Scott Shaeffer 🐸
@sshaeff.bsky.social
We need to get big money out of politics and reform our electoral system.
If you are surprised by the current state of affairs, may I suggest rereading US history from an Indigenous or Black perspective?
Born in Philadelphia. 🔔 🇺🇸
If you are surprised by the current state of affairs, may I suggest rereading US history from an Indigenous or Black perspective?
Born in Philadelphia. 🔔 🇺🇸
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Scott Shaeffer 🐸
@sshaeff.bsky.social
· Mar 18
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
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This is another Trump crime against humanity.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is another Trump crime against humanity.
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Veterans are overrepresented on death row across the United States. The Death Penalty Information Center's new report explores the cases of veterans sentenced to death and the injustices they face in the criminal legal system.
Forgotten Service, Lasting Wounds: Military Veterans and the Death Penalty | Death Penalty Information Center
**Executive Summary** - Though the Supreme Court has recognized the importance of military service in capital mitigation, the legal...
deathpenaltyinfo.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Veterans are overrepresented on death row across the United States. The Death Penalty Information Center's new report explores the cases of veterans sentenced to death and the injustices they face in the criminal legal system.
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Monkey adapted to walk like humans after losing his front limbs
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Monkey adapted to walk like humans after losing his front limbs
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80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
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“The storied choice between socialism and barbarism was made exquisitely clear a good many years ago in the United States, and both major parties chose barbarism.”
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“The storied choice between socialism and barbarism was made exquisitely clear a good many years ago in the United States, and both major parties chose barbarism.”
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So so good! This is so perfectly stated.
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
So so good! This is so perfectly stated.
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Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake
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Evil beyond measure.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Evil beyond measure.
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Please call your PA representatives and Gov Shapiro and ask them to pass the budget.
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Please call your PA representatives and Gov Shapiro and ask them to pass the budget.
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New in PN: 1984, Idiocracy version
"Despite Trump’s desperate efforts to hypnotize people into believing his tariff bowel movements smell like sunshine and roses, a large majority of Americans are not enjoying the bouquet of rising prices when they go to the grocery store."
"Despite Trump’s desperate efforts to hypnotize people into believing his tariff bowel movements smell like sunshine and roses, a large majority of Americans are not enjoying the bouquet of rising prices when they go to the grocery store."
1984, Idiocracy version
Trump is like Big Brother if Big Brother were an incompetent buffoon.
www.publicnotice.co
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
New in PN: 1984, Idiocracy version
"Despite Trump’s desperate efforts to hypnotize people into believing his tariff bowel movements smell like sunshine and roses, a large majority of Americans are not enjoying the bouquet of rising prices when they go to the grocery store."
"Despite Trump’s desperate efforts to hypnotize people into believing his tariff bowel movements smell like sunshine and roses, a large majority of Americans are not enjoying the bouquet of rising prices when they go to the grocery store."
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It seems like so many people on the right should be aligned with so many people on the left over the doomsday existential threat of AI and robotics in the hands of a handful of greedy oligarchs. But they have succeeded in pitting us against each other with culture war drivel.
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It seems like so many people on the right should be aligned with so many people on the left over the doomsday existential threat of AI and robotics in the hands of a handful of greedy oligarchs. But they have succeeded in pitting us against each other with culture war drivel.
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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Mike Johnson is obstructing the US Constitution. President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in by Sarah Hughes, a US District Court Judge for Northern District of Texas. President Calvin Coolidge was sworn in by his own father – a notary public and justice of the peace.
Swear in Adelita Grijalva. Now.
Swear in Adelita Grijalva. Now.
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Mike Johnson is obstructing the US Constitution. President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in by Sarah Hughes, a US District Court Judge for Northern District of Texas. President Calvin Coolidge was sworn in by his own father – a notary public and justice of the peace.
Swear in Adelita Grijalva. Now.
Swear in Adelita Grijalva. Now.
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/jmWBIC4Y
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
app.sosha.ai
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/jmWBIC4Y
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"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
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You guys like air guitar right?
Well hell, you're gonna love air turkey
Welcome to our Trump MAGA Thanksgiving y'all
He defied a court order to make this happen for you guys !
Well hell, you're gonna love air turkey
Welcome to our Trump MAGA Thanksgiving y'all
He defied a court order to make this happen for you guys !
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
You guys like air guitar right?
Well hell, you're gonna love air turkey
Welcome to our Trump MAGA Thanksgiving y'all
He defied a court order to make this happen for you guys !
Well hell, you're gonna love air turkey
Welcome to our Trump MAGA Thanksgiving y'all
He defied a court order to make this happen for you guys !
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25 glorious minutes of Lina Khan & Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydxk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydxk...
A Conversation with Lina Khan, Former Commissioner of the FTC
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
25 glorious minutes of Lina Khan & Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydxk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydxk...
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Pretty sure this is how it happened many thousands of years ago.
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Pretty sure this is how it happened many thousands of years ago.
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has named an all-female transition team – including Elana Leopold, Maria Torres-Springer, Grace Bonilla, Melanie Hartzog, and Linda Khan.
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has named an all-female transition team – including Elana Leopold, Maria Torres-Springer, Grace Bonilla, Melanie Hartzog, and Linda Khan.
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I'm here in Washington working with my Democratic colleagues to protect healthcare for every American, but Republicans refuse to meet with us.
I decided to attend Speaker Johnson’s press conference today to speak to him.
I decided to attend Speaker Johnson’s press conference today to speak to him.
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I'm here in Washington working with my Democratic colleagues to protect healthcare for every American, but Republicans refuse to meet with us.
I decided to attend Speaker Johnson’s press conference today to speak to him.
I decided to attend Speaker Johnson’s press conference today to speak to him.