@treefrogjohn.bsky.social
Once upon a time rock promoter and Yippie journalist. Then a career designing and validating computer motherboards and microprocessors.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Sure, his politics are "not nearly enough kids are dying." Yes, he looks like Salisbury steak that's been left out in the Mojave Desert for 3 weeks in July. Yes, he sounds like Rod Stewart getting his balls crushed in a vise at the end of a 3-week bender. So surely he must write really we...
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Sure, his politics are "not nearly enough kids are dying." Yes, he looks like Salisbury steak that's been left out in the Mojave Desert for 3 weeks in July. Yes, he sounds like Rod Stewart getting his balls crushed in a vise at the end of a 3-week bender. So surely he must write really we...
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Is the is really what you want our country to be? This is sickening. #TrumpGoons. @democrats.senate.gov
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Is the is really what you want our country to be? This is sickening. #TrumpGoons. @democrats.senate.gov
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Trump seal of approval for news seems problematic
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Trump seal of approval for news seems problematic
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Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration
November 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
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Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.
Insane
Insane
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.
Insane
Insane
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October 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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"Slash American healthcare or we starve American kids" is one hell of a pitch
JOHNSON: “.. The pain register is about to hit level 10.”
@politico.com #Shutdown
www.politico.com/live-updates...
@politico.com #Shutdown
www.politico.com/live-updates...
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Slash American healthcare or we starve American kids" is one hell of a pitch
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NEW: “ICE, their secret police, is their tool,” said a human rights attorney who directed DHS’ ombudsman office under Biden.
“Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
“Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
NEW: “ICE, their secret police, is their tool,” said a human rights attorney who directed DHS’ ombudsman office under Biden.
“Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
“Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
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October 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Somehow it's only "demonizing half of the country" when Democrats mildly criticize Trump supporters. This just doesn't count
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Somehow it's only "demonizing half of the country" when Democrats mildly criticize Trump supporters. This just doesn't count
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I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?
October 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?
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When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys
October 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys
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Thread from August 2024, Army pamphlet warning against American fascism from 1945.
In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting.
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ORIENTATION
FACT SHEET
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WAR DEPARTMENT-WASHINGTON 25, D. C. • 24 March 1945 FASCISM!
Note For This Week's Discussion:
Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it. Points to stress are: (1) Fascism is more apt to come to power at a time of economic crisis;
(2) fascism inevitably leads to war; (3) it can come to any country; (4) we can best combat it by making our democracy work.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miczfsfixolk42l7343z3bpd/bafkreigaks7wgy4rvmszhobeed7hlaqap4mynkhqketipzolmesislssci@jpeg)
October 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Thread from August 2024, Army pamphlet warning against American fascism from 1945.
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Oh FFS live out your Black Hawk Down fantasies on a computer.
Chicago: “The Border Patrol official said that snipers rappelled down from helicopters on top of the apartment complex, as a precaution from potential violence.”
Trump’s Chicago ICE Crackdown Intensifies With Drones, Helicopters and Trucks
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Oh FFS live out your Black Hawk Down fantasies on a computer.
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😡 many of my students rely on this.
So, so wrong.
It's basic equity. They won't be able to use their Chromebooks at home, and we lose a tool we had gained to help level the playing field for all students.
So, so wrong.
It's basic equity. They won't be able to use their Chromebooks at home, and we lose a tool we had gained to help level the playing field for all students.
Trump's FCC yesterday voted to kill a program that provided free Wi-Fi to rural school kids at no cost to taxpayers, falsely claiming the program was "illegal" and was being used to "censor Conservative ideology."
FCC moves to end discounts for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus connectivity
The Federal Communications Commission voted to end discounts for library and school Wi-Fi hotspot lending programs on Tuesday, drawing criticism from lawmakers and librarians who say the move will mak...
apnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
😡 many of my students rely on this.
So, so wrong.
It's basic equity. They won't be able to use their Chromebooks at home, and we lose a tool we had gained to help level the playing field for all students.
So, so wrong.
It's basic equity. They won't be able to use their Chromebooks at home, and we lose a tool we had gained to help level the playing field for all students.
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Pam Bondi: "You have these woke DAs who are Soros-appointed. A lot them are Soros-elected."
October 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Pam Bondi: "You have these woke DAs who are Soros-appointed. A lot them are Soros-elected."
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The basic infrastructures that allow women to be participants in public life—birth control & abortion access, no fault divorce, childcare access & affordability, civil rights law in employment and public accommodations, the minimal efforts to mitigate sexual and domestic violence—are all crumbling.
September 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The basic infrastructures that allow women to be participants in public life—birth control & abortion access, no fault divorce, childcare access & affordability, civil rights law in employment and public accommodations, the minimal efforts to mitigate sexual and domestic violence—are all crumbling.
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Post’s new opinions editor explains how they support Republicans and Democrats at different points … with interesting examples
September 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Post’s new opinions editor explains how they support Republicans and Democrats at different points … with interesting examples
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The kind of thing that would be a major scandal in a normal administration. Barely a blip in this one. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
As Texas flooded, key staff say FEMA’s leader could not be reached
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting administrator, David Richardson, is often inaccessible, several current and former officials say, raising concerns within the agency.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The kind of thing that would be a major scandal in a normal administration. Barely a blip in this one. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
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This just in from Sinclair: "Beginning Tuesday night Sinclair will be preempting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show's potential return."
September 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This just in from Sinclair: "Beginning Tuesday night Sinclair will be preempting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show's potential return."
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"'To me, it just screams that public corruption cases are no longer a priority of DOJ,' said Andrew Tessman, a prosecutor who left the Justice Department this month."
The message to corrupt Republicans: help yourself. No one's watching anymore.
It's not hard to see where this is heading.
The message to corrupt Republicans: help yourself. No one's watching anymore.
It's not hard to see where this is heading.
The Justice Department Had 36 Lawyers Fighting Corruption Full-Time. Under Trump, It’s Down to Two.
The Public Integrity Section is the latest casualty in the administration’s attacks on Nixon-era good-government reforms.
www.notus.org
September 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"'To me, it just screams that public corruption cases are no longer a priority of DOJ,' said Andrew Tessman, a prosecutor who left the Justice Department this month."
The message to corrupt Republicans: help yourself. No one's watching anymore.
It's not hard to see where this is heading.
The message to corrupt Republicans: help yourself. No one's watching anymore.
It's not hard to see where this is heading.
Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. -Bondi, oops I mean Beria.
September 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. -Bondi, oops I mean Beria.