Gabrielle Songe
@whippoorwillcalls.bsky.social
Former print & photojournalist, artist, author
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A right-wing press corps is not a press corps — it's a propaganda machine for an authoritarian president.
Grateful for the journalists who refused to bend the knee to this lawless regime. Our democracy depends on them continuing to speak truth to power.
Grateful for the journalists who refused to bend the knee to this lawless regime. Our democracy depends on them continuing to speak truth to power.
Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout
A new crop of conservative media and influencers signed an agreement with the Pentagon, including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A right-wing press corps is not a press corps — it's a propaganda machine for an authoritarian president.
Grateful for the journalists who refused to bend the knee to this lawless regime. Our democracy depends on them continuing to speak truth to power.
Grateful for the journalists who refused to bend the knee to this lawless regime. Our democracy depends on them continuing to speak truth to power.
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🚨I'm bringing a bill to the floor right now to pay ALL federal workers, servicemembers and contractors during the shutdown — and to stop Trump's illegal firings.
They have nothing to do with this shutdown and shouldn't suffer the consequences. Tune in:
They have nothing to do with this shutdown and shouldn't suffer the consequences. Tune in:
Van Hollen calls up bill to pay all federal workers, servicemembers and contractors during shutdown
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🚨I'm bringing a bill to the floor right now to pay ALL federal workers, servicemembers and contractors during the shutdown — and to stop Trump's illegal firings.
They have nothing to do with this shutdown and shouldn't suffer the consequences. Tune in:
They have nothing to do with this shutdown and shouldn't suffer the consequences. Tune in:
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Republicans say they care about federal workers, but today they blocked my bill to pay ALL federal workers, servicemembers, and contractors and stop Trump’s illegal firings.
I hope they’ll join us to get our public servants paid — but not in a way that lets Trump turn around and fire them anyway.
I hope they’ll join us to get our public servants paid — but not in a way that lets Trump turn around and fire them anyway.
My bill would pay ALL federal workers during the shutdown. Republicans blocked it.
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Republicans say they care about federal workers, but today they blocked my bill to pay ALL federal workers, servicemembers, and contractors and stop Trump’s illegal firings.
I hope they’ll join us to get our public servants paid — but not in a way that lets Trump turn around and fire them anyway.
I hope they’ll join us to get our public servants paid — but not in a way that lets Trump turn around and fire them anyway.
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tl;dr the case doesn't even rise to the level of bullshit
NYT reports that Letitia James’s great niece lives in the home that is the subject of the indictment.
The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
October 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
tl;dr the case doesn't even rise to the level of bullshit
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Tim Dillon: "Children being zip tied, or a grandmother being zip tied, people who've maybe lived in a community 30 years and they're not committing a crime...showing up to a high school graduation and deporting someone's father, seems to a lot of people to be inhumane."
October 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Tim Dillon: "Children being zip tied, or a grandmother being zip tied, people who've maybe lived in a community 30 years and they're not committing a crime...showing up to a high school graduation and deporting someone's father, seems to a lot of people to be inhumane."
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“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
October 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
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The Pen is Mightier than the Sword & Your Vote is Your Voice
On Nov 4, use it to be heard!
On Nov 4, use it to be heard!
September 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Pen is Mightier than the Sword & Your Vote is Your Voice
On Nov 4, use it to be heard!
On Nov 4, use it to be heard!
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France recognized a Palestinian state on Monday, overcoming a months-long push by the Trump administration to intimidate and discourage countries from working with Paris on the initiative. https://wapo.st/4nDAD5o
September 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
France recognized a Palestinian state on Monday, overcoming a months-long push by the Trump administration to intimidate and discourage countries from working with Paris on the initiative. https://wapo.st/4nDAD5o
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On Earth 2.0, this would be The Story of the week, a firestorm of corruption, cover-ups, and scandal. Tom Homan, the thuggish head of Trump’s immigration brute squad was videotaped accepting a $50,000 cash bribe… and the Trump DOJ shut the investigation down.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Glitches in the MAGA Will to Power?
Watergate in plain sight
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
On Earth 2.0, this would be The Story of the week, a firestorm of corruption, cover-ups, and scandal. Tom Homan, the thuggish head of Trump’s immigration brute squad was videotaped accepting a $50,000 cash bribe… and the Trump DOJ shut the investigation down.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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🚨BREAKING: Rep. Ro Khanna just motioned to SUBPOENA FCC chairman Brendan Carr in the House Oversight Committee to stop the intimidation of private businesses and assault on free speech
September 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🚨BREAKING: Rep. Ro Khanna just motioned to SUBPOENA FCC chairman Brendan Carr in the House Oversight Committee to stop the intimidation of private businesses and assault on free speech
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And for now, the Supreme Court has signed off on such dubious practices without an explanation. Every American, including those who want tougher enforcement of our immigration laws, should demand that ICE does its job in a way that protects the rights of all Americans.
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And for now, the Supreme Court has signed off on such dubious practices without an explanation. Every American, including those who want tougher enforcement of our immigration laws, should demand that ICE does its job in a way that protects the rights of all Americans.
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Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
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This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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WWJD? Not what Kilmeade said on Foxnews
September 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
WWJD? Not what Kilmeade said on Foxnews
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The Supreme Court's "shadow docket" allows justices to effectively make rulings in secret without explaining their decisions. Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court? https://youtu.be/xtiISydG9l0?feature=shared
The Supreme Court’s “Shadow Docket,” Explained
Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Supreme Court's "shadow docket" allows justices to effectively make rulings in secret without explaining their decisions. Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court? https://youtu.be/xtiISydG9l0?feature=shared
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Let’s be clear—your rights don’t disappear because of your skin color, your accent, or your citizenship status. The Constitution doesn’t work like that, no matter how bad Republicans want it to. This Supreme Court ruling is dangerous and it’s only taking us backwards.
September 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Let’s be clear—your rights don’t disappear because of your skin color, your accent, or your citizenship status. The Constitution doesn’t work like that, no matter how bad Republicans want it to. This Supreme Court ruling is dangerous and it’s only taking us backwards.
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And Poland. Again.
September 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
And Poland. Again.
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So first the fascists said Kirk's murderer was trans
That was a lie
Then, he was a liberal
Then the Groyper trail was found
The new lie to deny he was killed by an Ultra-Right psycho?
He was radicalized by a liberal university! By... (checks notes) DIXIE TECHNICAL COLLEGE!
That was a lie
Then, he was a liberal
Then the Groyper trail was found
The new lie to deny he was killed by an Ultra-Right psycho?
He was radicalized by a liberal university! By... (checks notes) DIXIE TECHNICAL COLLEGE!
September 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
So first the fascists said Kirk's murderer was trans
That was a lie
Then, he was a liberal
Then the Groyper trail was found
The new lie to deny he was killed by an Ultra-Right psycho?
He was radicalized by a liberal university! By... (checks notes) DIXIE TECHNICAL COLLEGE!
That was a lie
Then, he was a liberal
Then the Groyper trail was found
The new lie to deny he was killed by an Ultra-Right psycho?
He was radicalized by a liberal university! By... (checks notes) DIXIE TECHNICAL COLLEGE!
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Read every word of this.
Millions of Californians can now be profiled by the color of their skin and the language they speak, thanks to the Supreme Court.
This is not the slippery slope. We are already on the slide towards dictatorship.
Millions of Californians can now be profiled by the color of their skin and the language they speak, thanks to the Supreme Court.
This is not the slippery slope. We are already on the slide towards dictatorship.
September 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Read every word of this.
Millions of Californians can now be profiled by the color of their skin and the language they speak, thanks to the Supreme Court.
This is not the slippery slope. We are already on the slide towards dictatorship.
Millions of Californians can now be profiled by the color of their skin and the language they speak, thanks to the Supreme Court.
This is not the slippery slope. We are already on the slide towards dictatorship.
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What will happen is the same thing that happened when it turned out the Trump shooter was a disaffected young white man.
No corrections, no apologies, and within a month at most, they’ll be back to pretending that it was a radical trans leftist. Kirk was only ever a tool to them. So is his death.
No corrections, no apologies, and within a month at most, they’ll be back to pretending that it was a radical trans leftist. Kirk was only ever a tool to them. So is his death.
If in fact killer’s hate emanated from Kirk’s right, not left, and from *inside* not outside their movement, then what happens next?
Few if any of those who immediately targeted the wrong people will apologize or retract, sadly. That’s the Roy Cohn/Trump way.
More interesting is whether… 6/x
Few if any of those who immediately targeted the wrong people will apologize or retract, sadly. That’s the Roy Cohn/Trump way.
More interesting is whether… 6/x
September 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
What will happen is the same thing that happened when it turned out the Trump shooter was a disaffected young white man.
No corrections, no apologies, and within a month at most, they’ll be back to pretending that it was a radical trans leftist. Kirk was only ever a tool to them. So is his death.
No corrections, no apologies, and within a month at most, they’ll be back to pretending that it was a radical trans leftist. Kirk was only ever a tool to them. So is his death.
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Tyler Robinson…
White
Parents are registered Republicans.
His dad is 20+ year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department and a church minister.
Christian Family.
Introduced to guns by his dad at a young age.
Not black.
Not brown.
Not an immigrant.
Not trans.
#charliekirk #tylerrobinson
White
Parents are registered Republicans.
His dad is 20+ year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department and a church minister.
Christian Family.
Introduced to guns by his dad at a young age.
Not black.
Not brown.
Not an immigrant.
Not trans.
#charliekirk #tylerrobinson
September 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tyler Robinson…
White
Parents are registered Republicans.
His dad is 20+ year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department and a church minister.
Christian Family.
Introduced to guns by his dad at a young age.
Not black.
Not brown.
Not an immigrant.
Not trans.
#charliekirk #tylerrobinson
White
Parents are registered Republicans.
His dad is 20+ year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department and a church minister.
Christian Family.
Introduced to guns by his dad at a young age.
Not black.
Not brown.
Not an immigrant.
Not trans.
#charliekirk #tylerrobinson
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“Hey MAGA— #MAGA domestic terrorist Tyler Robinson wasn’t raised by liberals. His family are dyed-in-the-wool Republicans. Dad’s a minister and ex-cop, the family’s got military in the bloodline, and they put guns in his hands as a kid. This is your creation. Own it.”
September 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“Hey MAGA— #MAGA domestic terrorist Tyler Robinson wasn’t raised by liberals. His family are dyed-in-the-wool Republicans. Dad’s a minister and ex-cop, the family’s got military in the bloodline, and they put guns in his hands as a kid. This is your creation. Own it.”