Shannon Rizzo
@shnunr.bsky.social
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addicted to knowledge and chocolate
mom to young adults, horses, dogs, cats, plants
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Trump’s habit of referring to any damaging information as a “hoax” has never been more laughable or concerning than it is here. https://trib.al/MFGDzdt
Donald Trump Is Trapped
Why the president’s usual tactics won’t end the Epstein scandal
trib.al
July 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Trump’s habit of referring to any damaging information as a “hoax” has never been more laughable or concerning than it is here. https://trib.al/MFGDzdt
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With all eyes have been on the Epstein debacle, Trump quietly returned 2000 troops to the California National Guard from federalized duty. Trump’s efforts to politicize the military are a significant challenge to our democracy. He can’t be permitted to do it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Why We Don't Politicize the Military
When I started working on this piece, it was in the context of Trump‘s announced decision to bring the National Guard and the Marines into Los Angeles to quell protests against ICE.
open.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
With all eyes have been on the Epstein debacle, Trump quietly returned 2000 troops to the California National Guard from federalized duty. Trump’s efforts to politicize the military are a significant challenge to our democracy. He can’t be permitted to do it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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seems like a military response in search of a riot
Passed the Federal Building Plaza. A few dozen protesters, all peaceful, rallying with signs. LAPD helos circling
June 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
seems like a military response in search of a riot
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People need to understand something.
There is no DOJ, FBI or DOD.
There are entities—the DOJ and FBI—run by Trump’s personal attorneys, who see their agents as a weapon for Trump to wield against his enemies, and there is an alcoholic who’s been open about wanting a white Christian fascist nation.
There is no DOJ, FBI or DOD.
There are entities—the DOJ and FBI—run by Trump’s personal attorneys, who see their agents as a weapon for Trump to wield against his enemies, and there is an alcoholic who’s been open about wanting a white Christian fascist nation.
June 8, 2025 at 4:41 AM
People need to understand something.
There is no DOJ, FBI or DOD.
There are entities—the DOJ and FBI—run by Trump’s personal attorneys, who see their agents as a weapon for Trump to wield against his enemies, and there is an alcoholic who’s been open about wanting a white Christian fascist nation.
There is no DOJ, FBI or DOD.
There are entities—the DOJ and FBI—run by Trump’s personal attorneys, who see their agents as a weapon for Trump to wield against his enemies, and there is an alcoholic who’s been open about wanting a white Christian fascist nation.
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👇👇👇
𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐯. 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝.
Compare these 2 versions of the homepage of Brown v Board Nat'l Historic Park in Topeka.
Left: as of 5/4.
Right: as of today.
Before: Brown's "one of the most pivotal ... ever rendered."
After: "a class photo."
www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm
#HistorySky #LawSky
Compare these 2 versions of the homepage of Brown v Board Nat'l Historic Park in Topeka.
Left: as of 5/4.
Right: as of today.
Before: Brown's "one of the most pivotal ... ever rendered."
After: "a class photo."
www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm
#HistorySky #LawSky
May 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
👇👇👇
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🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
May 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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As you assess the news about Trump’s flying bribe from Qatar, remember that if you view the Republican Party as a crime syndicate instead of a political movement, everything makes more sense.
May 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As you assess the news about Trump’s flying bribe from Qatar, remember that if you view the Republican Party as a crime syndicate instead of a political movement, everything makes more sense.
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A Trump Tower in Damascus, a detente with Israel and US access to Syria's oil and gas are part of Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa's strategic pitch to try to get face time with US President Donald Trump during his trip to the Middle East reut.rs/3YFnHlz
May 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A Trump Tower in Damascus, a detente with Israel and US access to Syria's oil and gas are part of Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa's strategic pitch to try to get face time with US President Donald Trump during his trip to the Middle East reut.rs/3YFnHlz
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Daniel Ziblatt--co-author of the book on how democracies die--is alarmed by the success so far of Trump's attempted murder. He discusses loyalists in power ministries,
consolidation of personal power, and the abdication by political and civic elites.
I highly recommend it.
youtu.be/bVNX_PTQkRA?...
consolidation of personal power, and the abdication by political and civic elites.
I highly recommend it.
youtu.be/bVNX_PTQkRA?...
Our Democracy IS Actually Dying (w/ Daniel Ziblatt) | Bulwark on Sunday
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtu.be
May 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Daniel Ziblatt--co-author of the book on how democracies die--is alarmed by the success so far of Trump's attempted murder. He discusses loyalists in power ministries,
consolidation of personal power, and the abdication by political and civic elites.
I highly recommend it.
youtu.be/bVNX_PTQkRA?...
consolidation of personal power, and the abdication by political and civic elites.
I highly recommend it.
youtu.be/bVNX_PTQkRA?...
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Target made its choice—and so have Black consumers.
The National Black Church Initiative isn’t playing PR games. No more performative marketing while treating Black communities like disposable income streams.
I have nothing to do with this org, but it is telling.
The National Black Church Initiative isn’t playing PR games. No more performative marketing while treating Black communities like disposable income streams.
I have nothing to do with this org, but it is telling.
May 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Target made its choice—and so have Black consumers.
The National Black Church Initiative isn’t playing PR games. No more performative marketing while treating Black communities like disposable income streams.
I have nothing to do with this org, but it is telling.
The National Black Church Initiative isn’t playing PR games. No more performative marketing while treating Black communities like disposable income streams.
I have nothing to do with this org, but it is telling.
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Weather and climate research funds are being “chainsawed” from NOAA's budget. Last I checked, Louisiana & Florida, which are maximally susceptible to Hurricanes, voted Red in the last General Election.
Wondering if residents there knew in advance this would happen.
Wondering if residents there knew in advance this would happen.
May 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Weather and climate research funds are being “chainsawed” from NOAA's budget. Last I checked, Louisiana & Florida, which are maximally susceptible to Hurricanes, voted Red in the last General Election.
Wondering if residents there knew in advance this would happen.
Wondering if residents there knew in advance this would happen.
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NEW from @joshgerstein.bsky.social: You’ve heard of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Now meet the second man erroneously deported to El Salvador in violation of a legal settlement: Daniel Lozano-Camargo.
Until now, he’d only been identified by a pseudonym in court. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Until now, he’d only been identified by a pseudonym in court. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
May 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
NEW from @joshgerstein.bsky.social: You’ve heard of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Now meet the second man erroneously deported to El Salvador in violation of a legal settlement: Daniel Lozano-Camargo.
Until now, he’d only been identified by a pseudonym in court. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Until now, he’d only been identified by a pseudonym in court. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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this is the coolest video if you've never seen it. and also amadeus is an amazing movie if you've never seen it. top ten.
youtu.be/dJ0AkP_BFhs?...
youtu.be/dJ0AkP_BFhs?...
May 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
this is the coolest video if you've never seen it. and also amadeus is an amazing movie if you've never seen it. top ten.
youtu.be/dJ0AkP_BFhs?...
youtu.be/dJ0AkP_BFhs?...
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Very interesting--and alarming--thread.
The🌎economy is in a crisis, & yet the dollar is falling. Investors are turning up their noses at US debt, instead snapping up gold & German bunds as "safe assets"
The Trump admin's policies are, to borrow from Bob Gilpin, tarnishing the "prestige" of the US economy & the 💵🧵1/
The Trump admin's policies are, to borrow from Bob Gilpin, tarnishing the "prestige" of the US economy & the 💵🧵1/
April 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Very interesting--and alarming--thread.
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On the list: bsky.app/profile/dani...
April 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
On the list: bsky.app/profile/dani...
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We recorded an episode on this that came out last week. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Growing Risk to Fed Independence That Wall St Isn't Watching
Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · 04/01/2025 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We recorded an episode on this that came out last week. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Not for nothing, but how, exactly, is it legal to send people for *punishment* in a foreign prison (esp with no due process)? Were the funds being used for it appropriated for this purpose? I feel this has just become a thing no one questions
April 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Not for nothing, but how, exactly, is it legal to send people for *punishment* in a foreign prison (esp with no due process)? Were the funds being used for it appropriated for this purpose? I feel this has just become a thing no one questions
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Homeland security apparently used British man’s tattoo to identify alleged gang members
Homeland security apparently used British man’s tattoo to identify alleged gang members
‘Average man from Derbyshire’ shocked to find photo of tattoo celebrating child’s birth was used to deport migrants
A British man was shocked to discover that a photo of his tattoo was included in a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document used to identify alleged members of a notorious Venezuelan criminal gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA).
Earlier this week, 44-year-old Pete Belton, who lives in the English county of Derbyshire, told the BBC that he was stunned to find a photo of his forearm tattoo featured in a DHS document among nine images of tattoos intended to assist in “detecting and identifying” TdA members. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Homeland security apparently used British man’s tattoo to identify alleged gang members
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Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully.
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
April 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully.
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
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BREAKING: As expected, and consistent with all the PROOF reporting from the past week, the Trump administration has now _refused to follow court orders_ in the Abrego Garcia case.
Major media misinformed the public by telling them that the Supreme Court ruling in the case was a win for rule of law.
Major media misinformed the public by telling them that the Supreme Court ruling in the case was a win for rule of law.
April 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
BREAKING: As expected, and consistent with all the PROOF reporting from the past week, the Trump administration has now _refused to follow court orders_ in the Abrego Garcia case.
Major media misinformed the public by telling them that the Supreme Court ruling in the case was a win for rule of law.
Major media misinformed the public by telling them that the Supreme Court ruling in the case was a win for rule of law.
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There are 2 economic ideas behind the Trump tariffs. One is obviously very stupid. The other is also very stupid, but less obviously so.
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(thread)
April 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There are 2 economic ideas behind the Trump tariffs. One is obviously very stupid. The other is also very stupid, but less obviously so.
(thread)
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Donald Trump was recorded in the Oval Office happily bragging about how much money his billionaire buddies made off of his shady tariff scheme. (Insider trading amuses and delights this group.)
“He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…
“He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…
April 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Donald Trump was recorded in the Oval Office happily bragging about how much money his billionaire buddies made off of his shady tariff scheme. (Insider trading amuses and delights this group.)
“He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…
“He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…
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we've reached page 7
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
we've reached page 7
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TONIGHT: Trump admin has its signals crossed on signalgate. Watch @therickwilson.bsky.social and @mayaonstage.bsky.social on The Breakdown at 7 PM EST: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji4M...
March 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
TONIGHT: Trump admin has its signals crossed on signalgate. Watch @therickwilson.bsky.social and @mayaonstage.bsky.social on The Breakdown at 7 PM EST: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji4M...
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Short sided AF!
We can shut borders, cut ties, and look away—but viruses don’t care. The next pandemic is just a 12-hour flight away and we have an HHS secretary, who doesn’t believe in vaccines.
This decision will hurt us at home…
We can shut borders, cut ties, and look away—but viruses don’t care. The next pandemic is just a 12-hour flight away and we have an HHS secretary, who doesn’t believe in vaccines.
This decision will hurt us at home…
March 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Short sided AF!
We can shut borders, cut ties, and look away—but viruses don’t care. The next pandemic is just a 12-hour flight away and we have an HHS secretary, who doesn’t believe in vaccines.
This decision will hurt us at home…
We can shut borders, cut ties, and look away—but viruses don’t care. The next pandemic is just a 12-hour flight away and we have an HHS secretary, who doesn’t believe in vaccines.
This decision will hurt us at home…