SassySimian
@sassysimian.bsky.social
Xpatriate. Traveled to 100+ countries, lived in 8 on 4 continents (so far)
History/Science/Econ/Law nerd.
News & Geopolitics junkie.
#TheOppositeOfProgressiveIsRegressive
#SwearingIsCaring
History/Science/Econ/Law nerd.
News & Geopolitics junkie.
#TheOppositeOfProgressiveIsRegressive
#SwearingIsCaring
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Another reason the GOP is desperately gerrymandering.
Now if only people would get off the couch on election day and make the votes match the polls...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMsp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMsp...
HUGE NEWS: Trump DISAPPROVED on EVERY SINGLE ISSUE by Voters
YouTube video by Let's Talk Elections
www.youtube.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Another reason the GOP is desperately gerrymandering.
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‼️ @betoorourke.bsky.social is now active on Bluesky!
Paxton is going after Beto and his org, #PoweredXPeople, with a bogus lawsuit, but Beto’s continuing to fight 🔥 with 🔥🔥🔥, suing him right back.
Don’t mess with Texas voters or @texasdemocrats.bsky.social!
Be sure to give Beto a follow! 🖤
Paxton is going after Beto and his org, #PoweredXPeople, with a bogus lawsuit, but Beto’s continuing to fight 🔥 with 🔥🔥🔥, suing him right back.
Don’t mess with Texas voters or @texasdemocrats.bsky.social!
Be sure to give Beto a follow! 🖤
August 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
‼️ @betoorourke.bsky.social is now active on Bluesky!
Paxton is going after Beto and his org, #PoweredXPeople, with a bogus lawsuit, but Beto’s continuing to fight 🔥 with 🔥🔥🔥, suing him right back.
Don’t mess with Texas voters or @texasdemocrats.bsky.social!
Be sure to give Beto a follow! 🖤
Paxton is going after Beto and his org, #PoweredXPeople, with a bogus lawsuit, but Beto’s continuing to fight 🔥 with 🔥🔥🔥, suing him right back.
Don’t mess with Texas voters or @texasdemocrats.bsky.social!
Be sure to give Beto a follow! 🖤
Now if only people would get off the couch on election day and make the votes match the polls...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMsp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMsp...
HUGE NEWS: Trump DISAPPROVED on EVERY SINGLE ISSUE by Voters
YouTube video by Let's Talk Elections
www.youtube.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Now if only people would get off the couch on election day and make the votes match the polls...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMsp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMsp...
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He posted 45 minutes ago and now he’s dead.
Kinetic strike. Most likely keyed off his cell phone signal, which the IDF tracks.
To the “journalists” in the West who toe the line with the NYT editorial board. Any words for your colleague?
Kinetic strike. Most likely keyed off his cell phone signal, which the IDF tracks.
To the “journalists” in the West who toe the line with the NYT editorial board. Any words for your colleague?
August 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
He posted 45 minutes ago and now he’s dead.
Kinetic strike. Most likely keyed off his cell phone signal, which the IDF tracks.
To the “journalists” in the West who toe the line with the NYT editorial board. Any words for your colleague?
Kinetic strike. Most likely keyed off his cell phone signal, which the IDF tracks.
To the “journalists” in the West who toe the line with the NYT editorial board. Any words for your colleague?
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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I genuinely think we should be asking the politicians who have suddenly found god on the question of genocide whether they will advocate for the kids who lost their goddamn diplomas and jobs for saying what they now agree with
August 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I genuinely think we should be asking the politicians who have suddenly found god on the question of genocide whether they will advocate for the kids who lost their goddamn diplomas and jobs for saying what they now agree with
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So during COVID republicans were against masks, claiming they couldn't breathe.
Suddenly all these guys can breathe through a mask while they snatch people off the street.
Suddenly all these guys can breathe through a mask while they snatch people off the street.
August 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
So during COVID republicans were against masks, claiming they couldn't breathe.
Suddenly all these guys can breathe through a mask while they snatch people off the street.
Suddenly all these guys can breathe through a mask while they snatch people off the street.
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Will journalists across the world speak out on the murder of their fellow journalists? Or will many remain quiet as they have before on the intentional murder of their colleagues for doing their work?
Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif was killed in an Israeli strike, while he and other journalists were inside their tent
Al Jazeera Says Its Correspondent Anas Al-Sharif Has Been Killed In Gaza, And Israel Confirms It
Broadcaster Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza City, and Israel’s military confirms it.
www.huffpost.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Will journalists across the world speak out on the murder of their fellow journalists? Or will many remain quiet as they have before on the intentional murder of their colleagues for doing their work?
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To Democrats re: gerrymandering Blue states in response to Texas: YOU HAVE NO CHOICE. Yes, on its own, this is not democratic. But this isn't on its own. We love Democracy, but we're fighting those who don't. Again: NO CHOICE. It's not about IF. It's about HOW, HOW SOON and HOW MANY SEATS!
August 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
To Democrats re: gerrymandering Blue states in response to Texas: YOU HAVE NO CHOICE. Yes, on its own, this is not democratic. But this isn't on its own. We love Democracy, but we're fighting those who don't. Again: NO CHOICE. It's not about IF. It's about HOW, HOW SOON and HOW MANY SEATS!
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Texas has more Democrats than Republicans. It’s not a Red state. It’s a Rigged state.
August 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Texas has more Democrats than Republicans. It’s not a Red state. It’s a Rigged state.
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Thanks for the chat Professor! Everyone grab Lawless, it's a MUST-HAVE for navigating a dangerously rogue court...
I spoke with Jessiah Eberlin on Pondering Politics about SCOTUS, law, and ... LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes!
Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-4b...
And if you like the conversation ... bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...
Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-4b...
And if you like the conversation ... bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...
Top Law Expert SOUNDS THE ALARM About Supreme Court CORRUPTION!
YouTube video by Pondering Politics
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thanks for the chat Professor! Everyone grab Lawless, it's a MUST-HAVE for navigating a dangerously rogue court...
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A “fair” share in taxes is necessarily progressive, the wealthy should pay a higher percentage share, simply because the poorer you are, the higher percentage of what you have must go to pay necessities - food, shelter, clothing, transportation for work. Yet the US system is tenaciously regressive.
U R making my point. Reps talk about things that impact voters lives.
You can take every penny I have, every penny every billionaire has, and it wouldn't pay the interest in the debt for 3 or fewer yrs.
You can take every penny I have, every penny every billionaire has, and it wouldn't pay the interest in the debt for 3 or fewer yrs.
That’s being very stereotypical. You must be talking with the Dem party leadership owned by billionaires like you.
August 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A “fair” share in taxes is necessarily progressive, the wealthy should pay a higher percentage share, simply because the poorer you are, the higher percentage of what you have must go to pay necessities - food, shelter, clothing, transportation for work. Yet the US system is tenaciously regressive.
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BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
August 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
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August 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Dutch police have arrested an Israeli officer Yukhal Yulita on holiday in Europe accused of war crimes in Rafah, where Israel massacred civilians and leveled entire neighborhoods. She thought she could sip cocktails abroad while her hands dripped with blood. Not anymore.
Thank you Netherlands
Thank you Netherlands
August 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Dutch police have arrested an Israeli officer Yukhal Yulita on holiday in Europe accused of war crimes in Rafah, where Israel massacred civilians and leveled entire neighborhoods. She thought she could sip cocktails abroad while her hands dripped with blood. Not anymore.
Thank you Netherlands
Thank you Netherlands
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Day 200 into Trump's second term, and we’ve seen the purge playlist play on repeat: pardons, power grabs, court wars, and rewriting reality. All the while, censorship and ICE are booming. Welcome to the new normal—or nightmare state.
5/5
5/5
August 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Day 200 into Trump's second term, and we’ve seen the purge playlist play on repeat: pardons, power grabs, court wars, and rewriting reality. All the while, censorship and ICE are booming. Welcome to the new normal—or nightmare state.
5/5
5/5
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While crime is down 26%, Trump says DC is lawless and homeless people must vanish from the streets—and hints at federalizing the city. Freedom meets authoritarianism under the guise of safety theater.
4/5
4/5
August 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
While crime is down 26%, Trump says DC is lawless and homeless people must vanish from the streets—and hints at federalizing the city. Freedom meets authoritarianism under the guise of safety theater.
4/5
4/5
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Trump’s Truth Social AI chatbot said the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, tariffs are taxes, and the Capitol riot was an insurrection—meaning even his own toy doesn’t buy his lies. If this doesn’t shatter the echo chamber, nothing will.
3/5
3/5
August 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Trump’s Truth Social AI chatbot said the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, tariffs are taxes, and the Capitol riot was an insurrection—meaning even his own toy doesn’t buy his lies. If this doesn’t shatter the echo chamber, nothing will.
3/5
3/5
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Tariffs are now the highest in nearly a century—hello inflation, hello economic pain. Brazil calls it “unacceptable blackmail,” but Trump’s still trumpeting it as a win. Raise your consumer prices high, folks.
2/5
2/5
August 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Tariffs are now the highest in nearly a century—hello inflation, hello economic pain. Brazil calls it “unacceptable blackmail,” but Trump’s still trumpeting it as a win. Raise your consumer prices high, folks.
2/5
2/5
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The Week in Review
Imagine Trump jetting to Alaska for a one-on-one with Putin—plotting land swaps like it's some Monopoly game. Meanwhile, Zelensky’s begging for an invite like the guest of honor. Russia gets a handout; democracy gets the short end.
1/5
Imagine Trump jetting to Alaska for a one-on-one with Putin—plotting land swaps like it's some Monopoly game. Meanwhile, Zelensky’s begging for an invite like the guest of honor. Russia gets a handout; democracy gets the short end.
1/5
August 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Week in Review
Imagine Trump jetting to Alaska for a one-on-one with Putin—plotting land swaps like it's some Monopoly game. Meanwhile, Zelensky’s begging for an invite like the guest of honor. Russia gets a handout; democracy gets the short end.
1/5
Imagine Trump jetting to Alaska for a one-on-one with Putin—plotting land swaps like it's some Monopoly game. Meanwhile, Zelensky’s begging for an invite like the guest of honor. Russia gets a handout; democracy gets the short end.
1/5