Tony Gattis 💉X8
@tonygattis.bsky.social
Another Xitter refugee. You'll have seen me at other places as TexDem_Dkos, maybe.
I'm not from Texas. Tarheel by birth and choice.
I'm not from Texas. Tarheel by birth and choice.
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Media outlets who refuse to describe in plain terms what the president did because they find it objectionable are lying to their audiences and running cover for the president. It's as simple as that.
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
October 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Media outlets who refuse to describe in plain terms what the president did because they find it objectionable are lying to their audiences and running cover for the president. It's as simple as that.
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A big part of the problem is the national political media refuse to show what’s going on.
Media outlets who refuse to describe in plain terms what the president did because they find it objectionable are lying to their audiences and running cover for the president. It's as simple as that.
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
October 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A big part of the problem is the national political media refuse to show what’s going on.
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You need to see this…
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
October 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
You need to see this…
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
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Everybody has to tighten their belts if the wannabe king is prioritizing his hedge fund buddies and his global fascist alliance
Farm state Republicans are appalled by President Trump's plan to import beef from Argentina, saying it will punish U.S. cattle ranchers. This is from Sen. Deb Fischer R-Nebraska.
October 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Everybody has to tighten their belts if the wannabe king is prioritizing his hedge fund buddies and his global fascist alliance
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For several years, I lived an hour south of Syracuse on a grad school stipend of $11,000 for the entire year.
The Hitler Middle Age here spent twice that in a weekend.
The Hitler Middle Age here spent twice that in a weekend.
Oh man, the New York Young Republicans implicated in the Nazi groupchat scandal ran up a $23,000 tab eating filet mignon and drinking at a hotel in Syracuse -- a city with one of the highest child poverty rates *in the nation* -- and then refused to pay the bill.
October 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
For several years, I lived an hour south of Syracuse on a grad school stipend of $11,000 for the entire year.
The Hitler Middle Age here spent twice that in a weekend.
The Hitler Middle Age here spent twice that in a weekend.
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And he’s sadisticly gleeful about it.
In 1998, David Broder said of Clinton, “He came in here and he trashed the place — and it’s not his place.”
Trump is now
- demolishing the East Wing
- paving the Rose Garden
- adding gold throughout the Oval Office
- building a ballroom
- installing a flagpole
- tearing apart the Lincoln bathroom
Trump is now
- demolishing the East Wing
- paving the Rose Garden
- adding gold throughout the Oval Office
- building a ballroom
- installing a flagpole
- tearing apart the Lincoln bathroom
At the White House, Trump's destructive impulses take a literal turn
Trump’s critics have long accused him of being responsible for making a mess at the White House. Those assessments have now become literal.
www.msnbc.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
And he’s sadisticly gleeful about it.
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So much idiocy and devastation in such a short time span
For the sake of posterity I thought I'd do a thread on all the epically stupid things Trump has done in recent days.
1) Let them eat ballroom
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
1) Let them eat ballroom
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
So much idiocy and devastation in such a short time span
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The US satire cartoon show South Park secured a five-year deal worth $1.5 billion with Paramount Global. They began their season with this clip, challenging Trump to sue them.
July 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The US satire cartoon show South Park secured a five-year deal worth $1.5 billion with Paramount Global. They began their season with this clip, challenging Trump to sue them.
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I would pay a boatload of money for someone to teach my corgi Clyde or Claudia’s corgi Gracie to do this. But I think only Gracie would be adventurous enough to take to it
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July 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I would pay a boatload of money for someone to teach my corgi Clyde or Claudia’s corgi Gracie to do this. But I think only Gracie would be adventurous enough to take to it
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Hard to take seriously the red-white-and-blue rhetoric of freedom on a 4th of July where the US president has cut off aid to a democracy fighting for its independence against ferocious attack by a foreign tyrant.
July 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Hard to take seriously the red-white-and-blue rhetoric of freedom on a 4th of July where the US president has cut off aid to a democracy fighting for its independence against ferocious attack by a foreign tyrant.
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There can be no true public safety for any of us without public trust. But it’s hard to trust the law when the law won’t show its face.
That's the topic of my latest op-ed, now live on Substack. Read the full piece and subscribe today: affordingyourlife.substack.com
That's the topic of my latest op-ed, now live on Substack. Read the full piece and subscribe today: affordingyourlife.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
There can be no true public safety for any of us without public trust. But it’s hard to trust the law when the law won’t show its face.
That's the topic of my latest op-ed, now live on Substack. Read the full piece and subscribe today: affordingyourlife.substack.com
That's the topic of my latest op-ed, now live on Substack. Read the full piece and subscribe today: affordingyourlife.substack.com
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Wishing everyone a happy Fourth of July!
249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.
249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.
July 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Wishing everyone a happy Fourth of July!
249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.
249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.
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For being a Democrat. They are targeting Democrats.
June 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
For being a Democrat. They are targeting Democrats.
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Shouldn’t the NY Times headline note that this new policy breaks the law?
June 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Shouldn’t the NY Times headline note that this new policy breaks the law?
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Break it, un-break it, take credit for it. Every time.
June 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Break it, un-break it, take credit for it. Every time.
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You know your country has screwed up priorities when it pretends it doesn't have the money to prevent LGBTQ teen suicides but it *does* have the funds to subsidize the wealthiest man in the world's engineering incompetence.
www.cbsnews.com/news/video-s...
www.cbsnews.com/news/video-s...
Video shows SpaceX Starship explosion at Texas launch site
A SpaceX Starship exploded at a launch site in Texas Wednesday night, bursting into a massive fireball.
www.cbsnews.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You know your country has screwed up priorities when it pretends it doesn't have the money to prevent LGBTQ teen suicides but it *does* have the funds to subsidize the wealthiest man in the world's engineering incompetence.
www.cbsnews.com/news/video-s...
www.cbsnews.com/news/video-s...
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LA DODGERS just now:
“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”
Right on, Dodgers!
More of this, please.
“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”
Right on, Dodgers!
More of this, please.
June 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
LA DODGERS just now:
“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”
Right on, Dodgers!
More of this, please.
“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”
Right on, Dodgers!
More of this, please.
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Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
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The same day political violence took lives, GOP candidate for governor Winsome Earle-Sears told a clergy luncheon:
“We’ve got huge firepower… flak jackets… grenades. We’re gonna use them.”
This isn’t leadership—it’s a threat.
Virginians deserve better than this reckless, violent thinking.
“We’ve got huge firepower… flak jackets… grenades. We’re gonna use them.”
This isn’t leadership—it’s a threat.
Virginians deserve better than this reckless, violent thinking.
June 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The same day political violence took lives, GOP candidate for governor Winsome Earle-Sears told a clergy luncheon:
“We’ve got huge firepower… flak jackets… grenades. We’re gonna use them.”
This isn’t leadership—it’s a threat.
Virginians deserve better than this reckless, violent thinking.
“We’ve got huge firepower… flak jackets… grenades. We’re gonna use them.”
This isn’t leadership—it’s a threat.
Virginians deserve better than this reckless, violent thinking.
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There are widespread reports of ICE agents abducting people while masked, without warrants or identification. Due to recent events, we strongly advise: do not open your door or car for anyone you don’t know. That’s the message. No need to elaborate.
June 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
There are widespread reports of ICE agents abducting people while masked, without warrants or identification. Due to recent events, we strongly advise: do not open your door or car for anyone you don’t know. That’s the message. No need to elaborate.
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We absolutely must not forget what this administration did to Senator Padilla, because it tells us what they are willing to do to us.
www.axios.com/2025/06/15/a... Padilla says FBI and National Guard escorted him into Noem's press conference
June 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We absolutely must not forget what this administration did to Senator Padilla, because it tells us what they are willing to do to us.
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It's always a good day to revisit this one.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It's always a good day to revisit this one.
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Bookmarking this one! 🗃️
It's always a good day to revisit this one.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
June 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Bookmarking this one! 🗃️
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Leaders of the American Patriots Three Percent (AP3) militia have forged alliances with law enforcement around the US.
Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success.
(Published Aug. 2024)
Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success.
(Published Aug. 2024)
Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American Militia
Rounding up migrants. Lists of “friendly” sheriffs. Debating political assassinations. Internal messages reveal AP3’s journey from Jan. 6 through the tumultuous lead-up to the 2024 election. One…
www.propublica.org
June 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Leaders of the American Patriots Three Percent (AP3) militia have forged alliances with law enforcement around the US.
Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success.
(Published Aug. 2024)
Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success.
(Published Aug. 2024)