Raisin’it
@raisinit.bsky.social
Montanan, dog lover, Earth lover, mixology of Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese ancestry.
Abdominal therapy. Potion maker. Herbalist. Teacher. Hawthorn Holistic Health. Bitterroot Botanicals.
Abdominal therapy. Potion maker. Herbalist. Teacher. Hawthorn Holistic Health. Bitterroot Botanicals.
Pinned
Raisin’it
@raisinit.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Blocking left blocking right
These trumpy putlers are in my sight
🤪🤣 so bad but couldn’t resist. Next swarm of them gets a haiku!
These trumpy putlers are in my sight
🤪🤣 so bad but couldn’t resist. Next swarm of them gets a haiku!
Reposted by Raisin’it
This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
Reposted by Raisin’it
I have a review of Justice Barrett's recent book, "Listening to the Law,"in the LA Review of Books.
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Is Justice Barrett Listening? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Leah Litman prosecutes Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s new legal memoir, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution.”
lareviewofbooks.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I have a review of Justice Barrett's recent book, "Listening to the Law,"in the LA Review of Books.
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Reposted by Raisin’it
The plan was leaked by the Russians and no one in America’s historically inept administration knew what anyone else was doing so people started getting behind it because they thought it was official policy.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The plan was leaked by the Russians and no one in America’s historically inept administration knew what anyone else was doing so people started getting behind it because they thought it was official policy.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
Reposted by Raisin’it
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
Reposted by Raisin’it
An 18 year old Ukrainian named Mykola Lemyk killed a Soviet agent in Lviv to make the world see the Holodomor that Moscow was hiding.
🧵 1/4 ⬇️
🧵 1/4 ⬇️
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
An 18 year old Ukrainian named Mykola Lemyk killed a Soviet agent in Lviv to make the world see the Holodomor that Moscow was hiding.
🧵 1/4 ⬇️
🧵 1/4 ⬇️
Reposted by Raisin’it
ICYMI: The GOP is trying to pass Permitting Reform legislation that would gut protections for Tribes and communities to oppose strip mining and oil and gas drilling.
These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?
These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?
Rep. Stansbury: The GOP is trying to strip Tribal communities of their rights
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
ICYMI: The GOP is trying to pass Permitting Reform legislation that would gut protections for Tribes and communities to oppose strip mining and oil and gas drilling.
These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?
These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?
Reposted by Raisin’it
For blood-and-soil nationalists like JD Vance, there is a “Higher Truth” that overrides all else: The “homeland” is under siege, overrun with enemies who “poison the blood.” Nothing else matters. He certainly doesn’t feel bound by facts, evidence, honesty, norms, or even laws.
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
For blood-and-soil nationalists like JD Vance, there is a “Higher Truth” that overrides all else: The “homeland” is under siege, overrun with enemies who “poison the blood.” Nothing else matters. He certainly doesn’t feel bound by facts, evidence, honesty, norms, or even laws.
Reposted by Raisin’it
Don’t waste your time fact-checking these numbers, don’t engage Vance's vile propaganda as if he was advancing an argument in good faith.
Call out the underlying political project: A violent, authoritarian blood-and-soil nationalism that defines “America” as a white Christian homeland.
Call out the underlying political project: A violent, authoritarian blood-and-soil nationalism that defines “America” as a white Christian homeland.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Don’t waste your time fact-checking these numbers, don’t engage Vance's vile propaganda as if he was advancing an argument in good faith.
Call out the underlying political project: A violent, authoritarian blood-and-soil nationalism that defines “America” as a white Christian homeland.
Call out the underlying political project: A violent, authoritarian blood-and-soil nationalism that defines “America” as a white Christian homeland.
Reposted by Raisin’it
Yes, Trump dominates among the *white* working class (if defined as people without a college degree). But even here, religion played a key role: In 2024, about 86 percent of non-college white evangelicals voted for Trump – vs. only a minority of the non-evangelical white working class.
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Yes, Trump dominates among the *white* working class (if defined as people without a college degree). But even here, religion played a key role: In 2024, about 86 percent of non-college white evangelicals voted for Trump – vs. only a minority of the non-evangelical white working class.
Reposted by Raisin’it
Amon white people, the correlation between racial resentment and their vote is much, much stronger than between educational attainment and political alignment.
In fact, if you control for racial resentment, education polarization basically disappears.
In fact, if you control for racial resentment, education polarization basically disappears.
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Amon white people, the correlation between racial resentment and their vote is much, much stronger than between educational attainment and political alignment.
In fact, if you control for racial resentment, education polarization basically disappears.
In fact, if you control for racial resentment, education polarization basically disappears.
Reposted by Raisin’it
The next time - and we all know it will be very soon - you encounter someone babbling about "leftwing cancel culture" as an an equivalent to (and perhaps even the cause of) the rightwing assault on free speech, please remember this.
The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The next time - and we all know it will be very soon - you encounter someone babbling about "leftwing cancel culture" as an an equivalent to (and perhaps even the cause of) the rightwing assault on free speech, please remember this.
Reposted by Raisin’it
Trump is incapable of resisting charm, (male) charisma, and - most importantly - celebrity. He has an unquenchable desire to be near it, has been chasing it his whole life.
That's mostly it. Forget all the "He's a populist!" bullshit from both the centrist commentariat and the anti-liberal Left.
That's mostly it. Forget all the "He's a populist!" bullshit from both the centrist commentariat and the anti-liberal Left.
Every article by a 'savvy' political analyst reads like a focus group transcript with a low-information voter.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump is incapable of resisting charm, (male) charisma, and - most importantly - celebrity. He has an unquenchable desire to be near it, has been chasing it his whole life.
That's mostly it. Forget all the "He's a populist!" bullshit from both the centrist commentariat and the anti-liberal Left.
That's mostly it. Forget all the "He's a populist!" bullshit from both the centrist commentariat and the anti-liberal Left.
Reposted by Raisin’it
"his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy"
Beyond parody. And utterly disgusting.
Beyond parody. And utterly disgusting.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy"
Beyond parody. And utterly disgusting.
Beyond parody. And utterly disgusting.
Reposted by Raisin’it
"Not cool, man, make up your mind!" -- A bunch of sailors who just got new tattoos yesterday.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Not cool, man, make up your mind!" -- A bunch of sailors who just got new tattoos yesterday.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Reposted by Raisin’it
Reposted by Raisin’it
Reposted by Raisin’it
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Reposted by Raisin’it
As Ukraine marks Holodomor Remembrance Day, mourning millions of victims of Stalin's genocidal famine, it feels as though the Trump administration is happy to give Putin another chance to finish off what Stalin started. Europe should do everything in its power to help Ukraine & defeat Russia.
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As Ukraine marks Holodomor Remembrance Day, mourning millions of victims of Stalin's genocidal famine, it feels as though the Trump administration is happy to give Putin another chance to finish off what Stalin started. Europe should do everything in its power to help Ukraine & defeat Russia.
Reposted by Raisin’it
An extraordinary, beautiful, and heartbreaking piece by writer & environmentalist Tatiana Schlossberg (Caroline Kennedy’s daughter).
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
An extraordinary, beautiful, and heartbreaking piece by writer & environmentalist Tatiana Schlossberg (Caroline Kennedy’s daughter).
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Reposted by Raisin’it
A person in Washington State who kept backyard poultry has died from #H5N5 #flu. The person was the first known infection with this subtype of flu globally & the second recorded death in the US from an #H5 flu virus. Health authorities say there's no evidence the person spread the virus to others.
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by Raisin’it
The faint crackling sound you're hearing is the brains of all Israeli Government Ministers shortcircuit.
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The faint crackling sound you're hearing is the brains of all Israeli Government Ministers shortcircuit.
Reposted by Raisin’it
An American elected official with courage enough to say this in the Oval Office is quietly the biggest news out of the meeting
Israeli press is irate that Trump didn't push back on Mamdani saying the US funds genocide against Palestinians
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
An American elected official with courage enough to say this in the Oval Office is quietly the biggest news out of the meeting
Reposted by Raisin’it
This would be yet another example of mixing politics and flight safety.
ATC is not elementary school and controllers & techs should not be treated like the kids who made it thru the 3rd grade without missing a class.
(h/t to @pajaro505.bsky.social)
www.cbsnews.com/news/only-co...
ATC is not elementary school and controllers & techs should not be treated like the kids who made it thru the 3rd grade without missing a class.
(h/t to @pajaro505.bsky.social)
www.cbsnews.com/news/only-co...
Only controllers and techs with perfect attendance during shutdown getting $10,000 bonuses, FAA says
Only 776 air traffic controllers and techs with perfect attendance during the government shutdown will get $10,000 bonuses while nearly 20,000 others will be left out, the FAA says.
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This would be yet another example of mixing politics and flight safety.
ATC is not elementary school and controllers & techs should not be treated like the kids who made it thru the 3rd grade without missing a class.
(h/t to @pajaro505.bsky.social)
www.cbsnews.com/news/only-co...
ATC is not elementary school and controllers & techs should not be treated like the kids who made it thru the 3rd grade without missing a class.
(h/t to @pajaro505.bsky.social)
www.cbsnews.com/news/only-co...
Reposted by Raisin’it
I'm not kidding about why women were barred from commercial aviation jobs. Here are the receipts. colleenmondor.substack.com/p/28-a-femal...
#28: A female pilot got her period in 1929 and it set back women in aviation forever
Let’s get serious about the reason why there are so few women in aviation.
colleenmondor.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I'm not kidding about why women were barred from commercial aviation jobs. Here are the receipts. colleenmondor.substack.com/p/28-a-femal...
Reposted by Raisin’it
I served as our Ambassador in Ukraine for 3 years under Putin’s missiles and drones but resigned when Trump kept appeasing Putin. America does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are.
Here's why this Trump-Putin so-called "peace plan" is a disaster:
Here's why this Trump-Putin so-called "peace plan" is a disaster:
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I served as our Ambassador in Ukraine for 3 years under Putin’s missiles and drones but resigned when Trump kept appeasing Putin. America does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are.
Here's why this Trump-Putin so-called "peace plan" is a disaster:
Here's why this Trump-Putin so-called "peace plan" is a disaster: