@vertigo55.bsky.social
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HARWOOD: “What distinguishes Trump’s second presidency is the breadth and depth of its crookedness… an orgy of corruption and criminality that threatens the American experiment itself.” zeteo.com/p/trump-corr...
December 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
HARWOOD: “What distinguishes Trump’s second presidency is the breadth and depth of its crookedness… an orgy of corruption and criminality that threatens the American experiment itself.” zeteo.com/p/trump-corr...
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The moment I became the Joker
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The moment I became the Joker
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There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
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Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.
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11TH CIRCUIT: “.. We have held that, by using ‘Big Lie’ to describe Trump, CNN was not publishing a false statement of fact. Therefore, whether CNN used ‘Big Lie’ one time or many is irrelevant to the question of falsity.”
@mediaite.com $WBD
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@mediaite.com $WBD
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November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
11TH CIRCUIT: “.. We have held that, by using ‘Big Lie’ to describe Trump, CNN was not publishing a false statement of fact. Therefore, whether CNN used ‘Big Lie’ one time or many is irrelevant to the question of falsity.”
@mediaite.com $WBD
www.mediaite.com/lawcrime/dis...
@mediaite.com $WBD
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Jfc....
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Jfc....
Horrible
It's taken Trump less than a year to have people standing in breadlines. Impressive.
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Horrible
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If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
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“What can we do?” - Share Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline with Congress
Tell them: Read it. Act on it.
Call, write, email—then send this link ⤵️
steadystate1.substack.com/p/accelerating-authoritarian-dynamics, or a pdf of the report (available online)
Tell them: Read it. Act on it.
Call, write, email—then send this link ⤵️
steadystate1.substack.com/p/accelerating-authoritarian-dynamics, or a pdf of the report (available online)
October 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“What can we do?” - Share Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline with Congress
Tell them: Read it. Act on it.
Call, write, email—then send this link ⤵️
steadystate1.substack.com/p/accelerating-authoritarian-dynamics, or a pdf of the report (available online)
Tell them: Read it. Act on it.
Call, write, email—then send this link ⤵️
steadystate1.substack.com/p/accelerating-authoritarian-dynamics, or a pdf of the report (available online)
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Just In Case You Forgot….
October 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Just In Case You Forgot….
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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On this date in 1939, the USSR invaded Poland in cooperation with its ally, Nazi Germany.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...
Bloodlands
From the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny, the definitive history of Hitler’s and Stalin’s politics of mass killi...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On this date in 1939, the USSR invaded Poland in cooperation with its ally, Nazi Germany.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...
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Happy Birthday to a proud son of Brooklyn and the man who inspired so many of us, @sanders.senate.gov.
September 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Happy Birthday to a proud son of Brooklyn and the man who inspired so many of us, @sanders.senate.gov.
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NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
By Anas Baba
By Anas Baba
Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
n.pr
July 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
By Anas Baba
By Anas Baba
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DOJ wants to yank citizenship from naturalized Americans , even for paperwork slip-ups. This is authoritarian creep in real time. Make citizenship conditional, and you turn every immigrant into a permanent target. Watch how fast this becomes a weapon against critics.
July 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
DOJ wants to yank citizenship from naturalized Americans , even for paperwork slip-ups. This is authoritarian creep in real time. Make citizenship conditional, and you turn every immigrant into a permanent target. Watch how fast this becomes a weapon against critics.
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Attacking people’s citizenship and identity as punishment for their politics is a fascist move.
"Democrats should be manning the barricades against this stuff because the menace on the other side of the line is a far greater threat than a few negative ads in 2026."- @timothypmurphy.bsky.social
"Democrats should be manning the barricades against this stuff because the menace on the other side of the line is a far greater threat than a few negative ads in 2026."- @timothypmurphy.bsky.social
It never stopped being birtherism
Donald Trump is repackaging a familiar smear against Zohran Mamdani.
www.motherjones.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Attacking people’s citizenship and identity as punishment for their politics is a fascist move.
"Democrats should be manning the barricades against this stuff because the menace on the other side of the line is a far greater threat than a few negative ads in 2026."- @timothypmurphy.bsky.social
"Democrats should be manning the barricades against this stuff because the menace on the other side of the line is a far greater threat than a few negative ads in 2026."- @timothypmurphy.bsky.social
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Remember when people were saying: “the courts are the last line of defense!”
There was never a long-term line of defense. With the Supreme Court compromised, and we know that it is, major decisions like this will continue to happen.
If you aren’t preparing for a general strike, start now.
There was never a long-term line of defense. With the Supreme Court compromised, and we know that it is, major decisions like this will continue to happen.
If you aren’t preparing for a general strike, start now.
The “Third Country Removal Case” means thousands of people will be deported to extremely dangerous countries they’re not from with no due process.
June 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Remember when people were saying: “the courts are the last line of defense!”
There was never a long-term line of defense. With the Supreme Court compromised, and we know that it is, major decisions like this will continue to happen.
If you aren’t preparing for a general strike, start now.
There was never a long-term line of defense. With the Supreme Court compromised, and we know that it is, major decisions like this will continue to happen.
If you aren’t preparing for a general strike, start now.
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This should worry everyone.
June 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This should worry everyone.
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Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
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They stormed the Capitol, got pardoned, and now they want $100 million from taxpayers.
This is what happens when a system rewards destruction and calls it justice.
Meanwhile, the people holding communities together? Still waiting to be seen.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is what happens when a system rewards destruction and calls it justice.
Meanwhile, the people holding communities together? Still waiting to be seen.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Proud Boys sue US government for $100m over Jan 6 prosecutions - BBC News
Leaders of the far-right group, who were convicted and later pardoned, allege their constitutional rights were violated.
www.bbc.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
They stormed the Capitol, got pardoned, and now they want $100 million from taxpayers.
This is what happens when a system rewards destruction and calls it justice.
Meanwhile, the people holding communities together? Still waiting to be seen.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is what happens when a system rewards destruction and calls it justice.
Meanwhile, the people holding communities together? Still waiting to be seen.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Study of a fir tree, c.1842 by Emily Brontë, best known for her classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' #WomensArt
June 7, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Study of a fir tree, c.1842 by Emily Brontë, best known for her classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' #WomensArt
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Ukraine could’ve launched the attack on civilian population centers, like Russia does to them daily.
Instead, they chose a strictly military target - the very bombers being used to kill Ukrainian civilians.
A brilliant operation solely designed to defend their own people.
Instead, they chose a strictly military target - the very bombers being used to kill Ukrainian civilians.
A brilliant operation solely designed to defend their own people.
June 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Ukraine could’ve launched the attack on civilian population centers, like Russia does to them daily.
Instead, they chose a strictly military target - the very bombers being used to kill Ukrainian civilians.
A brilliant operation solely designed to defend their own people.
Instead, they chose a strictly military target - the very bombers being used to kill Ukrainian civilians.
A brilliant operation solely designed to defend their own people.