Orval Osborne
@orvaloriginal.bsky.social
Awe and wonder. Gratitude. I miss the Age of Enlightenment, aka the Age of Reason. E pluribus unum. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Love my kids, cats, country and trees.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
It’s important to remember there are two scandals here:
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
BERMAN: Did you see any evidence of them trying to use a radio in the video you saw?
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s important to remember there are two scandals here:
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
President Donald Trump is raging over snowballing reports on his apparent cognitive and physical decline.
Trump, 79, Is Absolutely Furious About Intense Scrutiny on His Mental Decline
Insiders say the president spends days obsessing over reports comparing him to “Sleepy Joe.”
trib.al
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
That’s what our Constitution states. Cowardly Republicans in Congress are betraying their oath to defend it.
Congress used to have the power of the purse and the power to declare war.
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
That’s what our Constitution states. Cowardly Republicans in Congress are betraying their oath to defend it.
I’m alarmed
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I’m alarmed
Reposted by Orval Osborne
This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Trump calls Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) "garbage," says that Somalians don't belong in the U.S. because they "do nothing but complain... do nothing but bitch"
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites
The Gallatin City-County Health Department has confirmed a second case of measles in Gallatin County, with the latest case identified on Dec. 1, 2025.This foll
nbcmontana.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
1) It's a lie that the Nat Guard is here to fight crime
2) It's a lie that DC was hell on earth before their arrival
3) It's a lie that military occupation makes a city safer. It actually just amps up the specter of violence
4) Truth? They want to occupy our cities. That's it. tinyurl.com/2456cc46
2) It's a lie that DC was hell on earth before their arrival
3) It's a lie that military occupation makes a city safer. It actually just amps up the specter of violence
4) Truth? They want to occupy our cities. That's it. tinyurl.com/2456cc46
After the DC National Guard Shooting Comes the Big Lie
West Virginia’s governor, Patrick Morrisey, is inventing reasons for the National Guard to occupy Washington, DC. We cannot let his outrageous fabrications take hold.
tinyurl.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
1) It's a lie that the Nat Guard is here to fight crime
2) It's a lie that DC was hell on earth before their arrival
3) It's a lie that military occupation makes a city safer. It actually just amps up the specter of violence
4) Truth? They want to occupy our cities. That's it. tinyurl.com/2456cc46
2) It's a lie that DC was hell on earth before their arrival
3) It's a lie that military occupation makes a city safer. It actually just amps up the specter of violence
4) Truth? They want to occupy our cities. That's it. tinyurl.com/2456cc46
Reposted by Orval Osborne
If inflation comes up at the dinner table, don’t forget to draw attention to a deeper structural driver of high prices: corporate power.
Much of the food industry is dominated by a few corporate giants with the power to keep prices high because they face little competition.
Much of the food industry is dominated by a few corporate giants with the power to keep prices high because they face little competition.
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If inflation comes up at the dinner table, don’t forget to draw attention to a deeper structural driver of high prices: corporate power.
Much of the food industry is dominated by a few corporate giants with the power to keep prices high because they face little competition.
Much of the food industry is dominated by a few corporate giants with the power to keep prices high because they face little competition.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy
Reposted by Orval Osborne
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
The 2008 crisis was the most deeply scarring event ever to befall housing, people keep trying to find some other explanation and there isn't one, thanks @deanbaker13.bsky.social
cepr.net/publications...
cepr.net/publications...
Ezra Klein Needs to Look More Closely at His Housing Chart
A look at why today’s housing shortage stems less from zoning and more from the long shadow of the 2008 housing bubble and its collapse.
cepr.net
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The 2008 crisis was the most deeply scarring event ever to befall housing, people keep trying to find some other explanation and there isn't one, thanks @deanbaker13.bsky.social
cepr.net/publications...
cepr.net/publications...
Reposted by Orval Osborne
The Nation's Jeet Heer (X: @HeerJeet, @jeetheer.bsky.social) writes: “It seems that Epstein was not a CIA or Mossad asset—not because he didn’t have it in him, but because that was too lowly a role. Rather, he was a power broker, an American oligarch, who played...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Nation's Jeet Heer (X: @HeerJeet, @jeetheer.bsky.social) writes: “It seems that Epstein was not a CIA or Mossad asset—not because he didn’t have it in him, but because that was too lowly a role. Rather, he was a power broker, an American oligarch, who played...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Reposted by Orval Osborne
Chris Murphy should be in Chuck Schumers leadership position. He is one of the few who is fighting back in the Senate.
May 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Chris Murphy should be in Chuck Schumers leadership position. He is one of the few who is fighting back in the Senate.
Powerful argument that Ezra Klein gets this wrong. Pro-choice position helps Democrats in most red states.
In 2025 America, telling Democrats to run “pro‑life Democrats” isn’t the savvy strategy Klein thinks it is. Instead, it’s urging them to normalize the same authoritarian threat they’re supposed to defeat.
open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/...
What Ezra Klein Gets Wrong About Abortion and Authoritarianism
If you wouldn’t trade away voting rights to win a Senate seat, don’t trade away bodily autonomy either. In 2025, it's the same fight.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Powerful argument that Ezra Klein gets this wrong. Pro-choice position helps Democrats in most red states.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
Old enough to remember when raping children was a dealbreaker in politics.
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Old enough to remember when raping children was a dealbreaker in politics.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
On day 1. Fix inflation and lower prices, end war in Ukraine, release the Epstein files. We all knew he was a lying SOS.
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
On day 1. Fix inflation and lower prices, end war in Ukraine, release the Epstein files. We all knew he was a lying SOS.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
Reposted by Orval Osborne
HOLY SH*T this ad doesn’t pull any punches!
And we're here for it. Because if you are protecting pedophiles, you’ve got it coming.
Share. This. Everywhere. And follow the ad's creator, @_joejacobson_!
#ReleaseTheFiles
And we're here for it. Because if you are protecting pedophiles, you’ve got it coming.
Share. This. Everywhere. And follow the ad's creator, @_joejacobson_!
#ReleaseTheFiles
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
HOLY SH*T this ad doesn’t pull any punches!
And we're here for it. Because if you are protecting pedophiles, you’ve got it coming.
Share. This. Everywhere. And follow the ad's creator, @_joejacobson_!
#ReleaseTheFiles
And we're here for it. Because if you are protecting pedophiles, you’ve got it coming.
Share. This. Everywhere. And follow the ad's creator, @_joejacobson_!
#ReleaseTheFiles
Reposted by Orval Osborne
NYT owes us a front-page apology. Biden may have been tone-deaf in his comments on the economy. That is HUGELY different from Trump telling outright lies cepr.net/publications...
Being Tone Deaf Is Not the Same as Telling Outright Lies: That Should be Obvious
Media are not doing a good job explaining the ways that Trump lies about the economy.
cepr.net
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NYT owes us a front-page apology. Biden may have been tone-deaf in his comments on the economy. That is HUGELY different from Trump telling outright lies cepr.net/publications...
Reposted by Orval Osborne
The under-reaction to the lawless activities of ICE/Border Patrol in Chicago is truly alarming.
EVERY elected official who believes in the Constitution and rule of law should be protesting ICE loudly.
EVERY elected official who believes in the Constitution and rule of law should be protesting ICE loudly.
An absolute powerhouse of a @propublica.org team has done what U.S. officials refuse to do: identify the men and women swept up in that midnight raid in Chicago. Life in the building was not perfect, but reporters found little evidence to back up government claims: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The under-reaction to the lawless activities of ICE/Border Patrol in Chicago is truly alarming.
EVERY elected official who believes in the Constitution and rule of law should be protesting ICE loudly.
EVERY elected official who believes in the Constitution and rule of law should be protesting ICE loudly.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
Reposted by Orval Osborne
Trump says no more freedom of religion in America blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Trump says no more freedom of religion in America blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...