Robert Rutledge
@rerutled.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Astrophysicist. Founder, Publisher
@astronomerstel. Opinions here are my own. @rerutled@mastodon.online @rerutled at Threads. he/him
@astronomerstel. Opinions here are my own. @rerutled@mastodon.online @rerutled at Threads. he/him
Does Pete Hegseth think he is going to have a long career arc, like Rumsfeld, like Cheney?
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Does Pete Hegseth think he is going to have a long career arc, like Rumsfeld, like Cheney?
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
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TLDR: buy a copy of #AnAlternativeIrishChristmas for Crimbo, babes www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
Sarah Davis-Goff: ‘My life changes a little every time Tramp Press puts a book out. Our mission becomes a little wilder and deeper’
Sarah Davis-Goff is co-founder of Tramp Press, an independent publisher whose successes include Solar Bones by Mike McCormack and Notes to Self by Emilie Pine. Her debut novel Last Ones Left Alive was...
www.independent.ie
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
TLDR: buy a copy of #AnAlternativeIrishChristmas for Crimbo, babes www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
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So, I won a National Book Award.
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So, I won a National Book Award.
Congratulations to @rabihalameddine.bsky.social and THE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER), awarded the National Book Award!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Congratulations to @rabihalameddine.bsky.social and THE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER), awarded the National Book Award!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
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Trump’s “healthcare” plan will bankrupt and kill millions of Americans.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Trump’s “healthcare” plan will bankrupt and kill millions of Americans.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
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By a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Senate approved the Epstein Files bill when the bill papers arrived this morning from the House. Sen. Markwayne Mullin R-OK was presiding.
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
By a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Senate approved the Epstein Files bill when the bill papers arrived this morning from the House. Sen. Markwayne Mullin R-OK was presiding.
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Jeffries says Jamal Khashoggi "wasn't mentioned in the conversations that I was a part of throughout the meeting" with MBS
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Jeffries says Jamal Khashoggi "wasn't mentioned in the conversations that I was a part of throughout the meeting" with MBS
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Senate Republicans are wrestling with what to do about the Arctic Frost language allowing senators to sue DOJ.
Daines: The “provision that Leader Thune put in there was appropriate.”
Rand: “It certainly looks like it’s pretty unpopular"
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
Daines: The “provision that Leader Thune put in there was appropriate.”
Rand: “It certainly looks like it’s pretty unpopular"
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
Exclusive: Measure allowing senators to sue DOJ splits Republicans
Senate Republicans are divided over whether to repeal the language, which was inserted in last week’s spending deal.
www.semafor.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Senate Republicans are wrestling with what to do about the Arctic Frost language allowing senators to sue DOJ.
Daines: The “provision that Leader Thune put in there was appropriate.”
Rand: “It certainly looks like it’s pretty unpopular"
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
Daines: The “provision that Leader Thune put in there was appropriate.”
Rand: “It certainly looks like it’s pretty unpopular"
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
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Kind of amazing how Speaker Johnson used the phone a friend lifeline to get John Thune to bail him out on Epstein and Thune just backed the truck right over him.
November 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Kind of amazing how Speaker Johnson used the phone a friend lifeline to get John Thune to bail him out on Epstein and Thune just backed the truck right over him.
Did the Dems via Sen Jeanne Shaheen cave on the ACA credits? Yes.
But was it a "Send all GOP Reps home for 6 weeks of no work to avoid the Epstein Files Discharge Petition+vote, only to pass it nearly unanimously in the House and then UNANIMOUSLY in the Senate"-level cave?
I'm not sure.
But was it a "Send all GOP Reps home for 6 weeks of no work to avoid the Epstein Files Discharge Petition+vote, only to pass it nearly unanimously in the House and then UNANIMOUSLY in the Senate"-level cave?
I'm not sure.
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Did the Dems via Sen Jeanne Shaheen cave on the ACA credits? Yes.
But was it a "Send all GOP Reps home for 6 weeks of no work to avoid the Epstein Files Discharge Petition+vote, only to pass it nearly unanimously in the House and then UNANIMOUSLY in the Senate"-level cave?
I'm not sure.
But was it a "Send all GOP Reps home for 6 weeks of no work to avoid the Epstein Files Discharge Petition+vote, only to pass it nearly unanimously in the House and then UNANIMOUSLY in the Senate"-level cave?
I'm not sure.
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Rep. Thomas Massie calls out Trump: "He can release these files without the Senate acting."
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Rep. Thomas Massie calls out Trump: "He can release these files without the Senate acting."
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Did men in media ruin the workplace by publicly tweeting the twist ending to the Ryan Lizza magnum opus—and if they continue to post spoilers should we invade Venezuela??
—NY Times op-ed writers✍️
—NY Times op-ed writers✍️
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Did men in media ruin the workplace by publicly tweeting the twist ending to the Ryan Lizza magnum opus—and if they continue to post spoilers should we invade Venezuela??
—NY Times op-ed writers✍️
—NY Times op-ed writers✍️
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HANDS OFF NYC! is made up of over 150 unions, and community groups, standing together in nonviolent resistance to protect NYC.
Get trained in community defense:
HandsOffNYC.com
Manhattan — 11/22 @ 12pm
Staten Island —11/23 @ 1pm
Bronx- 12/6 @ 12pm
Brooklyn - 12/6 @ 12pm
Queens - 12/13 @ 12pm
Get trained in community defense:
HandsOffNYC.com
Manhattan — 11/22 @ 12pm
Staten Island —11/23 @ 1pm
Bronx- 12/6 @ 12pm
Brooklyn - 12/6 @ 12pm
Queens - 12/13 @ 12pm
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
HANDS OFF NYC! is made up of over 150 unions, and community groups, standing together in nonviolent resistance to protect NYC.
Get trained in community defense:
HandsOffNYC.com
Manhattan — 11/22 @ 12pm
Staten Island —11/23 @ 1pm
Bronx- 12/6 @ 12pm
Brooklyn - 12/6 @ 12pm
Queens - 12/13 @ 12pm
Get trained in community defense:
HandsOffNYC.com
Manhattan — 11/22 @ 12pm
Staten Island —11/23 @ 1pm
Bronx- 12/6 @ 12pm
Brooklyn - 12/6 @ 12pm
Queens - 12/13 @ 12pm
Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Ben Shapiro went on his podcast today and said that if the Epstein Files are released it will destroy Trump's Presidency and I don't see how he could possibly know oh wait now I see it
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Ben Shapiro went on his podcast today and said that if the Epstein Files are released it will destroy Trump's Presidency and I don't see how he could possibly know oh wait now I see it
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My Antifa book is on the New York Times Bestseller list 8 years after publication.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán
Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My Antifa book is on the New York Times Bestseller list 8 years after publication.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán
Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán
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Regina Giménez - Geometría cósmica - gouache and collage on paper, 95x68 cm (2017)
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Regina Giménez - Geometría cósmica - gouache and collage on paper, 95x68 cm (2017)
A critical rule vote is taking place in the House right now on re-opening the government.
With 433 seated House Members, 219 are GOP, 214 are Dem and if all Democrats vote, the GOP can't lose more than 5 votes.
4 minutes to go.
With 433 seated House Members, 219 are GOP, 214 are Dem and if all Democrats vote, the GOP can't lose more than 5 votes.
4 minutes to go.
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A critical rule vote is taking place in the House right now on re-opening the government.
With 433 seated House Members, 219 are GOP, 214 are Dem and if all Democrats vote, the GOP can't lose more than 5 votes.
4 minutes to go.
With 433 seated House Members, 219 are GOP, 214 are Dem and if all Democrats vote, the GOP can't lose more than 5 votes.
4 minutes to go.
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🚨 * Do not forget the survivors. *
As #Epstein / #Maxwell survivor Maria Farmer says in this #60MinAustralia ep, Trump is lying. She reported her rape & trafficking to the FBI *in 1996* & Trump was named as an associate.
Full ep: The President and the Pedophile:
📺 youtu.be/qMIP4RIoCHc?...
As #Epstein / #Maxwell survivor Maria Farmer says in this #60MinAustralia ep, Trump is lying. She reported her rape & trafficking to the FBI *in 1996* & Trump was named as an associate.
Full ep: The President and the Pedophile:
📺 youtu.be/qMIP4RIoCHc?...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🚨 * Do not forget the survivors. *
As #Epstein / #Maxwell survivor Maria Farmer says in this #60MinAustralia ep, Trump is lying. She reported her rape & trafficking to the FBI *in 1996* & Trump was named as an associate.
Full ep: The President and the Pedophile:
📺 youtu.be/qMIP4RIoCHc?...
As #Epstein / #Maxwell survivor Maria Farmer says in this #60MinAustralia ep, Trump is lying. She reported her rape & trafficking to the FBI *in 1996* & Trump was named as an associate.
Full ep: The President and the Pedophile:
📺 youtu.be/qMIP4RIoCHc?...
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Denigrating the media, targeting rivals, undermining trust in the justice system. I’ve seen this playbook before in Putin’s Russia in the early 2000s. America’s democratic institutions may be stronger, but we should never take them—or our rights—for granted. As I told @IAmAmnaNawaz / @NewsHour.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Denigrating the media, targeting rivals, undermining trust in the justice system. I’ve seen this playbook before in Putin’s Russia in the early 2000s. America’s democratic institutions may be stronger, but we should never take them—or our rights—for granted. As I told @IAmAmnaNawaz / @NewsHour.