Rowena Pelayo
@rowenap.bsky.social
If you’re opposed to 🍊, you’re my people. Techie, photography enthusiast, hiker, avid traveler in the Before Times.
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The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism
The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism
Washington’s Putin-appeasing plan for peace in Ukraine has failed, but many heard death knell sounded for European reliance on US protection
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism
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“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
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JARED BERNSTEIN: “.. Manufacturing is in a real slump, with emp down 5 months in row, down 94K over past year. We haven’t seen such trends outside of recessions for years.
“.. Trump’s fingerprints are on this trend. It turns out that making factory production more expensive is bad for jobs.”
“.. Trump’s fingerprints are on this trend. It turns out that making factory production more expensive is bad for jobs.”
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
JARED BERNSTEIN: “.. Manufacturing is in a real slump, with emp down 5 months in row, down 94K over past year. We haven’t seen such trends outside of recessions for years.
“.. Trump’s fingerprints are on this trend. It turns out that making factory production more expensive is bad for jobs.”
“.. Trump’s fingerprints are on this trend. It turns out that making factory production more expensive is bad for jobs.”
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Holy shit
The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Holy shit
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I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
people.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
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SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.
From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
slate.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.
From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
If the shooter was going after ICE, as Patel’s FBI says, then the federal agents must have been using the shackled detainees as human shields. Otherwise, I call bullshit on that contrived evidence of the shooter’s leftist ideology
ICE official confirms that the detainees who were shot were restrained when they were shot
September 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
If the shooter was going after ICE, as Patel’s FBI says, then the federal agents must have been using the shackled detainees as human shields. Otherwise, I call bullshit on that contrived evidence of the shooter’s leftist ideology
Hmmm. Maybe it’s ok to secede from the red states. Then we should build a wall
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others.
See what changes are in store for your county 👇
See what changes are in store for your county 👇
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America...
projects.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Hmmm. Maybe it’s ok to secede from the red states. Then we should build a wall
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
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nobody needs to hear this more than people who aren’t on here but: wait for a suspect and a motive
September 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
nobody needs to hear this more than people who aren’t on here but: wait for a suspect and a motive
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Why MAGA men love the loathsome piece of shit: This woman nailed it. 🎯🎯🎯👇
September 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Why MAGA men love the loathsome piece of shit: This woman nailed it. 🎯🎯🎯👇
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I told my daughter when I was fighting President Trump's first travel ban that we’re lucky to live in a country where anyone can speak out against the president.
Now, we’re threatened with prison time.
AG Bondi's threat disgraces the office of the US Attorney General.
Now, we’re threatened with prison time.
AG Bondi's threat disgraces the office of the US Attorney General.
Democratic officials are pushing back against threats from Attorney General Pam Bondi that their jurisdictions could be stripped of federal funding or they could face criminal prosecution if they don’t back away from “sanctuary” policies.
Democrats are pushing back against crackdown on sanctuary cities
Some responded with strongly worded letters. Others spoke out in a public show of resistance, accusing Attorney General Pam Bondi of trying to unlawfully bully governors and mayors.
wapo.st
August 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I told my daughter when I was fighting President Trump's first travel ban that we’re lucky to live in a country where anyone can speak out against the president.
Now, we’re threatened with prison time.
AG Bondi's threat disgraces the office of the US Attorney General.
Now, we’re threatened with prison time.
AG Bondi's threat disgraces the office of the US Attorney General.
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Every single one of these traitorous assholes needs to be put in prison for the rest of their lives.
The US Administration is now deleting its internal communications, in brazen violation of the Federal Records Act, in order to conceal its other illegal acts.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Homeland Security Dept. Says It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Every single one of these traitorous assholes needs to be put in prison for the rest of their lives.
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BREAKING: BlueSky is blocking access to Mississippi.
This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org.
We ditched X for BlueSky early this year.
And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof.
I don't know what we'll do next.
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This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org.
We ditched X for BlueSky early this year.
And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof.
I don't know what we'll do next.
Keep up with us using our newsletter at mfp.ms/subscribe.
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
BREAKING: BlueSky is blocking access to Mississippi.
This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org.
We ditched X for BlueSky early this year.
And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof.
I don't know what we'll do next.
Keep up with us using our newsletter at mfp.ms/subscribe.
This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org.
We ditched X for BlueSky early this year.
And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof.
I don't know what we'll do next.
Keep up with us using our newsletter at mfp.ms/subscribe.
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Bingo.
The United States could have great things like this. But we like to spend our money on kidnapping people and trafficking them to concentration camps instead. #Priorities
August 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Bingo.
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Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news
NEW:
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
August 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news
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people seem upset at what the agent said here, but to be fair he was merely stating official government policy
“You know you’re ruining the country right?”
MASKED ICE GOON: “Liberals already ruined it.”🤔
Trump’s Gestapo attacks a D.C. delivery driver (one gives himself a concussion)— and they again make it clear who they are under the masks, and how far off the cliff we are🇺🇸 (from @marisakabas.bsky.social)
MASKED ICE GOON: “Liberals already ruined it.”🤔
Trump’s Gestapo attacks a D.C. delivery driver (one gives himself a concussion)— and they again make it clear who they are under the masks, and how far off the cliff we are🇺🇸 (from @marisakabas.bsky.social)
August 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
people seem upset at what the agent said here, but to be fair he was merely stating official government policy
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He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.
August 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
I’m trying to figure out how to make “Party of Useful Idiots” fit into the GOP acronym
NEW: A newly declassified part of the Durham report shows republicans used a Russian-manufactured email as evidence that Hilary Clinton conspired with Russia. 😂😂😂 gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...
‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I’m trying to figure out how to make “Party of Useful Idiots” fit into the GOP acronym
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NYT reports that a mysterious, *$984 million* transfer from a Pentagon"black box" account might be paying for the renovation of Trump's "free" Qatari jet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
What Will It Cost to Renovate the ‘Free’ Air Force One? Don’t Ask.
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
NYT reports that a mysterious, *$984 million* transfer from a Pentagon"black box" account might be paying for the renovation of Trump's "free" Qatari jet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
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"Epstein clearly had access to enormous financing to operate his sex trafficking network, and the details on how he got the cash to pay for it are sitting in a Treasury Department filing cabinet." https://trib.al/Gd0KcUp
July 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"Epstein clearly had access to enormous financing to operate his sex trafficking network, and the details on how he got the cash to pay for it are sitting in a Treasury Department filing cabinet." https://trib.al/Gd0KcUp
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Jill Harth really did get memory holed by a ton of media real quick years ago didn’t she huh
Yiiiiiikes
July 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Jill Harth really did get memory holed by a ton of media real quick years ago didn’t she huh
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NOAA and FEMA are being gutted and our infrastructure was designed for the weather of 100 years ago.
July 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
NOAA and FEMA are being gutted and our infrastructure was designed for the weather of 100 years ago.
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It's totally understandable, as long as you grasp this Court's foremost theory of jurisprudence, to wit:
Federal power can only be used to deprive the citizenry of rights, power, and benefits, but never to grant them.
Federal power can only be used to deprive the citizenry of rights, power, and benefits, but never to grant them.
July 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It's totally understandable, as long as you grasp this Court's foremost theory of jurisprudence, to wit:
Federal power can only be used to deprive the citizenry of rights, power, and benefits, but never to grant them.
Federal power can only be used to deprive the citizenry of rights, power, and benefits, but never to grant them.