@shawnpleary.bsky.social
I guess it’s not kidnapping if the government does it.
October 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I guess it’s not kidnapping if the government does it.
The top agent at the Secret Service’s New York field office is Hollywood-named Matt McCool.
September 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The top agent at the Secret Service’s New York field office is Hollywood-named Matt McCool.
To end his UN speech, Trump said, “Bye,” like he was on a phone call.
September 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
To end his UN speech, Trump said, “Bye,” like he was on a phone call.
The lady doth protest too much.
May 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The lady doth protest too much.
Should be called the “Big Billionaire Break-the-Bank Bill Your Kids.”
They called it the “big beautiful bill” because “bloodless economic strangulation” didn’t fit on a bumper sticker.
May 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Should be called the “Big Billionaire Break-the-Bank Bill Your Kids.”
Trump will go down in history.
April 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Trump will go down in history.
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"It sounds like Trump’s idea of protecting women is limiting their rights to preserve his own grip on power." - Susan Rinkunas
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
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The SAVE Act Extends the GOP’s War on Women to the Voter Rolls
Opinion | It sounds like Trump’s idea of protecting women is limiting their rights to preserve his own grip on power.
www.democracydocket.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"It sounds like Trump’s idea of protecting women is limiting their rights to preserve his own grip on power." - Susan Rinkunas
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
Calling what Trump does “dumb” may seem folksy and relatable, but it’s so much worse than that.
April 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Calling what Trump does “dumb” may seem folksy and relatable, but it’s so much worse than that.
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Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
Trump’s people are promising “bespoke negotiations,” which makes me hate that word even more.
April 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Trump’s people are promising “bespoke negotiations,” which makes me hate that word even more.
Trump still lives in the 1980s, so in his mind, a 2025 stock market crash is inescapable, no big deal, and recoverable from.
April 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trump still lives in the 1980s, so in his mind, a 2025 stock market crash is inescapable, no big deal, and recoverable from.
Broadside from 1936:
March 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Broadside from 1936:
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NEW: Two weeks ago gov't IT experts warned us that the worst case scenario would be if DOGE got full admin access to agency systems. We can report at at least one agency DOGE has unfettered "god mode" access. Our latest: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data
The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies.
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
NEW: Two weeks ago gov't IT experts warned us that the worst case scenario would be if DOGE got full admin access to agency systems. We can report at at least one agency DOGE has unfettered "god mode" access. Our latest: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
I’m on vacation and watching Fox News, which is not reporting this. It’s almost like national security stopped mattering once their guy got in.
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
March 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I’m on vacation and watching Fox News, which is not reporting this. It’s almost like national security stopped mattering once their guy got in.
Not to be overlooked is the fact that Pete Hegseth, U.S. Secretary of Defense and notorious alcoholic, initiated this group chat.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Not to be overlooked is the fact that Pete Hegseth, U.S. Secretary of Defense and notorious alcoholic, initiated this group chat.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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It has begun.
While on the one hand they're closing Social Security offices
On the other they're now requiring you go to an office.
They are designing failure into the system.
47 Social Security offices are listed for closure.
www.yahoo.com/news/social-...
apnews.com/article/soci...
While on the one hand they're closing Social Security offices
On the other they're now requiring you go to an office.
They are designing failure into the system.
47 Social Security offices are listed for closure.
www.yahoo.com/news/social-...
apnews.com/article/soci...
New Social Security requirements calls for in-person checks
The Social Security Administration is set to impose tighter identity verification measures starting March 31.
www.yahoo.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
It has begun.
While on the one hand they're closing Social Security offices
On the other they're now requiring you go to an office.
They are designing failure into the system.
47 Social Security offices are listed for closure.
www.yahoo.com/news/social-...
apnews.com/article/soci...
While on the one hand they're closing Social Security offices
On the other they're now requiring you go to an office.
They are designing failure into the system.
47 Social Security offices are listed for closure.
www.yahoo.com/news/social-...
apnews.com/article/soci...
Elon is to J.D. as Don Jr. is to Eric.
March 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Elon is to J.D. as Don Jr. is to Eric.
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“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
Trump/DOGE headlines are ALWAYS about cruelty to people who happen not to be:
white
rich
men
Christian pretenders
Fox News hosts
South African Nazis
white
rich
men
Christian pretenders
Fox News hosts
South African Nazis
March 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Trump/DOGE headlines are ALWAYS about cruelty to people who happen not to be:
white
rich
men
Christian pretenders
Fox News hosts
South African Nazis
white
rich
men
Christian pretenders
Fox News hosts
South African Nazis
How to buy your way out of a federal lawsuit
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How to buy your way out of a federal lawsuit
On June 6, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against Coinbase, a crypto trading platform, alleging that the company was operating as an unregistered securities broker.
open.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
How to buy your way out of a federal lawsuit
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Trump and Musk stand for one thing: aggregation of unchallenged power to themselves and other rich, white, “Christian” men.
February 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Trump and Musk stand for one thing: aggregation of unchallenged power to themselves and other rich, white, “Christian” men.