William Strohmacher
@wstrohmacher.bsky.social
Former Republican. Started voting Dem in 2012, have voted Dem ever since. Former classicist and still reading. Interested in news and Democratic activist opinion. Not available for chats.
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Still LIVE - This has been going on since 11:30 am when ICE raided a farm in Camarillo, CA www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGda...
ICE Raid Standoff in Camarillo, California - Live Breaking News Coverage
YouTube video by Mercado Media
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Still LIVE - This has been going on since 11:30 am when ICE raided a farm in Camarillo, CA www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGda...
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There is no version of the story in which collusion with white supremacy & dominant power is anything but a devil’s bargain for which you will pay … everything that matters
like your heart, soul, heritage, culture, tradition
CC: white Jews who haven’t figured this out yet.
like your heart, soul, heritage, culture, tradition
CC: white Jews who haven’t figured this out yet.
July 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
There is no version of the story in which collusion with white supremacy & dominant power is anything but a devil’s bargain for which you will pay … everything that matters
like your heart, soul, heritage, culture, tradition
CC: white Jews who haven’t figured this out yet.
like your heart, soul, heritage, culture, tradition
CC: white Jews who haven’t figured this out yet.
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NY TIMES: “The Trump Dept of Justice is thumbing its nose at the courts, and putting Justice Dept attorneys in an impossible position where they have to choose between loyalty to the agenda of the president and their duty to the court.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
July 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
NY TIMES: “The Trump Dept of Justice is thumbing its nose at the courts, and putting Justice Dept attorneys in an impossible position where they have to choose between loyalty to the agenda of the president and their duty to the court.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
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I don't think people quite get how right wing the information environment is in 2025 without a solution in sight. Almost any criticisms of Democratic messaging (which they deserve too) has to start with acknowledging how much harder it is for them to drive any narrative beyond 2 hours.
scoop: Skydance's David Ellison has held early talks about acquiring The Free Press.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/b...
Bari Weiss et al could have a role in shaping the editorial voice of CBS News, if the deal comes to fruition.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/b...
Bari Weiss et al could have a role in shaping the editorial voice of CBS News, if the deal comes to fruition.
Skydance Is in Early Talks to Acquire The Free Press
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I don't think people quite get how right wing the information environment is in 2025 without a solution in sight. Almost any criticisms of Democratic messaging (which they deserve too) has to start with acknowledging how much harder it is for them to drive any narrative beyond 2 hours.
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If Hamas had just killed an Israeli-American there’d be wall to wall coverage in the US media. But Israeli settlers just killed a Palestinian-American so you’ll read about it at Zeteo but not many other places:
BREAKING: Israeli Settlers Kill American Citizen in Occupied West Bank, Family Says
Sayfollah Musallet was visiting his family in the village of Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya when settlers allegedly beat him unconscious and blocked an ambulance from reaching him for hours.
zeteo.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
If Hamas had just killed an Israeli-American there’d be wall to wall coverage in the US media. But Israeli settlers just killed a Palestinian-American so you’ll read about it at Zeteo but not many other places:
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Somehow...I love this so much! 😭😭
Someone touching him with grace, dignityand support. He deserves it!
youtu.be/j_I3d6aKzTs?...
Someone touching him with grace, dignityand support. He deserves it!
youtu.be/j_I3d6aKzTs?...
💥The Moment of ZELENSKYY and the POPE Meeting! An Emotional Scene in the VATICAN.Watch The Reaction!
YouTube video by War & Politics 24
youtu.be
July 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Somehow...I love this so much! 😭😭
Someone touching him with grace, dignityand support. He deserves it!
youtu.be/j_I3d6aKzTs?...
Someone touching him with grace, dignityand support. He deserves it!
youtu.be/j_I3d6aKzTs?...
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@fetterman.senate.gov What in the fuck is wrong with you, Nazi?
July 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
@fetterman.senate.gov What in the fuck is wrong with you, Nazi?
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In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.
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FEMA’s Acting Administrator David Richardson was in New Orleans yesterday meeting with the mayor and doing a weird pose, and not in Texas responding to the flood deaths and wreckage
July 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
FEMA’s Acting Administrator David Richardson was in New Orleans yesterday meeting with the mayor and doing a weird pose, and not in Texas responding to the flood deaths and wreckage
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Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
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Note that the administration’s claim of a 700% increase in assaults on ICE agents is likely made up mostly of incidents like this: claims that a 71-year-old citizen “pushed” a masked armed agent.
July 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Note that the administration’s claim of a 700% increase in assaults on ICE agents is likely made up mostly of incidents like this: claims that a 71-year-old citizen “pushed” a masked armed agent.
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Time to level this shit up, Everyone.
Our assignment:
✅ ~12M people (3.5%) people on the streets regularly, peacefully protesting
✅ General strike—Shut. It. Down.
They’re hiring more ICE agents and building more camps, quickly.
Time to LEVEL UP our resistance.
Let July 17 be only the start…
Our assignment:
✅ ~12M people (3.5%) people on the streets regularly, peacefully protesting
✅ General strike—Shut. It. Down.
They’re hiring more ICE agents and building more camps, quickly.
Time to LEVEL UP our resistance.
Let July 17 be only the start…
July 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Time to level this shit up, Everyone.
Our assignment:
✅ ~12M people (3.5%) people on the streets regularly, peacefully protesting
✅ General strike—Shut. It. Down.
They’re hiring more ICE agents and building more camps, quickly.
Time to LEVEL UP our resistance.
Let July 17 be only the start…
Our assignment:
✅ ~12M people (3.5%) people on the streets regularly, peacefully protesting
✅ General strike—Shut. It. Down.
They’re hiring more ICE agents and building more camps, quickly.
Time to LEVEL UP our resistance.
Let July 17 be only the start…
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He's basically Jayzuss in superhero drag.
“Superman is too woke!”
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
July 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
He's basically Jayzuss in superhero drag.
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Good for this coach but man this is some evil shit.
Youth baseball coach intervenes after ICE agents in NYC approach members of his team during practice
A coach for youth baseball in Manhattan says a group of ICE agents approached members of his team while they were practicing in Riverside Park.
abc7ny.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Good for this coach but man this is some evil shit.
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We just saw the new Superman movie.
It's really good.
It seems like a lot of the DC movies from the last couple of years have been kinda... apologizing? Embarrassed? Of being what they are? I am not sure how to explain it.
But Superman just went, "Yeah, we're a big cheesy, hopeful movie, *and*?"
It's really good.
It seems like a lot of the DC movies from the last couple of years have been kinda... apologizing? Embarrassed? Of being what they are? I am not sure how to explain it.
But Superman just went, "Yeah, we're a big cheesy, hopeful movie, *and*?"
July 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We just saw the new Superman movie.
It's really good.
It seems like a lot of the DC movies from the last couple of years have been kinda... apologizing? Embarrassed? Of being what they are? I am not sure how to explain it.
But Superman just went, "Yeah, we're a big cheesy, hopeful movie, *and*?"
It's really good.
It seems like a lot of the DC movies from the last couple of years have been kinda... apologizing? Embarrassed? Of being what they are? I am not sure how to explain it.
But Superman just went, "Yeah, we're a big cheesy, hopeful movie, *and*?"
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#FFS
Lawd…Is this thing on?! 🥵😾👿
Can someone peel me a grape? 😹 🍇 #heatwave #Simmer #catsofbluesky #cats
Lawd…Is this thing on?! 🥵😾👿
Can someone peel me a grape? 😹 🍇 #heatwave #Simmer #catsofbluesky #cats
July 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#FFS
Lawd…Is this thing on?! 🥵😾👿
Can someone peel me a grape? 😹 🍇 #heatwave #Simmer #catsofbluesky #cats
Lawd…Is this thing on?! 🥵😾👿
Can someone peel me a grape? 😹 🍇 #heatwave #Simmer #catsofbluesky #cats
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"Metadata embedded in the Epstein video and analyzed by WIRED and independent video forensics experts shows that rather than being a direct export from the prison’s surveillance system, the footage was modified, likely using the professional editing tool Adobe Premiere Pro."
Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified
There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein's death.
www.wired.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Metadata embedded in the Epstein video and analyzed by WIRED and independent video forensics experts shows that rather than being a direct export from the prison’s surveillance system, the footage was modified, likely using the professional editing tool Adobe Premiere Pro."
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Lynds Dark Nebula 1251 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25071...
Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251. About 1,000 light-years away and drifting above the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, LDN 1251 is also less appetizingly known as "The Rotten Fish Nebula."
Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251. About 1,000 light-years away and drifting above the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, LDN 1251 is also less appetizingly known as "The Rotten Fish Nebula."
July 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Lynds Dark Nebula 1251 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25071...
Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251. About 1,000 light-years away and drifting above the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, LDN 1251 is also less appetizingly known as "The Rotten Fish Nebula."
Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251. About 1,000 light-years away and drifting above the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, LDN 1251 is also less appetizingly known as "The Rotten Fish Nebula."
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Representatives of Germany's Neo Nazi AfD party (supported by Elon Musk and JD Vance) create a furor at a commemoration of the massacre at Srebrenica by leaping to the defense of the Serbian thugs who carried out the massacre. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/geno...
AfD-Eklat bei Srebrenica-Gedenken im Bundestag
Der Bundestag erinnert an die Opfer des Völkermords im Bosnien-Krieg. Zwei Abgeordnete der AfD lösen mit ihren Reden scharfen Protest aus.
www.sueddeutsche.de
July 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Representatives of Germany's Neo Nazi AfD party (supported by Elon Musk and JD Vance) create a furor at a commemoration of the massacre at Srebrenica by leaping to the defense of the Serbian thugs who carried out the massacre. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/geno...
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NYT editors at it again. Trump didn’t “tax Brazil.” He taxed Americans who consume Brazilian products.
Behind Trump’s Decision to Tax Brazil to Save Bolsonaro www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/w...
Behind Trump’s Decision to Tax Brazil to Save Bolsonaro www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/w...
Behind Trump’s Decision to Tax Brazil to Save Bolsonaro
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
NYT editors at it again. Trump didn’t “tax Brazil.” He taxed Americans who consume Brazilian products.
Behind Trump’s Decision to Tax Brazil to Save Bolsonaro www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/w...
Behind Trump’s Decision to Tax Brazil to Save Bolsonaro www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/w...
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WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.
July 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.
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THE STATE DOES NOT OWN YOU!
YOU OWN THE STATE MY FRIENDS!
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY...
BUT NOW WE'VE LOST SOME GROUND!
LET'S TAKE IT BACK!
IT'S TIME TYO STAND FOR ALL WOMEN!
VOTE THEM OUT!
VOTE THEM ALL OUT!
YOU OWN THE STATE MY FRIENDS!
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY...
BUT NOW WE'VE LOST SOME GROUND!
LET'S TAKE IT BACK!
IT'S TIME TYO STAND FOR ALL WOMEN!
VOTE THEM OUT!
VOTE THEM ALL OUT!
July 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
THE STATE DOES NOT OWN YOU!
YOU OWN THE STATE MY FRIENDS!
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY...
BUT NOW WE'VE LOST SOME GROUND!
LET'S TAKE IT BACK!
IT'S TIME TYO STAND FOR ALL WOMEN!
VOTE THEM OUT!
VOTE THEM ALL OUT!
YOU OWN THE STATE MY FRIENDS!
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY...
BUT NOW WE'VE LOST SOME GROUND!
LET'S TAKE IT BACK!
IT'S TIME TYO STAND FOR ALL WOMEN!
VOTE THEM OUT!
VOTE THEM ALL OUT!