@trevorbelmont.bsky.social
Come for the #Resistance, stay for the bon mots
"Someone's got to defend the broad left from the Fascists, corporate media, MAGA zombies, tankies, fakelibs, and people conditioned to Blame A Democrat First. Guess it's my turn in the barrel."
"Someone's got to defend the broad left from the Fascists, corporate media, MAGA zombies, tankies, fakelibs, and people conditioned to Blame A Democrat First. Guess it's my turn in the barrel."
I am 100% ok with losing the respect of, and being called a child abuser by, and being shunned by, anyone who objects to me arguing that the First Amendment likely protects the priest-penitent privilege.
July 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Trump's budget gives ICE more funds than most countries' militaries.
ICE is now ramping up by offering signing bonuses.
Meanwhile, Trump is slashing education funding and closing the Dept. of Ed.
94% of teachers have spent their own money on school supplies.
Priorities.
ICE is now ramping up by offering signing bonuses.
Meanwhile, Trump is slashing education funding and closing the Dept. of Ed.
94% of teachers have spent their own money on school supplies.
Priorities.
July 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump's budget gives ICE more funds than most countries' militaries.
ICE is now ramping up by offering signing bonuses.
Meanwhile, Trump is slashing education funding and closing the Dept. of Ed.
94% of teachers have spent their own money on school supplies.
Priorities.
ICE is now ramping up by offering signing bonuses.
Meanwhile, Trump is slashing education funding and closing the Dept. of Ed.
94% of teachers have spent their own money on school supplies.
Priorities.
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They count on this.
July 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
They count on this.
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Corporate monopolies are rigging the game against you. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan exposes how they’re doing it — and how to stop them. https://youtu.be/twdgxIJZDns?si=pOAI-GUVmWanbAj6
How Monopolies Secretly Steal Your Freedom (ft. Lina Khan)
What is freedom? Are you really free if your groceries or medicine are so expensive that you can’t afford them? Or if yo
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July 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Corporate monopolies are rigging the game against you. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan exposes how they’re doing it — and how to stop them. https://youtu.be/twdgxIJZDns?si=pOAI-GUVmWanbAj6
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Among the wrongs that were claimed to justify a decision to alter or abolish a form of government:
"transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences."
It doesn't get better if there's *not even a trial* on the far end.
"transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences."
It doesn't get better if there's *not even a trial* on the far end.
July 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Among the wrongs that were claimed to justify a decision to alter or abolish a form of government:
"transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences."
It doesn't get better if there's *not even a trial* on the far end.
"transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences."
It doesn't get better if there's *not even a trial* on the far end.
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Are you struggling with exposure on Big Tech platforms?
Do you wonder why the basic brainrot gets boosted while your favorite thinkers barely see traction?
Put the special right wing meme numbers in YOUR list of keywords and hashtags and watch your numbers soar!
this has been a public service
Do you wonder why the basic brainrot gets boosted while your favorite thinkers barely see traction?
Put the special right wing meme numbers in YOUR list of keywords and hashtags and watch your numbers soar!
this has been a public service
July 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Are you struggling with exposure on Big Tech platforms?
Do you wonder why the basic brainrot gets boosted while your favorite thinkers barely see traction?
Put the special right wing meme numbers in YOUR list of keywords and hashtags and watch your numbers soar!
this has been a public service
Do you wonder why the basic brainrot gets boosted while your favorite thinkers barely see traction?
Put the special right wing meme numbers in YOUR list of keywords and hashtags and watch your numbers soar!
this has been a public service
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The New York Times’ editorial decisions make more sense when you remember their publisher is a fifth-generation owner who was handed the paper as a birthright while the managing editor was a Harvard legacy whose father founded Staples.
They’re very firm believers in the meritocracy, you see.
They’re very firm believers in the meritocracy, you see.
A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”
July 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The New York Times’ editorial decisions make more sense when you remember their publisher is a fifth-generation owner who was handed the paper as a birthright while the managing editor was a Harvard legacy whose father founded Staples.
They’re very firm believers in the meritocracy, you see.
They’re very firm believers in the meritocracy, you see.
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In Illinois and across the country, working families will see costs rise. Premiums will go up by an average of 75% for 90% of the Affordable Care Act enrollees.
Premiums for many Illinoisans who get coverage through the ACA marketplace are projected to increase 61%, or $1,032 annually.
Premiums for many Illinoisans who get coverage through the ACA marketplace are projected to increase 61%, or $1,032 annually.
July 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In Illinois and across the country, working families will see costs rise. Premiums will go up by an average of 75% for 90% of the Affordable Care Act enrollees.
Premiums for many Illinoisans who get coverage through the ACA marketplace are projected to increase 61%, or $1,032 annually.
Premiums for many Illinoisans who get coverage through the ACA marketplace are projected to increase 61%, or $1,032 annually.
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,@idph.bsky.social has warned that the Medicaid cuts could force the closure or severe service reductions at nine rural hospitals in Illinois, jeopardizing care for 54,000 people.
July 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
,@idph.bsky.social has warned that the Medicaid cuts could force the closure or severe service reductions at nine rural hospitals in Illinois, jeopardizing care for 54,000 people.
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Donald Trump knows what he’s doing. This law will have an immediate impact on millions of Americans.
When he signed this law, he’s signed a death sentence for millions of Americans.
When he signed this law, he’s signed a death sentence for millions of Americans.
July 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Donald Trump knows what he’s doing. This law will have an immediate impact on millions of Americans.
When he signed this law, he’s signed a death sentence for millions of Americans.
When he signed this law, he’s signed a death sentence for millions of Americans.
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I have a new piece out today in @theguardian.com on Rev. William Barber and the moral movement: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work?
In weekly nonviolent protests that channel the civil rights tradition, the faithful rally to end poverty and injustice
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I have a new piece out today in @theguardian.com on Rev. William Barber and the moral movement: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Elon Musk is not even popular enough with New York Republicans for this to work on them.
And this will just make Zohran more popular with New York Democrats.
And this will just make Zohran more popular with New York Democrats.
July 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Elon Musk is not even popular enough with New York Republicans for this to work on them.
And this will just make Zohran more popular with New York Democrats.
And this will just make Zohran more popular with New York Democrats.
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The saga of the NYT's anti-Mamdani story taken from notorious white supremacist Jordan Lasker (they call him an "academic") gets even more amazing: Lasker's only impactful paper, which claimed white people are smarter, is infamous: it misused data so badly it got his tenured co-author fired. 2/
July 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The saga of the NYT's anti-Mamdani story taken from notorious white supremacist Jordan Lasker (they call him an "academic") gets even more amazing: Lasker's only impactful paper, which claimed white people are smarter, is infamous: it misused data so badly it got his tenured co-author fired. 2/
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The New York Times was more skeptical of the academic qualifications of a black woman who had secured tenure and become the president of Harvard than they were of a white man who washed out of a grad program with a massive scandal and then became a white nationalist troll.
The saga of the NYT's anti-Mamdani story taken from notorious white supremacist Jordan Lasker (they call him an "academic") gets even more amazing: Lasker's only impactful paper, which claimed white people are smarter, is infamous: it misused data so badly it got his tenured co-author fired. 2/
July 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The New York Times was more skeptical of the academic qualifications of a black woman who had secured tenure and become the president of Harvard than they were of a white man who washed out of a grad program with a massive scandal and then became a white nationalist troll.
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"Columbia University, Baker said, had bent over backwards and still not gotten its grants back. Instead, it’s been reported to its accreditor."
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
UVa Became an Unexpected Trump Target. Now What?
In Charlottesville and across higher ed, people are wondering what’s in store if strong-arming presidential resignations is in the cards.
www.chronicle.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Columbia University, Baker said, had bent over backwards and still not gotten its grants back. Instead, it’s been reported to its accreditor."
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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REP. GOLDMAN: “Raise your hand if you don’t think children with cancer who are American citizens should be deported.”
*0 Republicans raise their hands*
*0 Republicans raise their hands*
July 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
REP. GOLDMAN: “Raise your hand if you don’t think children with cancer who are American citizens should be deported.”
*0 Republicans raise their hands*
*0 Republicans raise their hands*
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Everything is bigger in Texas—except, apparently, memory of devastating mass shootings.
In late June, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill known as the Anti-Red Flag Act, which preemptively bans the creation or enforcement of extreme risk protective orders.
In late June, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill known as the Anti-Red Flag Act, which preemptively bans the creation or enforcement of extreme risk protective orders.
Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people
Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.
www.motherjones.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Everything is bigger in Texas—except, apparently, memory of devastating mass shootings.
In late June, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill known as the Anti-Red Flag Act, which preemptively bans the creation or enforcement of extreme risk protective orders.
In late June, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill known as the Anti-Red Flag Act, which preemptively bans the creation or enforcement of extreme risk protective orders.
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This is a red flag for free press — when the media backs away from the truth to protect business interests.
July 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is a red flag for free press — when the media backs away from the truth to protect business interests.
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GOP Effs USA
It’s Wednesday. There are 489 days until the midterm elections. Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani, UPenn sells out its students to a fascist and Senate Republicans eff America.
It’s Wednesday. There are 489 days until the midterm elections. Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani, UPenn sells out its students to a fascist and Senate Republicans eff America.
GOP Effs USA
It’s Wednesday. There are 489 days until the midterm elections. Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani, UPenn sells out its students to a fascist and Senate Republicans eff America.
www.thealtmedia.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
GOP Effs USA
It’s Wednesday. There are 489 days until the midterm elections. Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani, UPenn sells out its students to a fascist and Senate Republicans eff America.
It’s Wednesday. There are 489 days until the midterm elections. Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani, UPenn sells out its students to a fascist and Senate Republicans eff America.
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I don’t know about you, but I woke up today really concerned that John Fetterman is missing his beach vacation.
July 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I don’t know about you, but I woke up today really concerned that John Fetterman is missing his beach vacation.
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How many vacations do the immigrants who harvest the food get?
How many vacations do the lower class get?
People don't understand that maybe the cake and bottle of soda purchased with a SNAP card is the only vacation these people will ever see.
How many vacations do the lower class get?
People don't understand that maybe the cake and bottle of soda purchased with a SNAP card is the only vacation these people will ever see.
July 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How many vacations do the immigrants who harvest the food get?
How many vacations do the lower class get?
People don't understand that maybe the cake and bottle of soda purchased with a SNAP card is the only vacation these people will ever see.
How many vacations do the lower class get?
People don't understand that maybe the cake and bottle of soda purchased with a SNAP card is the only vacation these people will ever see.
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Jeffries: "All we need are 4 Republicans to join us in support of their constituents, to have John McCain-level courage, and stand up in defense of the healthcare of the American people. What type of party would bring a bill to the House floor that rips away Medicaid from those in need?"
July 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Jeffries: "All we need are 4 Republicans to join us in support of their constituents, to have John McCain-level courage, and stand up in defense of the healthcare of the American people. What type of party would bring a bill to the House floor that rips away Medicaid from those in need?"
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Breaking: The US lost 33,000 jobs in June. They were expecting to *gain* 100,000.
The private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 increase, ADP says
Economists polled by Dow Jones forecasted an increase of 100,000 for the month.
www.cnbc.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Breaking: The US lost 33,000 jobs in June. They were expecting to *gain* 100,000.