@paolsen.bsky.social
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Apparently ICE goons in multi-car caravans are circling Spanish immersion preschools in the city taunting and photographing the parents and neighbors who are patrolling the school perimeter to keep kids safe.
January 14, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Apparently ICE goons in multi-car caravans are circling Spanish immersion preschools in the city taunting and photographing the parents and neighbors who are patrolling the school perimeter to keep kids safe.
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I’ll admit, I was slow to appreciate Bernie Sanders leadership but it is crystal clear to me now. He has done more to defend and advance core values that should guide US politics than almost any other politician of this century. And now @aoc.bsky.social has joined him in that role. Is Mamdani next?
January 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I’ll admit, I was slow to appreciate Bernie Sanders leadership but it is crystal clear to me now. He has done more to defend and advance core values that should guide US politics than almost any other politician of this century. And now @aoc.bsky.social has joined him in that role. Is Mamdani next?
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It's almost as if the Enlightenment figures who founded the US had learned the lessons of Europe's wars of religion and created a secular state that would both protect worshippers from political interference, AND protect the polity from becoming dominated by religious sectarians.
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It's almost as if the Enlightenment figures who founded the US had learned the lessons of Europe's wars of religion and created a secular state that would both protect worshippers from political interference, AND protect the polity from becoming dominated by religious sectarians.
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Jane Fonda was a poster before posting existed. What a queen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Jane Fonda was a poster before posting existed. What a queen.
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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Turns out the Golden Age of MAGA was an Epstein cover-up, 600,000 Chinese students, H1-B jobs for Indians, massive deficits, pardons for fraudsters & drug traffickers, blowing up boats, 50 year mortgages, tariffs on everything, higher prices, a ballroom, & al-Qaeda in the Oval.
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Turns out the Golden Age of MAGA was an Epstein cover-up, 600,000 Chinese students, H1-B jobs for Indians, massive deficits, pardons for fraudsters & drug traffickers, blowing up boats, 50 year mortgages, tariffs on everything, higher prices, a ballroom, & al-Qaeda in the Oval.
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serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
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I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
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So Hegseth’s missiles were fired at a boat:
✅ they had no idea where it was going
✅ they had no idea who was on it
✅ they had no established authority to act
✅ but definitely wanted to murder whoever was on it
Everyone involved should rot in prison forever
✅ they had no idea where it was going
✅ they had no idea who was on it
✅ they had no established authority to act
✅ but definitely wanted to murder whoever was on it
Everyone involved should rot in prison forever
September 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
So Hegseth’s missiles were fired at a boat:
✅ they had no idea where it was going
✅ they had no idea who was on it
✅ they had no established authority to act
✅ but definitely wanted to murder whoever was on it
Everyone involved should rot in prison forever
✅ they had no idea where it was going
✅ they had no idea who was on it
✅ they had no established authority to act
✅ but definitely wanted to murder whoever was on it
Everyone involved should rot in prison forever
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The United States of America: No Kings since 1776.
Donald Trump: Russian-owned since 1978.
Donald Trump: Russian-owned since 1978.
June 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The United States of America: No Kings since 1776.
Donald Trump: Russian-owned since 1978.
Donald Trump: Russian-owned since 1978.
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If you have a public platform & spent years calming everyone down, telling us Trump was not a danger,was not racist, & arguing that the best way to deal w/Trump was to laugh at him, berated ppl who used the word fascist, insisted that the two parties are the same, admit YOU WERE WRONG.
April 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
If you have a public platform & spent years calming everyone down, telling us Trump was not a danger,was not racist, & arguing that the best way to deal w/Trump was to laugh at him, berated ppl who used the word fascist, insisted that the two parties are the same, admit YOU WERE WRONG.
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I really would like people to not focus on 2026, but to realize that the way things are going in America, there won't be elections in 2026, or 2028.
April 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I really would like people to not focus on 2026, but to realize that the way things are going in America, there won't be elections in 2026, or 2028.
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We haven’t reached bottom yet.
Because there is no bottom to his moral depravity.
Because there is no bottom to his moral depravity.
April 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We haven’t reached bottom yet.
Because there is no bottom to his moral depravity.
Because there is no bottom to his moral depravity.
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i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record
April 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record
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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
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Something I can't get over about the Trump presidency is just how humiliating it looks from the outside, just total and utter humiliation on the world stage, how pathetic it looks that a president is hawking his billionaire pal's garbage cars from the office, there's no other way to describe it.
March 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Something I can't get over about the Trump presidency is just how humiliating it looks from the outside, just total and utter humiliation on the world stage, how pathetic it looks that a president is hawking his billionaire pal's garbage cars from the office, there's no other way to describe it.
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
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What's the difference between firing someone "for DEI" and firing them because they are Black?
February 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
What's the difference between firing someone "for DEI" and firing them because they are Black?
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Elon Musk is a terrible president.
February 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Elon Musk is a terrible president.
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There has never been a larger gap in my (admittedly quite short) professional life between how lay folks and law profs are talking about what is happening in government right now. So much of what Trump is doing is just blatantly illegal — often in several ways at once.
February 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
There has never been a larger gap in my (admittedly quite short) professional life between how lay folks and law profs are talking about what is happening in government right now. So much of what Trump is doing is just blatantly illegal — often in several ways at once.
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THIS is how it’s done, folks.
December 14, 2024 at 1:49 PM
THIS is how it’s done, folks.