Shawn Painter
@skpainter.bsky.social
Too old to keep fighting the same crap, but I can’t give up.
Blue through and through.
Worried about the environment.
Prefer animals to mankind.
Rescue cats.
Equal rights for all.
This is worse than 2016
NO DMs
Blue through and through.
Worried about the environment.
Prefer animals to mankind.
Rescue cats.
Equal rights for all.
This is worse than 2016
NO DMs
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When a president brags about gold accessories as proof of “success,” it projects not leadership but authoritarian pageantry.
September 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
When a president brags about gold accessories as proof of “success,” it projects not leadership but authoritarian pageantry.
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A traditional Native American ceremony is held at the Broadview.
ICE Facility In Chicago, featuring a spiritual round dance of healing.
ICE Facility In Chicago, featuring a spiritual round dance of healing.
September 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
A traditional Native American ceremony is held at the Broadview.
ICE Facility In Chicago, featuring a spiritual round dance of healing.
ICE Facility In Chicago, featuring a spiritual round dance of healing.
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A useful introduction to NSPM-7, focused on the threats to non-profits. But it's worth noting that the threat extends beyond them to many other organizations, and to citizens acting together or individually, in ways of which the Trump administration disapproves.
www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspecti...
www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspecti...
Turning Powerful Post 9-11 Counterterrorism Tools Onto Domestic Policy Targets | Enforcement Edge | Blogs | Arnold & Porter
Arnold & Porter
www.arnoldporter.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A useful introduction to NSPM-7, focused on the threats to non-profits. But it's worth noting that the threat extends beyond them to many other organizations, and to citizens acting together or individually, in ways of which the Trump administration disapproves.
www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspecti...
www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspecti...
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Hitler’s rise was enabled by exploiting assumptions of good-faith leadership.
Emergency powers and constitutional loopholes—intended for crisis management—were used to dismantle democratic institutions from within.
Emergency powers and constitutional loopholes—intended for crisis management—were used to dismantle democratic institutions from within.
September 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Hitler’s rise was enabled by exploiting assumptions of good-faith leadership.
Emergency powers and constitutional loopholes—intended for crisis management—were used to dismantle democratic institutions from within.
Emergency powers and constitutional loopholes—intended for crisis management—were used to dismantle democratic institutions from within.
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"Telling the truth about Charlie Kirk was prohibited from the moment the shot that killed him rang out. MSNBC led the way by dropping political analyst Matthew Dowd for daring to mention the context — the provocative nature of Kirk’s rhetoric." -- Frank Wrinn
open.substack.com/pub/theoutpo...
open.substack.com/pub/theoutpo...
JUST TELL THE TRUTH
AND STOP FIRING THE TRUTH TELLERS
open.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"Telling the truth about Charlie Kirk was prohibited from the moment the shot that killed him rang out. MSNBC led the way by dropping political analyst Matthew Dowd for daring to mention the context — the provocative nature of Kirk’s rhetoric." -- Frank Wrinn
open.substack.com/pub/theoutpo...
open.substack.com/pub/theoutpo...
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Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
September 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
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They are so afraid of this they won’t seat a newly elected Congresswoman from AZ to keep it from happening.
September 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
They are so afraid of this they won’t seat a newly elected Congresswoman from AZ to keep it from happening.
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{ gift link } www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
September 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
{ gift link } www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
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NORTH CAROLINA… “someone on a boat coming up Cape Fear opened fire on the American Fish Company, an outdoor bar venue… The boat then proceeded up the Intracoastal Waterway…”
Every damn day. 🇺🇸
abcnews.go.com/US/3-dead-8-...
Every damn day. 🇺🇸
abcnews.go.com/US/3-dead-8-...
September 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
NORTH CAROLINA… “someone on a boat coming up Cape Fear opened fire on the American Fish Company, an outdoor bar venue… The boat then proceeded up the Intracoastal Waterway…”
Every damn day. 🇺🇸
abcnews.go.com/US/3-dead-8-...
Every damn day. 🇺🇸
abcnews.go.com/US/3-dead-8-...
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This is dangerous.
Trump’s taking cues from Laura Loomer, an extremist conspiracy theory-pushing racist, to pressure a major publicly traded company — a direct threat to corporate independence.
What’s even more alarming is she’s aware of her power.
Trump’s taking cues from Laura Loomer, an extremist conspiracy theory-pushing racist, to pressure a major publicly traded company — a direct threat to corporate independence.
What’s even more alarming is she’s aware of her power.
September 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is dangerous.
Trump’s taking cues from Laura Loomer, an extremist conspiracy theory-pushing racist, to pressure a major publicly traded company — a direct threat to corporate independence.
What’s even more alarming is she’s aware of her power.
Trump’s taking cues from Laura Loomer, an extremist conspiracy theory-pushing racist, to pressure a major publicly traded company — a direct threat to corporate independence.
What’s even more alarming is she’s aware of her power.
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ICE sparked outrage by leaving a terrified little girl alone in a car as agents handcuffed her father in Beaverton, Oregon. She screamed, “Daddy, police!” Critics slammed the agency for reckless cruelty, calling it a heartless display of power over the most vulnerable.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
September 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
ICE sparked outrage by leaving a terrified little girl alone in a car as agents handcuffed her father in Beaverton, Oregon. She screamed, “Daddy, police!” Critics slammed the agency for reckless cruelty, calling it a heartless display of power over the most vulnerable.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...
September 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...
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September 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This aged well
September 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This aged well
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NEW: Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene
An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.
www.propublica.org
September 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Trump posted your FIRED pointing to Jerome Powell.
What an imbecile. If he did THIS rates will rise because of a lack in confidence in the independence of the FED.
What an imbecile. If he did THIS rates will rise because of a lack in confidence in the independence of the FED.
September 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BREAKING: Trump posted your FIRED pointing to Jerome Powell.
What an imbecile. If he did THIS rates will rise because of a lack in confidence in the independence of the FED.
What an imbecile. If he did THIS rates will rise because of a lack in confidence in the independence of the FED.
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Harleen Grewal is a pediatric dentist. Meaning this monster does surgery on kids.
She said it was "a joke."
She needs to have her license revoked.
WATCH:
#Resist
She said it was "a joke."
She needs to have her license revoked.
WATCH:
#Resist
September 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Harleen Grewal is a pediatric dentist. Meaning this monster does surgery on kids.
She said it was "a joke."
She needs to have her license revoked.
WATCH:
#Resist
She said it was "a joke."
She needs to have her license revoked.
WATCH:
#Resist
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September 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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"Discrediting science and scientists is thus an essential first step for authoritarian regimes to then discredit any other types of learning and truth and destabilize their societies."
"The current war on science, and who’s behind it -- A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar/write a book" | A nice review of #ScienceUnderSiege by Diana Gitig for @arstechnica.com: arstechnica.com/science/2025...
The current war on science, and who’s behind it
A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar write a book.
arstechnica.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"Discrediting science and scientists is thus an essential first step for authoritarian regimes to then discredit any other types of learning and truth and destabilize their societies."
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Netanyahu staying openly that they need to gain control of tiktok.
For anyone who wasn’t aware this was always the plan
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMYxPAxG/
For anyone who wasn’t aware this was always the plan
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMYxPAxG/
Sept 27th. Bibi briefs US influencers on the importance of "owning" TikTok #greenscreen
TikTok video by The Inconvenient Truth
www.tiktok.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Netanyahu staying openly that they need to gain control of tiktok.
For anyone who wasn’t aware this was always the plan
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMYxPAxG/
For anyone who wasn’t aware this was always the plan
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMYxPAxG/