Reluctant Navigator
@pkolbenschlag.bsky.social
"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict" Dr. MLK,Jr
Aspiring change agent📢Occasional gadfly🪰Always anti-fascist🏴
👉 Older now w/fewer Fs to give.
Rural and unaffiliated 👨🌾 Left Slope of Rockies
Aspiring change agent📢Occasional gadfly🪰Always anti-fascist🏴
👉 Older now w/fewer Fs to give.
Rural and unaffiliated 👨🌾 Left Slope of Rockies
Pinned
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
It's a damn Golden Age.
“What we’re seeing is resilience: families are finding more ways to stretch their dollar, business owners are rolling up their sleeves to keep their doors open, and people are finding new ways to make ends meet."
-U.S. Bureau of #DoorDash Statistics
#copolitics
“What we’re seeing is resilience: families are finding more ways to stretch their dollar, business owners are rolling up their sleeves to keep their doors open, and people are finding new ways to make ends meet."
-U.S. Bureau of #DoorDash Statistics
#copolitics
Meanwhile EVERY Colorado House Republican joined conference colleagues to award 8 GOP Senators-including very richest of already rich "public servants"-with some sweet million $$ self-dealt taxpayer-cash payola.
But yeah, it's hungry folks robbing us.
#copolitics
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
But yeah, it's hungry folks robbing us.
#copolitics
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
The move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the nation’s largest anti-hunger program and get rid of “fraud.”
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Meanwhile EVERY Colorado House Republican joined conference colleagues to award 8 GOP Senators-including very richest of already rich "public servants"-with some sweet million $$ self-dealt taxpayer-cash payola.
But yeah, it's hungry folks robbing us.
#copolitics
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
But yeah, it's hungry folks robbing us.
#copolitics
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Child sex trafficking among rich and powerful men well-represented in Leader's cabinet and closest circles, is bad, OK sure.
But did you see the redactions the Democrats made?
-The U.S. Republican Party
#copolitics
But did you see the redactions the Democrats made?
-The U.S. Republican Party
#copolitics
#MAGA moral relativism is a rapid descent with no clear bottom.
Whatever "personal integrity" means in American Republicanism now is like some through the looking glass down the rabbit hole mad hatter shit.
#copolitics #releasethefiles
Whatever "personal integrity" means in American Republicanism now is like some through the looking glass down the rabbit hole mad hatter shit.
#copolitics #releasethefiles
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Child sex trafficking among rich and powerful men well-represented in Leader's cabinet and closest circles, is bad, OK sure.
But did you see the redactions the Democrats made?
-The U.S. Republican Party
#copolitics
But did you see the redactions the Democrats made?
-The U.S. Republican Party
#copolitics
#MAGA moral relativism is a rapid descent with no clear bottom.
Whatever "personal integrity" means in American Republicanism now is like some through the looking glass down the rabbit hole mad hatter shit.
#copolitics #releasethefiles
Whatever "personal integrity" means in American Republicanism now is like some through the looking glass down the rabbit hole mad hatter shit.
#copolitics #releasethefiles
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#MAGA moral relativism is a rapid descent with no clear bottom.
Whatever "personal integrity" means in American Republicanism now is like some through the looking glass down the rabbit hole mad hatter shit.
#copolitics #releasethefiles
Whatever "personal integrity" means in American Republicanism now is like some through the looking glass down the rabbit hole mad hatter shit.
#copolitics #releasethefiles
WHAT!
But #HouseGOP #ArticleNone Weaker Johnson on-vacation-so-Leader-can-do-whatever-TF-He-wants said otherwise!
"The [ #GOP admin] is preparing broad exemptions to certain tariffs in an effort to ease elevated food prices that have provoked anxiety for American consumers..."
#copolitics
But #HouseGOP #ArticleNone Weaker Johnson on-vacation-so-Leader-can-do-whatever-TF-He-wants said otherwise!
"The [ #GOP admin] is preparing broad exemptions to certain tariffs in an effort to ease elevated food prices that have provoked anxiety for American consumers..."
#copolitics
But the Court Jester Hassert and Lord Bessent of the Royal Ministry of Gilding and Grift said that the tariffs meant AMERICA was WINNING!?
#copolitics
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
#copolitics
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Trump Administration Prepares Tariff Exemptions in Bid to Lower Food Prices
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
WHAT!
But #HouseGOP #ArticleNone Weaker Johnson on-vacation-so-Leader-can-do-whatever-TF-He-wants said otherwise!
"The [ #GOP admin] is preparing broad exemptions to certain tariffs in an effort to ease elevated food prices that have provoked anxiety for American consumers..."
#copolitics
But #HouseGOP #ArticleNone Weaker Johnson on-vacation-so-Leader-can-do-whatever-TF-He-wants said otherwise!
"The [ #GOP admin] is preparing broad exemptions to certain tariffs in an effort to ease elevated food prices that have provoked anxiety for American consumers..."
#copolitics
But the Court Jester Hassert and Lord Bessent of the Royal Ministry of Gilding and Grift said that the tariffs meant AMERICA was WINNING!?
#copolitics
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
#copolitics
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Trump Administration Prepares Tariff Exemptions in Bid to Lower Food Prices
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
But the Court Jester Hassert and Lord Bessent of the Royal Ministry of Gilding and Grift said that the tariffs meant AMERICA was WINNING!?
#copolitics
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
#copolitics
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
4 Republicans out of 219 in the House signed the discharge petition for a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
FOUR. That's 1.8% of the caucus.
Now Megyn Kelly is saying 15-year-olds are fair game for trafficking?
STOP COVERING FOR PEDOPHILES, GOP! #ReleaseTheFiles
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
FOUR. That's 1.8% of the caucus.
Now Megyn Kelly is saying 15-year-olds are fair game for trafficking?
STOP COVERING FOR PEDOPHILES, GOP! #ReleaseTheFiles
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Republican Freedom says GTF in line Thinker and think what Greg Abbott tell you to!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
#copolitics
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
#copolitics
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Republican Freedom says GTF in line Thinker and think what Greg Abbott tell you to!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
#copolitics
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
#copolitics
Reposted by Reluctant Navigator
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It appears that no one has told #FoxNews about Dear Leader being all over the #EpsteinFiles yet.
#copolitics
#copolitics
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
It appears that no one has told #FoxNews about Dear Leader being all over the #EpsteinFiles yet.
#copolitics
#copolitics
The Pedophile Protection Plan is coming to the Floor of Congress.
Which #HouseGOP Members are in on the conspiracy to cover up for powerful men's child abuse and which will stand with victims?
Which #HouseGOP Members are in on the conspiracy to cover up for powerful men's child abuse and which will stand with victims?
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The Pedophile Protection Plan is coming to the Floor of Congress.
Which #HouseGOP Members are in on the conspiracy to cover up for powerful men's child abuse and which will stand with victims?
Which #HouseGOP Members are in on the conspiracy to cover up for powerful men's child abuse and which will stand with victims?
No wonder weaker Mike Leader's little Johnson kept the #HouseGOP on paid vacation for 2 months despite widespread American suffering - 47 and his cabinet are all over the #EpsteinFiles.
#copolitics
#copolitics
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
No wonder weaker Mike Leader's little Johnson kept the #HouseGOP on paid vacation for 2 months despite widespread American suffering - 47 and his cabinet are all over the #EpsteinFiles.
#copolitics
#copolitics
Moses Mike, 47's little johnson sounds more desperate than usual tonight.
I wonder if he's worried Leader won't pardon him now for his many High Crimes if he spills the beans on the #EpsteinFiles?
#copolitics
I wonder if he's worried Leader won't pardon him now for his many High Crimes if he spills the beans on the #EpsteinFiles?
#copolitics
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Moses Mike, 47's little johnson sounds more desperate than usual tonight.
I wonder if he's worried Leader won't pardon him now for his many High Crimes if he spills the beans on the #EpsteinFiles?
#copolitics
I wonder if he's worried Leader won't pardon him now for his many High Crimes if he spills the beans on the #EpsteinFiles?
#copolitics
Gazette ed board argues that supporting the 11th hour no committee hearing #SenateGOP taxpayer-funded self-dealing payola sceme for 8 already-rich living-off-taxpayers with fat-govt-healthcare old guys is the "brave" thing to do.
@denvergazette.com
#copolitics
@denvergazette.com
#copolitics
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Gazette ed board argues that supporting the 11th hour no committee hearing #SenateGOP taxpayer-funded self-dealing payola sceme for 8 already-rich living-off-taxpayers with fat-govt-healthcare old guys is the "brave" thing to do.
@denvergazette.com
#copolitics
@denvergazette.com
#copolitics
It's a damn Golden Age.
“What we’re seeing is resilience: families are finding more ways to stretch their dollar, business owners are rolling up their sleeves to keep their doors open, and people are finding new ways to make ends meet."
-U.S. Bureau of #DoorDash Statistics
#copolitics
“What we’re seeing is resilience: families are finding more ways to stretch their dollar, business owners are rolling up their sleeves to keep their doors open, and people are finding new ways to make ends meet."
-U.S. Bureau of #DoorDash Statistics
#copolitics
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It's a damn Golden Age.
“What we’re seeing is resilience: families are finding more ways to stretch their dollar, business owners are rolling up their sleeves to keep their doors open, and people are finding new ways to make ends meet."
-U.S. Bureau of #DoorDash Statistics
#copolitics
“What we’re seeing is resilience: families are finding more ways to stretch their dollar, business owners are rolling up their sleeves to keep their doors open, and people are finding new ways to make ends meet."
-U.S. Bureau of #DoorDash Statistics
#copolitics
Lawrence on #FoxAndFriends is SHOCKED Americans are not eager to trade our liberty for false security.
#copolitics
#copolitics
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Lawrence on #FoxAndFriends is SHOCKED Americans are not eager to trade our liberty for false security.
#copolitics
#copolitics
Republicans starve Americans.
#copolitics
#copolitics
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Republicans starve Americans.
#copolitics
#copolitics
Coal mining, climate activism, and care ethics.
10 Thousand Things (@10thousandthings)
My latest substack visits a coal mine to delve into feminist ethics, question environmental activism, and explore why we should invite what we do not know.
substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Coal mining, climate activism, and care ethics.
OMGosh! AP student has been challenged! What's next CRITICAL THINKING?!
"Suppes said she heard concerns from a parent that their child had read something damaging to the child’s psyche.
...parent had gone to the teacher [who was] very responsive...however, the damage was already done." #copolitics
"Suppes said she heard concerns from a parent that their child had read something damaging to the child’s psyche.
...parent had gone to the teacher [who was] very responsive...however, the damage was already done." #copolitics
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
OMGosh! AP student has been challenged! What's next CRITICAL THINKING?!
"Suppes said she heard concerns from a parent that their child had read something damaging to the child’s psyche.
...parent had gone to the teacher [who was] very responsive...however, the damage was already done." #copolitics
"Suppes said she heard concerns from a parent that their child had read something damaging to the child’s psyche.
...parent had gone to the teacher [who was] very responsive...however, the damage was already done." #copolitics
Does Doug Burgum even know he runs the National Park Service or BuRec with its primary water system in total collapse? Or nah?
He opens and closes with making money for the industry he came from.
www.foxnews.com/video/638491...
#copolitics
He opens and closes with making money for the industry he came from.
www.foxnews.com/video/638491...
#copolitics
President Trump ran on a policy of energy abundance, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says | Fox News Video
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum discusses 'delivering prosperity at home' and 'peace abroad' on 'America Reports.'
www.foxnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Does Doug Burgum even know he runs the National Park Service or BuRec with its primary water system in total collapse? Or nah?
He opens and closes with making money for the industry he came from.
www.foxnews.com/video/638491...
#copolitics
He opens and closes with making money for the industry he came from.
www.foxnews.com/video/638491...
#copolitics
Reposted by Reluctant Navigator
In an unforgettable Veterans Day moment, former President Barack Obama surprised dozens of Korean and Vietnam War veterans as their Honor Flight landed in Washington, D.C. The veterans, fresh off their flight from Madison, Wisconsin, were greeted by President Obama himself.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In an unforgettable Veterans Day moment, former President Barack Obama surprised dozens of Korean and Vietnam War veterans as their Honor Flight landed in Washington, D.C. The veterans, fresh off their flight from Madison, Wisconsin, were greeted by President Obama himself.
Destroyer of democracy, rapscallion of the Republic sings the praises of 8 dirty Democrats who done did Dear Leader's bidding.
youtu.be/peAXa8wpiuE?...
youtu.be/peAXa8wpiuE?...
'A Great Victory For The American People': Collins Celebrates Senate Passing Bill To End Shutdown
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Destroyer of democracy, rapscallion of the Republic sings the praises of 8 dirty Democrats who done did Dear Leader's bidding.
youtu.be/peAXa8wpiuE?...
youtu.be/peAXa8wpiuE?...
So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Our system is broken. Everyone knows it. We knew it before but many believed system could work thru it on autopilot and good faith will to solve problems like adults should.
That myth is destroyed. We need to rebuild on other side and 2-party zero-sum system belongs in dust bin of history IMO.
That myth is destroyed. We need to rebuild on other side and 2-party zero-sum system belongs in dust bin of history IMO.
Being unaffiliated works very well for me. I believe there is strategic benefit to it, although it is probably contextual somewhat to locality etc. But, me I recommend unaffiliated status and it feels more authentic -- for me -- too, TBH.
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Our system is broken. Everyone knows it. We knew it before but many believed system could work thru it on autopilot and good faith will to solve problems like adults should.
That myth is destroyed. We need to rebuild on other side and 2-party zero-sum system belongs in dust bin of history IMO.
That myth is destroyed. We need to rebuild on other side and 2-party zero-sum system belongs in dust bin of history IMO.