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Out there [waving arms] multitasking for decades. Older, wiser, been places, done stuff.
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Step one: Cast your mind back about 2 seconds to the last time Trump claimed Biden didn't know what he was signing.
Step two: Read this ⤵️
Step one: Cast your mind back about 2 seconds to the last time Trump claimed Biden didn't know what he was signing.
Step two: Read this ⤵️
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Step one: Cast your mind back about 2 seconds to the last time Trump claimed Biden didn't know what he was signing.
Step two: Read this ⤵️
Step one: Cast your mind back about 2 seconds to the last time Trump claimed Biden didn't know what he was signing.
Step two: Read this ⤵️
"No Kings" IS America 🇺🇸🦅 —The Founders, 1776…It's ❤️🤍💙 for America 🇺🇸 The United States—"indivisible, with 🗽 and ⚖️ for all." 🇺🇸
Be the People…
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.threads.com/@heathercoxr...
Be the People…
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.threads.com/@heathercoxr...
Heather Cox Richardson (@heathercoxrichardson) on Threads
Thinking about this today. Worth watching to the end.
www.threads.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"No Kings" IS America 🇺🇸🦅 —The Founders, 1776…It's ❤️🤍💙 for America 🇺🇸 The United States—"indivisible, with 🗽 and ⚖️ for all." 🇺🇸
Be the People…
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.threads.com/@heathercoxr...
Be the People…
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.threads.com/@heathercoxr...
...There's no path home for him. Let's hope the rest of us can step past him with enough grace to find ours.
September 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
...There's no path home for him. Let's hope the rest of us can step past him with enough grace to find ours.
"…Normalcy will not return on its own. Hope & resistance must come from our renewed commitment…Democracy is not self-sustaining. It survives only when citizens demand that their representatives act as the Framers intended: not as courtiers to the executive, but as the people’s strongest defense…" 🇺🇲
Opinion | Congress abdicates, executive swells: Democracy teeters on the edge of collapse
The Framers warned against unchecked power. Today Congress cowers, Alabama suffers and liberty erodes as executive authority grows unchecked.
www.alreporter.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"…Normalcy will not return on its own. Hope & resistance must come from our renewed commitment…Democracy is not self-sustaining. It survives only when citizens demand that their representatives act as the Framers intended: not as courtiers to the executive, but as the people’s strongest defense…" 🇺🇲
Moral priorities...
August 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Moral priorities...
Fox is malware. Uninstall and reboot.
July 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Fox is malware. Uninstall and reboot.
Help fill in, while real journalists/public servants rebuild the Press from the bottom up, to sustain liberty & justice for all. Break bubbles; wake folks up. Find those serving "we the people" with integrity & honor, & help them via amplifying, clean funding, defending them &/or whatever they need.
July 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Help fill in, while real journalists/public servants rebuild the Press from the bottom up, to sustain liberty & justice for all. Break bubbles; wake folks up. Find those serving "we the people" with integrity & honor, & help them via amplifying, clean funding, defending them &/or whatever they need.
Watch...
This train is leaving the station. America's assorted leadership can either get on board, or get left behind.
Robert Arnold,
Little Rock 7/12
www.instagram.com/reel/DMESrf3...
This train is leaving the station. America's assorted leadership can either get on board, or get left behind.
Robert Arnold,
Little Rock 7/12
www.instagram.com/reel/DMESrf3...
www.instagram.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Watch...
This train is leaving the station. America's assorted leadership can either get on board, or get left behind.
Robert Arnold,
Little Rock 7/12
www.instagram.com/reel/DMESrf3...
This train is leaving the station. America's assorted leadership can either get on board, or get left behind.
Robert Arnold,
Little Rock 7/12
www.instagram.com/reel/DMESrf3...
Heal/rebuild democracy from the bottom up, and from each of us, out...
Some things about "democracy":
Some things about "democracy":
On the Absurdity of “We are not a Democracy, We’re a Constitutional Republic”
YouTube video by Robert Arnold
youtu.be
July 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Heal/rebuild democracy from the bottom up, and from each of us, out...
Some things about "democracy":
Some things about "democracy":
The Curiosity Droid is pretty p*ssed off after reading this article, and being asked simply "Thoughts?"... Among many other things, it refers to Yarvin as "a power-worshipping eugenics salesman selling dictatorship as a software upgrade" and objects to "elevating" him as a "philosopher." YMMV.
The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin’s call for a monarch to rule America once seemed like a joke. Not anymore.
Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
www.newyorker.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The Curiosity Droid is pretty p*ssed off after reading this article, and being asked simply "Thoughts?"... Among many other things, it refers to Yarvin as "a power-worshipping eugenics salesman selling dictatorship as a software upgrade" and objects to "elevating" him as a "philosopher." YMMV.
There's a fairly long thread going around explaining this in different words. Bottom line…the far right will predictably line up at the devil's temptation, to eagerly sell their souls for the 1-UP.
We need better "winter" prep based on the *inevitable repeat* of this group/"season" through history.
We need better "winter" prep based on the *inevitable repeat* of this group/"season" through history.
April 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
There's a fairly long thread going around explaining this in different words. Bottom line…the far right will predictably line up at the devil's temptation, to eagerly sell their souls for the 1-UP.
We need better "winter" prep based on the *inevitable repeat* of this group/"season" through history.
We need better "winter" prep based on the *inevitable repeat* of this group/"season" through history.
Rebirthing & healing our democracy...
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April 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Rebirthing & healing our democracy...
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"…Moreover, the government has conceded that Abrego Garcia was wrongly or 'mistakenly' deported. Why then should it not make what was wrong, right?"
Why then, indeed…
"…with liberty and justice for all." 🦅🇺🇲
Why then, indeed…
"…with liberty and justice for all." 🦅🇺🇲
Strong language from appeals court panel that includes judges appointed from both parties. The Trump administration’s position on Abrego Garcia should be “shocking not only to judges…but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans still hold dear.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"…Moreover, the government has conceded that Abrego Garcia was wrongly or 'mistakenly' deported. Why then should it not make what was wrong, right?"
Why then, indeed…
"…with liberty and justice for all." 🦅🇺🇲
Why then, indeed…
"…with liberty and justice for all." 🦅🇺🇲
Those advising Trump not to DEMAND return of an American citizen the admin already testified was illegitimately detained are making Trump look weak. The only "America First" path is demand & enforce return of ANY wrongly detained American. Don't imagine Real Americans will settle for anything less.
President Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador said on Monday that they would not return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported, despite the Supreme Court instructing the U.S. to take steps to return the Salvadoran migrant, who has no criminal record. nyti.ms/42byHcs
April 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Those advising Trump not to DEMAND return of an American citizen the admin already testified was illegitimately detained are making Trump look weak. The only "America First" path is demand & enforce return of ANY wrongly detained American. Don't imagine Real Americans will settle for anything less.
From our youth, we were warned Social Security would be gone when we needed it. Then we learned Congress was being irresponsible with it. The part they DIDN'T say was that they would install crooks who would purposely destroy the system, & steal from those whose actual work paid into it for decades.
April 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
From our youth, we were warned Social Security would be gone when we needed it. Then we learned Congress was being irresponsible with it. The part they DIDN'T say was that they would install crooks who would purposely destroy the system, & steal from those whose actual work paid into it for decades.
This is a fascinating thread about the reporting re young men and young women swapping places re certain church attendance statistics. Maybe it's not what it seems...
Lark TheoSis (@larktheosis) on Threads
Brown continues, "If churches don’t take the disengagement of young women seriously, they risk not just losing a demographic but reshaping the entire trajectory of American Christianity. For centuries...
www.threads.net
April 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is a fascinating thread about the reporting re young men and young women swapping places re certain church attendance statistics. Maybe it's not what it seems...
Press failure is THE problem…both malignantly intentional suppression by the predatory political class, & the logistical collapse of *responsible* reporting caused by "shareholder value is the only value" biz policy
If a protest happens and the Press doesn't inform the People, does it make a sound?
If a protest happens and the Press doesn't inform the People, does it make a sound?
"The reason we didn’t have coverage of Saturday’s “Hands Off!” protest at Dealey Plaza is we didn’t realize the protest was going on. I regret this is the answer because that’s a big miss for us to be unaware of such a large event"
an actual editor of a major newspaper
an actual editor of a major newspaper
April 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Press failure is THE problem…both malignantly intentional suppression by the predatory political class, & the logistical collapse of *responsible* reporting caused by "shareholder value is the only value" biz policy
If a protest happens and the Press doesn't inform the People, does it make a sound?
If a protest happens and the Press doesn't inform the People, does it make a sound?
Another example of the far right having zero legit principles they won't instantly trash in service of the single One Unwavering Principle which rules them all: "Wealth and power for me, but not for thee."
GOP: Eliminate Social Security, people should invest in the market and get a better rate of return for retirement!
Also GOP: Who cares about the drop, only rich people invest in stocks.
People's 401k's would beg to differ.
Also GOP: Who cares about the drop, only rich people invest in stocks.
People's 401k's would beg to differ.
April 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Another example of the far right having zero legit principles they won't instantly trash in service of the single One Unwavering Principle which rules them all: "Wealth and power for me, but not for thee."
"…Let Donald Trump FIX the American economy."
"FIX: to influence the actions, outcome, or effect of by improper or illegal methods—'the race had been fixed' "
"FIX: to influence the actions, outcome, or effect of by improper or illegal methods—'the race had been fixed' "
Lutnick: "Let Donald Trump run the global economy. He's knows what he's doing. He's been talking about it for 35 years. You gotta trust Donald Trump in the White House ... it's broken. Let him fix it ... Let Donald Trump fix the American economy."
April 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"…Let Donald Trump FIX the American economy."
"FIX: to influence the actions, outcome, or effect of by improper or illegal methods—'the race had been fixed' "
"FIX: to influence the actions, outcome, or effect of by improper or illegal methods—'the race had been fixed' "
Note: The root of the current corruption of the GOP lies in the profound moral corruption of their churches. Stopping their cult leaders' attacks on all that is good & right requires those who are ready & able to show up on every battlefield, & not to tie their spiritual hands behind their backs.
April 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Note: The root of the current corruption of the GOP lies in the profound moral corruption of their churches. Stopping their cult leaders' attacks on all that is good & right requires those who are ready & able to show up on every battlefield, & not to tie their spiritual hands behind their backs.
April 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Cory Booker is raising others' voices, but how far does his megaphone reach? Who will actually hear him & those voices?
Ask this core question: Why do we hear "Where are the protests? Where is the rage?" when the protests & rage are RIGHT THERE when you go look for them?
Where is the 1A Press?
Ask this core question: Why do we hear "Where are the protests? Where is the rage?" when the protests & rage are RIGHT THERE when you go look for them?
Where is the 1A Press?
April 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Cory Booker is raising others' voices, but how far does his megaphone reach? Who will actually hear him & those voices?
Ask this core question: Why do we hear "Where are the protests? Where is the rage?" when the protests & rage are RIGHT THERE when you go look for them?
Where is the 1A Press?
Ask this core question: Why do we hear "Where are the protests? Where is the rage?" when the protests & rage are RIGHT THERE when you go look for them?
Where is the 1A Press?
This is important. Some top firms seemed to have been caught off-guard by the President's initial attacks against the judicial branch of our government. Looks like not any more…
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Wilmer Hale & Jenner & Block suing Trump over EOs is big news. Quick analysis here. joycevance.substack.com/p/big-law-fi...
Big Law Fights Back
Unless you’ve practiced in Big Law, they’re probably just names: Perkins Coie, Covington and Burling, Paul Weiss.
joycevance.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is important. Some top firms seemed to have been caught off-guard by the President's initial attacks against the judicial branch of our government. Looks like not any more…
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"…While Trump hasn’t been quick to fire his own people, the same can’t be said for government workers: His administration has fired thousands of workers…"
…making clear that his "victories" are against the American people, not the state adversaries to whom his cabinet allowed unsecured comm access.
…making clear that his "victories" are against the American people, not the state adversaries to whom his cabinet allowed unsecured comm access.
March 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"…While Trump hasn’t been quick to fire his own people, the same can’t be said for government workers: His administration has fired thousands of workers…"
…making clear that his "victories" are against the American people, not the state adversaries to whom his cabinet allowed unsecured comm access.
…making clear that his "victories" are against the American people, not the state adversaries to whom his cabinet allowed unsecured comm access.