Ramona Paetzold
@rpaetzold.bsky.social
Anti-Trump and lover of mystery fiction.
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JD Vance promotes such a bad image for white men. In his depiction, they’re delicate snowflakes, terrified of competing with women and people of color for jobs, spooked by cat ladies and cowering in fear at the sound of a foreign language.
It isn’t white-male supremacy. It’s white-male insecurity.
It isn’t white-male supremacy. It’s white-male insecurity.
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
JD Vance promotes such a bad image for white men. In his depiction, they’re delicate snowflakes, terrified of competing with women and people of color for jobs, spooked by cat ladies and cowering in fear at the sound of a foreign language.
It isn’t white-male supremacy. It’s white-male insecurity.
It isn’t white-male supremacy. It’s white-male insecurity.
Dispute Over Indiana College Newspaper Draws Censorship Accusations www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/b...
Dispute Over Indiana College Newspaper Draws Censorship Accusations
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Dispute Over Indiana College Newspaper Draws Censorship Accusations www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/b...
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"The danger of escalation is real. Soldiers and Marines are trained for combat, not constabulary duty and riot control. Expecting military personnel to shift seamlessly from destroying an enemy on the battlefield to law enforcement is asking for trouble."(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
Opinion | How the Military Became Another Instrument of Trump’s Power
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"The danger of escalation is real. Soldiers and Marines are trained for combat, not constabulary duty and riot control. Expecting military personnel to shift seamlessly from destroying an enemy on the battlefield to law enforcement is asking for trouble."(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
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People working in or visiting museums in DC:
Please use your phones to record politically/racially/sexuality/gender sensitive exhibits before the Trump administration desecrates them with its white supremacist heteronormative propaganda.
Because we will need to fix them when he’s gone to Hell.
Please use your phones to record politically/racially/sexuality/gender sensitive exhibits before the Trump administration desecrates them with its white supremacist heteronormative propaganda.
Because we will need to fix them when he’s gone to Hell.
August 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
People working in or visiting museums in DC:
Please use your phones to record politically/racially/sexuality/gender sensitive exhibits before the Trump administration desecrates them with its white supremacist heteronormative propaganda.
Because we will need to fix them when he’s gone to Hell.
Please use your phones to record politically/racially/sexuality/gender sensitive exhibits before the Trump administration desecrates them with its white supremacist heteronormative propaganda.
Because we will need to fix them when he’s gone to Hell.
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Elon Musk calls people who benefit from federal programs "the parasite class" and Medicare "a Ponzi scheme" while he has sucked more dollars out of our federal government than *anyone* on food stamps, Medicaid, or Medicare--and, unlike most of them, he doesn't pay taxes.
May 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Elon Musk calls people who benefit from federal programs "the parasite class" and Medicare "a Ponzi scheme" while he has sucked more dollars out of our federal government than *anyone* on food stamps, Medicaid, or Medicare--and, unlike most of them, he doesn't pay taxes.
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Trump's tariff threat on Apple knocked its stock down 2.75%, which for a company valued at nearly $3 trillion, amounts to the destruction of $80 billion of value.
Or to put this in more human terms, it's an effective tax of nearly $250 per American.
Or to put this in more human terms, it's an effective tax of nearly $250 per American.
May 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump's tariff threat on Apple knocked its stock down 2.75%, which for a company valued at nearly $3 trillion, amounts to the destruction of $80 billion of value.
Or to put this in more human terms, it's an effective tax of nearly $250 per American.
Or to put this in more human terms, it's an effective tax of nearly $250 per American.
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Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
May 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
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If you wonder why men *obsessed* with the United States having more children are kidnapping children and sending them to other countries, those children were the incorrect color.
April 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you wonder why men *obsessed* with the United States having more children are kidnapping children and sending them to other countries, those children were the incorrect color.
A bit premature and a lot unconstitutional.
April 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A bit premature and a lot unconstitutional.
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“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s personal phone number, the one used in a recent Signal chat, was easily accessible on the internet and public apps as recently as March, potentially exposing national security secrets to foreign adversaries.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities
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April 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s personal phone number, the one used in a recent Signal chat, was easily accessible on the internet and public apps as recently as March, potentially exposing national security secrets to foreign adversaries.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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Our lives, country and world in general would be so much less chaotic and frightening if more folks had listened and voted for Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris instead its that simple. 👇 #Hillary #JoyfulWarriors
April 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Our lives, country and world in general would be so much less chaotic and frightening if more folks had listened and voted for Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris instead its that simple. 👇 #Hillary #JoyfulWarriors
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Poor woman. Elon’s daughter. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Vivian Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Going Viral, and Protecting Trans Youth
Elon Musk’s estranged daughter is coming into her own.
urldefense.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Poor woman. Elon’s daughter. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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When Donald Trump lawlessly went after ordinary Americans, Chief Justice John Roberts didn't care.
But now that Trump is taking aim at Roberts' fellow judges, Roberts suddenly cares.
It's always the same with conservatives, they don't care until something affects them.
But now that Trump is taking aim at Roberts' fellow judges, Roberts suddenly cares.
It's always the same with conservatives, they don't care until something affects them.
March 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
When Donald Trump lawlessly went after ordinary Americans, Chief Justice John Roberts didn't care.
But now that Trump is taking aim at Roberts' fellow judges, Roberts suddenly cares.
It's always the same with conservatives, they don't care until something affects them.
But now that Trump is taking aim at Roberts' fellow judges, Roberts suddenly cares.
It's always the same with conservatives, they don't care until something affects them.
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Leadership from UC Berkeley.
"...we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, & freedom of expression.... we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values."
"...we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, & freedom of expression.... we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values."
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Leadership from UC Berkeley.
"...we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, & freedom of expression.... we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values."
"...we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, & freedom of expression.... we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values."
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It seems like there was a word for defying a court order once upon a time. What was it called? Contempt?
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Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped.
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Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped.
Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration ta...
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March 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It seems like there was a word for defying a court order once upon a time. What was it called? Contempt?
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped.
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Amen to that.
I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.
February 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Amen to that.
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“The thing Trump and Musk value most of all is money. Their entire regime is best understood as a criminal junta whose end goal is to redirect the wealth of the nation into their own pockets. They are running a kleptocracy, and they’ve figured out that facism is actually the quickest path to riches”
This Executive Order Reveals the Trump-Musk Endgame
A recent order aimed at destroying independent regulatory agencies isn’t just about taking control of the state—it’s a giant cash-grab in disguise.
www.thenation.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
“The thing Trump and Musk value most of all is money. Their entire regime is best understood as a criminal junta whose end goal is to redirect the wealth of the nation into their own pockets. They are running a kleptocracy, and they’ve figured out that facism is actually the quickest path to riches”
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New, from me @theatlantic.com:
*No, the federal government is not too big
*It has real human capital needs
*Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity
*Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
*No, the federal government is not too big
*It has real human capital needs
*Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity
*Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The DOGE Project Will Backfire
Trump’s war on public employees is bad for all of us.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New, from me @theatlantic.com:
*No, the federal government is not too big
*It has real human capital needs
*Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity
*Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
*No, the federal government is not too big
*It has real human capital needs
*Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity
*Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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My submission for #Blackbooksky and #Blackhistorymonth appreciation is one of my favorite authors, the great Walter Mosley. Easy Rawlins is one of the best fictional detectives ever created.
#WalterMosley
#Booksky
#WalterMosley
#Booksky
February 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My submission for #Blackbooksky and #Blackhistorymonth appreciation is one of my favorite authors, the great Walter Mosley. Easy Rawlins is one of the best fictional detectives ever created.
#WalterMosley
#Booksky
#WalterMosley
#Booksky
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
January 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin