Ray Phillips
@rayphillips.bsky.social
Retired botanist and IT administrator. Trumpet player. Grampy of twin boys. UCC church member. New Mexican. I stand for democracy, which is why I could no longer be a Republican. With fear for our democracy, I dissent as well. #HoldFast!!
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This notion of a “kill switch” is sticking with me. Much like the use of Trump-related redactions, Trump wants to control a kill switch to make all of his perceived problems disappear. We can’t let it happen, despite sycophants like Bari Weiss who dishonor the duty of journalism.
60 Minutes journalist Sharyn Alfonsi sharply summarizes the appalling decision of Bari Weiss not to run her CECOT story: “If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
December 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This notion of a “kill switch” is sticking with me. Much like the use of Trump-related redactions, Trump wants to control a kill switch to make all of his perceived problems disappear. We can’t let it happen, despite sycophants like Bari Weiss who dishonor the duty of journalism.
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So, what Bari Weiss has essentially done here is generate enormous interest in a segment she attempted to censor, only for that segment to be shared worldwide within 24 hours of her suppression attempt because of her incompetence.
Amazing work.
Amazing work.
Bari Weiss is so incompetent at leading CBS News that her efforts at fully suppressing the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT was foiled because she wasn't aware (or forgot) that the broadcast package including that segment was distributed via a streaming app for broadcast in Canada.
December 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
So, what Bari Weiss has essentially done here is generate enormous interest in a segment she attempted to censor, only for that segment to be shared worldwide within 24 hours of her suppression attempt because of her incompetence.
Amazing work.
Amazing work.
Once again, we are in McKinney TX at a #NoKings rally on University Ave. W of Hwy 75. Every time we visit our daughter and grandsons we find ourselves here. Good folks. Great patriots.
December 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Once again, we are in McKinney TX at a #NoKings rally on University Ave. W of Hwy 75. Every time we visit our daughter and grandsons we find ourselves here. Good folks. Great patriots.
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This is North Korea level. How people continue to stand by this without being too embarrassed to show their face is beyond me.
December 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is North Korea level. How people continue to stand by this without being too embarrassed to show their face is beyond me.
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@zeteo.com Compare and contrast Donald Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder with Biden and Harris's responses to Charlie Kirk's murder.
There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.
There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
@zeteo.com Compare and contrast Donald Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder with Biden and Harris's responses to Charlie Kirk's murder.
There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.
There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.
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No judge. No jury. Just the Secretary of War.
December 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
No judge. No jury. Just the Secretary of War.
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"It’s never a good sign when the United States’ national security plan is praised by Russia as being 'largely consistent with our vision.'
"But that’s the bizarro world we’re living in."
Read @johnavlon.bsky.social's commentary: bit.ly/3KCfQRY
"But that’s the bizarro world we’re living in."
Read @johnavlon.bsky.social's commentary: bit.ly/3KCfQRY
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"It’s never a good sign when the United States’ national security plan is praised by Russia as being 'largely consistent with our vision.'
"But that’s the bizarro world we’re living in."
Read @johnavlon.bsky.social's commentary: bit.ly/3KCfQRY
"But that’s the bizarro world we’re living in."
Read @johnavlon.bsky.social's commentary: bit.ly/3KCfQRY
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“I don’t know about you, but if a country I wanted to visit was asking for all that information—while at the same time ramping up hostile mass surveillance and grabbing innocent people off the street without due process—I would think twice about visiting.”
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Come to Trump's America...If You Dare
The Trump regime is pushing a paranoid new policy that will further discourage international travelers. The reputation of America's aggression is growing.
www.americaamerica.news
December 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
“I don’t know about you, but if a country I wanted to visit was asking for all that information—while at the same time ramping up hostile mass surveillance and grabbing innocent people off the street without due process—I would think twice about visiting.”
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Really not sure why we want health insurance companies like this whose only goal is to make a profit off of our healthcare. Nobody but the insurance companies benefit from this, and we all get worse healthcare for more money.
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
(Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
(Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Really not sure why we want health insurance companies like this whose only goal is to make a profit off of our healthcare. Nobody but the insurance companies benefit from this, and we all get worse healthcare for more money.
So now we are pirates? Will Felon47 now wear an eyepatch?
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U.S. seizes ‘very large’ oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says
The seizure was a significant escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his country’s oil-dependent economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
So now we are pirates? Will Felon47 now wear an eyepatch?
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Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"
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-They are hiding the Epstein Files
-They are hiding the video of the boat murder
-They are hiding job numbers
-They are hiding military leadership from the press
-They are hiding Trump's repeated health issues
-They are hiding detainees taken illegally
*They do this because they are lying cowards.
-They are hiding the video of the boat murder
-They are hiding job numbers
-They are hiding military leadership from the press
-They are hiding Trump's repeated health issues
-They are hiding detainees taken illegally
*They do this because they are lying cowards.
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
-They are hiding the Epstein Files
-They are hiding the video of the boat murder
-They are hiding job numbers
-They are hiding military leadership from the press
-They are hiding Trump's repeated health issues
-They are hiding detainees taken illegally
*They do this because they are lying cowards.
-They are hiding the video of the boat murder
-They are hiding job numbers
-They are hiding military leadership from the press
-They are hiding Trump's repeated health issues
-They are hiding detainees taken illegally
*They do this because they are lying cowards.
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So maybe we killed victims instead of just drug traffickers?
I guess we'll never know.
I guess we'll never know.
6/ 🚨 Per CURRENT and former US officials, there are strong reasons to believe some people on board the Sept 2 boat were people being trafficked.
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So maybe we killed victims instead of just drug traffickers?
I guess we'll never know.
I guess we'll never know.
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This piece took me over 2 months to write.
It’s about a man given illegal orders that is impossible not to obey.
Please read.
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
It’s about a man given illegal orders that is impossible not to obey.
Please read.
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
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A Story About Illegal Orders
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This piece took me over 2 months to write.
It’s about a man given illegal orders that is impossible not to obey.
Please read.
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
It’s about a man given illegal orders that is impossible not to obey.
Please read.
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
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Donald Trump incited an insurrection on J6. He should never have been able to run for public office again. What a failure of justice to not hold this man accountable.
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Donald Trump incited an insurrection on J6. He should never have been able to run for public office again. What a failure of justice to not hold this man accountable.
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ICE will provide huge financial incentives to bounty hunters who help Trump hunt down immigrants. My latest on how private contractors could earn up to $281 MILLION dollars serving as de facto law enforcement.
No $ for SNAP, but Trump has millions for bounty hunters.
youtu.be/7AT-dwgAKms?...
No $ for SNAP, but Trump has millions for bounty hunters.
youtu.be/7AT-dwgAKms?...
Trump’s ICE Offers MASSIVE REWARD in SHOCKING Scheme
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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November 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
ICE will provide huge financial incentives to bounty hunters who help Trump hunt down immigrants. My latest on how private contractors could earn up to $281 MILLION dollars serving as de facto law enforcement.
No $ for SNAP, but Trump has millions for bounty hunters.
youtu.be/7AT-dwgAKms?...
No $ for SNAP, but Trump has millions for bounty hunters.
youtu.be/7AT-dwgAKms?...
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The fucking irony of this Jew to cape Third Reich white supremacist talking points BECAUSE his grandparents could assimilate into US culture when whiteness expanded just enough for them.
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The fucking irony of this Jew to cape Third Reich white supremacist talking points BECAUSE his grandparents could assimilate into US culture when whiteness expanded just enough for them.
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
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Writer @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social has described Witkoff as Trump's "best friend."
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Writer @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social has described Witkoff as Trump's "best friend."
US diplomacy today:
“What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, stupidity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder.”
Charlie Sykes, Nov. 23, 2025
“What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, stupidity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder.”
Charlie Sykes, Nov. 23, 2025
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
US diplomacy today:
“What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, stupidity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder.”
Charlie Sykes, Nov. 23, 2025
“What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, stupidity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder.”
Charlie Sykes, Nov. 23, 2025
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If we enforced the law he wouldn't be allowed to keep these. Fortunately for Trump, the law is only selectively enforced now, apparently based entirely on what Trump wants.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
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How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If we enforced the law he wouldn't be allowed to keep these. Fortunately for Trump, the law is only selectively enforced now, apparently based entirely on what Trump wants.
We don’t even need AI to generate an image that defines “Oblivious”
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We don’t even need AI to generate an image that defines “Oblivious”
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Share widely.
Watch this.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
October 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Share widely.