seth p bates
@sethp-grumpygoat.bsky.social
Progressive. Grumpy. Confused that so many of us (still) embrace trump's lies & corruption. Retired, loving family & friends, dogs, wilderness, solitude, reading, singing.
Putney school grad, UCSD, UNI, worked: SJSU, Applied Materials.
Putney school grad, UCSD, UNI, worked: SJSU, Applied Materials.
Wag the Dog
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Wag the Dog
Everyone who is considering procreating needs to read this.
Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Everyone who is considering procreating needs to read this.
Primer for this article: Copium is a slang term for denial or rationalization in the face of defeat or failure.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
House speaker says GOP is excited to rig midterms
During Thursday’s GOP-lead shutdown press conference , House Speaker Mike Johnson offered up a cornucopia of copium following the GOP’s Election Day drubbing.
"There's only three, conversely, ...
www.dailykos.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Primer for this article: Copium is a slang term for denial or rationalization in the face of defeat or failure.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Democrats to Troops: Don’t Follow Unlawful Orders
YouTube video by New York Post
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The entire world can clearly see that Putin owns Steve Witkoff and yet Witkoff is the one that Trump wants leading the negotiations on a peace deal. If Putin owns Witkoff, and Trump doesn’t care, that means Putin owns Trump - either directly, by proxy, or by stupidity.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The entire world can clearly see that Putin owns Steve Witkoff and yet Witkoff is the one that Trump wants leading the negotiations on a peace deal. If Putin owns Witkoff, and Trump doesn’t care, that means Putin owns Trump - either directly, by proxy, or by stupidity.
Elizabeth Warren. On point.
I love her for her heart and that politics haven't ruined her moral clarity.
substack.com/@senatorwarr...
I love her for her heart and that politics haven't ruined her moral clarity.
substack.com/@senatorwarr...
Senator Elizabeth Warren (@senatorwarren)
Billie Eilish asked the right question:
If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?
substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Elizabeth Warren. On point.
I love her for her heart and that politics haven't ruined her moral clarity.
substack.com/@senatorwarr...
I love her for her heart and that politics haven't ruined her moral clarity.
substack.com/@senatorwarr...
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We may be getting the Epstein Files in December, but they’re still hiding the Jobs Report, the Inflation Report, and the GDP Report.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We may be getting the Epstein Files in December, but they’re still hiding the Jobs Report, the Inflation Report, and the GDP Report.
A woman who is passionate, intelligent, fair to ordinary Americans, and who would use experts in every way to improve our government.
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A woman who is passionate, intelligent, fair to ordinary Americans, and who would use experts in every way to improve our government.
One gets the impression that Putin is more interested in targeting civilians than military assets in his incessant attacks in Ukraine.
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
One gets the impression that Putin is more interested in targeting civilians than military assets in his incessant attacks in Ukraine.
Is that ONLY Democrat "traitors" (people who don't like me)? Or are Republican "traitors" also on his targeted prosecution list?
Aa handful of complicit sycophants does not count as "many great legal scholars." Also, they urged people to disobey illegal orders, which is part of their training and required by law.
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Is that ONLY Democrat "traitors" (people who don't like me)? Or are Republican "traitors" also on his targeted prosecution list?
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Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
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Do you know who you won't find in the Epstein Files?
Undocumented immigrants.
Undocumented immigrants.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Do you know who you won't find in the Epstein Files?
Undocumented immigrants.
Undocumented immigrants.
More evidence of the sleaze and propaganda being produced within our own government
The website "covidtests.gov" redirects directly to an official White House website promoting anti-Chinese covid conspiracies,
while offering nothing about covid test kits!!!
www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
The website "covidtests.gov" redirects directly to an official White House website promoting anti-Chinese covid conspiracies,
while offering nothing about covid test kits!!!
www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19
Covid 19 Origins - Lab Leak THE ORIGIN “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
More evidence of the sleaze and propaganda being produced within our own government
The website "covidtests.gov" redirects directly to an official White House website promoting anti-Chinese covid conspiracies,
while offering nothing about covid test kits!!!
www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
The website "covidtests.gov" redirects directly to an official White House website promoting anti-Chinese covid conspiracies,
while offering nothing about covid test kits!!!
www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
Will trump be impeached?
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Will trump be impeached?
Government propaganda.
Hint: written by an unqualified person.
Hint: written by an unqualified person.
The clowns in this admin are obsessed with daily media coverage and social media criticism. It’s because they came from that world - it’s what they know. They damn sure weren’t prepared, competent or qualified to run their agencies - they did podcasts about them.
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Government propaganda.
Hint: written by an unqualified person.
Hint: written by an unqualified person.
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Oh whoa!
As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
She did not respond.
She did not respond.
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Oh whoa!
Is this going to end well?
Oh whoa!
As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
She did not respond.
She did not respond.
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Is this going to end well?
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Solidarity with Starbucks workers! Starbucks makes BILLIONS every year.
The very least the company owes its workers is good faith negotiations for a fair contract and to END their illegal union-busting.
Everyone should be able to organize at work!
The very least the company owes its workers is good faith negotiations for a fair contract and to END their illegal union-busting.
Everyone should be able to organize at work!
Merkley, Wyden Call on Starbucks CEO to Stop Union-Busting and Negotiate a Fair Contract for Workers - Merkley
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined colleagues in a letter to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol demanding that the multibillion-dollar corporation stop its illegal uni...
www.merkley.senate.gov
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Solidarity with Starbucks workers! Starbucks makes BILLIONS every year.
The very least the company owes its workers is good faith negotiations for a fair contract and to END their illegal union-busting.
Everyone should be able to organize at work!
The very least the company owes its workers is good faith negotiations for a fair contract and to END their illegal union-busting.
Everyone should be able to organize at work!
Is this a consequence of the gutting vital, functioning government departments - to whit, the Bureau of Labor Statistics?
Now the Doordash economic indicator?
Now the Doordash economic indicator?
We are really ruled by the dumbest people in existence.
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Is this a consequence of the gutting vital, functioning government departments - to whit, the Bureau of Labor Statistics?
Now the Doordash economic indicator?
Now the Doordash economic indicator?
For all his shortcomings (true mainstream Democrat-style), Biden did a bang-up job of getting the country moving again.
The history is clear and consistent - in EVERY administration of the last 40 years, our economy and the budget fair much better under Democratic leadership.
The history is clear and consistent - in EVERY administration of the last 40 years, our economy and the budget fair much better under Democratic leadership.
The excuse Trump, Vance, Bessent and every member of the admin constantly uses is things are so bad because of what “they inherited.” What about what Biden inherited? Has everyone forgotten Jan 2021? Economy in shambles, global supply chain a mess, global inflation, J6 aftermath.
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
For all his shortcomings (true mainstream Democrat-style), Biden did a bang-up job of getting the country moving again.
The history is clear and consistent - in EVERY administration of the last 40 years, our economy and the budget fair much better under Democratic leadership.
The history is clear and consistent - in EVERY administration of the last 40 years, our economy and the budget fair much better under Democratic leadership.
Except that a large portion of those who want to see the files are diehard MAGATS.
How will they turn when they find he is implicated?
Cognitive dissonance raises its familiar head...
How will they turn when they find he is implicated?
Cognitive dissonance raises its familiar head...
Unless Fox News is willing to break down the Epstein emails, their audience will never see any reason to believe that Trump was anything except friendly with Epstein.
Much like the Russia investigation, they won’t accept it.
Much like the Russia investigation, they won’t accept it.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Except that a large portion of those who want to see the files are diehard MAGATS.
How will they turn when they find he is implicated?
Cognitive dissonance raises its familiar head...
How will they turn when they find he is implicated?
Cognitive dissonance raises its familiar head...
I continue to observe that Ukraine's attacks do NOT target hospitals, schools, apartment buildings...
⚡️Russian oil terminal in Novorossiysk on fire following reported Ukrainian drone strikes.
Ukrainian drones struck the Russian port city of Novorossiysk on Nov. 14, damaging an oil terminal and sparking a large fire, multiple Russian Telegram channels reported.
Ukrainian drones struck the Russian port city of Novorossiysk on Nov. 14, damaging an oil terminal and sparking a large fire, multiple Russian Telegram channels reported.
Russian oil terminal in Novorossiysk on fire following reported Ukrainian drone strikes
Ukrainian drones struck the Russian port city of Novorossiysk on Nov. 14, damaging an oil terminal and sparking a large fire, multiple Russian Telegram channels reported.
kyivindependent.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I continue to observe that Ukraine's attacks do NOT target hospitals, schools, apartment buildings...
It is a "feature" of this autocracy, that government agencies are now sources of their own propaganda. A perversion of our nation.
Attacking a federal district judge as an “activist” for issuing a lawful ruling is an assault on judicial independence. A democracy cannot function when executive agencies denigrate judges for doing their jobs.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It is a "feature" of this autocracy, that government agencies are now sources of their own propaganda. A perversion of our nation.
$2 billion. A clear vanity move, as well.
Maybe he could rename the ACA, then fund it fully?
na-ah.
Maybe he could rename the ACA, then fund it fully?
na-ah.
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
$2 billion. A clear vanity move, as well.
Maybe he could rename the ACA, then fund it fully?
na-ah.
Maybe he could rename the ACA, then fund it fully?
na-ah.
Reposting from Adam Kinsinger:
“The president bears responsibility for Wednesdays attack on Congress by MOB rioters. He should have immediately denounced the MOB when he saw what was unfolding.” Kevin McCarthy
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Reposting from Adam Kinsinger: