Bob
@longneckbanjo.bsky.social
Interested in many subjects. #folklore #music #climate #politics to name a few. Channelling the spirit of his songs of freedom and justice, Pete Seeger, a hero to me, inspires my BlueSky handle. Sometimes I wonder what Pete might be singing about today.
A song for these times: "Wasn't That A Time" last two verses.
#HandsOff #ICEProtests
And now again the madmen come,
And should our vic'try fail?
There is no vic′try in a land
Where free men go to jail.
Isn′t this a time!
Isn't this a time!
A time to try the soul of man,
Isn′t this a terrible time?
#HandsOff #ICEProtests
And now again the madmen come,
And should our vic'try fail?
There is no vic′try in a land
Where free men go to jail.
Isn′t this a time!
Isn't this a time!
A time to try the soul of man,
Isn′t this a terrible time?
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
A song for these times: "Wasn't That A Time" last two verses.
#HandsOff #ICEProtests
And now again the madmen come,
And should our vic'try fail?
There is no vic′try in a land
Where free men go to jail.
Isn′t this a time!
Isn't this a time!
A time to try the soul of man,
Isn′t this a terrible time?
#HandsOff #ICEProtests
And now again the madmen come,
And should our vic'try fail?
There is no vic′try in a land
Where free men go to jail.
Isn′t this a time!
Isn't this a time!
A time to try the soul of man,
Isn′t this a terrible time?
Maybe the fascist thirst to burn books is why it took 200 years between public education and public fire departments. -Steve Hofstetter
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They Always Come For the Books
My speech to the American Association of Librarians
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November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Maybe the fascist thirst to burn books is why it took 200 years between public education and public fire departments. -Steve Hofstetter
open.substack.com/pub/stevehof...
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I remember reading this and thinking “that’s impossible. People can’t be that stupid.” It was an innocent time when being stupid wasn’t aspirational.
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I remember reading this and thinking “that’s impossible. People can’t be that stupid.” It was an innocent time when being stupid wasn’t aspirational.
Yesterday from JoJo, “I didn’t vote for this,” and the universe replied, “That’s the best part — you DID.”
I’m All Out of Fucks
Cry harder MAGA.
jojofromjerz.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Yesterday from JoJo, “I didn’t vote for this,” and the universe replied, “That’s the best part — you DID.”
Nothing sticks to @trump when he uses Pam.
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Nothing sticks to @trump when he uses Pam.
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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
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The message behind “quiet, piggy” was not subtle.
I decide who speaks. I decide what truth is. I decide whose pain persists and whose gets erased. I decide what women are allowed to ask me. I decide which crimes survive and which get swallowed in smoke.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
I decide who speaks. I decide what truth is. I decide whose pain persists and whose gets erased. I decide what women are allowed to ask me. I decide which crimes survive and which get swallowed in smoke.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The message behind “quiet, piggy” was not subtle.
I decide who speaks. I decide what truth is. I decide whose pain persists and whose gets erased. I decide what women are allowed to ask me. I decide which crimes survive and which get swallowed in smoke.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
I decide who speaks. I decide what truth is. I decide whose pain persists and whose gets erased. I decide what women are allowed to ask me. I decide which crimes survive and which get swallowed in smoke.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
@lawrenceodonnelljr.bsky.social I predict that @trump will not sign the Epstein Law but it will become law after he leaves it on his desk for 10 days unsigned. Not counting Sundays it will be law on Dec. 1, and then Bondi won't have to do anything for 30 days. That gives her 40 days to investigate.
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
@lawrenceodonnelljr.bsky.social I predict that @trump will not sign the Epstein Law but it will become law after he leaves it on his desk for 10 days unsigned. Not counting Sundays it will be law on Dec. 1, and then Bondi won't have to do anything for 30 days. That gives her 40 days to investigate.
I predict that @trump will not sign the Epstein Law, but it will become law after he leaves it on his desk for 10 days unsigned. Not counting Sundays, it will be law on Dec. 1, and then Bondi won't have to do anything for 30 days. That gives her 40 days to advance her "investigations." Look to Jan.
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I predict that @trump will not sign the Epstein Law, but it will become law after he leaves it on his desk for 10 days unsigned. Not counting Sundays, it will be law on Dec. 1, and then Bondi won't have to do anything for 30 days. That gives her 40 days to advance her "investigations." Look to Jan.
@nickkristof.bsky.social writes concisely, rounding up three primary areas of deep concern.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“When I think of the historical legacies of our generation and of President Trump, I wonder if they will be less about the political battles in the headlines and more about the slow shriveling of America’s global standing,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes.
“When I think of the historical legacies of our generation and of President Trump, I wonder if they will be less about the political battles in the headlines and more about the slow shriveling of America’s global standing,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes.
Opinion | America’s Formula for Greatness Is Under Threat
Education, open markets, trade and immigration transformed the United States into the world’s dominant power, but each is now being weakened.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@nickkristof.bsky.social writes concisely, rounding up three primary areas of deep concern.
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He’s been ranting in long posts all night.
Rather than subject you to his drivel, refer to the gif below for the gist of it.
Rather than subject you to his drivel, refer to the gif below for the gist of it.
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
He’s been ranting in long posts all night.
Rather than subject you to his drivel, refer to the gif below for the gist of it.
Rather than subject you to his drivel, refer to the gif below for the gist of it.
A short, but concise interview calling us to understand the peril ahead.
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Doomsday Prepping Project 2028
Conservative former federal appellate Judge J. Michael Luttig explains why Trump’s 2028 comments aren’t just talk—and whether he could bypass constitutional term limits.
puck.news
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A short, but concise interview calling us to understand the peril ahead.
puck.news/j-michael-lu...
puck.news/j-michael-lu...
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Jeanine Pirro bragging in August that she just arrested Sandwich Guy and was going to teach him a lesson in court.
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Jeanine Pirro bragging in August that she just arrested Sandwich Guy and was going to teach him a lesson in court.
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The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.
www.inquirer.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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Trying to imagine the furor if Democratic leadership had called the Tea Party protests "Hate America" protests. Every day a new lesson in how different the rules really are.
October 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Trying to imagine the furor if Democratic leadership had called the Tea Party protests "Hate America" protests. Every day a new lesson in how different the rules really are.
At about 2 pm Eastern, Medicare. gov crashed on me while exploring my options for 2026. 🤔
October 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
At about 2 pm Eastern, Medicare. gov crashed on me while exploring my options for 2026. 🤔
Reality check. Check it out.
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There Are No "Good" Republicans
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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October 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Reality check. Check it out.
No doubt about it
It was clear from the beginning that ICE staffing up was going to be a full employment program for racists, barroom bullies and wife beaters
October 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
No doubt about it
Remaining to be done.
September 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Remaining to be done.
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hit me with your best ADHD six-word story.
i’ll go first—
for sale: cute planner, never used.
i’ll go first—
for sale: cute planner, never used.
September 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
hit me with your best ADHD six-word story.
i’ll go first—
for sale: cute planner, never used.
i’ll go first—
for sale: cute planner, never used.
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What a nightmare.
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What a nightmare.
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Morning Joe Can Fuck All the Way Off.
Nobody Gives a Shit About What Joe Scarborough "Thinks".
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August 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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It’s clear that the main goal of the Maxwell interview was to get her to say that she didn’t see Trump do anything wrong.
Which can only mean that there is something in the files that suggests that he did. Why else would she need to say that?
The interview is more incriminating, not less.
Which can only mean that there is something in the files that suggests that he did. Why else would she need to say that?
The interview is more incriminating, not less.
August 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It’s clear that the main goal of the Maxwell interview was to get her to say that she didn’t see Trump do anything wrong.
Which can only mean that there is something in the files that suggests that he did. Why else would she need to say that?
The interview is more incriminating, not less.
Which can only mean that there is something in the files that suggests that he did. Why else would she need to say that?
The interview is more incriminating, not less.