P.J. Trombley
@ptrombley.bsky.social
Formerly Sunflower Seeds on twitter
1. Fox "news" is the ringleader of a multi-billion dollar agit-prop machine. 2. SLAVA UKRAINI! 3. Dogs rule. 4. Avid member of The Bulwark 5. TB Lightning HOCKEY! 6. Florida Water Family, Gulf of Mexico
1. Fox "news" is the ringleader of a multi-billion dollar agit-prop machine. 2. SLAVA UKRAINI! 3. Dogs rule. 4. Avid member of The Bulwark 5. TB Lightning HOCKEY! 6. Florida Water Family, Gulf of Mexico
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P.J. Trombley
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· Jan 4
Opinion | The Illuminations of Hannah Arendt (Gift Article)
Her work has taken on a new urgency in our own dark times.
www.nytimes.com
Gift article.
The Illuminations of Hannah Arendt
“Freedom of opinion is a farce unless factual information is guaranteed and the facts themselves are not in dispute.”
www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/o...
The Illuminations of Hannah Arendt
“Freedom of opinion is a farce unless factual information is guaranteed and the facts themselves are not in dispute.”
www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/o...
How Florida—Yes, Florida—Complicates Trump’s Obamacare Attacks
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How Florida—Yes, Florida—Complicates Trump’s Obamacare Attacks
Republicans claim fraud is inherent in the Affordable Care Act. The Sunshine State shows the problem isn’t about the law.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
How Florida—Yes, Florida—Complicates Trump’s Obamacare Attacks
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While my company (climateresilienthomes dot com) and this lens on evaluating potential homes is new, my analysis of the coming upheaval in the housing market due to climate change is not. Here's a still highly relevant post I wrote in 2022. climatechangeandyourhome.substack.com/p/climate-ch...
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Climate change and housing bubbles
As home insurance gets repriced to accurately reflect climate risks, look out
climatechangeandyourhome.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
While my company (climateresilienthomes dot com) and this lens on evaluating potential homes is new, my analysis of the coming upheaval in the housing market due to climate change is not. Here's a still highly relevant post I wrote in 2022. climatechangeandyourhome.substack.com/p/climate-ch...
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How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
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(Explore this gift article from The NY Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.)
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Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
(Explore this gift article from The NY Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
(Explore this gift article from The NY Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.)
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What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
by Lt. Gen. (ret) Marc Hertling
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by Lt. Gen. (ret) Marc Hertling
@thebulwark.com
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What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
And why it matters there are two military oaths.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
by Lt. Gen. (ret) Marc Hertling
@thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
by Lt. Gen. (ret) Marc Hertling
@thebulwark.com
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After 4 years of war with the Nazis, Stalin and the Russians had conquered Berlin.
After 4 years of war against Ukraine, Putin and the Russians still have not taken all of Pokrovsk just 40 km from where they started their invasion.
Russia is the one who NEEDS this "peace" deal.
After 4 years of war against Ukraine, Putin and the Russians still have not taken all of Pokrovsk just 40 km from where they started their invasion.
Russia is the one who NEEDS this "peace" deal.
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 AM
After 4 years of war with the Nazis, Stalin and the Russians had conquered Berlin.
After 4 years of war against Ukraine, Putin and the Russians still have not taken all of Pokrovsk just 40 km from where they started their invasion.
Russia is the one who NEEDS this "peace" deal.
After 4 years of war against Ukraine, Putin and the Russians still have not taken all of Pokrovsk just 40 km from where they started their invasion.
Russia is the one who NEEDS this "peace" deal.
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When Texas tried to steal 5 seats, I said to watch the litigation my law firm had filed because we had a good chance of winning in court. Today a federal court BLOCKED THE MAP.
While the legacy media ignored our case, Democracy Docket covered it from gavel to gavel. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
While the legacy media ignored our case, Democracy Docket covered it from gavel to gavel. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
When Texas tried to steal 5 seats, I said to watch the litigation my law firm had filed because we had a good chance of winning in court. Today a federal court BLOCKED THE MAP.
While the legacy media ignored our case, Democracy Docket covered it from gavel to gavel. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
While the legacy media ignored our case, Democracy Docket covered it from gavel to gavel. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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"What animal to dress up as for the protest? A giant dachshund in a top hat won me over, though I admit I hadn’t thought through the potential risks of dressing up as a dog to protest an agency commanded by Kristi Noem."
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November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"What animal to dress up as for the protest? A giant dachshund in a top hat won me over, though I admit I hadn’t thought through the potential risks of dressing up as a dog to protest an agency commanded by Kristi Noem."
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Despots weaponize their opponents' compassion against them. Trump wants to use people's pain as extortion to get Democrats to fund his corruption. I didn't want the shutdown, but Democrats would be suckers to knowingly vote for a budget that destroys our democracy.
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Despots weaponize their opponents' compassion against them. Trump wants to use people's pain as extortion to get Democrats to fund his corruption. I didn't want the shutdown, but Democrats would be suckers to knowingly vote for a budget that destroys our democracy.
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Bill Pulte's confidant, Lauren Smith, illegally provided confidential mortgage data to a competitor, alarming senior officials at Fannie Mae.
The senior officials who sounded the alarm were then forced out of Fannie Mae, along with internal ethics watchdogs.
Bill Pulte's confidant, Lauren Smith, illegally provided confidential mortgage data to a competitor, alarming senior officials at Fannie Mae.
The senior officials who sounded the alarm were then forced out of Fannie Mae, along with internal ethics watchdogs.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Bill Pulte's confidant, Lauren Smith, illegally provided confidential mortgage data to a competitor, alarming senior officials at Fannie Mae.
The senior officials who sounded the alarm were then forced out of Fannie Mae, along with internal ethics watchdogs.
Bill Pulte's confidant, Lauren Smith, illegally provided confidential mortgage data to a competitor, alarming senior officials at Fannie Mae.
The senior officials who sounded the alarm were then forced out of Fannie Mae, along with internal ethics watchdogs.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
by Rachel Bitecofer
"If we’re going to make responsible decisions — as citizens, as families, as a country — we need to understand where the United States actually sits on the authoritarian risk timeline."
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by Rachel Bitecofer
"If we’re going to make responsible decisions — as citizens, as families, as a country — we need to understand where the United States actually sits on the authoritarian risk timeline."
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
by Rachel Bitecofer
"If we’re going to make responsible decisions — as citizens, as families, as a country — we need to understand where the United States actually sits on the authoritarian risk timeline."
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
by Rachel Bitecofer
"If we’re going to make responsible decisions — as citizens, as families, as a country — we need to understand where the United States actually sits on the authoritarian risk timeline."
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
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So Trump has been mortgage price fixing to hurt consumers. Cherry on the cake this week!!
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
So Trump has been mortgage price fixing to hurt consumers. Cherry on the cake this week!!
GIFT article NYTimes. No paywall.
"Without the real Department of Justice we have long taken for granted, public servants predict, malevolent actors can freely engage in crimes knowing they will never face consequences."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
"Without the real Department of Justice we have long taken for granted, public servants predict, malevolent actors can freely engage in crimes knowing they will never face consequences."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
Opinion | All It Took for Trump to Dismantle the Justice Dept.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
GIFT article NYTimes. No paywall.
"Without the real Department of Justice we have long taken for granted, public servants predict, malevolent actors can freely engage in crimes knowing they will never face consequences."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
"Without the real Department of Justice we have long taken for granted, public servants predict, malevolent actors can freely engage in crimes knowing they will never face consequences."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
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Add it to today’s outrages list, which is already way too long: 77 prez pardons for participants in the 2020 fake electors scheme, 8 turncoat Senate Democrats, who capitulated to Repubs for nothing in return, seeing tWumpus entertain Orban in the WH & enjoy lavish banquets while Americans starve.
a bald man covering his face with his hands while another man looks on
ALT: a bald man covering his face with his hands while another man looks on
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November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Add it to today’s outrages list, which is already way too long: 77 prez pardons for participants in the 2020 fake electors scheme, 8 turncoat Senate Democrats, who capitulated to Repubs for nothing in return, seeing tWumpus entertain Orban in the WH & enjoy lavish banquets while Americans starve.
Trumps Voters Have Just FOUND OUT They're On The Menu
By Rachel Bitecofer
"Now, as December premiums land in mailboxes across America, voters will have one party to blame for the sticker shock. One man, really—Donald J. Trump...."
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By Rachel Bitecofer
"Now, as December premiums land in mailboxes across America, voters will have one party to blame for the sticker shock. One man, really—Donald J. Trump...."
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Reality Bites:
Trump’s Voters Have Just Found Out They’re on the Menu
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November 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Trumps Voters Have Just FOUND OUT They're On The Menu
By Rachel Bitecofer
"Now, as December premiums land in mailboxes across America, voters will have one party to blame for the sticker shock. One man, really—Donald J. Trump...."
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
By Rachel Bitecofer
"Now, as December premiums land in mailboxes across America, voters will have one party to blame for the sticker shock. One man, really—Donald J. Trump...."
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Marc Andreessen as Avatar for Societal Decay
Lordy, this guy is a piece of sh!^.
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Lordy, this guy is a piece of sh!^.
www.infinitescroll.us/p/marc-andre...
Marc Andreessen as Avatar for Societal Decay
How one venture capitalist represents everything wrong with social media
www.infinitescroll.us
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Marc Andreessen as Avatar for Societal Decay
Lordy, this guy is a piece of sh!^.
www.infinitescroll.us/p/marc-andre...
Lordy, this guy is a piece of sh!^.
www.infinitescroll.us/p/marc-andre...
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Perhaps someone with a lawyerly background can correct me, but isn't this an ex post facto law?
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Perhaps someone with a lawyerly background can correct me, but isn't this an ex post facto law?
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Bullies gain power when their misconduct succeeds in causing righteous people to yield in the face of wrongdoing. That’s why voting for Trump's continuing resolution - without any protection against his health care cuts or his growing illegality - is a mistake.
I voted NO.
I voted NO.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Bullies gain power when their misconduct succeeds in causing righteous people to yield in the face of wrongdoing. That’s why voting for Trump's continuing resolution - without any protection against his health care cuts or his growing illegality - is a mistake.
I voted NO.
I voted NO.
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Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
GIFT article. Read it free, no paywall.
"Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
"Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Now We Know Trump’s Kryptonite
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
GIFT article. Read it free, no paywall.
"Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
"Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
This is beyond the pale.
GIFT article.
The bill to re-open the U.S. government, passed by the Senate, gives a few Republican Senators - whose phone records were legally subpoenaed by Jack Smith - the "right" to each sue the government for half a million dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
GIFT article.
The bill to re-open the U.S. government, passed by the Senate, gives a few Republican Senators - whose phone records were legally subpoenaed by Jack Smith - the "right" to each sue the government for half a million dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This is beyond the pale.
GIFT article.
The bill to re-open the U.S. government, passed by the Senate, gives a few Republican Senators - whose phone records were legally subpoenaed by Jack Smith - the "right" to each sue the government for half a million dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
GIFT article.
The bill to re-open the U.S. government, passed by the Senate, gives a few Republican Senators - whose phone records were legally subpoenaed by Jack Smith - the "right" to each sue the government for half a million dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...