Steve Rodgers
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Steve Rodgers
@steve-rodgers.bsky.social
Cancer survivor. Grateful for those I’ve loved, and laughed with, whether recently or long ago. Life is fragile and fleeting so cherish it every day.
Spotify Wrapped has informed me my listening age is 68 years old 😵‍💫
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Lovely to see the crepe myrtles flowering early after the recent rain. Normally they bloom in January, they were out in late February last summer.
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The way I've looked at it is, there has never been, and never will be, a bottom with Trump and his ilk.
There is a temptation is to describe what happened yesterday as somehow a “new low.”

But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.

open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
"A sickening moral slum of an administration"
George Will's verdict.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The Trump admin has been quietly pressuring Europe to not seize the Russian billions for Ukraine. He fully intends to give it back to Russia and likely will find a way to profit himself.

Shame on America, and shame on Europe
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case."

This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.

If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.

www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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WH tries to throw Adm. Bradley under the boat. Won’t work.

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive.”
REPORTER: Does the administration deny that that second strike happened, or did it happen and the administration denies that Hegseth gave the order?

LEAVITT: The latter. Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. He worked well within his authority and the law.
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Looks like Trump and Hegseth might be preparing to throw the military under the bus on the second strike.

This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I like how every six months or so we get a big "This Obscure Fasicst Thinker Is Key To Understanding The Modern Right" and without fail every one of those is the biggest loser you've ever heard of writing the stupidest articles you've ever read for Racism Monthly
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike.

Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.

This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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November 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Sad thing about #Liberals opposition to Murray Watt #environment bill is that it was drawn up by eminent conservative corporate leader Graham Samuel who has significant respect within business circles. His commonsense is too much for Christian Right to handle.
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Cheering Kerry O'Brien.
"former ABC broadcaster Kerry O’Brien got a standing ovation at the 70th Walkley awards for a rousing speech that reminded media of the 'clear and present danger for a strong, free, effective and independent media everywhere'."

I wonder how many journos applauding have censored themselves? #auspol
Kerry O’Brien sounds the alarm for Australian media in thunderous Walkleys address | Weekly Beast
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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This is how Enron did its accounting (seriously)
On one side of the ledger, we have half a trillion dollars in operating losses expected over the next 5 years.

On the other side of the ledger, we have all the money we'll hypothetically make when the hypothetical technology we imagine comes into existence mostly on its own.

So it's net positive.
HSBC forecasts that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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I hope my whole family is ready for me to deliver a power point presentation on the Lizza/Nuzzi situation at Thanksgiving.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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"The history books will look back on what the country lost by not having a televised trial before November 2024 and historians will wonder what Fani Willis was thinking. And they'll just scratch their heads," Kreis, a law professor, told The Guardian… www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Fani Willis was the only one to seriously go after Trump over Jan 6 — and she blew it
Willis had her eye on the ball early, but a stunning error of judgement ‘stabbed the case right in the heart’, John Bowden writes.
www.the-independent.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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(1/X) Quick thing on the shutdown....yes Dems shouldn't have caved when they did but they won the shutdown politically: they killed in the elections and are soaring in the generic ballot.

There's a lesson.The ABC's of dealing with narcissists.

Always
Be
Confronting

Do I have your attention now?
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump

The extremely poor judgment exercised by Fulton County DA Fani Willis in hiring a man she was dating as a Special Prosecutor to lead the case against Trump doomed the case.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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*Such* a pit in my stomach about the Georgia case. Such a wasted possibility. It's hard to avoid simultaneously crediting Willis for a strong, convincing, aggressive, and important set of indictments, and blaming her for the catastrophic misjudgment that made it impossible to have a trial in 2024.
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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It is a shame that Brazil’s judges are so activist that none of them stepped in to change the laws for Jair Bolsonaro.

by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Bowen 747 line did make me chuckle. It’s going to get plenty of use. #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 8d
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ruled. https://cnn.it/4p1dgDV
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM