Eric Blair
@protecttruth.bsky.social
Status Quo Politics is holding us back. Who will call for a big fight, and big change? The status quo cannot hold.
SCOTUS delenda est
SCOTUS delenda est
Ok ok just for tonight then we are done with this:
Kyrsten Sinema? Laura Ingraham? Sinema?!? How did I miss that
Kyrsten Sinema? Laura Ingraham? Sinema?!? How did I miss that
![condition. 1421 Olbermann has dated several
women involved in politics and journalism, including Katy Tur, Laura Ingraham, Kyrsten
Sinema and Olivia Nuzzi. [143]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vklsm2d67fx7pirahnp2qd2m/bafkreiaxjgujhoqzvrvnfixkgneuqve3rx6tolq4iywhkqs6eusciavz34@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Ok ok just for tonight then we are done with this:
Kyrsten Sinema? Laura Ingraham? Sinema?!? How did I miss that
Kyrsten Sinema? Laura Ingraham? Sinema?!? How did I miss that
"The lesson is wrong"
"The surprising state!"
"A Christian answer is here!"
"Economists hate this one weird trick"
"The outstanding question"
"It's Adam Sandler, yes, Adam Sandler!"
Look at these clickbait, contrarian headlines at NYT Opinion.
NYT Opinion, under Sulzberger, is a troll factory.
"The surprising state!"
"A Christian answer is here!"
"Economists hate this one weird trick"
"The outstanding question"
"It's Adam Sandler, yes, Adam Sandler!"
Look at these clickbait, contrarian headlines at NYT Opinion.
NYT Opinion, under Sulzberger, is a troll factory.
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"The lesson is wrong"
"The surprising state!"
"A Christian answer is here!"
"Economists hate this one weird trick"
"The outstanding question"
"It's Adam Sandler, yes, Adam Sandler!"
Look at these clickbait, contrarian headlines at NYT Opinion.
NYT Opinion, under Sulzberger, is a troll factory.
"The surprising state!"
"A Christian answer is here!"
"Economists hate this one weird trick"
"The outstanding question"
"It's Adam Sandler, yes, Adam Sandler!"
Look at these clickbait, contrarian headlines at NYT Opinion.
NYT Opinion, under Sulzberger, is a troll factory.
Blocked some more accounts today.
If the right was running an active disinformation campaign on Bluesky to divide the left and help Republicans, how would it look different than this? This is dimwitted. At best.
If the right was running an active disinformation campaign on Bluesky to divide the left and help Republicans, how would it look different than this? This is dimwitted. At best.
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Blocked some more accounts today.
If the right was running an active disinformation campaign on Bluesky to divide the left and help Republicans, how would it look different than this? This is dimwitted. At best.
If the right was running an active disinformation campaign on Bluesky to divide the left and help Republicans, how would it look different than this? This is dimwitted. At best.
Bill Barr may have tried to paper over his crimes at DOJ during Trump I, but he must be tried and imprisoned. He was an architect of the occupation of DC and the raid on BLM plaza. We must know what he knew about family separation, lawless pardons, and obstruction.
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Bill Barr may have tried to paper over his crimes at DOJ during Trump I, but he must be tried and imprisoned. He was an architect of the occupation of DC and the raid on BLM plaza. We must know what he knew about family separation, lawless pardons, and obstruction.
This was the first weekend Thune brought the Senate into session since the shutdown, and it was the first Sunday workday for Senators since Feb 2024.
“but I am the tired“ indeed
“but I am the tired“ indeed
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This was the first weekend Thune brought the Senate into session since the shutdown, and it was the first Sunday workday for Senators since Feb 2024.
“but I am the tired“ indeed
“but I am the tired“ indeed
Also this. don’t discount this
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Also this. don’t discount this
writer at the Cook Political Report
Example of how the DC media and thinktank world is wired for the Republican Party
Example of how the DC media and thinktank world is wired for the Republican Party
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
writer at the Cook Political Report
Example of how the DC media and thinktank world is wired for the Republican Party
Example of how the DC media and thinktank world is wired for the Republican Party
This is the way I feel about the Federalist Society and Leonard Leo donor money.
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This is the way I feel about the Federalist Society and Leonard Leo donor money.
And many of us were calling out popularism yrs ago, and saying the root problems were media problems — that billionaires had figured out how to manipulate the information environment. @volts.wtf and @whstancil.bsky.social were on this too.
It's not too late to fix it, but we have to take it on.
It's not too late to fix it, but we have to take it on.
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
And many of us were calling out popularism yrs ago, and saying the root problems were media problems — that billionaires had figured out how to manipulate the information environment. @volts.wtf and @whstancil.bsky.social were on this too.
It's not too late to fix it, but we have to take it on.
It's not too late to fix it, but we have to take it on.
I did workshop it somewhat
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I did workshop it somewhat
I feel good about this old tweet
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I feel good about this old tweet
This is a truly spectacular ratio.
This is the real reason people who are not liberal/left/pro-freedom-and-democracy hate Bluesky: They face consequences here for bad ideas
This is the real reason people who are not liberal/left/pro-freedom-and-democracy hate Bluesky: They face consequences here for bad ideas
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This is a truly spectacular ratio.
This is the real reason people who are not liberal/left/pro-freedom-and-democracy hate Bluesky: They face consequences here for bad ideas
This is the real reason people who are not liberal/left/pro-freedom-and-democracy hate Bluesky: They face consequences here for bad ideas
"rupert is losing his shit"
Yep.
The Murdoch NY Post is going after Mamdani, as @owillis.bsky.social shows with headlines, and the Murdoch Times of London is going after Mamdani too.
(Billionaire control of media and information outlets is the problem of our time.)
Yep.
The Murdoch NY Post is going after Mamdani, as @owillis.bsky.social shows with headlines, and the Murdoch Times of London is going after Mamdani too.
(Billionaire control of media and information outlets is the problem of our time.)
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"rupert is losing his shit"
Yep.
The Murdoch NY Post is going after Mamdani, as @owillis.bsky.social shows with headlines, and the Murdoch Times of London is going after Mamdani too.
(Billionaire control of media and information outlets is the problem of our time.)
Yep.
The Murdoch NY Post is going after Mamdani, as @owillis.bsky.social shows with headlines, and the Murdoch Times of London is going after Mamdani too.
(Billionaire control of media and information outlets is the problem of our time.)
"Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
October 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
"Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
The other place we should look at word choice is McDonald’s statement.
She notably does NOT say “I knew that he knew what the tattoo meant.” She said “based on his interests it is not plausible he didn’t know.”
She notably does NOT say “I knew that he knew what the tattoo meant.” She said “based on his interests it is not plausible he didn’t know.”
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The other place we should look at word choice is McDonald’s statement.
She notably does NOT say “I knew that he knew what the tattoo meant.” She said “based on his interests it is not plausible he didn’t know.”
She notably does NOT say “I knew that he knew what the tattoo meant.” She said “based on his interests it is not plausible he didn’t know.”
The fact that @podsaveamerica.crooked.com is primarily on Musk's Twitter, and barely on bluesky, is a choice.
Forget about tattoos for a second.
Pod Save/Crooked are embracing MechaHitler, the Nazi bar.
Tommy Vietor knows better.
Forget about tattoos for a second.
Pod Save/Crooked are embracing MechaHitler, the Nazi bar.
Tommy Vietor knows better.
October 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The fact that @podsaveamerica.crooked.com is primarily on Musk's Twitter, and barely on bluesky, is a choice.
Forget about tattoos for a second.
Pod Save/Crooked are embracing MechaHitler, the Nazi bar.
Tommy Vietor knows better.
Forget about tattoos for a second.
Pod Save/Crooked are embracing MechaHitler, the Nazi bar.
Tommy Vietor knows better.
Tolkien had a lot to say about this.
“The way of the Ring to my heart is through pity, pity for weakness and the desire of strength to do good…”
The Ring is money.
The antidote is democracy and distributing power— giving power to the People, and taking it from billionaires.
“The way of the Ring to my heart is through pity, pity for weakness and the desire of strength to do good…”
The Ring is money.
The antidote is democracy and distributing power— giving power to the People, and taking it from billionaires.
October 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Tolkien had a lot to say about this.
“The way of the Ring to my heart is through pity, pity for weakness and the desire of strength to do good…”
The Ring is money.
The antidote is democracy and distributing power— giving power to the People, and taking it from billionaires.
“The way of the Ring to my heart is through pity, pity for weakness and the desire of strength to do good…”
The Ring is money.
The antidote is democracy and distributing power— giving power to the People, and taking it from billionaires.
people who are “self-censoring“ generally are cowards who cannot defend their own ideas (which are usually bad ideas).
Also when someone says “people self-censor” that is generally a proxy way to say that they themselves self-censor.
Also when someone says “people self-censor” that is generally a proxy way to say that they themselves self-censor.
October 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
people who are “self-censoring“ generally are cowards who cannot defend their own ideas (which are usually bad ideas).
Also when someone says “people self-censor” that is generally a proxy way to say that they themselves self-censor.
Also when someone says “people self-censor” that is generally a proxy way to say that they themselves self-censor.
For all the discussion of stopping Mothership and related scam/spam PACs from texting us, it looks like Graham Platner has the best plan to stop them:
Campaign hard against fundraising spam.
Campaign hard against fundraising spam.
October 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
For all the discussion of stopping Mothership and related scam/spam PACs from texting us, it looks like Graham Platner has the best plan to stop them:
Campaign hard against fundraising spam.
Campaign hard against fundraising spam.
And this from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is great too.
“ I think when you've been in politics, chmbed the ladder, gotten to a position of authority, sometimes, for whatever reason, some of the risk-taking instincts that you might have had earlier
in your career maybe disappear a bit.”
“ I think when you've been in politics, chmbed the ladder, gotten to a position of authority, sometimes, for whatever reason, some of the risk-taking instincts that you might have had earlier
in your career maybe disappear a bit.”
October 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
And this from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is great too.
“ I think when you've been in politics, chmbed the ladder, gotten to a position of authority, sometimes, for whatever reason, some of the risk-taking instincts that you might have had earlier
in your career maybe disappear a bit.”
“ I think when you've been in politics, chmbed the ladder, gotten to a position of authority, sometimes, for whatever reason, some of the risk-taking instincts that you might have had earlier
in your career maybe disappear a bit.”
The Fairness Doctrine was about increasing speech diversity and preventing billionaires from filling the airwaves with one kind of speech.
It was one of many tools the FCC used to prevent the wealthy and powerful from controlling our media.
It was one of many tools the FCC used to prevent the wealthy and powerful from controlling our media.
October 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Fairness Doctrine was about increasing speech diversity and preventing billionaires from filling the airwaves with one kind of speech.
It was one of many tools the FCC used to prevent the wealthy and powerful from controlling our media.
It was one of many tools the FCC used to prevent the wealthy and powerful from controlling our media.
This was a few decades after the creation of the FCC — 1968 — but this FCC commissioner outlines how a main function of the FCC is to stop "Media Barons" [billionaires] from harming the public interest.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
October 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This was a few decades after the creation of the FCC — 1968 — but this FCC commissioner outlines how a main function of the FCC is to stop "Media Barons" [billionaires] from harming the public interest.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
This CBS News article says that Democratic leadership told the safe seat members to be silent on everything but health care. Aguilar said “everything else is a distraction.” He’s the caucus chair!
Do the ”Groups” people not understand how the party works? It’s crazy
Do the ”Groups” people not understand how the party works? It’s crazy
October 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This CBS News article says that Democratic leadership told the safe seat members to be silent on everything but health care. Aguilar said “everything else is a distraction.” He’s the caucus chair!
Do the ”Groups” people not understand how the party works? It’s crazy
Do the ”Groups” people not understand how the party works? It’s crazy