@peristeroniac.bsky.social
This was definitely worth the watch. A very thoughtful discussion on what it means to be in a democracy, and the dangers that we face when we take that for granted. 🧵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw-O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw-O...
Historian Timothy Snyder on the future of American Democracy & the Rule of Law.
YouTube video by democracyFIRST
www.youtube.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This was definitely worth the watch. A very thoughtful discussion on what it means to be in a democracy, and the dangers that we face when we take that for granted. 🧵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw-O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw-O...
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I can’t resist a bird in a hole really…
April 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I can’t resist a bird in a hole really…
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Tim Miller's (@timmiller.bsky.social) heartbreaking video says it all. This is not America.
The actions by tRump and his cronies amount to sadistic, performative cruelty, underwritten by lies and evasion.
A total shitshow that cannot be allowed to go on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8z2...
The actions by tRump and his cronies amount to sadistic, performative cruelty, underwritten by lies and evasion.
A total shitshow that cannot be allowed to go on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8z2...
BRUTAL New 60 Minutes Report Exposes Trump Admin Crimes
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Tim Miller's (@timmiller.bsky.social) heartbreaking video says it all. This is not America.
The actions by tRump and his cronies amount to sadistic, performative cruelty, underwritten by lies and evasion.
A total shitshow that cannot be allowed to go on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8z2...
The actions by tRump and his cronies amount to sadistic, performative cruelty, underwritten by lies and evasion.
A total shitshow that cannot be allowed to go on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8z2...
So proud of Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov for doing all he can to protect the due process rights of former Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia!
But we can't stop there. None of the 261 people who are incarcerated in CECOT were given trials, and we must demand justice for all of them, including:🧵
But we can't stop there. None of the 261 people who are incarcerated in CECOT were given trials, and we must demand justice for all of them, including:🧵
April 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So proud of Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov for doing all he can to protect the due process rights of former Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia!
But we can't stop there. None of the 261 people who are incarcerated in CECOT were given trials, and we must demand justice for all of them, including:🧵
But we can't stop there. None of the 261 people who are incarcerated in CECOT were given trials, and we must demand justice for all of them, including:🧵
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
Thank you Senator Van Hollen for standing up for the Constitutional rights of your Maryland residents!
Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family.
I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.
I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.
April 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Thank you Senator Van Hollen for standing up for the Constitutional rights of your Maryland residents!
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TODAY WE MOBILIZED OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION!!!
This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.
It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.
#50501movement
This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.
It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.
#50501movement
April 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
TODAY WE MOBILIZED OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION!!!
This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.
It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.
#50501movement
This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.
It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.
#50501movement
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I saved so many screenshots of corvids painting because of reasons.
April 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I saved so many screenshots of corvids painting because of reasons.
Just had a political convo with a MAGA fam member without fighting w/ eachother. She's still batshit brainwashed by the Kool aid and supporting candidates who will destroy everything I care about of course. But at least I figured out that if I don't try to convince her of anything, we can talk? 🧵
April 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Just had a political convo with a MAGA fam member without fighting w/ eachother. She's still batshit brainwashed by the Kool aid and supporting candidates who will destroy everything I care about of course. But at least I figured out that if I don't try to convince her of anything, we can talk? 🧵
Thank you Senator Booker for your inspiring words and actions on the Senate floor today!
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Thank you Senator Booker for your inspiring words and actions on the Senate floor today!
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Breaking News: Susan Crawford, a liberal judge, won a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court seat despite $25 million in spending by Elon Musk on her opponent.
Susan Crawford Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, Despite Elon Musk’s Millions
Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel for a State Supreme Court seat in a race that shattered spending records and maintained a liberal majority on the court.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Breaking News: Susan Crawford, a liberal judge, won a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court seat despite $25 million in spending by Elon Musk on her opponent.
No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law --5th Amendment of the Constitution
SENDING A GUY TO AN EL SALVADORIAN PRISON WITH NO TRIAL AND NO RECOURSE AND NO MEANS TO APPEAL IS DEEPLY UNAMERICAN, UNCONSITUTIONAL, AND UNCONSCIONABLE.
SENDING A GUY TO AN EL SALVADORIAN PRISON WITH NO TRIAL AND NO RECOURSE AND NO MEANS TO APPEAL IS DEEPLY UNAMERICAN, UNCONSITUTIONAL, AND UNCONSCIONABLE.
Rage rant about the government admitting they wrongly sent a man to the El Salvador gulag and are not going to do anything about it.
youtu.be/2LScwsPP9oc?...
youtu.be/2LScwsPP9oc?...
This Isn’t a Mistake — It’s Evil
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtu.be
April 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law --5th Amendment of the Constitution
SENDING A GUY TO AN EL SALVADORIAN PRISON WITH NO TRIAL AND NO RECOURSE AND NO MEANS TO APPEAL IS DEEPLY UNAMERICAN, UNCONSITUTIONAL, AND UNCONSCIONABLE.
SENDING A GUY TO AN EL SALVADORIAN PRISON WITH NO TRIAL AND NO RECOURSE AND NO MEANS TO APPEAL IS DEEPLY UNAMERICAN, UNCONSITUTIONAL, AND UNCONSCIONABLE.
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WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
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Cory Booker has been holding the Senate floor for *15 hours* to call out Trump’s harm to Americans.
More of this energy from every Democrat please.
More of this energy from every Democrat please.
April 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Cory Booker has been holding the Senate floor for *15 hours* to call out Trump’s harm to Americans.
More of this energy from every Democrat please.
More of this energy from every Democrat please.
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We’re going to annex Canada and invade Greenland but we can’t request return of an innocent man from El Salvador.
April 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We’re going to annex Canada and invade Greenland but we can’t request return of an innocent man from El Salvador.
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Republican Congresswoman Victoria Spartz just claimed at a town hall that people in America are not guaranteed the constitutional right to due process: “You break the law, you don't have due process.”
Republican congresswoman booed at a town hall in Indiana
As with other town halls held by Republicans across the country, Congresswoman Victoria Spartz was met in her Indiana district by a group of angry constituents who challenged her on the decisions bein...
apnews.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Republican Congresswoman Victoria Spartz just claimed at a town hall that people in America are not guaranteed the constitutional right to due process: “You break the law, you don't have due process.”
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Finally! The clock on my oven is now correct again rather than being an hour ahead, and it’ll stay that way for the next six months…
(Sometimes I can be very lazy.)
(Sometimes I can be very lazy.)
March 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Finally! The clock on my oven is now correct again rather than being an hour ahead, and it’ll stay that way for the next six months…
(Sometimes I can be very lazy.)
(Sometimes I can be very lazy.)
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“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
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"Like the idea that people now are fleeing communism, and then we are treating them as if we are the communist autocrats, where you get no due process, you have no rights, and we just send you into a fucking gulag in another country. It is just absolutely enraging." - @timmiller.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Like the idea that people now are fleeing communism, and then we are treating them as if we are the communist autocrats, where you get no due process, you have no rights, and we just send you into a fucking gulag in another country. It is just absolutely enraging." - @timmiller.bsky.social
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It seemed like nothing was happening…and it was mighty slow, but after six hours of patience, I ended up with some pretty special bird photos…and a bobcat! See comments for photos of bobcat! Quintana, TX. #birdsky #springmigration #photosky
March 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It seemed like nothing was happening…and it was mighty slow, but after six hours of patience, I ended up with some pretty special bird photos…and a bobcat! See comments for photos of bobcat! Quintana, TX. #birdsky #springmigration #photosky
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"Let’s pretend that this abduction took place in a state with a broad stand-your-ground law. Would Ozturk have been justified to use deadly force to defend herself?"
We're not the ones who made this a necessary question to ask.
We're not the ones who made this a necessary question to ask.
Five Questions for America’s Secret Police
Plus: DOGE tries to kill America’s most important seed bank.
www.thebulwark.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Let’s pretend that this abduction took place in a state with a broad stand-your-ground law. Would Ozturk have been justified to use deadly force to defend herself?"
We're not the ones who made this a necessary question to ask.
We're not the ones who made this a necessary question to ask.
From @thebulwark.bsky.social, an excellent and heartfelt conversation between @timmiller.bsky.social and @jonlovett.bsky.social:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iegg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iegg...
Trump 2.0 Is A Horrible Combination of CHAOS, CRUELTY, AND INCOMPETENCE (w/ Jon Lovett)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
From @thebulwark.bsky.social, an excellent and heartfelt conversation between @timmiller.bsky.social and @jonlovett.bsky.social:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iegg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iegg...
Trump’s DELUSIONAL Plan To Take Greenland Makes Us The BAD GUYS
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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My thoughts on the Signal business: "nobody wearing an American military uniform can doubt that if they took details of an ongoing operation off a classified system and transmitted them on an unclassified commercial platform, they would be court martialled and probably go to prison."
www.aei.org
March 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My thoughts on the Signal business: "nobody wearing an American military uniform can doubt that if they took details of an ongoing operation off a classified system and transmitted them on an unclassified commercial platform, they would be court martialled and probably go to prison."
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Martial Law.
It’s the elephant in the room.
It’s what authoritarians resort to when the tide turns against them.
It’s what the authoritarian in this White House is setting the stage for.
🧵…
It’s the elephant in the room.
It’s what authoritarians resort to when the tide turns against them.
It’s what the authoritarian in this White House is setting the stage for.
🧵…
March 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Martial Law.
It’s the elephant in the room.
It’s what authoritarians resort to when the tide turns against them.
It’s what the authoritarian in this White House is setting the stage for.
🧵…
It’s the elephant in the room.
It’s what authoritarians resort to when the tide turns against them.
It’s what the authoritarian in this White House is setting the stage for.
🧵…