Ray Anselmo
@rayanselmo.bsky.social
Current "community associate," former tech de-escalator, onetime writer-editor, longtime father, flag designer, football supporter, cat servant. Outside the camp with Jesus.
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Ray Anselmo
@rayanselmo.bsky.social
· Jan 20
20 January 2025
FAIR WARNING (thread):
It's already bad. Starting today, it's going to get much, much worse. And based on historical precedent, it's probably going to be an absolute disaster before it starts getting better.
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FAIR WARNING (thread):
It's already bad. Starting today, it's going to get much, much worse. And based on historical precedent, it's probably going to be an absolute disaster before it starts getting better.
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omg such a image
guy looked like a make a wish kid meeting Mamdani
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
omg such a image
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detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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“There are some stories where there are no winners—only losers. This is one of those stories.”
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“There are some stories where there are no winners—only losers. This is one of those stories.”
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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.
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open.substack.com/pub/thenorth...
Just Loke Gaza: Israeli Zionists have never honored Ceasefires! They have no Honor, Ethics, Morals and are Murdering innocent people because they can!
Just Loke Gaza: Israeli Zionists have never honored Ceasefires! They have no Honor, Ethics, Morals and are Murdering innocent people because they can!
⚠️UN Announces Israel Has Violated Ceasefire with Lebanon 10,000 Times in its First Year. Yes, I'm Serious.
That means it's a scam, a lie, a farce. No ceasefire actually exists if one side can violate it 10,000 times with impunity.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
open.substack.com/pub/thenorth...
Just Loke Gaza: Israeli Zionists have never honored Ceasefires! They have no Honor, Ethics, Morals and are Murdering innocent people because they can!
Just Loke Gaza: Israeli Zionists have never honored Ceasefires! They have no Honor, Ethics, Morals and are Murdering innocent people because they can!
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This more than makes up for directing the most mediocre Star Wars film. Kill 'em, Rian!
Hell yeah @rianjohnson.bsky.social (reposting with alt text)
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This more than makes up for directing the most mediocre Star Wars film. Kill 'em, Rian!
Fascism.
Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) publicly announced she has referred the state’s grassroots referendum campaign to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), claiming without evidence that canvassers are “employing illegal aliens” to collect signatures to overturn the mid-decade redraw.
Missouri GOP Now Siccing ICE on Gerrymander Referendum Signature Gatherers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Fascism.
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I wonder if right now, zohran is talking to his wife about the smell
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I wonder if right now, zohran is talking to his wife about the smell
The same people who think that U2's "One" is a good song for a wedding, I guess.
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The same people who think that U2's "One" is a good song for a wedding, I guess.
We don't. Some of us have learned to avoid most retail spaces from mid-November through December 26. AND IT WORKS! To the point that I have never actually heard "All I Want for Christmas Is You" all the way through - it's that effective!
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We don't. Some of us have learned to avoid most retail spaces from mid-November through December 26. AND IT WORKS! To the point that I have never actually heard "All I Want for Christmas Is You" all the way through - it's that effective!
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
This ever happen to you, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social?
ACC after dark
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This ever happen to you, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social?
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“ICE is just targeting brown people who have an accent, snatching people out of their cars”
Racial profiling is all they do
Racial profiling is all they do
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“ICE is just targeting brown people who have an accent, snatching people out of their cars”
Racial profiling is all they do
Racial profiling is all they do
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Every time you see one of those little disclaimers that say "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration," you know what that means?
It means they're lying to you on TV.
It means they're lying to you on TV.
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Every time you see one of those little disclaimers that say "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration," you know what that means?
It means they're lying to you on TV.
It means they're lying to you on TV.
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CNN: In the last couple of weeks or so, she's become kind of an ally on some issues. What do you make of this?
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
CNN: In the last couple of weeks or so, she's become kind of an ally on some issues. What do you make of this?
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
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No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
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They were prosecuted, then pardoned by Trump:
• P.G. Sittenfeld: Convicted of taking a bribe
• Devon Archer: Convicted of defrauding $60M from a tribal entity
• Brian Kelsey: Convicted of illegally funneling ~$100K into his campaign
• P.G. Sittenfeld: Convicted of taking a bribe
• Devon Archer: Convicted of defrauding $60M from a tribal entity
• Brian Kelsey: Convicted of illegally funneling ~$100K into his campaign
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
They were prosecuted, then pardoned by Trump:
• P.G. Sittenfeld: Convicted of taking a bribe
• Devon Archer: Convicted of defrauding $60M from a tribal entity
• Brian Kelsey: Convicted of illegally funneling ~$100K into his campaign
• P.G. Sittenfeld: Convicted of taking a bribe
• Devon Archer: Convicted of defrauding $60M from a tribal entity
• Brian Kelsey: Convicted of illegally funneling ~$100K into his campaign
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everyone's talking about how bright and charming zohran must be, which is true, but then you remember the spider-brained cryptkeepers trump's surrounded himself with since '15 and realize a single smile from mamdani must have hit like barbecue spare ribs down the gullet of a 12th century peasant.
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
everyone's talking about how bright and charming zohran must be, which is true, but then you remember the spider-brained cryptkeepers trump's surrounded himself with since '15 and realize a single smile from mamdani must have hit like barbecue spare ribs down the gullet of a 12th century peasant.
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Important thread
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 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Important thread
Bon voyage, Marginal Traitor Grift.
Goodbye, Rep. Madison Tuare Garden.
So long and farewell to you, Rep. Marjorie The Gathering.
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Bon voyage, Marginal Traitor Grift.
I'm in this picture and I REALLY don't like it.
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I'm in this picture and I REALLY don't like it.
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imagine thinking that unregulated capitalism is good for the spirit. just imagine that shit.
For context:
"Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you're ill, all the things guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don't understand that we also dream." -- Ronald Reagan
"Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you're ill, all the things guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don't understand that we also dream." -- Ronald Reagan
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
imagine thinking that unregulated capitalism is good for the spirit. just imagine that shit.