 whole paragraphs, providing the defense that he only got $5,000 from his illegal scheme, which makes it OK In Trumpworld.
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Why is the Associated Press letting a White House official speak anonymously about why Trump pardoned a corrupt Tennessee Republican politician? And for 3 whole paragraphs, providing the defense that he only got $5,000 from his illegal scheme, which makes it OK In Trumpworld.
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Interested in helping ICE protect the Homeland?
Check out the Lincoln Project's useful video guide!
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
Check out the Lincoln Project's useful video guide!
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
Your Guide To Working for ICE
Interested in joining ICE to defend the Homeland?
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November 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Interested in helping ICE protect the Homeland?
Check out the Lincoln Project's useful video guide!
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
Check out the Lincoln Project's useful video guide!
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
So was the @kamalaharris.com coalition.....
Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
So was the @kamalaharris.com coalition.....
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#Thugs
"Leaving his home in Ontario to work at a food bank Thursday morning, Carlos Jimenez pulled over to warn a group of federal agents that they should wrap up their stop of a car quickly because school-age children would soon gather there to take the bus, his lawyers said Sunday."
"Leaving his home in Ontario to work at a food bank Thursday morning, Carlos Jimenez pulled over to warn a group of federal agents that they should wrap up their stop of a car quickly because school-age children would soon gather there to take the bus, his lawyers said Sunday."
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
#Thugs
"Leaving his home in Ontario to work at a food bank Thursday morning, Carlos Jimenez pulled over to warn a group of federal agents that they should wrap up their stop of a car quickly because school-age children would soon gather there to take the bus, his lawyers said Sunday."
"Leaving his home in Ontario to work at a food bank Thursday morning, Carlos Jimenez pulled over to warn a group of federal agents that they should wrap up their stop of a car quickly because school-age children would soon gather there to take the bus, his lawyers said Sunday."
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Norah O'Donnell: Why did you pardon him [CZ]
Trump: I don't know who he is.
O'Donnell: His crypto exchange, Binance, helped facilitate a $2 billion purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin.
Trump: I know nothing about it
O'Donnell: But he got a pardon
Trump: I don't know who he is.
O'Donnell: His crypto exchange, Binance, helped facilitate a $2 billion purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin.
Trump: I know nothing about it
O'Donnell: But he got a pardon
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Norah O'Donnell: Why did you pardon him [CZ]
Trump: I don't know who he is.
O'Donnell: His crypto exchange, Binance, helped facilitate a $2 billion purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin.
Trump: I know nothing about it
O'Donnell: But he got a pardon
Trump: I don't know who he is.
O'Donnell: His crypto exchange, Binance, helped facilitate a $2 billion purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin.
Trump: I know nothing about it
O'Donnell: But he got a pardon
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Former Ambassador to Russia @mcfaulmike.bsky.social says Trump's recent criticism of Vladimir Putin over Ukraine is "very different" than in the past.
"For about a decade, Putin could do no wrong for #PresidentTrump."
But he adds, "It's easy to talk tough, it's harder to act tough."
"For about a decade, Putin could do no wrong for #PresidentTrump."
But he adds, "It's easy to talk tough, it's harder to act tough."
November 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Former Ambassador to Russia @mcfaulmike.bsky.social says Trump's recent criticism of Vladimir Putin over Ukraine is "very different" than in the past.
"For about a decade, Putin could do no wrong for #PresidentTrump."
But he adds, "It's easy to talk tough, it's harder to act tough."
"For about a decade, Putin could do no wrong for #PresidentTrump."
But he adds, "It's easy to talk tough, it's harder to act tough."
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Who knew? MAGA's Antisemitism Crisis
As Stephen King might have observed, the MAGA Right sowed dragon’s teeth for years, and is now horrified to discover they have grown an actual dragon
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
As Stephen King might have observed, the MAGA Right sowed dragon’s teeth for years, and is now horrified to discover they have grown an actual dragon
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Who knew? MAGA's Antisemitism Crisis
If only they had been warned.
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Who knew? MAGA's Antisemitism Crisis
As Stephen King might have observed, the MAGA Right sowed dragon’s teeth for years, and is now horrified to discover they have grown an actual dragon
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
As Stephen King might have observed, the MAGA Right sowed dragon’s teeth for years, and is now horrified to discover they have grown an actual dragon
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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🚨BALLROOM CORRUPTION ALERT🚨
Palantir has received more than $800 million in government contracts in 2025, which is more than any previous year.
The company's donation to Trump's ballroom was a corrupt "thank you" to a corrupt Trump administration.
Palantir has received more than $800 million in government contracts in 2025, which is more than any previous year.
The company's donation to Trump's ballroom was a corrupt "thank you" to a corrupt Trump administration.
Trump's destroyed the East Wing of the White House to create a $300 million golden ballroom funded by bribes that he'll use to keep fishing for more bribes from corporations and billionaires.
November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨BALLROOM CORRUPTION ALERT🚨
Palantir has received more than $800 million in government contracts in 2025, which is more than any previous year.
The company's donation to Trump's ballroom was a corrupt "thank you" to a corrupt Trump administration.
Palantir has received more than $800 million in government contracts in 2025, which is more than any previous year.
The company's donation to Trump's ballroom was a corrupt "thank you" to a corrupt Trump administration.
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My three-year-old was reading Chris Cillizza’s Substack when she turned to me gravely and asked “daddy why did the woke mob put a flier on the nice man’s Tesla?” And when I told her “because the illiberal left is embracing violence,” she started crying.
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
My three-year-old was reading Chris Cillizza’s Substack when she turned to me gravely and asked “daddy why did the woke mob put a flier on the nice man’s Tesla?” And when I told her “because the illiberal left is embracing violence,” she started crying.
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None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"
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Decisions of the utmost gravity and consequence to life on this planet made by Trump unilaterally based on completely false understandings. But one thing's clear. He really admires Rocket Man.
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Decisions of the utmost gravity and consequence to life on this planet made by Trump unilaterally based on completely false understandings. But one thing's clear. He really admires Rocket Man.
Pitchbot is going insane...
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Pitchbot is going insane...
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For decades, courts gave the gov't a "presumption of regularity," which is the idea that federal officials were doing their duty, following the rules, and being honest. But in 9 months, this admin has forfeited this presumption for many judges because of failing to follow the rules and be truthful.
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
www.justsecurity.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For decades, courts gave the gov't a "presumption of regularity," which is the idea that federal officials were doing their duty, following the rules, and being honest. But in 9 months, this admin has forfeited this presumption for many judges because of failing to follow the rules and be truthful.
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An amazing story of this decade was the ADL turning all its fire on Israel critics while tech companies dismantled their censors and Hitler-lovers came roaring back.
Today on the show: the group chats from hell (with @dgraham.bsky.social) slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Why So Many Racist Group Chats?
It’s hard to imagine the speech or policy proposals being acceptable as recently as a decade ago.
slate.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
An amazing story of this decade was the ADL turning all its fire on Israel critics while tech companies dismantled their censors and Hitler-lovers came roaring back.
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It’s too bad that “the speech” is mostly remembered for Joe Biden plagiarizing it bc Kinnock was really cooking
October 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It’s too bad that “the speech” is mostly remembered for Joe Biden plagiarizing it bc Kinnock was really cooking